Chapter II.
Library, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy & Willow made their way into the library, at the end of their first class, trying to find out whether Giles had turned up yet, as he wasn't there first thing this morning. Finding a strange gentlemen sitting at the library table, reading through Giles's watcher diary.
"Excuse me who are you?" Buffy asked with her hands on her hips.
"Ah Miss Summers & I presume this is Miss Rosenberg." He stated & Buffy nodded. "My name is Quentin Travers, I am representive from the Watcher's Council I was sent to observe, the interactions between two active slayers, & a group of civilians."
"Where is Giles?" Willow asked.
"He had a meeting with Principal Snyder this morning, & he should be returning any moment now." Quentin replied spotting Giles, coming through the library door. "Ah here is Giles now."
"Buffy Willow can I help you?" Giles asked as they turned around.
"We just want to check you were ok." Buffy replied seriously. "We arrived this morning first thing, finding you weren't here & we just wanted to check you were ok that's all."
"Mr Travers arrived here last night, we spent the night talking about times in London, he was my mentor within the council after I returned after my 'Ripper' stage." Giles replied. "& before you ask, I have checked with the Council this morning that he is still with the Council & his mission here is official."
"Ok if there is nothing else." Buffy asked & neither gentlemen nodded. "Then we had better get going or we will be late for classes, you want us to come by this afternoon, Amy says she is interested in joining our little group & helping with our battle."
"Well all help is appreciated." Giles answered.
"She also offered all the magical equipment, she had found of her mothers since she disappeared." Willow answered seriously.
"Ok that could be useful." Giles answered as the two girls left. "So what do you think?"
"She be useful in the grand scheme of things." Quentin replied. "This Amy who is she?"
"Amy Elizabeth Madison, classmate of Buffy, Willow & Xander." Giles replied. "Her mother was the witch I reported in the 'Cheerleader Report', it seems Amy has inherited her mother's abilities, I thought it best that we monitor her growing magic."
"Sensible enough we need to know what their abilities are." Quentin answered seriously. "Both her & Miss Rosenberg, we need to monitor their magics, so we control what they know & use."
"Agreed." Giles replied. "I think the most powerful magic either has used, is when Willow ensouled Angelus again last Summer."
"Yes well that wasn't the best he should have been killed." Quentin replied.
"Yes would have been best, but he was threatening to ending the world, & Buffy wasn't capable of killing the one she used to love." Giles replied. "it wasn't our best move, but we thought it would have been our best move."
"We & it killed a loyal slayer." Quentin replied. "Things round here are going to have to change."
* * *
Horace Gordon's Office, Bureau 13 Headquarters, Location Unknown.
Horace sat behind his desk having spent the last couple of hours, reviewing the report from his teams activities, trying decide which would be best to send to Sunnydale to aid Alex & the others. Having learned that Alex, Rana & Amy with their friends, were basing their operation on top of America's & the world only active hellmouth, it maybe calm for now but they will need help eventually & he would rather have a team on standby.
His best option was one of his new team, Team Abstract his infiltration/intelligence gathering unit, but they had only been out of the academy for a year, & he would rather send in a more experienced team. But he knew there was no other choice for the moment, maybe sometime in the future that would change but for now they were his best option.
"Dimitri, can you come in here please." Horace called out.
"What can I do for you Horace?" Dimitri asked entering the office.
"I need you to summon Team Abstract I need to speak with them." Horace replied. "I need them to use their skills in Sunnydale, I believe they can aid Alex & her people, on their war against hell's deziens on top of the hellmouth."
"Agreed." Dimitri said leaving the office, using the office's intercom. "Team Abstract please report to Command, I repeat Team Abstract please report to command."
Minutes later Team Abstract enter command, their leader Lara Stabbings their team ninja, Cloe James & Ryan Mack the team's mages, Lucas Raven the team computer expert, Marcie Ross the team infiltration expert.
"You wanted to see us." Lara answered.
"Horace does." Dimitri replied pointing to Gordon's office.
"Sure thanks Dimitri." Lara answered, as the team made their way into Gordon's office. "You wanted to see us sir?"
