The bell of the Magic Box rang as Buffy, Willow and Xander walked into the shop. They looked around for Giles, and he emerged from the back room.
"So, did you find anything, Giles?" Buffy asked her watcher.
"Well, I've been going over some of the text in the shop and I've come across a few references to this Melrok. Apparently he is some kind of demon who quite surprisingly wants to bring hell on earth."
Buffy turned to Willow, "Again with the whole demon conformity, can't they at least be original."
"Yes, well, Melrok, it seems has come in contact with another slayer. About a hundred years ago he had captured the slayer then and kept her captive, essentially torturing her for three months before she managed to escape."
"So, why not just kill her?" Willow asked.
"Because," Giles answered, "with the slayer still alive another would not be called, and with the current one not active he would have free range over the earth., and the Hellmouth would be unprotected..."
"So any demons who want to set up shop there would have no interference," Buffy finished.
"Exactly," Giles said.
"So what exactly does this mean for us?" Xander asked.
"Well, I would presume that Melrok will want to do the same with Buffy. He would want to take her, prolong her life and take over our world."
"So all we gotta do is kill him, and all is good," Xander said, "Now that we have a plan, we can move on."
"Of course killing him will be rather difficult," Giles interjected, "he does not show himself until need be, he has minions do his work for him, so the important thing is finding him."
"Well, Spike and I were going to hit up Willy for info on this guy, so now we'll have even more reason to hit him all the more harder," Buffy told the group.
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Later that night Buffy and Spike walked into Willy's demon bar and spotted the weasel at his usual place behind the bar. Buffy and Spike walked briskly toward him and made their presence even more known when Buffy grabbed the collar of Willy's shirt easily lifting him up onto the bar.
"Hey," Willy said in a loud voice, "look it's my pal the Slayer."
A few demons moved into the back room.
"Look," Willy continued, "I am trying to run a business. I don't want any trouble."
"Well," Buffy almost growled, "cooperate, and there won't be any trouble."
"Hey, you know me always willing to do what I can."
"We need info," Spike told him.
"Info."
"Yeah."
"What kind of info you guys need?"
"We need information on the demon Melrok," Buffy said, "You heard of him?"
Willy leaned in closer, "Yeah., yeah I think I heard of him, you know, people talk. What exactly do you need to know?"
"Everything you know," Buffy said tightening her grip on him
"Well the way I hear it he's been in town for a little while, you know checking things out." he told the pair.
Spike got in his face, "do you know where we can find the bloke?"
"No," Willy squeaked.
Buffy slammed him against the counter so his face was against the bar, "No?" she asked.
"Well," Willy said, "now that you mention it I think I heard something about him holding up shop on the outskirts of town, near the old factory."
"Anything else that we might want to know?" Spike asked the bartender.
"Not that I can think of, but you may want to know that he's got a whole group of minions working for him, at least that's the way that I hear it."
"Alright," Buffy said releasing her grip, "but I know where to find you if I have any more questions."
Buffy and Spike turned and started walking out of the bar when Buffy her Willy call out for her.
"Hey, Slayer!" he called after her, "ever think about doing some pictures..." but that was as far as they heard as they continued walking out of the bar and into the night.
A/N: Ok, I'm really not sure if this is a good demon to have... does he sound like it would be a good enough demon? Sorry, I just really have no clue how to write this, so it's just sort of coming out. Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks.