Picking up from last episode:


Graham pulls the jeep up in front of the empty house.  Everyone in the jeep gets out and starts unloading what they brought.

The electricity is on in the house, water is running too.  Everyting is normal except trying to call outside Sunnydale is still impossible.
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Mike walks right in the front door. Since the house has no owner, he can enter freely.
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Annabelle entered the house with the urn in one hand and Emilia's luggage in the other.  She looked around the interior of the house admiringly.



"I'll take one of the rooms upstairs. If there is one room with two beds, Emilia and I don't mind sharing.............I mean...........

Annabelle chokes back tears, but manages to keep her composure. "I'll be taking an upstairs room."
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Mike looks around, then says "Basement's fine. It's more comfortable then some of the places I've had to sleep at need. A sun free environment is essentially to my continued well being."
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Accomadations now taken care of,  Mike starts the conversation for the group to plan its next move.

Hmmm.

"As for destroying the shield generator...I don't know. I really wish we had a witch or a warlock or something to magic up where it is. As it is, we're essentially carving up minions till one of them lets slip where it is. Unless Buffybot over there can hack into a computer, interface with it, and pull up possible locations."
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Sadly Buffybot had nothing to add to the convo. She looks over at Graham and Annabelle to see if they have more to add. Still the listened because it was a wake up call see needed as well. Of course a police scanner would've been useful even in the short run.....

"I guess everyone forgot in all the excitement.  Emilia worked out the center of the force field before............she died. It's in the high school which was where all the Turok-Hans were at the time. So we went to the military base instead. The Turok-Hans will almost certainly be gone, we can investigate it now.


OCC: Emilia calculated the center of the field at the start of ep 1-8.
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"Investigating the school should be a good start. I recommend we use a team approach for this op.  We all go in together, secure the area, then split up to search the site. We can determine what kind of CAR is powering the field and how to handle it from there." At the blank looks from the others, he says, "Sorry, I'm in the habit of speaking in acronyms.  CAR stands for 'Creature, Artifact, or Ritual' which was the Initiative's method of classifying threats."
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Sunnydale high school:



15 minutes later, Graham pulls the jeep up to the main front entrance of the high school carrying everyone else. He just completed a circle around the building before parking, no one else is in the vicinity.

Cloud cover is still strong making the sun no danger to Michael (or any other vamp).

One of the front doors to the main entrance is hanging half way off its hinges, and the door frame is bent out of shape.  That's what happens when a mob of Turok-Hans rush to get out, which they did once the sun had set from last night. There are signs of minor fire damage at the front entrance and at other doorways from yesterday's aborted attempt to torch the building (with all the Turok-Hans inside at the time).

Otherwise everything is quiet with no sign of danger.

Yet.
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"Graham, I don't supposed you brought along some walkie talkies when you investigated the military base this morning? That would allow us to stay in contact with each other."

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Five minutes later the group has split and began searching the high school in two directions.


Annabelle, Graham, and Michael go one way, Buffybot the other. Graham has a walkie talkie with him as does Buffybot so they can stay in contact.




OCC:Everyone make a perception plus notice roll as you're looking.
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19:13, Today: Michael Smith rolled 15 using 1d10+6. Per+Notice.

Mike was alert...and led his team exactly to where he expected the Turok Han to be. Specifically, the auditorium where he originally saw the count of 50 or so. It was time to make that number 0 with the help of the big ass sword he found in the house.
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Annabelle Berkshire rolled 11 using 1d10+5. notice check.


Annabelle immediately began looking around the inside of the school, then planned to hit one classroom at a time to ensure no stone was left unturned.

"Michael!  Where are you going?!  We have all these rooms to check!"

She quickly dashed after Michael who seemed to know exactly where he was going with his direct and purposeful stride.  "Wait up!  Come on Graham, we shouldn't get separated!"

Mike said, bluntly, "I'm going to the auditorium, where we originally found 50 Turok Han gathered. There should only be about 20 left. At any rate, whatever it is is probably being guarded by them. So I'm going to eliminate a lot of pointless searching and take them out."

In reply to Michael Smith (msg # 39):

Graham shook his head as he followed the vampire and Slayerette toward the auditorium.  Despite moving quickly, he kept scanning around for signs of any vampires, while stashing the walkie-talkie in his pocket and pulling out a stake.  "Complete lack of discipline in this group will mostly get us killed," he growled under his breath.  But no matter how stupid your teammates may act, you have to back them up. "Or die trying," he muttered, finishing the caveat from his old team.

