Title : Books can be a pain in the ass
Author : Tobias Spiegler
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Summary: third in my "Xander works for the Mayor"-series, the Scoobies find out that the Mayor is the Big Bad, which leads to a few problems for Xander
Author's notes: Okay, books can be a pain in the ass, but I think ff.net is the real pain. Deleted the whole story because of one word. Well, you don't have to do it,but it would be real nice of you guys could leave me the same reviews you gave me the first time.
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Xander jogged through the halls of Sunnydale High. He was late for an important meeting Giles had scheduled for this afternoon.
Things between him and the Scoobs were getting better, which was one of the reasons he was invited to the meeting in the first place. They still didn't let him take part in the action, but that was okay with him.
That his purpose in the group was limited to research gave him enough time for his night time job.
Working for the Mayor was not that bad. He paid well and the job was interesting. And the fact that he became again a more integral part of the gang gave him the opportunity to give his boss all kinds of information about his opponents. The drawback was, that he couldn't spend his money without attracting attention. Sometimes the world was unfair.
Xander crashed through the library's door, immediately turning the attention of all the occupants on himself. Everyone was there: Buffy, Willow, Oz, Cordelia, Faith and Giles. Of course Angel was missing, it was still day after all.
"Hi guys," he greeted everyone. "Sorry I'm late, but Ms. Walker wanted to talk with me about my homework," Xander said and walked up to the table in the middle of the room. He took a chair and sat down, looking at Giles with anticipation.
Giles sighed. "Now that you are all here I think we can begin with our meeting."
Buffy interrupted him. "Yeah, Giles. What's so important that it couldn't wait till school was over."
"Well, I will explain that to you. First, I have a question for you," and pointed at Xander, Willow and Cordelia.
"Fire away G-Man," Xander told the librarian.
Giles grimaced at his nickname but decided to let it slip this time.
"Who is the Mayor of the Sunnydale?" he asked the three teens.
The three looked at each other confused, trying to find out what this strange question was about. Xander at least tried to look confused, knowing exactly who the Mayor was.
Willow finally broke the silence and answered at Giles's question. "Well, as far as I know, Richard Wilkins III is the Mayor of Sunnydale. Why?"
But Giles continued without giving her an answer. "You three lived your whole life in Sunnydale. Has there ever been an election for the position of the Mayor?"
This time it was Cordelia's turn. "Now that you mention it.no, I don't think there has ever been an election in this town. And I have to know it. My parents support every important politician in the whole state."
Buffy was now clearly confused "Giles, what's that all about? "
Faith agreed with her sister-in arms. "Yeah G, I'm getting a bit impatient here."
Giles took his glasses from his nose and cleaned them. Everyone in the room could see that he hadn't slept much the last night.
"Last night I got a call from the Deputy Mayor Allan Finch," He started his explanation. "He told me that he had information that would prove that Mayor Wilkins was behind some of the supernatural threats we faced in the last months. He was willing to give me these information. His only condition was that we would protect him and his family. I asked him, if we could meet and he gave me the address of a hotel at the city limits."
Buffy looked around trying to find a trace of the mentioned Deputy Mayor.
"And where is this witness of the evil in politics?" she asked
Giles looked with at his young charge before he answered. "He's dead, Buffy."
"Oh," was the only thing Buffy muttered.
"By the time I arrived there he was already dead. Mr. Finch was killed by vampires and completely drained. I searched through the whole room, but the vampires must have taken the files with them. But the fact that he was killed shortly after his call seemed prove enough for me that something has to be true about the accusations he made."
Xander grimaced. The Mayor called him last night and told him everything about this operation. Xander was out of town, doing an errand for the boss in LA, so he wasn't available for the job.
From what the Mayor had told him, Finch broke into the Files-Room and stole the most compromising material , that would prove that the Mayor was involved in nearly every supernatural business in the whole town. He also told him that he had to send a couple of vamps to take care of that problem.
That Finch was able to call Giles before he was eliminated was a surprising turn of events, but Xander already asked his boss if the Deputy Mayor had known about him being on the payroll of City Hall. But Wilkins was able to reassure him, telling him that his name was never mentioned in any of the files and that Finch also didn't know anything about him.
Xander was brought from his thoughts when Giles continued.
"We have to assume that the Mayor found about Mr. Finch's change of heart and sent a few vampires to take care of that situation. And it would also clear some of things that happened last time. We all knew that Trick was not working on his own. But questioning him is not possible, since no one has seen him in the last few months."
"Allright Giles, I think we get it: Mayor equals Big Bad." Willow threw into the room. "But why were you asking us about the elections here in town?"
Giles looked at Willow.
