Right after Buffy shot Xander with her crossbow, Faith ran to Angel and
dragged his body away, just in case Xander was still able to shoot him.
All the Scoobies looked at Xander as he looked down at the arrow. Then he looked back at them.
"Fuck," he cursed out loud, for everyone to hear. "You shot me," he accused Buffy.
The Scoobs looked puzzled at him. Xander seemed alright, despite the arrow in the middle of his chest.
"Xander?" Buffy asked confused.
But Xander ignored the question. He grabbed the arrow and pulled it out of his body. Everyone could see that the tip of the arrow was broken.
Not waiting any longer he ran in the direction of the glass door, which lead out of the mansion. He aimed his USP at the door and emptied the rest of the magazine, shattering most of the glass in the process. The Scoobs were too dazed to react, so no one was in his way.
He jumped through the door and ran as fast as possible to his parked SUV. Quickly he threw the rucksack and the rifle on the backseat, jumped onto the drivers seat and drove at top speed down the street.
Meanwhile the Scoobies were only able to look with amazement after the retreating form of their former friend.
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Xander drove directly to the address of the Mayor's mansion. He parked his car in front of the big house, took the rucksack with him and walked up to the porch. He knocked twice, before a butler opened the door.
"Yes sir? How can I help you?" the butler asked him.
"Alexander Harris for Mayor Wilkins," he said and walked past the man in front of him.
The butler frowned at that, not accustomed to that kind of behaviour.
"Mr. Wilkins is awaiting you in the living room, Mr. Harris," he said and pointed at the large oak door to his right.
"Thanks, I think I will find the way," Xander said and walked in the direction of said door.
When he entered the living room he immediately spotted his boss, sitting comfortable in a large chair in front of an already burning fireplace.
Xander sat down in the other available chair.
"Good evening Alexander. I suppose you have a little present for me?" the Mayor asked.
Xander pointed at the rucksack. " Do you know what I had to go through to get you those fucking books," he asked.
"No. Why don't you tell me?" the politician asked in a calm tone.
"Well, Buffy and the gang found out that I was working for you. They set a little trap for me and the books were the bait," Xander told him.
"That sounds not good," Mayor exclaimed.
"Nope. But the best part is that that blond bitch shot me in the chest, with a crossbow," Xander said. Before the Mayor could ask how he could survive a crossbow bolt, Xander already stripped out of his fatigues jacket. The Mayor could see the bullet proof vest that protected most of his upper body.
"Kevlar vest with ceramic trauma plate," Xander explained and knocked with his knuckles against his chest, which resulted in in dull sound.. "It takes a bit more than a crossbow to crack one of those."
The Mayor now smiled at him. "You're full of surprises Alexander."
"So you keep telling me" Xander said and reached in the rucksack. One after one he handed the books to the Mayor. When he gave him the last one, he had to grimace. The book had a large hole in the middle.
"Sorry boss, collateral damage."
The Mayor nodded. "No problem, Alexander. I don't need the books in perfect condition," the Mayor told him and looked at the books in front of him.
"The books of Ascension. Wars have been fought and empires were destroyed for these books, Alexander. The greatest leader in history tried to come into their possesion, but failed," the Mayor explained. "But where they failed I will succeed."
" So tell me. What do you wanna do with the books?" Xander asked.
The Mayor looked at him and smiled.
"I'm gonna burn them," the Mayor said and threw the book into his fireplace. The book immediately started to burn.
Xander looked shocked as the Mayor continued to throw the books into the fire.
"You know Alexander," the Mayor explained. "I already know everything about the Ascension. These books could only be useful for my enemies."
"You wanted me to get these," Xander said and pointed at the fireplace "so you could play Hitler and burn a few books?"
The Mayor nodded.
"Fantastic," he exclaimed.
"Don't be too hard too yourself. You did a great job," the older man told him.
"Maybe. But I think I have to go. I have to look for a hotel," Xander said and stood up. "No way I'm going back to the Summer's residence. Buffy would kill me on sight."
"Alexander, you are not sleeping in a hotel," the Mayor told him. "For the next few days you will sleep in my guest room. And after that I will find you a nice apartment, funded by the city of course."
Xander smiled. "You really take good care of your employees."
The Mayor smiled back "It's a gift. Robert!!" he called his butler.
A few seconds later Robert stepped through the doors
"You called sir?" the butler asked.
"Please show Mr. Harris the guest room and make sure he has everything he needs."
Robert turned around. "If you would follow me sir."
Xander walked after the butler. "Lead the way, penguin."
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Buffy laid on the couch in Giles' office. After they returned from the Mansion they immediately removed the bullets in Angel's chest. Xander didn't lie: They were really burning the flesh of the souled vampire, like a small cross.
After that they called Giles and told him about tonight's happenings. The watcher immediately returned from his trip in LA and brought some sort of order to the chaos that ruled the Scoobie Gang. With the exception of Buffy he sent everyone home to rest, especially Angel who looked like he couldn't stand on his own feet.
