Outside a quiet office in City Hall, Carole, the Mayor's secretary was polishing her nails. Two strangers in long coats sitting away from the light shining through the window were waiting for their 12-o-clock appointment. Being Vampires they were still half-asleep and none to pleased with the hour that they were called to meet at.
The first Vampire appeared to be in his thirties. Not that this gave you a clue of his age. He had black hair and reminded her of her former history teacher who had vanished. The second of the pair looked to be in his mid twenties and had been fidgeting since he had been here. Carole also noticed that he was missing to fingers on his right hand.
'The Mayor will see you now.' The secretary told the two vampires who were sitting in the waiting room. She watched them as they got up and strolled in to the Mayor's office. The first time she had seen a vampire she had been scared out of her wits, but, after she calmed down it had made a lot of sense out of some of the more unusual things that had occurred in Sunnydale. Shortly after this that she received the offer for the job working for the mayor just after she graduated. It had turned out that she had been marked out during a career fare a few years previously. What was it, that it had said on her card? Oh yes, good typist, pleasant Phone manner and satisfactory personal hygiene. It had turned out that the Vampire attack was orchestrated to see how she would react to the unusual, and this job was certainly unusual.
The Mayor turned from the window and watched as the two Vampires walked in to his office. 'Ah. So glad you could make it, I hope I didn't keep you for to long but sometimes things just, pile up, but where are my manners, will you both please take a seat.'
The Vampires stared blankly at the Mayor as he continued. 'Well, I see that you got my message this time. I don't mind you boys snacking on the courier but … but, can you not touch that.' The mayor suddenly stopped in mid sentence as the Vampire had picked up the paper knife from his desk. He took the knife off of the vampire and continued. 'Now I don't mind you touching these thing but they are sharp and your hands I would assume are Filthy, and germs just spread, and before you know it. Well, I'm sure I don't need to give you boys a lecture on this sort of thing. Do we.' The mayor took the Knife from the vampire, then taking his handkerchief from his top pocket, he wiped it clean and placed it back on is desk.
The Mayor moved back to his desk, sat down and began to look through some files on his desk. 'Now, where was that file?' He mumbled to himself, He switched on the intercom on his desk and began to speak to his secretary. 'Carole, can you get Alan to bring in the file on our guest's former employers.' He turned then to the pair of Vampires. 'If you can just bear with me I'm afraid it has been a bit of a mad house today what with…' the mayor was then interrupted by a knock at the door.' Come in.'
The deputy mayor walked in and placed a large binder on the desk.' There you go sir, I'm sorry to report that we still have not been able to ascertain the current whereabouts of…'
'That's no need to apologize, just find them.' The mayor then opened the file, took a glance at a page and then turned to face the vampires. 'It says here you have been in the services of a rather questionable pair of individuals. Now I don't want to question your allegiances, but I assume with them now departed you will be shall we say free agents? Now I don't want to rush or harass you but it might be advise able for you to work for my… administration.'
The Mayor then stood up and moved over to a wooden cupboard on the other side of his office. He worked the key in the lock and opened up the cupboard to reveal a startling array of Skulls, Knifes, potions and other voodoo like paraphernalia. The two vampires nodded at the mayor and walked out of the room. The mayor closed the cupboard and turned to Alan. 'Well that was swell.'
The deputy mayor stuttered 'a a are you sure th th that they'll be co-operative.'
'I'm confident that they will present us with no problems. In fact I have a little job for you to give to them.'
The deputy mayor turned to leave walked to the door. As he was leaving the mayor added. 'Oh Alan. Have them scrub up before I see them in the future.'