SUNNYDALE 1999 Buffy had had the best night sleep. No party and she finished her Biology project. She spoke to Angel for about half an hour on the phone. They talked about Faith and the symbol Buffy had seen in her dream. Angel had recognised it but couldn't put his finger on it.

Buffy felt a lot better, the morning before she felt like her eye lids were filled with weights. Buffy had trouble keeping her eyes open, now she felt like they were replaced with feathers which was a big relief.

Buffy turned and entered the library. All the gang were at the table like they are having a meeting. Buffy walked over. "I'm afraid to ask."

"Sit down Buffy." Giles told Buffy.

Buffy sat down and waited. Giles looked concerned. "Giles what is it?" Giles handed Buffy the "Sunnydale Times". Buffy read the front page:

TWEENTY KILLED AT SUNNYDALE DOCKS

Twenty dock workers were found dead at Sunnydale docks last night, they were bringing in a Stone Coffin to Sunnydale Museum, which was found destroyed on site. The coffin in question had a symbol that was a pentagram with an "S" over the top of it, worth $1,000,000.

The police refuse to say how the dockworkers were killed until further notice.

Just a few miles from the scene, police found an unidentified Girl in her late teens in a coma; please phone the hospital if you can give a positive ID on the girl who is currently known as Jane Dow.

Buffy put the paper down. Buffy felt all the happiness from earlier flow out of her, they left Faith on her own for the first time and it looks like she has just been attacked.

"Faith?" Buffy asked.

Giles looked at her. "She hasn't reported back. I'm going to the hospital in a few minutes to see if it is Faith. I want you to stay here."

"No, I'm coming with you." Buffy told Giles.

"Buffy, it would better if I."

"No Giles, I'm coming with you." Buffy told Giles.

Giles took off his glasses and cleaned them. "Fine Buffy. We will leave in a few minutes. But I want someone to go on patrol with you if it is Faith, ok. The big thing has already happened. Also."

The doors swung open. A mailman walked in. "Ah is there a Rupert Giles here?" Asked the mailman.

Giles walked forward. He looked very curious, he wasn't expecting anything. "Yes that's me."

"Sign here please."

Giles signed the form. The mailman turned and picked up a big heavy box with "FRAGILE" written on it. He handed it to Giles. "Have a nice day."

Giles looked at the return address. He first looked to see whom it was from. Mr.Merrick. Giles frowned. "Giles, What's in the box?" Xander asked Giles.

"I don't know. If you will excuse me for a minute, I want to be alone for a second." Giles told the Gang.

Giles walked into his office and locked the door. Then he shut the blinds in his office window. "Gee, I wonder what he has in the box." Oz said.

"I wish I knew." Buffy said.

Giles shut the blinds to block out view. He sat at his desk and got out a pair of scissors and cut the box open. In side was a letter from Merrick, Giles picked it up and read:

Dear Rupert,
If you're reading this, I'm probably dead. I'm sorry, take care of Buffy if she is with you. She is the best slayer any watcher could be proud of, take good care of her. Inside the box is a stone tablet; it has a prophecy of the slayer written on it. I failed to translate it so I leave it to you to translate. You should not inform the council at all about the tablet, other wise they will take it off you. I took it from them, they are hiding something. There is also a symbol in the middle of the tablet. The council want to keep something from us Rupert. I took it for Buffy's sake; now translate it for Buffy's sake.
Signed Merrick.
P.S. Tell Buffy I'm sorry.

"Sorry for what?"

Giles put the letter down and dug his hands into the straw and pulled out the tablet. He nearly dropped it; the symbol was a pentagram with an "S" over the top. Giles couldn't believe it, the council probably knew a threat was coming and they didn't bother to warn them.

Giles looked carefully at the language; it was not a recent language. It looked like "Old Tongue" to Giles, but he would need to research.

Giles decided to keep this from Buffy until the right time came. All Giles wanted to know was what Merrick was sorry for. But it would have to wait.

Giles got out of his seat and walked out of his office.

Giles and Buffy had just arrived at Sunnydale hospital. They wanted to know if Faith was the Jane Dow in the paper.

Buffy was worried it was Faith that was Jane Dow more than ever now they had entered the hospital. Giles walked to reception. "Excuse me." Giles said.

