Aug. 11th - Medical Run
Title: Medical Run
Author: 3am_moonlight
Crossover: BtVS / The Walking Dead (TV)
Rating: Gen / Teen
Word Count: 1,308.
Timeline: BtVS: Post-Chosen & TWD: S02.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon and TWD belongs to someone with expensive lawyers.
Summary: Buffy joins Shane and Otis when they go to the local high school for medical supplies.
Author's Note: Written for Day 11 of the 2019 August Fic-A-Day.
A/N: Follows 'Another Day' and 'Slay Count'.
A/N 3: This doesn't entirely follow canon since I switched some things around, but it's fiction. So, yeah. ;)
They ended up wasting a lot of time talking and consequently attracting biters, both single ones, those wandering in twos and threes, and at one point a herd of about twenty. They ended up spending nearly an hour disposing of them because Daryl kept thinking he needed to defend all of them. It took Buffy ripping the head off of a recently dead one for him to finally take the very unsubtle hint.
After that, they took turns going on the offense and the defense. Tara grabbed Sophia's hand so she wouldn't run away again and tried to stay between the two fighters. Still, she ended up having to cut the head off of one of the biters when it tried to munch on the little girl.
The walk from the herd to the Greene Farm took just over half an hour, and with a little prodding from Tara, they got a little information about what they were walking into and the people they would be meeting there. It wasn't much, just the bare basics. They already knew about his group because of Sophia, who had warmed up to the two of them while they were searching for the traffic snarl. She had told them about how they had survived for the last couple of months and along the way told them things about the people as well.
By the time they reached the Greene Farm, it was slowly getting dark and something was clearly going on, as there were more people outside than they were expecting. It didn't take long for the people there to notice that Daryl wasn't arriving alone, but it was the loud cry of "Sophia!" that got them to look closer. The woman ran towards her daughter while the little girl let go of Tara's hand and ran straight into her mother's arms.
After a lot of loud talking, happy laughter, and a few of them trying to get everyone else to lower the volume of their voices it became clear the little boy in the group was getting worse and needed medication. Which was located near a school full of biters.
"I can help with that," Buffy interjected. "I'm small and can easily get into places none of you could even dream of. I'm also very fast and adept at fighting."
Unsurprisingly, many of them gave her the same disbelieving once-over Daryl had given her when she'd told him how many biters she had killed. It did, however, surprise her when the hunter spoke up to support her spur of the moment decision, and then he relayed what had happened with the small herd on the way. It got her even more dubious looks, but when an elderly man reminded them that time was of the essence they just agreed.
The life of a child in their group was more important than the life of a stranger who was volunteering to help out.
Before she left, she hugged Tara and whispered in her ear. "See what you can find out about these people, and if there's any chance we can get vegetables or something. Or a shower, they look clean and smell of soap." She really, really missed her daily shower and it was never more apparent than after she had Slain the undead and ended up with dead man's blood and bits of brain on her clothes and in her hair.
Then she walked quickly to catch up with the two men. Which meant she was suddenly on yet another long walk, but this time with a former cop and an obese man who admitted it was him who had accidentally shot Carl in the stomach. Given how he was already breathing hard he shouldn't have gone with them at all.
Nearly an hour later they arrived at what had once been a high school but looked like it had been turned into a FEMA base before getting overrun. It explained why the elder man, Hershel Greene, had sent them there.
They took cover behind an abandoned ambulance before sneaking towards a police car. Popping their heads up they got a good view of the parking lot and all of the walkers milling around aimlessly. There were several more police cars, a few military vehicles, and a second ambulance on the other side of the parking space. On their far-right was the trailer they were looking for.
Otis spoke up, "You see the big mobile medical trailer across the way?" Buffy and Shane both looked up over the car again and got a good look at the grey and blue trailer before nodding.
"We need a diversion that'll last long enough to get there, get the medication plus anything extra you can carry, and then get away safely."
