Something Wicked This Way Comes
Chapter 5: Doing What You Do Best
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: The characters of Btvs and Ats belong to Joss Whedon, not myself.
Summary: See pervious chapters
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"Have you found anything yet?" asked Giles as he took off his glasses and cleaned them for what had to be the fifteenth time in an hour.
"Not yet Giles," replied Andrew as he searched on the computer. "You really need to calm down before you clean a hole in your glasses."
"This isn't your everyday apocalypse Andrew. This could be the battle to end all battles."
"The keyword there, could be. This isn't a sure thing."
"That's why we must research it thoroughly."
"And that's what we're doing, or at least it's what I'm doing."
"Right, sorry." Giles sat down and picked up one of the ancient books that crowded the table.
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"So, what'd you guys talk about after I conked out?" asked Dawn.
"We talked about what Angel and everyone are going up against and I said we'd give them a hand with it." Buffy finished pouring herself a bowl of cereal and took a seat next to Dawn.
"How are we giving them a hand?"
"I've got Giles and Andrew researching their butts' off in London while Wesley, Fred, and Lorne are checking out their resources."
"What about Willow?"
"Red and her girl are checking out the demon world in Rio to see if anybody knows anything," said Spike as he came into the kitchen.
"And what's everyone else doing to help out?"
"Peaches, Charlie Boy, and myself are going out tonight to hit up the demon community and I have no clue as to what you two will be doing."
"What are we doing Buff?" asked Dawn.
"We're going to get a hold of Xander and Faith and tell them to get their butts over here, and after that we're taking Angel's place with patrol."
"Sounds like a plan."
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"I think I found something," said Willow as she took her hands off the keyboard of her laptop.
"What?" Kennedy came over to see what her girlfriend had found.
"There was an incident a couple of thousand years ago in which a wolf, ram, and heart banded together to bring up the First Evil. The plan didn't work and they were cursed by the guardians to become one, but vowed to one day succeed."
"And in English that would be?"
"What I can tell is that a werewolf, a vampire, and some other ram typ thing banded together to raise the First, but it didn't work and they were cursed by the guardians, whatever they were to be a sort of three headed monster thing, but before it happened they vowed to one day bring the First back." Willow looked over at Kennedy.
"Do you think they're Wolfram & Hart?"
"Probably."
"And you think their goal is bringing back the First and use it as a weapon?"
"It's what it sounds like," said Willow.
"I'll call Giles and let him know." Kennedy headed for the phone.
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Buffy had just gotten off the phone with Faith when her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Buffy. It's me Giles."
"Hey Giles, have you found anything yet?"
"Possibly."
"Well go ahead and tell me what you've got." Buffy sat down on the couch.
"Willow found an excerpt about a wolf, ram, and heart banding together in an attempt to raise the first evil. They failed and were cursed to share one body, but vowed to attempt the resurrection again."
"And you think the Senior Partners are this wolf, ram, and heart?" asked Buffy.
"Yes, that's what appears to be so. I have Andrew researching the matter right now. Willow and Kennedy are planning on coming to LA within the week."
"Really?"
"Yes, Willow was checking into the tickets while Kennedy was calling me."
"Faith and Robin are bringing some slayers up sometime during next week."
"What about Xander?"
"He's supposed to leave Kenya Wednesday morning."
"I'll try to get Andrew and myself tickets as soon as possible," said Giles.
"Okay, I'll tell Angel and everyone the news."
"All right, I'll talk to you later."
"Bye Giles," said Buffy as she hung up the phone.
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"So you think the Senior Partners are trying to resurrect the First?" asked Angel.
"Willow and Andrew are checking into it, but that's what it sounds like to me," replied Buffy.
"That goes along with what we found out," said Gunn.
"Which was?" asked Fred.
"Some of the demons down town are talking about a Hell Mouth opening up around 'ere," said Spike from his spot standing next to the end of the couch. "It didn't make any sense at first, cause there isn't one, but the portal required to summon the First would cause the same sort of feeling."
"The only problem is trying to find something like that in a city the size of Los Angeles," said Angel.
"When Willow and Kennedy get here we can have them try a locator spell," suggested Dawn.
"That'd be a lot of help," said Gunn.
"I can research more on the First so we can try and find a weakness," said Wesley.
"We'll definitely want Faith to bring the scythe with her," said Dawn. "That was a big help when we had to fight the Toruk-han."
"Hopefully, we'll be able to stop the Senior Partners before the resurrect the First," said Angel.
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To Be Continued . . .