Bond looked at Xander and his friends. The information he'd just received
suggested that it would be more in their line of work than his.
"The two agents that took your father are dead. He's nowhere to be found. The driver's face was ripped off by an unknown force. The other was drained of blood, after being ripped out of the car through a broken window. I have no doubts that this is in your area of expertise, but allow me to call in support for you. We can have some lethal weapons here in about 4 hours."
Xander glared. "For my father you mean?"
"Doesn't he fit the bill of a coward?"
Buffy looked at the two. "I appreciate the assistance, but I think we can handle things."
Giles sighed. "Not this time Buffy. It's your blood that will be the other half of the ritual."
- - - - - - -
Faith walked out of the hotel and started on her patrol. As she did, a group of shadows followed along behind her.
When she got to the graveyard, she found a few fledglings.
"Well, looks like it won't be quiet after all. Looks like fun." As she dusted them, the figures came up behind her. She turned around.
"What the..."
The figures left, leaving an empty graveyard.
- - - - - -
Xander looked at Giles in disbelief. "Forgotten that you have a second slayer in town already have you? It did say A slayer's blood, not THE slayers blood after all."
"Dear Lord." Giles exclaimed.
"It shouldn't be too hard to find them. I left a tracer on Mr. Harris. I've always found it to be standard procedure on missions... just in case." Bond spoke, as he started dialing the contact number for Q.
Xander walked over to the phone and called Willy.
"Willy's land of lunacy."
"Funny. Tell me something. Answer correctly by the way, and you'll find something nice in your stocking."
"Lay it on me X-man."
"How many times... wait a minute, got hit by de-ja-vu." Xander shook his head as he looked at Giles who just stared in befuddlement. "Here's the question, Willy. What's the time frame on the Frawee ritual? How long do we have?"
"Four hours."
"Oh is that all." Xander said sarcastically. "And here I thought we could sleep on it." He then slammed the phone down.
"We have four hours. Can your friend get here in time, Bond?"
"He's thirty minutes out. He did mention that he hasn't reported my apparent psychosis to my superiors. He has several devices that can be used though that wasn't their original purposes. By the way, can you drive stick or straight?"
"Um... unless you want the engine destroyed, I'll stick with automatic."
"He'll be delivering to the warehouse a block from here."
- - - - - - - -
Willow, Oz, and Giles with the assistance of Angel went to find Faith. They promised to be at the warehouse in time. They were, but Faith wasn't with them.
"We checked all her usual hunting grounds, no go."
Xander started pacing. "She'd be at least safer right now if you had found a place for her to call home instead of that rat hole of a hotel, G-man. As much as I hate laying blame, it's on your head." As he said that, the truck pulled in. Two vehicles were rolled out.
"Sweet!" Which one's mine?"
Q blinked. "Uh... 007?"
"Don't worry Q, this is the one I told you about."
"Oh great, looks like we're doubling the car insurance again."
- - - - - - -
"Ok Double O Seven, pay attention. You too youngsters."
"Hey, we resemble that remark!" yelled Xander.
Q groaned. "Against my judgement, I designed these on your specifications 007. Though I find it hard to believe that vampires and demons exist."
"I already have a general assortment of weapons for dealing with them. We just need something that can improve the odds."
"Well... we've had success with creating a hand laser similar to the power of the rifles we used back during the Moonraker fiasco. However, they will burn out at 5 shots. I've brought 10. Also, I have your general assortment of lockpicks etc. As for the vampires, I have some specialized crossbows. They will strap to your wrist, and have a 15, stake was it, load out. The bows are a fraction the size you're used to. We have targets for you to practice on. I have 8 reloads for each. Each stake is barbed, to prevent the vampire from getting it out in time. If you have anyone that can hit the heart with great accuracy, this is your best bet. I've brought some belts to carry the loads. Also, these are plastique lined with a 30 second fuse. All you have to do is press this button. It's situated where you won't be able to do so unless you remove the belt first. It can only respond to the heat of human flesh, so you won't trigger it by falling or being hit there. Double 0 Seven already has the special overcoat I designed on a humorous whim. The explosives in it are more pronounced. Also, on a pure whimsy, I created some special devices that shower a three foot area with holy water. Similar in activation to a grenade."
