FF Hunting Tigers Chapter 12
Title: Hunting Tigers
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating: I don't think I'll ever be anything other then NC-17.
Pairing:Faith/Tara, Abby/Ziva, Buffy/Angel
Setting: The Lock, if you don't know you need to start back at "Life on the Farm" otherwise you may wonder how all these familiar characters got into such unfamiliar situations.
Summary: An old enemy returns.
Spoilers: Buffy, Angel, NCIS, The Executioner all are fair game in this AU. As is Supernatural.
Disclaimers: This is a nonprofit work of fanfiction and is in no way a challenge to anyone's copyrights,intellectual properties, or similar.
Wyld's Notes: Seven stories in and eight is plotted out...
Chapter 12.
Xander ducked back behind the large desk that used to belong to Leroy Jethro Gibbs was it was pockmarked with a fresh line of bullet holes. "We HAVE to stop teaming up like this!"
Angel agreed, even as he popped up to return fire at the man who had shot at Xander. "I don't like it either, but I've found I kinda like having a pulse!"
As Angel dropped back down Xander was reloading his pistol, and had to admit Angel had a point. "Yeah, the novelty of mine hasn't worn off yet either."
In many ways the attack on the NCIS building had started failing in it's initial stages with the Marines outside obliterating the majority of the attacking force on the grounds outside.
The problem was they got the majority, rather then the entirety and enough gunmen had gotten inside the building to start either fortifying positions or attacking the fortified positions of the NCIS agents inside.
Things weren't going much better for Scooby Squad either. Giles was still presumably upstairs with FBI Special Agent Fornell and NCIS Director Leon Vance, while Buffy had wandered off in the direction Special Agent Krieger had left in to get coffee of her own.
Leaving Xander and Angel to watch each others backs when the attackers reached the NCIS squad room, but despite the pairs obvious antagonism they had been putting it aside for years in the face of mutual threats, and were doing the same here.
As Xander chambered a fresh round he got a half-formed snarl of his face. "There is something however I'm less attached to."
As Xander popped out and fired a couple rounds Angel asked. "What's that?"
"Holding tight and waiting for Buffy to come and save me."
The two men were ducked down behind the desk at that point, and they shared a look, a silent communication that said everything that needed to be said. Not just the decision to do what they were about to do, but an unspoken knowledge of what they were about to do.
Xander hurdled out from behind the desk towards the cover provided by the desk that used to belong to Anthony DiNozzo. A move that would have left him entirely exposed it Angel hadn't popped up at the same time and drilled three rounds into the face and neck of one shooter, and another two into the gunman standing next to him.
Reaching the desk Xander literally sat down, bringing his gun up and firing behind Angel. While he fired half a dozen rounds into the single terrorist they were all in the very center of the man's chest, and a bloody froth was expelled from the dead man's lips as he dropped.
Angel was still shooting, and had turned like a turret to fire in the same direction as Xander, but at an angle as another gunner who was hiding behind a filing cabinet, only exposing his face, to aim a M-16 Angel guessed he had taken from a fallen guard, and the hands holding it.
It took an extra heartbeat worth of aim, but the triple shot Angel fired blasted the top of the man's skull towards the ceiling, the rifle unfired.
Again Xander was firing behind Angel, now on one knee, his clip starting to run low he fired a double tap to each of of the hearts of another pair of Jihadist attackers.
Knowing his weapon was near empty Xander holstered it on reflex and dived for a fallen M-16. His forearm landed in the rapidly pooling blood of the one who had first stolen the weapon from one of the Marine's stationed at NCIS, but Xander ignored it.
Coming up he pivoted to bring the stairs under fire. The majority of the attackers had seemed intent on the Director's office, they were grouped so close together that marksmanship almost become a non-issue as Xander just had to try to keep his weapon pointed at the more lethal head and shoulder height as he walked it from human shape to human shape.
The lessened need for precision allowed him to regain his feet as he put a foot deliberately down on the rifle carried by the other man who had received a double tap to the heart and kicked it back hard in Angel's direction.
An action that was soon followed by the sounds of Angel picking up the rifle and adding it's fire to Xander's.
A good thing it turned out to be because Xander was soon hitting the magazine release to drop the now empty mag from the M-16.
At the same time he was kneeling to grab the obvious mags bulging in the pockets of the now dead men.
He fished out three, shoving two into his pockets while shoving another at Angel who had been forced to single shots to keep the attackers trying to break into the Directors office from exposing themselves to shoot at the two men of Scooby Squad.
Xander soon had his weapon refreshed, but kept up the single shots to keep the enemy either cowering, or killed like one would be martyr with more bravery then sense.
With both weapons now near full they knew they needed to break the mini-siege of the director's office.
