When she arrived in Sunnydale, it was chaos. Vampires and demons of all kinds were all around. There were cars ablazed with fire, cars overturned, cars totaled, and cars with smashed windows.
“Home sweet home. This is what you wanted, Cordelia. Now, let’s teach these guys a lesson,” she said to herself. She grabbed her sword from the passenger’s seat, cut the engine, got out, and stalked towards a group of vampires. They were cornering a girl, ready to take her on.
“Where’s the fun at tonight?”
They turned towards her, which gave the blonde chick a chance to run off out of danger. With a few easy swings, they were dust.
Afterward, she snuck up behind a relative to the beast and decapitated him. She kept on until she didn’t see anymore along the way in that part of town.
She got in, started the engine, put her sword back on the seat, and then drove. Her destination was Xander’s. The Sunnydale folk had no clue that the former Cordette leader was coming. If they did know, it would be Willow. She was a witch, so she figured she could see or read auroras. Something like that. She didn’t know for sure.
Close to Xander’s, a Hellbeast rammed into her vehicle. It rolled with her still inside.
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Meanwhile, everyone was in Xander and Anya’s place, which was technically Xander’s basement. Willow and Tara were sitting together in the big chair, watching Xander and Anya have another one of their spats.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash and smashing, along with squealing of tires. The noise alerted everyone. They all wanted to find out what had happened.
“I’ll go check it out. You guys stay here,” Xander said, as he grabbed a stake, put it in his sleeve, and grabbed a sword before leaving.
“Sure. Let him go out by himself and get himself possibly killed or hurt,” Anya said.
“He can take care of himself. He’s not helpless,” Willow told her.
Anya started pacing silently in front of the big chair. They watched her silently.
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It wasn’t long before he found the Stratus. The glass windows were all shattered. He set his sword down and knelt in front of the passenger door. What he saw wasn’t what he was expecting. He expected a stranger. Not an ex-girlfriend from high school.
“Cor?”
She looked up.
“Xander?”
“Come on. Let’s get you out of here.”
He reached for her and she grabbed one of his arms with her free hand. Her other was wrapped around her stomach, where she was hurting. She let him pull her out of her wrecked car.
“Thanks, Xander,” she said.
With her good hand, she reached into her car and grabbed her sword. She put it in her sword holster.
“Are you okay, Cor?”
“Just hurting is all. I should be okay.”
“Are you sure?” he asked, as he grabbed her free arm.
He slowly helped her to her feet, which was too much for her. He kept her from falling, though.
“Xander…”
“I know. I’ve got you.”
He picked her up and carried her. As he did, she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.
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