Part 11:

"Have you got everything Claire?"

"Yep! Ready to rock and roll!"

"Great! Jump in the car, Riley's driving us. I need to speak to Giles for a few minutes."

"Okay. See ya Giles!" Claire chucked Giles a look and almost laughed when he winked at her. No matter how much Giles disliked her father, she knew that he wouldn't let her down and he would help her with this, no matter what. She walked over to Riley's car, dumped her stuff onto the backseat and dived in after it. Slamming the door shut, she turned to notice Riley looking at her in the rear view mirror.

"Hi! I'm Riley, you must be Claire."

"I know who you are." She stated in a cool voice. She saw Riley's smile twitch uncertainly and grinned internally. Let him suffered!

Meanwhile, Buffy was speaking to Giles in hushed tones.

"Heard from or seen this demon of hers yet?"

Giles grinned and quickly turned the grin to a frown. This is gonna be fun!

"Well actually, yes. I have a few ideas on what type of demon it may be so I'll ring you with anything my research might bring to light. Meanwhile, just make sure she's safe."

"That I can do! Well, I'll leave you to your research then and get Claire home." She looked towards the car where Claire and Riley were sitting in silence. "They don't seem to be getting along well do they?" With that she turned around and walked off, leaving a grinning Giles behind.

Now I wonder why that would be? He thought to himself, sarcastically, before turning around and walking inside.