Disclaimer: See chapter one.
The first thoughts that went through Luc's head as he burst through the window were "I really hope this is the right house, cause if its not my face is gonna be so red at least right until Mr. "I had a walk on part in Jurassic park" rips it off". As he fell to the floor he quickly rolled and looked for anything to use as a weapon. He quickly realised he was in the right house as he didn't think many houses in Cleveland were ready equipped with weapon chests.
"Bingo," he muttered under his breath before grabbing the nearest sword and turning to face the Lizard people. When he turned round he saw that most of the creatures had already been subdued by what appeared to be teenage girls, "Definitely, the right house"
It was at this moment he was struck by a fireball in the shoulder knocking him to the ground, this caused one of the creatures to leap at him and he had just enough time to get the sword up and felt it rip through the things chest. "That was for Gabriel you prick" he breathed and then passed out.
Xander quickly looked around the room to assess the damage, some of the Slayers had minor burns but other than that all seemed good. The dead demons didn't appear to be disappearing so he told some of the uninjured slayers to start sorting them out to be buried later and told another to get the first aid kit. Then he started to look for the guy that had come through the window with the demons, he had just spotted him when Faith walked in "Damn Boytoy what did you do?" she said with a grin. Xander just looked back at her and then walked over to where the body of the man was lying, "I didn't do anything, but I do intend to find out what happened". He looked over to the slayer who was nearest the first aid kit Joanne he thought her name was and signalled her to throw him the box, and he began dressing the burn on his shoulder. "Who do you think he is?" He turned and found Faith standing behind him, he turned back to the man "I don't know but he doesn't seem to badly banged up, I've finished dressing the burn so help me move him" at this Faith looked at him oddly "move him where?" Xander looked back at Faith and back at the man then spoke "I don't know this guy, don't know his name, what he wants or why he just jumped our window. In fact the only thing I know is that he just led a load of demons to our front door, so until he wakes up and tells me why, he gets handcuffed to the radiator," at this she shrugged and picked up the man's legs "You get his arms,".
Giles knew something had happened the moment he walked through the door. The fact that all the young slayers were looking innocent, or at least trying to was a big hint. The fact there was a pile of demonic corpses in the kitchen and the window in the living room was missing were also clues, but it was when he moved into said room that he spotted the final piece of evidence, "Would someone please explain to me why there is a topless man shackled to the radiator".
After
a few seconds Xander's head emerged from around the corner "Hey
G-man, we had an interesting evening",
"So I see" the
expression on Giles face was approaching miffed maybe even vexed, but
he refused to get angry he simply stared at Xander waiting for the
explanation and the stare seemed to carry the threat about what would
happen if it wasn't a good one. Xander appeared to understand as he
quickly looked away and then spoke, "Well I'd just gotten in from
patrol, which was pretty uneventful by the way, and then in comes
shirtless over there, we had to take that off to bandage him in case
you're wondering, anyway he comes through the window followed by
the demons you saw in the kitchen" he quickly looked at Giles to
make sure he had seen them and then continued "the girls promptly
mobbed them and took them down, but one still managed to get to him
but he'd grabbed a sword and managed to get it before passing out,
and that pretty much covers it".
Giles looked at Xander for a moment "Are you waiting for him to come around then?"
With that Xander breathed out realising there was to be no angry glasses rubbing and then spoke "Yeah, I want to find out why I have to replace the window again", at this Giles turned away and began to walk towards the stairs, he grew a hint of a smile and almost pitied the man almost, windows are expensive after all.
Faith had snuck out the back for a quick smoke, she still wasn't used to spending so much time around the little Slayers she got on okay with the ones who had made it out of Sunnydale Vi and Rona were fine but the rest were like hyperactive chipmunks, with superpowers which made it an experience she could tell you. The one thing that was really messing with her though was Harris she just couldn't get a handle on him, she had barely said a word to him back in Sunnydale before it blew, she'd made her peace with most of the original SunnyD crew she was on the level with B and Red these days, Giles was pretty good with her and they had spent a lot of time together since he'd come to Cleveland but Harris she just didn't know where she stood and that was getting to her and she didn't like it. Before she could think on it more she heard a voice calling her in seemed like their guest was waking up.