Giles entered his office with a cup of tea and handed it to Buffy. She gladly accepted the cup and took a sip.
"If this was a normal situation, I would say that I can't leave you on your own for a few hours," Giles started. "But this is hardly what I would call a normal situation."
"I know," Buffy exclaimed sadly. " I should have waited for you."
"What?" Giles asked puzzled.
"Well, it's my fault that we lost the books, right?" Buffy asked.
"Buffy, You did remarkably well. The plan was alright as far as I know. Like I said, that was not a normal situation."
"Yeah, who would've thought that that Xander would switch sides."
"Well, no one, that's for sure," Giles told her.
"What I don't understand is how he got his hands on all those guns," she explained. "I mean, when we gave Angel his soul back he was able to kill Spike and even wound Angel dangerously with a gun, but this time he also had an army rifle."
"Well Buffy, I think it's time that I tell you a few things. When you threw him out of the group, Xander started to patrol on his own."
Buffy stared open mouthed at him, but Giles silenced her. "Please let me continue. He wanted your patrol schedules, he could avoid running into one of you. I asked him, how he would compensate his lack of strength and he showed me a few of his guns. He told me that he ran into a weapon dealer on his road trip and saved him from a few vampires. He gave him the guns as a gift. So he started patrol and he was quite good I may add. I followed him one night and he fought five vampires at once and still was able to win. What I want to tell you Buffy, is that Xander is not as helpless as you think. I thinks he is far more dangerous than the most of the enemies we ever faced."
Buffy waited a moment, trying to work her way through all the information.
"Great. Xander is a Natural Born Killer working for the Mayor and he also got his hands on the books," she exclaimed sadly. "That's the worst case scenario, isn't it?"
"Well, the first part is right. But I have to say that you got the second part wrong," Giles said and produced a CD from his jacket.
"What is that," Buffy asked confused.
"Well, I went to LA to see if I could find any information on the Ascension. I also visited the bookstore, where the demon got the books from," Giles explained and pointed at the CD. "They made a digital copy of the books before they sold them."
The first smile in hours came to Buffy's lips.
"You mean, we still kind of have the books," Buffy asked.
"Yes," was Giles' only reply.
"Well, I think a little victory is better than nothing."
"I hope you are right. It will take some time to read through all the books, but I think we definitely have something against the Mayor," Giles told her.
Suddenly Buffy looked very tired.
"Giles, please drive me home. I just want to sleep through the whole weekend."
"Yes Buffy, you should sleep. You need all your strength when you have to face Xander the next time," Giles told the blonde slayer as he accompanied her out of the office.
The End
All the Scoobies looked at Xander as he looked down at the arrow. Then he looked back at them.
"Fuck," he cursed out loud, for everyone to hear. "You shot me," he accused Buffy.
The Scoobs looked puzzled at him. Xander seemed alright, despite the arrow in the middle of his chest.
"Xander?" Buffy asked confused.
But Xander ignored the question. He grabbed the arrow and pulled it out of his body. Everyone could see that the tip of the arrow was broken.
Not waiting any longer he ran in the direction of the glass door, which lead out of the mansion. He aimed his USP at the door and emptied the rest of the magazine, shattering most of the glass in the process. The Scoobs were too dazed to react, so no one was in his way.
He jumped through the door and ran as fast as possible to his parked SUV. Quickly he threw the rucksack and the rifle on the backseat, jumped onto the drivers seat and drove at top speed down the street.
Meanwhile the Scoobies were only able to look with amazement after the retreating form of their former friend.
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Xander drove directly to the address of the Mayor's mansion. He parked his car in front of the big house, took the rucksack with him and walked up to the porch. He knocked twice, before a butler opened the door.
"Yes sir? How can I help you?" the butler asked him.
"Alexander Harris for Mayor Wilkins," he said and walked past the man in front of him.
The butler frowned at that, not accustomed to that kind of behaviour.
"Mr. Wilkins is awaiting you in the living room, Mr. Harris," he said and pointed at the large oak door to his right.
"Thanks, I think I will find the way," Xander said and walked in the direction of said door.
When he entered the living room he immediately spotted his boss, sitting comfortable in a large chair in front of an already burning fireplace.
Xander sat down in the other available chair.
"Good evening Alexander. I suppose you have a little present for me?" the Mayor asked.
Xander pointed at the rucksack. " Do you know what I had to go through to get you those fucking books," he asked.
"No. Why don't you tell me?" the politician asked in a calm tone.
"Well, Buffy and the gang found out that I was working for you. They set a little trap for me and the books were the bait," Xander told him.
"That sounds not good," Mayor exclaimed.
"Nope. But the best part is that that blond bitch shot me in the chest, with a crossbow," Xander said. Before the Mayor could ask how he could survive a crossbow bolt, Xander already stripped out of his fatigues jacket. The Mayor could see the bullet proof vest that protected most of his upper body.
"Kevlar vest with ceramic trauma plate," Xander explained and knocked with his knuckles against his chest, which resulted in in dull sound.. "It takes a bit more than a crossbow to crack one of those."
