Disclaimer: see previous chapters.
We'll get to the fic in a second but first I want to give some props to some people:
Danamel99 for kicking me in the butt and telling me that I need to get back to writing because there might actually be people out there who want to read this.
Mad props to: echo of the cranky pants, Lisette, Marcus Rowland, Capt40 and a few others for writing some damn good stories. You guys are part of the reason I have such a hard time writing my own stuff, I get distracted and end up reading your stuff.
Now that that is over, on to the fic!
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Chapter 6: Looking For Answers
Mike stumbled down the sewers that only the day before he had been walking down with his new childe. His arm hung limply at his side from where the Slayer had broken it. He knew that it would heal soon enough but the thought of an angry Sasha scared him more than the thought of a few broken bones.
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The next day was Sunday and everyone tried their best to find out some information on the Hellmouth's new citizen but came up with nothing and by Monday everyone spent most of the day wondering about who or what Evan was.
Spike said he would check with the local demons and see what info they could get although he assured Buffy that he was not sure if anyone was going to talk especially with everything going on with The First in town. Dawn wanted to go with the vampire but Buffy said she was going to school.
Buffy sat at her desk and sipped a cup of coffee trying to look busy, when Principal Robin Wood poked his head into the office. "Buffy you have a call on line one. I believe its Xander."
She thanked him and picked up the phone, "Xander what did you find out?"
"He's not here Buffy. I asked the other guys and they say they haven't seen him. I'm thinking he's skipped town or laying low," Xander said sounding disappointed
She let out a sigh and stared through the blinds of her cubicle at the students walking to class. "If he's like anything else we've encountered in Sunnydale, I'm betting he's not gone. I'm thinking probably agent of The First, or something like that. Probably like that demon chick that had you strung up over the Hellmouth, just a male version." "And thank you so much for reminding me of my failed social life. Do you really think this guy is bad news? I mean he did kill those vamps."
Buffy grinned at her friend's words and took a moment to think it over, "Xan I don't know. He didn't give off that scary I'm-here-to-kill-you-all vibe that I usually get. He actually seemed.I don't know.lonely."
They talked for a little while longer before Xander said he had to get back to work and they both agreed that they should probably meet that evening when Giles got back from his little weekend outing with all of the Potentials.
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Of course while everyone else speculated, Willow actually had more luck then the rest of them gathering information on their new visitor. She used some of the work records that Xander had provided her from the construction company in her search. Hacking into census records and FBI files, she came to find out something incredible: Evan Campbell did not exist or rather he did, unfortunately he had died a year ago and was buried in Oregon. That meant that their Evan was someone else.
Willow logged off her computer and sat back in the chair she was sitting in and stretched. She leaned forward and rested her chin on the back of her clasped hands. "Who are you," she said staring ahead with a distant look.
The mental picture of those sad blue eyes had filled her thoughts for most of the weekend as well as the wide smile framed by the goatee-surrounded mouth. Then there was the thought of the glowing blue sword passing through her throat and that snapped her out of her revere.
She glanced up at the clock on the wall, "Nuts," she said realizing that if she did not hurry she was going to be late for class.
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All the Scoobies had gathered that evening after work and classes to wait for Giles to return. They were in the midst of discussing what Willow of found or rather what she hadn't when the front door burst open to admit a chattering bunch of girls followed by Giles loaded down with backpacks and overnight bags. Buffy and Dawn could not stifle a giggle and Xander walked over, "We didn't even hear that rental van you got pull up. Little help there G-Man?"
"Yes if you don't mind," the former Watcher said as the young man took some of the largest bags from Giles and sat them by the stairs. Giles looked around at the faces and knew something was wrong, "Alright what happened? No. Wait a moment."
He left the room and returned a moment later with a glass of water and what looked like two aspirin. Walking over to an empty chair he sat down, he let out a sigh. "Something wrong Giles," Dawn said with concern in her voice.
"Oh? Its nothing." Putting the pills in his mouth he washed them down and sat the glass on the coffee table. "Riding in a van full of teenage girls for two hours tends to give one a slight headache, especially when the topics of conversation ranged from nail care while staking to who was the cutest boy band," Giles said massaging his temples.