"That's a good question Willow," he told the young witch with an approving smile. "After yesterdays happenings I decided to take a closer look at Mr. Wilkins. This morning I went to the Hall of Records and looked through everything they got on the Mayor. Well, it looks like Mr. Wilkins is not only over one hundred years old, he is also the founder of Sunnydale"
Faith was the first to speak up. "The guy is over one hundred years old? How is this possible?"
"It has been known that some humans have sold their souls in exchange for power and immortality. It seems that Mr. Wilkins has done exactly this."
"So the Mayor is the Big Bad around here. Any idea what we can do about it?" Buffy asked.
"Well for the moment I propose that we act as normal. I maybe have a few contacts that can help me getting some information about our new enemy." Giles sighed. "You now can all go on with your regular activities. I will know more after this weekend."
When he left the library, Xander thought that the Mayor would be very interested in this information.
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"That's not good," the Mayor exclaimed after Xander told him about the Scoobie meeting.
"What ?" Xander said and looked shocked at his boss. "The gang finds out about you being the bad guy around here and that's all you can come up with?"
"What do you expect me to do?" the older man asked him a little bit confused. "Should I start screaming, ranting how unfair the world is? Maybe shatter the chair you are sitting on?"
Xander had to smile at that answer, picturing an angry Mayor Wilkins demolishing his office. "Wouldn't be that bad. And quite funny I may add."
"Oh, I'm quite angry Alexander, believe me. But burdening the tax payer by breaking my furniture wouldn't change anything." The Mayor paused a second before he continued. "All we can do now is to deal with the problems."
"Yeah, mainly my cover. Are you sure your Deputy Mayor didn't know that I was working for you?"
"No he didn't know that. And I have to say, I'm glad that I didn't tell him that."
Xander looked around and sighed.
"Alexander, is there something bothering you?" the Mayor asked worriedly.
"No, nothing important. I was just wondering. Look you are the boss of Sunnydale, right?" That earned him a nod from the politician. "You rule all the demons in this place. And someone in a high position like you surely has a lot of enemies. But you have no protection, no bodyguards, no nothing. Isn't that a bit dangerous for you?"
"Good question Alexander" The Mayor told him and smiled. "You got your gun with you."
Xander shrugged and drew his H&K USP from under his jacket and handed the gun to his boss.
The Mayor looked at the gun in his hand. Suddenly he pointed the gun at his temple and pressed the trigger. The .45 cal bullet went right through his head, leaving a large hole in his skull.
Xander was temporarily deafened by the loud detonation in the small room. However, every sign of dizziness quickly faded away when he saw that the man in front of him not only was alive, but instead also grinning at him. The Mayor turned his head and Xander could see that the bullet wound was healing with an incredible rate.
Under Xander's shocked stare the Mayor took a letter opener from his desk and went to the place were the bullet hit the wall. He quickly dug the bullet out of the wall and walked up to Xander's side.
"You see Alexander, I need no protection," the Mayor told him and gave him his gun and dropped the now deformed bullet on the desk.
"Wow," was the only thing that came to Xander's mind.
Wilkin's secretary suddenly burst through the door, looking worried at her boss.
"Mr. Wilkins, are you okay? I heard a shot and.." she started.
"It's ok Carol, nothing happened here. Please close the door when you leave."
The secretary walked out of the room and closed the door behind her, all the time eying Xander with a wary glance.
Xander was finally able to formulate a question. "So, you are invincible?"
"Yes, you could say that."
The second time Xander was at a loss of words. "Wow."
"Well, let's get back to normal business," the Mayor decided
"Okay. So, what do you want me to do?" Xander asked him.
"Well, in general, what you have done in the past. Monitor everything important in your little group and report it to me."
"You got it boss? Anything else before I go."
"Yes. I heard some rumors about a demon that has the books of Ascension in his possession. It will be your Job to retrieve these very important volumes for me, either by buying them or by eliminating the demon."
The Mayor opened his top drawer and gave Xander a piece of paper with an address on it and an envelope, which by it looks was filled with money. Xander took both items and put them into the pockets of his jacket.
"The books of Ascension, huh? A hint about your great master plan?"
"Alexander, I told you that I will tell you everything about my plans for this city if the time is right. For now you have only to know that the books a quite important for me," the Mayor answered his question.
"Okay boss. But remember: I hate it when people leave me in the dark," Xander said and left through the door.
The Mayor smiled till Xander left the room. After that he looked worried at the dent in the wall.
"How am I gonna explain that to the carpenters?" he asked himself.
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Meanwhile the demon who had the so important books in his possession was packing his few belongings into his suitcases. He was nearly finished when he heard a knock on the door.
He quickly ran through his small apartment. He opened the door and looked at the man in front of him with relief.
"Oh, it's you. You got the money?" he asked and took a step back to allow his visitor to enter the room.
Giles accepted the invitation and walked into the demon's apartment.
