Chapter III.
Mahaven Cemetery, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy, Faith, Willow, Amy, Oz, & Xander, along with Quentin & Giles, were making their way through the cemetery looking for vampires, Willow & the other were there supporting their friends. Giles & Quentin, were there to watch how Buffy & Faith interact & work with each other, & with the others when out on patrol.
As Buffy & Faith dust a pair of vampires, Amy's satellite phone rung on a quite buzzing, pulling the phone out from her pocket & turning away from the others.
"Yeah." Amy answered.
"Amy we have a situation at Cresthaven." Richie answered. "It is something you have to see, bring the others too this is something we can't avoid them finding out about, their maybe more & we will need to what is going on."
"Thanks." Amy said hanging the phone up slipping back into her pocket & turning back to the others. "That was Michael, he was on his way through Cresthaven, where he found apparently founding something we should see."
"What is the quickest way to Cresthaven?" Quentin asked seriously.
"It is the other side of town." Faith answered seriously.
"We can use my van." Oz volunteered.
* * *
The Mayor's Office, City Hall, Sunnydale, CA.
Mr Trick entered the office, finding the Mayor sitting starring out of the window, making his way to the mayor's desk & waiting for the mayor to speak.
"Yes Mr Trick what can I do for you?" The mayor asked.
"We may been having problems." Mr Trick said passing a folder of photos from the alter in the Cresthaven cemetery. "There have been three teenage girls sacrificed in Cresthaven cemetery, their entire blood has been drained & several symbols drawn into their skin."
"Let me have a look." The mayor said reading through the file. "So he has returned has he."
"Who sir?" Trick asked seriously.
"An old demons acquaintance of mine." The mayor said facing Trick. "He means trouble for my future plans, the demon used to be a dark human sorcessor, who succeeded in gaining an abnormal amount of power, but needs to sacrifice a dozen virgins every 10 years to keep that power."
"What is his modus operandi?" Trick asked. "How do we stop him?"
"Three sacrifices every night of a moon, finishing at the full moon next week." The mayor answered.
"Where does he live?" Trick asked.
"He doesn't normally live within our realm anymore." The mayor answered. "He only comes here to make the sacrifices through an opening in the hellmouth."
"What does he look like?" Trick asked.
"Here is a photo." The mayor replied pulling a photo from his desk draw. "He was my son."
"Oh." Trick replied not sure what to say. "What do you want me to do to him?"
"Bring him here." The mayor replied seriously. "I may be able to convince him to aid us."
"Yes sir." Trick replied leaving the office.
"Find my brother." The mayor said turning to the shadow again & a shadow being stepped out. "His plans may endanger my future, I need to know whether he can be trust, I also need to know whether Trick is still loyal to me."
"Of course sir." The being answered.
"Good Shakaq." The mayor replied as the being disappeared & he turned to the window. "I just hope that you my son out there, are willing to work with me I don't want to kill you, but if you interfere in my plans my future, I will remove you as a thorn from my side."
The mayor turned the lights out.
* * *
14th January 1999. Conference Centre, Carrier Ship, Dimensional Bleed, Earth's Orbit.
Alex, Rana, Richie & Andrea, sat around the conference table, Amy having arrived minutes earlier, for a conference between them concerning the blood sacrifices. Acena had searched through all the supernatural databases, checking the symbols against everything it had, finding the symbols matching a power gaining ceremony.
"So we have a power gaining ceremony, for a black demon sorcessor here." Alex answered seriously. "We need to know what are allies know agreed?"
"Agreed." Amy, Rana, Richie & Andrea stated.
"Good, Acena make contact with Horace." Alex stated.
Minutes later Dimitri appeared on-screen.
"Dimitri we have a situation a power gaining ceremony." Alex replied & Dimitri nodded. "We will have our computer send over the symbols, we were hoping you could search your databases, see if you can match the symbols to any of your known demon sorcessor, or any of your known perps."
"Of course." Dimitri replied.
"Thank you." Alex said signing off, dialling up SHIELD, with Colonel Nick Fury appearing onscreen. "Hello Nick we were hoping you could aid us with a search through your supernatural database."
"Of course what do you need?" Nick asked.
