Fandom AU | Town Hall | Sunday Nighttime | August 2
The evening may have started out like all the ones before this for the past few years, but tonight was going to be different. The spell hadn't quite worked as expected, but there were reinforcements on both sides with one single goal of ending this occupation
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Linsday
Lead on?
This place is nuttier than Fandom. The real one. Or the one Lindsay was from. This Lindsay, not the other-
This was making her head hurt.
"I hate this place," Lindsay muttered to herself as she checked her gun and then progressed down the passage and to the right. "Let's get this over with."
Piper
"Don't we all," Piper muttered as she continued to follow. "If there's a chance to make it better then yeah, let's get it done."
Anakin
"Hard to see how it could get worse," was Anakin's super-optimistic comment.
Zero
"If there were any wood, I'd make you knock on it," Zero said mildly to Anakin as she followed along.
Irulan
As if on cue, Irulan held out a stake next to Anakin.
Anakin
Anakin rolled his eyes, but knocked on the stake. "Everyone happy now?"
Vampires
Which, sadly, might have been too little, too late as a group of cannon fodder vampires who were rushing outside to help ran across them.
Zero
"We can't get bogged down with this," Zero declared. "Someone deal with them. Someone come with me. Let's get this done."
Linsday
"I'm with you," Lindsay replied pulling her gun and gesturing for anyone else who wish not to be vamp food to follow. "Let's go."
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Zack
Fodder! Vampires! Fight!
Zack might have been feeling the odd one out a few moments before, but the appearance of the enemy on the scene, even if he was physically currently one of them, threw him right back into his usual cocky self in a heartbeat. Combat Mode was so on, right now.
Shut up, he wasn't bouncing that much as he lifted his sword and grinned over at Jen.
"Think we can handle this?"
Jen
"Probably. If anything, I can just throw you at them," Jennifer said.
Vampire
"Probably not," the vamp nearest contradicted. He game-faced as he squared off towards the - normal sized one. "Wanna die anyway?"
Zack
"Oh, that'll work well," Zack said, with an eyeroll. And then he... Game-faced as well.
Oh, wow, did that ever feel weird. "You've probably gone through softer brick walls before. Trust me on this. Jen? Wanna play fetch again?"
Jen
"How about... wishbone?" Jen said. Hey, they were both super-strong...
Vampire
"How about not wasting my time," the vamp snarked. And he tried to tackle - yep, again, he went for the normal sized one. The green chick was just freaky.
Zack
Going for either of them was actually a really, really silly move.
"Whoop!" Zack jumped backward toward Jen as though he was spring-loaded, holding his sword between himself and the vampire. Other vampire. The ugly one. "Fire at will!"
Hey, he kinda enjoyed the Fastball Special. So sue him.
Jen
Well, Zack was getting another butt squeeze before Jen launched him at the vampire.
"Think fast!"
Vampire
The vampire wasn't very bright at the best of times, but he was bright enough to know one thing: when another vampire gets thrown at him by a massive green thing? RUN.
He turned tail and tried to flee.
Zack
Especially when the other vampire was lashing out toward him with a big, mean-looking sword?
Zack was grinning like an idiot when that sword swung out, aiming for the ugly guy's neck. And not entirely because of that butt-squeeze, no.
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Jen
"Vamp on vamp action. And here I am, without a Pay-Per-View camera crew," Jen remarked.
Vampire
The sword sliced through the fleeing vampire's neck as it exploded into a pile of dust.
Hopefully Pay-Per-View didn't charge full price when the vampire only lasted a minute.
Zack
"Oh, yeah!" Zack landed, grinned, and gave his sword a spin before turning to look at the oncoming throng. He was totally humming a victory theme. "Who's next?"
Jen
"Next one's mine, sweetcheeks," Jen said, drawing a stake from her belt. "Got to share, after all."
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Piper
"Oh this is just perfect," Piper grumbled when the vamps showed up. She sent a glare in Anakin's direction. Somehow this was his fault.
Irulan
"He didn't knock hard enough," she remarked, putting up her knife and stake.
Vampire
The vampire closest to Irulan and Piper shifted to gameface and just smirked, stepping forward and tapping his chest. Cocky bastard. But then, they all were, weren't they?
"You ladies want a piece of this?"
Stupid question.
Piper
"No, but I'm thinking you want a piece of this," Piper replied, gripping her stake.
Irulan
Irulan activated her personal shield and grinned. It was not a nice grin. "And a little something extra."
Vampire
The vampire was probably not the brightest vampire in the world, no. Not with the way he was laughing to himself as he picked one of the girls- Piper- and rushed at her. Oh, he so wanted a piece of that.
