Giles gasped, and the book slid from his suddenly nerveless fingers, to be caught by an alarmed Daniel.

"Giles?" Buffy and Faith stood.

"I've found the prophecy." Giles whispered in the sudden silence.

Jack frowned, "Something else?"

Buffy walked around to help the suddenly shaky Giles to the seat the Teal'c had hastily vacated for the shocked man. "Yeah, a new demon vamp thingy, super strong and fast. Met him last night, just before the Jaffa appeared."

Daniel had been reading the book that Giles had dropped and he pulled up his chair, sitting down gracelessly.

"Who's the hunk?" Faith asked sotto voce, making Jack smile.

"Dr. Daniel Jackson, our archeologist, linguist…" Jack began.

"and babe." Sam finished with a fond smile at Daniel, making the women nod in agreement.

Daniel was oblivious, "Giles, does this say what I think it says?" He peered over his glasses at the older man.

Giles gestured, "Read it aloud and tell me."

Daniel cleared his throat, realizing that all of his preconceptions about Christianity were being challenged. "And God threw from heaven the angels in league with Lucifer. And one of the descended," his eyes flicked to Jack at the wording, "moved to live on the mouth of hell, to be Lucifer's right hand." Daniel paused, taking a sip of coffee to wet his suddenly dry mouth. "Shaddal will use the blood of the blessed Slayer to open the mouth of hell, unleashing Lucifer's children to devour the Earth."

"Well that sucks." Jack said succinctly.

Buffy patted Giles on his shoulder and he covered her hand with his. "We'll beat it Giles, we always do."

"I don't know what to do, or how to help you." Giles sounded as defeated as she had ever heard him.

Daniel was still reading, Willow over his shoulder, then he looked up, blue eyes sharp behind his glasses. "There's more, written at the bottom in what looks like another hand."

Giles looked at him, "What?"

Daniel looked at the book, "God's Archangel Gabriel will provide the Slayer with a shield and sword, and she and the Warriors of Light will fight, yea, even unto the death. Blessed be the name of Jehovah. " He shook his head, "Gabriel's Sword and shield are an archeological myth!" he protested.

Giles leaned forward, "No, they are indeed real. Willow, get the Magical Artifacts book, Daniel, let me see the addition." Daniel handed it over and sat back, eyes narrowed as he realized that Giles was serious.

Jack leaned back in his chair, "Tell me about the sword and shield."

Daniel sighed, "It was said that when Gabriel put down an uprising of demons he left his sword and shield behind to help the next warrior in their battle. It was supposed to be in Jerusalem, so the crusaders looked for it. Then it was rumored that The Templars found it and spirited it away to Malta. The Catholic church had it next and hid it away in a monastery that was attacked and it was believed lost. The Viking relatives of the Irish pagan kings supposedly found it and there were several quests but it was never located. Everyone thought it was in Denmark."

"Huh." Jack said.

Buffy was frowning thoughtfully, "We need to hide the new Slayers, and send Dawnie away."

At that moment the front door opened and they could hear Xander, "Hey! Where is everybody?"

"Dining room!" Came the chorus, followed by laughter.

Xander came in, eyebrows raised at the crowd, "Um hello everyone. What's new?"

"Oh, not much. Secret military organization, evil alien want to experiment on me, new apocalypse and have to find a relic that is a myth." Buffy waved a casual hand.

Everyone watched Xander absorb the news. "Oh, so, nothing new then." And he went into the kitchen to get some coffee.

Buffy grinned over at the amazed Jack, "Been here, done this, well except the alien, and have several t-shirts."

Xander came in sipping his coffee, "So, where do we start first?"

"First you need to fix Buffy's bed. We broke it." Dawn said wryly, making the women start laughing again.

Shaking his head, "I'll get my tools and unless it involves a fantasy of mine I don't want to know what happened." And he left for the garage, Jack and Daniel chuckling.

"Eww, fantasy?" Buffy asked in a pained voice.

"It's a guy thing." Jack said, though Teal'c looked mystified.

"Why do I have to leave?" Dawn asked and Giles looked up, "You have the blood of the Blessed Slayer. If the demon cannot get Buffy who do you think it will try for next?"

"Rats."

Sam looked up, "That can't be possible, I mean you're sisters so there will be differences."

"There's a long story about that, ask again later." Buffy said quickly, not wanting to get into it right then. "I want you to go to Cassie's until this is over. No, don't frown, at least you get to see Jon." She watched Dawn's face brighten, "Ok, I can do that."

"Sir, the Jaffa had to get here somehow." Sam began on the most pressing subject.

"And? So?" Jack said.

"Well they might have a ring system, and at the very least a cloaked ship. We could look for evidence of either one."

Buffy nodded, "We should do it tonight. But doesn't that mean that there is a ship in space too?" Jack thought about it and took out his cell and dialed, "Sir, O'Neill. Yes sir, we found out several things but first we need to see of there is cloaked ship orbiting Earth and if it's a violation of the protected planets treaty. Yes Sir. I'll have Danny send you a report right away. I'll tell her Sir. Oh, and Sir? We need an escort for Dawn Summers, I want her at the mountain. Yes Sir. Today. Yes Sir." And Jack hung up.

"Ok, for the record why am I hiding Dawn at the mountain?" Jack asked and Buffy sighed.

"6 years ago I didn't have a sister. A group of monks had a magical key, a key to a hell dimension. To protect it, they took some of my blood and made it into Dawn. As a sister I would be obligated to protect her."

Dawn stood and bowed, "TA DA, instant girl. Add blood and stir." There were a couple of choked laughs and Buffy thumped her sister on the head, "Very funny."

Jack looked non-plussed, "Huh."

"Well, we need to formulate a plan. What do we deal with first?" Daniel asked thoughtfully, not at all fazed by what he had heard. Heck, he had been a glowing being once upon a time.

Buffy turned around, "Dawnie, go upstairs and pack for a week. Hopefully it won't be that long. Daniel, Will, we need to find out where Gabe's sword and shield are and get them. Um, Sam, Jack, Faith and I will go patrolling tonight and see if we can find out where the Jaffa are getting in. Oh, first things first," she paused and looked at Giles, "Do we have any extra crosses in the house?"

"No, we used the last of them on the new Slayers." He replied, immediately understanding.

Buffy smiled, "Then it's time to go shopping. We need to get crosses for everyone. Oh crap, Giles?" She was looking at Teal'c thoughtfully.

"Oh dear, yes I see."

"You are not a believer are you Teal'c?" Buffy asked.

"A believer in what Buffy Summers?"

"God, Jesus, Christianity?" She grimaced slightly, knowing what the answer would be.

"I am familiar with your religions on this planet and no, I am not a believer."

"Crap. Jack, he should go with Dawnie back to Colorado Springs then. He would be in terrible danger here. A cross won't protect an unbeliever."

Daniel sighed, "I don't believe either. I'm an agnostic."

Buffy looked at him blankly, "A what?"

Giles sighed, "Buffy, I do despair of you sometimes. An agnostic is one that believes that man can neither prove, nor disprove the existence of God."

"Huh. Well, we get a cross for him anyway, just in case he changes his mind. Sam, you wanna go? Faith and I have a store we always hit," she turned to Faith, "and no, you are not getting any more piercings today. I promised Robin after the last time."