"Our computer will send you a symbol." Rana replied & Nick nodded. "We know it is part of a power summoning spell, we need to know if any of your agents have encountered it before, & if they can match it to a perp before."
"Of course we will do what we can." Nick replied.
"Thank you Nick." Rana said signing off the communication.
"Ok that is Bureau 13 & SHIELD, is there anyone else?" Alex asked.
"Possibly yes." Richie replied, thinking about some friends. "I got a San Francisco number for you, it belongs to a supernatural group based there."
"Try it." Alex answered.
"Acena dial Legacy House San Francisco." Richie replied.
"This is the Luna Foundation House can I help you?" Nick Boyle's voice answered.
"Nick this is Richie, can you connect us to the conference centre." Richie answered.
"Sure Richie." Nick answered. "It'll take 5 minutes to fully connect."
"Sure." Richie answered.
In the meantime they transmitted the symbols to SHIELD & Bureau 13, moments later the San Francisco Legacy House appeared on-screen.
"Good Richard who are your friends?" Derek Rayne asked.
"Derek please meet Alex, Rana & Amy Chaser, & Andrea Parker." Richie said indicating to group. "Please meet Derek Rayne, Nick Boyle, Dr Rachel Corrigan, & Alexandra Moreau, the members of San Francisco's Legacy House."
"Morning." Alex replied looking to Richie who nodded. "We discovered three teenage girls drained of all their blood, with ritualistic symbols carved into them. We know the symbols were part of power summoning spell, but we need to know what the magic was, & if you can any idea who was summoning the magic. If we send the symbols to you, can you check your sources for any information."
"Agreed." Derek said signing off.
* * *
Summer Residence, 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy entered the kitchen, to find her mum & sister already there eating breakfast, smiling she poured herself a bowl of cereal with milk, sitting down besides her sister.
"Morning guys you ok?" Buffy asked.
"Yes thank you." Joyce replied sipping her coffee. "How was patrol?"
"Not to good, look there is something going down." Buffy replied.
"What now?" Dawn asked confused.
"Sacrificing teenage virgins." Buffy replied seriously.
"That's disgusting." Dawn answered.
"Yeah I know." Buffy replied. "But we need to deal with it."
"How was Faith last night?" Joyce asked seriously.
"She was her usual self." Buffy replied, finishing her cereal & leaving the table, picking up her school bag. "You giving me a lift to school, or do I have to walk?"
* * *
Watcher's Council Safe House, Mill Road, Sunnydale, CA.
Quentin entered the house finding the other three watchers that had come with, James MacDougal, Liam Woods, & Alex Ryan sitting enjoying their breakfast.
"Good morning Mr Travers." James said standing from the table.
"Hello James." Quentin said sitting at the table. "How are our plans progressing?"
"Good, Zackary Kralik is still secured." Alex stated.
"Good I will start preparing the slayer for her Cruciamentum." Quentin answered. "How about the other plan, I didn't think leaving the bodies on display was part of the plan, they shouldn't have been discovered on that alter. If their bodies had been anywhere else, & those symbols had been covered we could have said it was vampire, but now the slayer's people are looking into it."
"Yes well we were going too, but we caught off guard by a group armed with automatic weapons sweeping through the graveyard." Liam replied. "We had just finished draining their blood, & draining off their magical energies, when armed warriors barged in & we only just made our way."
"Any idea who?" Quentin asked.
"They are appeared military in appearance." Liam answered seriously.
"New players then." Quentin stated & Liam nodded.
"Yes but who are they?" Alex asked. "& how did they get the word to your people?"
"What do you mean?" Quentin asked seriously.
"Within minutes of the players arriving on the scene they left." Liam answered seriously. "Then you, Rupert Giles & the slayers, plus civilians arrived at the cemetery, going straight to the altar. So what happened then?"
"We got a call saying someone had found it." Quentin answered.
"Who got the phone call?" Alex asked.
"A witch named Amy Madison." Quentin replied.
"Who is she?" Liam asked.
"A new member of the Scoobies." Quentin replied. "She joined them yesterday before I met them, what are you suggesting that she maybe a spy."
"Possible." Liam answered. "We need her watched."
