Fic: A Jump To the Left (1/3)
Title: A Jump To The Left
Author: 3am_moonlight aka mirrored_illusions.
Rating: Gen, with background het.
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) / Jumper (2008 Film).
Timeline: Anytime post-Chosen, anytime post-film.
Characters: David Rice/Millie Harris, Buffy Summers.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon. Jumper belongs to Steven Gould, or at least the books do. Either way, none of it belongs to me.
Summary: David and Millie get a Vampire show-and-tell.
Word Count: 1,064 (this chapter) & 2,994 (complete).
Note: Written for the 2017 August Fic-A-Day, Day 10.
David Rice was fast asleep in Hong Kong next to Millie Harris when his cell phone woke him up from a deep sleep. Barely awake he reached out his hand and fumbled in the general direction of the night stand, knocking over several things before he finally got his hand on the offending object.
"Yeah?" He half-mumbled after blindly hitting the 'accept' button on the screen.
"Good morning, Sunshine! This is your friendly neighborhood Slayer calling to inform you that you are fifteen minutes late for your pre-scheduled demonstration of how to kill our local undead Americans!" The voice on the other end of the line sounded way too chipper for his groggy mind. He opened his eyes to slits and peeked at the time. Fifteen minutes past midnight; they'd been asleep for less than 40 minutes. He groaned and the woman on the other end laughed.
"You forgot, didn't you?" Buffy's tone was teasing and not the least bit sympathetic towards his obvious lack of sleep that night.
"We'll be there in 20," he replied and hung up. David closed his eyes and willed his body to cooperate.
"David? Is something wrong?" He turned around and looked at his girlfriend.
"No, I just forgot I had a meeting. *We* have a meeting and I forgot all about it." He got up and disappeared into the bathroom where he took a three-minute shower, mostly to wake himself up. When he got back into the bedroom Millie was waiting for him.
"What meeting?"
"Remember a week ago when I got home with some bruises and I kept avoiding your questions?" She gave him an affirmative reply. "I got into a fight with a group of vampires." He quickly added, "Yes, vampires are real, surprised the heck out of me, too." When he saw her expression.
"Right before one of them was about to bite my neck this skinny little woman showed up out of nowhere and stuck a wooden stake into his heart through his back. And then she began beating them up before staking them one by one. The whole thing was surreal, even for me."
"Vampires are *not* real, David."
Instead of contradicting her he encouraged her to take a quick shower so he could show her the evidence in person, but he knew there would be a long talk in his near future. "Buffy, the little blonde, promised to give me a demonstration tonight since she didn't have time a week ago. I talked her into letting you come along. We were supposed to meet her at midnight."
Millie gave him a disbelieving look but went to get ready. Twenty-two minutes later and David had jumped them from their apartment in Hong Kong and to the outskirts of a graveyard, an old stone church looming against the sky in front of them.
Mille gave the area a quick look before she asked, "So where's this vampire killer of yours?" Before David got a chance to reply, a female voice beat him to it.
"It's Vampire Slayer, not killer. And I'm right here." When the couple turned around they were met by the sight of a slight woman with blonde hair and wearing a pair of leather pants in combination with a sleeveless top in old rose. David greeted her politely while Millie simply stared for a few moments before remembering her own manners.
"I've already staked one vamp tonight but there's another fresh grave over there." She pointed slightly to their left and indicated they should start walking in that direction. "He might not rise until tomorrow night, it depends a little if it takes them one night or three before they rise. Either way, baby vamps are easy so less chance you'll get hurt." By the time she finished talking they were almost to the grave. It proclaimed that Steven Gould was buried there.
"You might want to get comfy, this might take a while." She added when they stopped.
It took the vampire another 32 minutes to start clawing itself out of the grave, one hand at a time. Buffy was tempted to roll her eyes when Millie predictably began to scream before she cut herself off. The three of them spent the next five minutes watching the newly risen vamp climb completely out of what was supposed to be its final resting place.
"This, lady and gentleman, is a vampire. As you can see his face is ridged into his grrr face. His eyes have become yellowish, and his canines have elongated into sharp fangs. Some of a vampires new skill set include; superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, and durability. They also have heightened senses of smell, hearing, and night vision. In addition, they have accelerated healing and innate hand-to-hand combat skills. Oh, and they have a kind of immortality." Buffy lectured, just barely refraining from doing so in a bad British accent. Somehow she doubted her current audience would get the joke.
"I say a kind of immortality because they can get killed. Like the fiction says; a wooden stake through the heart, beheading, and sunlight being the most obvious ways to kill them. They can get hurt by crosses and other holy items, but they can enter a church if they feel inclined." She thought for a moment, "Garlic has no effect on them other than giving them bad breath."
As she was about to continue her lecture the vampire finally broke free of the grave dirt and charged her, and Buffy spent the next ten minutes showing off her fighting skills for the visiting couple before she knocked him to the ground, held him down, and handed Millie her stake.
"Would you like to do the honors, my lady?" It was an as good way as any to prove the existence of the undead to a disbeliever.
After a few seconds of staring, and Buffy showing her how to hold the stake with both hands before plunging it into his heart, she completed the deed and the vamp turned to dust right under her hands.
Unsurprisingly what followed was a demand for Buffy to come back to Hong Kong with them so she could explain everything more thoroughly, with a free shopping spree as an added incentive.
Not long after Buffy experienced her first 'jump' as David brought both of them back to the apartment.
