Giles rushed to the bookcase and retrieved some weapons which he threw to Buffy and the others. The same demons as before entered the room. There were four of them, and all seemed determined to get Anya.

"Xander...book cage" Giles yelled to him, while trying to fight off one of the demons who was trying to get past him.

Xander, catching on to what Giles meant, ran to the book cage dragging Anya behind him. He thrust her inside and shut the door, bolting it on the outside.

"You'll be safe in here" he assured her and turned around to survey the situation. Buffy was occupied with two of the demons, but seemed to be handling herself ok, while Oz and Willow dealt with another. The demon
Giles was handling was starting to get the better of him. Xander ran to his assistance.

"DUCK!", he yelled. Brandishing an axe, his weapon of choice, he swung it through the air decapitating the
demon cleanly, just as Giles managed to get out of the way. "uuuuggghhh" he shuddered as he watched the head roll across the library floor and come to a stop when it hit the book cage causing Anya to scream in fright.

He made sure she was ok and then turned to Giles who was getting up off the floor. "Nice dive, G-man", he
said before turning his attention to the others and the demons they were fighting against just in time to see Oz
and Willow stake one of the creatures in a joint effort, and as Buffy decapitated one of the two presently attacking her. She turned around to deliver a similar fate to the other one, but found him preparing to run.

"Oh, no you don't", she yelled. "Not this time."

She back flipped through the air to land in front of the demon, and block his only path of escape. She held her sword to it's throat and backed the creature into a corner. "You're going to tell us what we need to know, or else you're going to find out just how pointy this sword really is", she threatened.

The creature didn't respond.

"Maybe it doesn't speak English, Buffy", Willow suggested.

"Too bad" Buffy said as she raised the sword above her head, ready to strike.

"Ok, ok," the demon spluttered, "I'll tell you what you want to know".

"Doesn't speak English, huh!?!" Buffy quipped raising her eyebrows at Willow, before turning back to the demon. "Now...how many of you are there?"

"I'm not sure."

"Well be sure." Buffy pressed the sword back into his throat, causing the demon to gulp audibly, and the rest of the Scooby gang to wince in anticipation of what might come next.

"Ok...I...uh, think there were 7 of us."

"Good...now...next question...the next of Brikersan's minions to attack...what are they?"

The creature contemplated lying, but the metal of the sword pressed to his throat led him to tell the truth. "They are called 'Diables de mort'. Ancient European creatures...that's all I know, I swear."

Buffy seemed to accept this response and the demon let out a sigh.

"One more question, get it right and I may let you live." Buffy threatened and shoved the creature into the wall. "Where is your master?"

The creature looked around the room, searching for an easy escape route. He knew he could not betray his master, even if the Slayer spared him, his master would surely kill him.

"Well...", Buffy said impatiently, "what shall it be?". She raised the sword again.

At that moment, the demon noticed the wound running down her arm. He struck out his hand quickly and
squeezed her arm with all his strength, causing her to drop the sword and howl in pain.

"Buffy", Willow shouted, concerned.

The others started to rush towards her, and in the confusion the demon fled.