AN: Well, I know that the last chapter was a bit deep, but I'm trying to
look behind the masks that Xander wears, he's starting to learn that having
the power isn't all a game. On top of that, he's learned that he is being
attacked by someone, he now knows who, but not why. But this chapter is to
cheer it up a bit. As for Nicole's projection of the odds, well, Xander did
ask for odds at his current maximum, which is not even Super Sonic. Another
thing is that I'm still trying to keep this from the DBZ style escalation
that seems to dwarf the story. Some of it does seem unavoidable though.
Sonic smiled slightly at the apartment the watcher lived in, it definitely wasn't what he had expected of the tweed clad man. Reaching up, he rapped his gloved hand against the door.
He waited a moment and started tapping his foot in annoyance, glancing at his watch as he heard a crash inside and a sound that had an uncanny resemblance to tumbling down the stairs.
"I'm coming..." the familiar voice of the Englishman reached the blue hedgehog moments before the door opened.
Another crash.
"I'm waiting," Sonic piped up the instant before the door unlocked, giving him a view of the watcher wearing his pants and an undershirt.
"Yes?" the man said before his eyes nearly popped out when he spotted who had arrived, "how the bloody hell did you find me!"
"I looked it up in the phonebook," Sonic shrugged.
"It's an unlisted number!"
"I used the online one."
"You mean anyone with one of those blasted machines can get it?"
"Well, actually I had the Nicole, the AI program on my computer, hack into the phone company's master one and went from there."
Giles gave a long suffering sigh, "And what, pray tell is the reason for you visiting me at four AM!"
"Well, I asked you to find me some information, and well, I heard the bottle blond doesn't want me at the school again, so I decided to try here."
"Rupert?" a vaguely familiar, feminine voice called out, "Is something wrong?"
"Whoa, Tweedy's getting some!"
"Nothing Jenny," the watcher yelled back to the girl who stepped into view at the top of the stairs, right as Sonic mimed gagging, "Just an annoying pain who doesn't have the decency to show up at a decent hour!"
"Chuckie, I think that sight just made me sick!" Sonic commented.
"Oh shut up, if I tell you what you want to know will you go away?"
"Sure, why not, and I'll throw in not telling the bottle blond that you're having some fun with someone."
The watcher shook his head, a migraine already starting to form, "Fine, they're chaos demons, no other name is given to them, but they only serve Janus, the..."
"God of Chaos, I know who Janus is, did you think that I would learn nothing from the highly educational movies about one of your countrymen."
"Did I just miss something here?" Giles whispered to himself, hoping to wake up from this situation soon.
"Goldeneye, the villain calls himself Janus, they explain the reference."
The watcher was still showing absolute confusion.
"Bond movie, you know, you really ought to go to the movies every once in a while, perhaps bringing that date of yours..."
"Oh grow up!"
"I tried that once, didn't like it, but thanks for the info, so unless you've got some chilidogs in there, go back to bed, you look like you've seen a ghost or something."
The watcher almost mechanically closed the door as Sonic shot away, laughing his head off as he heard what Giles mumbled as he headed up the stairs, "I really need a vacation to restore what little sanity that I have left."
Flipping out a cell phone, he dialed a number without looking and held the phone up to his ear.
A moment later he heard the answer, "Xander, why are you calling this late?"
"Well, I just found something out," Sonic responded with a laugh, "Giles is currently at his house with Ms. Calendar, and I don't think that they were just there to talk, both of them were wearing robes."
"Xander, why are you telling me this?"
"Well, I told the G-man that I wouldn't tell Buffy, never said anything about you though, showed up at his house as Sonic though," Sonic answered quickly as he heard a gasp as the redhead gasped, her still half conscious mind finally grasping his earlier comments.
"You mean that Giles and Ms. Calendar are doing you know?"
"Yep!"
"Eww... I mean gross!"
"Yep, see you in a few hours, gotta get some sleep tonight!" and Sonic hung up.
Sonic smiled slightly at the apartment the watcher lived in, it definitely wasn't what he had expected of the tweed clad man. Reaching up, he rapped his gloved hand against the door.
He waited a moment and started tapping his foot in annoyance, glancing at his watch as he heard a crash inside and a sound that had an uncanny resemblance to tumbling down the stairs.
"I'm coming..." the familiar voice of the Englishman reached the blue hedgehog moments before the door opened.
Another crash.
"I'm waiting," Sonic piped up the instant before the door unlocked, giving him a view of the watcher wearing his pants and an undershirt.
"Yes?" the man said before his eyes nearly popped out when he spotted who had arrived, "how the bloody hell did you find me!"
"I looked it up in the phonebook," Sonic shrugged.
"It's an unlisted number!"
"I used the online one."
"You mean anyone with one of those blasted machines can get it?"
"Well, actually I had the Nicole, the AI program on my computer, hack into the phone company's master one and went from there."
Giles gave a long suffering sigh, "And what, pray tell is the reason for you visiting me at four AM!"
"Well, I asked you to find me some information, and well, I heard the bottle blond doesn't want me at the school again, so I decided to try here."
"Rupert?" a vaguely familiar, feminine voice called out, "Is something wrong?"
"Whoa, Tweedy's getting some!"
"Nothing Jenny," the watcher yelled back to the girl who stepped into view at the top of the stairs, right as Sonic mimed gagging, "Just an annoying pain who doesn't have the decency to show up at a decent hour!"
"Chuckie, I think that sight just made me sick!" Sonic commented.
"Oh shut up, if I tell you what you want to know will you go away?"
"Sure, why not, and I'll throw in not telling the bottle blond that you're having some fun with someone."
The watcher shook his head, a migraine already starting to form, "Fine, they're chaos demons, no other name is given to them, but they only serve Janus, the..."
"God of Chaos, I know who Janus is, did you think that I would learn nothing from the highly educational movies about one of your countrymen."
"Did I just miss something here?" Giles whispered to himself, hoping to wake up from this situation soon.
"Goldeneye, the villain calls himself Janus, they explain the reference."
The watcher was still showing absolute confusion.
"Bond movie, you know, you really ought to go to the movies every once in a while, perhaps bringing that date of yours..."
"Oh grow up!"
"I tried that once, didn't like it, but thanks for the info, so unless you've got some chilidogs in there, go back to bed, you look like you've seen a ghost or something."
The watcher almost mechanically closed the door as Sonic shot away, laughing his head off as he heard what Giles mumbled as he headed up the stairs, "I really need a vacation to restore what little sanity that I have left."
Flipping out a cell phone, he dialed a number without looking and held the phone up to his ear.
A moment later he heard the answer, "Xander, why are you calling this late?"
"Well, I just found something out," Sonic responded with a laugh, "Giles is currently at his house with Ms. Calendar, and I don't think that they were just there to talk, both of them were wearing robes."
"Xander, why are you telling me this?"
"Well, I told the G-man that I wouldn't tell Buffy, never said anything about you though, showed up at his house as Sonic though," Sonic answered quickly as he heard a gasp as the redhead gasped, her still half conscious mind finally grasping his earlier comments.
"You mean that Giles and Ms. Calendar are doing you know?"
"Yep!"
"Eww... I mean gross!"
"Yep, see you in a few hours, gotta get some sleep tonight!" and Sonic hung up.