InsaneJournal

No one was listening to her, and that annoyed Buffy a lot. She knew what she was talking about. She'd been saving this world for a long time now. Being ten years in the future had thrown her off, sure, but she knew a hell dimension when she saw one. She'd been to one herself. It had been different than this, but she'd sensed something was off from the moment she'd woken up there. It was her job to get everyone back where they belonged safely, but she didn't know how to do that, just yet.

Maybe there was a chance Angel was here. That would definitely help things. Angel knew LA, it was his city. This was a different version of it, but he could still be a big help. But she couldn't reach him. Not at all. That wasn't good. It seemed like Buffy was on her own for now, and she was trying to warn people but they wouldn't listen. Two teenagers insisted on leaving the apartments, despite her protests. They were maybe Dawn's age. She didn't want anything terrible to happen to them. So Buffy followed them.

It wasn't long before they ran into trouble. A crazed vampire had grabbed the redheaded girl, biting deep into her neck. Buffy knew the teenage boy wouldn't be able to do anything. She silently cursed and broke a piece of discarded wood to use as a stake. She ran to the trio, and yanked the vampire off the redhead, who fell to the ground bleeding from her neck. "Put pressure on it." She warned the boy, and proceeded to take care of the vampire. Clearly he was new, because he stood no chance against the Slayer. She had him staked in under two minutes, and he exploded into a pile of dust.

"It is not safe out here at night, now come on...let's get back to the apartments." Maybe next time, they'd listen to her. Lydia would probably be fine. The vampire didn't get to drink much, still...it'd be a nasty wound for at least a few days.