Capt. Matuzek, the seven bugged personnel and six personnel who weren't bugged were in a conference room. The six personnel who weren't bugged were only there so Lowkey doesn't get wise of the situation before Willow can debug the others. Capt. Matuzek was on the phone and learning about the skirmish that just took place outside while the others were talking among themselves.
Just as Capt. Matuzek went to hang up the phone Buffy entered the room followed by Dr. Brennan, Willow and Booth.
When Capt. Matuzek saw who were entering, he said, "I just been informed about what went on outside. If you want to postpone this meeting for an hour or so I'll understand."
"No, I'm…" Buffy said before stopping in mid-sentence. "Actually I would like for you to wait about an hour and then start the meeting without me."
"Shouldn't you be here to explain things?" Capt. Matuzek questioned.
"Willow is the only one you really need for this meeting," Buffy said. "But for a few minutes I need Willow to do something."
Willow gave Buffy a curious look as Capt. Matuzek told the group, "Okay, we are postponing this meeting for an hour, so everyone can leave for now." The sounds of shuffling chairs were loud as everyone stood up. "Just be back in an hour."
As Buffy and Willow were stepping into the hall, Willow said, "You're planning something. What is it?" Buffy whispered her plans into Willow's ear. "Buffy, I'm not sure if Valerie is ready for anything like that."
"The spell you're going to do isn't dark or very power so why not?" Buffy questioned.
"True to both, but the spell still requires an experience witch," Willow explained. "Valerie is an amateur and the chances of her getting it right the first time will be fifty-fifty. If she misses, Lowkey will be tipped off at what you're up to."
"He's going to be tipped off at what I'm up to when you eliminate the bugs, Will, but if we do this simultaneously than we can catch him with a little surprised," Buffy said. "Plus I'll take Faith and the crew along so if Valerie doesn't get the spell right I'll at least have the fire power if Lowkey decides to retaliate."
"All right," Willow said. "I'll show Val how to do the spell solo."
"Okay, go to the office and get set," Buffy said. "I'll go round up the group."
An hour later, Buffy, Faith, Kennedy, Dean, Sam and the charmed slayers stepped up to the back door of the demon bar. Buffy knocked in the manner of how she was told to knock. When the door was opened everyone stepped in.
In the conference room at the TEC headquarters, Willow told the group, "I'll explain why everyone is here, but before I do I need to say a few things." She then began her spell while speaking in Latin. Dr. Brennan understood the words, but not the phrase or what Willow was doing.
Buffy and her group were standing in the center of the demon bar with twenty demons and ten vampires staring harshly at them.
"What do you need, humans?" the demon bartender asked as Buffy was looking at her watch.
Buffy ignored the demon and told Valerie, "Do it."
When Valerie began to rattle of the exact spell that Willow was doing, the demon bartender asked, "What is she doing?"
In Lowkey's lair, Lowkey watched what was going on at both locations while asking, "What are you up to, Slayer?"
The spell lasted for five minutes and as it was being completed by Willow and Valerie, the shimmering glasses Lowkey were looking into to spy on Buffy's group had shattered. Each person who was mystically bugged had experienced a brief dizziness.
When Buffy saw the side effects of the spell, she asked, "Valerie?"
Valerie grinned before saying, "It worked."
At Lowkey's lair, Lowkey was violently upset and cursing Buffy with each breath.
In the conference room at the TEC headquarters, Booth demanded to know, "What just happened?"
"It's okay," Willow reassured everyone. "The ones who experienced dizziness were mystically bugged by a demon name Lowkey. Lowkey was using you to spy on us. The spell I cast had eliminated those bugs though."
"You can't be serious," Booth said.
"It's true," Capt. Matuzek said. He and Willow continued to explain things to everyone; however, the existence of a time machine was kept quiet during the explanation.
At the demon bar, Buffy spoke out, "Listen up! We just freed everyone here from Lowkey's thrall. Now I want answers. What kind of demon is Lowkey and where can I find him?"
"We honestly don't know the answers to those questions," the bartender said.
Valerie gazed around the room at the demons before saying, "He's telling the truth. They don't know… or the demons don't anyway. I can't read or feel the vampires' emotions."
"Okay, can any of you point me in the direction to someone who can?" Buffy questioned.
A burly demon stepped up as if to challenge Buffy while asking, "And why should we help you, Slayer?"
