It's not amusing...being the bait. From bones_to_flesh
All that I could do now was bite my tongue, which grew increasingly difficult above the Master's tacky taunts. He...he was supposed to be a supreme leader of a vampire order and yet, all that he did was try to make me feel threatened and disquieted, which was all exceedingly unnecessary. The threat of Buffy being harmed by him was more chilling to me then my own body being harmed, and I knew with utter certainty that she would come...that...that the Master had seen to it that Buffy knew that I was cative to him, and I blamed myself.
If I hadn't been so enraptured with my thoughts concerning Jenny after visiting her, then I surely would have bene more cautious and possibly more circuitous to get back to my home, rather then twittering about, and becoming easy prey for the vampires captors, who weren't here, now, that had taken me to this din...and dingy hole in the world.
I had issued a brief reply to the Master's rants about him not succeeding in what he was trying to do and like the last time, that indeed, Buffy would once again kill him, but it was idle banter. I truly didn't know the nature of the Master's new strengths, which Angel had reported to us, and I didn't know how Buffy would fare if she had to come up against him so soon, without a plan, and once more, I knew that she would come up against him, to save me, and she would do it selflessly. She was so brave and had defied prophecy on more then one occassion.
I could only hope, as two more vampires arrived, making it four that had been lured to the hellmouth by the Master's aura, that Buffy at least gathered the troops and especially Angel in all of this and had the wherewithall to assimilate a force of weapons. But in thinking that, I knew that I truly didn't want that. I didn't mind dying, but I didn't want Buffy to die again, or Willow or Xander, and I knew that they would truly be in peril this time around.
The Master repeated his routine to the two newcomers, just as he had done with the last two, who had come probably less then an hour earlier. He had extra powers and was assembling a deadly force, who would certainly at the very least start his dirty work for him, the pillock.
And worst of all, after my taunts, the Master had freed me, and had taunted me into giving me his best shot. He had tempted me with the possibility of trying to run out of here, which I did, only to have the exit blocked by two of the four vampires, who tossed me to the ground, as I looked up at them with sheer and utter disdain. It wasn't them who I wanted, anyway, and...and as I turned, the Master smiled and waited for me to try something.
The anger and fear within me led me to do nothing, but try to defeat him, now, before Buffy got here, and instead of trying to punch him, I faked a punch and jutted a kick towards his mid-section, which connected, as I turned quickly, and searched for something wooden and pointy, which was there in the form of a burning log, which was even better then something just pointy. I grabbed it.
[The Master]
If I hadn't been so enraptured with my thoughts concerning Jenny after visiting her, then I surely would have bene more cautious and possibly more circuitous to get back to my home, rather then twittering about, and becoming easy prey for the vampires captors, who weren't here, now, that had taken me to this din...and dingy hole in the world.
I had issued a brief reply to the Master's rants about him not succeeding in what he was trying to do and like the last time, that indeed, Buffy would once again kill him, but it was idle banter. I truly didn't know the nature of the Master's new strengths, which Angel had reported to us, and I didn't know how Buffy would fare if she had to come up against him so soon, without a plan, and once more, I knew that she would come up against him, to save me, and she would do it selflessly. She was so brave and had defied prophecy on more then one occassion.
I could only hope, as two more vampires arrived, making it four that had been lured to the hellmouth by the Master's aura, that Buffy at least gathered the troops and especially Angel in all of this and had the wherewithall to assimilate a force of weapons. But in thinking that, I knew that I truly didn't want that. I didn't mind dying, but I didn't want Buffy to die again, or Willow or Xander, and I knew that they would truly be in peril this time around.
The Master repeated his routine to the two newcomers, just as he had done with the last two, who had come probably less then an hour earlier. He had extra powers and was assembling a deadly force, who would certainly at the very least start his dirty work for him, the pillock.
And worst of all, after my taunts, the Master had freed me, and had taunted me into giving me his best shot. He had tempted me with the possibility of trying to run out of here, which I did, only to have the exit blocked by two of the four vampires, who tossed me to the ground, as I looked up at them with sheer and utter disdain. It wasn't them who I wanted, anyway, and...and as I turned, the Master smiled and waited for me to try something.
The anger and fear within me led me to do nothing, but try to defeat him, now, before Buffy got here, and instead of trying to punch him, I faked a punch and jutted a kick towards his mid-section, which connected, as I turned quickly, and searched for something wooden and pointy, which was there in the form of a burning log, which was even better then something just pointy. I grabbed it.
[The Master]