The Citadel of the House of Scooby by Mike and Tony

Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: We do not own Buffy, the Vampire Slayer nor do I own any other characters. This is a work of fiction written for fun and enjoyment.
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Authors' notes: This is a collaborative effort between Tony and me due to Tony's illness.
Grouping: Willow/Buffy/ Xander

Summary: The Scoobies really need a citadel as Spike sends his assassins after our Scoobs.

Things have been pretty quiet since Parent Teacher Night. Mrs. Summers had a period of time where she didn't take everything too well. Which is understandable. It's like 'Hey! Vampires and demons and magic are all real and your only daughter is the chosen one to fight and die to stop them. Which has already happened once. Oh, and you know how your daughter has been pestering you to get a CAT scan lately? Well it turns out that she found out from her friend who's from the future that you'll get a brain tumor and die.'

But true to form, she's learning to deal and has become a real pillar of strength for Buffy. It's great to see the two of them get closer. Without the whole hiding her secret Slayer identity from her mom, Buffy is a lot more relaxed around her.

But Buffy is still holding back on telling her about her relationship with me and Willow. Unlike the Slayer identity thing I'm not pushing Buffy to tell her about it. Mrs. Summers may be a really cool mom, but she's still a mom, and thirty seconds after she finds out she'll take to my favorite Xander parts with a carving knife. Buffy has decided to eventually tell her.

We've tried to drop subtle hints to Oz to avoid being bitten without trying to drag him into our mess. However, all we've managed to do so far is convince him we're a bunch of crazy people. We're debating if we should tell him everything and get him into the Scooby Gang.

After Cordy's foot in mouth episode she's been pretty good. No, she hasn't undergone a complete personality transplant. It's just she's learnt her lesson about what things she shouldn't rag on if she likes her lungs to stay in place. I think she's still having trouble understanding and accepting our relationship though. We're gonna get that a lot with people when they find out, so we keep our private life private and knock back on the public displays of affection.

Giles tries not to get too involved with our relationship and whenever it comes up he does the avoidy thing he does so well. Ms Calendar is fascinated by me, Buffy and Willow's relationship. She's been talking about some legendary triad of warriors for the forces of good but we think she's been sitting in front of her computer too long. We're not some legendary triad, we're just three friends who fell in love.

Willow and Buffy are going great guns together. They've set themselves a pace for their relationship and they're happy with that. Me, well, every relationship that I rushed into blew up in my face, so I'm taking things slow.

Which is apparently too slow for Buffy and Willow, but this relationship means so much to me and I don't wanna fuck it up. It isn't easy. God only knows how many times I've had the urge to drag Buffy and Willow into a secluded little spot and do all kinds of insane, sweaty things with them.

Twice he's tried killing Buffy and twice he's only managed to escape by the skin of his minions. Or should that be dust?

Anyway, he's nuts. Not in the 'Blue Wiggle I'm nuts in the basement because I've got a soul' kinda way. More like 'I've lost the love of my undead life and I'm gonna kill you for it' way.

I'm trying to anticipate his next move, which isn't easy. This situation didn't happen before so we're flying nearly blind here. Going on form I think it's either that order of assassins he sent out first time or he's trying for The Judge.

Assassins we can deal with. The Judge is another matter. It took a rocket launcher to take him out first time and we only got that because my Halloween soldier memories were still fresh. Now, thanks to Giles letting Ripper come out and have a little pre-emptive 'chat' with Ethan Rayne, Halloween was nice and quiet. Ethan was really good at helping us deal with that demon thing he and Giles had chasing them. That is to say he did what he was told under pain of Giles going Ripper on his ass. Deadboy is batting two for two in the 'My demon can kick your demon's ass' stakes.

The Inca museum tour went OK. We stayed around making sure no one broke the seal or stuff like that. Unfortunately it also made us late picking up Ampata from the bus stop and he got eaten by a vamp. Giles said that sometimes people are destined to die no matter what we do to try to stop it. I was pretty depressed by the idea and Buffy didn't like it one bit either for reasons obvious.

I've got some long-term projects going to help nip some of the big bads in the butt. Willow's helping with the Mayor and so is Giles. Giles is also handling Acathla along with Deadboy. All of us are helping handle the Nerds of Doom. Willow has started wicca training under the strictest supervision of Ms Calendar and Giles. Willow is scared half to death about taking up magic but she wants to contribute to our future ass kicking efforts.

"Do ya really have to go?" Xander whined playfully. He and Willow were up in the stacks having smoochies out of sight of Giles who was training with Buffy.

"Yes, they're letting me do some of the senior year math classes finally and I need to make a good impression. Being late because I was too busy having smoochies with my boyfriend isn't the best way."

"Mmmm. An hour of no Willow kissage AND extra hard math? Add Harmony talking to me about shoe shopping and I'll be ready to do a Kurt Cobane. I'll pass."

"Yeah I do. Willow kissing." Xander told her and kissed her. Willow gave him a radiant smile and left with a happy spring in her step. After years of not seeing it, Xander truly loved seeing that genuine Willow smile. It was the kind of smile that made everything better. With his own smile firmly in place Xander turned back towards the stacks.

"Arghhh!" Xander yelled in shock, tripping over his feet and landing flat on his back on the floor. Giles and Buffy raced up to the stacks to see what was the matter. They stared at the new arrival. Still on his back, Xander did the introductions.

