Back at the The Fish Tank:

Aaron starts reading the details of the spell:

You need a metal key, some moss herbs, and the blood of a vampire.  The moss herbs you don't have but can usually be found at most magic shops.  You do a ritual on the key and then the vampire whose blood is used can enter any dwelling without invitation as long he's holding the key, the key is in his pocket, etc.

If the vampire loses the key or the key is destroyed, the vampire lose the power.  If another vampire gains possession of the key, it won't work for him or her.  The specific blood use bounds the key to that vampire alone.

Aaron takes a closer look at the book.  It's only about a hundred years old ( almost brand new by occult book standards), which might explain why this spell isn't well known since its relatively new.

Mike considers.

"Do you want to try that spell?"

"We could have a go. The ingredients don't appear to be very rare. And the ritual seems simple enough." Aaron takes the time to read through it again to make sure the spell is committed to memory.

"Oh crumbs, that was just horrid."  Annabelle said commenting on her form.  Time for a new tactic.  Focusing on not getting hit by the Turok, she ran towards the front of the market, not out the door and into the sun, and hoped the monster would follow her.

The Slayer successfully ducked out of the monster's reach as he pursued her to the front of the store, not far away from the entrance.

Unlike Annabelle this time around. Buffybot decided to get physical. After all she is built for it. "Not bad but let's see you got out of this."  The robot reached forward, grabbing the Turok by the neck then attempted to nail him in the groin area.  The ubervamp managed to dodge out of the way, then failed to nail Buffy with a punch of his own.



Lance sees the girls run in toward the store away from the exit.  Too many questions right now to think, got to focus.  He looks left then right then up trying to case the joint as they say.  Gotta be something useful around here.  He starts to walk the perimeter of the store looking for any useful items that could be turned into weapons. He knows there must be other entrances towards the back and heads that way on his search.

The Initiative agent makes his way to the back and to the loading dock back entrance to the market, nothing useful for a weapon, unless you count the stack of large wooden palettes that food deliveries were stacked on when the trucks showed up.

OCC: Back to the combat thread.  No damage this round. Buffybot still has her vamp grappled by the neck. Lance is at the back of the store (as far as he got in one round). The back entrance may or may not be unlocked if he wants to try to get back inside that way.

In reply to Aaron James (msg # 11):

"In that case, we'll go to a magic supply shop. There's a route underground we can take. Of course, any route I can take is one the enemy can take too."

Aaron grins in a slightly savage way. "We'd best make sure we're well armed then." He fetches both his bow and sword. He closes the book and places it with the others so that it won't look out of place. "So no-one will know what we're attempting if they find our little hideout. We should probably leave a note for Annabelle and the others though."

Underneath Sunnydale:

Having left a note for Annabelle and the others, Michael and Aaron entered a man hole cover (in a shady spot of course)near the back of The Fish Tank are now on their way to the magic supply shop though Sunnydale's underground tunnels.

Once she reached the front of the store Annabelle whirled around to face the Turok.

"And now for my Michael Smith impression:  Annabelle, you're snoring can wake the undead!  Annabelle, that's not how you drive! Annabelle, I'm going to be an insufferable bore and get on your nerves all the time! she said as she reached forward to grab the nearest body part on the Turok ................and missed, but at least manged to avoid getting hit herself by the ubervamp.



"Frickin nice, the ladies are having all the fun and I am hiding in the sun." Lance finds the dock entry way and goes to the door to see if it is indeed open or not. But not before kicking and breaking a palette apart. He inspects the pieces and tries to fashion a makeshift stake.

Picking up a suitable homemade stake from the pieces, Lance tries the dock entrance and fortunately finds it unlocked.


Buffybot growled a bit. This Turok Han was sneaky as hell. BUT she wanted one more shot before she changes tactics. Still grabbing her opponent by neck she attempts it once again. "Ok let's see you get out of this one!" This time she succeeded as the ubervamp howled in pain, but he managed to shrug off the blow, and tried to punch Buffy, but missed.

OCC: Back to the combat thread.  If Lance wants to rejoin the fight, it will take him one round to run back to the front of the store where the fight is. Both vamp's still up and fighting, Buffybot still has hers grappled by the neck.

In reply to Director (msg # 15):

Mike led the way...after all, this was natural territory for his kind. Just because he made a habit of killing his own kind didn't make it any less true.

Tunnels of Sunnydale:

Mike leads Aaron in the direction of the magic supply store.  They make it to the appropriate manhole cover which is currently covered in shade rather than sunlight and exit without a problem.

The magic store is just a few yards away, they find the door unlocked and are inside less than five minutes when they find the moss herbs they need.

Now they just need a key and Mike's blood to cast the spell.

Mike looked around...

"Ya know, does this store ave a key? Somewhere?"

Or hell, a car key would do...

At the supermarket:


After trying the sneak approach and failing he stashes the stake in his belt and quickly lights a smoke. He takes a long deep drag"Well to quote some Metallica, BACK TO THE FRONT!" Lance nods as if he is head banging once or twice. He reaches down, draws the stake and moves out.

But before he can rejoin the battle upfront, he is cut off as two vampire cops suddenly appear and block his way.  They came from the direction of the meat and seafood section, apparently they were hiding in the meat cooler. They're clearly vamps as they have their vamp faces on and are carrying something cops don't usually carry.

Lance recognizes the standard issue Initiative taser rifle each cop is carrying.  "The chief was right!  Stake this place out and they would show up. You call for back up, I'll handle this guy." One cop reaches for his radio to call for backup.  The other one points his taser rifle at Lance.

Meanwhile up front:

"Stab my eyes!  Michael makes it look so easy!. Annabelle shouted as she reviewed her failure to grab and throw the vamp.