"So who won," said Anya.
"Hmm.oh I really don't know. I sort of zoned out before they came to a consensus. Anyway you all seem to be gathered here for a reason and seeing as the television is not on I'm assuming it's probably related to something nefarious."
"Got it in one," the petite Slayer said and began to relate everything that had happened over the last few days, everything from Xander's fall to what happened at The Bronze. Giles sighed and shook his head in frustration at the group's choice of having a night out instead of patrolling.
"But if we hadn't been, several people would have died instead of just three having to go to the hospital for puncture wounds to the neck."
Seeing the logic in what she was saying he took his glasses off and began to polish them, "Well yes, I guess that's true. Do continue."
Willow then told of her incident on the dance floor with the glowing blade passing through her neck and killing the vampire behind her. Giles was now very interested and leaned forward in his seat as Buffy finished the story by telling of how she witnessed Evan dust six vampires single-handedly with the same glowing blue sword, then left without saying anything else. Then there was the issue of his weird fighting style.
Giles leaned back in the chair with a thoughtful look on his face. "Most interesting," he said standing up. Taking off his glasses he began to clean the already spotless lenses with a handkerchief from his pocket. He knew his glasses were already clean but he found it helped him to focus his thoughts. Plus his vision being as bad as it was it kept him from being distracted by the looks on the faces around him. "I believe I ran across a mention of a sword similar to what you are talking about in a book. I do believe the book we need is back at my flat. I'll just go and get it."
He got up to leave and Buffy followed close behind him to the foyer.
"And Giles?"
"Yes Buffy?"
"You might want to consider taking a shower cause.well.you've got forest funk. I didn't want to say anything at first but." said Buffy quietly with a scrunched up nose.
"Yes, well, thank you for not pointing that out in front of the others. It was a long weekend," Giles said somewhat embarrassed at it being pointed out that he smelled bad.
Buffy saw that she had hurt his feelings and immediately felt sorry for saying it the way she did, "I'm sorry Giles, but I didn't want you to embarrass yourself in front of the others."
Hesitating a moment before he replied, Giles finally grinned a little, "I guess you did have my best interests at heart."
"That's me sensitive and caring Slayer. When you get back you can tell me what you guys did. I'm sure it was fascinating."
Giving a snort, Giles just grimaced, "Not really. I believe the highpoints were Rona and Molly arguing and Amanda falling into poison ivy."
The Slayer smiled turned to leave, "I'm just glad you're back. Now maybe we can nail down where this guys is," she said over her shoulder.
Nodding Giles opened the front door just in time to see a large young man standing before him with his arm raised like he was about to knock.
"Um, hi."
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Mike the vampire stood before Sasha and knew that if his heart still functioned it would probably be about to bust out of his chest. He knew he was just a human but the amount of power this human seemed to have emanate from him, made Mike feel a healthy amount of respect was in order.
"Tell me Mike, what happened," said Sasha with a gracious wave of his hands.
The vampire felt as if he were on a stage preparing to perform and took a moment to collect his thoughts. Sasha stood in his expansive room within the warehouse with only one of his other associates standing nearby. Mike wondered where the others were but Sasha clearing his throat and looking expectantly at him brought that line thinking to a screeching halt. "We um, that is me and some of the other vampires did as you asked and went out The Bronze to stir up some trouble. Things were going pretty well until The Slayer showed up with her crew and there was this other guy. He had like this glowing sword like a lightsaber from Star Wars but there was no humming or anything and it looked like a regular sword. Didn't matter anyway because he killed six fledglings in no time with it. He must be new in town because I've never seen him before. I ran into The Slayer on the way out and if she hadn't of been preoccupied I probably would have gotten more than a broken arm." Mike paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. His arm was almost entirely healed but that didn't make it hurt any less.
Sasha looked at the vampire patiently, "Anything else Mike?"
The vampire thought for a moment before recall hit him, "Yeah the weird guy, he had this weird fighting style. I don't know what you would call it looked more like he was dancing then fighting but I saw him put a kick on Jimmy right before he staked him that looked like it would have knocked the fangs right out your head."