The nurse looked up. "Yes, how may I help you?" The nurse asked.

"We are here to see if we can give you an ID on the Jane Dow found a few miles from the docks." Giles told the nurse.

The nurse looked straight at them. "The one in the coma?"

"Yes."

The nurse typed on her computer. Buffy started to get a bit impatient. Who wouldn't at a time like this?

The nurse turned. "Third floor, room 12. There should be a doctor on the floor you could identify her too."

Giles thanked her and they both set off to the stairs. The elevators were out of order. The visitors ones were anyway, not the Emergency ones. Buffy felt more nervous now.

They reached the third floor. They found a doctor. "Excuse me, we are here to try to give an ID on the Jane Dow in room 12."

The doctor looked at them. She looked very curious. "Do you have a missing daughter, cousin sister?" Asked the doctor.

Buffy stepped forward. "Look, one of my friends is missing so we would like to see her lady."

The doctor was taken back by this. "Ok, follow me."

The doctor led them to room 12. She opened the door and let them in. Inside smelled of disinfectant. The smell cleared Buffy's nostrils. There was a heart monitor, a drip and Faith lying on the bed. Both Giles and Buffy nearly cursed. "Do you know her?" Asked the doctor.

Giles looked at her with regret. "Her name is Faith. I take care of her."

"Ok, her last name?"

Buffy looked at her. "She never told us her last name." Buffy answered.

"Well, her coma is a mystery. She has no head injuries, no drug overdose and no alcohol in her system. She is a very healthy girl but yet she somehow fell into a coma."

Giles and Buffy looked just as bewildered. "Also, we looked into her wallet. Inside was no ID, $10 and a phone number, but the guy refused to ID her as he is in Brooklyn." Buffy looked at her. "Faith never told us about a guy in Brooklyn."

"Did he leave his name?" Giles asked.

"Yeah, a Mr. Robert Blakeson."

Giles looked shocked. He knew the name Blakeson. "My god."

"Do you know that name sir?"

Giles looked at her like he had just snapped out of a daydream. "Um, no. No I don't know that name. Come on Buffy we have to go."

Buffy protested. "But Giles."

"NOW." Giles ordered.

Buffy followed Giles out of the room. The doctor first made him sign some forms about his medical insurance. Then they left the hospital. Buffy was getting a bit angry now. "Giles, you know that name, tell me what it is."

"At the library, come on."

Buffy sat at the Library table waiting for Giles to come back from his office. Buffy knew that Giles had some information to tell her about this man Faith knows. Giles never usually kept stuff from Buffy before since she died. Giles didn't tell her she was going to die.

Giles walked in holding a book and two cups of tea. He laid the book down then gave Buffy her tea. Giles opened the book at a page. "Now understand Buffy, I was sworn to secrecy about this so it never leaves this room. Understand?"

Buffy looked confused she felt confused. "Yeah, I understand." Buffy replied.

Giles got ready. "Now Buffy. The Blakeson's are a family of warriors, strength and skill passed down through every male generation of their family. They never give up without a fight and always keep their concentration on the task at hand. But they have a weakness." Buffy looked at him. "What?"

"They will no longer exist if they don't breed another male. Their weakness is is women. Sorry to tell you this, they were known for raping women and raising the child they bare. Then they killed the mother. They also killed the child if it was a girl."

Buffy took it all in. Buffy knew Faith slept with a lot of guys, but not a warrior who wants a son.

"What do they do with there strength Giles?"

Giles looked very serious. "They hunt slayers."

Buffy was more shocked than ever, Faith probably never knew that a Slayer hunter was probably after her. "Is that all they hunt?" Buffy asked.

"Some have been known to join forces with the slayer to hunt down Vampires. But the council now forbid it, as they don't trust the Blakeson's anymore. One killed a Slayer twelve years ago and since then the council don't trust them." Giles explained to Buffy.

Buffy couldn't believe that Giles had kept this from her. "Why didn't you tell me that there was something other than vampires that hunt Slayers?"