In a louder whisper, he says, "Keep your voices down. We don't want to advertise our presence and lose any advantage we might have."

Less than a minute later; Michael, Annabelle, and Graham arrive at the entrance to the school auditorium.

Mike kicks open the door and enters. No Turok-Han. Zero.  If the ubervamps are in the school building, they are not here.

In the auditorium:

"Well Michael, no Turok-Han here.Annabelle said stepping up to join him."I doubt any are here, with the outdoor conditions, they are free to roam the town looking for anything to kill which is all those beasties want. There may be a stray one wandering these halls, but none in great numbers. Nothing the three of us can't handle."

She glances from Michael to Graham.  "Now can we please go back to where we started and begin searching for the source of the force field?"

Mike thought it through...

"Well, there goes that plan. If it was here, they've obviously moved it. Alright, back to the other plan. We'll search every room."

"Peachy" Annabelle said as the trio made their way back to the front of the school to begin searching.

Annabelle said nothing else until the three began to search the first classroom.
"Perhaps either of you can tell me more about Buffybot. Graham you seem to trust her.  Michael you trust her and have told us more about her than she's told us herself. Did Buffy's friend Willow build her?

Mike shook his head.

"Yes, and no. She was originally built for Spike's perversions as a sexbot. Buffy and Willow, disgusted by this, reprogrammed her to replace the real Buffy when she temporarily died. She's been used as a substitute ever since. Of course...there's no replacing the original, and I, at least, can't fix the replacement if she breaks down.

Speaking of Spike, he's supposed to have died down here, but I wonder what my sire's doing? He should be in Los Angeles somewhere."
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Annabelle ponders this for a moment.

"That makes me feel safer about Buffybot. I was uncomfortable with the idea of something that wasn't human stealing the Slayer's identity.  But if the Slayer herself anointed the robot doppleganger as her successor, that changes things considerably.

She continues searching for another minute, then: "Now tell me more about Spike.  He sounds like quite the sad sack if he has to build a fake girlfriend. But the Slayer seemed to hold him in high regard. When I first arrived in Sunnydale, Spike had been captured by agents of the First Evil and one of Buffy's top priorities was to rescue him.

Mike said, "From a vampiric point of view, he's my 'nephew' even though he's over a century older then me. The thing is, even though he was soulless, he had the ability to feel some sort of twisted mockery of love, and felt that for Buffy. He wasn't very good at it though. Eventually, he decided to get a soul back on his own, and it drove him insane for a while. But I'm told he went out a proper hero, using an amulet that channeled sunlight to take out...almost all of the Turok Han."

Right side of the school:

Annabelle, Graham, and Michael have looked through several classrooms and found nothing that could be producing the force field.

They've now made their way to the school cafeteria.  Lots of open floor space since the tables and chairs have been stacked and lined up against the wall.  You see two ways into the cafeteria, the entrance from the inside of the school where you three just came through and a door on the opposite side of the cafeteria leading outside.

A quick search of the cafeteria turns up nothing, the threesome turn to leave and move on to the next room, then:

The opposite door to the cafeteria opens and five men walk in. No not men, demons.  Humanoid in shape, but with green skin and large black eyes. They are wearing clothes including black leather jackets.  They don't appear to be carrying any weapons, but could be hiding some in their jacket pockets.

The demons make no move to attack and remain standing several yards from the three heroes. One looks over to the trio and speaks:

"Have a look at this guys.  "We've finally found someone to fight, and they look like warriors to boot. Although that one (points at Mike) is carrying a really big sword so he most be insecure about something.

OCC: You've got company and are outnumbered five to three. These are the same demons that road into town at the start of ep 2-1.
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Annabelle didn't like the looks of this. These demons looked fierce and powerful, a warrior race to be certain.  Control your fearshe thought. But there was a time to be brave and a time to be smart. With five against three, a strategic retreat may be in order.

"If you're looking for a fight, you've come to the right place. May I inquire as to your purpose?  Do you need to harvest our organs for some dark ritual?she said stalling for time, and possibly learning something about their foes.

Mike yawns at his opponents.

"Jealousy doesn't look good on you. Are we going to do this, or debate about it all day?"

Cafeteria:



"No my dear girl, nothing so morbid. We're just looking for a fight. And one has been difficult to come by in this vicinity.  You are the first people we have encountered."one demon says in answer to Annabelle before turning to Michael.

