Episode 5
Buffy the Vampire slayer Story
"So you'll be a way for a month." Joyce said checking up that she had all the details of Buffy's trip over to Scotland.
"Yep that's it I leave tomorrow." Buffy had Just got up and was now eating breakfast. It was to be her last day in junior grade at high school. And she was hoping that nothing was going to happen.
Buffy and her mum were in the kitchen. They were just finishing breakfast and getting ready for school and work appropriately.
But just as she realized that she had thought that she knew she had put a big jinks on the whole idea of a nice relaxed last day of term.
"And when your over in Edinburgh I can contact you buy phoning the number on the fridge."
"That's the idea of putting it on the fridge in the first place." Buffy said.
"I know but I worry about you. I've heard all sorts of stories about teenagers going of on holiday and disappearing of the face of earth."
"Mum I'll be ok. And remember it's not just me going its Willow and Wedge as well and Wedge used to live there so he's hardly a tourist."
"Umm yes this Wedge? He's going out with Willow isn't he?"
"Yes and before you think the speech up that you tell me to make sure Willow and Wedge don't get together it's long over due I should have given it to them when he first came in to town."
"Oh really does Willow's Parents know about this?" Buffy realized she blurted out too much information and she quickly changed the subject.
"So this really is good Orange juice isn't it." Not my best attempt at changing the subject but she doesn't seem to have noticed. Buffy thought.
"It is isn't it." Joyce said. She knew she wasn't going to get any more out of Buffy about willow and Wedge's relationship. And they had to go now any way.
The Library was full of people returning book's some over due returns some early seeing it was the end of term. Buffy stood in the middle of the anarchy Willow and Wedge were outside in the sun with Cordi and Xander. Giles had several piles of books behind him and more piles were being added constantly.
"Buffy." Giles said when he had a spare minute. "Could you help me in taking in all these returns."
"Sure." She said absent-mindedly.
She started to scan in all the book's that were handed to her.
But all she could think about was the trip she was about to embark on and the amount of time she will be away from Angel, Xander, Giles and hell even Cordelia.
"Edinburgh sounds very… very… Mythical like a place in some twisted fairy tall." Xander said.
"Yeah I guess it does doesn't it." Wedge replied.
"It sounds romantic." Willow said as she snuggled more into Wedge.
Xander and Cordelia sat on the grass next to each other they were looking at each other picking out the small imperfections. And they're better qualities.
Wedge and Willow sat under the big tree next to Xander and Cordi but unlike them they were snuggled up and all lovie.
"So what time is it you leave at then?" Cordi asked.
"About 6ish." Willow replied.
"Oh bring me back some shortbread." Xander said hopefully.
The library calmed down at lunchtime and Buffy had a chance to talk to Giles.
"So Giles I'm leaving in" she looked at her watch. "5 hours and I won't be back for a month."
"Yes so Wedge said. I do hope I don't have to remind you that laws are different over there and Wedge, like me, probably knows a way round most of the silly ones. But I'm sure you'll enjoy the chauffeur driven rides."
"Chauffeur? He has a chauffeur and he's a millionaire."
"Yes and he also owns several small companies Willow knows all this I assumed you knew as well."
"No I didn't there seems to be a lot about him I don't know."
Willow, Wedge, Xander and Cordie waked in Buffy hadn't seen them all day and she was surprised, not much, but a little surprised, by the T-shirt Wedge wore it said. 'Death will take all who defy me' and a picture of death. In their line of 'work' this seemed out of place some how.
"Hi." Willow said as she walked in. Xander just nodded in the direction of Buffy. Wedge looked at Buffy, and it for some reason made her want to run very far away.
"What were we talking about?" Xander asked.
"Just about how much time you, Angel and Giles will be spending together for the next month."
"Giles yes I can cope, but Angel dead boy no I'm not spending half my summer break with him."
"Yes you are." Buffy said straight and to the point.
"Mum I'll be all right honestly."
"I know but I still worry don't do anything that I wouldn't let you."
"Bye."
"Bye I'll see you when I get back." Buffy then hugged and kissed her mom then went in to the Airport lounge.
Willow and Wedge stood there waiting for her. Wedge had his arm around Willow and She had hers around him.
"Let's go then." Buffy said Wedge and Willow turned round and boarded the plane.
"First class?" Willow said in disbelief. "We're going in first class cool this is so cool I've never been in First class before." Willow said as she read her ticket.
