Chapter 24

Jim lies with his new girlfriend after having amazing sex. She is amazing in bed; she would do anything he wanted. He was in hog heaven. "Darling, where you might be going later?" the women asks.

"I have to take my boss's girlfriend somewhere about two. That gives us about three hours before I have to get up. Do you want to take a bubble bath with me?" Jim says as he climbs out of bed. "Do you know where you are going to?" the woman asks as she tests the water temperature. "Yeah she said this morning she is going to the doctor then to get her hair cut. Why?" Jim is surprised by her inertest in his work. She never asks questions when he work for Mr. Giles.; oh well he say and slides into the tub with his beauty.

"Ok, now you wait here and play nice now with my room mate and when I get back we will go out." Jim tells his girl friend. "Ok my sweets." She answers.

Buffy climbs out of the car and tells Jim she will call when she is done. She opens the door of the building; cold air hits her first thing. Maybe it is a sign for. Buffy gets on the elevator and pushes the button for the second floor. (Stay cool and everything will be fine) she says to herself while walking to the office door. She turns the handle to the door entering the waiting room and walking to the window to sign in.

"Hi, my name is Buffy Summers and I have an appointment at three." Buffy says to the person at the window.

"I need you to fill out these papers and then return them to me." Buffy does as she is asked and when it was time for her to go back to see the doctor she follows the nurse to a room. "I need you to give me a urine sample for the pregnancy test." The nurse tells her.

Buffy waits for the doctor to come with her test results. When he enters the room he tells her what she already knew. Buffy is sullen as she calls Jim to come to get her; he says it would be about twenty minutes so she sits down stairs in the lobby to wait. While she is waiting a women sat across from her looking at her with daggers in her eyes. Jim shows up just as the women comes towards Buffy. Buffy walks to the car and gets in. Jim carries her to Jake's for her hair cut. That lady was really weird, Buffy things as she rides to the salon.

Jake was waiting for Buffy when she arrives. Neither of them notices the car that parked across the street from salon. In the car the women from the medical building is watching Buffy go in and start talking to a man. She sits there until the two people in the shop are alone.

About twenty minutes after entering the hair salon Buffy sees a women enter the shop; the women walks right up to Jake. Jake walks towards her asking what he can do for her. She pulls a gun and aims it at Jake; Buffy sees the gun and starts to get up out of the chair.

"Hold on you little witch; I have a bone to pick with you. You stole my Spike's heart and no one tells me NO." the woman gets more up set by the second. While the woman is still talking, Jim steps up to the glass door; he sees the women and enters the shop. When the woman with the gun is distracted Buffy runs out the back door and hides between two crates in the alley.

Right as Buffy finds a safe spot a shot rings out. Buffy hears the people inside yelling but could not hear what was being said. A second shot is heard by Buffy; then she hears footsteps coming towards her. Buffy looks up and there is the woman with the gun pointed straight at her. "Now it is time to die......" Before the woman could finish Jim tackles her. As Jim goes down a shot is heard by Buffy.

Buffy slowly stands after a few seconds so she can run. She hears sirens coming closer to her location. As she stands the women points the gun back at her. Buffy shuts her eyes and waits for the shot. "Halt this is the police; put the gun down, turn around and get on your knees with your hands over your head." The office shouts; that is when she notices Jim laying there with blood all around him. Buffy hears a sound like a firecracker and looks up; just in time to see the women fall to the ground dead with a bullet hole in her chest. Buffy falls to her knees, this trauma is too much for her to handle.

The police come and help Buffy up while steering her thru the salon. As she walks she sees Jake with a small bullet hole in his head; it blew out the back of it. Buffy starts to retch at the sight; she runs out the salon. She makes it to the curb before Buffy losses her lunch. The police help Buffy to a car; she sits in it while the police sort out the situation.

"Madam, I will be taking to the hospital before I take you to the station. Is there someone you want me to call for you?" The policeman asks Buffy before leaving for the hospital.

"No, I think I can make to car by myself. Thank you." Buffy tries to open the car door; luckily it does open from the inside. The office notices that Buffy is in shock so he opens her purse and calls the number for home. When Wesley answers the officer tells him what happened and where they were taking Buffy.

"Sir, we will take her to hospital and get her checked out then takes her to the station to answer some questions." The officer tells Wesley "Yes that will be good, I will meet her there." Wes thinks about calling Spike, but he could not get back in time so it can wait. The important thing is to get Buffy home from this latest ordeal.