Author: 3am_moonlight aka mirrored_illusions.
Rating: Gen, with background het.
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) / Jumper (2008 Film).
Timeline: Anytime post-Chosen, anytime post-film.
Characters: David Rice/Millie Harris, Buffy Summers.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon. Jumper belongs to Steven Gould, or at least the books do. Either way, none of it belongs to me.
Summary: David and Millie get a Vampire show-and-tell.
Word Count: 1,064 (this chapter) & 2,994 (complete).
Note: Written for the 2017 August Fic-A-Day, Day 10.
David Rice was fast asleep in Hong Kong next to Millie Harris when his cell phone woke him up from a deep sleep. Barely awake he reached out his hand and fumbled in the general direction of the night stand, knocking over several things before he finally got his hand on the offending object.
"Yeah?" He half-mumbled after blindly hitting the 'accept' button on the screen.
"Good morning, Sunshine! This is your friendly neighborhood Slayer calling to inform you that you are fifteen minutes late for your pre-scheduled demonstration of how to kill our local undead Americans!" The voice on the other end of the line sounded way too chipper for his groggy mind. He opened his eyes to slits and peeked at the time. Fifteen minutes past midnight; they'd been asleep for less than 40 minutes. He groaned and the woman on the other end laughed.
"You forgot, didn't you?" Buffy's tone was teasing and not the least bit sympathetic towards his obvious lack of sleep that night.
"We'll be there in 20," he replied and hung up. David closed his eyes and willed his body to cooperate.
"David? Is something wrong?" He turned around and looked at his girlfriend.
"No, I just forgot I had a meeting. *We* have a meeting and I forgot all about it." He got up and disappeared into the bathroom where he took a three-minute shower, mostly to wake himself up. When he got back into the bedroom Millie was waiting for him.
"What meeting?"
"Remember a week ago when I got home with some bruises and I kept avoiding your questions?" She gave him an affirmative reply. "I got into a fight with a group of vampires." He quickly added, "Yes, vampires are real, surprised the heck out of me, too." When he saw her expression.
"Right before one of them was about to bite my neck this skinny little woman showed up out of nowhere and stuck a wooden stake into his heart through his back. And then she began beating them up before staking them one by one. The whole thing was surreal, even for me."
"Vampires are *not* real, David."
Instead of contradicting her he encouraged her to take a quick shower so he could show her the evidence in person, but he knew there would be a long talk in his near future. "Buffy, the little blonde, promised to give me a demonstration tonight since she didn't have time a week ago. I talked her into letting you come along. We were supposed to meet her at midnight."
Millie gave him a disbelieving look but went to get ready. Twenty-two minutes later and David had jumped them from their apartment in Hong Kong and to the outskirts of a graveyard, an old stone church looming against the sky in front of them.
Mille gave the area a quick look before she asked, "So where's this vampire killer of yours?" Before David got a chance to reply, a female voice beat him to it.
"It's Vampire Slayer, not killer. And I'm right here." When the couple turned around they were met by the sight of a slight woman with blonde hair and wearing a pair of leather pants in combination with a sleeveless top in old rose. David greeted her politely while Millie simply stared for a few moments before remembering her own manners.
"I've already staked one vamp tonight but there's another fresh grave over there." She pointed slightly to their left and indicated they should start walking in that direction. "He might not rise until tomorrow night, it depends a little if it takes them one night or three before they rise. Either way, baby vamps are easy so less chance you'll get hurt." By the time she finished talking they were almost to the grave. It proclaimed that Steven Gould was buried there.
"You might want to get comfy, this might take a while." She added when they stopped.
It took the vampire another 32 minutes to start clawing itself out of the grave, one hand at a time. Buffy was tempted to roll her eyes when Millie predictably began to scream before she cut herself off. The three of them spent the next five minutes watching the newly risen vamp climb completely out of what was supposed to be its final resting place.
"This, lady and gentleman, is a vampire. As you can see his face is ridged into his grrr face. His eyes have become yellowish, and his canines have elongated into sharp fangs. Some of a vampires new skill set include; superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, and durability. They also have heightened senses of smell, hearing, and night vision. In addition, they have accelerated healing and innate hand-to-hand combat skills. Oh, and they have a kind of immortality." Buffy lectured, just barely refraining from doing so in a bad British accent. Somehow she doubted her current audience would get the joke.
"I say a kind of immortality because they can get killed. Like the fiction says; a wooden stake through the heart, beheading, and sunlight being the most obvious ways to kill them. They can get hurt by crosses and other holy items, but they can enter a church if they feel inclined." She thought for a moment, "Garlic has no effect on them other than giving them bad breath."
As she was about to continue her lecture the vampire finally broke free of the grave dirt and charged her, and Buffy spent the next ten minutes showing off her fighting skills for the visiting couple before she knocked him to the ground, held him down, and handed Millie her stake.
"Would you like to do the honors, my lady?" It was an as good way as any to prove the existence of the undead to a disbeliever.
After a few seconds of staring, and Buffy showing her how to hold the stake with both hands before plunging it into his heart, she completed the deed and the vamp turned to dust right under her hands.
Unsurprisingly what followed was a demand for Buffy to come back to Hong Kong with them so she could explain everything more thoroughly, with a free shopping spree as an added incentive.
Not long after Buffy experienced her first 'jump' as David brought both of them back to the apartment.