Unnatural Selection
Chapter One
Buffy reloaded the crossbow on the run. Now there's dexterity!
Glancing over her shoulder, she saw at least six vampires coming after them.
Gaining ground in fact....
"Which way?" Giles asked breathlessly.
Sprinting quickly to the side, Buffy glanced ahead. Yellow earth-moving monster
machines occupied the clearing ahead. She recognized bulldozers and backhoes
and other tracked vehicles designed to rip, dig, or shove the earth.
"The equipment," she told Giles. "It's bigger than the trees. It'll give us
more cover."
The Watcher ran for the nearest bulldozer.
I never should have let him come out here, Buffy chided herself. I
knew the forest was starting to fill up with these guys. She and Xander had
stopped in at Willy's tavern only yesterday and found out about the gathering
of vamps at the forest.
Giles ducked under the bulldozer. He hunkered down and glanced at her. "Come
on, Buffy!"
"Do me a favor," Buffy said. "Just stay there a minute and keep out of the
way." She didn't mean it in a bad way, but they both knew she was better than
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