Giles walked into the school and was greeted by Police at the door. They held him back, and told him that he couldn't go into the library. He took off his glasses and cleaned them with his handkerchief. "What happened?" He asked his voice filled with concern.
"Janitor found a body in there. Called us." the cop said plainly.
"Any idea who the person is?" Giles asked, his heart beating fast. He worried that it was Buffy. He hadn't seen her for nearly two days now, and he had the distinct feeling that something wasn't right.
"A Miss Cordelia Chase... Don't tell anybody I said this, but she had a wicked looking hickey on her neck. Kids these days," the cop said, shaking his head.
Giles nodded his head and walked away from the cop and over to Jenny. She had been missing last night too. He had worried she was avoiding him. "Hello Jenny... Cordelia is dead... Vampire." He said in a quiet no nonsense tone.
Jenny nodded her head and walked with him away from the students. "Is she going to rise from the grave?" she whispered to him.
Giles shook his head. "I have no idea, but I doubt they would have left her somewhere that someone would find her if she was going to turn. I think she was left there as a warning... or a threat."
Principal Snyder spoke clearly into a megaphone. "Everyone return home, school is closed for today. Anyone that doesn't leave will be arrested for trespassing."
The students walked back towards the buses and their cars. Most talked animatedly about how cool it was they were getting to go home, and some whispered that they heard that there had been a girl decapitated.
Giles looked around for Xander, Buffy and Willow, but they were no where to be seen. He shrugged it off, assuming that they had already begun to walk home.