Dim streetlamps lit the roads and sidewalks surrounding Weatherly Park. Buffy heard faint talking and laughing noises in the distance. The vamps are definitely here she thought to herself.

Buffy was dressed in dark blue denim jeans, a long black leather coat, a black slash neck long-sleeved top and black boots with her hair pulled back into a neat ponytail. She blended quite well into the shadows, which was essential being the slayer.

Buffy climbed up the metal fence keeping out any unwanted visitors at this time of night and she cautiously made her way to where she thought the vamps were judging from the sounds she'd heard. She kept to the trees and moved almost silently amongst them. Through the trees she came to a clearing. At the edge of the clearing on the other side she saw three shadows. Her slayer senses told her-vampires. She cautiously walked around the edge of the clearing, still in the shadows cast by the weak light from the moon and being careful not to rustle any fallen leaves or snap a twig underfoot. As she neared the vampires, she noticed one of them had something in its hand. It was slightly crumpled yet still neatly tied up with a piece of red material. She knew it had to be the Thesis Scroll. She looked at the two other vampires and one of them was tall and slim and he had a small axe and the other was female but slightly chubby and she had a large knife. That doesn't look good Buffy thought. The vamps grouped together, obviously waiting to sell the scroll to someone-tonight. Good job I'm impatient Buffy thought to herself. She studied the vampires for a moment, knowing she couldn't let the one with the scroll get away but she also had to be careful of the other two vamps who were armed. Buffy gathered up her courage and slowly walked out from the shadows. "Is this a private party or can anyone join in?" She joked.

"Slayer!" Said the vamp with the axe.

"Kill her!" Said the vampire with the scroll as he turned to run in the opposite direction.

"And where do you think your going?" Buffy said. "The party games haven't even started yet!" and she ran him kicking him to the ground as the other two vampires ran at her. She shoved the male vampire right past her and pulled his axe out of his hand in the process. She quickly spun around and threw the axe at the female vampires neck; beheading her before she had a chance to do any real damage. "One down, two to go!" Buffy said. The vampire with the Thesis scroll had now got up and the vamp that she shoved flew into a tree. Buffy kicked the vampire with the scroll on the side of the face knocking him to the ground again. She knelt down, pulled a stake out from up her sleeve and staked him from behind. Moments before he turned into a pile of dust she yanked the scroll out of his hand and slid it down the inside of her coat and into a concealed pocket.

The other vamp recovered and ran at her, he swung for the right side of her face, she blocked it and gave an uppercut to his jaw. He stumbled backwards but recovered and managed to give Buffy a stiff kick in the abdomen. She bent over and he knocked her to the ground and she lie on her stomach. She rolled over onto her back to avoid a punch from the vamp in her head. She rolled back onto her shoulders and pushed down hard on the ground, swung herself forward and used the momentum to get herself back onto her feet. She turned around, punched the vamp hard on the side of the face causing him to round and she then kicked him in the ribs and he spun around to face her. She then plunged the stake into his heart. He immediately turned to dust.

Buffy walked away, pleased she'd managed to get the scroll and kill the three vamps. She'd only counted on getting the scroll and then running but a spot of violence before bedtime was just what she needed to get rid of some pent up anger over the whole Angel situation. She figured she'd better take the scroll to Giles-he was the only one who'd find any use for it and she could then sleep and not worry for a change.

So, she went to Giles, gave him the scroll and he was very impressed that she'd got the scroll and killed the vampires guarding it. She left Giles's apartment feeling happy for once in a long time and headed home.

She thought she'd take a shortcut, so she ducked down an alley, which would shorten her walk home by about ten minutes. Looking forward to an early bedtime-she hurried home. She heard a noise- a loud clatter. She stopped dead in her tracks. She slowly paced forward, her senses alert to her surroundings and in the shadow of the large dumpster to her left, a tall hooded and familiar figure stepped out in front of her. It lifted its head up and all that could be seen from under the hood were two bright green glowing eyes!