Buffy shook her head with a grin, before saying, "Okay, all the women are slayers. The two men are demon hunters. We're not here to fight, but if you and your companions want to challenge us, we will be glad to accommodate you."
"There is only one slayer called at a time and we out number you," the demon hissed.
The demon Malkye was there. He stepped up to the burly demon and whispered, "That's no longer true. I met another slayer besides her named Tabitha and I know of a third one. The third one is named Faith."
Faith heard Malkye and asked, "You heard of me, have you?"
"You're Faith?" Malkye questioned.
"I thought I made that clear, but yeah, I'm Faith," she said.
"So are you still eager to fight us?" Buffy questioned. The burly demon just back off while timidly looking away. "Now; who can point me the way to someone who can answer my questions?"
Valerie gazed around for a moment before resting her eyes on a demon. She then gestured towards him while saying, "This one is literally terrified…"
"I'm not terrified," the demon quickly interrupted with.
"My friend here is empathic," Buffy said. "If she says you're terrified then I believe her. Now is it us that you're terrified of or is it that you know something and you don't want to share?" The demon just turned away. "I'm thinking it's the latter, so start sharing or I'm going to get a little testy."
The demon looked at Buffy again and hesitated before he timidly said, "I'll be killed if I talk."
"Hey, I'm a slayer and you're a demon," Buffy retorted. "So you're running that risk if you don't talk. And for incentive for you to tell me what I want to know, I tend to torture knowledgeable vampires or demons until I get the information I want."
"She really does," Kennedy added. "It's really not a pretty sight."
"The wizard can answer your questions," the demon finally said. "Go see the wizard."
"Where can I find this wizard?" Buffy asked.
"And if the words out of your mouth are to 'follow the yellow brick road' then I'm going to torture you," Faith added.
The demon gave Faith a confused look before saying, "I don't know where he is."
"He's telling the truth," Valerie said.
"Okay, can anyone tell me where I can find this wizard?" Buffy asked the crowd.
"No," was the general response.
"Everyone's telling the truth," Valerie again said.
"Isn't this just dandy," Dean sarcastically said as Buffy's cell phone rang. "The whereabouts of the only one who can tell us how to find Lowkey is also unknown."
Buffy glanced at who was calling before answering with, "What's happening on your end, Will?"
"TEC is mystically bugged free," Willow said. "All the former affectees remember feeling a slight dizzy-sensation just after eating Chinese food from a Chinese restaurant and reading an unusual fortune from a fortune cookie."
"Do you know which Chinese restaurant?" Buffy asked. There was then a short pause. "We'll find it. Meet us there. Bye." Buffy hung up her phone before glancing at her group. "We're done here."
At TEC headquarters, Capt. Matuzek was walking though the halls and saw Dawn and Hunter walking down the hall with a teenaged woman he had never seen before. Dawn held Hunter's hand as he walked at her side.
Capt. Matuzek stepped up to them and said, "Young lady, you must be, Alexis Wilson."
"You heard of me?" Alexis questioned while being surprised.
"I'm Capt. Matuzek; the commander of this facility," He said. "One of my rules is that no one enters this building without my knowledge. Plus Buffy told me this morning that she was expecting the arrival of a new student."
"So what do you do here?" Alexis asked.
Capt. Matuzek grinned before saying, "This is a top secret facility, so your question will have to go unanswered. Also you are not to walk through the halls without Dawn or someone from her group being with you."
Alexis gave Capt. Matuzek the thumbs up sign while saying, "Yes, Capt. Matuzek."
"Dawn, I haven't had the chance to get with you since you've been back," Capt. Matuzek said. "Have you decided on what you're going to do?"
"I talked it over with my husband and we both agree that I should take your job offer," Dawn said. "Brody is making moving arrangements and will join me here in D.C. as soon as he can."
"So he doesn't mind leaving the family architect business?" Capt. Matuzek asked.
"He's not leaving it," Dawn said. "He's going to open up a branch here in D.C."
"That's great," Capt. Matuzek said. "I'm glad that things will work out for you. Anyway, since things are finally calmed down a little around here, I'm leaving for the rest of the day. See me in the morning after six and you can fill out all the required employment forms."
"Yes, Captain," Dawn said. "Good night."
"Good night," Capt. Matuzek said.
"It's nice meeting you, Capt. Matuzek," Alexis said.