Giles looked a bit guilty to Buffy. He felt guilty. "The last we heard, the Blakeson's were whipped out by the council. They didn't want future slayers knowing about them. I'm sorry I kept this from you Buffy. I know you don't like me keeping things from you since the prophecy with the Master. But I thought the Blakeson's were whipped out."

Buffy gave a small smile. "It's Ok, its not like your keeping anything else from me."

Giles avoided eye contact, he is keeping something from her. The stone tablet Merrick had sent him was lying in his office. "Besides, I'll find whoever did this to Faith and kill what ever it is." Buffy told Giles.

"Be careful Buffy. Whatever did this to Faith is strong; I want you to patrol with Angel from now on. We now know he is safe to be around and he will protect you."

Buffy understood why Giles asked her to patrol with Angel, Angel was the only person, well not a person, Buffy was safe with these days. Only a year ago Angel had turned Evil due to one moment of true happiness with Buffy. If it were not for Willow, Angel may still be Evil without his soul.

"Ok Giles, I stick with Angel. I'll tell the guys to watch themselves." Buffy told Giles and left the library.

"So that's the story guys, so I don't want you patrolling with me till this thing with Faith is over." Buffy told Xander, Oz and Willow.

Buffy had explained to them about Faith in her coma and that it was too dangerous for them to hang around with Buffy while she patrolled till it was over. She didn't explain about the Blakeson's

Willow looked concerned for Buffy. "Are you sure, I could do a spell to find out what is doing this to Faith. And then we will be safe again."

"Are yes, safety. The thing were we are all ok to party and not worry about demons and, demons. Sorry Will I can't remember the last time we were all safe." Xander told Willow in a sarcastic tone.

Oz just stared taking in everything being said. "Ok Xander I'm not Cordelia." Willow told Xander.

"Sorry Will, habit."

"Yes, and you have other bad habits don't you Xander." Said Cordelia who came out of nowhere.

Xander was straining for an insult to throw back at her. "Ah its Cordelia, the Hooker of the century. Who works for free as daddy pays her wages for her." Said Xander with a smile of achievement on his face.

"At least I wear brand name outfits Xander. Not nock offs that you can get for $10 on the streets." "My shirt say "Adidas" on the front Cor, it sounds like a brand name to me."

"Well it is a nock off as the dot is missing from the top of the "I". Also, Adidas to you means 'All Day I Dream About Sex' as all you can do now is Dream Xander." Cordelia said then walked off in her own triumph of beating Xander again.

Xander looked at her in disbelief that she had beaten him again.
Buffy turned and
looked at Xander. "She is right you know." Buffy told Xander.

"I don't. Well a little but what guy doesn't dream about."

"No, the dot on the "I" is missing Xander." Buffy told Xander.

Xander turned to see Willow trying not to laugh. "Oh. Well my dad bought it not me."

Xander saw that Oz's arm was around Willow's shoulder. Xander was happy that Willow and Oz had kissed and maked up. Xander was still a bit awkward being around Oz ever since he had kissed Willow with Oz watching the whole thing. Xander was happy that his best friend who he had known all his life had got her boyfriend back. While he was single again since Cordelia had been nothing but a pain but Xander knew he deserved I every minute of it. But Cordelia has the gift of not using her brain before saying a sentence.

"Anyway, I will be busy at night again so you guys can go to the Bronze alone tonight. I'll drop by if me and Angel decided to call it a night."

"Sure but you may miss my band. Were playing tonight." Oz informed Buffy.

"Sorry Oz, evil dwells during my social time. Well, we have to go to Biology and hand in my project."

Buffy walked off with her friends at her side.

Samoht sat on an old chair with Maria at his side. Samoht's minions were putting him on the Sunnydale High computer. Samoht would start school the next day. "Are you done Charles?"

"Almost. Your student name is Sam Smith, you were born December 15th 1980 in London, and you have spent your whole life in the US as your father was in the Royal Navy and you were sent to New York and you are now transferred to Sunnydale. I'm now sending test grades and a letter of recommendation."

Samoht looked impressed. "Well done Charles. You are by far the most important of my minions. What about school equipment?" Samoht asked.

Charles looked at his master. "Its on its way. We ordered it off the Internet. Should be here any minute with lunch." Every one laughed at Charles's comment.

