Chapter Two:
The Harvest
*Narcissa's POV*
I flung a Laser Bolt at one of the vampires closing in on me.
"No! Get off!" I heard Willow call, I turned just in time to see a Vamp close in on her neck "Hey!" I called, the vamp looked up just in time to see a fireball fly at his face. Willow looked at me shocked and I helped her up. I turned to find Xander, when I saw Buffy helping him
"Xander!" Willow cried, as Buffy kicked the Vampires off of him while they were distracted by Willow. Buffy reached up and broke a branch off of a tree and stabbed one of the vampires with it, turning him to dust. Willow rushed over to Xander who was still on the ground.
"Xander, are you okay?" she asked
"Man, something hit me." He groaned
"Where's Jesse?" Buffy asked making my look around. I completely forgot about him
"I don't know! They surrounded us." Willow said
"That girl grabbed him and took off." Xander said as he held his head
"Which way?" I asked
"I don't know." He shrugged
Buffy and I stood up and slowly scanned the cemetery
"Jesse" we both whispered.
The next day in the library, Willow, Xander and I sat at a table with Buffy while Giles spoke to us
"This world is older than any of you know. Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magicks, certain creatures." He explained
"And vampires." Buffy added
"Okay, this is where I have a problem. See, because we're talking about vampires. We're having a talkwith vampires in it." Xander said
"Isn't that what we saw last night?" Willow asked
"No. No, th-those weren't vampires, those were just guys in thundering need of a facial. Or maybe they had rabies. It could have been rabies. A-and that guy turning to dust? Just a trick of light" I scoffed "That's exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire. Well, after I was done with the screaming part." Buffy said
"Oh, I-I need to sit down." Willow said faintly
"You are sitting down." I told her
"Oh. Good for me." She smiled slightly
"So vampires are demons?" Xander asked while I just sat there. I was just waiting for them to ask about me
"The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return."
"So what's Buffy?" Xander asked
"She's a Slayer" I smirked making them look at me. Giles more shocked than the rest
"Are you going to answer my question now? What are you?" Buffy demanded
"Oh please, weren't you listening in the mausoleum" I rolled my eyes "I'm a-"
"Witch" Willow gasped cutting me off
"Yeah, that" I smiled. I turned to Giles "Speaking off which, can I have my pendant back?"
"Oh of course" He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled it out and hand it to me. I quickly put it on feeling like me again.
"Thanks" I winked making him flush
"So what was with the fire? And the laser show" Xander asked
"Unlike other witches. I get my powers from my family. Both my parents and their families are Witches and Warlocks. Each power gets handed down, but it sometimes skips a generation. My parents call me special sometimes, because I have more powers than I should have." I explained.
I smiled when I saw Giles look at me with awe.
"What are your powers?" Willow asked eagerly
"I could show you some of them" I said
"Please?" Giles asked looking like child on Christmas
I looked at a book next to where his hand was and lifted it with my mind. I giggled when Giles jumped. When he looked at the book everyone else I quickly smoked to the other side of the room. When they looked back they jumped
"Where'd she go?" Buffy asked. I smoked back in front of them giving them a shock
"That is so cool!" Xander exclaimed "Can you do that with another person?" he asked grinned
"Let's find out" I smiled and grabbed his hand before smoking out of the Library and Into my bedroom and back again
"that was awesome!" Xander cried, grinning "What else can you do?"
"I'll show you once we find Jesse" I said.
Xander looked at Giles "What is a slayer anyway?"
"For as long as there have been vampires, there's been the Slayer. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One."