Mahaven Cemetery, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy, Faith, Willow, Amy, Oz, & Xander, along with Quentin & Giles, were making their way through the cemetery looking for vampires, Willow & the other were there supporting their friends. Giles & Quentin, were there to watch how Buffy & Faith interact & work with each other, & with the others when out on patrol.
As Buffy & Faith dust a pair of vampires, Amy's satellite phone rung on a quite buzzing, pulling the phone out from her pocket & turning away from the others.
"Yeah." Amy answered.
"Amy we have a situation at Cresthaven." Richie answered. "It is something you have to see, bring the others too this is something we can't avoid them finding out about, their maybe more & we will need to what is going on."
"Thanks." Amy said hanging the phone up slipping back into her pocket & turning back to the others. "That was Michael, he was on his way through Cresthaven, where he found apparently founding something we should see."
"What is the quickest way to Cresthaven?" Quentin asked seriously.
"It is the other side of town." Faith answered seriously.
"We can use my van." Oz volunteered.
* * *
The Mayor's Office, City Hall, Sunnydale, CA.
Mr Trick entered the office, finding the Mayor sitting starring out of the window, making his way to the mayor's desk & waiting for the mayor to speak.
"Yes Mr Trick what can I do for you?" The mayor asked.
"We may been having problems." Mr Trick said passing a folder of photos from the alter in the Cresthaven cemetery. "There have been three teenage girls sacrificed in Cresthaven cemetery, their entire blood has been drained & several symbols drawn into their skin."
"Let me have a look." The mayor said reading through the file. "So he has returned has he."
"Who sir?" Trick asked seriously.
"An old demons acquaintance of mine." The mayor said facing Trick. "He means trouble for my future plans, the demon used to be a dark human sorcessor, who succeeded in gaining an abnormal amount of power, but needs to sacrifice a dozen virgins every 10 years to keep that power."
"What is his modus operandi?" Trick asked. "How do we stop him?"
"Three sacrifices every night of a moon, finishing at the full moon next week." The mayor answered.
"Where does he live?" Trick asked.
"He doesn't normally live within our realm anymore." The mayor answered. "He only comes here to make the sacrifices through an opening in the hellmouth."
"What does he look like?" Trick asked.
"Here is a photo." The mayor replied pulling a photo from his desk draw. "He was my son."
"Oh." Trick replied not sure what to say. "What do you want me to do to him?"
"Bring him here." The mayor replied seriously. "I may be able to convince him to aid us."
"Yes sir." Trick replied leaving the office.
"Find my brother." The mayor said turning to the shadow again & a shadow being stepped out. "His plans may endanger my future, I need to know whether he can be trust, I also need to know whether Trick is still loyal to me."
"Of course sir." The being answered.
"Good Shakaq." The mayor replied as the being disappeared & he turned to the window. "I just hope that you my son out there, are willing to work with me I don't want to kill you, but if you interfere in my plans my future, I will remove you as a thorn from my side."
The mayor turned the lights out.
* * *
14th January 1999. Conference Centre, Carrier Ship, Dimensional Bleed, Earth's Orbit.
Alex, Rana, Richie & Andrea, sat around the conference table, Amy having arrived minutes earlier, for a conference between them concerning the blood sacrifices. Acena had searched through all the supernatural databases, checking the symbols against everything it had, finding the symbols matching a power gaining ceremony.
"So we have a power gaining ceremony, for a black demon sorcessor here." Alex answered seriously. "We need to know what are allies know agreed?"
"Agreed." Amy, Rana, Richie & Andrea stated.
"Good, Acena make contact with Horace." Alex stated.
Minutes later Dimitri appeared on-screen.
"Dimitri we have a situation a power gaining ceremony." Alex replied & Dimitri nodded. "We will have our computer send over the symbols, we were hoping you could search your databases, see if you can match the symbols to any of your known demon sorcessor, or any of your known perps."
"Of course." Dimitri replied.
"Thank you." Alex said signing off, dialling up SHIELD, with Colonel Nick Fury appearing onscreen. "Hello Nick we were hoping you could aid us with a search through your supernatural database."
"Of course what do you need?" Nick asked.
