Chapter 4: Problems at the Summers Company
Buffy and Angel arrived at the gate to the company and found a guard posted there.
"Ah Miss. Summers you have arrived I shall tell Mr. Gunn immediately," the guard said.
"Thank you, now if you can let us through I'd be very happy," Buffy said.
"Of course Miss. Summers," the guard said immediately opening the gate and letting them pass through.
Buffy and Angel parked in her father's old parking space and headed up to the door where Charles was waiting for them.
"Angel long time no see," Charles said shaking his hand.
"Buffy we have a big problem here, there is a secret lab in the plans but no one here knows what goes on down there. Apparently they send food supplies down there every week to the people who live and work down there," Charles said.
"What?" Buffy said.
"Charles are you telling us that there is a lab that no one can get into but Hank Summers?" Angel asked.
"Yes I am, but all you need is a drop of blood Buffy to get in. I have my suspicions in this; I think your father knew a lot more than he was letting on. This might require a visit to the jail," Charles said.
"Well than let's get this over with," Buffy said.
"Miss. Summers you can't be down here. Your father left implicit instructions," the secretary said.
"Don't you know I own this company now? I don't give a damn about what my father said, I am in charge here now," Buffy said pricking her finger and dropping blood into the DNA analyser.
The door immediately opened and she was faced with a bunch of vampires.
"What the hell is going on here? Why are a bunch of vampires in this building? Why are they in this lab? Somebody better start talking or they are seriously going to see the strength of a Summers," Buffy said to the room full of vamps along with Gunn and Angel.
"Ah Miss. Summers it's about time you have come down here I figured your father would have told you about this place long before now," a lab technician said coming into the room from a closed door on the other side.
"What's going on here? What's your name?" Buffy asked seriously getting pissed off.
"Your father and myself have been experimenting with vampire blood, we are trying to come up with a weapon for the government to use. My name is Dan," the lab technician said.
"You have no idea the forces you and my so called father are dealing with," Buffy said, "How in the world did you get all these vamps locked down here."
"They were all willing as they got fresh blood and humans," Dan said.
"Get out of here now, there are forces here you could not understand I am destroying this project and if you have a problem with that, just try to stop me," Buffy said getting ready for the fight of her life.
Dan lunged at Buffy but knowing that he was human she simply incapacitated him and threw him into the elevator.
"Charles take him upstairs and have him arrested for murder," Buffy said.
"How are you going to prove murder?" Angel asked who had been quiet until now.
"Easy with the blood down here and the dead bodies," Buffy said pointing to the open door in the back room of the lab.
"Right, now shall we deal with the rest of the problem before the police get here?" Angel asked his beloved and she laughed pulling out her sword and tossed a stake to him.
They opened one door after the other staking and decapitating vampires. They got through that very quickly and then went top side to confront the police and the detectives.
"Miss. Summers how is it that no one has found this place since your father has been in jail?" John asked; the same detective who took her father away from her home.
"We haven't known about this because I'm having a staffing problem. My vice president Charles Gunn contacted me as soon as he saw evidence of money being taken for experiments that were not there. They simply didn't exist. I may only be seventeen but I am not a stupid girl. Charles is taking the books and going through them for months, he just found the problems and confronted the secretary who knew about the secret lab but not what went on in there," Buffy said.
"Did you know what was being done with all the human experiments Miss. Summers?" John asked her.
"Of course not, if I would have known what was going on here it would have been dealt with immediately. I'm sorry detective my father had this as a pet project, he's the one running the entire thing along with that technician over there his name is Dan. You should speak with my father about what went on down there and why they insisted on murdering innocent people. It appears they were food or something because their blood was drained," Buffy said.
"Thank you for your cooperation Miss. Summers. Is there a number I can reach you at, especially if we need you for trial against your father and Dan?" John asked.
"Of course, you may reach me on my cell; 735 – 585 – 9498," Buffy said and Angel laughed quietly knowing that was rarely a way to reach her as she never had the thing on.
"Can we go now I have a huge meeting with the entire staff, and then a dinner date. To which at the end I will be driving home to Sunnydale," Buffy said.
"Of course you may, thank you for my time," John said as he watched to young girl take the tall, dark man's hand and go into a large conference room where Charles Gunn had arranged a huge staff meeting.
In the conference room Buffy walked through the door and everyone shut up but the guys all turned and stared directly at the young girls chest like immature school boys. Angel growled loudly at them scarring them and they immediately looked away from the young girl.
"LISTEN UP, YOU ALL HAVE ENOUGH WORK HERE FOR YOU TO DO. NOW I WANT A MONTHLY REPORT HANDED INTO CHARLES, THEY WILL INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT FOR YOUR LABS AND THEY WILL INCLUDE ANYTHING NOT OUT OF THE BOOK. IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG I WANT A REPORT ON IT. IF HE EVEN SUSPECTS THERE IS AN UNAPPROVED EXPERIMENT GOING ON THERE WILL BE AN IVESTIGATION. I'M A VERY BUSY WOMAN AND I CAN'T COME DOWN HERE EVERY MONTH SO YOU WILL HAND IN MONTHLY REPORTS TO CHARLES AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MEETING LIKE THIS EVERY TWO MONTHS WHERE I COME DOWN AND INSPECT THINGS. DO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND?" Buffy yelled throughout the room.
A chorus of 'yes Mames' could be heard throughout the room.
"Now that that is complete I want to know names of all the people involved in this so called experiment my father was running in that secret lab," Buffy demanded.
"Miss. Summers the only ones involved in the secret lab was your father, Dan and myself," the secretary said.
"Very well, we will be shutting down for a few days to get things cleared up with the police, then I expect business to get going again," Buffy said dismissing them and walking out of the place hand in hand with Angel.