"Is that all?"
"That's all boss. After I saw all that I got out as quick as a I could. There's no way I could have taken out The Slayer and her crew by myself plus I thought you would want to know about this," said the vampire lying through his fangs.
Sasha turned and walked to his chair and sat down looking the vampire in the face. "Tell me Mike if you were in such a hurry to get this information to me, why did it take you so long to get to me?"
Mike felt that if he had to breathe he'd be hyperventilating right now, "Well you see The Slayer also broke my leg and I uh barely got away and then had to hide in the sewers and it's a long way from there to here and."
Seated in his chair, Sasha just raised his hand to stop Mike's rambling, "It is okay Mike. I know that things like this happen."
The vampire visibly relaxed but when he opened his eyes again he found himself staring at the face of Sasha directly in front of him. Sasha grabbed Mike's head in both hands forcing him to look him in the eye. Mike almost lost all bladder control looking in to the piercing blue eyes of his boss. "If you ever lie to me again I will make sure that you will know the true meaning of pain beyond that you feel in your arm."
Letting him go Sasha walked slowly back to his chair, "You may go Mike," the vampire heard him say without even turning to look at him. Sasha stood there for moment, seeming to contemplate the situation. "He is here Silvio, we now know that for sure. Now it is just a matter of making him come to us."
The Latino man moved to the liquor cabinet on the opposite side of the room and poured himself and his employer a brandy. "He is brave and young but far from stupid. I believe that is why he has come to Sunnydale to enlist he aid of the Slayer. Of course if we act quickly we could crush them both."
Sasha nodded his head and was but about to speak but was interrupted, "Now you know I would not like it if you did that," said a voice from the shadows of the room.
Both of the men turned to look as a petite young woman walked from the shadows to stand before them. "Where would be the fun in that," said Buffy Summers with a smirk of malice.
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Ooo creepy! Okay anyone who's watched the series and has half a brain knows what's up but those of you that don't you're just going to have to stay tuned. I fit a lot of stuff into this chapter because I figured I owed you guys for not writing for the past few months. Hopefully I will update more often in the future. Ciao!!
We'll get to the fic in a second but first I want to give some props to some people:
Danamel99 for kicking me in the butt and telling me that I need to get back to writing because there might actually be people out there who want to read this.
Mad props to: echo of the cranky pants, Lisette, Marcus Rowland, Capt40 and a few others for writing some damn good stories. You guys are part of the reason I have such a hard time writing my own stuff, I get distracted and end up reading your stuff.
Now that that is over, on to the fic!
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Chapter 6: Looking For Answers
Mike stumbled down the sewers that only the day before he had been walking down with his new childe. His arm hung limply at his side from where the Slayer had broken it. He knew that it would heal soon enough but the thought of an angry Sasha scared him more than the thought of a few broken bones.
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The next day was Sunday and everyone tried their best to find out some information on the Hellmouth's new citizen but came up with nothing and by Monday everyone spent most of the day wondering about who or what Evan was.
Spike said he would check with the local demons and see what info they could get although he assured Buffy that he was not sure if anyone was going to talk especially with everything going on with The First in town. Dawn wanted to go with the vampire but Buffy said she was going to school.
Buffy sat at her desk and sipped a cup of coffee trying to look busy, when Principal Robin Wood poked his head into the office. "Buffy you have a call on line one. I believe its Xander."
She thanked him and picked up the phone, "Xander what did you find out?"
"He's not here Buffy. I asked the other guys and they say they haven't seen him. I'm thinking he's skipped town or laying low," Xander said sounding disappointed
She let out a sigh and stared through the blinds of her cubicle at the students walking to class. "If he's like anything else we've encountered in Sunnydale, I'm betting he's not gone. I'm thinking probably agent of The First, or something like that. Probably like that demon chick that had you strung up over the Hellmouth, just a male version." "And thank you so much for reminding me of my failed social life. Do you really think this guy is bad news? I mean he did kill those vamps."
Buffy grinned at her friend's words and took a moment to think it over, "Xan I don't know. He didn't give off that scary I'm-here-to-kill-you-all vibe that I usually get. He actually seemed.I don't know.lonely."