"Our computer will send you a symbol." Rana replied & Nick nodded. "We know it is part of a power summoning spell, we need to know if any of your agents have encountered it before, & if they can match it to a perp before."
"Of course we will do what we can." Nick replied.
"Thank you Nick." Rana said signing off the communication.
"Ok that is Bureau 13 & SHIELD, is there anyone else?" Alex asked.
"Possibly yes." Richie replied, thinking about some friends. "I got a San Francisco number for you, it belongs to a supernatural group based there."
"Try it." Alex answered.
"Acena dial Legacy House San Francisco." Richie replied.
"This is the Luna Foundation House can I help you?" Nick Boyle's voice answered.
"Nick this is Richie, can you connect us to the conference centre." Richie answered.
"Sure Richie." Nick answered. "It'll take 5 minutes to fully connect."
"Sure." Richie answered.
In the meantime they transmitted the symbols to SHIELD & Bureau 13, moments later the San Francisco Legacy House appeared on-screen.
"Good Richard who are your friends?" Derek Rayne asked.
"Derek please meet Alex, Rana & Amy Chaser, & Andrea Parker." Richie said indicating to group. "Please meet Derek Rayne, Nick Boyle, Dr Rachel Corrigan, & Alexandra Moreau, the members of San Francisco's Legacy House."
"Morning." Alex replied looking to Richie who nodded. "We discovered three teenage girls drained of all their blood, with ritualistic symbols carved into them. We know the symbols were part of power summoning spell, but we need to know what the magic was, & if you can any idea who was summoning the magic. If we send the symbols to you, can you check your sources for any information."
"Agreed." Derek said signing off.
* * *
Summer Residence, 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale, CA.
Buffy entered the kitchen, to find her mum & sister already there eating breakfast, smiling she poured herself a bowl of cereal with milk, sitting down besides her sister.
"Morning guys you ok?" Buffy asked.
"Yes thank you." Joyce replied sipping her coffee. "How was patrol?"
"Not to good, look there is something going down." Buffy replied.
"What now?" Dawn asked confused.
"Sacrificing teenage virgins." Buffy replied seriously.
"That's disgusting." Dawn answered.
"Yeah I know." Buffy replied. "But we need to deal with it."
"How was Faith last night?" Joyce asked seriously.
"She was her usual self." Buffy replied, finishing her cereal & leaving the table, picking up her school bag. "You giving me a lift to school, or do I have to walk?"
* * *
Watcher's Council Safe House, Mill Road, Sunnydale, CA.
Quentin entered the house finding the other three watchers that had come with, James MacDougal, Liam Woods, & Alex Ryan sitting enjoying their breakfast.
"Good morning Mr Travers." James said standing from the table.
"Hello James." Quentin said sitting at the table. "How are our plans progressing?"
"Good, Zackary Kralik is still secured." Alex stated.
"Good I will start preparing the slayer for her Cruciamentum." Quentin answered. "How about the other plan, I didn't think leaving the bodies on display was part of the plan, they shouldn't have been discovered on that alter. If their bodies had been anywhere else, & those symbols had been covered we could have said it was vampire, but now the slayer's people are looking into it."
"Yes well we were going too, but we caught off guard by a group armed with automatic weapons sweeping through the graveyard." Liam replied. "We had just finished draining their blood, & draining off their magical energies, when armed warriors barged in & we only just made our way."
"Any idea who?" Quentin asked.
"They are appeared military in appearance." Liam answered seriously.
"New players then." Quentin stated & Liam nodded.
"Yes but who are they?" Alex asked. "& how did they get the word to your people?"
"What do you mean?" Quentin asked seriously.
"Within minutes of the players arriving on the scene they left." Liam answered seriously. "Then you, Rupert Giles & the slayers, plus civilians arrived at the cemetery, going straight to the altar. So what happened then?"
"We got a call saying someone had found it." Quentin answered.
"Who got the phone call?" Alex asked.
"A witch named Amy Madison." Quentin replied.
"Who is she?" Liam asked.
"A new member of the Scoobies." Quentin replied. "She joined them yesterday before I met them, what are you suggesting that she maybe a spy."
"Possible." Liam answered. "We need her watched."