Chapter 2
Giles pulled up to his parking space, which happened to be a little too small for his car, and got out. Xander got out as well but he hesitated a bit, thinking about what could have happened to Willow if she hadn't escaped. Xander, now really frustrated, slammed the car door as hard as he could and nearly throwing it off its hinges. The two of them, walking side by side, walked into the school and straight to the Library where Giles started gathering weapons out of the cabinet in the locker. Xander clenched his fist and struck the cage as hard as he could, making a huge noise that startled Giles
"What are doing?" he asked sounding rather angry. He paused, thinking about all the facts and went back to the weapons. Once he had turned around Xander began
"What if Willow didn't get out. What am I meant to do?" Xander ran up the stairs and huddled in the corner, as he didn't want Giles to see him crying. Giles ran after him
"She did get out. She left just before us remember" Giles said sympathetically "Look Xander you cant be so negative, she made it out ok." Xander stood up wiping some of the tears from his face. "OK here is what we are going to do. You Xander have to go rally up everyone who is here teachers, students everyone. I'm gonna stay here and get the weapons ready."
Xander left, running out as fast as he could. Giles, staying in the library, started working as fast as he could, getting out all the weapons and laying them on the table. Once he got all the weapons ready he began running around trying to find wood for stakes. He couldn't find any so he sat down at the table. That was when he began to crumble and begin talking to himself
"I had a slayer for… for 2 days a I managed to get her killed" He wiped a tear from his eye and stood up. "Have to keep busy, have to keep busy" he began reciting to himself.
Xander ran into the computer tech room and bumped into Miss Calendar, who was packing up to go home.
"Ah Miss Calendar" Xander began frantically "You have to come with me" He grabbed her arm and began to walk out but Miss Calendar resisted and pulled him back
"Xander what are you doing here at this time, are you OK?" She asked cautiously. She pulled him closer and saw his face "Have you been crying?"
"That's not the issue here Miss you, you just have to come with me Mr Giles will explain when we get to the library" He ran off towards the library and, after putting down her books and folders onto her desk, Miss Calendar reluctantly followed.
Arriving at the library Xander began yelling "Giles, Giles where did you go." He ran up the stairs and, after not finding him there, he looked into Giles' office. He came out again after not finding him there either to see Miss Calendar just coming in. "Where's Giles?" he asked
"I don't know you bought me here remember" Miss Calendar replied sounding rather annoyed
"Ah-ha" Giles said popping up from the Library counter with his nose in a book.
"Giles give me a heart attack why don't ya" Xander said shocked
"Yes, yes this is what I want" Giles said moving out from behind the counter, not noticing Miss Calendar. He had 3 stakes in his hand, which he put on the table when he got round to it. He put the book down from in front of his face and placed that on the table. Miss Calendar, who was shocked when she saw the stakes in Giles' hand let out a frightened gasp when she saw all the weapons on the table. Now realising Miss Calendar was here Giles greeted her
"Oh Jenny… um hi" he said a little embarrassed.
"Rupert" Jenny said with a happy tone to her voice "What am I doing here?" Giles looked at Xander angrily
"What?" asked Xander "You said to find anyone here and well… she is the only other person here" Xander looked to the floor
"Ummm excuse me, why am I here?" Jenny asked
"OK, I cant explain that right now but I could do with your help" Giles told Jenny, handing her a crows feather "Hold this". Giles went to the table and picked up the book and one of the stakes. He threw the stake to Xander. "Make sure no vampires get to us if any have followed us here" he told Xander
"Yeah sure" He told Giles, lifting up the stake defensively.
"Now Jenny I'm going to need you to go a bit on faith here ok" Giles said to Jenny. She nodded. Giles, already with book in hand picked up a mixture of lavender, garlic cloves and Chadrock stone, which he had crushed in to powder while Xander was away. "Man ist em has-tu" Giles began chanting from the book. He picked up the powdered mixture and walked over to the entrance to the library. He put a line of the mixture on the floor directly in front of the door. Giles began walking over to the Library window when a vampire jumped through
"Giles watch out" yelled Xander intercepting the Vampire before it got to Giles. He kicked it in the stomach, which knock it back a few steps. It regained its balance and swung a right hand at Xanders head. Xander caught its arm and, with its chest unguarded, drove the stake through its heart. It looked down at the stake and turned to dust. Giles walked up to the window and put some of the mixture at the bottom of it. He went to the other windows and doors and did the same. When all the entrances and exits had some of this mixture beneath it, a barrier went up and disappeared in a second. The powder was gone from the doors and windows
"OK what just happened?" Xander asked Giles "Where did all that stuff go that was on the floor?" Xander was really confused
"There is now a mystical barrier surrounding the library. No vampires can come through here unless they are invited."
