Well That Was Odd

[not_a_damsel]

When someone tells you that you are taking over the LA Branch of a multi-dimensional Law Firm, I didn't blink an eye. It was something in my current environment that I had adapted to. Now if you told me that I would be stranded on an island my some transdimensional demon? I would have laughed you straight to the funny farm. Yet here I was standing

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[prophecy_boy]

"...What if we behaved ourselves? The demon needs to cool off, or else she's going to separate all of us and make private hells for us to suffer in individually."

"Cordy, you know stuff like that makes me realize how much I missed you. State the obvious because it is the right thing to say. So I vote we just figure out how to survive, and I don't want to be typecast or anything, but caves? Seem like a good option."

It hadn't been around long, but I'd started to get used to the resort. Now we didn't have it anymore. It would have been nice to have a warm bed and all of the other extras that came with the resort, but now that it was gone, there wasn't much we could do about it. It sounded like Cordelia had the right idea, though. As much as I hated the sound of it, we would probably have to "behave ourselves" to get our demon "friend" to treat us like something more than prisoners. I wasn't sure what "behaving ourselves" would actually amount to... but I was sure I could handle whatever it turned out to be.

Caves. Fred mentioned caves.

Caves I could handle. I knew a fair bit about living in caves. I knew that Fred did, too. Between the two of us, we wouldn't be too bad off. I could handle things like fire and catching food when the time came, too.

This demon wanted to play games, take away our shelter and food? Fine. We could play right back.

"Caves are good. It shouldn't be hard to find one big enough in a place like this. If we find a place to get set up... I'll go out and catch everyone something to eat. Food shouldn't be a problem... assuming there's some kinda animal around here big enough to eat."

[not_a_damsel]

I was sort of trying to sort out what was going on with the two further down the shore. There was a lot of giggling, and a bit of hugging so it had to be okay right? I glanced to the two of them and they were sitting now. So I suppose it was just one of those "friend" things, and we would all meet up eventually. Although I didn't want to wander off and leave them alone.

I wondered if the other Willow would let them know where we had gone. Then again looking at her kicking at the sand, I had a feeling she was not the helpful one.

"Caves are good. It shouldn't be hard to find one big enough in a place like this. If we find a place to get set up... I'll go out and catch everyone something to eat. Food shouldn't be a problem... assuming there's some kinda animal around here big enough to eat."

I smiled, Connor was looking to be the only male here. Well there was that Xander guy.. but where had he gone? I wondered if perhaps the demon had done something to him as well. It wouldn't shock me at all. Nothing did these days.

"I know there is fruit and such, and maybe there are fish? Although this is a transdimensional island. There is no telling just what is out there. Although I am sure you can handle yourself."

I smiled at Connor, and figured as long as we were altogether we would be safe. It would just be a change that is all. Change can be good. I mean sure this doesn't look very promising, but I was still hopeful.

Hopeful was something.

[xxcordeliaxx]

"Cordy, you know stuff like that makes me realize how much I missed you. State the obvious because it is the right thing to say. So I vote we just figure out how to survive, and I don't want to be typecast or anything, but caves? Seem like a good option."

How about we sit down and clue each other in on why the hell Fred and I are no longer a part of each other's lives? Our demon the beach bitch gave me some pretty weird details about a relationship with Connor that I should (or from what I'd heard, shouldn't have had) in the future. She didn't mention anyone splitting from Angel Investigations.

I should be taking notes.

And leave it to Fred to suggest a cave, typecast or not, it's true.

"Caves are good. It shouldn't be hard to find one big enough in a place like this. If we find a place to get set up... I'll go out and catch everyone something to eat. Food shouldn't be a problem... assuming there's some kinda animal around here big enough to eat."

I would like to become a vegetarian, right now. Please.

There's this sudden mental image of a pig on a stick over a fire that's making me want to gag. We wouldn't be able to cook it right, so it would either be raw, or bloody and burnt. Ew.

Get me out of here, or kill me.

"I know there is fruit and such, and maybe there are fish? Although this is a transdimensional island. There is no telling just what is out there. Although I am sure you can handle yourself."