"Yes I want to send your team on a mission." Horace said passing a set mission files to Lara who handed them out among the team. "The mission is too Sunnydale, I have agents in that town who are need of your support, they don't have the training you do."
"Ok." Ryan answered. "What is our job then?"
"Aid the agents in Sunnydale in gaining information, on those who control the darkness within that town, also the loyalties of the slayer's watcher & her allies." Horace replied & the team nodded. "When can you leave?"
"We will need a day to set new ID & a base of operations." Lucas replied.
"The Bureau has a safe house you can use for your base." Horace replied. "You will need to place agents within the town's city hall, & within the local high school, which is where the slayer runs her operation from & the library is built directly over the hellmouth."
"Understood." Ryan replied.
"Anything else we should know?" Lara asked.
"The agents I have in town, suspect that it's demon population has always been in control for an unknown amount of time." Horace answered. "You need to know who control the demons & vampire & why, & what their eventual plan is for the future & what threat they represent to the rest of world populous."
"We will do what we can." Lara answered.
* * *
Cafeteria, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
Amy entered just coming come out of algebra, & she was looking for Buffy & the others, they had agreed to met for lunch as they had different lessons, they seemed to want her to join them. When they had gone to the library this morning, they had found Giles wasn't there yet, so they were unsure what was going on.
Amy spotted Willow & Oz sitting together, after collecting her lunch she made her way over, finding Xander had joined them so far with Buffy back in the queue with Cordelia Chase.
"Hey guys mind I join you?" Amy asked indicating to a spare seat.
"Course not." Willow replied indicating to the open seat.
"Thanks." Amy replied taking the open seat. "So any luck with Giles turning up?"
"Yeah he was there during first break, apparently a representive from the council arrived last night, & he was meeting with him first thing this morning." Xander replied. "But he was glad to here that you survived last night, & welcomes your help in the future & would be grateful for any information you can supply."
"Good I will bring them back sometime, but I could do with some help bring the stuff here, some of the stuff is too big to bring back by hand." Amy replied & Oz nodded.
"I help you with that, using my van." Oz offered.
"Thanks that would make it easier." Amy replied as Buffy came over sitting down. "Hey Buffy how are things with you, classes ok this morning?"
"Yeah but the troll, is keeping such a tight leash on me, it is getting difficult to do anything without him or his favourites breathing down my neck." Buffy replied sipping her soda. "So how are things with you Amy, still wanting to join us in the fighting?"
"Of course." Amy replied smiling. "Oz just offered his van to help bring my mum's stuff to Giles, though I am not how much this will be any good to you, most of it is for defence."
Willow nodded in agreement. "Anything is better than nothing." Buffy replied seriously.
"Well anything that can help, that is all I can offer." Amy stated.
"Giles said to come by after school & he will go with you, to collect your mother's gear." Buffy stated & Amy nodded. "Good, so what is our next move?"
"So what you doing with them?" Cordelia asked as she passed them directing her question to Amy.
"Can't keep my head buried in the clouds unlike some people." Amy answered seriously.
"What you talking about?" Cordelia demanded.
* * *
Conference Centre, Carrier Ship, Dimensional Bleed, Earth's Orbit.
Alex & Rana sat processing through the day's report, on all of the demon activity reports that Richie & Andrea, had been able to gather between themselves.
"So the vampire Mr Trick is in control of vampire & demon populations." Alex answered & Rana nodded. "But all we know is that, he isn't the one in over all control, but that he works for someone & no one knows who it is, but this person or demon has been in control since this town was founded a hundred & fifty years ago."
"So we need to find who is controlling Mr Trick." Rana answered.
"How then?" Alex asked.
"We need to either capture him or get someone to spy on him." Rana answered seriously. "I just wish I knew which way we should go, I haven't seen a vision recently not since, we have arrived here in Sunnydale."
"Possibly something else." Alex answered smiling.
"Do we have any contacts for spying & following Trick?" Rana asked.
"No I think our best bet would be to capture him, or one of his most trusted lieutenants." Alex answered & Rana nodded, Richie & Andrea entered dressed in sweats. "How is your skills with the sword coming Andrea?"