"No, you will not eat him. We are trying to keep a low profile. Killing common people near our hideout will lure the slayer to where we are. So we will let him go."

Every one looked angry, they had gone three nights without a meal to free Samoht, and not all of them got a meal at the docks. They felt it was unfair. "But master, I haven't eaten for three nights and."

He stopped when Samoht turned with his vampire face on. He grabbed the vampire's neck and lifted him in the air. "I love moving to one place to the next in less than a second. Is the poor baby hungry? I went for over a century without a drop of blood and you are complaining about three days. Your too weak to work for me." Samoht put his hand through his chest and squeezed his heart.

The vampire exploded into a cloud of dust. Samoht turned and blew a handful of dust of his hand. "You all see the penalty for arguing with me or disobeying me. In less than a week, the Brimon will be summoned and this town and all its inhabitants will belong to us. Then you will get all the blood you need. But until then, we do things my way. My way is putting this second slayer of guard to use her to summon the Brimon without her realising."

Charles cut in. "Sir, the Watchers council is the only place with records books and."

"And what will her watcher have Charles?" Samoht asked Charles.

"Books of history."

Samoht smiled at Charles. "Well done. I will read her watcher's books. Remember what happened at the council when I turned you?" Samoht asked Charles.

Charles smiled and laughed a little. He thought hard to remember every detail.

Watchers Council (London) 1787 Samoht and Charles walked through the old Roman Sewers under the Watchers Council; Samoht had studied Charles's books on Under Ground Sewage systems of London to find the correct route and location of the Watchers Council. "Charles, from this point on, no talking.

We are directly under the Council; we are looking for facts on the Brimon." Samoht told Charles.

Charles nodded. Samoht looked up and mumbled a spell, a hole appeared leading to a corridor. Samoht climbed up with Charles following behind. The floor was a bright white marble. There were flame torches on the walls lighting up the corridor. There were oak wood doors down the corridor. Each one with a sign on the front saying what room it is. There was a Meeting Room, Head Councillor Office and the Record Room.

The Record Room is what they were looking for; they needed records on the Brimon. Charles started forward but was blocked by Samoht's arm. "Reveal." Samoht ordered. Instantly a wall of purple magic appeared. "I did warn you Charles. You have much to learn. The Council will summon any creature or magic they need to protect the records of the Brimon."

Samoht muttered something under his breath and the wall disappeared. Samoht and Charles walked forward to the door of the Record Room; there was no handle. Charles went to Samoht's ear. "How do we enter master?" Charles whispered.

Samoht looked at him. "Ok, don't call me master. I hate people calling me that, just call me sir. To enter, we need to speak a password."

Charles was taking in every thing Samoht said. "How do we get the Password sir?" Samoht smiled. "We don't need to know the password. All you need to do is." Samoht didn't carry on, but Charles watched as the door vanished. Charles smiled. "How did you."

"That dies with me, if I could die."

They entered the room to find piles of papers inside compartments covered in cobwebs. Samoht picked up a flame torch from the corridor so he could see better in the room. There were no letters on the shelves, indicating that they were not put in order of date, number or alphabetically. "This may take a while Charles." Samoht told Charles.

They started the search; Samoht found lots on demons and hell dimensions. Samoht found a piece of parchment that interested him so he placed it inside his coat. Samoht carried on looking for Brimon papers. Charles came up holding a star chart. "Sir, I found this, it appears to tell people who the next Slayer will be and how they will die." Charles told Samoht.

Samoht grabbed the Chart and smiled. "Good Charles, this may come in very useful. Well done, but keep looking for Brimon records, I will hang on to this."

Charles went off and Samoht place the Chart into his coat. They found nothing else for a while, Samoht was getting impatient. Samoht always knew patients was a good thing, but not when the council would be full of people in about three hours. Nothing was found on Brimon's or on how to summon them. Samoht then picked up a scroll, it had nothing to do with the Brimon, it was something else that interested Samoht, and he stuffed it in his pocket and carried on. Samoht was considering looking somewhere else when it happened. The door shut and the whole room went red. Samoht turned to see Charles had walked into another magical field. "Charles you idiot. We can't look now."

Charles looked guilty but Samoht didn't want him dead. "Sorry."

