Chapter 2:
The chill was in the air of the Rome night and Buffy wrapped her jacket around her closer. Andrew and her walked through an empty alley way.
"...he also climbed Mr. Everest!" Andrew finished. The whole time Buffy and Andrew walked, Andrew was saying wonderful things about The Immortal.
"Okay Andrew...I get it!" Buffy exclaimed, "He's Mr. Perfect, he's Mr. Handsome, he's Mr. Popular." Buffy said and kicked a pebble on the ground and clung to her jacket more.
"He's also Mr. Cook...I hear he can make great spaghetti that you would die for." Andrew said.
"Did someone die?" Buffy asked.
"I'm not sure..." Andrew paused to think about the question for a minute and then shook the thought from his mind that someone would die for spaghetti.
"Where are we?" Buffy asked and looked around. She finally noticed that they were walking in an area of Rome she wasn't familiar with.
"The bad section of town I think." Andrew said.
"Trust me; I know the bad section of town...and from the looks..." Buffy was interrupted by screams being heard, "Umm...never mind."
Buffy and Andrew kept walking down the alley until they heard voices. They leaned against a brick wall to keep out of sight. The voices talked in a hush Italian accent. Buffy peeked around the corner to try to get a glimpse of the people but saw only dark figures.
"Ciao..." one of the voices said and the figures were gone.
Buffy and Andrew waited a few minutes until they came out of there hiding places. "Okay...who were they?" Buffy turned to Andrew.
"You don't want to mess with them...they work for The Immortal..." Andrew said, "I heard they use metal knuckles when they fight." Andrew looked frightened.
"Are they human?"
"I'm not sure." Andrew said.
"Well how do you know they work for the Immortal?" Buffy questioned.
"I did research...Willow's not the only book girl..." Andrew stopped and thought about what he just said, "Wait...I'm a book guy...I'm not like Willow and a book girl I didn't..." Off of Buffy's look Andrew quickly changed the subject, "I've been researching The Immortal and his plans for weeks." Andrew came out and said.
"And why haven't I been informed on ANY of this?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know...ask Giles." Andrew shrugged.
Buffy paused and looked at Andrew, "I intend to." Buffy mumbled.
"It seems that The Immortal covers up his secret business with how good he looks and his greatest." Andrew said, "He loves to charm woman...he's really just a lady's man."
"Well this is not one lady he's going to charm." Buffy said.
Buffy's Apartment
"You're gonna what?!" Dawn shouted.
Buffy didn't stop to look at Dawn, she just kept putting things in her purse.
"Are you crazy?" Dawn asked.
"I need to do this Dawn." Buffy said.
Andrew was in leaning against the wall, listening to the two sisters engage in a heated conversation.
"Because..." Buffy started and then looked to Andrew, "This is important."
"So what...you are just going to go up to this Immortal guy and what....ask to be his girlfriend?" Dawn asked.
"No...I need to win him over first..." Buffy stopped and realized what she just said, "I can't believe I just said that."
"Me either." Dawn said and stared off into space.
"Look Dawn, I need to trick this guy into giving me that head...I need to get close to him in order to get the head." Buffy trailed off.
"What about just fighting him to get the head?" Dawn suggested.
"This guy is like the head of the demon mafia, I can't handle him and all of his minions." Buffy said.
"That's why Willow did a spell a couple months ago, so you don't need to handle the big fights alone. Take a couple Slayers with you." Dawn said.
Dawn rolled her eyes at her stubborn sister and looked at Andrew, "Is he going with you?"
"No." Buffy stated.
"What?!" Andrew finally spoke up, "I came all this way and I don't get to—"Off of Buffy's look Andrew decided to stop while he was still alive, "You know, I rather sit here with Dawn and she can tell me the whole story about her being a Key...I brought my camera." Andrew smiled.
Dawn turned to Buffy, "Can I go out?"
"For me, yes...but not for Andrew." Dawn mumbled.
TBC....