"She should be able to defend herself against most immortal now." Richie replied holding his broadsword downwards. "We need to running security training, team operations against vampires, we are here to hunt vampires we need to begin if we intend to clean out this town."
"Agreed." Alex answered. "We can run simulations hunts before tonight."
"Will do." Richie said heading towards the simulation room.
* * *
Library, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
As Amy, Buffy & Willow made their way to the library, after the end of their last class, but as they were going to enter the mall.
"Summers, Madison, Rosenberg, where are you going." Snyder demanded.
"To the library to study." Amy replied turning to Snyder. "What is your problem?"
"What are you doing with these freak Madison?" Snyder asked. "I thought more of you too hang around with these losers, what are you thinking Miss Madison, you are so much better than this."
"None of your skanky business." Amy said pushing past Snyder towards the library.
"How dare you do this?" Snyder snapped.
"No how dare you treat the students like dirt." Amy replied. "I can't believe anyone made you high school principal, whoever did obviously doesn't know what they are doing or not caring for the students here."
"Yes well you will learn to respect me." Snyder said storming off.
"Respect a troll like you." Amy remarked bursting into laughter entering the library,
Buffy & Willow followed leaving a shocked open mouth Snyder.
"Wow Amy, what got into you?" Buffy asked seriously.
"Yeah standing upto Snyder no one does that." Willow answered.
"Time for changes around here." Amy answered seriously making her way to the library table seeing Giles & Quentin sitting there. "Hello Mr Giles, this must be Mr Quentin Travers the representive from the Watcher's Council correct sir?"
"Yes I am & you would be?" Quentin asked.
"Miss Amy Madison." Amy said introducing herself.
"Good it is nice to meet the 'infamous' Scooby gang." Quentin replied.
"Well you are missing one." Xander said stepping in through the library door.
"Ah yes Mr Harris I was wondering where you were." Quentin replied.
"& you would be." Xander asked.
"Quentin Travers from the Council." Quentin replied. "Now where is Mr Osbourne?"
"He had a meeting with his band after school." Willow replied. "Said he would be here within an hour or two, to help with bring the Amy's mum stuff here, or to your apartment Giles."
"Better be my apartment until I see what you have." Giles replied & Travers nodded. "There maybe some stuff that is too dangerous, to leave anywhere here in the library."
"Sensible enough." Willow replied seriously.
"Ok, what is our next move then?" Buffy asked seriously.
"I suggest a joint patrol with Miss Turner & yourself this evening." Quentin replied & Buffy nodded hesitantly. "Rupert has already contacted Faith & she will meet us, here at sunset this evening, where would be best for us to meet."
"Of course sir." Buffy replied seriously.
* * *
Cresthaven Cemetery, Sunnydale, CA.
A black SUV pulled up outside the cemetery gate, & out climbed Alex, Rana, Richie, & Andrea, dressed in an extremely dark green which almost looked like black body armour, armed with duel Socom pistols & M16 automatic rifle. Individually they were carrying their favoured individual weapons, Richie with his modified broadsword, Alexandra with her chakram & broadsword, Rana with her duel washiki, & Andrea with her sabre & desert eagle. With Richie & Andrea holding pump shotguns with dragon breath shells, & Alex & Rana holding Horton Double Crossbow.
Entering the cemetery the four split up with Richie & Alex going together, with Rana & Andrea going together, down each side of the cemetery to cover any vampire with ear in mike comm systems.
Alex & Richie made their way down their side, both holding their M16 assault rifles in hands, along with infra red scopes & laser sighting, sweeping through the graveyard. Around about the middle of the graveyard, they found an altar with several teenager girls drained of their blood, with several symbols inscribed onto their bodies.
"Oh shit." Alex replied turning away from the bodies, touching her ear mike tapping open an active line, & activating a fibre optic camera. "Rana lock on to our location & bring Andrea, we have a problem, Acena record the symbols I see, & try & trace them to their origins."
"Yes sir." Acena answered signalling.
"We are on our way." Rana replied.
"Richie you had better call Amy, make sure Buffy & co see this." Alex stated.