They talked for a little while longer before Xander said he had to get back to work and they both agreed that they should probably meet that evening when Giles got back from his little weekend outing with all of the Potentials.
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Of course while everyone else speculated, Willow actually had more luck then the rest of them gathering information on their new visitor. She used some of the work records that Xander had provided her from the construction company in her search. Hacking into census records and FBI files, she came to find out something incredible: Evan Campbell did not exist or rather he did, unfortunately he had died a year ago and was buried in Oregon. That meant that their Evan was someone else.
Willow logged off her computer and sat back in the chair she was sitting in and stretched. She leaned forward and rested her chin on the back of her clasped hands. "Who are you," she said staring ahead with a distant look.
The mental picture of those sad blue eyes had filled her thoughts for most of the weekend as well as the wide smile framed by the goatee-surrounded mouth. Then there was the thought of the glowing blue sword passing through her throat and that snapped her out of her revere.
She glanced up at the clock on the wall, "Nuts," she said realizing that if she did not hurry she was going to be late for class.
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All the Scoobies had gathered that evening after work and classes to wait for Giles to return. They were in the midst of discussing what Willow of found or rather what she hadn't when the front door burst open to admit a chattering bunch of girls followed by Giles loaded down with backpacks and overnight bags. Buffy and Dawn could not stifle a giggle and Xander walked over, "We didn't even hear that rental van you got pull up. Little help there G-Man?"
"Yes if you don't mind," the former Watcher said as the young man took some of the largest bags from Giles and sat them by the stairs. Giles looked around at the faces and knew something was wrong, "Alright what happened? No. Wait a moment."
He left the room and returned a moment later with a glass of water and what looked like two aspirin. Walking over to an empty chair he sat down, he let out a sigh. "Something wrong Giles," Dawn said with concern in her voice.
"Oh? Its nothing." Putting the pills in his mouth he washed them down and sat the glass on the coffee table. "Riding in a van full of teenage girls for two hours tends to give one a slight headache, especially when the topics of conversation ranged from nail care while staking to who was the cutest boy band," Giles said massaging his temples.
"So who won," said Anya.
"Hmm.oh I really don't know. I sort of zoned out before they came to a consensus. Anyway you all seem to be gathered here for a reason and seeing as the television is not on I'm assuming it's probably related to something nefarious."
"Got it in one," the petite Slayer said and began to relate everything that had happened over the last few days, everything from Xander's fall to what happened at The Bronze. Giles sighed and shook his head in frustration at the group's choice of having a night out instead of patrolling.
"But if we hadn't been, several people would have died instead of just three having to go to the hospital for puncture wounds to the neck."
Seeing the logic in what she was saying he took his glasses off and began to polish them, "Well yes, I guess that's true. Do continue."
Willow then told of her incident on the dance floor with the glowing blade passing through her neck and killing the vampire behind her. Giles was now very interested and leaned forward in his seat as Buffy finished the story by telling of how she witnessed Evan dust six vampires single-handedly with the same glowing blue sword, then left without saying anything else. Then there was the issue of his weird fighting style.
Giles leaned back in the chair with a thoughtful look on his face. "Most interesting," he said standing up. Taking off his glasses he began to clean the already spotless lenses with a handkerchief from his pocket. He knew his glasses were already clean but he found it helped him to focus his thoughts. Plus his vision being as bad as it was it kept him from being distracted by the looks on the faces around him. "I believe I ran across a mention of a sword similar to what you are talking about in a book. I do believe the book we need is back at my flat. I'll just go and get it."
He got up to leave and Buffy followed close behind him to the foyer.
"And Giles?"
"Yes Buffy?"
"You might want to consider taking a shower cause.well.you've got forest funk. I didn't want to say anything at first but." said Buffy quietly with a scrunched up nose.
"Yes, well, thank you for not pointing that out in front of the others. It was a long weekend," Giles said somewhat embarrassed at it being pointed out that he smelled bad.
Buffy saw that she had hurt his feelings and immediately felt sorry for saying it the way she did, "I'm sorry Giles, but I didn't want you to embarrass yourself in front of the others."