"Uh-uh, Kendra, uh, there are a-a-a few people, uh, civilians if you like, who know Buffy's identity. Xander is one of them, a-a-and they also, um, spend time together, uh, socially."

"Of course, but, uh, with Buffy, however, it-it's, um, some flexibility is required."

"Smooth one G-man." Giles ignored Xander's remark and asked Kendra why she was here.

"Mr. Zabuto said all de signs indicate dat a very dark power is about to rise in Sunnydale."

"Right, then I'll give your Watcher a call and see If I-I can get anymore, um, information on this, er, dark power." Giles told Kendra and went into his office. Xander looked over to Buffy.

"We better do more research on the Judge, just in case. Buffy, you wanna hit the stacks with me. To, uh, help find, er, books, for researching."

"Sure, I'd love to. Excuse us for a minute." She told the other Slayer. As soon as they were out of sight in the stacks they found themselves in a passionate embrace.

"Kissing Xander and Willow at the same time. Goodie!" and she started kissing Xander again. In the middle of their kiss Xander was grabbed from behind and ripped out of Buffy's embrace. A fist smashed into his face and sent him flying into a bookcase. For the second time that morning Xander found himself on the floor.

"Damn it! He's not a cheating pig! If you'd turned up five minutes before you did you would have seen ME kissing 'de redhead'." Kendra looked confused.

"Gee, you noticed that too, huh? Yes, she's a girl. She's my girlfriend. She's also his girlfriend, and he's my boyfriend."

"Order of Taraka." Giles confirmed to his Slayer. She was holding a ring that she had taken from the huge one-eyed assassin that had attacked her while she patrolled the Parkfield Cemetery.

"One down, two to go. Bug Guy and Gun Girl. I better give Xander and Willow a call and give them a heads up."

"I study because it is required. The Slayer handbook insists on it." Kendra insisted.

"After meeting you, Buffy, I realized that, uh, the handbook would be of no use in your case."

"Well, what do you mean it would be of no use in my case? Wha-what's wrong with my case?" Buffy asked incensed.

"Uh, Kendra, um, perhaps you'd like to show me the, the part in, uh, Dramius Six where, uh, where it refers to the Order of Taraka. Really, I-I, I seem to have never been able to get through that book. It was a bit stodgy."

"It was difficult. All dose footnotes." The younger Slayer and the Watcher laughed and headed for Giles' office. Buffy watched them go.

"Volume six, ha, ha, ha." She mocked them. "Watcher's pet." She grumbled and went to the phone on the front counter to call Willow and Xander.

"No I'm not." Xander said as he launched another punch at Angel who effortlessly dodged the punch.

"Not happening." Xander said and threw a left jab at Angel's head. Angel caught his fist in his hand.

"You want me to help you or not?" an annoyed Angel asked. A right hook crashed into Angel's jaw. Angel looked at Xander.

"OK, been there and done that. You wanna try to dig up info from Willy while the three of us hunt down the other two?"

"Buffy? You home?" Willow called out as she and Xander entered the Summers house.

Xander and Willow walked into the kitchen to find Buffy and her Mom cleaning a gooey mess on the floor.

"Buffy, did you try to make that pancake surprise thing again?" the redhead asked.

"Unless you like the surprise in the pancake to be glue and squashed up Bug Man." Willow screwed up her nose in disgust.

"Yeah, a quick going over with a dust buster and you're done." Buffy said scooping up a mass of goo and dumping it into the trash.

"Well, Angel's hunting down Gun Girl and he's also hitting up Willy for info on Spike's whereabouts. Maybe this Taraka thing could lead us to son of a bitch."

"Actually in French it would be…" Buffy and Xander gave Willow a look. "Um, never mind."

"Mom, what would we tell the police? 'Excuse me but a vampire has sent an assassin disguised as a policewoman to kill my daughter because she dusted the love of his un-life?'"

"Hope Deadboy gets her first. Oh! And stay away from the windows. That's how Tara got it."

The Bronze was packed, as was usually the case on a Friday night. Buffy and Xander were sitting at their table showing Kendra how normal teenagers spent their Friday night while Willow was over talking to Oz in a last ditch attempt to change his future history.

"I tink we shouldn't be here. A good Slayer needs to patrol in de places where vampires feed."

"And we are. All these clueless young people out at night, this is prime feeding ground for vamps. Pick out one from the herd and take them to a dark alleyway for a leisurely devouring. The Bronze is always a good stop for a patrol."

"That's right. We find, she slays, we party. That's the Scooby way." Xander informed Kendra who still wasn't convinced.

"Besides, it's important for a Slayer to keep her… GUN!!!" Buffy yelled grabbing the other two and pulling them down.

For among the crowd, the final assassin drew her gun and opened fire. The Bronze erupted into screams as gunfire rang out and people ran for their lives. A tall dark figure raced against the tide of humanity towards the assassin. He reached her and with a savage twist, snapped her neck.

"I think so. I…" Buffy paled as she turned and saw Willow screaming, covered in blood. They raced over to her.

"We were just standing here talking and then he just pushed me aside and there was shooting and blood…" the uninjured Willow broke down in Buffy's arms.

There, on the floor, lay Oz. A single bullet had hit him in the heart. Xander knelt down beside his slain friend and took hold of his hand. Tears rolled down Xander's cheeks.

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