Buffy wandered towards the gym the lights flickered above her head and in the distance she could hear the sounds of police going about their business. She ducked behind a wall when one the officers walked past talking loudly on his walkie talkie. Buffy sighed, it was just another crime scene. How many of these had she seen before? She was sick and tired of it. Most of all she was fed up of the waiting, it seemed like all this stuff she doing was just the warm up for a showdown with Angel. He'd been annoying her recently, keeping a low profile. She wanted him to attack her at least then she'd know what to do. She'd fight like always and then she'd win, after that.well, who the cares right? Buffy peered around the back of the gym a stretcher stood unattended in the sunlight a white sheet covering the body beneath it. Buffy looked cautiously around before sneaking up and pulling back the sheet. She gasped and stared. The girl had been completely drained of life. Her mouth was twisted into a scream and her hands were blocking her face as if in an effort to protect herself. The girl was completely drained of blood and the corpse was emaciated and sallow. The smell was horrific. Buffy let go of the sheet and stepped back her hand covering her mouth. She couldn't believe how disgusting this was. There were no puncture wounds, not a single mark to show where the life could have been drained. There was definitely some major research to be done.

'It was disgusting Giles, she was all twisted and gross.' Buffy said, sitting cross legged on the table in the library.

'And you say all the blood was drained out of her?' Giles asked whist pacing around the room grabbing books off the shelves as he did so.

'Yeah. She looked like she'd been mummified. Y'know like in that book you showed me last week.' Buffy stretched her arms and rotated her neck slowly. She was tired. Plus it was almost lunchtime. Giles was looking thoughtful. He suddenly jerked like he'd had an idea and ran up the stairs in the library. He came back down a few moments later with an old book. He slammed it down in front of Buffy. Dust flew everywhere.

'Giles' Buffy exclaimed coughing. She jumped off the table and brushed herself off.

'I think what we're dealing with here is a demon.' He said triumphantly. Buffy rolled her eyes.

'Duh' she said and sat back down. Giles flared his nostrils and then explained.

'It called the Liriasus. This demon sucks the life out of young girls. It's what it feeds on.' He turned to a page in the book 'In ancient times they used to offer it a sacrifice so that it would spare their village. It was an annual sacrifice they used to do it, every day for a week during a certain month. It had a lot to do with the phases of the moon and of course the months were very different back then so it's difficult to say when the exact time is that the demon rises.'

'GILES!' Interrupted Buffy. He looked at her. 'You're rambling. All I need to know is what does it look like and how do I kill it'

'That's the problem' Giles replied 'No-one knows what it looks like all the books are very vague and some even say it can change shape. The only people who see it are those that are killed by it' Both Buffy and Giles were sat in silence, thinking about what to do next when the door suddenly burst open. Willow and Xander came rushing in.

'What's happening is it Angel?' asked Willow putting her bag down on the chair and sitting on the table

'Nah' replied Buffy 'Just a plain old Demon.'

'Yikes!' exclaimed Xander as he looked down at the book lying open on the table. Willow picked up the book and looked at it. The drawing was of a mummified corpse, a young girl. Willow grimaced and dropped the book. Buffy looked at her.

'Try seeing it in real life. Believe me that's something I never wanna do again.'