"Likewise, Alexis," Capt. Matuzek said. When he walked away, Dawn, Hunter and Alexis continued down the hall.
Buffy, Buffy's group, Willow, Booth and Dr. Brennan were all forming up outside the Chinese restaurant. Buffy gave Booth and Dr. Brennan a curious look before asking, "Agent Booth, why are you and Temperance here?"
"Lowkey involved us when he violated Bones," Booth said. "So…"
"What? What bones?" Buffy asked.
"He calls me Bones," Dr. Brennan said.
"Ah," Buffy said.
"Now are you ready to go inside?" Booth asked. "Or do Bones and I go in without you?"
"Agent Booth, fighting demons is what my group and I do, so if you come in with us, I ask that you stand back and allow me to handle things," Buffy said
Booth took a deep breath before saying, "Deal, but I expect you to get answers."
"If there are answers here, I'll get it, Agent Booth," Buffy said. Booth just gestured for Buffy to walk.
The restaurant's moderate size dining room was packed with no empty seats. When Buffy's group stepped in, the hostess who was in her late teens stepped up to them while saying, "Welcome. As you can see we are extremely busy tonight so there will be a wait before I can seat everyone. Is everyone together?"
"We're not here to eat," Buffy said. "Okay, Will; Val. You're up."
"Will I up what?" the hostess asked while giving Buffy a confused stare. Willow and Valerie walked passed the hostess. "Wait. Ladies, you must wait for a table." Willow and Valerie ignored the hostess and began to chant their debugging spell. "Speak English. I can understand you."
Immediately, Willow and Valerie drew spectators from the customers. The two owners of the restaurant, who were half demons and a married middle-aged couple, came rushing out of the kitchen. The man looked over at Buffy while demanding, "Stop this, Slayer; at once!"
"You're in no position to be demanding anything," Buffy told him.
"What do you want?" the woman angrily demanded to know.
"I want information without Lowkey listening in," Buffy said.
The man stepped up to Buffy before hissing, "You will regret this if you don't stop."
"Not the first time I've heard that," Buffy said.
The man just glanced one by one into the eyes of Buffy's group and made an annoyed grunt when he realized that he couldn't do anything to stop what Willow and Valerie were doing. After the five minutes that it took to do the spell, a third of the customers and all the staff members felt the side effects of being debugged.
Valerie glanced around the room in the manner as if she was looking for something when Willow said, "It's done."
Buffy saw Valerie looking towards the kitchen in an inquisitive manner before settling her eyes on the owners of the restaurant. Buffy stepped closer to Valerie before asking, "Are you okay, Val?"
Valerie stepped up to Buffy and whispered, "The owners and kitchen staff are half demons with telepath ability. They are talking to each other about what just happened."
Buffy grinned before whispering, "Can you hear and understand what they're saying?"
"I can and they're scared that we slayers will discover their secret about them being half demons," Valerie said.
"Can they read your thoughts?" Buffy asked.
Valerie made a conscious thought towards the male owner for a moment, but the owner didn't react physically or mentally. Buffy noticed what Valerie was doing and before she could say anything, Valerie said, "I don't believe so."
"Did you just try to communicate with one of them?" Buffy questioned.
"Yeah," Valerie said. "I figure that was the only way to know for sure."
"Okay, next time don't do that," Buffy said. "You could've given away our advantage."
"Sorry," Valerie said.
"It's okay. Now I want you to listen closely to their thoughts, but don't do anything to tip them off that you can hear them." Valerie just nodded. Buffy noticed that inquisitive eyes from the customers were on her and her group. She stepped up to the owners again and told them, "Let's go in the kitchen so we can talk."
"You want to talk, we'll talk here," the female owner said. "What you want?"
"Fine; where's Lowkey?" Buffy asked.
"You wasted your time," the female owner said. "No one knows where Lowkey is at, so bye-bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out."
Buffy slightly grinned before saying, "I heard someone known as the wizard does. Where is the Wizard?"
"Perhaps you should try following the yellow brick road," the female owner said.
Faith lightly hit the side of her own upper leg while trying to keep her frustration under control.
Valerie heard a random thought of one of the kitchen workers questioning, "Charles Ford's brother knows Lowkey?" Valerie attempted a telepathic link with Willow and grinned slightly when she was able to do it. She then filled Willow in on Charles Ford.