"He loves doing this part." Buffy scoffed
"Alright. The Slayer hunts vampires, Buffy is a Slayer, don't tell anyone. Well, I think that's all the vampire information you need." Giles quickly explained
"Except for one thing: how do you kill them?" Xander asked
"You don't, I do." Buffy said
"Well, Jesse's my-"
"Jesse is my responsibility. I let him get taken." Buffy interupted
"That's not true" Xander protested
"If you hadn't shown up they would have taken us, too. Does anybody mind if I pass out?" Willow asked faintly
"Breath" I told her
"Breathe." she mimicked me
"This big guy, Luke." Buffy said to Giles "He talked about an offering to the Master. Now, I don't know what or who, but if they weren't just feeding then Jesse may still be alive. I'm gonna find him."
"Uh, this may be the dumb question, but shouldn't we call the police?" Willow innocently asked
"And they'd believe us, of course." Giles snarked slightly
"Well, we don't have to say vampires. We, we could just say that there's a, a bad man." Willow said
"They couldn't handle it even of they did show up. They'd only come with guns." I said
"You have no idea where they took Jesse?" Giles asked
"I looked around, but soon as they got clear of the graveyard, they could have just, voom!" Buffy explained
"They can fly?" Xander's head shot up
"They can drive." Buffy and I said
"Oh."
" I don't remember hearing a car." Willow said
"Me neither" I added
"Let's take an enormous intuitive leap, shall we, and say they went underground." Giles said
"Vampires really jam on sewer systems. You can get anywhere in the entire town without catching any rays. But I didn't see any access around there." Buffy said
"Well, there's an electrical tunnel that runs under the whole town." I told Giles
"If we had a diagnostic of the tunnel system it might indicate a, a meeting place, it would, uh... I suppose we could go to the building commission." Giles said
"We so don't have time." Buffy groaned
"Uh, guys? There may be another way." Willow said quietly making me smile. That's my girl.
*TWTW*
*Giles POV*
I watched as the children gathered around the dread machine, looking at city plans. I couldn't help but watch Narcissa as she bent over to look over Willow's shoulder. It's wrong I know, but I can't help but feel attraction towards her. It's not as if I'm the only man to to look. I caught quite a few male students looking, even one or two faculty members. Her powers are amazing, I've never heard of a witch with more than three active abilities before. Then again I've never met a witch whose entire family is made up of witches and warlocks.
"There it is." I heard Narcissa exclaim as she pointed at the monitor
"That runs under the graveyard." Willow said
"I don't see any access." Xander shook his head
"So, all the city plans are just, uh, open to the public?" I asked polishing my glasses
"Um, well, i-in a way. I sort of stumbled onto them when I accidentally decrypted the city council's security system." Willow explained nervously
"Someone's been naughty." Xander smirked
"There's nothing here, this is useless!" Buffy exclaimed, running a hand through her hair
"I think you're being a bit hard on yourself." I told her
"You're the one that told me that I wasn't prepared enough. Understatement!" she exhaled "I thought I was on top of everything, and then that monster, Luke, came out of nowhere..." Buffy trailed off, her brow furrowing.
"What?" Narcissa asked
"He didn't come out of nowhere. He came from behind me. I was facing the entrance, he came from behind me, and he didn't follow me out. The access to the tunnels is in the mausoleum! The girl must have doubled back with Jesse after I got out! God! I am so mentally challenged!" Buffy gripped her head
"So, what's the plan? We saddle up, right?" Xander asked determined
"There's no 'we', okay? I'm the Slayer, and you're not." Buffy told them
"I knew you'd throw that back in my face." Xander sighed
"Yeah, well I'm a witch. Iv known about vampires since before you knew about slayers." Narcissa said smirking
"So I'm going and you can't stop me"
"Cissa, this is deeply dangerous." Buffy told her
"And I'm a really powerful witch. I can hold my own" Narcissa glared
"I'm inadequate. That's fine. I'm less than a man. Xander said
"Buffy, I'm not anxious to go into a dark place full of monsters. But I do want to help. I need to." Willow said
"Well, then help me." I said making them look at me "I've been researching this Harvest affair. It seems to be some sort of preordained massacre. Rivers of blood, Hell on Earth, quite charmless. I'm a bit fuzzy, however, on the details. It may be that you can wrest some information from that dread machine." I paused when they all looked at me. Though I flushed when I caught Narcissa's eyes, there always seems to be hunger or desire in them. "That was a bit, um, British, wasn't it?"
