She took her sharp talons and cut a deep scar across her breast, just above her nipple, crossing the areola, the blood flowing deeply. She motioned fo... Buffy to drink.Buff felt fear and uncertainty. She'd been a vampire for a few minutes and they'd been some of the worst of her life. She didn't want to die, wanted to live more than anything else in the world. She wondered where her stake was. She had plenty of back up weapons, James Bond probably had less concealed weapons than Buffy habitually. "You're welcome, sir!" I said almost shouting. "That's better. Cathy tells me you are pretty good at building stuff, is that true?" "I do okay, " I answered. "Well today I want you to build an access gate in the fence between our yards." "Can I ask why?" I said. "Well you either build it or you can explain to your neighbors why I am always going to your house or why your juicy little wife is going over to my house after you leave for work in the morning." Cathy snickered, obviously. Keith couldn’t answer, so he just returned the high-fives as he gasped for air while Amy did the same, still trying to catch her breath. She wondered if her exaggerated fear cost her more than it helped, not that she could control it, but it surprised her. She thought being cornered caused that response in her. Not being chased. ‘What happened?’ her friend Miles whispered as he approached. ‘I slacked.’ Miles laughed and said, ‘And Keith got a lot faster. He’s been doing speed work twice a. They both wore some sort of thick leather armor, carrying an iron scimitar in one hand and an iron dagger in the other. Their armor wouldn't stop my sword. I had it custom made for me by the only licensed weaponsmith in the United States and it came out perfectly. Master Haru wouldn't even let me commission it until I proved my skill and when I did he outdid himself.I used the tree as a way to separate my attackers. Defending myself against both at once scared me. I needn't have been worried.