"I don't care if he can." I looked over to Fred, who seemed positive that Connor could handle it. I couldn't be so sure. "I don't like the idea of you going out and hunting on your own, Connor. Anything could happen, and we wouldn't know."

[prophecy_boy]

"I know there is fruit and such, and maybe there are fish? Although this is a transdimensional island. There is no telling just what is out there. Although I am sure you can handle yourself."

Whatever might be out there... I'm not too worried. We could eat mostly fruit, but we'd just be hungry again half an hour later. It doesn't give you much energy, anyway. Not very good survival food. Meat would be a lot better. People might not like the idea of wanting to eat something we just found and killed, but if they wanted to survive, they would.

And I'm kind of a good cook when it comes to campfires. Not to brag or anything.

"I don't care if he can. I don't like the idea of you going out and hunting on your own, Connor. Anything could happen, and we wouldn't know."

... was she worried about me?

"I'll be okay," I promised. "I'm not worried. You shouldn't be, either." I smiled a little. She had said she thought I should smile some more, so I was willing to try and make the effort. "I killed an Aufrecht demon by myself when I was seven. I can handle myself."

[not_a_damsel]

The thought of Connor hunting at age seven is cute and alarming all at the same time. I have this strange mental image forming, and despite my best efforts it seems to be sticking with me. I shake my head at it, trying to get it out of there.

Finally I chose to shift my focus elsewhere.

"Okay, well handling yourself is one thing, but I still don't think it'll be wise for you to go out on your own. I think we might be better off trying to organize some sort of plan? Maybe figure out who can hunt and who is... well not hunting? I mean that girl in the leather? The one that looks like Willow? She can hunt right? I mean she is a vampire right?"

There was surely a lot of things that I missed out on, when I was busy focusing on the whole two of me thing? I wasn't sure if this girl was a good vampire or a bad one, and I am pretty sure that she was mostly ignoring us right now. In fact. Yeah. She is off in her own little world now.

So she might not be as helpful as I thought. Not that Vampires are usually like Spike or Angel, but it was nice when they were.

"Should we go interupt them? I mean we can't hang out on the beach all day."

[xxcordeliaxx]

"I killed an Aufrecht demon by myself when I was seven. I can handle myself."

Issues. No wonder he has so many of them.

I sighed, wishing he wasn't so proud of his ability to kill things at the age when most boys were playing with cars. My Connor would have been happy with that, and with hockey, which I'm assuming that Angel would have played with him from the time that he learned how to walk up until Angel realized Connor was getting better than him at it.

Connor didn't get that. He got demon killing and sadness in someplace where people don't smile unless they're told to.

"Okay, well handling yourself is one thing, but I still don't think it'll be wise for you to go out on your own. I think we might be better off trying to organize some sort of plan? Maybe figure out who can hunt and who is... well not hunting? I mean that girl in the leather? The one that looks like Willow? She can hunt right? I mean she is a vampire right?"

"Can I veto that idea? We are not sending Connor out with that."

Besides, he's a virgin. With the three of us stuck here on our own, and Angel back in the real world, I'm the one who has to protect Connor from the overdone vampire slutqueens.

Again, we are not sending Connor out with that.

"Should we go interupt them? I mean we can't hang out on the beach all day."

Since when is Fred up for making friends with the vampires? I'm standing here wanting to put a warning sign around the thing's neck, and Kooksville Fred wants to leave her with Connor unattended!

"We have to find shelter, put together a plan, develop a taste for island fruits, and figure this thing out. We do not have to send Connor out into the jungle with a vampire whore."

[prophecy_boy]

"Okay, well handling yourself is one thing, but I still don't think it'll be wise for you to go out on your own. I think we might be better off trying to organize some sort of plan? Maybe figure out who can hunt and who is... well not hunting? I mean that girl in the leather? The one that looks like Willow? She can hunt right? I mean she is a vampire right?"

Vampire? Is she asking me to hunt with a vampire?

"No." I could hear the coldness in my own voice. "I'm not hunting with that." I'd already seen more vampires than I wanted to on this island. Hunting was something you did with people you trusted, not with the enemy. You couldn't count on the enemy to get your back. The only person I'd ever felt safe hunting with was my father. Aside from him, I preferred to hunt by myself.

