Chapter 35:
Buffy gasped as Giles exclaimed, " Good lord, Why in the world would Ethan align himself with Glory?"
Willow replied, " Because he wants to kill you, and Giles."
Buffy said, " I understand that, but why would Glory work with someone like Ethan Rayne?"
Giles said, " Don't underestimate Ethan Buffy, he is a very accomplished wizard in his own right."
Piper asked, " Who's Glory?"
Giles replied, " As far as we can tell she's an exiled god from a hell dimension, and she appears to be looking for some kind of key to help her get back there."
Angel asked as he lit a cigarette, " Why haven't ye killed this bint yet?"
Giles gave him a very disdainful look as he said in a hard voice, " put that out, I don't allow smoking in my home."
Angel just rolled his eyes, and exhaled a rather large cloud of bluish smoke as Piper repeated the question. Paige had to stifle her laughter at Giles reaction to Angel's obvious lack of caring concerning his wishes as he replied, " We have tried many times, but Glory is far more powerful than anything, or anyone Buffy has ever encountered."
Angel took another drag as he sneered, Aw what's wrong, the wee lil Slayer canna get the job done?"
Buffy got in his face as she snarled, " Shut the hell up vampire, I've killed a lot of your kind, and I'd be happy to add you to the list."
Angel vamped as he growled, " Easy there Slayer, don go makin threats ye can't back up."
Buffy sneered, " Is the legendary Angelus afraid of me?"
Angel snarled, " I killed me a Slayer not to long ago, so bugger off ye bloody bint."
Giles asked, " Were you the one that killed the previous Slayer Faith Lehane?"
Angel replied as he exhaled another large cloud of bluish smoke, " I don't like ta brag, aw hell who am I kiddin, I love ta brag, yea twas me that did er in, killed er watcher, an er friends too."
How will Buffy, and the others react?