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Bella wakes up a day and a half later, a medical miracle with a splitting headache. (Between what she knows about her own construction and what the doctors mutter to the nurses, the demon stepped on her, it broke her spine, she passed out from pain and shock, and she could have easily died if she weren't blessed or the Slayer - both were probably called for.)
[Sherlock? Giles?] she attempts, when she's solicited and received pain medication.
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And now they're - as far as Bella can see -
out of squares.
"Get him! I'll try to lead the last Defenders away," she says, vaulting out of the back of the pickup and sprinting through the grove, taking flying leaps over fallen trees.
out of squares.
"Get him! I'll try to lead the last Defenders away," she says, vaulting out of the back of the pickup and sprinting through the grove, taking flying leaps over fallen trees.
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He leaps out in the other direction and flings himself down a tunnel that doesn't presently have a Defender climbing out of it.
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There's room in the tunnel for both of them, more or less.
Sherlock dives straight past it.
Sherlock dives straight past it.
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It makes a grab for him, but this isn't its lucky day. It does turn and chase him, though.
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The tunnel leads to the throne room, where the man who was originally sitting in a circle of dancing Defenders is pacing. He is most alarmed to see Sherlock approach, but if he can conjure up a new Defender on short notice, he doesn't do it right then. Instead he chooses this time to deliver insults.
"Interfering brat! Do you know what you've -"
"Interfering brat! Do you know what you've -"
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Alas, the man will never have time to regret his decision.
The Defender disintegrates.
[Sherlock! The ones that I managed to lead away are dust - did you get him?]
The Defender disintegrates.
[Sherlock! The ones that I managed to lead away are dust - did you get him?]
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[Can you get to the original tunnel, with the handholds, or should I drive home and get you rope?]
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Bella's waiting for him at the top to help him out when he gets there.
And she hugs him, hard.
And she hugs him, hard.
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Is this half-wrecked orange grove in the dark a suitable place for adrenaline-fueled makeouts?
Meh, probably not, she's gonna go for it anyway.
Meh, probably not, she's gonna go for it anyway.
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Bella puts up a busy message against Gilesly intrusion that says [All's well, out of squares but safe, will call when I get home].
And she kisses her boyfriend very very thoroughly.
And she kisses her boyfriend very very thoroughly.
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"Thought you might. You've been calling me 'love' offhandedly for months now. Didn't quite have the nerve to inquire outright though."
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Kisses kisses kisses. "I should call Charlie probably," she mumbles against Sherlock's mouth after a few minutes more, "tell him all's well."
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"Yeah, otherwise probably difficult for him to understand what I'm saying." Kiss kiss.
She fetches her phone, dials her father's cell, reports that she and Sherlock are both uninjured and that she'll be home in an hour and a half.
Notably, it will not take even a full half hour to drive from here to any chosen point in Sunnydale.
She fetches her phone, dials her father's cell, reports that she and Sherlock are both uninjured and that she'll be home in an hour and a half.
Notably, it will not take even a full half hour to drive from here to any chosen point in Sunnydale.