"So you believe this dream was a prophecy?" Giles asked.
"Yeah, no, I don't know. It felt so real." Buffy said confused.
"Like I said. Angels gonna die slowly and painfully!" Cordelia stated.
"He's not gonna die." Willow said defending Angel.
"No he's not. But he will if we don't find something that could help him. And fast." Buffy said.
Giles bent over the table to retrieve a jelly donut from the Scooby Gang daily batch Xander fetched earlier that day from Mr.Donut.
"Where have all the jellies gone?" Giles asked disappointed.
"They'd ran out, so I got sugared and um... chocolate dipped instead." Xander said.
"No jellies? That's preposterous!" Giles said walking over to his office shaking his head.
"Yeah, I think they had reports of a British guy breaking in there and stealing all the jellies. All they found was a scrap of tweed material caught on the glass!" Xander joked.
"Very funny!" Giles said smiling. Then his face turned more serious as he turned to Buffy. "Ah Buffy. Word in your ear." They both went into his office.
"Please, take a seat." He said gesturing toward his swivel chair in front of his desk.
"O... k." Buffy said, a little unsure of what to expect. "Giles what is this?"
"Buffy, we may not be able to cure Angel, you do know that don't you." Giles asked her.
"Well, yeah of course I do. I just hope it doesn't come to that." She replied.
"Buffy, there are demons and natural poisons of course, that, well... " He struggled to get his words out.
"What?" Buffy asked.
"There are poisons without antidotes and cures Buffy. Either because the cure is too complex or simply because the poison is so powerful and potent that it does not respond to attempts made to neutralise it." Giles said.
"Oh." She looked down at the floor. "But we can try right? The least we can do is try."
"Yes, yes we can try." Giles smiled and they both rejoined the rest of the gang.
Willow was tapping away on her computer, Xander eating donuts and looking at the occasional page, Cordelia looking at the pages but probably not reading the words and Oz actually contributing by trying to research the Syrma-Matis and its origins, strengths and weaknesses based on the limited knowledge they had.
"Willow?" Buffy asked. "I just had a thought. Do you think if you could take a sample of Angels blood, you could figure out which poison it is or at least what's in the poison?"
"Like whether is a natural compound or the demon makes it within its own body. Kind of like a... a defense mechanism?" Willow asked.
"Exactly." Buffy replied.
"I could try yeah. When do you wanna go?" Willow asked Buffy.
"Now!" Buffy said and they both hastily left the library and quickly raided the nearest chemistry lab for the correct equipment and then set off for the mansion. "Snyder's going to kill us if he ever finds out!" Buffy said and the girls had a giggle.
Meanwhile in the library Oz asked, "Do you think if we could kill this demon, we could reverse the effects it's had on Angel?
"Its worth looking up, but then again anything is at this stage" Giles replied.
"Oh my god!" Cordelia shouted.
"What?" Xander asked thinking she'd hurt herself or seen a spider or something.
"Buffy's in danger" Cordelia said.
"Buffys always in danger, its part of being the slayer. She's a very powerful... " Giles trailed off realising what Cordelia meant. "Oh lord!"
"You think this Syrma-Matis guy is gonna go after her?" Xander said concerned for Buffy's safety.
"I don't know." Giles said. "It may very well do. She's powerful-very. She's the most powerful girl in the world."
Cordelia looked at her book. "Vampires, demons and slayers alike have been killed by Syrma-Matis. No ones lived to tell the tale." Cordy read.
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Willow gently peeled back the dressing on Angel's chest and he flinched a few times obviously still in some pain.
Buffy sat next to him and held his hand and he squeezed tight as Willow took a few samples of his blood, only looking up once to meet his gaze. She smiled. "All done." And she replaced the dressing.
"You ok Angel?" Buffy asked.
"I'll be ok." He said. "It's taking its time healing though."
Buffy kissed his forehead and her and Willow and headed for the door.
"Buffy?" Angel asked.
"It's ok. Your fine. You'll be fine." Buffy said to him and left the room.
"Lets go test this and see what's in it and if we can find an antidote." Willow said.
"And if we can't?" Buffy asked.
"We better go test this." Willow said avoiding Buffy's question as best she could. She smiled and headed for the exit from the mansion.
"I'm gonna hang here for a while." Buffy said.
