"What was that?" asked Scully as she stood up from her seat, firmly placing her hand on her holster.

"What was what? I didn't hear anything" said Xander. There was suddenly a crash from the ally round the back and all heads spun round. "Ok, I defiantly heard that!" whispered Xander, almost afraid to raise his voice. As the group turned back round they noticed the two agents clutching guns. After noticing the stares Mulder answered, "Sorry, just a habit I guess" he said as he placed the gun back in the holster and indicated for Scully to do the same.

"It's probably just a vampire or maybe a cat but those things won't help you in Sunnydale unless they fire stakes" said Buffy as she walked toward the back entrance.

"Buffy" Giles called as he tossed her an axe from a nearby shelf. She caught it without a problem as she carried on moving.

"Don't go out there!" Shouted Scully as she backed away from the shop window. Everyone stopped to turn and look at her.

"Scully?" Asked Mulder as he studied her face.

"Men, soldiers by the looks of it are all over the front" she said in a low tone. Everyone gathered in the back of the room, away from all windows and doors.

"I knew it. I knew they would come after us," said Buffy, lifting her head to check the main entrance to the shop.

"We need to block the doors or something," said Xander nervously.

"No point, they'll probably use the windows anyway. Rupert is the another exit?"

"Well, there are the two that lead into the ally" He offered.

"No they will have them covered. We don't know if they are going to storm in or wait for us to leave" said Scully.

"Buffy" Dawn pleaded in a more than scared tone.

"I know Dawnie it's ok look, if we can get into the training room then we can get access to the sewers. It should take no more than 20minutes to reach Revello Drive."

"What about the house Buffy? What if their there?" asked Dawn worryingly.

"She's right, they obviously want us and if they don't get us here then your homes are the first place they'll look and the motel if they desperately want us." Said Mulder lowering his voice.

"Buffy! What about Willow and Tara?"

"Their at the dorms tonight I'm sure, I'm sure Willow mentioned something about a party they might be going to so their ok….I hope" Buffy whispered the last but quietly. "Look we might not have much time, we'll get into the training room, and Giles grab the laptop." With that command everyone quickly and quietly made their way to the training room sans Giles who went to gather the laptop.

Buffy moved back the training mats to reveal something that resembled a trap door, only made out of concrete. She grabbed the iron handle and pulled it back revealing a dark and no so inviting hole. Xander had gathered some torches whilst Dawn and Anya got as many weapons as they could fit into two black bags. Buffy slipped two stakes into her waistband and with her free hand grabbed hold of the torch. Scully walked over to the hole in the ground with Mulder on her heels. "Mulder.."

"Just trust them Scully"

"I'm about to jump into a hole in the ground that is under a town full of vampires… oh but I really do trust them Mulder" she said sarcastically.

"Look at it this way, it's probably the most fun we've had on a case in ages" He gave her a boyish grin and just as she was about to reply there was a loud noise from the front of the shop.

"That's them!" cried Dawn, only to have Xander attatch his hand to her face, over her mouth.

"Shhh" He said  

 "C'mon everyone" Buffy whispered as she indicated for them to go through the passage. Xander, Dawn and Anya were the first to go, swiftly followed by Giles and Scully. Mulder reluctantly left the petit blonde to catch up with the rest of the group. "Agent Mulder" Whispered Buffy as his head popped up. "Make sure they all keep going straight and wait at the very end till I get there" She shoved a bag full of stakes, holy water, crossbows and other various weapons into his capable hands and waved him down. She bolted to large oak cupboard that she easily moved in front of the door as she went to work on removing the iron handle of the trap door. She quickly and strategically placed the training mats around the open door and propped one up against the open trap door so it would fall flat over the door when it was closed.

"Where are they?"

"Just keep looking they can't have got out, we blocked every escape"
"What about in there"

"Open it" Several soldiers gathered around the door as one carefully opened it. Before it was even fully opened they were in there like a swarm of locusts only to come face to face with yet another empty room.

"He'll have our heads for this"

"No, He'll have Matthews head. He was the op leader," whispered one soldier.

~*~*~Please review. Only a very short update. I don't want our hero's captured just yet *wink*. Will be a much longer (and better) chapter tomorrow!~*~*~

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