Library, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy & Willow made their way into the library, at the end of their first class, trying to find out whether Giles had turned up yet, as he wasn't there first thing this morning. Finding a strange gentlemen sitting at the library table, reading through Giles's watcher diary.
"Excuse me who are you?" Buffy asked with her hands on her hips.
"Ah Miss Summers & I presume this is Miss Rosenberg." He stated & Buffy nodded. "My name is Quentin Travers, I am representive from the Watcher's Council I was sent to observe, the interactions between two active slayers, & a group of civilians."
"Where is Giles?" Willow asked.
"He had a meeting with Principal Snyder this morning, & he should be returning any moment now." Quentin replied spotting Giles, coming through the library door. "Ah here is Giles now."
"Buffy Willow can I help you?" Giles asked as they turned around.
"We just want to check you were ok." Buffy replied seriously. "We arrived this morning first thing, finding you weren't here & we just wanted to check you were ok that's all."
"Mr Travers arrived here last night, we spent the night talking about times in London, he was my mentor within the council after I returned after my 'Ripper' stage." Giles replied. "& before you ask, I have checked with the Council this morning that he is still with the Council & his mission here is official."
"Ok if there is nothing else." Buffy asked & neither gentlemen nodded. "Then we had better get going or we will be late for classes, you want us to come by this afternoon, Amy says she is interested in joining our little group & helping with our battle."
"Well all help is appreciated." Giles answered.
"She also offered all the magical equipment, she had found of her mothers since she disappeared." Willow answered seriously.
"Ok that could be useful." Giles answered as the two girls left. "So what do you think?"
"She be useful in the grand scheme of things." Quentin replied. "This Amy who is she?"
"Amy Elizabeth Madison, classmate of Buffy, Willow & Xander." Giles replied. "Her mother was the witch I reported in the 'Cheerleader Report', it seems Amy has inherited her mother's abilities, I thought it best that we monitor her growing magic."
"Sensible enough we need to know what their abilities are." Quentin answered seriously. "Both her & Miss Rosenberg, we need to monitor their magics, so we control what they know & use."
"Agreed." Giles replied. "I think the most powerful magic either has used, is when Willow ensouled Angelus again last Summer."
"Yes well that wasn't the best he should have been killed." Quentin replied.
"Yes would have been best, but he was threatening to ending the world, & Buffy wasn't capable of killing the one she used to love." Giles replied. "it wasn't our best move, but we thought it would have been our best move."
"We & it killed a loyal slayer." Quentin replied. "Things round here are going to have to change."
* * *
Horace Gordon's Office, Bureau 13 Headquarters, Location Unknown.
Horace sat behind his desk having spent the last couple of hours, reviewing the report from his teams activities, trying decide which would be best to send to Sunnydale to aid Alex & the others. Having learned that Alex, Rana & Amy with their friends, were basing their operation on top of America's & the world only active hellmouth, it maybe calm for now but they will need help eventually & he would rather have a team on standby.
His best option was one of his new team, Team Abstract his infiltration/intelligence gathering unit, but they had only been out of the academy for a year, & he would rather send in a more experienced team. But he knew there was no other choice for the moment, maybe sometime in the future that would change but for now they were his best option.
"Dimitri, can you come in here please." Horace called out.
"What can I do for you Horace?" Dimitri asked entering the office.
"I need you to summon Team Abstract I need to speak with them." Horace replied. "I need them to use their skills in Sunnydale, I believe they can aid Alex & her people, on their war against hell's deziens on top of the hellmouth."
"Agreed." Dimitri said leaving the office, using the office's intercom. "Team Abstract please report to Command, I repeat Team Abstract please report to command."
Minutes later Team Abstract enter command, their leader Lara Stabbings their team ninja, Cloe James & Ryan Mack the team's mages, Lucas Raven the team computer expert, Marcie Ross the team infiltration expert.
"You wanted to see us." Lara answered.
"Horace does." Dimitri replied pointing to Gordon's office.
"Sure thanks Dimitri." Lara answered, as the team made their way into Gordon's office. "You wanted to see us sir?"