If she had been alone she would've tried to pick off as many as possible without the rest noticing and then just gone to town on however many remained afterward, but there wasn't enough time to explain to the macho cop that she could do it and then convince him it wouldn't be a suicide mission. Probably.
"There's probably flares in one of the cruisers. We could use them to distract the walkers so we can get over there." Shane began moving around the car they were hiding behind before Buffy stopped him with a hand on his arm.
"We'll get overrun on the way back." The former cop swore.
"What if you hide inside the ambulance and I try to get one of the police cars started and then drive the car somewhere away from here and the farm before doubling back while leaving the car running? Meanwhile, the two of you can run over to the trailer and get what we need."
It took a little back and forth but eventually they agreed, more for the child's sake than believing she would be able to pull it off. They agreed on where to meet up and then the two men snuck back to the ambulance and entered through the already open back doors before carefully closing them. At the same time, Buffy walked in a crouch to the door of the car, carefully opened the door, and got inside. Luck was on her side for once and the keys were in the ignition.
Some of the walkers had seen her move or heard the door and were on their way over before she even managed to try and start it. It took a few attempts and a small crowd of bites surrounding her, but it quickly roared to life and she drove forward and over several of them before she made a turn on the parking lot making sure she had their full attention and then took a right turn out and away from the school.
Buffy drove fast enough that they couldn't get in front of her, but slow enough that they could get on the sides of the car and not lose interest. Their groaning could easily be heard inside the car.
In the rearview mirror, she saw Shane and Otis make a mad dash toward the medical trailer. The last she saw of them was Shane half-way up the stairs. Good, that meant their part of the mission was already half completed.
When she was out of sight she drove for another couple of minutes and then she stepped on the gas to get in front, and made a hasty U-turn and drove straight into the herd. Buffy made sure to hit as many as possible and then drove over them before getting out of the car and closing the car door noisily. Then she took her two favorite kukris and began the dance of death on the remaining dozen or so bites to satisfy her inner bloodlust.
The two men back at the school would never know.
Author: 3am_moonlight
Crossover: BtVS / The Walking Dead (TV)
Rating: Gen / Teen
Word Count: 1,308.
Timeline: BtVS: Post-Chosen & TWD: S02.
Disclaimer: The Buffyverse belongs to Joss Whedon and TWD belongs to someone with expensive lawyers.
Summary: Buffy joins Shane and Otis when they go to the local high school for medical supplies.
Author's Note: Written for Day 11 of the 2019 August Fic-A-Day.
A/N: Follows 'Another Day' and 'Slay Count'.
A/N 3: This doesn't entirely follow canon since I switched some things around, but it's fiction. So, yeah. ;)
They ended up wasting a lot of time talking and consequently attracting biters, both single ones, those wandering in twos and threes, and at one point a herd of about twenty. They ended up spending nearly an hour disposing of them because Daryl kept thinking he needed to defend all of them. It took Buffy ripping the head off of a recently dead one for him to finally take the very unsubtle hint.
After that, they took turns going on the offense and the defense. Tara grabbed Sophia's hand so she wouldn't run away again and tried to stay between the two fighters. Still, she ended up having to cut the head off of one of the biters when it tried to munch on the little girl.
The walk from the herd to the Greene Farm took just over half an hour, and with a little prodding from Tara, they got a little information about what they were walking into and the people they would be meeting there. It wasn't much, just the bare basics. They already knew about his group because of Sophia, who had warmed up to the two of them while they were searching for the traffic snarl. She had told them about how they had survived for the last couple of months and along the way told them things about the people as well.
By the time they reached the Greene Farm, it was slowly getting dark and something was clearly going on, as there were more people outside than they were expecting. It didn't take long for the people there to notice that Daryl wasn't arriving alone, but it was the loud cry of "Sophia!" that got them to look closer. The woman ran towards her daughter while the little girl let go of Tara's hand and ran straight into her mother's arms.