"I get these cheaper than most people, my father new the owner of the company and I always get reductions on the tickets."
"Cool." Buffy said. "Friends in high places. Must be nice."
"Yeah it is but like most things it's over rated." Wedge didn't look to well Willow thought as she looked him over.
What's wrong.
Nothing I'm just cold and hot at the same time and also tired.
That doesn't sound good.
It's nothing really.
OK Willow said at last knowing she wouldn't get anywhere.
The three of them took their seats and waited for take off.
"Hello can I get you anything." An airhostess said to Buffy.
"Umm what do you have?"
"We have Coke a cola and Fanta. Both of these all so come in diet."
"I have a diet Coke please."
The airhostess handed Buffy the can and a small glass with ice in it. Buffy pulled down the table that was built into the chair in front. Willow sat next to her and Wedge Next to Willow. The three occupied the three-center seats on the plane.
"And you miss what can I get for you?" The Airhostess asked. Willow
"Em I'm fine for now thanks for asking." Willow replied
Wedge just sat there hand on his head.
Buffy looked at Wedge then at Willow concern on her face, it matched Willow's expression.
"Jesus Christ this hurts." Wedge said under his breath.
"What?" Willow asked.
"I'm having a Vision and I'm trying not to make too big a deal."
"Oh right."
Buffy's face changed from concern to paranoid. She looked round to see if anyone was watching them at all. But none of the businesspeople seemed to give any indication of being concerned about anything but their drinks.
"What do you see?" Willow continued. "A friend in Edinburgh he looks dead and smells dead to. Oh there's another one and another their all on the floor rotting." Wedge described a grizzly picture.
"Are you ok now?" Willow asked as he took his hand from his head and a very Gilesish smile crept onto his face.
"I'm quite fine now."
As the plane landed at Edinburgh airport Buffy and Willow woke up. Wedge was all ready awake and was looking at Willow. The only thing Buffy could liken the look in Wedge's' eyes at that moment was a puppy waiting for it's owner to wake up.
"Morning." He said as the two got up.
"What time is it here?" Buffy asked.
"It's 7 o'clock in the morning. Give or take a minute."
"Alright." Buffy said, "Where do we go now?"
"We go get our bags and then we get driven in to town where we go to one of my houses in Marchmont and then we sleep some more, OK,"
"Ok." Willow and Buffy said as one.
The left the plane and went to the baggage collection point and picked up their stuff. Wedge only had one rucksack whereas Willow and Buffy had three suit cases each them.
They walked through the doors and walked over to a car that was parked outside. The windows were blacked out and it was a limo not a stretch limo but a limo nonetheless.
"Hello Sir where is it you would like to go to today?" The driver asked as the three of them got in the back after packing their stuff in the back.
"Home as in the Marchmont one."
"Ok sir." The driver then sped away from the airport.
When Willow, Buffy and Wedge got to the flat Wedge opened the doors. Buffy and Willow walked through carrying all three suit cases. Wedge showed Buffy to her room and Willow to their room. They all fell asleep quickly.
Bang. The Door was knocked and Wedge and Willow woke up, so did Buffy. Wedge pulled on his robe and walked to the door saying. "I'm coming." He pulled open the door to find his friend Jonathan standing there in his Herriots uniform. Blue blazer blue jumper and white shirt with gray trousers.
"You are back. So are you going to let me in or not." Wedge eyed him speculatively.
"No I think not." He said to Jonathan. But Jonathan pushed past him anyway and he waited for Wedge to say something. "You always do that don't you. Go though to the living room and I'll get changed."
"Ok" Jonathan went though and sat on a chair. He picked up a book and started to read it.
Wedge went into the room he shared with Willow and got dressed. Willow was already getting dressed and she looked tired.
Who is it? She asked.
Its Jonathan a friend of mine. I've known him since Primary school equivalent to your grade school. He moved in the last year and we staid friends.
Oh all right.
Willow was happier now knowing a little about this new person. Buffy appeared at the door in her usual attire.
"Who is it?" She asked Wedge.
"A friend he must have heard I was back in town and he's paying a visit"
"All right." Buffy felt that answer was very vague. But would do.
Wedge waked in to the room followed by Willow then Buffy.
Jonathan stood as Willow and Buffy came in and shook their hand's as he introduced himself.
"Hello I'm Jonathan and you are?"
"I'm Willow."
"And I'm Buffy."