Trying for something more up her alley, she launched a punch then a kick at the Turok. This time she succeeded as she nailed the Turok twice, then deftly dodged his attack on her.


Buffybot makes a successful takedown on her foe in order to make a finishing move.  The Turok hits the floor with a thud.


OCC: Back to the combat thread.  Good guys have initiative.  Lance now has two vamp cops to deal with, one is about to call for backup, the other about to shoot him with a taser rifle. Lance can either shoot at them or is close enough to engage them in melee combat. Annabelle and Buffy still have one Turok each, Buffy's is on the floor
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"If we can't get one fro, here, there must be a locksmith nearby. They'll have more keys than we know what to do with." Aaron also begins to hunt for a key, but also sticks his head out the door and looks up and down the street for a locksmiths shop.

"Should already have one from the stolen vehicles. That'll have to do for the moment."


Should work.

"That's true. I guess we should head back then. See if we can get this spell to work."

Underground:

With their key procuring strategy decided and moss herbs in hand, Michael and Aaron are soon going back the way they came in Sunnydale's underground tunnel system.

They're about halfway back to The Fish Tank when they hear a growling noise.

Then a single Turok-Han turns the corner to face them. No doubt he came underground to hide from the sun.


He appears to be alone. The Turok pauses only for a second before he races forward in between the two, looks like he's trying to attack you both at once.

OCC: Combat thread time for Aaron and Michael.  Turok-Han coming your way.

Underground:

Mike is so very well practiced, doing what he does. He successfully grabs his enemy and tosses him right into the ceiling of the tunnel, where he faceplants right into it before falling down. Then he could finish him off. He forgot to block, though, perhaps getting a little overconfident.

But luckily for Mike, the vamp was in no position to attack as he crashed to the ground.

Aaron brings up the bow in his hands and looses an arrow at the incoming vamp without a thought. Then, reaching across himself, he draws his sword. Ready to face the creature in the close confines of the tunnel.

Aaron makes a million dollar shot that easily strikes the downed vamp as the monsters cry of pain echoes down the tunnel.

OCC: Back to the combat thread for you two.  The Turok is on the ground and you have initiative. You'll be able to start the round by attacking him while he is down before he gets to his feet.

Reversing the sword deftly Aaron takes it in a firm two-handed grip and swings the blade toward the Turok Han's exposed neck.


Mike grabbed his stake and aimed 3 shots at his heart, going all out. Between that and the incoming sword, this poor Turok Han never had a prayer. Mike gets there first, despite his prone position, the ubervamp manages to roll out of the way of the ensouled vamp's atack.


 But he wasn't so lucky against the watcher's flawless decapitation attack as the blade cuts through his neck and the head goes flying for a second before both head and body turn to dust. "Go back to hell." His face has a grim expression of disgust as he pulls his sword loose.

This Turok was alone.  After checking to make sure no other enemies were present, Aaron and Mike continue on their underground trip back to The Fish Tank.


OCC: Back to the episode thread for you two.  One more Turok dusted and one DP spent by Aaron.

"Well done. He got away from me."

Which is rare, when they're prone, but always possible.

And then they'd head the rest of the way back.

"I'm sending you back to hell."

Seizing the advantage, Annabelle took aim with her wooden stake and went for the Turok's heart.

THOK!  FOOM!  The stake hit the heart, and the ubervamp exploded to dust.

SHHHHRAAKKK!!!!

The slayer doesn't have time to celebrate her victory as a bolt of lighting struck her from behind.  Standing a couple of yards behind her is a vamp cop holding a taser rifle.

The slayer never knew what hit her as she hit the floor like a rock.


Lance chuckles to himself. "What do we have here?" He grins and unleashes a kick towards the taser rifle to try to knock it away from him but fails as the vamp cop avoids his attmept. He follows through with a roll to try to get away from their grasp.

But this vamp cop is a good shooter as a charge from the taser rifle travels through the air and nails the former Initiative agent.  The other cop speaks into his two way radio.  "We've got a suspect on aisle 5 and need back up."  The voice on the other end says "You two are on your own, we've got suspects up front to deal with."


Lance tried to roll but was not quick enough.  Feeling the slight sting he knew what was coming next. He gritted his teeth together, time to "Ride the Lightning".

The agent felt a surge of pain for just a moment, then his eyes closed before he hit the floor.



Buffybot saw her chance to finish off the now prone Turok Han. She strikes in the attempt to dust the hostile.  Thok!  Foom!  One Turok dusted.

But before she knew what hit her, Buffybot was also struck by a bolt of lighting from a vamp cop who was standing a few yards behind her as she finished the Turok.

Buffybot can feel the surge going thru her body but somehow managed to stay awake. Annabelle was on the floor and two vamp cops with tasers were now taking aim at her.

OCC: Buffybot is the only one up and at a -2 penalty on all actions. Annabelle and Lance are knocked out. You also each take five points of damage. Vamp cops have initiative.
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"Thanks. They do that sometimes." The Watcher sheathes his sword once more and follows the friendly vampire along the tunnel, leaving behind the two piles of dust.

Back at The Fish Tank:


Aaron and Michael make it back to their headquarters with no further resistance.  Moments later, Aaron obtains a spare key from one of the keyrings of their "borrowed" vehicles.


Now they just need a sample of Michael's blood.

Mike provides it...

"Cast away."

Aaron gathers the supplies and re-reads the spell to confirm the details. He then starts to go through the spell step by step, ensuring that he misses nothing out.

Laying out the moss herbs on the floor, Aaron puts the key on top, drips Mike's blood onto the key and begins to walk a circle around it while chanting.

OOC: 20:22, Today: Aaron James rolled 11 using 1d10+6. Spellcasting roll.