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JtAH 04
Title: Journey to Another Hell IV
Author: Feygan
Fandom: BtVS/Anita Blake
"He wasn't like anything I've ever heard of before. It wasn't his eyes that caught me, but his voice. He spoke, and there was no way I couldn't listen." Peter didn't lift his cheek from where it rested on his knees. His eyes were focused somewhere on the floor. "I felt like he could crush me at any moment and there was nothing I could do about it."
Edward slanted him a worried glance, but didn't offer any real comfort. "When the time comes, he'll go down like any other monster. We just might have to rethink our methods of taking him out, that's all."
A shiver went through Peter, but he just pressed his chin against his knees. "It felt like he could crush me and there was nothing I could do to stop him. He spoke, and there was no way I couldn't listen."
Anita bit her lip. Xander was frightening not just because he was a vampire, but because he was different from every other vampire she'd come across. There was something hungry in his eyes, but he was the kind of monster that liked to play with his food.
"You need to get Peter out of here. If Xander decides that he wants him ... I don't know if we could stop him," she said.
"We're not going to make a move against him," Edward said. "We're just gathering intelligence right now."
"So you can make a move against him later. Edward, he's not the kind of guy you mess around with. He won't just kill you if he catches you."
"Then we won't get caught," he said firmly.
Anita closed her eyes with a weary sigh. He refused to listen. Refused to learn the lesson that she'd had pounded into her so painfully.
She didn't think he was going to survive if he went up against Xander. Not just because Xander was a bad ass, but because Jean-Claude was so wrapped up in him that Xander only had to ask and Jean-Claude would do whatever he wanted. Including gifting Edward and Peter to him if he wanted them.
She'd let herself start to believe that Jean-Claude wasn't like the other monsters. Xander had taught her different.
And Peter was going to be the one to pay the price if Edward wasn't willing to back down when he had the chance.
*When did it get like this?* she wondered. *When did I stop fearing the monsters? And when did all the fear come back?*
There were no answers. Just silence.
Author: Feygan
Fandom: BtVS/Anita Blake
"He wasn't like anything I've ever heard of before. It wasn't his eyes that caught me, but his voice. He spoke, and there was no way I couldn't listen." Peter didn't lift his cheek from where it rested on his knees. His eyes were focused somewhere on the floor. "I felt like he could crush me at any moment and there was nothing I could do about it."
Edward slanted him a worried glance, but didn't offer any real comfort. "When the time comes, he'll go down like any other monster. We just might have to rethink our methods of taking him out, that's all."
A shiver went through Peter, but he just pressed his chin against his knees. "It felt like he could crush me and there was nothing I could do to stop him. He spoke, and there was no way I couldn't listen."
Anita bit her lip. Xander was frightening not just because he was a vampire, but because he was different from every other vampire she'd come across. There was something hungry in his eyes, but he was the kind of monster that liked to play with his food.
"You need to get Peter out of here. If Xander decides that he wants him ... I don't know if we could stop him," she said.
"We're not going to make a move against him," Edward said. "We're just gathering intelligence right now."
"So you can make a move against him later. Edward, he's not the kind of guy you mess around with. He won't just kill you if he catches you."
"Then we won't get caught," he said firmly.
Anita closed her eyes with a weary sigh. He refused to listen. Refused to learn the lesson that she'd had pounded into her so painfully.
She didn't think he was going to survive if he went up against Xander. Not just because Xander was a bad ass, but because Jean-Claude was so wrapped up in him that Xander only had to ask and Jean-Claude would do whatever he wanted. Including gifting Edward and Peter to him if he wanted them.
She'd let herself start to believe that Jean-Claude wasn't like the other monsters. Xander had taught her different.
And Peter was going to be the one to pay the price if Edward wasn't willing to back down when he had the chance.
*When did it get like this?* she wondered. *When did I stop fearing the monsters? And when did all the fear come back?*
There were no answers. Just silence.