"Pleased to meet the two of you."
Wedge rolled his eye's knowing what Jonathan was thinking.
"Jonathan they're both taken." He said.
"Oh well. It's still nice to meet you."
The four talked for a couple of hours even though Jonathan didn't now Buffy or Willow he treated them like close friends. He told them about some off the embarrassing things that Wedge did in his past. But from the way he spoke he didn't know about Vampires or demons. Jonathan was another person blind to what went on around them.
Wedge went out the room to make a pot of tea and get some snacks the maid had been round the day before and had filled the house with food and drink.
Whilst Wedge was away Jonathan said in a hushed voice. "How is he I mean after his mother's death and then his fathers he was a wreck just before he went over to you guys he got in a fight at this bar and he got the shit kicked out of him in a fight he normally would have won. "
"He's better now but he sometimes seems a little out of it." Willow said.
"So you two are close then."
"Yeah were are."
Wedge came back in with a tray of biscuits, sweets and four cups with tea in them.
"This is yours Willow." Willow took hers "And this is yours Buffy." Buffy picked hers up and drank quickly. "And Jonathan this is yours" He gave Jonathan one then took his own.
"So what's been going on in the unseen world then."
"Eh you mean the gangs." Jonathan replied to Wedge's question.
"No I mean the Vampires and Demons."
"It's alright to talk about this in front of your friends?" Jonathan asked skeptically.
"Yeah. Buffy's the slayer and Willow's a witch." Jonathan's mouth opened wide as Wedge said Buffy was the slayer.
"You're the slayer. I always thought Slayers were tall muscley women but your… not what I thought a slayer would look like." Then he looked at Willow. "And you you're a witch wow! You don't look like one. This is far too much to take one without drink."
"Were is Leo playing these day's?"
"Eh he's playing the Star Stock Club tonight. We could go there and get a few drinks."
"Sounds good. But you should go home and get changed."
"Yeah I will. See you in an hour."
"Bye." Willow said as he left.
"The Star Stock club?" Buffy asked.
"It's A Pub Club technically we shouldn't be allowed in and neither should Leo and his band but we are able to because we look older than we really are and we can get in no question's asked."
"Really the drinking law's must be more lax here than back home." Willow said.
"Yeah you only have to be 18 to get in and drink in pub's here."
"So how much does Jonathan know?" Buffy asked.
"His Father is also a watcher. And he's going to be one as well some day."
"Ooo fun for him." Buffy said sarcastically.
"Hey! Don't knock it that was what I might have ended up as well."
"Sorry but you've got to admit it's hardly a sound career choice is it. I mean what do you put down as a occupation."
"Mm I guess it is silly really but it means you do good for a living."
"And that's what we do but we don't need silly titles." Willow chirp in.
"You do have a point." Wedge said.
Willow, Wedge, Buffy and Jonathan walked down the road towards the Star Stock club. Willow had on a pink fluffy top and Black trousers. Buffy had a pair of jeans on and a whit tank top covered by Angel's old leather jacket. Wedge had his normal stuff on a Black top black cargo trouser and his long lather jacket. Jonathan had a pair of chinos on and a white shirt. As they got closer Buffy saw the club it was a converted church and if that wasn't strange a enough the range of people going in was unreal there were Goth's and Tracksuit wearing people skateboarders and the rich ones who wore suits and very expensive dresses. As they got in Buffy heard the very loud music. It was nice but very heavy. The church itself still looked the same as it would have when it was first built but there was now a bar going along the right and a absence of seat's. Then she saw the band where a priest or a choir would normally stand but just by looking round she knew this was no ordinary club.
"What you want." Jonathan said to her.
"Diet coke." She said in reply.
"You want Vodka in that?" He asked Buffy. Buffy thought it over then thought. What the hell I'm on holiday.
"Just a wee bit then." She told him.
"Willow what do you want then?" Jonathan asked.
"Ill have a can of Dr peppers."
"Alcohol?" Jonathan said.
"No not at the moment."
"All right. Wedge you?"
"Ill have a pint of Tenants special."
"Right." Jonathan said then walked over to the bar.
The band finished playing the song, which seemed to have been going on for ages even though they had only just arrived. The lead singer had weird black hair and a white complexion matching most people in Edinburgh's.
The band walked over to the bar and stood next to Jonathan.
"Those your friends?" Willow asked.
