Chapter Eight
"Xander I don't honestly think what were looking for is in the naked female Goddesses of old section." Willow chastised.
"Hey I'm leaving no stone unturned," he argued indignantly putting the book back. He'd just been on a food run and had been waiting for Willow to finish the passage she was on when he'd picked up the book.
"So any progress?"
"None but I think I've worked out why all the guys who wrote these books are dead."
"Don't tell me. An angry library lynch mob came after them because of how boring they are?"
"You can bet your by-gum-googly that's why!"
"So where are the others?" he asked,
"Basement. After Giles left lots of his less saleable but very useful books got sent to the dungeons so Sam and Daniel are helping to look for them."
"No fair they've found a way out of research mode into sniffer-dog. Soooo not fair. We could always help them? Many hands make light work." Xander begged.
"Alright." Willow agreed slamming the useless book she'd been glaring at for the last hour shut and racing Xander down stairs.
Neither for them in their haste noticed a flash of blue light over the lid of the demon box. Opening a fraction.
*~*
"How on earth do you find anything in here?" Daniel asked in the basement of the Magic Shop with Anya and Sam looking for some obscure books which the ex-vengeance demon swears she saw down there.
"Oh its not hard." she replied picking her way through a mountain of books with Daniels help.
Sam gasped in surprise picking up a sheet to uncover Buffy; her empty eyes staring into the distance with her head in her lap. Then Daniel came over for closer inspection of what made her gasp. The things down here could make you make worse noises than that, thought Anya.
"Oh that's just Spike's, Buffybot." the others looked afraid to ask. "He got her built for some naughty fun."
"Well he really banged her up good." Daniel said then blushed when he released how that must have sounded. Taking of his glasses and cleaning them.
"Well yes." Anya agreed. "Once Xander, Willow and I saw it straddling Spike in the graveyard."
"They don't need to know that." Willow barked coming down the stairs with Xander.
"Yeah…not never happened………I never saw anything………Oh God I think I'm going blind from a mental image." Xander stuttered. "And honey, remember when I said there was certain things that you shouldn't discuss ever."
"Yes." she innocently asked.
"This is one of them," he commanded looking around. "So have you found it yet?"
"No I was……ahhhhhh!!!!" Anya jumped causing the others to do the same.
"What is it?" Sam asked looking around her sword drawn.
"A bunny. I forgot this bunny was down here." she ran over to Xander clutching at him as if her life depended on it.
Behind her back Daniel mouthed "Bunnies?" at Willow. "She's scared of them," she whispered back. He nodded his head as if this was the most expected explanation.
"It's a sign I know it is," Anya wailed worriedly edging up the stairs.
"I'm sure its nothing," Willow tried to comfort as Xander sent the soft toy rabbit into a far corner, evil bunny abyss.
"It isn't nothing! The last time I saw that thing Dawn was in great danger. The world was ending. I got hit by falling concrete and Buffy died. That's the Evil Bunny of Doom!!!" she finished totally convinced at the logic of her argument.
Running up the last of the stairs she opened the door a fraction before it slammed shut forcing her to fall down them nearly breaking her neck if it hadn't been for Xander's quick reflects.
"Okay this is a new one," commented Daniel helping the couple up while Sam tried the door but this time it didn't even move. "It won't open." she tried again and one by one the others helped.
They pulled at the door handle and pounded on it until their hands were raw. "Its no use the Bunny of Doom has condemned us, we're never getting out of here alive." Anya ragged. "I'm going to miss costumers and their money."
"An anti-capitalist soft toy evil Bunny?" Daniel asked bemused.
"Anya's second fear is not making money," Willow answered. "Don't worry maybe the spell will keep the customers here until we can get out".
"You think?" Anya asked hopefully.
Unimpressed by their humour and frustrated by the lack of fruition of their effort. Sam asked, "Is there any other way to get out of here?"
Sitting down against the wall beside the defeated Anya, Xander shock his head. "One way in and one way out."
