Didn't understand the Brenda thing. Buffy becoming an alcoholic makes sense, if anyone had her life they'd drink to excess or worse. Slayers using guns also makes sense, but if they used a .410 with a flare round it would burn vamps to dust.
The running gun battle was also good as well as the chase scene. Not sure if I ever saw Buffy drive in the series, but I've read so much fanfiction now I don't remember much about the Buffy TV series. All fanfiction I've read has Buffy being a maniac behind the wheel.
Another great read, Thanks.

The stripper called Brenda was actually taken from the film, I just thought it an odd name for a Stripper!

The fanfic thing about slayers not being good drivers is just that, a fanfic thing. Buffy does indeed drive several time during BtVS. The first time she's not very good and gets crashed into (not her fault). Later in the series she's seen driving so she can't be that bad.

Normally I show Slayers as being VERY good drivers...fast but safe. It's just that other people panic when they see them coming. I don't know if you're reading all the stories in this series but in one of the other stories Faith gives Xander a lift and nearly gives him a heart attack too!

Alcoholic Buffy. Her life and in this series her feelings of isolation (everyone seems to have something/one else in their lives except her) starts her drinking, plus there's the responsibility of running the Slayer Organisation. Everyone seems to forget that running a worldwide clandestine organisation is stressful!

Cheers
D.

really liked the take on The Hidden that you presented with the Buffy/Angel cast what makes this even cooler is I just watched that movie a few days ago. I'm confused though is this set in some kind of alternate reality for one thing where is Angel

Yes this story is part of a series I've written where Buffy killed Angel back in BtVS S3 when he came back from hell. Of the stories in the series this one was the only one that was really affected by the change.

Glad you liked the fic.
Cheers,
Dave.

That is Grim indeed. As in real life everyone is ignoring Buffy's Vodka intake. Forgetting the reading from Lorne is typical of real life also. I would appreciate Buffy's dance too. I read those lines describing it carefully.

OH, if only I could have got it on tape!

Cheers,
Dave.

The alien dude almost looked like a Goa'uld, altough, the snakes are far smarter that that thrill seeker alien dude. By the way, the power of grey skull spell?? A classic =D!.
Poor Buffy, she really needs to find something to live for, besides the slaying.
Rignt onto the next part of the series, see ya!!.

Poor Buffy has further to fall yet...

Yes, the power of grey skull' just called to me. One of those situations where you just have to say SOMETHING!

More Grimness soon.

Cheers Dave.

Interesting take on Lorne's ability. Or is he messing with her?

You gotta admit it, which is best? The picture of Buffy singing or the picture of Buffy pole dancing?

As I'd changed various other things I thought I'd change Lorne's abilities too.

Cheers,
Dave.

That's really an evil variant of the Angel theme.

Ah-well, I'm well know for my evilness...MAW-HA-HA!

Cheers,
Dave.

Nice shooting action.
And yeah, Buffy did choose a good gun, a .45 =D!.
Cool chapter, see ya!.

Thanks, hope you like the 'final battle', coming to a fic near you soon!

Dave.

Fun read. Buffy is showing a great deal of aggression with the .45 which she waves around beautifully. Was Harmony the vamp that bit Kate?

Harmony/Kate no. the vamp that bit Kate was just some nameless female vamp, if this had been a longer fic I might have put in some back story there.

Yes, I thought it might be fun to see a gun tooting Buffy for a change, waving her gun around like it was nothing.

Cheers,
Dave.

This is actually more fun than the movie.

Thank-you, I've always said a alcoholic slayer will brighten up most stories!

Dave.

It's a comedy of errors and alcoholism for Buffy.

You're probably not wrong!

Cheers,
Dave.

I fought the law and the law won... brilliant read you know! Illegal search
and seizure trumped by assault and evading arrest, Buffy is not doing too bad
for being drunk, a regular drunk would have just stood there stupidly staring at
the illegal gun in Lockley's hand. Brenda is the character Claudia played? The creature
can't be killed unless it escapes from inside the victim and the shooter has that chrome
doohicky looking gun.

Thank-you.
Yes Claudia Christian the zoned out stripper!

Buffy's drinking problem is still in its fairly early stages so while she might not make the best choices (when did she ever?) she's still more or less still all there. She's still using the booz to get over the difficult parts of her life, not just to function on a day to day level, that comes later.

Lots of gun play soon!

Cheers,
Dave.

Come to California, you will get a lot of fun: running away from the law, buying ilegal guns, and let's not forget, figthing a murderous alien in a killing spree. It's fun for the whole family =D!!!!.
Cordy as Caritas owner and an high end call girl??. Like Buffy said, Cordy was never stupid, or little.

Cool chapter, see ya!!.

Cordy the call-girl.

That episode of A:TS here she went to that party and left with the vamp. I watched that and thought that could have ended in so many different ways. So I ran with the Call-girl thing. I also always thought that whatever she did, Cordy would never completely lose control of her life. If there was one girl from Sunnydale High that was going to succeed it would be Cordy!

Yes by the end of this fic Buffy will be glad to get back to the cozy world of Saltburn-by-the-Sea!

Cheers,
Dave.

To Ltloncf: what happened after Buffy died the second time is irrelevant. The important thing regarding the slayer line happened after her first death, when Kendra inherited the slayer line. However, although Buffy from the officious viewpoint thereafter had no obligations as a slayer, she was still a slayer. What makes a slayer is not the specific manner in which they become one or what happens later. A slayer is one imbued with the slayer essence. This means Buffy remained a slayer. It also means that all the girls activated in 'Chosen' are slayers, even though they weren't Called in the "official" manner.

Furthermore, the Shadowmen created the Slayer, and the Watchers are their annointed successors, and they recognise Buffy as still being the slayer (The Watchers AND the Shadowmen). Vampires, demons and supernatural world call her Slayer. The PTB, the overseers of the supernatural world, recognise her as the slayer, sending her slayer dreams. Prophecies still consider her the slayer.

To author: interesting story. I haven't watched 'The Hidden' for a long time, but I am assuming that alcohol is some kind of defense versus the alien? I recently obtained a videotape of 'The hidden 2' for $1 from my local public library, but I haven't watched it yet.

The alcohol thing is a thread running through this series of fics and is all part of Buffy's coming struggle with alcoholism.

Cheers,
Dave.

So the body hopper kicked Buffy and Gunn around?. That alien dude is quite a strong dude =0!.
Wonder what kind of firearm is gonna get Buffy, I hope is something sensible, maybe a .500 S&W Magnum =D???.

Cool chapter, see ya!!.

Oh she'll have something good and reliable don't you fear.

Cheers,
Dave.

Guns and Buffy? This will not end well...

The only question is...for whom?

Dave.

PS; I've noticed your recent comments on Buffy's driving abilities. To be honest I have no recollection of Buffy driving in S6 or 7. However this is probably because I haven't watched those seasons in a long time (but I do remember Willow driving). Whatever, I bow to your superior memory. In a chapter or two we have a driving scene where Buffy is a bad driver. I did this mainly because I thought it funnier that way and in my defence this is a slightly alternate reality...you've probably noticed no mention of Angel.

Cheers,
Dave.