Samoht grabbed him and dragged him across the room. There were footsteps heard outside the door. "Careful now." Said a voice. "We don't know what is inside, it could be dangerous." The voice continued. "Open the door."

Samoht watched as the door vanished and men with crossbows and crosses ran into the room and surrounded Samoht and Charles. "Well, just a couple of Vampires, kill them." Ordered the leader who Samoht had heard outside the door.

An arrow hit Samoht in the heart, nothing happened. "Ouch, that hurts a lot. Do you like it when someone puts a arrow through your heart?" Samoht asked. Samoht grabbed the arrow and through it into the heart of the leader. The man died slowly. "Guess he didn't." Samoht answered his own question. The men where looking a little confused and worried. One put a cross right in front of Samoht. Samoht grabbed it and held it. "Nice cross." Samoht grabbed the man and twisted his neck, the man went limp and fell to the ground. Samoht smiled. "No more games." Samoht said. Samoht bowed his head. "God of fire, God of wind, God of fear, bring forth your power and your fury. Punish those that breathe mortal air." Samoht's eyes turned Black. "Let the unholy go free, while the holy breath no more."

The men suddenly stated to make a choking sound, they couldn't breathe. Charles smiled at the suffering. Samoht picked up one of the men. "You will live, give the head councillor a message, tell him that Samoht will rule all." Samoht told the man.

The man ran off while the other died of suffocation. "I love watching a slow death, don't you Charles?"

Charles smiled. "Yes sir, very entertaining."

Samoht agreed. "Come on, they will send more men soon, will have to research else where." Samoht noticed that Charles grabbed something that looked like a star chart. "What is that?" Samoht asked.

"I believe it is the Chart they use to see who the next slayer is, I will see further when we leave."

"Fine lets go."

Samoht and Charles went back through the sewage systems and back into London.

Sunnydale 1999 Buffy and Angel had been walking around Sunnydale for an hour now. Buffy hadn't seen anything for almost a week, Buffy wished the Vamps would make up their minds on whether to kill or stay at home. Buffy had to switch which hand held the stake every ten minutes, as her hand would get sweaty and uncomfortable. Angel kept the same stake in the same hand, as Vampires don't sweat.

"Are you ok Buffy?" Angel asked.

Buffy had just jumped back to reality. "Um, oh yeah. I'm fine." Buffy paused. "Its just."

"Just what?" Angel asked with concern.

"This Faith thing. Did she know who attacked her, and did she know that this Blakeson guy is a slayer hunter? It just scares me a little." Buffy confessed.

Angel looked more concerned and hugged her. He wanted to stay with her for as long as possible, to be there for her and protect her at all times. Be there for her and never leave her. Angel though had his doubt as this symbol Buffy dreamed seemed familiar and evil to Angel.

"Buffy, I'll be here for you till this is over, you know I will. Your friends will back you up as well." Angel assured Buffy.

"Thanks." Buffy said to Angel.

Buffy heard a twig snap in the distance. They both ran to the sound. The wind rushed by Buffy's ear as she ran with stake in hand. She heard Angel right behind her. Buffy was slowing down when a fist hit her in the check. A vampire came forward wearing Sunnydale docks uniform. Angel jumped up, landed on top of the Vampire, and stated to fight. The Vamp punched Angel off and turned his attention to Buffy, she jumped to her feet with stake in hand. "Ready to die Girlie." The vampire said.

"As ready as I'll ever be." Buffy replied.

Buffy looked at the Vamps uniform. The nametag read Jack. "Good, not me, my master will see you soon. He asked me to give you this."

Jack held out a piece of old paper. Buffy grabbed it and watched as he exploded into a cloud of dust. Angel was behind him with a stake in his hand. "Are you ok?" Angel asked.

"Yeah." Buffy placed her hand on her cheek. "I'll probably have a bruise on my cheek tomorrow." Buffy told Angel.

Angel looked at the paper. "What is that?" Angel asked.

Buffy unfolded the small paper and instantly dropped it. It was a picture of the symbol Buffy had seen in her dream. The pentagram with an "S" over the top. Angel picked up the paper and smelled it. "Its been drawn with Blood." Angel told Buffy.

Buffy knew that something big was coming to get her, something soon.