After a lot of loud talking, happy laughter, and a few of them trying to get everyone else to lower the volume of their voices it became clear the little boy in the group was getting worse and needed medication. Which was located near a school full of biters.
"I can help with that," Buffy interjected. "I'm small and can easily get into places none of you could even dream of. I'm also very fast and adept at fighting."
Unsurprisingly, many of them gave her the same disbelieving once-over Daryl had given her when she'd told him how many biters she had killed. It did, however, surprise her when the hunter spoke up to support her spur of the moment decision, and then he relayed what had happened with the small herd on the way. It got her even more dubious looks, but when an elderly man reminded them that time was of the essence they just agreed.
The life of a child in their group was more important than the life of a stranger who was volunteering to help out.
Before she left, she hugged Tara and whispered in her ear. "See what you can find out about these people, and if there's any chance we can get vegetables or something. Or a shower, they look clean and smell of soap." She really, really missed her daily shower and it was never more apparent than after she had Slain the undead and ended up with dead man's blood and bits of brain on her clothes and in her hair.
Then she walked quickly to catch up with the two men. Which meant she was suddenly on yet another long walk, but this time with a former cop and an obese man who admitted it was him who had accidentally shot Carl in the stomach. Given how he was already breathing hard he shouldn't have gone with them at all.
Nearly an hour later they arrived at what had once been a high school but looked like it had been turned into a FEMA base before getting overrun. It explained why the elder man, Hershel Greene, had sent them there.
They took cover behind an abandoned ambulance before sneaking towards a police car. Popping their heads up they got a good view of the parking lot and all of the walkers milling around aimlessly. There were several more police cars, a few military vehicles, and a second ambulance on the other side of the parking space. On their far-right was the trailer they were looking for.
Otis spoke up, "You see the big mobile medical trailer across the way?" Buffy and Shane both looked up over the car again and got a good look at the grey and blue trailer before nodding.
"We need a diversion that'll last long enough to get there, get the medication plus anything extra you can carry, and then get away safely."
If she had been alone she would've tried to pick off as many as possible without the rest noticing and then just gone to town on however many remained afterward, but there wasn't enough time to explain to the macho cop that she could do it and then convince him it wouldn't be a suicide mission. Probably.
"There's probably flares in one of the cruisers. We could use them to distract the walkers so we can get over there." Shane began moving around the car they were hiding behind before Buffy stopped him with a hand on his arm.
"We'll get overrun on the way back." The former cop swore.
"What if you hide inside the ambulance and I try to get one of the police cars started and then drive the car somewhere away from here and the farm before doubling back while leaving the car running? Meanwhile, the two of you can run over to the trailer and get what we need."
It took a little back and forth but eventually they agreed, more for the child's sake than believing she would be able to pull it off. They agreed on where to meet up and then the two men snuck back to the ambulance and entered through the already open back doors before carefully closing them. At the same time, Buffy walked in a crouch to the door of the car, carefully opened the door, and got inside. Luck was on her side for once and the keys were in the ignition.
Some of the walkers had seen her move or heard the door and were on their way over before she even managed to try and start it. It took a few attempts and a small crowd of bites surrounding her, but it quickly roared to life and she drove forward and over several of them before she made a turn on the parking lot making sure she had their full attention and then took a right turn out and away from the school.
Buffy drove fast enough that they couldn't get in front of her, but slow enough that they could get on the sides of the car and not lose interest. Their groaning could easily be heard inside the car.
In the rearview mirror, she saw Shane and Otis make a mad dash toward the medical trailer. The last she saw of them was Shane half-way up the stairs. Good, that meant their part of the mission was already half completed.
When she was out of sight she drove for another couple of minutes and then she stepped on the gas to get in front, and made a hasty U-turn and drove straight into the herd. Buffy made sure to hit as many as possible and then drove over them before getting out of the car and closing the car door noisily. Then she took her two favorite kukris and began the dance of death on the remaining dozen or so bites to satisfy her inner bloodlust.
The two men back at the school would never know.