Hesitating a moment before he replied, Giles finally grinned a little, "I guess you did have my best interests at heart."
"That's me sensitive and caring Slayer. When you get back you can tell me what you guys did. I'm sure it was fascinating."
Giving a snort, Giles just grimaced, "Not really. I believe the highpoints were Rona and Molly arguing and Amanda falling into poison ivy."
The Slayer smiled turned to leave, "I'm just glad you're back. Now maybe we can nail down where this guys is," she said over her shoulder.
Nodding Giles opened the front door just in time to see a large young man standing before him with his arm raised like he was about to knock.
"Um, hi."
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Mike the vampire stood before Sasha and knew that if his heart still functioned it would probably be about to bust out of his chest. He knew he was just a human but the amount of power this human seemed to have emanate from him, made Mike feel a healthy amount of respect was in order.
"Tell me Mike, what happened," said Sasha with a gracious wave of his hands.
The vampire felt as if he were on a stage preparing to perform and took a moment to collect his thoughts. Sasha stood in his expansive room within the warehouse with only one of his other associates standing nearby. Mike wondered where the others were but Sasha clearing his throat and looking expectantly at him brought that line thinking to a screeching halt. "We um, that is me and some of the other vampires did as you asked and went out The Bronze to stir up some trouble. Things were going pretty well until The Slayer showed up with her crew and there was this other guy. He had like this glowing sword like a lightsaber from Star Wars but there was no humming or anything and it looked like a regular sword. Didn't matter anyway because he killed six fledglings in no time with it. He must be new in town because I've never seen him before. I ran into The Slayer on the way out and if she hadn't of been preoccupied I probably would have gotten more than a broken arm." Mike paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. His arm was almost entirely healed but that didn't make it hurt any less.
Sasha looked at the vampire patiently, "Anything else Mike?"
The vampire thought for a moment before recall hit him, "Yeah the weird guy, he had this weird fighting style. I don't know what you would call it looked more like he was dancing then fighting but I saw him put a kick on Jimmy right before he staked him that looked like it would have knocked the fangs right out your head."
"Is that all?"
"That's all boss. After I saw all that I got out as quick as a I could. There's no way I could have taken out The Slayer and her crew by myself plus I thought you would want to know about this," said the vampire lying through his fangs.
Sasha turned and walked to his chair and sat down looking the vampire in the face. "Tell me Mike if you were in such a hurry to get this information to me, why did it take you so long to get to me?"
Mike felt that if he had to breathe he'd be hyperventilating right now, "Well you see The Slayer also broke my leg and I uh barely got away and then had to hide in the sewers and it's a long way from there to here and."
Seated in his chair, Sasha just raised his hand to stop Mike's rambling, "It is okay Mike. I know that things like this happen."
The vampire visibly relaxed but when he opened his eyes again he found himself staring at the face of Sasha directly in front of him. Sasha grabbed Mike's head in both hands forcing him to look him in the eye. Mike almost lost all bladder control looking in to the piercing blue eyes of his boss. "If you ever lie to me again I will make sure that you will know the true meaning of pain beyond that you feel in your arm."
Letting him go Sasha walked slowly back to his chair, "You may go Mike," the vampire heard him say without even turning to look at him. Sasha stood there for moment, seeming to contemplate the situation. "He is here Silvio, we now know that for sure. Now it is just a matter of making him come to us."
The Latino man moved to the liquor cabinet on the opposite side of the room and poured himself and his employer a brandy. "He is brave and young but far from stupid. I believe that is why he has come to Sunnydale to enlist he aid of the Slayer. Of course if we act quickly we could crush them both."
Sasha nodded his head and was but about to speak but was interrupted, "Now you know I would not like it if you did that," said a voice from the shadows of the room.
Both of the men turned to look as a petite young woman walked from the shadows to stand before them. "Where would be the fun in that," said Buffy Summers with a smirk of malice.
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Ooo creepy! Okay anyone who's watched the series and has half a brain knows what's up but those of you that don't you're just going to have to stay tuned. I fit a lot of stuff into this chapter because I figured I owed you guys for not writing for the past few months. Hopefully I will update more often in the future. Ciao!!