Willow eyed City Hall from her window in the van. "You guys remember the plan?" she asked.
Spike rolled his eyes. "Yes, we remember the bloody plan. You've went over it like a hundred times already. Now can we hurry up and get started? I'd like to get inside before it gets too sunny out."
"Aw, does Spike-y not want to be a crispy critter?" Joker asked playfully.
"Bite me whelp."
"How about I just stake you instead?"
"How about I kill you both and make my headache go away?" Connor growled.
Willow sighed and rubbed her temples. "Boys. You can't live with them, but for some reason, you just don't kill them and get it over with." She looked over Fred, who was clutching her laptop to her chest. "You okay?"
Fred nodded. "I'm okay. I'm just feeling a little sick to my stomach. A lot of people are about to die."
"I know," Harley said happily. "Isn't it wonderful?"
Willow rolled her eyes. Harley was obliviously insane, and she found herself a little envious of the girl. "Come on," she said. "Let's get this over it. We have a lot of work to do tonight."
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Angelus watched Giles with amusement. If the Watcher was expecting him to go along with his little plans, the poor man was sadly mistaken. Sure, he wanted to kill Xander, but he was going to do it in his own way.
Faith came running down the stairs. "Giles, we have a problem," she said as she turned on the television. She switched it to channel eight. "Just watch this."
The mayor was tied to his chair, his head dripping blood and his face painted like the Joker's. Joker and Willow were sitting on either side of him, and they were grinning at the camera. "Hello Gotham," Willow said pleasantly. "How are you doing tonight? I'm sure you're doing better than the mayor here."
Joker grabbed the mayor by the jaw and yanked his head around. "I think we were a little too rough on him Will." He giggled insanely. "Oh well."
Angelus watched the two of them in amusement. Willow and Xander had definitely come a long way in the years he had been gone. Willow had grown into one beautiful evil bitch, which was something that not even he could have predicted. As for Joker, he was completely different from Xander. Maybe that was the mistake Angelus made last time. He assumed he was just dealing with the pathetic Xander Harris dressed as a clown. Now he could see that Xander and the Joker were as different as night and day. And to be honest, he kind of liked the Joker. Sure, he was still going to kill the freak, but he wasn't going to do it with hatred.
"Now Faith, Giles, Batman, Slayers, I know you're all watching this," Willow said. "And we've decided we're tired of hiding. We're tired of the cat and mouse game. If you want to stop us, get to City Hall in ten minutes, or we start destroying Gotham building by building."
Faith looked at Giles and the two of them left the room. Angelus smirked and kept watching the television. Joker was cackling insanely, and the camera was cut off as he put a knife up to the mayor's throat. Angelus got the feeling that going to City Hall was not going to do any good. In fact, he had a feeling that anybody that went there was going to be walking directly into a trap. That suited him just fine though. He wanted the playing field thinned out a little. The less people standing between him and Joker, the better.