Part 14
(TIME UPDATE: APPOXAMATELY 14 HOURS LEFT, ABOUT 11:00AM)
Buffy sat in her house at the computer, the book sitting next to her. She could hear Angel on the phone with some guy he knew in LA. Things didn't seem to being going well with him. Spike had went out with a scanned copy of some of the text, to try and find someone in the area.
"Yeah," Angel sighed, "Thanks anyway." He hung up the phone and went upstairs to the computer room where a frustrated Buffy was looking for any website she could find that would translate. She'd found about 4 that she hoped could help, sent the people who made the sites an e-mail with a sample of the language, and prayed that they'd reply fast. She turned and smiled at Angel, whom came up behind her and began rubbing her shoulders. Buffy moaned softly as her head rolled back, "That feels nice." Angel grinned, "Just nice?" then he hit a spot he knew she loved. "Umm.. more than nice, it feels wonderful," she whispered to him. "That's better," he smirked, "But... we're not getting anything done."
She pouted when he stopped, "Fine. Did you find anything?" His grin turned into a frown, "Nothing, he'd never heard any of it either, but he said he'd ask around and get back to me. What about you?" She sighed heavily, "Nothing direct, I'm stuck waiting just like you. I hope these people are on the Internet, and check their mail a lot... But I'm still looking." He nodded, "Yeah, I've got some more people I can call, I better get to it." Angel started to leave when Buffy asked, "Heard from Spike, yet?" He turned back around, "No, I haven't... I hope he's okay."
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"Tell me what you know!" Spike stated evenly, shoving the demon up against the wall of the building he'd found him in. "Nothing, I've never seen that language before!" the demon spat.
Spike growled, vamping out, "Don't lie to me, or you won't live long enough to regret it." The demon narrowed it's eyes at him, "Is that a threat vampire?"
Spike grinned evily, "Now I know with such big ears you must be able to understand what I'm saying... but who knows if there's a brain in there to help you figure out what the words I telling you mean. So I'll do a slight demonstration for you."
He then promptly ran his fist into the demon's face, hard, then kicked him even harder in his shins-or at least in the area where most shins would be. It was the demon's turn to growl as his leg gave out and almost fell, were it not for Spike gripping him tightly and raming him back up to the wall.
"Ready to spill yet, or are you more of a audio learner? Cuz I would gladly poke out your eyes if you think it'd help you concentrate better," Spike taunted, putting his fingers in a 'peace' sign and jabbing them at his face for fun.
The demon surrendered slightly, still glaring, but stopped wrestling to get away, "I don't know the language, but I might know some who does..." Spike smiled, "You *might*? You *might* want to change that to I *do* know someone, because I'm really not in the mood for games."
The demon looked irritated, "I can get you his phone number. The guy knows almost every language ever written, but I can't promise he'll be willing to help you, or there to help."
"Yeah, well, where is he? I'm sure a face-to-face confrontation would help persuade him to tell me what the hell this says," he held up the paper and stare angrily at it for a moment. "The way you're acting I'm betting this is urgent, so a trip to Nome, Alaska would be kind of out of the question," he smirked for a milli-second, then stopped when Spike shot daggers with his eyes.
"Then just give me the number, and I'll call him, and we'll see if he decides to cooperate," he dropped him, leaving him to stand on his own, but not getting more than a few inches away. "I'll go find it." "I'll come with."
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Buffy hung up the phone and turned to Angel, "That was Spike, he says he might have found someone that can help. He's on his way back." Angel nodded, "Good." She smiled grimly, then stood and closed the gap between them, wrapping her arms around him.
(TIME UPDATE: APPOXAMATELY 14 HOURS LEFT, ABOUT 11:00AM)
Buffy sat in her house at the computer, the book sitting next to her. She could hear Angel on the phone with some guy he knew in LA. Things didn't seem to being going well with him. Spike had went out with a scanned copy of some of the text, to try and find someone in the area.
"Yeah," Angel sighed, "Thanks anyway." He hung up the phone and went upstairs to the computer room where a frustrated Buffy was looking for any website she could find that would translate. She'd found about 4 that she hoped could help, sent the people who made the sites an e-mail with a sample of the language, and prayed that they'd reply fast. She turned and smiled at Angel, whom came up behind her and began rubbing her shoulders. Buffy moaned softly as her head rolled back, "That feels nice." Angel grinned, "Just nice?" then he hit a spot he knew she loved. "Umm.. more than nice, it feels wonderful," she whispered to him. "That's better," he smirked, "But... we're not getting anything done."
She pouted when he stopped, "Fine. Did you find anything?" His grin turned into a frown, "Nothing, he'd never heard any of it either, but he said he'd ask around and get back to me. What about you?" She sighed heavily, "Nothing direct, I'm stuck waiting just like you. I hope these people are on the Internet, and check their mail a lot... But I'm still looking." He nodded, "Yeah, I've got some more people I can call, I better get to it." Angel started to leave when Buffy asked, "Heard from Spike, yet?" He turned back around, "No, I haven't... I hope he's okay."
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"Tell me what you know!" Spike stated evenly, shoving the demon up against the wall of the building he'd found him in. "Nothing, I've never seen that language before!" the demon spat.
Spike growled, vamping out, "Don't lie to me, or you won't live long enough to regret it." The demon narrowed it's eyes at him, "Is that a threat vampire?"
Spike grinned evily, "Now I know with such big ears you must be able to understand what I'm saying... but who knows if there's a brain in there to help you figure out what the words I telling you mean. So I'll do a slight demonstration for you."
He then promptly ran his fist into the demon's face, hard, then kicked him even harder in his shins-or at least in the area where most shins would be. It was the demon's turn to growl as his leg gave out and almost fell, were it not for Spike gripping him tightly and raming him back up to the wall.
"Ready to spill yet, or are you more of a audio learner? Cuz I would gladly poke out your eyes if you think it'd help you concentrate better," Spike taunted, putting his fingers in a 'peace' sign and jabbing them at his face for fun.
The demon surrendered slightly, still glaring, but stopped wrestling to get away, "I don't know the language, but I might know some who does..." Spike smiled, "You *might*? You *might* want to change that to I *do* know someone, because I'm really not in the mood for games."
The demon looked irritated, "I can get you his phone number. The guy knows almost every language ever written, but I can't promise he'll be willing to help you, or there to help."
"Yeah, well, where is he? I'm sure a face-to-face confrontation would help persuade him to tell me what the hell this says," he held up the paper and stare angrily at it for a moment. "The way you're acting I'm betting this is urgent, so a trip to Nome, Alaska would be kind of out of the question," he smirked for a milli-second, then stopped when Spike shot daggers with his eyes.
"Then just give me the number, and I'll call him, and we'll see if he decides to cooperate," he dropped him, leaving him to stand on his own, but not getting more than a few inches away. "I'll go find it." "I'll come with."
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Buffy hung up the phone and turned to Angel, "That was Spike, he says he might have found someone that can help. He's on his way back." Angel nodded, "Good." She smiled grimly, then stood and closed the gap between them, wrapping her arms around him.