Bond blinked. "And you did this despite the fact you didn't believe?"
"Actually, I was amused by the myth one night... never mind. It was a while ago. Let's just say that nobody saw me make them. Oh, one more thing. I've brought two shotguns along. I assume you and and your protégé know how to use them? They have some special ammo that would be of some use. Standard loadout. Aim for the heart or above. Wasn't able to improve the reload on them though. So if you're in a hairy situation, use the other items."
Everyone looked over the equipment with pure shock, except for Buffy. She was in weapon heaven.
"Now, and what do I call your young protégé 007?"
Giles blinked. "Protégé?'
Xander looked at him. "Yep, he's going to teach me how to be even harder to kill. Though I do assure you, I do try at times to laugh at danger and run from it."
"He's called Xander. Believe it or not, he's got some talents that rival mine. Pretty good considering he's picked them up as he went along."
"Ah. Well, anyway. Both cars have a similar design. They are both capable of high speed. They have shatter and bulletproof shielding. There are missile launchers front and back, as well as a standard surface to air defense. I've modified it to use for ground as well. It has the same ammo load out that the shotguns have. However, if you come up against something other than vampire, we have some specialized armor piercing mini-rounds that you can switch the guns to. I've also installed a flamethrower attachment. In addition, I've created an electric shock defense system. It won't kill what you're going up against, but what happened to the agents, won't happen to you. Also, on a side note, I've installed the remote control device that 007 has used before. Now then, while you and 007 start learning the systems, your friends will learn how to use these devices properly."
"Did you get the scanner?"
"Ah yes. Here it is."
Bond looked at it. The glowing dot from the tracer was bright. They were two miles from it. He matched it to the GPS system. The enemies were at some old mansion.
"The two agents that took your father are dead. He's nowhere to be found. The driver's face was ripped off by an unknown force. The other was drained of blood, after being ripped out of the car through a broken window. I have no doubts that this is in your area of expertise, but allow me to call in support for you. We can have some lethal weapons here in about 4 hours."
Xander glared. "For my father you mean?"
"Doesn't he fit the bill of a coward?"
Buffy looked at the two. "I appreciate the assistance, but I think we can handle things."
Giles sighed. "Not this time Buffy. It's your blood that will be the other half of the ritual."
- - - - - - -
Faith walked out of the hotel and started on her patrol. As she did, a group of shadows followed along behind her.
When she got to the graveyard, she found a few fledglings.
"Well, looks like it won't be quiet after all. Looks like fun." As she dusted them, the figures came up behind her. She turned around.
"What the..."
The figures left, leaving an empty graveyard.
- - - - - -
Xander looked at Giles in disbelief. "Forgotten that you have a second slayer in town already have you? It did say A slayer's blood, not THE slayers blood after all."
"Dear Lord." Giles exclaimed.
"It shouldn't be too hard to find them. I left a tracer on Mr. Harris. I've always found it to be standard procedure on missions... just in case." Bond spoke, as he started dialing the contact number for Q.
Xander walked over to the phone and called Willy.
"Willy's land of lunacy."
"Funny. Tell me something. Answer correctly by the way, and you'll find something nice in your stocking."
"Lay it on me X-man."
"How many times... wait a minute, got hit by de-ja-vu." Xander shook his head as he looked at Giles who just stared in befuddlement. "Here's the question, Willy. What's the time frame on the Frawee ritual? How long do we have?"
"Four hours."
"Oh is that all." Xander said sarcastically. "And here I thought we could sleep on it." He then slammed the phone down.
"We have four hours. Can your friend get here in time, Bond?"