"Yes I want to send your team on a mission." Horace said passing a set mission files to Lara who handed them out among the team. "The mission is too Sunnydale, I have agents in that town who are need of your support, they don't have the training you do."
"Ok." Ryan answered. "What is our job then?"
"Aid the agents in Sunnydale in gaining information, on those who control the darkness within that town, also the loyalties of the slayer's watcher & her allies." Horace replied & the team nodded. "When can you leave?"
"We will need a day to set new ID & a base of operations." Lucas replied.
"The Bureau has a safe house you can use for your base." Horace replied. "You will need to place agents within the town's city hall, & within the local high school, which is where the slayer runs her operation from & the library is built directly over the hellmouth."
"Understood." Ryan replied.
"Anything else we should know?" Lara asked.
"The agents I have in town, suspect that it's demon population has always been in control for an unknown amount of time." Horace answered. "You need to know who control the demons & vampire & why, & what their eventual plan is for the future & what threat they represent to the rest of world populous."
"We will do what we can." Lara answered.
* * *
Cafeteria, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
Amy entered just coming come out of algebra, & she was looking for Buffy & the others, they had agreed to met for lunch as they had different lessons, they seemed to want her to join them. When they had gone to the library this morning, they had found Giles wasn't there yet, so they were unsure what was going on.
Amy spotted Willow & Oz sitting together, after collecting her lunch she made her way over, finding Xander had joined them so far with Buffy back in the queue with Cordelia Chase.
"Hey guys mind I join you?" Amy asked indicating to a spare seat.
"Course not." Willow replied indicating to the open seat.
"Thanks." Amy replied taking the open seat. "So any luck with Giles turning up?"
"Yeah he was there during first break, apparently a representive from the council arrived last night, & he was meeting with him first thing this morning." Xander replied. "But he was glad to here that you survived last night, & welcomes your help in the future & would be grateful for any information you can supply."
"Good I will bring them back sometime, but I could do with some help bring the stuff here, some of the stuff is too big to bring back by hand." Amy replied & Oz nodded.
"I help you with that, using my van." Oz offered.
"Thanks that would make it easier." Amy replied as Buffy came over sitting down. "Hey Buffy how are things with you, classes ok this morning?"
"Yeah but the troll, is keeping such a tight leash on me, it is getting difficult to do anything without him or his favourites breathing down my neck." Buffy replied sipping her soda. "So how are things with you Amy, still wanting to join us in the fighting?"
"Of course." Amy replied smiling. "Oz just offered his van to help bring my mum's stuff to Giles, though I am not how much this will be any good to you, most of it is for defence."
Willow nodded in agreement. "Anything is better than nothing." Buffy replied seriously.
"Well anything that can help, that is all I can offer." Amy stated.
"Giles said to come by after school & he will go with you, to collect your mother's gear." Buffy stated & Amy nodded. "Good, so what is our next move?"
"So what you doing with them?" Cordelia asked as she passed them directing her question to Amy.
"Can't keep my head buried in the clouds unlike some people." Amy answered seriously.
"What you talking about?" Cordelia demanded.
* * *
Conference Centre, Carrier Ship, Dimensional Bleed, Earth's Orbit.
Alex & Rana sat processing through the day's report, on all of the demon activity reports that Richie & Andrea, had been able to gather between themselves.
"So the vampire Mr Trick is in control of vampire & demon populations." Alex answered & Rana nodded. "But all we know is that, he isn't the one in over all control, but that he works for someone & no one knows who it is, but this person or demon has been in control since this town was founded a hundred & fifty years ago."
"So we need to find who is controlling Mr Trick." Rana answered.
"How then?" Alex asked.
"We need to either capture him or get someone to spy on him." Rana answered seriously. "I just wish I knew which way we should go, I haven't seen a vision recently not since, we have arrived here in Sunnydale."
"Possibly something else." Alex answered smiling.
"Do we have any contacts for spying & following Trick?" Rana asked.
"No I think our best bet would be to capture him, or one of his most trusted lieutenants." Alex answered & Rana nodded, Richie & Andrea entered dressed in sweats. "How is your skills with the sword coming Andrea?"