"We're just going to have to wait until the others get back to rescue us. Whatever is keeping us here is strong. It's the same spells that's on the box," Willow said after running her hands over the door feeling the magic.
"This is just great. I don't imagine any of you brought down a phone so we can warn the others," Sam got negative reply from all. "Just peachy"
"I think your spending too much time with Jack, Sam," he got a good glare for that one. "Well at least we have more time to find those books." Daniel added looking on the bright side when the sun was truly down.
"Oh no were trapped down the basement, our lives in the balance with an "always look on the bright side of life" type," Anya exclaimed. "I refuse to go that way," she ranted making as much noise as she could looking for the books staying well clear of the Bunny's abyss.
They all looked, needing the feeling of doing something to improve their situation until Sam stilled. "I think I hear something."
She ran up the stairs and pounded on the door a muffed hello coming from the other side. "Its Carter. Who's there?"
"It's me. Dawn. What's going on?"
Willow joined her. "We're trapped!!! You need to get Buffy right now!! Get out of here as fast as you can!!!!" they waited for a reply.
"Dawn???" no answer came expect for the screeching of wood against linoleum
"Dawn!" Willow's voice steadily got louder.
"Dawnie!!!!!" she screamed.
The others pounded at the door trying to break it down calling the defenceless young girls name. But no reply came except for a brief shadow and blue goo washing under the door.
"What is that?" Daniel asked stepping back when it threaten to bath his shoes. Bending down Willow touched it with one finger bringing it to her nose sniffing and then licking it. The other screwed their faces up horror.
"Well?" Xander asked her expectantly.
"Blueberry. Blueberry shush puppy," she whispered.
"Dawn's favourite drink," Xander sighed.
"God! What's happened to her?" Xander asked
Wrapping both arms around the deeply shaken Xander, Anya said what they were all thinking, "Whatever's inside the box"
A/N ~ Oh no what could of happened? Please review I'm not sure if this is going well. I can finally give it better attention (yes I do feel guilty about the long breaks). I have most of it written in my head. Who knew that mind-numbing work was good for something?
"Xander I don't honestly think what were looking for is in the naked female Goddesses of old section." Willow chastised.
"Hey I'm leaving no stone unturned," he argued indignantly putting the book back. He'd just been on a food run and had been waiting for Willow to finish the passage she was on when he'd picked up the book.
"So any progress?"
"None but I think I've worked out why all the guys who wrote these books are dead."
"Don't tell me. An angry library lynch mob came after them because of how boring they are?"
"You can bet your by-gum-googly that's why!"
"So where are the others?" he asked,
"Basement. After Giles left lots of his less saleable but very useful books got sent to the dungeons so Sam and Daniel are helping to look for them."
"No fair they've found a way out of research mode into sniffer-dog. Soooo not fair. We could always help them? Many hands make light work." Xander begged.
"Alright." Willow agreed slamming the useless book she'd been glaring at for the last hour shut and racing Xander down stairs.
Neither for them in their haste noticed a flash of blue light over the lid of the demon box. Opening a fraction.
*~*
"How on earth do you find anything in here?" Daniel asked in the basement of the Magic Shop with Anya and Sam looking for some obscure books which the ex-vengeance demon swears she saw down there.
"Oh its not hard." she replied picking her way through a mountain of books with Daniels help.
Sam gasped in surprise picking up a sheet to uncover Buffy; her empty eyes staring into the distance with her head in her lap. Then Daniel came over for closer inspection of what made her gasp. The things down here could make you make worse noises than that, thought Anya.
"Oh that's just Spike's, Buffybot." the others looked afraid to ask. "He got her built for some naughty fun."
"Well he really banged her up good." Daniel said then blushed when he released how that must have sounded. Taking of his glasses and cleaning them.
"Well yes." Anya agreed. "Once Xander, Willow and I saw it straddling Spike in the graveyard."
"They don't need to know that." Willow barked coming down the stairs with Xander.
"Yeah…not never happened………I never saw anything………Oh God I think I'm going blind from a mental image." Xander stuttered. "And honey, remember when I said there was certain things that you shouldn't discuss ever."