Buffy answered the owner's statement by saying barely above a whisper, "Cute. Anymore cute remarks and I'll forget that you and your family are demons that have completely integrated in the human's society."
"They're demons?" Dr. Brennan questioned barely loud enough for Buffy to hear. Buffy glanced over at Dr. Brennan. "How can you tell?"
"I have my ways," Buffy then faced the owners and asked again in a more serious tone, "Where is the Wizard?"
"We honestly don't know," the male owner said.
"Look, we are only half demons; a peaceful clan," the female owner added barely loud enough to where Buffy's group could hear. "The only thing we're guilty of is spreading Lowkey's ability of hearing and seeing throughout the city."
While the owners were answering Buffy, Willow was telepathically telling Buffy, "Ask about the Wizard's brother, Charles Ford."
"What about the Wizard's brother, Charles Ford?" Buffy repeat aloud. "Do you know where he is?"
Before one of the owners could answer, Booth questioned, "Charles Ford? Are you asking about the guy who was recently sentenced to four consecutive lives in prison for murdering his wife and daughter through a ritual sacrifice?"
Valerie again heard the kitchen worker thinking, "That idiot Charles can't do anything right except for screwing up his life and ending up in prison."
Valerie quickly telepathically told Willow what she heard. Willow relayed the message to Buffy.
Booth noticed the slight hesitation in Buffy response before she said, "I believe I am. So he's in prison. Can he accept visitors?"
"Sure, but he doesn't have a brother," Booth said.
Valerie and Willow again relayed a message to Buffy about what thoughts Valerie had heard.
"He did have a bother, Agent Booth," Buffy said. "The two had the same father, but different mothers. In fact, the father was married to both mothers at the same time and the brothers didn't know about each other until just before Charles went to prison."
"You seem to have all the answers, Slayer, so why are you here?" the female owner questioned.
"I know you and your family are telepathic," Buffy said. "I know this because a member of my group is empathic. She has been reading yours and your staff members' thoughts and then relaying them to me. And those thoughts have been so helpful."
"Which one of you is empathic?" the male owner demanded to know.
Buffy shrugged before saying, "I can't say… well actually I can say, but I won't. Now since you can't lead me to Lowkey or the Wizard directly, I'll take my questions to the Wizard's brother." She turned towards her group. "We're done here."
As everyone was leaving the restaurant, Booth said, "You didn't ask too many questions in there. Are you sure you got all the information that you could have?"
"Other than getting the lead I got, they don't know anything," Buffy said.
"How can you be so sure?" Booth said.
"Because I was telling the truth about someone from my group being able to hear their thoughts," Buffy said. "Charles Ford was all the information they knew. Speaking of him, how late is visiting hours at the prison?"
"It will be too late to go see him tonight," Booth said as everyone stopped walking near the cars. "And you're telling me that psychics are real and someone here can hear thoughts?"
"Yes; psychics are real, Agent Booth," Buffy said "Valerie is empathic. She feels people's emotions."
"But on rare occasions I can hear people's thoughts," Valerie added. "And apparently I can hear the thoughts of telepathic demons."
"Hearing the thoughts of telepathic people and demons might be why you can hear my thoughts so well," Willow said. Booth gave Willow an inquisitive look. "One of the first things I learn as a witch was telepathically talking to people when I want. Valerie, on the other hand, can hear my thoughts even when I don't want."
"That's interesting," Booth said.
Valerie overlapped Booth's words with, "I'm getting better at blocking you out."
"Anyway, Agent Booth, what prison is Charles Ford in?" Buffy asked.
"I want to be with you when you speak with him, so I'll pick you up in the morning and you and I can go there together," Booth said.
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning then," Buffy said.
Booth nodded while saying, "Bye."
"Bye," everyone said before they went their respective ways.
Once Buffy's group returned to TEC headquarters, Faith called the airport to find out when was the next flight to L.A. which wasn't until 11:00 A.M. Monday morning.
Giles had already talked with Alexis, but Buffy had gotten with her and talked with her some more so she could get to know her.
By 8:00 P.M. Faith had left the TEC headquarters alone to patrol. Kennedy had taken Nichole, Cat and Valerie out on the opposite side of town for a little training. Amber had remained behind to rest and heal.
Kennedy and her group got back around midnight, but Faith had stayed out until three in the morning.
