When she opened her eyes again, Buffy was surrounded by a blue light that
seemed to swallow her whole. She started to sit up, but felt a really
strong force pulling her back. All she could do was look around a bit, so
she strained and looked to her left. Over in the corner Buffy could just
make out a figure walking towards her. She strained as hard as she could to
see who it was, but couldn't. Every time she moved, it seems as if some
invisible restraints were tightening around her waist, hands and feet. As
the shrouded figure moved closer she could her it whisper
'Buffy…Buffy…Buffy…'
"Buffy!" Willow hissed as Buffy jolted awake. She sat up straight only to see Professor Beckett and the rest of her Sophomore English class staring at her. Buffy forced a weak smile – "What was that, Professor?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Cordelia walked into 'Angel Investigations' and picked up the mornings post. Having glanced through it (and ignored all the bills) she switched on the coffee machine, which promptly started to make odd noises and consequently hissed and stopped working.
"Angel, we have got to get a new coffee machine already!" She said as her boss entered the room from his apartment underneath it, "I can't work without my morning caffeine shot, and the amount you pay me doesn't NEARLY cover the rent, never mind food and drink, I mean…"
Angel stared at her and said nothing. He knew by now it was best to let Cordelia rant for a few minutes and not to interfere. When she'd finished he said
"Cordelia, have you found out any more about that Isis demon?"
"Yeah, but all I could find was that it fed on human waste – big mental yeuch there – and this picture, look"
Angel took the book from Cordelia. On the right hand side of the page was a centuries old sketch of a demon about 4 feet tall. The top half was formed normally (well, for a demon anyway) with arms, hands and a head but the bottom half was blurred and seemed to melt into something of no definite shape. The creature had a huge mouth, but no teeth and small, pointy eyes. Its ears were pointed and it had a mass of black hair all over its head.
"I can see why it would live in drains. My guess is that it sits in the pipes near sewage plants so that it's got lots to feed on. The one that Rosa saw was probably lost. They're not dangerous by the looks of it, but I don't think anyone wants one of those in their bathroom. When Wesley gets here, I'll go back and find it – can you try and find out how to kill it?" Angel said.
" Okay, but it might take a long time without coffee…"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Back in Sunnydale, Buffy was walking with Riley from the cinema not far from Sunnydale campus to Lowell House after their date. Riley was talking about some military programme he had been watching and Buffy had almost completely switched off – she seemed to be doing that a lot with Riley recently. She forced herself to listen and at least seem interested as Riley launched into how a sergeant had risked his life to save some other soldiers. By the time they got back to his dorm, Riley had explained how patriotic the guy was, and how he didn't think many people had the courage to do it.
"I'm sure that you'd have it in you, Riley, really I do but I was thinking that maybe we could talk about something else apart from fighting? It's my night off from slaying and…" She trailed off as she leaned forward to kiss Riley and they fell back onto his bed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Giles opened the diary of a watcher that had lived around 150 years ago and started reading. He knew that this watcher, Herrid, had done a lot of research into Demonology, and he consulted his diaries often. He flicked through the pages until something caught his eye, entitled 'Body and Mind'. As he read down the section, he read a sentence that chilled him to the bone. "No wonder I hadn't heard of such a demon…"
"Buffy!" Willow hissed as Buffy jolted awake. She sat up straight only to see Professor Beckett and the rest of her Sophomore English class staring at her. Buffy forced a weak smile – "What was that, Professor?"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Cordelia walked into 'Angel Investigations' and picked up the mornings post. Having glanced through it (and ignored all the bills) she switched on the coffee machine, which promptly started to make odd noises and consequently hissed and stopped working.
"Angel, we have got to get a new coffee machine already!" She said as her boss entered the room from his apartment underneath it, "I can't work without my morning caffeine shot, and the amount you pay me doesn't NEARLY cover the rent, never mind food and drink, I mean…"
Angel stared at her and said nothing. He knew by now it was best to let Cordelia rant for a few minutes and not to interfere. When she'd finished he said
"Cordelia, have you found out any more about that Isis demon?"
"Yeah, but all I could find was that it fed on human waste – big mental yeuch there – and this picture, look"
Angel took the book from Cordelia. On the right hand side of the page was a centuries old sketch of a demon about 4 feet tall. The top half was formed normally (well, for a demon anyway) with arms, hands and a head but the bottom half was blurred and seemed to melt into something of no definite shape. The creature had a huge mouth, but no teeth and small, pointy eyes. Its ears were pointed and it had a mass of black hair all over its head.
"I can see why it would live in drains. My guess is that it sits in the pipes near sewage plants so that it's got lots to feed on. The one that Rosa saw was probably lost. They're not dangerous by the looks of it, but I don't think anyone wants one of those in their bathroom. When Wesley gets here, I'll go back and find it – can you try and find out how to kill it?" Angel said.
" Okay, but it might take a long time without coffee…"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Back in Sunnydale, Buffy was walking with Riley from the cinema not far from Sunnydale campus to Lowell House after their date. Riley was talking about some military programme he had been watching and Buffy had almost completely switched off – she seemed to be doing that a lot with Riley recently. She forced herself to listen and at least seem interested as Riley launched into how a sergeant had risked his life to save some other soldiers. By the time they got back to his dorm, Riley had explained how patriotic the guy was, and how he didn't think many people had the courage to do it.
"I'm sure that you'd have it in you, Riley, really I do but I was thinking that maybe we could talk about something else apart from fighting? It's my night off from slaying and…" She trailed off as she leaned forward to kiss Riley and they fell back onto his bed.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Giles opened the diary of a watcher that had lived around 150 years ago and started reading. He knew that this watcher, Herrid, had done a lot of research into Demonology, and he consulted his diaries often. He flicked through the pages until something caught his eye, entitled 'Body and Mind'. As he read down the section, he read a sentence that chilled him to the bone. "No wonder I hadn't heard of such a demon…"