Part 10
Giles woke up to sunlight streaming in from his bedroom window. It was 9 o'clock in the morning. He headed downstairs, remembering that Spike had crashed out on his couch due to Sora's insistence. What he found in his living room wasn't what he expected.
"Oh this is not good." Giles said surveying the room. The door was broken in and the floor was littered with books and other odd objects. It was evident that there was a fight. Giles picked up the phone and proceeded to call Sora.
Sora entered her room, throwing her purse on the bed. It was 11 o'clock and her next class was at 12:15. She moved over to the phone to call and check up on Spike when she saw that she had a message on her answering machine. She pressed play, wondering who had calling since Spike would probably still be sleeping.
"Sora. It's Rupert Giles. I'm sorry to say this but Spike is gone. It seems that someone broke into the apartment last night and took him. Please call me when you get this. I'm sorry." Sora froze, just staring at the machine. It was a joke. It had to be. Just a silly prank to get her all worried.
"Hey Sora! Wanna go with me and Tara to get lunch?" Willow asked sticking her head inside the door. "Sora? What's wrong?" Willow then entered the room moving to the girl's side. Sora was as pale as death and tears streamed down her face. She said nothing but replayed the message from Giles. Willow wrapped her arms around the crying girl.
"I'm so sorry." Willow whispered. Sora shrugged her off.
"I'm going over there." She said.
"What about your classes?" Willow asked.
"Screw em." Sora replied and walked out the door. She was practically running down the street when Willow caught up with her.
"You're not going alone." Willow said causing Sora to stop. "I'll go with you."
"Thank you." Sora said. Together the two girls made their way over to Giles' apartment.
"Oh goddess." Willow whispered as they approached the broken door.
"Giles?" Sora called out, stepping into the apartment. He appeared from a back room.
"Sora, you didn't have to come." Giles said taking in her pale face.
"You expected me not to?" Sora asked. "He was supposed to be safe here!"
"If it was a Rocane demon as Spike had said, then he wasn't safe anywhere." Giles replied.
"Explain." Sora said as she and Willow began helping Giles clean up the mess.
"When Rocane demons are hired, they don't stop until they get what they're after. Even though Spike killed two of them, there are always more. They're strong, Sora. Buffy probably wouldn't be able to defeat them alone." Giles explained.
"So you think he still might be alive?" Willow asked.
"There's a chance. It all depends on who took him." Giles said. Sora moved to the chest where Giles kept his weapons. She pulled out a large sword and tested its weight in her hand.
"What do you think you're doing?" Giles asked warily.
"I lost him once. I'm not gonna lose him again." Sora said moving to the door.
"How do you expect to find him? He might not even be in Sunnydale anymore!"
"I still have to try." Sora said and left.
"Call Buffy." Giles told Willow.
Giles woke up to sunlight streaming in from his bedroom window. It was 9 o'clock in the morning. He headed downstairs, remembering that Spike had crashed out on his couch due to Sora's insistence. What he found in his living room wasn't what he expected.
"Oh this is not good." Giles said surveying the room. The door was broken in and the floor was littered with books and other odd objects. It was evident that there was a fight. Giles picked up the phone and proceeded to call Sora.
Sora entered her room, throwing her purse on the bed. It was 11 o'clock and her next class was at 12:15. She moved over to the phone to call and check up on Spike when she saw that she had a message on her answering machine. She pressed play, wondering who had calling since Spike would probably still be sleeping.
"Sora. It's Rupert Giles. I'm sorry to say this but Spike is gone. It seems that someone broke into the apartment last night and took him. Please call me when you get this. I'm sorry." Sora froze, just staring at the machine. It was a joke. It had to be. Just a silly prank to get her all worried.
"Hey Sora! Wanna go with me and Tara to get lunch?" Willow asked sticking her head inside the door. "Sora? What's wrong?" Willow then entered the room moving to the girl's side. Sora was as pale as death and tears streamed down her face. She said nothing but replayed the message from Giles. Willow wrapped her arms around the crying girl.
"I'm so sorry." Willow whispered. Sora shrugged her off.
"I'm going over there." She said.
"What about your classes?" Willow asked.
"Screw em." Sora replied and walked out the door. She was practically running down the street when Willow caught up with her.
"You're not going alone." Willow said causing Sora to stop. "I'll go with you."
"Thank you." Sora said. Together the two girls made their way over to Giles' apartment.
"Oh goddess." Willow whispered as they approached the broken door.
"Giles?" Sora called out, stepping into the apartment. He appeared from a back room.
"Sora, you didn't have to come." Giles said taking in her pale face.
"You expected me not to?" Sora asked. "He was supposed to be safe here!"
"If it was a Rocane demon as Spike had said, then he wasn't safe anywhere." Giles replied.
"Explain." Sora said as she and Willow began helping Giles clean up the mess.
"When Rocane demons are hired, they don't stop until they get what they're after. Even though Spike killed two of them, there are always more. They're strong, Sora. Buffy probably wouldn't be able to defeat them alone." Giles explained.
"So you think he still might be alive?" Willow asked.
"There's a chance. It all depends on who took him." Giles said. Sora moved to the chest where Giles kept his weapons. She pulled out a large sword and tested its weight in her hand.
"What do you think you're doing?" Giles asked warily.
"I lost him once. I'm not gonna lose him again." Sora said moving to the door.
"How do you expect to find him? He might not even be in Sunnydale anymore!"
"I still have to try." Sora said and left.
"Call Buffy." Giles told Willow.