Harris was ready to charge, but Angel got a grin. He grabbed the remote for the now shot up plasma screen and shouted. "GRENDADE!" Before throwing it at the clutch of remaining terrorists.
They saw a small roundish object hurtling towards them, and didn't take, or really have the time to analyze it too carefully. So they simply reacted and hurtled away from the offending projectile, some even leaping over the railing down to the floor far below.
Now utterly exposed and entirely flat foot the the Jihadist questions of what TRULY awaited them in death were finally answered courtesy of Angel and Xander's rifles.
Some where on the ground moaning from bones broken in the fall, they got mercy rounds as the pair charged up the stairs.
To their horror when they reached the top of the stairs the door to the Directors office had been broken down, apparently there was a last ditch effort as the Scooby Soldiers broke their siege and it had been successful.
They heard the words. "He has returned and so shall I!"
Then they heard the familiar voice of Rupert Giles, "I'll see you then." and a single gun shot.
Running to the room they had their weapons up and covering Giles, Fornell and Leon Vance, who had their own side arms up and doing the same.
On the floor a single man had made it into the office, and had been dispatched with a single shot between the eyes from Giles Browning pistol.
As their pulses started to return more to normal Xander was grinning like an idiot.
Though the look on Giles face said he knew he probably regret doing so he decided to comment. "Yes?"
Xander's grin totally grew. "You were TOTALLY an action hero just now!" He mimicked Giles accent. "I'll see you then." His voice then returned to it's excited tone. "Connery himself couldn't have done it better!"
Despite himself Giles smiled at that.
Back on the main floor of the squad room there was a disturbance. Xander and Angel were out first, their rifles up and ready to deal with whatever problem that might manifest. Giles and his Browning barely half a step behind.
There they found Scooby One, Buffy Summers, the leader of their unit arriving with both FBI Special Agent Courtney Krieger and a good half dozen rifle wielding Marines.
She took in all the bodies, the fact that her people weren't amongst them, but instead were the ones still standing with obviously appropriated rifles in hand and she nodded once.
"Everyone okay?"
Xander had his rifle now held to his shoulder, secure, but casual as he jerked a thumb over his shoulder. " Colubrine here need a martini shaken, not stirred, but otherwise were fine."
That got Xander the scowl from Giles the young man was more familiar with, but when even Angel was able to smile at Xander's antics Xander was able to smile that much more.
For her part Buffy wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but was able to smile that everyone was not only all right, but in the condition to crack jokes as Scooby Squad was perhaps even more famous for then their combat ability.
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating: I don't think I'll ever be anything other then NC-17.
Pairing:Faith/Tara, Abby/Ziva, Buffy/Angel
Setting: The Lock, if you don't know you need to start back at "Life on the Farm" otherwise you may wonder how all these familiar characters got into such unfamiliar situations.
Summary: An old enemy returns.
Spoilers: Buffy, Angel, NCIS, The Executioner all are fair game in this AU. As is Supernatural.
Disclaimers: This is a nonprofit work of fanfiction and is in no way a challenge to anyone's copyrights,intellectual properties, or similar.
Wyld's Notes: Seven stories in and eight is plotted out...
Chapter 12.
Xander ducked back behind the large desk that used to belong to Leroy Jethro Gibbs was it was pockmarked with a fresh line of bullet holes. "We HAVE to stop teaming up like this!"
Angel agreed, even as he popped up to return fire at the man who had shot at Xander. "I don't like it either, but I've found I kinda like having a pulse!"
As Angel dropped back down Xander was reloading his pistol, and had to admit Angel had a point. "Yeah, the novelty of mine hasn't worn off yet either."
In many ways the attack on the NCIS building had started failing in it's initial stages with the Marines outside obliterating the majority of the attacking force on the grounds outside.
The problem was they got the majority, rather then the entirety and enough gunmen had gotten inside the building to start either fortifying positions or attacking the fortified positions of the NCIS agents inside.
Things weren't going much better for Scooby Squad either. Giles was still presumably upstairs with FBI Special Agent Fornell and NCIS Director Leon Vance, while Buffy had wandered off in the direction Special Agent Krieger had left in to get coffee of her own.
Leaving Xander and Angel to watch each others backs when the attackers reached the NCIS squad room, but despite the pairs obvious antagonism they had been putting it aside for years in the face of mutual threats, and were doing the same here.
As Xander chambered a fresh round he got a half-formed snarl of his face. "There is something however I'm less attached to."
As Xander popped out and fired a couple rounds Angel asked. "What's that?"
"Holding tight and waiting for Buffy to come and save me."
The two men were ducked down behind the desk at that point, and they shared a look, a silent communication that said everything that needed to be said. Not just the decision to do what they were about to do, but an unspoken knowledge of what they were about to do.