"Welcome to the New World." Buffy smiled I smiled back hesitantly and turned to Willow "I want you to go on the 'Net."
"Oh, sure, I can do that." Willow said as she began to type
"Then I'm outta here. If Jesse's alive, I'll bring him back." Buffy stood, as did Narcissa
"Do I have to tell you to be careful?" I asked them Buffy turned and gave me a look, along with Narcissa who winked afterwords. They left the Library, the door swinging shut.
*Narcissa's POV*
Buffy and I made our way to gate, but we were stopped by Principle Flutie
"And where do we think we're going?" he asked us
"We?" Buffy turned to face him "We..."
"We're not leaving school grounds, are we?" he raised an eyebrow and looked at me. I waved smiling slightly, Wishing so badly that I had my Cousins mind control power
"No! No, We're... just admiring the fence. You know, this is quality fence work." I told him nudging Buffy who nodded "Because if we were leaving schools grounds on our second day at a new school, after getting kicked out of our old school for delinquent behaviour... Do you see where I'm going with this?" Flutie asked
"Mr. Giles..." Buffy said qucikly I shot her a look, she's going to get Giles in trouble
"What?" Flutie asked
"He asked us to get a book for him. Uh, from the store, 'cause we have a free period, and I'm a big reader. Did it mention that in my transcripts?"
"Mr. Giles?" Flutie asked again
"Ask him." Buffy shrugged
Mr. Flutie stepped in front of the gate and closed it
"Well, maybe that's how they do things in Britain, they've got that royal family and all kinds of problems," he locked it "but here at Sunnydale nobody leaves campus while school's in session. Are we clear?"
"We're clear." Buffy said while I looked at my nails
"That's the Buffy Summers I want in my school. Sensible girl with her feet on the ground!" he looked at me "Narcissa Darkmore, you have good grades. Don't mess up now" he turned and left. Buffy and I watched him go before she leapt over the gate.
I looked around me before smoking beside and we made our way to the graveyard.
Buffy and I slowly made our way into the mausoleum, we scanned the room. There was on one there, but a rat that scurried across the floor. We looked for the entrance to the tunnel, when we found it it was locked. I lifted the lock as someone exhaled behind us. We spun around quickly to find a hansom guy with brown hair behind us
"I don't suppose you've got a key on you?" Buffy asked
"They really don't like me dropping in. Who's your friend?" he asked looking at me
"Narcissa Darkmore." I smirked
"Why not?" Buffy asked
"They really don't like me." the guy said
"Why not? Good looking guy like you" I flirted. I could feel Buffy's stare on me and shrugged. It's not like she had a claim on him.
"I knew you'd figure out this entryway sooner or later. Actually, I thought it was gonna be a little sooner." he shrugged
"Sorry you had to wait." Buffy exhaled "Okay. Look, if you're gonna be popping up with this Cryptic Wise Man act on a regular basis, can you at least tell me your name?"
"Angel." he said
"Angel. It's a pretty name." Buffy complimented as we turned back to the tunnel
"Don't... go down there." Angel warned
"Deal with our going." I told him
"You shouldn't be putting yourself at risk. Tonight is the Harvest. Unless you can prevent it, the Master walks." Angel told us
"Well, if this Harvest thing is such a suckfest, why don't you stop it?" Buffy asked
"'Cause I'm afraid." Angel said making me look at him in surprise.
