Chapter 2 – Discovery

"So, Your saying this building is only two months old?!" Buffy asked. " I knew something was up with that place. My spider sense was tingling every time I passed it."

"So Captain Buffy what do we do?" Xander asked.

"Nothing yet. Well, nothing but some R and R." Buffy responded commandingly.

"Resting and relaxing sounds great Buff, but doesn't really seem like something we should be doing now."

"Xand, that's recon and research."

"Right. I totally knew that."

"Anyway, Willow, Giles, and Dawn, you guys start research. There's a lot we need to know as the only thing we do know is that this place showed up fully destroyed two months ago. Xander and I will go check out the site." Buffy was in total 'take charge' mode.

"Buffy," Said Giles concerned. "Please don't go in there until we know more. It may not be safe."

"Don't worry Giles, I won't. I just want to walk around a little, you know see if I can pick up any clues."

"Very well. Check in in about an hour." Giles said looking at his watch, just before he removed his glasses and cleaned them.

Xander and Buffy circle the building a few times. "I don't know Buff, not much to go on."

"I know. If I could just get in there..." She trailed off.

"Well, go ahead." Xander said spiritedly

"You won't tell Giles!" Buffy said excitedly.

"Oh in a heart beat. Plus," Xander was reading a sign that was posted across the front door. "looks like the mayor doesn't want anyone in here,"

"Oh yes, we all know what good people the mayors of Sunnydale are." Buffy added sarcastically.

"So Mayor Wilkins wanted to be a big ol' demon-snake. Other then that, and the wanting you dead, and the trying to destroy the world, he was an-"

Buffy cut in. "Don't even say he was an O.K. guy Xander."

"Buffy, in this town, he was an O.K. guy."

Buffy looked around the area one more time. "Well, there's nothing here. We should get back to the house."

"So, did you guys get anywhere?" Buffy asked as soon as she was though the door.

"Well that depends. If you define 'getting anywhere' as having no more information then when you left then, yeah, we got some where." Said Willow.

"We had about as much luck as you guys did." Xander commented sitting down.

"Well, there is one thing we did determine." Dawn spoke up. "It's something magical."

"Well thanks for that awesome conclusion Dawn." Buffy said with extreme sarcasm. She was tired of waiting. "Tonight we're going in there. All of us. I want to know what did this and why. From my experience nothing that is hidden is good. We're going in there hard and strong. We leave at eight o'clock. That's one hour."