When Giles walked into his office and sat down on his chair, he was suddenly overcome with exhaustion. It wasn't often that he was left without the help of his slayer. He was used to having to rescue Willow, Xander, or Cordelia, but knowing that someone – or something – defeated Buffy in a fight frightened him.
"I'll look by the mess of what used to be my stack of research books first," Giles murmured to himself.
"What did you say?" Xander asked from the other room.
"What? You heard me?" Giles asked.
"Yeah you said something about a diversion…" Xander said when he suddenly realized what he was saying.
The next thing Xander heard was a rustling sound to his left and he quickly turned towards the noise
"Umm Giles? I think there's something otherworldly in here!" Xander said in a panicky voice.
"I am kind of occupied in here at the moment!" Giles yelled.
Xander spun around to face Giles' office and saw him fighting against a demon that seriously needed some anti-wrinkle cream. Xander ran towards the demon but was startled when his feet came out from under him and he went headfirst into the wall.
"Oww…" Xander said rubbing his head.
"Xander would you stop taking a nap in the middle of a battle?" Xander heard Giles say through the sounds of crashing.
"Right!" Xander replied, quickly getting to his feet and grabbing a voluminous book next to him. "Gosh this thing is heavy; I really hope this doesn't resort to violence so I don't have to-". Xander was interrupted by the demon that had thrown him into the wall earlier charging towards him. When the demon got close, Xander hit the demon on the head with the book with all the strength he could muster. "-use it…" Xander finished.