"We'd be quite pleased to do this, but we have a numerical advantage over you which wouldn't make for an exciting contest now would it? I don't suppose you have two other friends elsewhere in the building that could join you and make the odds more even?
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Annabelle lost her breath for a second as she heard the demon's query.  A demon looking for a fair fight with even odds?  She certainly didn't remember that breed from her studies.

"Actually we do have one more friend in the building.  Graham, be a dear and call the rest of the group on the radio won't you?"
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Mike nodded.

"Rather sporting of you guys. There aren't too many left in the world who have honor enough to demand a fair fight. Impressive."

Not liking how Annabelle had given away information about there being more of them in the school but thinking that having Buffy, even a mechanical imitation, was better than than not, so he pulled the communication device from his belt "Team one to TeamTwo, over," Graham says into the walkie-talkie.  "We found 5 beings of the demonic persuasion who would like to have a throwdown in the mess hall, over."

The demon who just spoke listens to the walkie talkie conversation, then speaks up again;

"Four against four. One of us will stay on the sidelines then.

"Let's start picking dance partners whiie we wait!"says another demon who takes a few steps over so he's staring directly at Mike from across the room.  "You and me pal! I see you like large sharp weapons.  Well, I can give as good as I get in that department."

The demon then holds up his fists and as Michael, Graham, and Annabelle watch, claws grow out of his hands.  And keep growing.  Three claws on each hand. Imagine Wolverine's claws except bigger and scarier.  That's what this guy is showing you.

None of the other demons do this.  Maybe he's the only one who can.
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Mike shrugged.

"It's his choice." It didn't seem to make any practical difference to him.

Annabelle struck her best ready for action pose, but didn't pull out any of her weapons.  For all she knew, they might not even work.  They didn't know these demons strengths and weaknesses.  They could be invulnerable to metal or wood. She,ll stick with her fists and feet for now.

"Our friend should be along in a moment.  Then we can have a nice, civilized, blood feud."
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Another of the demons lines up opposite with Graham on the other side of the room.

"I'll rumble with G.I. Joe here."

The demon opposite Graham pops no claws and draws no weapons as he eyes Graham's combat knife.

"Very well."says the demon who has done most of the talking on their side.  "As soon as................ah there she is now!  We've been waiting for you!  Come over and join your friends.the demon says, noticing Buffy coming into the kitchen.  The kitchen comes out to the side of where the demons are standing, not behind, and offers little cover .  Sneaking up on the demons, especially since they knew you were coming from somewhere, was near impossible.
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" We are Kotar demons if you were wondering.  And we are looking for a fight.  Now that everyone has a partner we can began."said the demon who was the apparent leader of the five.  "I'll match up with this young lady here (pointing at Annabelle)."he says lining up with the SIT.

"I'll step aside." says another demon, as we moves to stand against the wall, now in the role of spectator.

"Guess I'll take blondie." said the last demon, who turned his attention to Buffy.

"Very well boys, let's rumble!"says the leader.

Four demons then charged towards their chosen enemy.

OCC:Combat thread time.  Each demon is charging one of you.  Good guys have initiative.  The one with the largest claws is going for Mike. The other three haven't popped claws or drawn a weapon.
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Mike was getting used to this borrowed sword...and he'd never faced an opponent with claws quite that big before. Still, his performance was almost perfectly average, by his standards, swinging that massive blade around with preternatural strength no human could hope to match.

If it connected, that sword would do an amazing amount of damage...but it didn't as the demon dodged out of the way, and swung around with his right clawed hand, cutting across Mike's chest.  The demon didn't attack again, figuring one attack would do it.  "How can you still be up after that?  Unless.....holy crap! He's a vampire!  Did you people hear that?  Your pal is a vampire!  He was waiting for the right time to drain you dry!  I'm saving your lives!" the demon said.

Annabelle steeled herself for battle as one of the demons came at her.

What kind of demon did he say they were.  Quotar?  Cotar?  How do you spell that? I wish they'd haven given me a minute to write it on my notepad so I can look them up.  If we survive.

The demon came at her unarmed, so she would engage him the same as she aimed a kick at him and missed as the demon ducked out of the way, then moved in wrapping his right hand around her neck.  And squeezed.  "And now young lady, let's see how well you fight while being choked to death."



The demon that Buffybot paired up with to rumble began to dance lethally. "Ok Mr. Ugly prepare to rumble..." Buffy was ready as she attempts to punch the demon opposite her......and missed as he dodged then landed a kick to her midsection.