Xander hurdled out from behind the desk towards the cover provided by the desk that used to belong to Anthony DiNozzo. A move that would have left him entirely exposed it Angel hadn't popped up at the same time and drilled three rounds into the face and neck of one shooter, and another two into the gunman standing next to him.
Reaching the desk Xander literally sat down, bringing his gun up and firing behind Angel. While he fired half a dozen rounds into the single terrorist they were all in the very center of the man's chest, and a bloody froth was expelled from the dead man's lips as he dropped.
Angel was still shooting, and had turned like a turret to fire in the same direction as Xander, but at an angle as another gunner who was hiding behind a filing cabinet, only exposing his face, to aim a M-16 Angel guessed he had taken from a fallen guard, and the hands holding it.
It took an extra heartbeat worth of aim, but the triple shot Angel fired blasted the top of the man's skull towards the ceiling, the rifle unfired.
Again Xander was firing behind Angel, now on one knee, his clip starting to run low he fired a double tap to each of of the hearts of another pair of Jihadist attackers.
Knowing his weapon was near empty Xander holstered it on reflex and dived for a fallen M-16. His forearm landed in the rapidly pooling blood of the one who had first stolen the weapon from one of the Marine's stationed at NCIS, but Xander ignored it.
Coming up he pivoted to bring the stairs under fire. The majority of the attackers had seemed intent on the Director's office, they were grouped so close together that marksmanship almost become a non-issue as Xander just had to try to keep his weapon pointed at the more lethal head and shoulder height as he walked it from human shape to human shape.
The lessened need for precision allowed him to regain his feet as he put a foot deliberately down on the rifle carried by the other man who had received a double tap to the heart and kicked it back hard in Angel's direction.
An action that was soon followed by the sounds of Angel picking up the rifle and adding it's fire to Xander's.
A good thing it turned out to be because Xander was soon hitting the magazine release to drop the now empty mag from the M-16.
At the same time he was kneeling to grab the obvious mags bulging in the pockets of the now dead men.
He fished out three, shoving two into his pockets while shoving another at Angel who had been forced to single shots to keep the attackers trying to break into the Directors office from exposing themselves to shoot at the two men of Scooby Squad.
Xander soon had his weapon refreshed, but kept up the single shots to keep the enemy either cowering, or killed like one would be martyr with more bravery then sense.
With both weapons now near full they knew they needed to break the mini-siege of the director's office.
Harris was ready to charge, but Angel got a grin. He grabbed the remote for the now shot up plasma screen and shouted. "GRENDADE!" Before throwing it at the clutch of remaining terrorists.
They saw a small roundish object hurtling towards them, and didn't take, or really have the time to analyze it too carefully. So they simply reacted and hurtled away from the offending projectile, some even leaping over the railing down to the floor far below.
Now utterly exposed and entirely flat foot the the Jihadist questions of what TRULY awaited them in death were finally answered courtesy of Angel and Xander's rifles.
Some where on the ground moaning from bones broken in the fall, they got mercy rounds as the pair charged up the stairs.
To their horror when they reached the top of the stairs the door to the Directors office had been broken down, apparently there was a last ditch effort as the Scooby Soldiers broke their siege and it had been successful.
They heard the words. "He has returned and so shall I!"
Then they heard the familiar voice of Rupert Giles, "I'll see you then." and a single gun shot.
Running to the room they had their weapons up and covering Giles, Fornell and Leon Vance, who had their own side arms up and doing the same.
On the floor a single man had made it into the office, and had been dispatched with a single shot between the eyes from Giles Browning pistol.
As their pulses started to return more to normal Xander was grinning like an idiot.
Though the look on Giles face said he knew he probably regret doing so he decided to comment. "Yes?"
Xander's grin totally grew. "You were TOTALLY an action hero just now!" He mimicked Giles accent. "I'll see you then." His voice then returned to it's excited tone. "Connery himself couldn't have done it better!"
Despite himself Giles smiled at that.
Back on the main floor of the squad room there was a disturbance. Xander and Angel were out first, their rifles up and ready to deal with whatever problem that might manifest. Giles and his Browning barely half a step behind.
There they found Scooby One, Buffy Summers, the leader of their unit arriving with both FBI Special Agent Courtney Krieger and a good half dozen rifle wielding Marines.
She took in all the bodies, the fact that her people weren't amongst them, but instead were the ones still standing with obviously appropriated rifles in hand and she nodded once.
"Everyone okay?"
Xander had his rifle now held to his shoulder, secure, but casual as he jerked a thumb over his shoulder. " Colubrine here need a martini shaken, not stirred, but otherwise were fine."
That got Xander the scowl from Giles the young man was more familiar with, but when even Angel was able to smile at Xander's antics Xander was able to smile that much more.
For her part Buffy wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but was able to smile that everyone was not only all right, but in the condition to crack jokes as Scooby Squad was perhaps even more famous for then their combat ability.