6: 00 A.M, Giles had left the TEC headquarter and went to the airport to pick up the first three potential-slayers who were arriving from London. He returned to the TEC headquarters with the potentials an hour later. Not really knowing what to do with them, Giles led them to the gym and had them working out as he went to go find Buffy.
Buffy and her group were in the cafeteria and sitting around the table talking with empty and partial empty food trays in front of them. Most of them were done eating breakfast, but a few were still picking at their food. Dawn had Hunter sitting in her lap as he ate. Faith was taking a seat with them with her food and just before she had a chance to eat, Cat asked Faith, "So how did your patrolling go?"
"I found a nest of eight vamps and I took it out," Faith answered before taking a bite.
"You took out a nest alone?" Cat asked as she glanced at Buffy as if to ask, 'why is she allowed to do it?'
Buffy saw the look she had gotten. While Faith was attempting to swallow her bite in order to answer, Buffy said defensively, "Faith has always been the lone slayer when it comes to fighting demons and patrolling. I'm not sure why, but when she's alone she is at her best and she's definitely able to handle herself. You on the other hand have no business going after a nest without an experienced slayer with you."
Faith had finally swallowed the bite she took and said, "I'm not sure what I walked into, but if all you charmed slayers listen to B, you'll stay five by five." The charmed slayers just gave Faith a curious look.
Cat was about to ask, but before she could Nichole saw Giles walking towards the table and said, "Giles is back."
Everyone turned to look. Once Giles had stepped up and pulled out a seat to sit down, Buffy asked, "So where are the potentials?"
Giles was sitting down while saying, "I have them working out at the gym. Wendy wants to become a charm slayer."
Cat gave Giles a confused look while saying, "I am a charmed slayer."
Giles grinned before saying, "One of the potentials is named Wendy Dearborn and since you prefer to go by Cat, I will keep referring to you as Cat and her as Wendy" Cat just gave him the thumb's up sign.
"Wendy is eighteen, right?" Buffy questioned.
"She will be nineteen tomorrow actually," Giles said.
"Cool, we could have a birthday party for her," Dawn said.
"Birf-day!" Hunter uttered out.
"It's birthday, sweetie, but it's not yours," Dawn said.
"As long as he gets cake and ice cream, he won't care whose birthday it is," Xander said.
"Ice cream! Ice cream!" Hunter uttered out as Blake Carlson was walking into the cafeteria with Buffy's journals.
Dawn gave Xander a smirk while sarcastically saying, "Thanks for mentioning ice cream, Xander."
Xander timidly grin while saying, "Sorry."
"Getting back to Wendy, I'll talk to her about her request," Buffy said as she looked at her watch. "And it will have to be when I get back from visiting Charles Ford."
Blake stepped up to the table and when Giles saw what he had, he said, "Those are our missing journals."
"Yes, well, after Willow done that… her witchcraft and I was told what I was afterwards, I went home; searched my house and found these," Blake said while setting the journals on the table. "I have no memory of taking them."
"Someone being control by a demonic entity isn't anything new to us and it is common for the effected person not to remember anything afterwards," Giles said.
"In any case, I would like to apologize for my part in this," Blake said.
"Apology accepted," Buffy said.
"Jack is walking over here," Nichole said.
Everyone looked. As Jack walked up, he said, "Buffy, Agent Booth is in the reception area and is asking for you."
"Thanks," Buffy said as she was standing up.
Valerie also stood up before Willow asked, "Are you sure you don't want me to come with you and Val?"
"Val has proven that she can do the debugging spell, so she with her empathic ability should be all I need," Buffy said.
Willow nodded with a grin before saying, "Good luck."
"Thanks," Buffy said before she and Valerie walked towards the exit.
Later, at the prison, Charles Ford was handcuffed to a table in the interrogation room and then left alone. Two minutes later, Buffy, Booth and Valerie stepped in.
Valerie felt the change in personality in Charles just before he said, "Buffy, Valerie and Booth. Whatever you want with Charles Ford, you're not getting it."
"Lowkey, I presume," Buffy said.
"Charles is Lowkey?" Agent Booth questioned.
Buffy gave Booth a curious look before saying with a drawn out, "No." She then said normally, "Lowkey is speaking through Charles, but that's going to change in about five minutes or so."
"Back off now slayer and I'll forget that your two witches had shattered a few of my looking-glasses," Lowkey said.