Graham wanted to get this fight over with quickly, so he twirled his knife in his hand, facing the heavy butt towards his opponent. Thinking back to his combat instruction with Riley Finn he spots an opening on the demon facing off against him and moves in for a hit to the base of his skull, hopefully knocking him out quickly.
Graham's knife cracked against the demon's head. "Arrggghhh!!" the demon seemed unsteady on his feet for a moment............then dropped to the ground. The downed demon moaned and his right hand moved slightly.  He likely won't be out for long.

The fifth demon remained standing against the wall.

OCC: Back to the combat thread. Mike takes 45 points of damage, Buffy takes 21 points.  Annabelle takes just 3 points, but is currently being choked to death and will continue to be choked until she escapes. Graham's demon is down for the moment, so he's free to attack another one this round.
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The demon had his hand around her throat.  How much longer until he decided to squeeze tighter and snack her neck? Not again! Not again! Annabelle thought desperately as she tried with all her might to break the choke hold but failed as the demon maintained his grip, she then tried to land a punch on the demon, hoping a shot of pain would make him let go, but couldn't hit him as he continued to choke her.

Graham barely had a moment to notice his opponent was down but not for long, before he saw Annabelle in trouble.  Choosing to save her, he left his twitching opponent to lunge at the demon holding Annabelle, moving in to stab it with his knife. "Excuse me but no one gets to strangle my friends!" The demon saw Graham coming and tried to move, but Graham's knife slashed his side. The demon cried out in pain and released his grip on Annabelle.  "Aaarrgghhh!!!  That was bad form young man!  Bad form!  Two against one, not very sporting!"

"Don't worry, he's got other problems than you!" Graham glanced to the sound of the voice, and saw the demon he just knocked out getting back up. "Come on Sgt. Fury, you and me have unfinished business!"

Buffybot had some bad luck the last time around. But still she is a mood to tangle. Unfortunately she could reach to free Annabelle she had her own challenge staring her in the face. She attempts once again to connect and.....misses again as the demon connects with a spin kick to her jaw.  "That the best you got blondie?  I think you're gonna win this fight by boring me into a coma."



Sometimes, even Mike gets serious. Once he realized how much damage those claws could do, even to him, he grunted.
"Nice shot. But they already knew I was a vampire. I'm one of those rare ensouled types, you see."
But he maneuvered his sword gracefully, feinting this way, feinting that...and then what follows greatly resembles a Mortal Kombat game, as Mike, going all out, proceeds to hack at the being's neck.

Once...his sword collided with the demon's neck, but the head didn't come off as massive amounts of blood flew through the air.

Twice...the demon's head came off and went flying across the cafeteria.

"Heads. I win."

Michael then gorily sliced the demon's body in half.

The other four demons still standing had to pause.  And all four bowed in Michael's direction before quickly turning their attention back to their own enemies.

The lead demon spoke:  "You son, are a true warrior.  Rarely has one of our kind been vanquished so utterly. Now that you've won your fight, I hope you'll do the honorable thing and stand back as we engage our foes"he said before turning his attention back to Annabelle.



OCC: Back to the combat thread.  Buffy takes 23 points of damage, Annabelle takes 3 points and is now free of the chokehold. Three demons still up, fighting Graham, Buffy, and Annabelle.    The one Michael was fighting is dead than s***.
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Mike bowed in return, strangely enough.


However, the invisible honor code meant that Mike was clearly going to sit the rest of it out and let his companions fight their own battles.

(OOC:Mike does not re-enter combat, due to his own honor code)
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THUMP! THUMP!

Before anyone can make another move, two huge cannisters land in the middle of the cafeteria and start spraying gas.  Michael and Buffy are unaffected.

Annabelle and Graham are and start coughing.

The good news is the demons are coughing too.  Now you know Kotar demons need to breath.  As you look around, you now see the vampire cops at both ends of the cafeteria entrance, having just fired the knock-out gas cannisters.  There are six vampire cops all together, three at the entrance from the school, three at the entrance that leads outside.

The four Kotar demons hit the floor.

OCC: Graham and Annabelle need to make a constituion doubled roll.  You must make five success levels or you are unconcious from the knockout gas.  Since this was a sneack attack, you can't spend a drama point.  If either of you pass out and get captured, I'll award you a "Bad things happen to good people" DP.  Michael and Buffybot need to hold steady and observe for this round. After we see who's up and who's not, I'll tell you what your options are.
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What the bloody?! COUGH! COUGH!  Surprise sneack attack by the vamp cops.  Typical.  The Kotar demons were defintely an abberrition.  Annabelle watched as the demons fell.  Well, we know they aren't in league with the cops.she thought as she dropped to her knees, coughing.