"Yep that's them. The singer is Leo, the lead guitarist is Fisk the drummer is Misha and the Bassist is Mark they don't know anything about Vampires or demons as far as they're concerned that's what people that come here are."
"They look - well intimidating." Willow said.
"I know even I'm finding them intimidating." Buffy admitted.
"There alright really they just come of that way when they walk and don't talk. Once they start to take they loose that intimidation factor." Wedge sounded a little unsure of the last bit for a reason neither Willow nor Buffy could work out.
The Band and Jonathan started to walk over towards them.
"Wedge you have a lot of guts showing up here after the stunt you pulled." Leo said.
"What stunt." Wedge said.
"The one where you nearly killed Amanda and Elizabeth."
"Oh that well I can explain. There were these two guys and they were trying to rob me. I fought them and they ran then Elizabeth and Amanda came down the street the same two guys following them, I couldn't make out Amanda's or Elizabeth's faces so when the other two attacked I hit them. And well they got mixed up in it all."
"Well that's a nice idea see but we have it on good authority that that wasn't the only fight you were in where someone's got in your way and been hurt badly." Misha said.
Time to bail or we could all ways cause a scene. Wedge sent to Willow.
Scene time. Willow sent back.
"That may be but what are you going to do about it." Wedge said to Leo and Misha.
Unseen by The band Willow was discussing a non-lethal strategy.
"Were going to extract revenge." The entire band turned in to Vampires and so did some of the surrounding people those who did not ran and didn't stop running till they were very far away.
"New plan." Buffy said.
Jonathan stood behind Willow Wedge and Buffy.
"How are you two girls." Leo said.
"I'm your transatlantic slayer." Buffy pulled a stake out of her bag and held it at the ready. Wedge and Willow went demon and when Jonathan saw that he backed of and then ran.
Wedge and Willow flanked Buffy as they and she attacked the ten Vampires.
"The Slayer." One of the unknown Vampires said.
Buffy hit Leo in the face and Misha in the stomach at nearly the same time. She then brought Misha in close and staked him. He went in a cloud of ashes. She then did a similar move on Leo and staked him his ashes fell on top of Misha's.
Wedge and Willow were attacking the other Vampires and as Buffy watched them she felt ill at the clear precision of their attacks. Willow ripped the flesh from one of them. And Wedge ripped the head of one. Blood was going everywhere and the worst bit Willow and Wedge were enjoying what they were doing.
Once all the vampires were dead Buffy Wedge and Willow went back to the flat where they were staying. Wedge made coffees for them and he even put on a pizza but that would take a couple of minutes. They hadn't talked much on the way back because they had been avoiding the police as much as possible.
"Nice friend Wedge." Buffy said.
"They weren't like that when I left. But I guess the places they go it was inevitable. But I bet if I had been hear I could have stopped it." Wedge said the reality of what just happened sinking in.
"Don't talk like that you said yourself it was inevitable." Willow said as she put her hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah Willow's right it's not like you would have been with them all the time. And you've help save more than your far share of the worlds population because you moved to Sunnydale." Buffy told him knowing it would help but not completely.
"Yes I would have I was the bass player in the group." Buffy and Willow looked at him slightly shocked but they were beginning to expect that from him. "Mark took over from me when I left."
"O… I'm sure you." Willow stopped talking and started to think about something.
"Will what is it?" Buffy asked.
"Jonathan. Wouldn't he have known?"
"Yeah and he ran off just as the fight started."
"Now Jonathan's on the list of evils. I desperately need to kill something I don't know." Wedge said.
"You want to go on portal?" Willow asked.
"Yep I need to see how bad things have got since I left."
All three of them got tooled up for slaying and left.
Back in Sunnydale.
"Dru! The Spell's working on those to kids." Spike told his one true love.
"They're killing happily now. Soon they will move on to humans Spike I think they're going to be wonderful killers just like you and me."
"I hope bloody so." "Want to go out for a drink."
Edinburgh was an ancient city. Willow thought much older than she had originally thought. Some of the buildings referred to as relatively new were over one hundred years old. Willow, Buffy and Wedge stood on the Royal Mile the high street of old Edinburgh. They had just been to the museum of child hood and were now moving on to the shops. Buffy was enjoying herself as much she could be, so far from Angel. Wedge was happy being the tour guide and Willow was just happy to be with her best friend and boy friend in one place far from home.
"And that is St. Giles cathedral"
Buffy and Willow laughed when Wedge told them the name of it thinking he was telling a joke.