We turned back to the tunnel and Buffy kicked the door open
"They'll be expecting you." he told us
"I've got a friend down there. Or at least a potential friend. Do you know what it's like to have a friend?" Buffy snarked making me glare at her
Angel looked down with sadness in his eyes, making me feel sorry for him
"That wasn't supposed to be a stumper." Buffy smiled nervously
I rolled my eyes as they continued to stare at each other
"When you hit the tunnels head east towards the school. That's where you're likely to find them." Angel informed us "You gonna wish us luck?" I asked, smirking as I began into the tunnel. I heard Buffy follow me and I heard Angel whisper
"Good luck!"
*TWTW*
*Narcissa POV*
Buffy and I made our way through the tunnel, we saw nothing but a few rats scurrying across the ground
Did you see anything?" we heard suddenly, making us both jump.
We turned to find Xander hold a flashlight
"Xander, what are you doing here?!" Buffy exclaimed quietly
"Something stupid. I followed you." Xander said
"Well, you-" Buffy was cut off by Xander
"I couldn't just sit at home and do nothing." he pointed out
"I understand. Now, go away!" Buffy told him
"No!" Xander glared
"Will you two shut up!" I snapped making them look at me. I looked at Buffy "Jesse is his best friend, sure he irritated me a lot, but he meant a lot to Xander. Just let him come" They both nodded and we continued down the tunnel.
"Besides, it's this or chem class." Xander joked making me giggle
We came to some stairs
"Okay, so, crosses, garlic, stake through the heart." Xander counted on his fingers "That'll get it done." Buffy nodded
"I just love blowing them up" I grinned
"Cool! Of course, I don't actually have any of those things." Xander admitted
"Good thinking." Buffy handed him a cross
"Well, the part of my brain that would tell me to bring that stuff is still busy telling me not to come down here. I have this, though." he turned on his flashlight Buffy and I spun around
"Xander!" I hissed
"Turn that off!" Buffy glared
"Okay! Okay!" he turned it off "So, what else?"
"What else what?" We asked
"For vampire slayage."
"Oh, fire, beheading, sunlight, holy water, the usual." Buffy listed
"You've done some beheading in your time?" Xander asked cautiously
"Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife..." Buffy looked up at Xander who laughed nervously "You're not loving this story."
"No, actually, I find it oddly comforting." Xander told her
"They're close." Buffy and I said
"How can you tell?" Xander asked
"No more rats." I said Xander turned on his flashlight and shined it down the tunnel. He stopped when the light ran over a figure lying on the floor
"Jesse!" Xander shouted and we ran to him
"Oh, no!" Buffy gasped Jesse reacted to Buffy and jumped up
"J-J-Jesse!" Xander stuttered with relief
"Xander!" Jesse exclaimed happily and they did a manly embrace
"Jesse, man, are you okay?" Xander asked
"I am not okay, on an *epic* scale." I shined a light on the shackles around Jesse's ankles
"We gotta get outta here!" Jesse exclaimed
"It's cool, Buffy's a superhero and Cissa is a witch." Xander shrugged and missed the look Jesse gave him
Buffy went to break the chains, but she jumped back when a laser bolt flew past her face and broke the chain. I smirked to myself and rolled my eyes when Buffy glared at me "Do you think anyone heard that?" Xander asked, referring to the bang to chain made
We turned to see shadows moving on the walls
"Come on!" I said and we turned and ran back through the tunnel
"They knew you were gonna come. They said that I... I was the bait." Jesse told us
"Oh, great, now you tell us." Xander snarked as we ran around a corner only to be cut off by a group of vamps
"Oops" Buffy said and we ran another way
"Oh, no, no, no, no!" Jesse panicked
"Do you know another way out?" I asked him
"I dunno. Maybe. C'mon!" Jesse led us away to an intersection "Wait, wait. They brought me through here, there, there should be a way up. I hope!" he led us into a chamber
"I don't think this is the way out!" Buffy commented as we looked around.