"He's thirty minutes out. He did mention that he hasn't reported my apparent psychosis to my superiors. He has several devices that can be used though that wasn't their original purposes. By the way, can you drive stick or straight?"
"Um... unless you want the engine destroyed, I'll stick with automatic."
"He'll be delivering to the warehouse a block from here."
- - - - - - - -
Willow, Oz, and Giles with the assistance of Angel went to find Faith. They promised to be at the warehouse in time. They were, but Faith wasn't with them.
"We checked all her usual hunting grounds, no go."
Xander started pacing. "She'd be at least safer right now if you had found a place for her to call home instead of that rat hole of a hotel, G-man. As much as I hate laying blame, it's on your head." As he said that, the truck pulled in. Two vehicles were rolled out.
"Sweet!" Which one's mine?"
Q blinked. "Uh... 007?"
"Don't worry Q, this is the one I told you about."
"Oh great, looks like we're doubling the car insurance again."
- - - - - - -
"Ok Double O Seven, pay attention. You too youngsters."
"Hey, we resemble that remark!" yelled Xander.
Q groaned. "Against my judgement, I designed these on your specifications 007. Though I find it hard to believe that vampires and demons exist."
"I already have a general assortment of weapons for dealing with them. We just need something that can improve the odds."
"Well... we've had success with creating a hand laser similar to the power of the rifles we used back during the Moonraker fiasco. However, they will burn out at 5 shots. I've brought 10. Also, I have your general assortment of lockpicks etc. As for the vampires, I have some specialized crossbows. They will strap to your wrist, and have a 15, stake was it, load out. The bows are a fraction the size you're used to. We have targets for you to practice on. I have 8 reloads for each. Each stake is barbed, to prevent the vampire from getting it out in time. If you have anyone that can hit the heart with great accuracy, this is your best bet. I've brought some belts to carry the loads. Also, these are plastique lined with a 30 second fuse. All you have to do is press this button. It's situated where you won't be able to do so unless you remove the belt first. It can only respond to the heat of human flesh, so you won't trigger it by falling or being hit there. Double 0 Seven already has the special overcoat I designed on a humorous whim. The explosives in it are more pronounced. Also, on a pure whimsy, I created some special devices that shower a three foot area with holy water. Similar in activation to a grenade."
Bond blinked. "And you did this despite the fact you didn't believe?"
"Actually, I was amused by the myth one night... never mind. It was a while ago. Let's just say that nobody saw me make them. Oh, one more thing. I've brought two shotguns along. I assume you and and your protégé know how to use them? They have some special ammo that would be of some use. Standard loadout. Aim for the heart or above. Wasn't able to improve the reload on them though. So if you're in a hairy situation, use the other items."
Everyone looked over the equipment with pure shock, except for Buffy. She was in weapon heaven.
"Now, and what do I call your young protégé 007?"
Giles blinked. "Protégé?'
Xander looked at him. "Yep, he's going to teach me how to be even harder to kill. Though I do assure you, I do try at times to laugh at danger and run from it."
"He's called Xander. Believe it or not, he's got some talents that rival mine. Pretty good considering he's picked them up as he went along."
"Ah. Well, anyway. Both cars have a similar design. They are both capable of high speed. They have shatter and bulletproof shielding. There are missile launchers front and back, as well as a standard surface to air defense. I've modified it to use for ground as well. It has the same ammo load out that the shotguns have. However, if you come up against something other than vampire, we have some specialized armor piercing mini-rounds that you can switch the guns to. I've also installed a flamethrower attachment. In addition, I've created an electric shock defense system. It won't kill what you're going up against, but what happened to the agents, won't happen to you. Also, on a side note, I've installed the remote control device that 007 has used before. Now then, while you and 007 start learning the systems, your friends will learn how to use these devices properly."
"Did you get the scanner?"
"Ah yes. Here it is."
Bond looked at it. The glowing dot from the tracer was bright. They were two miles from it. He matched it to the GPS system. The enemies were at some old mansion.