Author : Tobias Spiegler
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Summary: third in my "Xander works for the Mayor"-series, the Scoobies find out that the Mayor is the Big Bad, which leads to a few problems for Xander
Author's notes: Okay, books can be a pain in the ass, but I think ff.net is the real pain. Deleted the whole story because of one word. Well, you don't have to do it,but it would be real nice of you guys could leave me the same reviews you gave me the first time.
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Xander jogged through the halls of Sunnydale High. He was late for an important meeting Giles had scheduled for this afternoon.
Things between him and the Scoobs were getting better, which was one of the reasons he was invited to the meeting in the first place. They still didn't let him take part in the action, but that was okay with him.
That his purpose in the group was limited to research gave him enough time for his night time job.
Working for the Mayor was not that bad. He paid well and the job was interesting. And the fact that he became again a more integral part of the gang gave him the opportunity to give his boss all kinds of information about his opponents. The drawback was, that he couldn't spend his money without attracting attention. Sometimes the world was unfair.
Xander crashed through the library's door, immediately turning the attention of all the occupants on himself. Everyone was there: Buffy, Willow, Oz, Cordelia, Faith and Giles. Of course Angel was missing, it was still day after all.
"Hi guys," he greeted everyone. "Sorry I'm late, but Ms. Walker wanted to talk with me about my homework," Xander said and walked up to the table in the middle of the room. He took a chair and sat down, looking at Giles with anticipation.
Giles sighed. "Now that you are all here I think we can begin with our meeting."
Buffy interrupted him. "Yeah, Giles. What's so important that it couldn't wait till school was over."
"Well, I will explain that to you. First, I have a question for you," and pointed at Xander, Willow and Cordelia.
"Fire away G-Man," Xander told the librarian.
Giles grimaced at his nickname but decided to let it slip this time.
"Who is the Mayor of the Sunnydale?" he asked the three teens.
The three looked at each other confused, trying to find out what this strange question was about. Xander at least tried to look confused, knowing exactly who the Mayor was.
Willow finally broke the silence and answered at Giles's question. "Well, as far as I know, Richard Wilkins III is the Mayor of Sunnydale. Why?"
But Giles continued without giving her an answer. "You three lived your whole life in Sunnydale. Has there ever been an election for the position of the Mayor?"
This time it was Cordelia's turn. "Now that you mention it.no, I don't think there has ever been an election in this town. And I have to know it. My parents support every important politician in the whole state."
Buffy was now clearly confused "Giles, what's that all about? "
Faith agreed with her sister-in arms. "Yeah G, I'm getting a bit impatient here."
Giles took his glasses from his nose and cleaned them. Everyone in the room could see that he hadn't slept much the last night.
"Last night I got a call from the Deputy Mayor Allan Finch," He started his explanation. "He told me that he had information that would prove that Mayor Wilkins was behind some of the supernatural threats we faced in the last months. He was willing to give me these information. His only condition was that we would protect him and his family. I asked him, if we could meet and he gave me the address of a hotel at the city limits."
Buffy looked around trying to find a trace of the mentioned Deputy Mayor.
"And where is this witness of the evil in politics?" she asked
Giles looked with at his young charge before he answered. "He's dead, Buffy."
"Oh," was the only thing Buffy muttered.
"By the time I arrived there he was already dead. Mr. Finch was killed by vampires and completely drained. I searched through the whole room, but the vampires must have taken the files with them. But the fact that he was killed shortly after his call seemed prove enough for me that something has to be true about the accusations he made."
Xander grimaced. The Mayor called him last night and told him everything about this operation. Xander was out of town, doing an errand for the boss in LA, so he wasn't available for the job.
From what the Mayor had told him, Finch broke into the Files-Room and stole the most compromising material , that would prove that the Mayor was involved in nearly every supernatural business in the whole town. He also told him that he had to send a couple of vamps to take care of that problem.
That Finch was able to call Giles before he was eliminated was a surprising turn of events, but Xander already asked his boss if the Deputy Mayor had known about him being on the payroll of City Hall. But Wilkins was able to reassure him, telling him that his name was never mentioned in any of the files and that Finch also didn't know anything about him.
Xander was brought from his thoughts when Giles continued.
"We have to assume that the Mayor found about Mr. Finch's change of heart and sent a few vampires to take care of that situation. And it would also clear some of things that happened last time. We all knew that Trick was not working on his own. But questioning him is not possible, since no one has seen him in the last few months."
"Allright Giles, I think we get it: Mayor equals Big Bad." Willow threw into the room. "But why were you asking us about the elections here in town?"
Giles looked at Willow.
