from the training room to succeeding in the field

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For the Watcher and the Slayer, things returned to schedule after the weekend, after Rain had been able to slay his very first Demon. And by this time, Rain's body and mind would have adjusted to the hours and the dedication. He would discover that he felt stronger. That he was able to destroy more evil vampires during the night in his world.

Of course, the fact that his difference was much stronger than before, it brought attention to his part of the world. There was the wrong kind of attention, that Rain was not aware of yet, but would have to face in the future.

Tonight, however, it was a different kind of attention that sought Rain out. He had just finished slaying five vampires, at the same time, and had been dusting himself off. When he heard a cough from behind him. The woman who stood there had been there... for who knew how long. She seemed familiar, in a way, but he could not place her name right away with how the night hid her face from sight so far.

"So..." She lit a cigarette. Her face familiar under the flame, it was Faith. The Slayer who had come after Buffy, and had a difficult road herself. "No longer a potential, you are earning your own stripes in life."

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"I've learned quite a bit. Not as much as you've picked up through experience though I'm sure." He turns the corner and the smell got stronger. He made a face. He might not like the smell of roses after this.

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"You certainly doing a heck of a job, kid." It was the closest thing to a compliment. They came to an enforced door, Faith tried to bug it but couldn't do it alone.

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"Thanks.." he almost said "Old lady" to let her know he hated being called kid, but she wasn't that old, and she was good looking, not to mention she might kick his ass.

"Keep pushing." he says, letting her keep the pressure on the door while he rammed it repeatedly with jabs from his shoulder.

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Together the two Slayers were able to knock the door in. They were welcomed by an overwhelming aroma of roses. And there in the middle of the room was a giantic... blog-like-creature... and in its middle was a vampire. Who was dying.

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Rain wondered if they had been seen yet. He leaned over to Faith. "Should we let it finish the vamp off first? Better to kill one rather than both, right?"

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Faith nodded to his suggestion. She pointed to the corner, where there were a couple of coffins. "I sense a ward on those. I would not be surprised if he has others."

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Rain remembered something that the pyro he met in the nexus gave him. He rifled through his backpack and pulled out the bottle of whisky and handkerchief. "Got a light?" he asks, wondering if it was a good idea.

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"Ohhh that is good." Faith smiles. She pulls out her trusty lighter from her pocket. And throws it to him.

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Rain tucks the handkerchief into the whiskey and turns it upside down to wet it. He lights it and tosses it. The flame hits a pocket of methane gas in the sewer and the bottle shatters before it hits the target, flame raining down ALL over the beast.

"Well that worked better than I thought." Rain said, hefting his scythe.

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The flames spread to the coffins too. They could hear the screams of the vampires. And it seemed to affect the Demon too. "You are making this easy on us."

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"Yeah, I coulda done this without you." he teased, winking and then rushing in to start slashing at the demon with his scythe while it was distracted.

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The Demon cried out, the fire made it vulnerable to Rain's attacks. The vampire inside it whimpered out of its body, tried to escape the flames, and met the end of Faith's stake.

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"I hope.. ungh.. you know you ruined ... ungh.. roses for me forever." he chided as he slashed at the demon.

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Goo starts to pour from the creature as it loses its form. Desperately it tries to reach the far wall, were a hidden door is reveiled.

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Rain saw the door. "Faith, cover the exit." he hollered as he pursued the demon.

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Covering the exit, catching vampires that are attempting to flee, Rain is able to enter the secret room. This area is different from the area that he was just in... it was smaller. There was a glass coffin there, that the Demon was attempting to get to.

And inside the coffin was April.

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"What the fuck?" Rain exclaimed. He had left April at home when he left, hadn't he? How and why was she here now?

Rain was NOT going to let that thing get to the coffin. One hand slashed with the scythe while his other hand drove into the creature, grabbing handfuls of goo, flesh, organs, whatever he could get his hands around and ripping them out.

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His last efforts seemed to work, the Demon was unable to reform and soon it disintegrated into nothingness. The flames were getting worse outside. Faith appeared at the door, "What is keeping you!"

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"Go ahead, get out. I've got more to take care of in here. I'll find another way." he called back to Faith. He ran over to the glass coffin and tried to lift the lid. If that didn't work, he'd find a way to break it.

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"The whole place is going to explode! Ya sure!" Faith called. She trusted the other Slayer, if he said yes of course.

Rain found the glass coffin was easy to lift. There were strange ruins written on it. There was no response from April.