Xander blinked away the fog as he desperately tried to focus on the figure standing in the doorway. "Who the hell are you?" he spit out as the figure scrubbed his hands with a wet wipe before stepping into the light with a saccharine smile.
"Good evening, I'd shake your hand, but seeing the lack of sanitary cleaning in the area I think I'll just settle for a polite nod."
Staring at the figure, Xander pulled on the chains again and sighed before looking back as the guy spoke again in a rant.
"Why is it always caves? I do have a nice condominium not four blocks from here, fully furnished, central air and heating, free range children and even an indoor pool." He said before looking at the two demons that are chanting. "My my, you actually managed to kill one? That IS interesting." He said before looking back at Xander. "In all the years I've used them no one has managed to kill one of them, and save for their unhygienic practices they've been very useful." He said before looking back at Xander.
"Oh my gosh, where does my mind go? Introductions are necessary of course. I am Richard Wilkins the Third and I serve you!" He said with a used car salesmen smile as he pointed at Xander. "I don't know, that just doesn't work, I swear I haven't had a good public relations slogan since I had Percy fed to that Polgatha demon… ohh it must have been fifteen years ago."
"Are you really that obsessed with hearing yourself speak or is this some sort of psychological torture?" Xander asked before a blinding pain erupted in the back of his skull.
Letting his hand drop, the Mayor slowly shook his finger at the young man in front of him. "It's not polite to interrupt your elders." He admonished before pacing slowly in front of Xander. "I mean, what has the world come to I ask you? Violence, drugs, rampant sex and those Backstreet Boys." He said with a slight shudder before turning back to Xander.
"But enough about the state of degradation we now live in and down to business, How would you like to work for me?" the Mayor said before charging ahead with his offer /You have to be an aggressive seller after all.\\ he thought as he continued. "We have a 401(k), Housing, Dental, full medical and we offer complete access to several retirement homes or orphanages (If something fresher is to your liking.) And if you act now I'll even throw in this little firebrand I caught playing hooky from school." He said before shaking his finger at Dawn. "Take this as a warning and remember you can't put a value on a good education." He said before brightening. "Alan, write that down, I want to use it in next month's education reform bill."
Xander stared at the insane Mayor for several seconds before shaking his head at the absurdity of it all. "I hope you don't take this too personally, but FUCK YOU!" Xander screamed before collapsing to his knees in pain.
"Now now, watch your language, especially around impressionable youngsters." The Mayor admonished before releasing the spell with a flick of his hand and looking back at Dawn. "So sorry about that, I had no idea he was going to use such profanity. I do hope that didn't leave any mental scars."
"I've got bigger words for you than what he said." Dawn growled as one of the Mayor's vampire thugs held her away from physically attacking the ancient politician.
Ignoring the girl, he turns back to Xander. "Ah well, I'll take that as a no, then." The Mayor said before looking at the two demons as they stood up from their brother's corpse. "Kill the child, make him watch, then kill him." He said before turning towards the door.
He stopped halfway there and turned back. "And make sure you clean up afterwards, a clean… lair is a sign of respect in yourself to others."
Xander pulled against the unrelenting chains as he watched the two large demons advance on the cornered cub.
He had almost resorted to breaking his hand in several places to get out of the cuffs when he felt someone grip his arm tightly.
"Quiet, when I get you free run for the exit, I'll save the girl and get her out." Angel whispered as he freed one hand and reached for the other.
With a snarl Xander gripped the remaining chain with both hands and ripped it from the wall.
The two demons turned at the sound to the sight of an enraged Xander charging them with a stunned Angel several feet behind.
Launching himself towards the closest, Xander caught it with a flying clothesline as the opening move to the fight.
Angel gasped when he felt the claws wound his side as he thought about the cost of the coat and shirt and idly realized he would need two or three bags of blood to get back in shape when the shadow fell over him. Looking up at the two he had helped save, a realization hit him, "You're Buffy's sister aren't you." Angel said as Dawn growled at him.
"And you're a Vampire." Xander said before jerking him up by his jacket. "The fact that I'm grateful for your help means you have one minute to come up with a 'water into wine' miracle, or you're nothing more than dust."