"What's it really called?" Buffy asked but the look Wedge gave her told her that he was telling the truth. "Was the saint one of your relatives?" She then asked.
"Not that I know of but ask Giles… I mean Rupert when we get back he knows about the family's past."
"I bet this building could tell story's… you know I might just know a spell for that." Willow said as she thought about the idea of hearing story's from a building that doubtlessly has see change and hundreds of year's of it for that fact.
"Willow no bad idea if building's start taking people would get a might suspicious." Buffy said frankly. "And what happens if it goes wrong you heard Giles and Wedge about spell's that go wrong."
Buffy looked at Wedge for back up on the subject but knew she would hardly get any. Wedge may be a lot of thing's Demon, son of a watcher, Millionaire and member of the slayerets. But he never could do anything to put Willow down or hurt her in any way shape or form. So it surprised her to hear what he said next.
"Willow don't you think your rushing this magic thing a bit?"
"Well I guess I am slightly." Willow admitted slightly down cast now but she was still happy. The three of them continued to wander around Edinburgh looking in the tourist shops and the occasional cult shop for special things they may need later on for spells and incantations.
Wedge saw a ring in the window of a shop and he recognized it from one of the books in the Library back home. It was then Wedge no longer thought of Edinburgh as his home. The longer he thought about it he realized that the only reason he thought of Sunnydale as home was because Willow lived there and he could no longer imagine life without her. And he deeply hoped she felt the same but somewhere deep down he knew that she wouldn't understand that until both her parents were dead and she had nearly no one left and he hoped she never would feel that lonely.
"Nice ring." Buffy said pointing at the same one Wedge was looking at. When he heard her voice he jumped slightly, shocked out of his intimate thoughts. Willow looked at him strangely. Had she heard what I was thinking or did she just notice me jump. He thought. Willow had heard what he was thinking but knew that she shouldn't have. So she just shrugged it off and looked at the ring Buffy and Wedge were admiring. There were seven of them and each held a certain quality.
"Let's get them." Wedge said. "One for you and you." He pointed to Buffy and Willow appropriately. "And then Angel, Xander, Cordelia and Giles could have one to I could get one as well." They waked in to the shop. It was small and it had all sorts of jewelry in it Celtic and Native American style pieces but the seven rings they were after were five point stars set in a circle.
"Hello." The women behind the counter said. She was in her twenty's maybe an art student doing part time job. She was wearing the same style of clothing Willow wore.
"Hello." Wedge said, " I was wondering about the price of the seven pentagram ring's in the window. How much are they?"
"Twenty pounds each." She replied.
"Bit expensive aren't they." Wedge said. He had always been good at haggling but this was about getting them for the real price for them and not the price that stops just anyone getting them.
"Are you students?" She asked them. Buffy was about to say no thinking she meant at the collage or something like that but she was surprised when Wedge said.
"Yea… well she is." He said pointing at Willow.
"So you know what these rings really are?" The shop assistant brought them out of the window.
"They use to belong to a Slayer and her companion's when they killed the demon Kallsing'von Tow a hundred year's agoAnd it's also believed the slayer that faced the master wore all seven rings when she went into battle. Each one has a power. One is Knowledge giving the warrior almost instant understanding of something he or she reads. One is strength giving the warrior extra strength in extreme situations or normal depending on the warrior. One is power giving the warrior if he or she is a witch or mage extra power for spells. One is creativity it heightens the ability to draw paint or sculpt it also helps the warrior to imagine something described to him or her."
Buffy knew those were Giles hers Willows and Cordelias in that order.
"The other three are Courage faith and sense. Courage gives the warrior courage and strength when the warrior needs them most. Faith gives the warrior protection from holy items that are cursed or they are cursed not to touch. And sense heightens the senses of the warrior. So he or she can smell or taste a friend or loved one far away and see incredible distances." Buffy worked out quickly who she would give faith to she would give it to Angle so he could touch a cross or holy water without hurting his hands or other bits such things could touch. She would give Xander Courage and Wedge would have sense.
"How much are they then?" Buffy asked.
The woman swore under her breath as she looked at Buffy properly. She then said a little chant in Latin that translated to.
Revile this person to me
Guardian of knowledge
Is she the one?
Revile all to me.
It then came to the women. This girl now stood before her was the slayer. Now she knew she could nearly see the power that surrounded Buffy.