"We can't fight our way back through those things. What do we do?" Xander asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice. I grabbed his hand in comfort
"I got an idea." Jesse said, I felt shivers glide up my spine "You can die!" We turned to find Jesse vamped out
"Jesse, man. I'm sorry." Xander breathed out in shock as I gaped at the undead version of the boy who obsessed over me
"Sorry? I feel good, Xander! I feel strong! I'm connected, man, to everything!" Jesse boasted Buffy started to struggle with keeping the door "I, I can hear the worms in the earth!" Jesse started to close in on us
"That's a plus." I said shakily
"I know what the Master wants. I'll serve his purpose. That means you die. And I feed." Jesse turned to me "My beloved Narcissa. I'll keep you and we'll be together forever" making me whimper in fear
"Xander, the cross!" Buffy hollered Xander held up the cross and Jesse stepped back growling
"Jesse, man. We're buds, don't you remember?"
"You're like a shadow to me now." Jesse sneered
"Then get outta my face." Xander glared back
Jesse knocked Xander's arm to the side, making him hit the wall. He jumped to the other side of the room, facing Xander.
"Open the door!" I yelled at Buffy who looked at me shocked before obeying. I used telekinesis to throw Jesse to the advancing crowned of vamps from behind the door
"Help me" Buffy yelled and we struggled to close the door again on a vampire arm. When the vamp pulled back we slammed the door shut
"We need to get out of here!" Buffy said "There is no out of here!" Xander looked around
"I could smoke us out" I offered making them look at me "I could smoke right into Giles' office. He keeps it locked" They both nodded and we heard a bang. We looked at the door that was almost off it's hinges. I quickly grabbed their hands and smoked out just us the door burst open.
*TWTW*
*Giles POV*
Willow and I were researching when I heard and thump coming from my office. I placed down the book I was holding and made my way to my office door. I lightly knocked on it and waited. I was startled when someone or something banged back louder
"Giles!" I heard Narcissa's beautiful voice called through the door. I fumbled with the key and unlocked the door letting them out
"My word, how did you get in there?" I frowned
"I smoked" Narcissa stated, her eyes sad as she sat in a chair beside Xander who also looked heartbroken
"Did you find Jesse?" Willow asked
"Yeah." Xander said sadly
"Was he dead?" Willow asked hesitantly
"Worse." Narcissa said as played with her necklace
"I'm sorry, Willow. We were too late. And they were waiting for us." Buffy said
"At least you three are okay." Willow tried to smiled but it fell Xander stood and angrily kicked a trash can making us jump "I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good." Xander said
"So, Giles!" Buffy turned to me "Got anything that can make this day any worse?" I walked over to the whiteboard and put down my pen.
"How about the end of the world?" I asked
"Knew I could count on you." Buffy snarked I flushed when I caught Narcissa throw a glare at Buffy for her comment
"This is what we know. Some sixty years ago, a very old, very powerful vampire came to this shore, not just to feed." I said "He came 'cause this town's a mystical who's it." Buffy said "Yes." I nodded "The Spanish who first settled here called it 'Boca del Infierno'. Roughly translated, 'Hellmouth'. It's a sort of, um, portal between this reality and the next. This vampire hopes to open it."
"Bring the demons back." Narcissa nodded
"End of the world." Xander stated
"But he blew it!" Willow jumped in "Or, I mean, there was an earthquake that swallowed half the town, and him, too."
"You see, opening dimensional portals is a tricky business. Odds are he got himself stuck, rather like a, uh, cork in a bottle." I explained
"And this Harvest thing is to get him out." Xander concluded
"It comes once in a century, on this night. The Master can draw power from one of his minions while it feeds. Enough power to break free and open the portal. The minion is called the Vessel, and he bears this symbol." I drew a three-point star on the whiteboard
"So, I dust anyone sporting that symbol, and no Harvest." Buffy said
"Simply put, yes." I nodded
"Any idea where this little get-together is being held?" Buffy asked
"There, there are a number of possibilities." I took off my glasses and polished them
"They're goin' to the Bronze." Narcissa and Xander said
"Are you sure?" I asked
"Come on. All those tasty young morsels all over the place? Anyway, that's where Jesse's gonna be, trust me." Xander said I grabbed my coat and started out of the library, I heard the others follow
"Then we should get there. The sun will be down before long." I said
"I gotta make a stop. Won't take long." Buffy said
"What for?" Narcissa and I asked simultaneously making me flush and her smirk
"Supplies." Buffy said and we left.