"Uh-huh" Said Jenny. "So why didn't you use the dark crimson spell it's a lot stronger at guarding public paces?" Xander and Giles looked at Jenny really confused
Giles pulled up to his parking space, which happened to be a little too small for his car, and got out. Xander got out as well but he hesitated a bit, thinking about what could have happened to Willow if she hadn't escaped. Xander, now really frustrated, slammed the car door as hard as he could and nearly throwing it off its hinges. The two of them, walking side by side, walked into the school and straight to the Library where Giles started gathering weapons out of the cabinet in the locker. Xander clenched his fist and struck the cage as hard as he could, making a huge noise that startled Giles
"What are doing?" he asked sounding rather angry. He paused, thinking about all the facts and went back to the weapons. Once he had turned around Xander began
"What if Willow didn't get out. What am I meant to do?" Xander ran up the stairs and huddled in the corner, as he didn't want Giles to see him crying. Giles ran after him
"She did get out. She left just before us remember" Giles said sympathetically "Look Xander you cant be so negative, she made it out ok." Xander stood up wiping some of the tears from his face. "OK here is what we are going to do. You Xander have to go rally up everyone who is here teachers, students everyone. I'm gonna stay here and get the weapons ready."
Xander left, running out as fast as he could. Giles, staying in the library, started working as fast as he could, getting out all the weapons and laying them on the table. Once he got all the weapons ready he began running around trying to find wood for stakes. He couldn't find any so he sat down at the table. That was when he began to crumble and begin talking to himself
"I had a slayer for… for 2 days a I managed to get her killed" He wiped a tear from his eye and stood up. "Have to keep busy, have to keep busy" he began reciting to himself.
Xander ran into the computer tech room and bumped into Miss Calendar, who was packing up to go home.
"Ah Miss Calendar" Xander began frantically "You have to come with me" He grabbed her arm and began to walk out but Miss Calendar resisted and pulled him back
"Xander what are you doing here at this time, are you OK?" She asked cautiously. She pulled him closer and saw his face "Have you been crying?"
"That's not the issue here Miss you, you just have to come with me Mr Giles will explain when we get to the library" He ran off towards the library and, after putting down her books and folders onto her desk, Miss Calendar reluctantly followed.
Arriving at the library Xander began yelling "Giles, Giles where did you go." He ran up the stairs and, after not finding him there, he looked into Giles' office. He came out again after not finding him there either to see Miss Calendar just coming in. "Where's Giles?" he asked
"I don't know you bought me here remember" Miss Calendar replied sounding rather annoyed
"Ah-ha" Giles said popping up from the Library counter with his nose in a book.
"Giles give me a heart attack why don't ya" Xander said shocked
"Yes, yes this is what I want" Giles said moving out from behind the counter, not noticing Miss Calendar. He had 3 stakes in his hand, which he put on the table when he got round to it. He put the book down from in front of his face and placed that on the table. Miss Calendar, who was shocked when she saw the stakes in Giles' hand let out a frightened gasp when she saw all the weapons on the table. Now realising Miss Calendar was here Giles greeted her
"Oh Jenny… um hi" he said a little embarrassed.
"Rupert" Jenny said with a happy tone to her voice "What am I doing here?" Giles looked at Xander angrily
"What?" asked Xander "You said to find anyone here and well… she is the only other person here" Xander looked to the floor
"Ummm excuse me, why am I here?" Jenny asked
"OK, I cant explain that right now but I could do with your help" Giles told Jenny, handing her a crows feather "Hold this". Giles went to the table and picked up the book and one of the stakes. He threw the stake to Xander. "Make sure no vampires get to us if any have followed us here" he told Xander
"Yeah sure" He told Giles, lifting up the stake defensively.
"Now Jenny I'm going to need you to go a bit on faith here ok" Giles said to Jenny. She nodded. Giles, already with book in hand picked up a mixture of lavender, garlic cloves and Chadrock stone, which he had crushed in to powder while Xander was away. "Man ist em has-tu" Giles began chanting from the book. He picked up the powdered mixture and walked over to the entrance to the library. He put a line of the mixture on the floor directly in front of the door. Giles began walking over to the Library window when a vampire jumped through
"Giles watch out" yelled Xander intercepting the Vampire before it got to Giles. He kicked it in the stomach, which knock it back a few steps. It regained its balance and swung a right hand at Xanders head. Xander caught its arm and, with its chest unguarded, drove the stake through its heart. It looked down at the stake and turned to dust. Giles walked up to the window and put some of the mixture at the bottom of it. He went to the other windows and doors and did the same. When all the entrances and exits had some of this mixture beneath it, a barrier went up and disappeared in a second. The powder was gone from the doors and windows
"OK what just happened?" Xander asked Giles "Where did all that stuff go that was on the floor?" Xander was really confused
"There is now a mystical barrier surrounding the library. No vampires can come through here unless they are invited."
"Uh-huh" Said Jenny. "So why didn't you use the dark crimson spell it's a lot stronger at guarding public paces?" Xander and Giles looked at Jenny really confused