"Ok, I'll see you back at school." Willow said and left.
"Yeah, no, I don't know. It felt so real." Buffy said confused.
"Like I said. Angels gonna die slowly and painfully!" Cordelia stated.
"He's not gonna die." Willow said defending Angel.
"No he's not. But he will if we don't find something that could help him. And fast." Buffy said.
Giles bent over the table to retrieve a jelly donut from the Scooby Gang daily batch Xander fetched earlier that day from Mr.Donut.
"Where have all the jellies gone?" Giles asked disappointed.
"They'd ran out, so I got sugared and um... chocolate dipped instead." Xander said.
"No jellies? That's preposterous!" Giles said walking over to his office shaking his head.
"Yeah, I think they had reports of a British guy breaking in there and stealing all the jellies. All they found was a scrap of tweed material caught on the glass!" Xander joked.
"Very funny!" Giles said smiling. Then his face turned more serious as he turned to Buffy. "Ah Buffy. Word in your ear." They both went into his office.
"Please, take a seat." He said gesturing toward his swivel chair in front of his desk.
"O... k." Buffy said, a little unsure of what to expect. "Giles what is this?"
"Buffy, we may not be able to cure Angel, you do know that don't you." Giles asked her.
"Well, yeah of course I do. I just hope it doesn't come to that." She replied.
"Buffy, there are demons and natural poisons of course, that, well... " He struggled to get his words out.
"What?" Buffy asked.
"There are poisons without antidotes and cures Buffy. Either because the cure is too complex or simply because the poison is so powerful and potent that it does not respond to attempts made to neutralise it." Giles said.
"Oh." She looked down at the floor. "But we can try right? The least we can do is try."
"Yes, yes we can try." Giles smiled and they both rejoined the rest of the gang.
Willow was tapping away on her computer, Xander eating donuts and looking at the occasional page, Cordelia looking at the pages but probably not reading the words and Oz actually contributing by trying to research the Syrma-Matis and its origins, strengths and weaknesses based on the limited knowledge they had.
"Willow?" Buffy asked. "I just had a thought. Do you think if you could take a sample of Angels blood, you could figure out which poison it is or at least what's in the poison?"
"Like whether is a natural compound or the demon makes it within its own body. Kind of like a... a defense mechanism?" Willow asked.
"Exactly." Buffy replied.
"I could try yeah. When do you wanna go?" Willow asked Buffy.
"Now!" Buffy said and they both hastily left the library and quickly raided the nearest chemistry lab for the correct equipment and then set off for the mansion. "Snyder's going to kill us if he ever finds out!" Buffy said and the girls had a giggle.
Meanwhile in the library Oz asked, "Do you think if we could kill this demon, we could reverse the effects it's had on Angel?
"Its worth looking up, but then again anything is at this stage" Giles replied.
"Oh my god!" Cordelia shouted.
"What?" Xander asked thinking she'd hurt herself or seen a spider or something.
"Buffy's in danger" Cordelia said.
"Buffys always in danger, its part of being the slayer. She's a very powerful... " Giles trailed off realising what Cordelia meant. "Oh lord!"
"You think this Syrma-Matis guy is gonna go after her?" Xander said concerned for Buffy's safety.
"I don't know." Giles said. "It may very well do. She's powerful-very. She's the most powerful girl in the world."
Cordelia looked at her book. "Vampires, demons and slayers alike have been killed by Syrma-Matis. No ones lived to tell the tale." Cordy read.
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Willow gently peeled back the dressing on Angel's chest and he flinched a few times obviously still in some pain.
Buffy sat next to him and held his hand and he squeezed tight as Willow took a few samples of his blood, only looking up once to meet his gaze. She smiled. "All done." And she replaced the dressing.
"You ok Angel?" Buffy asked.
"I'll be ok." He said. "It's taking its time healing though."
Buffy kissed his forehead and her and Willow and headed for the door.
"Buffy?" Angel asked.
"It's ok. Your fine. You'll be fine." Buffy said to him and left the room.
"Lets go test this and see what's in it and if we can find an antidote." Willow said.
"And if we can't?" Buffy asked.
"We better go test this." Willow said avoiding Buffy's question as best she could. She smiled and headed for the exit from the mansion.
"I'm gonna hang here for a while." Buffy said.
"Ok, I'll see you back at school." Willow said and left.