*Narcissa POV*
We met outside the Bronze after dark, thanks to Buffy. I went to the door and tried it
"It's locked!" I growled
"We're too late!" Giles exclaimed frustrated
"Well I didn't know I was gonna get grounded!" Buffy shouted
"Can you break it down?" Xander asked
"No, not that thing. Um... You guys try the back entrance, and I'll find my own way." Buffy said
"Right" I scoffed making them look at me "I'll smoke you" Buffy looked at me for a moment before nodding
"Right. Come on." Giles told Xander and Willow
"Um, wait! Guys! Here!" Buffy handed Willow her bag full of weapons "You get the exit cleared and the people out. That's all! Don't go Wild Bunch on me."
"Uh, see you inside, then." Giles nodded and the three of them ran around the back Buffy grabbed my hand and I smoked us to the upper level of the club
"I feel the Master's strength growing!" the large Vamp on the stage boasted "I feel him rising. Every soul brings him closer! I need another!"
"The Vessel." we whispered, before we heard a growl and we turned to see a vamp walking towards us
"Tonight is his ascension. Tonight will be history at its end! Yours is a glorious sacrifice! Degradation most holy. (no one in the crowd stirs) What? No volunteers?!" the big vamp yelled
"Here's a pretty one." the blonde who took Jesse dragged Cordelia on the stage and she screamed when she saw the vampire up close. He was about to bite her when Buffy kicked the vampire down to the ground where he landed with a thud. Buffy and I approached the railing and looked down
"Oh, I'm sorry, were you in the middle of something?" Buffy asked mockingly
"You!" Luke yelled at us
"You didn't think we'd miss this. Did you?" I asked smirking
"I hoped you'd come." he grinned
"Be right down!" we grinned.
Buffy stepped back and flipped over the railing landing on the pool table while I smoked behind and vampire and threw and energy ball. Buffy grabbed a pool cue and thrust it into an oncoming Vamp, he fell back and burst into ashes
"Okay, Vessel boy." Buffy removed her jacket "You want blood?"
"I want yours!" he threw Cordelia away "Only yours!"
"Works for me." she shrugged and ran at him.
I heard a door open and turned to see that Giles and the others had got in.
"Hurry!" Giles exclaimed Xander ran towards me and we started herding people out the back
"C'mon! Let's go! C'mon! C'mon! C'mon! C'mon!" Xander and I continued to get people out and spin disk flew towards us, we ducked and the disk took the head off of the vamp behind us
"Heads Up!" Xander smirked.
I ran to another vamp and flipped her over my shoulder before setting her on fire. I laughed before running over to where Giles and Willow were still getting people out
"One at a time! Quickly! Quickly!" his British voice rang out clearly. Giles crossed the room and stood in front of some stairs."We're going to have to open the front as well!" he called to Willow and I
I turned when I heard Giles cry out. I saw Darla on top of him and snapped.
"Get off him you bitch!" I yelled. Instead of blowing her up like I should have, I picked her up with my mind and slammed her against a wall where I proceeded to beat the shit out of her. Only when Willow threw holy water in her face did I stop beating her and I watched her run out of the club. I looked over at Giles who was staring at me, not in a disappointed way, but in a thankful way. I gave him a smile and he flushed before giving me a shy one back.
I looked around for Xander and found him pinning Jesse to a wall with a stake at his hear. I could tell by his face he wasn't going to do it. Just as Xander was going to lower the stake, someone pushed into him while everyone was escaping from the club. The stake went into Jesse and he turned to ashes after looking into Xander's eyes. I looked down sadly and walked over to him dodging vamps as I went
"You okay?" I asked, placing my hand on his shoulder
"Nope" he gave me a sad smile and we joined Giles and Willow and we watched Buffy and she fought Luke.