"You two! Run!"she shouted at Michael and Buffy as she hit the floor.



Annabelle Berkshire rolled 14 using 1d10+8. Constitution roll.

Mike sees gas canister take out both his opponents and his mortal friends. The vampire cops apparently decided to launch a sneak attack while they were busy.

"I don't suppose any of you so called protectors of law and order ever heard of 'honorable duel?' No? Figures. Well, what can one expect of my own kind? You could've at least waited till it was over."

However, lest they think those remaining are easy prey, he's still got that Big Ass Sword and points it indicatively at the 6 cops.

"Now then, you guys can back off, or you can end up like that guy. Well, except less messy, cause YOU would fit in an ashtray afterwards."

He gestures at the vivisected demon. The odds of 2 on 6 don't appear particularly threatening to Mike, at least. "So, whoever wants to be first in line to have 'officer down!' said about them, step on up."

(Mike may not have seen it coming, but he does have Sit Awareness, so he can react with some panache to ever changing circumstances)
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From his years with the Initiative, Graham was familiar with knockout gas.  He fought the tears that came unbidden to his eyes and tried to breath in as little of the gas as possible.  He saw Annabelle go down and Mike square off with the cops.  "Would have liked to have finished our duel with these demons," he thought to himself as he tried to contain his natural response to the gas.

18:18, Sun 13 July 2014: Graham Miller rolled 18 using 1d10+8 ((10)).

Michael, Graham, and Buffy remain standing.

Then suddenly, they freeze. They just stand their with a blank expressions on their faces, oblivious to everything going on around them.  Even Annabelle's unconcious body stiffens up, it's affecting her too.

Then you all blink.  The cops are gone.  The knocked out demons are gone (you knew they were really there because the blood stains from the one Mike slayed remains).

It's just the three of you and Annabelle lying unconcious on the floor. Where did everybody go? Mike's sword is missing from his hands too.

Better grab Annabelle and leave before the cops get back.
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Mike picks up Annabelle, since his hands are now free...

"We need to go. Uh...go where? The Military base?"

Damned inconvenient, that, because it doesn't count as a dwelling place.

A couple of seconds later you hear the sound of an approaching siren.

On one side of the cafeteria, there is a row of windows where you see a police car pull up.  Four cops get out.  Three are carrying rifles.  One is carrying something else.....looks like a flamethrower.

All four dash off heading towards the direction of the back entrance.  They'll be coming through that door in seconds.

You didn't see any of the police going the other way.  If you leave by the other cafeteria entrance, then go through the school and to the main entrance where you left the jeep parked out front, you might make a clean getaway.

Mike wastes no more time waiting for his mortal friends to make up their minds. He dashes out the other side and heads for the jeep. Of course, Mike is also much faster then they, so he has to remind himself not to go at full speed.

Graham rushes off after the others, wondering why they were in the cafeteria to begin with.  Seeing the others waiting for him at the jeep, he shakes his head.  "If I didn't know that one of you had supernatural speed and the other had 6 million dollars worth of mechanical enhancements, I might think I was out of shape."

He opened the driver door and slid in. He started the engine and moved out of the parking lot, taking a back route away from the school that avoids where he saw the police cruisers earlier.  "So where exactly are we heading?"

The jeep speeds off, managing to avoid the vampire police.  Annabelle remains unconcious from the gas attack as Graham, Mike, and Buffy discuss their next move.
Their food supply, Mike's blood supply, and Emilia's "remains" are in the jeep as well.



15 minutes later, office of the Sunnydale police chief:


The chief is at his desk and on the phone.

"I see.  We'll worry about them later. Return to the station."

The chief disconnects the call, then immediately presses the button to speed dial the mayor.

"We've got the demons here Mr. Mayor.  But when our troops went back for the rest, they were gone.  Spell must have worn off quicker than expected."

You hear the mayor's voice on the other end (But still don't see him).

Mayor: "That's all right chief.  We'll find them. Now we know those demons are vulnerable to gas attacks. Best of all, our annoying band of heroes have now searched the  high school and are convinced there is nothing to find there.  So we can proceed with our special project and they will be none the wiser."

The mayor and the chief then share a villainous  "we know something the good guys don't" laugh.

Fade to Black        Roll Credits
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