And then a little extra, yes.
Piper
Piper just rolled her eyes. She immediately held her stake up, ready to aim it at his heart as he got closer. Maybe he'd be stupid enough to fall on it.
Irulan
Irulan didn't move but that was because she could be anywhere in an eyeblink. Also, the vampire seemed too stupid to realize that he was the one in danger and not them.
Vampire
He was a very, very dumb vampire indeed. But he wasn't dumb enough to leap onto Piper's stake for her, either. He ducked low so that his heart wasn't too easily accessible, hoping to plow into her with his shoulder.
Piper
Which Piper immediately dodged. She then stuck her foot out, hoping to trip him.
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Irulan
In an eyeblink Irulan was already situated where the vampire would be.
"I thought vampires were supposed to be beautiful," she said, a little critically as she got a good look in. "You must be the runt of the litter."
Vampire
Oh, that just pissed him off. He was still stumbling forward, yes, but he was stumbling forward toward Irulan, his mouth wide open and his teeth bared, swinging a fist toward her.
It probably wasn't going to end as well as he'd hoped it might.
Piper
Piper rushed toward him while his attention was on Irulan, fully prepared to pierce his heart with her stake. "Your sire must be sooo proud."
Irulan
Irulan evaded the blow and with quick jab forward hit the vampire's chest with the stake. "So long..."
Vampire
Oh, this vampire's sire probably would have been burying his face in his hands and shaking his head, if only he knew how idiotic this guy was.
Or, rather, how idiotic this guy had been.
After all, he was kinda dusted, now.
Piper
"Shut him up," Piper muttered, staring at the pile of dust.
She glanced over at Irulan and then the surrounding area, fully expecting more vampires to show up.
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Anakin
While the cannon fodder vampires were busy with the others, Anakin took the opportunity to make a break for the big, thrumming device.
Not dirty.
Kerrigan
Yeah, it better not be dirty, or Kerrigan would give him a smacking.
Guys.
She surged forward as well, eyes trained on the damn thing. "Know what you're doing, Skywalker?"
Anakin
"I once landed a ship that was on fire, crashing toward a planet and built for aliens who wrote in a language I couldn't read," Anakin said as he rapidly assessed the machine in front of him. "So, yes, but...give me a second?"
Linsday
Linz was looking out into the hallway and monitoring the sounds of the fight.
"Yes. Fine. Crashing ship. Seconds. Great. Go do that," she said trying to make sure nothing was following them. "Let's just get this started before we get company."
Rose
Rose was staying the hell away from the big thrumming laundry machine thing. Let the people who could install Windows on a computer deal with that, she'd deal with fighting.
"Crashing this one would kinda suck," she couldn't help calling as she positioned herself at the door with a good view of the room, stake at the ready.
Kerrigan
"I have to agree," Kerrigan replied, shooting Anakin an amused look as she knelt down by the device, "That's not really a pedigree for this job. Lucky you have me."
She had her own kind of arrogance.
Anakin
"Yeah, well, I'll be faster," he declared.
Helpfully.
Linsday
"Anything we can do to help?" Lindsay asked still keeping an eye on the passage leading to the room.
Zero
"Just keep him from saying it could be worse," Zero suggested, scanning the room warily.
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Rose
"Or that he can't believe it's this easy," Rose chimed in.
In a moment, if they all survived, she'd remember he was a teacher.
Anakin
"Shut up, all of you, I'm thinking," Anakin said, finally reaching what looked like the access panel and popping it open.
Ooh, keypad.
Closing his eyes and letting the Force guide his fingers (and praying just a little bit to whatever was out there), he punched in a series of numbers.
"There."
Irulan
Irulan entered just in time to hear the machine beep. She waited for something more but nothing seemed to be forthcoming.
"That's it?" She turned to Anakin, "Perhaps you did it wrong."
Anakin
"I didn't do it wrong," Anakin said. "That was a good beep. That wasn't a 'we're going to crash into something' beep or a 'sorry I didn't understand' beep or a 'we're about to explode' beep. It's a happy beep."
He gave the machine a smack with the palm of his hand, though. Just in case.
Zero
"It sounded kind of annoyed to me," Zero told him. "Maybe you're tone deaf."
Rose
"Um, guys? It didn't blow us all up," Rose said, eyes on the fighting outside. "I'm calling it a win."
Linsday
"Technically it hasn't done anything," Lindsay pointed out. "So maybe it's really a draw."
That was, of course, because they were inside and couldn't see the effects of the device...
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