Buffy picked up a mic stand and held it like a javlin
"You forget, metal can't hurt me." Luke smirked
"There's something you forgot about, too. Sunrise!" Buffy smirked back and she threw the stand at the window behind Luke who turned shocked when I light steamed through. He started to scream and he tried to protect his face. I was laughing leaning on Xander as I watched. Luke stopped screaming when he realised he wasn't being burned. Buffy lunged at him and drove a stake home
"It's in about nine hours, moron!" she mocked before she pushed Luke away and he fell, bursting into ashes as he went. Buffy turned and looked at the remaining vamps and stared at them, a few seconds passed before they high tailed it out of there. She jumped of stage and met us halfway
"I take it it's over." Giles commented
"Did we win?" Willow asked
"Well, we averted the Apocalypse. I give us points for that." Buffy smiled
"One thing's for sure: nothings ever gonna be the same." Xander stated making me smirk. That's what you think.
The next Monday morning Buffy and I were walking through the school courtyard when we heard Cordelia talking to one of her friends
"Well, I heard it was rival gangs. You know, fighting for turf? But all I can tell you is they were an ugly way of looking. And Buffy, like, knew them! Which is just too weird. I mean, I don't even remember that much, but I'm telling you, it was a freak show!" she complained making me laugh
"Oh, I wish I'd been there!" her friend sighed
"You should have been there. It was so creepy..." Cordelia and her friend walked off just as Xander joined us
"What exactly were you expecting?" Buffy asked him as we continued to walk
"I don't know, something. I mean, the dead rose. We should at least have an assembly." he said in disbelief
We were joined by Willow and Giles
"People have a tendency to rationalize what they can and forget what they can't." he said as he carried some books "Believe me, I've seen it happen." I said and Buffy nodded in agreement
"Well, I'll never forget it, none of it." Willow shook her head
"Good! Next time you'll be prepared." Giles smiled
"Next time?" Xander asked faintly
"Next time is why?" Willow asked, her eyes wide and we stopped and Giles turned to face us
"We've prevented the Master from freeing himself and opening the Mouth of Hell. That's not to say he's going to stop trying. I'd say the fun is just beginning." he sounded like a little kid it was so cute
"More vampires?" Willow's voice shook
"Not just vampires. The next threat we face may be something quite different."
"I can hardly wait!" Buffy grinned sarcastically
"We're at the center of a mystical convergence here. We may, in fact, stand between the Earth and its total destruction." "Well, I gotta look on the bright side. Maybe I can still get kicked out of school!"
Buffy, Willow and Xander started to walk again while Giles and I stayed put
"Oh, yeah, that's a plan. 'Cause lots of schools aren't on Hellmouths." Xander grinned
"Maybe you could blow something up. They're really strict about that." Willow suggested
"I was thinking of a more subtle approach, y'know, like excessive not studying."
"The Earth is doomed!" Giles said as he turned and stopped seeing me there and I giggled and we walked to the library together.
Once we entered I sat down
"So, what did you want me for?" I asked referring to when he discreetly place a hand on my forearm when I went to follow the others
"I just wanted to say thank you" he said as he set down his briefcase and books
"Oh it was nothing" I smirked flirtatiously and stood up.
I walked him backwards into a desk and he started to stutter
"I know how you could repay me" I touched his tie suggestively before I leaned up and pressed my lips to him ear "Whenever you want to talk, or know anything about my powers all you need to do is ask. I also do a amazing thing with my tongue" I pulled back and looked at his red face and smiled kindly before grabbing my bag and walking away. As the library doors closed and heard Giles let out a breath of air
"Wow" he sighed in wonder making me grin and walk to my first class