"Yes." she innocently asked.
"This is one of them," he commanded looking around. "So have you found it yet?"
"No I was……ahhhhhh!!!!" Anya jumped causing the others to do the same.
"What is it?" Sam asked looking around her sword drawn.
"A bunny. I forgot this bunny was down here." she ran over to Xander clutching at him as if her life depended on it.
Behind her back Daniel mouthed "Bunnies?" at Willow. "She's scared of them," she whispered back. He nodded his head as if this was the most expected explanation.
"It's a sign I know it is," Anya wailed worriedly edging up the stairs.
"I'm sure its nothing," Willow tried to comfort as Xander sent the soft toy rabbit into a far corner, evil bunny abyss.
"It isn't nothing! The last time I saw that thing Dawn was in great danger. The world was ending. I got hit by falling concrete and Buffy died. That's the Evil Bunny of Doom!!!" she finished totally convinced at the logic of her argument.
Running up the last of the stairs she opened the door a fraction before it slammed shut forcing her to fall down them nearly breaking her neck if it hadn't been for Xander's quick reflects.
"Okay this is a new one," commented Daniel helping the couple up while Sam tried the door but this time it didn't even move. "It won't open." she tried again and one by one the others helped.
They pulled at the door handle and pounded on it until their hands were raw. "Its no use the Bunny of Doom has condemned us, we're never getting out of here alive." Anya ragged. "I'm going to miss costumers and their money."
"An anti-capitalist soft toy evil Bunny?" Daniel asked bemused.
"Anya's second fear is not making money," Willow answered. "Don't worry maybe the spell will keep the customers here until we can get out".
"You think?" Anya asked hopefully.
Unimpressed by their humour and frustrated by the lack of fruition of their effort. Sam asked, "Is there any other way to get out of here?"
Sitting down against the wall beside the defeated Anya, Xander shock his head. "One way in and one way out."
"We're just going to have to wait until the others get back to rescue us. Whatever is keeping us here is strong. It's the same spells that's on the box," Willow said after running her hands over the door feeling the magic.
"This is just great. I don't imagine any of you brought down a phone so we can warn the others," Sam got negative reply from all. "Just peachy"
"I think your spending too much time with Jack, Sam," he got a good glare for that one. "Well at least we have more time to find those books." Daniel added looking on the bright side when the sun was truly down.
"Oh no were trapped down the basement, our lives in the balance with an "always look on the bright side of life" type," Anya exclaimed. "I refuse to go that way," she ranted making as much noise as she could looking for the books staying well clear of the Bunny's abyss.
They all looked, needing the feeling of doing something to improve their situation until Sam stilled. "I think I hear something."
She ran up the stairs and pounded on the door a muffed hello coming from the other side. "Its Carter. Who's there?"
"It's me. Dawn. What's going on?"
Willow joined her. "We're trapped!!! You need to get Buffy right now!! Get out of here as fast as you can!!!!" they waited for a reply.
"Dawn???" no answer came expect for the screeching of wood against linoleum
"Dawn!" Willow's voice steadily got louder.
"Dawnie!!!!!" she screamed.
The others pounded at the door trying to break it down calling the defenceless young girls name. But no reply came except for a brief shadow and blue goo washing under the door.
"What is that?" Daniel asked stepping back when it threaten to bath his shoes. Bending down Willow touched it with one finger bringing it to her nose sniffing and then licking it. The other screwed their faces up horror.
"Well?" Xander asked her expectantly.
"Blueberry. Blueberry shush puppy," she whispered.
"Dawn's favourite drink," Xander sighed.
"God! What's happened to her?" Xander asked
Wrapping both arms around the deeply shaken Xander, Anya said what they were all thinking, "Whatever's inside the box"
A/N ~ Oh no what could of happened? Please review I'm not sure if this is going well. I can finally give it better attention (yes I do feel guilty about the long breaks). I have most of it written in my head. Who knew that mind-numbing work was good for something?