Chapter 3

The next day Buffy walked into the library to see Giles already working on the vampires that were missing late night on patrol.

"So did you find anything yet?" Buffy asked as she walked towards Giles.

"Nope nothing yet," Giles says as his head still was on the book he is reading.

Just than Willow and Xander walks in. "Hey everyone," Willow said cheerfully as she walked over to a chair and sat down; followed by Xander who just said hey.

"What are you guys up to?" Xander asked as he sat down on the other side of Willow.

"Trying to figure out what's going on with the vampires," Buffy says as she sits down on the other side of Willow when she hears a voice go 'What!'

Everyone at the table turns their head and sees Angel standing there looking at them with his mouth wide.

"What did you say?" Angel asked as his cousin just came in from behind him and was wondering what's going on.

Buffy just looks at them and try's to think of something to say to save her from the mess she got herself in. "umm. . . I said trying to figure out what's going on with the empires"

"No you said vampires not empires," Angel said looking at them with a confused look on his face. "How do you know about vampires?" He asks next looking at them all.

"I'm born to fight them," Buffy says as she quickly puts her hand over her mouth and thought where did that come from. Looking at him as she just let bother words out of her mouth without knowing until after she asks "How do you know about vampires than?" and than she groaned after asking that question.

"None of your business," Doyle said looking at her with an angry face on while Angel just let what Buffy said slide.

"Well it is if it's on my turf," Buffy says now getting up with a pissed of face on.

"Hey!" Giles yelled towards them and than turned towards Buffy and said "Calm down and sit down"

"Find," Buffy said as she sat down with a huff

"Okay now that we are all calm down. Why won't you two sit down so that we can talk about this" Giles said as Angel and Doyle came over and sat down in the two remanding chairs.

"So. . ." Willow said looking at Giles and than back at the new people that was sitting at the table.

"So what about the master what are we going to do with him?" Xander asked looking at Buffy and Giles for an answer. While Angel and Doyle looked at them like they were crazy.

"I don't know but I know he can't rise until he fights the slayer," Giles said looking at Buffy with sad eyes but quickly change his face back to normal.

"But we don't know when. Right?" Buffy said looking at him but than turn towards Willow who was looking at her with concern on her face but quickly changed it when Angel and Doyle looked her way.

"What are you talking about?" Angel asked looking at them all while trying to figure out what they are talking about. And why is everyone is giving Buffy a concern face?

"The master," Xander said looking at them like they should have known this.

"Who's the master?" Doyle asked looking at them with a confused face on.

"You don't know about the master how can you not know about him. It's all over the vampire population," Xander said looking at Doyle with the same face from before.

"Hello Xander, they are new here since they just started school yesterday," Willow said looking at him while slapping him in the back of his head.

"Ow!" Xander yelled while Willow smiled at Buffy who smiled back.

"You deserved it," Buffy said looking at Xander with a smile on her face.

"Okay you two calm down," Giles said looking at Buffy and Xander and than asked "You have school so why are you guys not in class?"

"Hey we get out since you said you needed help with research," Buffy said looking at Giles who just shook his head.

"So are we staying or are you going to send us to class," Xander asked looking at Giles with a pleading glance.

"Fine since you missed first and second period," Giles said than added "You know the deal get a book; Willow on that bloody contraption"

"Got it," Willow said as she slid over to the computer to load it up and start looking for information

"Buffy I want you to train with me after school; so we can get you prepared for the fight with the master. Because you don't know when you're going to fight him," Giles said looking at Buffy who already had a book in front of her.

"Okay," Buffy said looking up from her book and than looked at Angel and Doyle and said "either you help or you guys go to class"

"What do you want us to do?" Angel asked and than added "What are you?"

"Get a book and look up slayer. And what are you than? Since I told you want I am now what are you?" Buffy asked looking at him and than handed them both a book

"I work for the powers that be. I'm one of their warriors," Angel says grabbing the book from Buffy's hand while she looks at him with a confused look on her face while Giles looked at him with a shocked face on.

"You work for the powers that be!" Giles asked with a shocked face still on his face. (So you know the council didn't tell Giles and most of the watchers that they work with that their slayers or the slayers work for the powers that be)

"Yeah, Why?" Angel asked while Buffy just blurts out "Who's the powers that be?"

"I just never knew the powers have a warrior that fights for the good," Giles says as he ignores Buffy while Angel asked "What's a slayer?"

"A slayer is the chosen one in every generation that has to fight vampires and the forces of evil," Buffy said it like she knew it by heart and was bored about it.

"Oh," Angel said as they began to research for the master.

After 2 more periods of research everyone got up to stretch and get something to eat from the vending machines, but than continued on researching. After 30 minutes of researching Angel picked up his head and looked towards Buffy. Buffy was looking in the book she was researching when she felt his star. Buffy lifted her head and looked at him and asked "What?"

"Nothing," Angel said as he was still looking at her.

"It has to be something if you're staring at me," Buffy said looking at him as Doyle picked up his head to see what's going on.

"How do you deal with . . .? How can you be a fighter . . .? You don't even look like. . . Forget it," Angel said just trying to put things straight in his head, and didn't mean to sound like some idiot or something.

Buffy had a smile on her face when he tried to explain what was on his mind.

"I mean . . . I don't know," Angel said and than said," Now that I red about what you are in the book. From the way they describe about you in the book I picture you more tougher and muscled" Angel said with his head down while playing with his hand, Doyle who was sitting next to him looked at Angel and knew that he likes this Buffy person that's sitting in front of them and also met just yesterday.

"Well that's a surprise," Buffy said sarcastically to Angel while rolling her eyes.

"I found something!" Xander yelled as everyone turned their heads towards him.

"Xander what did you find?" Giles asked as he walked towards him to find out what he found.

"Here see for yourself," Xander said as he handed the book to him.

"Oh my," Giles says as he reads the book and than looks towards Buffy and than to everyone in the room.

"What?" Buffy asked looking at Giles with a worried face on.

"It says that an anointed on will bring you to the master so that you can fight him," Giles said looking at Buffy who just looked at him and than she said," That means that we only have to find this anointed one to get rid of him. Right?"

"Buffy it won't be that easy besides we should research more so that we can find out if there is anything else attached to this," Giles said as she looked at her. While Angel watched as they all had a concern look on their faces as Buffy looked anywhere but their faces.

"Okay," Buffy mumbled at them all as she picked up her book again as Angel watched as she looked back into her book.