Someone Else Entirely 3/?

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Title: Someone Else Entirely 3/?

Characters: Giles and OC

Rating: T

Setting: Any time within late season five to early season six; before Giles leaves.  

Disclaimer: Nothing here is mine and belongs to its respectful owners. 

Warnings: Nothing to cringe about except a bit of mild swearing.

A/N: Thanks ever so much to my loverly beta gilescandy. Without her, I'd probably be dead or cowering in a corner from trauma. 

Also, this was originally to be posted on my original posting day, but I screwed up. I'm sorry if it made anyone's job any harder than it should be...

They didn't want it in too much pain, but Jamie also didn't want any blood on the floor of the cafe, so they dragged it to a deserted alley (of which there were many; mostly likely the late Mayor's handiwork).

The walls were covered with a green sort of slime and a damp sort of stench that was practically visible.

She dumped it on the grimy pavement, it's tousled hair dirtied and soiled.

"Let's see if this poison works on demons, eh?" she snickered as she plunged the dagger into its body.

She felt the blade sink into soft flesh and between brittle bones, its  heart beating wildly with adrenaline. Red soldiers of blood seeped from the gaping puncture, spreading a web of liquid life force across a white blouse, dampening the cloth with a thickness that was unlike any other, sticking to the dying thing as it drew its last breaths, quickened by the toxins in the air and in its blood.

Its eyes glazed over with a milky haze, fiery blue dulled to a lifeless grey as its last word left its lips.

"Demon...?" 

She stared at the dark smudges on her hands, grey-blue eyes widening with the overwhelming tangle of shock, guilt and denial of her feelings.

"What is it? What's wrong?" 

He stepped nearer, seeing her horrified expression.

She stared unseeingly at him.

"She was human."

He stopped to get a better view of the corpse, brushing her matted hair back to her face.

He stared, bewildered.

He knew that face. In fact, the same one had been in his bed that very morning.