"A tempting offer, but no," Buffy said. "Val, get rid of Lowkey so I can talk to Charles without him listening in."
"If you don't back off, I'll make it where you were never born," Lowkey warned.
Booth had a confound expression on his face as Buffy ordered, "Get rid of Lowkey now, Val."
Once Valerie began her chant, Lowkey said, "I'm warning you, Slayer."
"Or what?" Buffy questioned. "You'll warn me some more. I'm not really intimidated here."
"It would be a shame if one of your ancestors would get captured or killed, thus ending your life before you were even born," Lowkey said.
"What?" Booth muttered in confusion.
"You won't get the chance to threaten any of my ancestors," Buffy said.
"That's were you're wrong, Slayer," Lowkey said. "Julius' time machine won't be down for much longer and I know just where to start."
"I'll stop you," Buffy said.
"Whoa! Time out!" Booth uttered out. "Did he just say, 'time machine?'"
Buffy politely grinned before saying, "That's what Dr. Briers stole from the TEC agency. TEC actually stands for 'Time Enforcement Commission.' Dr. Briers and Lowkey have been using a time machine to send demons into the past."
"In a few hours another demon will be sent into the past, slayer, and soon after no one will have heard of Buffy Summers," Lowkey said.
"Again, I'm not intimidated," Buffy said.
"Can Lowkey do it?" Booth asked.
Buffy shrugged before saying, "He can try, but I have faith in my team and Capt. Matuzek's TimeCops,"
Lowkey had ended his control over Charles and Charles came to with a slight start. He glanced around and when he rested his eyes on Buffy, he said, "Lowkey is telling me what you three are doing. He really doesn't like you, Buffy."
"The feelings are mutual," Buffy said. "And once this spell is complete, we'll get started without Lowkey listening to us."
"I don't know what you want with me, but I'm not saying a word," Charles said just as Valerie got slightly distracted by Charles' emotions. Buffy barely caught the slight hesitation in Valerie's chant as she was completing the spell.
A minute later, Charles felt the side effects of being debugged. Once Valerie felt that he was no longer bugged, she said, "You can drop the act now, Charles. Lowkey can't hear you any more."
"Act?" Buffy and Booth uttered.
"I felt him trying to quiet his thoughts and suppress his eagerness when you mention that Lowkey won't be listening," Valerie said.
"Ever since I met Wilson I had that demon inside my head telling me what to do," Charles said. "Agent Booth, this is the god honest truth; I didn't kill my wife and daughter. Lowkey and Wilson did."
"Who is Wilson?" Booth asked.
"My dad was married to my mom and another woman at the same time," Charles began. "Wilson was my dad's son from that second marriage."
"Does Wilson call himself the wizard?" Buffy asked.
Charles slightly grinned before saying, "He concocted that name by taking the first two letters from his first and middle name and the last two letters from his last name."
"What is his full name?" Booth asked.
"It's Wilson Zachary Ford," Charles said.
"Where can we find him?" Buffy asked.
"I honestly don't know where he lives, but if this helps, he told me that he was marrying six Venuses," Charles said.
"He was marrying six what?" Booth asked.
"I think he meant Fenuses," Buffy said as she drew off her memories from the other reality.
"Well, what are Fenuses?" Booth questioned.
"They're female Rodilik demons," Buffy said. "Forming harems are common with that type of demon; however, it is dangerous for a male human to have an intimate relationship with one Fenuse." Buffy turned towards Charles. "And he's with six of them?"
Booth gave Buffy a curious look as Charles said, "I don't know how he was planning to do it, but Wilson told me that he was becoming a male Rodilik."
"Did Wilson tell you that before or after your wife and daughter were killed?" Buffy asked.
"Before," Charles said.
"That's what I thought," Buffy said.
"What?" Booth asked.
"Wilson sacrificed Charles' wife and daughter in order for him to transmigrate into a Rodilik demon," Buffy said.
"Why would anyone do that?" Booth asked.
"People transmigrate into demons for many reasons," Buffy began. "Power is the most common reason. In Wilson's case I would say to be with the Fenuses."
"When I think of demons, I think of ugly and scary monster-looking creatures," Booth said. "So why would anyone want to be with demons."
"Not all demons are ugly or scary monster-looking creatures, Agent Booth," Buffy said. "In fact, Rodilik demons could pass for human if they take the time and dye their skin." Buffy saw the inquisitive look on Booth's face. "They have a human type physique; except that their skin color is turquoise and they are bald."
