The rain was lightly drizzling from a cloudy night sky. Buffy shivered and wrapped her shawl around her tighter.

"Here's your coat , Buffy. It looks like it might rain, Buffy." She said aloud to herself. "No, Dawn, I don't need a coat... It looks nice out." Her rehash of the earlier conversation ended as she heard rustling noises nearby. "At least this night won't be a total waste." She said under her breath. Xander had sent her out to the new construction site on the other side of town. The night before he had been driving away when he saw "something strange."

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"I dunno, Buff, it looked like, I dunno, a UFO or something."

"Xander, aliens don't exist! You know that!!"

"Okay, but remember those disgusting demons that tried to kill Joyce when she was kinda crazy?"

"Point taken, I'll check it out."

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She sighed. Personally, Buffy thought it was a waste of time, she didn't believe in aliens, and that other time was a fluke. Demons don't usually come from outer space. However, it wason her way home from the mall. So, here she was.

She tuned her ears and listened closely. Her body tensed, ready to fight, as she creeped toward the sounds. Something was definitely behind that sheetrock. She creeped around ready to pounce on an unsuspecting vamp or demon, and she saw...

"What the hell is that?" It was a seven-foot tall, humanoid demon that was covered with long blades coming out of its skin. Buffy thought about taking it out. She did have that broadsword in her back pocket. Then, another came up behind the first one. These things were extremely quiet. Buffy hadn't even seen it until it was already three feet away. "I don't like these odds." She thought to herself. She had started slowly backing away and didn't notice the third creature behind her. She bumped into something hard and scaly.

"Uh, oh." She turned around to see a third creature.

"Grakjckkkaaaa Andalite scum!!" The demon yelled in her face then started slashing its dangerously long and sharp looking arm blades at her. Buffy easily dodged them and counter trusted the last blow, knocking the demon back a few feet.

"Usually that move knocks them on their ass." Buffy thought, amazed at the demons strength. She looked behind her and the other two were almost on her. She back kicked the one closest to her. He stopped but didn't fell over.

"Hmm… time to bail." She said to herself as she ran past them.

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"Giles, what was that thingy?? Didya find out?" It was the next day and Buffy had just walked into the Magic Box to find Willow, Anya and Xander helping Giles research.

"It had three large spikes on it's head you said?"

"Yep! And a couple more on its arms and legs and tail... Did I mention the tail?"

"Here, is this it?" He held out a book for her to examine.

"Nope. They were going the other way like a mohawk, not a crown." Giles sighed.

"Quite frankly, I'm at a loss. I never heard of anything like what you've described."

"See Buff, I told ya, aliens!" Xander yelled from across the room.

"Is not."

"Is too."

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"It is not an alien!" Buffy yelled testily. "Giles doesn't know every single demon in existence. Right Giles?"

She looked at Giles. He was cleaning his glasses. She looked over at her other friends.

"Willow?!"

"Uhh, well Buffy, I mean there's no proof that life on other plants doesn't exist so theoretically, it could be an alien. I mean..."

"I agree with Buffy!" Anya stated happily. "TV shows depicting aliens are fiction and therefore not real! Besides, in all my days as a vengeance demon, I never saw one single alien from outer space! I saw illegal aliens and an Alionomesus. That is a type of wrath demon that does this really funny thing..."

"Oh great, Anya agrees with me I must be wrong." Buffy muttered under her breath.

"What's that?" Anya asked.

"Nothing!"

"Oh well, I didn't even get to the best part. The best part is the projectile mucus."

"Anya, please, shut up." Giles interrupted. Anya glared at him.

"I'm going to go get Spike, see if he knows anything." Buffy said as she grabbed her jacket and headed out the door.

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Heat. Unbearable heat. Pain! Burning!

"Ahhh!" Spike jumped up and ran for the shadows. The door to his crypt was wide open, with Buffy standing in the opening. He glared at her while cradling his injured arm.

"Oh, right, oops!" She said lightly.

"What do you want, Slayer?"

"Geez, Spike, I thought we were on a first name basis by now. I mean, we've known each other for, how long?"

"Well, I'm a bit grumpy. I didn't get much sleep last night..." He grinned.

"Shut up!"

"...Creature of the Night and all." He finished, grinning.

"The only reason I came here is because there's a demon and I thought I'd let you help."

"Ohhh, you'd let me help? It is one in the afternoon. How'm I supposed to help you right now?"

"Well, uh, later?"

"Sure. So what do you wanna do now, then?"

"Get a grip, Spike! I will not sleep with you…."