"She should be able to defend herself against most immortal now." Richie replied holding his broadsword downwards. "We need to running security training, team operations against vampires, we are here to hunt vampires we need to begin if we intend to clean out this town."
"Agreed." Alex answered. "We can run simulations hunts before tonight."
"Will do." Richie said heading towards the simulation room.
* * *
Library, Sunnydale High School, Sunnydale, CA.
As Amy, Buffy & Willow made their way to the library, after the end of their last class, but as they were going to enter the mall.
"Summers, Madison, Rosenberg, where are you going." Snyder demanded.
"To the library to study." Amy replied turning to Snyder. "What is your problem?"
"What are you doing with these freak Madison?" Snyder asked. "I thought more of you too hang around with these losers, what are you thinking Miss Madison, you are so much better than this."
"None of your skanky business." Amy said pushing past Snyder towards the library.
"How dare you do this?" Snyder snapped.
"No how dare you treat the students like dirt." Amy replied. "I can't believe anyone made you high school principal, whoever did obviously doesn't know what they are doing or not caring for the students here."
"Yes well you will learn to respect me." Snyder said storming off.
"Respect a troll like you." Amy remarked bursting into laughter entering the library,
Buffy & Willow followed leaving a shocked open mouth Snyder.
"Wow Amy, what got into you?" Buffy asked seriously.
"Yeah standing upto Snyder no one does that." Willow answered.
"Time for changes around here." Amy answered seriously making her way to the library table seeing Giles & Quentin sitting there. "Hello Mr Giles, this must be Mr Quentin Travers the representive from the Watcher's Council correct sir?"
"Yes I am & you would be?" Quentin asked.
"Miss Amy Madison." Amy said introducing herself.
"Good it is nice to meet the 'infamous' Scooby gang." Quentin replied.
"Well you are missing one." Xander said stepping in through the library door.
"Ah yes Mr Harris I was wondering where you were." Quentin replied.
"& you would be." Xander asked.
"Quentin Travers from the Council." Quentin replied. "Now where is Mr Osbourne?"
"He had a meeting with his band after school." Willow replied. "Said he would be here within an hour or two, to help with bring the Amy's mum stuff here, or to your apartment Giles."
"Better be my apartment until I see what you have." Giles replied & Travers nodded. "There maybe some stuff that is too dangerous, to leave anywhere here in the library."
"Sensible enough." Willow replied seriously.
"Ok, what is our next move then?" Buffy asked seriously.
"I suggest a joint patrol with Miss Turner & yourself this evening." Quentin replied & Buffy nodded hesitantly. "Rupert has already contacted Faith & she will meet us, here at sunset this evening, where would be best for us to meet."
"Of course sir." Buffy replied seriously.
* * *
Cresthaven Cemetery, Sunnydale, CA.
A black SUV pulled up outside the cemetery gate, & out climbed Alex, Rana, Richie, & Andrea, dressed in an extremely dark green which almost looked like black body armour, armed with duel Socom pistols & M16 automatic rifle. Individually they were carrying their favoured individual weapons, Richie with his modified broadsword, Alexandra with her chakram & broadsword, Rana with her duel washiki, & Andrea with her sabre & desert eagle. With Richie & Andrea holding pump shotguns with dragon breath shells, & Alex & Rana holding Horton Double Crossbow.
Entering the cemetery the four split up with Richie & Alex going together, with Rana & Andrea going together, down each side of the cemetery to cover any vampire with ear in mike comm systems.
Alex & Richie made their way down their side, both holding their M16 assault rifles in hands, along with infra red scopes & laser sighting, sweeping through the graveyard. Around about the middle of the graveyard, they found an altar with several teenager girls drained of their blood, with several symbols inscribed onto their bodies.
"Oh shit." Alex replied turning away from the bodies, touching her ear mike tapping open an active line, & activating a fibre optic camera. "Rana lock on to our location & bring Andrea, we have a problem, Acena record the symbols I see, & try & trace them to their origins."
"Yes sir." Acena answered signalling.
"We are on our way." Rana replied.
"Richie you had better call Amy, make sure Buffy & co see this." Alex stated.