"That's a good question Willow," he told the young witch with an approving smile. "After yesterdays happenings I decided to take a closer look at Mr. Wilkins. This morning I went to the Hall of Records and looked through everything they got on the Mayor. Well, it looks like Mr. Wilkins is not only over one hundred years old, he is also the founder of Sunnydale"
Faith was the first to speak up. "The guy is over one hundred years old? How is this possible?"
"It has been known that some humans have sold their souls in exchange for power and immortality. It seems that Mr. Wilkins has done exactly this."
"So the Mayor is the Big Bad around here. Any idea what we can do about it?" Buffy asked.
"Well for the moment I propose that we act as normal. I maybe have a few contacts that can help me getting some information about our new enemy." Giles sighed. "You now can all go on with your regular activities. I will know more after this weekend."
When he left the library, Xander thought that the Mayor would be very interested in this information.
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"That's not good," the Mayor exclaimed after Xander told him about the Scoobie meeting.
"What ?" Xander said and looked shocked at his boss. "The gang finds out about you being the bad guy around here and that's all you can come up with?"
"What do you expect me to do?" the older man asked him a little bit confused. "Should I start screaming, ranting how unfair the world is? Maybe shatter the chair you are sitting on?"
Xander had to smile at that answer, picturing an angry Mayor Wilkins demolishing his office. "Wouldn't be that bad. And quite funny I may add."
"Oh, I'm quite angry Alexander, believe me. But burdening the tax payer by breaking my furniture wouldn't change anything." The Mayor paused a second before he continued. "All we can do now is to deal with the problems."
"Yeah, mainly my cover. Are you sure your Deputy Mayor didn't know that I was working for you?"
"No he didn't know that. And I have to say, I'm glad that I didn't tell him that."
Xander looked around and sighed.
"Alexander, is there something bothering you?" the Mayor asked worriedly.
"No, nothing important. I was just wondering. Look you are the boss of Sunnydale, right?" That earned him a nod from the politician. "You rule all the demons in this place. And someone in a high position like you surely has a lot of enemies. But you have no protection, no bodyguards, no nothing. Isn't that a bit dangerous for you?"
"Good question Alexander" The Mayor told him and smiled. "You got your gun with you."
Xander shrugged and drew his H&K USP from under his jacket and handed the gun to his boss.
The Mayor looked at the gun in his hand. Suddenly he pointed the gun at his temple and pressed the trigger. The .45 cal bullet went right through his head, leaving a large hole in his skull.
Xander was temporarily deafened by the loud detonation in the small room. However, every sign of dizziness quickly faded away when he saw that the man in front of him not only was alive, but instead also grinning at him. The Mayor turned his head and Xander could see that the bullet wound was healing with an incredible rate.
Under Xander's shocked stare the Mayor took a letter opener from his desk and went to the place were the bullet hit the wall. He quickly dug the bullet out of the wall and walked up to Xander's side.
"You see Alexander, I need no protection," the Mayor told him and gave him his gun and dropped the now deformed bullet on the desk.
"Wow," was the only thing that came to Xander's mind.
Wilkin's secretary suddenly burst through the door, looking worried at her boss.
"Mr. Wilkins, are you okay? I heard a shot and.." she started.
"It's ok Carol, nothing happened here. Please close the door when you leave."
The secretary walked out of the room and closed the door behind her, all the time eying Xander with a wary glance.
Xander was finally able to formulate a question. "So, you are invincible?"
"Yes, you could say that."
The second time Xander was at a loss of words. "Wow."
"Well, let's get back to normal business," the Mayor decided
"Okay. So, what do you want me to do?" Xander asked him.
"Well, in general, what you have done in the past. Monitor everything important in your little group and report it to me."
"You got it boss? Anything else before I go."
"Yes. I heard some rumors about a demon that has the books of Ascension in his possession. It will be your Job to retrieve these very important volumes for me, either by buying them or by eliminating the demon."
The Mayor opened his top drawer and gave Xander a piece of paper with an address on it and an envelope, which by it looks was filled with money. Xander took both items and put them into the pockets of his jacket.
"The books of Ascension, huh? A hint about your great master plan?"
"Alexander, I told you that I will tell you everything about my plans for this city if the time is right. For now you have only to know that the books a quite important for me," the Mayor answered his question.
"Okay boss. But remember: I hate it when people leave me in the dark," Xander said and left through the door.
The Mayor smiled till Xander left the room. After that he looked worried at the dent in the wall.
"How am I gonna explain that to the carpenters?" he asked himself.
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Meanwhile the demon who had the so important books in his possession was packing his few belongings into his suitcases. He was nearly finished when he heard a knock on the door.
He quickly ran through his small apartment. He opened the door and looked at the man in front of him with relief.
"Oh, it's you. You got the money?" he asked and took a step back to allow his visitor to enter the room.
Giles accepted the invitation and walked into the demon's apartment.