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."
