Angel and Giles were sitting in the school library with the rest of the Scooby gang. The room was silent until Buffy spoke. "Alright, Giles, I'm here, now spill. You have a twin brother who's a vampire. Now I'm sorry, but he's dead and this is my job. How many people are going to die tonight because you had Angel stop me?"
Giles looked at her with understanding. "I know you're upset and confused, but I can explain. Shawn…was my brother. The council chose me as a Watcher because I had a twin, as did my father. On our 18th birthday, they made him a vampire…"
The room grew silent again until Willow spoke up hesitantly. "On purpose…?"
Giles had an expression of pain on his face. "Yes. After he was turned…they bound us with magick. Made me invulnerable, essentially unkillable…unless Shawn was killed, in which case, I would die as well. The Council kept him imprisoned, but a few days ago…he broke out and killed the guard. He came to the Hellmouth. We think he was looking for you, Buffy. For the Slayer."
She looked up at him. "So what am I supposed to do? I can't kill him…it would be my fault you died. I can't do it, I won't. There has to be another way."
Xander looked at Giles. "What about a spell? Something to…separate the two of you?"
Giles stared up at Xander. "You're right. The Watcher's Council did the spell, they must have a reversal for it. In case something like this happened. I'm going to phone them right now. You can all go home, it's late and we can't do much for now anyway." Giles headed into his office to call the Council. Willow stood up and moved toward Oz. Everyone headed out of the library when Willow had a thought. "What if they don't have a reversal for it? What will we do?"
"They will," said Oz. "Don't worry, Giles'll come through."