"Vampires are--" I began, but Cordelia cut me off.

"Can I veto that idea? We are not sending Connor out with that."

Cordelia understood, didn't she? I looked over and smiled a little. "Thanks."

"Should we go interupt them? I mean we can't hang out on the beach all day."

"We have to find shelter, put together a plan, develop a taste for island fruits, and figure this thing out. We do not have to send Connor out into the jungle with a vampire whore."

"I can go by myself," I insisted, but I could tell they'd made up their minds. How were they so much more stubborn than I was?

I sighed, looking from Cordelia to Fred and back again. "Shelter will be the easy part, unless it gets dark. We should hurry up and find some."

[make_you_bark]

I was tired of the White Hats. All talking about what to do. That walking bird took away all the fun on this island. Took away my toys and the only other things that were of any interest on here and left me with them.

I tried to stray from them. Move down the coast but their voices carried. Carried and filled my head. It was sickening. All their little plans to make a shelter and get some food. I wanted to mock them and make them hear how stupid they sounded. Blathering on about this and that.

Attempting to pretend they didn't want to be bad. That they were being punished. This was not punishment. This was a getaway. Punishment was something I knew how to deal out. This was just sick.

Then I heard him. The male. He spoke up and referred to me as a 'Thing'. I hissed into the air turning a sharp glare to him. He didn't notice though. Too busy... too preoccupied with the curves and lack of curves on the women before him.

My boots sank into the sand as my steps closed in on the little team of White Hats. They didn't need me? Didn't want me to help hunt? Their loss. I was skilled. I was a hunter. I was not a 'thing'. The boy smelled less human than me anyway.

"I didn't want to help you anyway. You would just slow me down rat."

The boy was like a rat. Bottom feeder I could smell it on him. Hate and distrust and something familiar.

[prophecy_boy]

"I didn't want to help you anyway. You would just slow me down rat."

Who said I was talking to her? I glared, wishing I had something on me to use in my defense. My bare hands were more than good enough if I needed to use them, but they weren't very intimidating on their own. A stake would have been nice. I missed my knife. Would have been nice to be able to keep them both with me.

Right now, all I could do was glare. I'd already killed one vampire that day. I didn't think Cordy or Fred would be too happy if I killed another one, even if this one wasn't as well-liked at Spike might have been. Honestly, I didn't think anyone would have missed Spike in the first place, but I'd already proven myself wrong on that one...

"I wasn't talking to you. If I'll just slow you down, why bother coming over here? You don't need us and we don't want you."

[xxcordeliaxx]

"I wasn't talking to you. If I'll just slow you down, why bother coming over here? You don't need us and we don't want you."

If I wasn't sure Connor was about to get into a fight with Pornstar Vampire Willow, I'd be proud of him. The way that things are now, I don't think any of us want to go pissing off the other castaways, vampires or not. Hearing the way that Connor talked to her made me wonder if he and Angel grew to have the kind of relationship that Angel used to dream about. Hockey and skiing don't seem to be the kind of hobbies that Connor is familiar with. He'd rather hunt and stake vampires. Why couldn't he have killed Dominatrix Willow instead of Spike?

"Connor, ignore her."

I'd rather him do that than start beating her up and make Fred and I have to separate them. Considering all of the super strength that the two of us don't have, I doubt we'd be able to keep them apart for long. It's bad enough that the resort is gone, I'm not looking forward to sleeping in a cave with one eye open, which is what we're all going to have to do if he doesn't kill or ignore her. I'm going with ignore for now.

[prophecy_boy]

"Connor, ignore her."

Like it was that easy. This vampire, this thing was standing right in front of us, smelling filthy and foul and plotting God-only-knows-what. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep as long as that was hanging around. Noone should, but Cordelia and Fred were both going to need rest at some point. I was more than willing to stay awake and keep watch. I did't feel safe with this one around. Who would?

"Sure. Fine." It was easier said than done, but I turned away from the vampire -- whose name I still didn't know. I didn't turn so far that I couldn't see her anymore. I wasn't about to let her out of my sight, at least not completely. Making sure I could still see her out of the corner of my eye, I looked at Fred. "We don't have a whole lot of daylight left. We can't stand around here much longer."