The Mayor now smiled at him. "You're full of surprises Alexander."
"So you keep telling me" Xander said and reached in the rucksack. One after one he handed the books to the Mayor. When he gave him the last one, he had to grimace. The book had a large hole in the middle.
"Sorry boss, collateral damage."
The Mayor nodded. "No problem, Alexander. I don't need the books in perfect condition," the Mayor told him and looked at the books in front of him.
"The books of Ascension. Wars have been fought and empires were destroyed for these books, Alexander. The greatest leader in history tried to come into their possesion, but failed," the Mayor explained. "But where they failed I will succeed."
" So tell me. What do you wanna do with the books?" Xander asked.
The Mayor looked at him and smiled.
"I'm gonna burn them," the Mayor said and threw the book into his fireplace. The book immediately started to burn.
Xander looked shocked as the Mayor continued to throw the books into the fire.
"You know Alexander," the Mayor explained. "I already know everything about the Ascension. These books could only be useful for my enemies."
"You wanted me to get these," Xander said and pointed at the fireplace "so you could play Hitler and burn a few books?"
The Mayor nodded.
"Fantastic," he exclaimed.
"Don't be too hard too yourself. You did a great job," the older man told him.
"Maybe. But I think I have to go. I have to look for a hotel," Xander said and stood up. "No way I'm going back to the Summer's residence. Buffy would kill me on sight."
"Alexander, you are not sleeping in a hotel," the Mayor told him. "For the next few days you will sleep in my guest room. And after that I will find you a nice apartment, funded by the city of course."
Xander smiled. "You really take good care of your employees."
The Mayor smiled back "It's a gift. Robert!!" he called his butler.
A few seconds later Robert stepped through the doors
"You called sir?" the butler asked.
"Please show Mr. Harris the guest room and make sure he has everything he needs."
Robert turned around. "If you would follow me sir."
Xander walked after the butler. "Lead the way, penguin."
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Buffy laid on the couch in Giles' office. After they returned from the Mansion they immediately removed the bullets in Angel's chest. Xander didn't lie: They were really burning the flesh of the souled vampire, like a small cross.
After that they called Giles and told him about tonight's happenings. The watcher immediately returned from his trip in LA and brought some sort of order to the chaos that ruled the Scoobie Gang. With the exception of Buffy he sent everyone home to rest, especially Angel who looked like he couldn't stand on his own feet.
Giles entered his office with a cup of tea and handed it to Buffy. She gladly accepted the cup and took a sip.
"If this was a normal situation, I would say that I can't leave you on your own for a few hours," Giles started. "But this is hardly what I would call a normal situation."
"I know," Buffy exclaimed sadly. " I should have waited for you."
"What?" Giles asked puzzled.
"Well, it's my fault that we lost the books, right?" Buffy asked.
"Buffy, You did remarkably well. The plan was alright as far as I know. Like I said, that was not a normal situation."
"Yeah, who would've thought that that Xander would switch sides."
"Well, no one, that's for sure," Giles told her.
"What I don't understand is how he got his hands on all those guns," she explained. "I mean, when we gave Angel his soul back he was able to kill Spike and even wound Angel dangerously with a gun, but this time he also had an army rifle."
"Well Buffy, I think it's time that I tell you a few things. When you threw him out of the group, Xander started to patrol on his own."
Buffy stared open mouthed at him, but Giles silenced her. "Please let me continue. He wanted your patrol schedules, he could avoid running into one of you. I asked him, how he would compensate his lack of strength and he showed me a few of his guns. He told me that he ran into a weapon dealer on his road trip and saved him from a few vampires. He gave him the guns as a gift. So he started patrol and he was quite good I may add. I followed him one night and he fought five vampires at once and still was able to win. What I want to tell you Buffy, is that Xander is not as helpless as you think. I thinks he is far more dangerous than the most of the enemies we ever faced."
Buffy waited a moment, trying to work her way through all the information.
"Great. Xander is a Natural Born Killer working for the Mayor and he also got his hands on the books," she exclaimed sadly. "That's the worst case scenario, isn't it?"
"Well, the first part is right. But I have to say that you got the second part wrong," Giles said and produced a CD from his jacket.
"What is that," Buffy asked confused.
"Well, I went to LA to see if I could find any information on the Ascension. I also visited the bookstore, where the demon got the books from," Giles explained and pointed at the CD. "They made a digital copy of the books before they sold them."
The first smile in hours came to Buffy's lips.
"You mean, we still kind of have the books," Buffy asked.
"Yes," was Giles' only reply.
"Well, I think a little victory is better than nothing."
"I hope you are right. It will take some time to read through all the books, but I think we definitely have something against the Mayor," Giles told her.
Suddenly Buffy looked very tired.
"Giles, please drive me home. I just want to sleep through the whole weekend."
"Yes Buffy, you should sleep. You need all your strength when you have to face Xander the next time," Giles told the blonde slayer as he accompanied her out of the office.
The End