Gaira surveyed the area carefully. He didn't know why he was here. There had been a buzzing in his head, but it was gone now. It had faded when he had come onshore out of the pacific, when he had smelled it. Food. Thousands of the tiny little creatures he ate scurried around here. He hadn't eaten one of them in so long. Not for years. Bloodlust overcame the buzzing. This town was a buffet. And Gaira was going to have all he could eat.

    "Okay, now this is way out of our league. In fact, I'm thinking we should try and get a hold of THE League.", Xander commented watching the giant walk around Sunnydale from Buffy's back porch.

    "Wow. He's so big he could have squashed the Mayor.", Willow said wide eyed.

    "Amazing. I-I haven't seen or heard of this creature in years.", Giles stammered.

    "Giles, get with the exposition.", Buffy said as she pulled Giles into the house and went right for her weapons trunk in the living room.

    "Well, erm, that creature is called Gaira. It's a form of, well mutation, believed to have been spawned from the Frankenstein creature. The Watcher's Council kept records of it and other giant creatures that seem to basically attack Japan at frequent intervals. Also I remember it from news reports. I was twelve when it initially went on its rampage. I even had its trading card. ", Giles stated

    "Okay, how do I kill it?" Buffy asked.

    "You're not seriously thinking of tackling that thing are you?", Spike said wondering how he could fall in love with someone so amazingly suicidal.

    "It's in my town. You better believe I am.", Buffy said hefting an axe.

    "Okay, well I'm going to play it smart and scram from town like I usually do when giant monsters show up. Good look killing the big King Kong looking thing with the axe.", Anya stated heading for the door.

    "Buffy, I think everyone else is right. That's not exactly a vampire out there.", Dawn

said with fear.

    "On the plus side we could always lure it to the high school and blow it up. Again.",

Xander said adding some levity.

    "Again?", Kennedy asked Willow

    "Graduation. Mayor. Giant Snake. Kaboom. I'll fill in the blanks later sweetie.",

Willow replied

    "Look, this thing is in our town. It's going to kill people if it hasn't already. We don't

know why its even here. This could be the First's move against us. It could some idiot

trying to summon a monster.", Buffy explained, then paused looking at Andrew.

    "Hey! I stopped doing that thank you. Don't try to pin this on me. One of the good

guys now.", Andrew replied

    "Regardless, we can't just sit on our butts waiting for Superman or Thor to show up.

We have to make a stand. Spike, Xander, Willow, and Kennedy. You're with me. We're

going out there. Giles, Dawn, you stay here with the Potentials and get working with

Andrew. He might be able to control it with the right materials. Anya I want you

to….Anya?", Buffy said looking around. She then hurried to the door and put her hands

on her hips as she saw Anya trying to break into the 4X4. Anya immediately looked up

and smiled.

    "Anya, you help Giles.", Buffy ordered.

    Anya sighed exasperatedly, "Fine! But we're all just going to get killed anyway!"

    Minutes later, Buffy and her group had made their way downtown closer to Gaira's

rampage. The giant had already smashed in the Sun Cinema, stomped city hall, and was

gathering up all of the scrambling humans and popping them in his mouth, taking time to

spit out their remains of their clothing. Gaira let loose a monstrous chuckle. He was

enjoying this. Immensely.

    "What now oh fearless leader?", Xander asked as they stood a block away from the

beast.

    "Wow. He is more imposing up close.", Buffy stammered. She then looked at her axe

and at Gaira, "The hell was I thinking?"

    "Something high and mighty most likely.", Kennedy spat.

    Buffy shot the Potential Slayer a hard glance then looked at Gaira again.

    "Will, you're the big gun here.", Buffy said looking to the red headed witch who was

almost a sister to her.

    "I hate being the big gun.", Willow pouted, "But let's see what we can do."

    Willow popped her fingers and breathed in deep. Immediately debris from Gaira's

rampage flew into the air and started pelting the behemoth. Gaira was confused but

unharmed.

    "Maybe you should try something bigger Red. He barely noticed that.", Spike noted.

    Inwardly, Willow became frustrated. She scanned the area and saw an abandoned

Motorcycle. It flew into the air with frightening speed and hit Gaira between the eyes.

Again Gaira was unharmed, but this time he had noticed the small group of people not

very far away.

    "Shurk.", Gaira bellowed as he put two and two together in his dim mind.

    "Uh oh. The Jolly Green Giant has spotted us.", Xander said in absolute fright.

    "Okay time to fall back.", Buffy stated.

    "I can do this.", Willow replied, "Thicken."

    The air around Gaira suddenly became very dense. So dense in fact he actually felt the

change. The thickened air could now easily keep a semi truck from driving through it.

But to Gaira, one who had stood at the ocean's bottom, it was nothing. He advanced.

    "Willow, we need to go.", Kennedy said trying to pull the witch. Willow didn't budge.

    "Burst and flow.", Willow said angrily as fire hydrants down the street burst and fired

high pressured water at the Gargantua. Gaira kept advancing.

    "Burn!", Willow shouted. Instantly small patches of Gaira were ablaze, but still he

came.

    "Willow come on!", Buffy growled trying to move her friend. She got pushed away by

Willow as a result. Gaira was mere feet away.

    "Barrier!", Willow cried out with every ounce of her being.

    Gaira's foot slammed into the makeshift force field Willow had constructed and

shattered it. To her credit, Gaira was knocked off balance and staggered back after hitting

the unexpected barrier. However, the energy backwash of it shattering sent Willow and

the others flying. Willow in particular landed roughly and hit her head hard. Rain began

to beat down and thunder blared. Gaira was already recovering.

    "Poor stupid little geek."

    "Shut up.", Willow winced with her eyes closed

    "Poor little mousy Willow. You're pathetic. Playing at being a witch."

    "Shut up.", Willow said a little louder as Gaira knelt and picked her up.

    "God, no wonder Oz left you. No wonder Tara died. No wonder Xander never noticed

you. Nothing you've ever done has ever mattered. And now your pathetic existence is

going to end. Eaten by a giant. Not quite a grand death, but hey, its not like you deserve

one. Bye bye geek. I'd say it's been nice knowing you, but I'd be lying."

    "Shut up!", Willow barely shouted at the tormentor only she could hear.

    "Any last words before you get eaten geek?"

    Willow's eyes opened up and they were pitch black. Gaira suddenly roared in pain as

his hand was set ablaze and Willow floated out of it."

    "Yeah. Bored now.", Willow growled