"Then how is it dangerous for a man to have an intimate relationship with a Feuse?" Booth asked.
"Okay, I should say that Rodiliks have an outer physique of humans," Buffy began. She then whispered in Booth's ear to why it was dangerous for a human male to be with a Fenuse.
"Ooh, that is dangerous," Booth said
"Anyway, Charles, do Wilson and his harem live in this dimension?" Buffy asked.
"What do you mean, this dimensions?" Charles asked.
"Rodiliks are originally from the Castryis dimension," Buffy said. "Did Wilson go there to live?" Charles gave Buffy a look as if she had lost her mind while shrugging. "I'll have Willow to do a locator spell to look for any Rodilik demons in the area. Anyway, can you tell me anything else that could be helpful?"
"This may not be important, but the last time I saw Wilson, he had a strange looking bird perched on his shoulder," Charles said.
"Describe the bird," Buffy said.
"It was the size of a parrot. It was featherless and it kind of reminded me of a picture of a dodo bird that I saw," Charles said.
"And I was scared of that?" Buffy said.
"What?" Booth asked.
"The bird he saw was a pankandor bird," Buffy said. "That type of bird is also from the Castryis dimension. Only hatchlings are featherless and a pankandor hatchling will adopt the first person or creature it sees as its parent. A pankandor grows extremely large and fast and becomes a very viscous carnivore. Rodiliks and the person or creature it claims as its parent are the only creatures it won't attack or eat. Rodiliks will actually use them for protection."
"So what does this all mean?" Booth asked.
"To get to Lowkey we have to talk to the wizard… I mean Wilson; however, to get to Wilson we'll have to kill his pankandor and killing his pankandor is easier said than done," Buffy said. "Although I've found the best way to kill one is to feed it raw Tango fish which is from the norrakulis dimension." She then got out her cell phone and dialed it. "Hey, Giles, it's me. Is Faith still around?"
"Dean dropped her off at the airport a little bit ago," Giles said.
"See if you can get her back for me," Buffy said. "I have a mission for her and Kennedy. I'll explain the details of that mission when I get back."
"Will do," Giles said.
As Buffy was hanging up, Booth said, "I'm guessing that Tango fish is poisonous and that you are going to go after that poisonous fish from the… from that other dimension."
"A tango fish is actually only poisonous if not thoroughly cook," Buffy said. "Under cook tango makes a nice hallucinative. Of course you run a risk of poisoning yourself if you try it as a hallucinative. And yes. I'm planning to send a group into the norrakulis dimension to go fishing."
"And there's time for that?" Booth asked.
"For every ten days you spend in the norrakulis dimension, one hour passes in our dimension, so there's plenty of time to go fishing," Buffy said. "Anyway, Charles thanks for your help."
"You can think me by getting me an acquittal," Charles said.
"Unfortunately we can't do that," Booth said. "If I came forward with the new evidence of you being innocent I would be thrown into a rubber room."
"So I'm stuck in prison even though I'm innocent?" Charles questioned.
"You could have brought up the fact that demons killed your wife and daughter," Valerie chimed in to illustrate a point.
"I brought it up to my lawyer, but he thought I was making it up in a stupid attempt for an insanity plea," Charles said. "But you three know about demons."
"But the people who can free you or put us in the mental hospital don't; nor would they be incline to believe us," Booth said.
"There has to be something you can do to help me," Charles pleaded.
"I'm not promising anything, but I know someone who knows former lawyers of a law firm called Wolfram & Hart," Buffy finally said.
"Former lawyers?" Charles questioned. "Was that a nice way to say that they were fired?"
Buffy grinned before saying, "The senior partners of Wolfram & Hart were demons and they were forced out of this dimension." Booth, Valerie and Charles gave Buffy a curious look. "So no, the lawyers weren't fired. Their firm was forced out of business. Some of the lawyers are now working for a normal law firm and my friend might be able to persuade one of them to take your case."
"If that's the best you can do then I'll take it," Charles said.
"Okay, again, thanks for your help," Buffy said. "Bye."
As Buffy, Booth and Valerie were leaving the interrogation room, Booth said, "I knew Wolfram & Hart Law Firm was shady. I just didn't know how."
Buffy gave him a grin before saying, "And now you do."
"And now I do," Booth repeated.
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