"Sorry what did you say?" Buffy asked innocently.
"O the price it's free for the slayer." Buffy looked at her.
"How did you know I was the slayer?"
"I whispered to the guardian of knowledge and he told me."
O Buffy thought. Well she's giving me free stuff I'm not going to complain.
"I'll take all of them. And by the way I didn't wear any of those when I killed the Master." Buffy said." Thank you." She said then she left.
"Bye" Wedge and Willow said in unison. And they all left. Buffy took the rings out off the box they came in. She gave Willow the Ring of Power and Wedge the ring of Sense. She took the ring of Strength for her self.
As Willow slid the ring on she felt the power run though hear body like lighting running though her. It gave her goose bumps all over.
Wedge slid his ring on next and as he did he could smell every thing a hundredfold and he could hear the smallest whisper as clearly as the loudest shout.
Seeing the effect on her friends Buffy wasn't sure if she should put hers on or not but when both Willow and Wedge recovered she put hers on. There was hardly any immediate affect but then she felt her body go tense and then relax.
"Wow!" They all said.
"Coffee?" Wedge asked they all nodded.
The three of them stood out side the small coffee kiosk at the top of one of the big parks in Edinburgh. The kiosk was small it had just enough room for the person to stand in and have all the coffee machine's thing's too.
Wedge ordered six coffee's three mochas and three espressos. Mochas for the taste and Espressos for the caffeine.
Wedge pointed across the road to a building. It was large and had a great majesty about it.
"That's Heriots, Jonathan's School they'll be getting out soon." He said. "Think we should pay him a visit?"
"Yea I think we should." Buffy said menacingly.
Wedge practically thorough the Espresso down his throat. As did Buffy and Willow.
"Gees that was different." He said Willow and Buffy looked at him concerned. Then he said. "I could taste each coffee bean that made this. That was most definitely weird."
The three of them walked over to the gate that led in to the school and waited. Five minutes later the senior school came out. Buffy, Willow and Wedge stood outside and watched for Jonathan. Several people Wedge knew said hi as they past. But one of them stopped and talked to him. But Buffy and Willow continued to look for Jonathan.
Eventually most people were out then Jonathan appeared. He didn't see Buffy and Willow till it was too late. Wedge finished talking with his friend Greig and waked over to them.
"Shit I thought those vamps would have got you." He said anger in his voice.
"Nope dude they didn't." Wedge said
"Are these people giving you a problem." Some one said to Jonathan from behind Wedge. Wedge turned round and there were seven - maybe eight Rugby players behind him. The British equivalent of U.S. football players but tougher.
"Yeah Alice they are." Jonathan said. It was a well-known fact in Edinburgh that Heriots pupils were picked on by nearly every other school in Edinburgh so when the Rugby player's saw poor Jonathan being surrounded by people not from their school they intervened.
"Alice?" Wedge said. "This has nothing to do with school's. It has more to do with, he tried to get Willow and Buffy and me killed." Wedge pointed to Willow and Buffy as he said their names.
Alice just laughed at him not believing a word of it.
All eight of Alice's friends rushed at Wedge Willow and Buffy. Willow kept hold of Jonathan as Wedge and Buffy took on the eight attackers. Problem was both Wedge and Buffy were capable of killing all eight of them.
"Remember not to kill them." Wedge said to Buffy. As she closed lined one of them and brought him to the ground. Wedge hit one in the stomach lightly but the guy still doubled over in pain. Both of the guy's Buffy and Wedge took down were nearly unconscious. The rest stopped and looked at Wedge and Buffy again suddenly realizing these were not people with whom to trifle with. But their friend was in trouble and they should help. What really surprised them was the fact that no one was stopping the fight or even noticing they were there. Unknown to the Rugby players' Willow was casting a spell of invisibility around them all.
"Who are you people?" One of them asked.
"We are… eh." Buffy couldn't think what to say but Wedge knew exactly.
"We aren't people." He said as he turned in to his demon form.
"Shit!" All eight ran fast and in all directions.
After they were gone Buffy stared at Wedge and said. "Was that a good idea?"
"Probably not but who would believe them." He said back and they walked over to where Willow held Jonathan. He was struggling quite viciously but Willow had a hold of him. It looked wrong Willow in her pink top, holding Jonathan whilst he struggled.
"So Jonathan why d'ya do it man?" Wedge said the annoyance in his voice made him sound violent and deadly. And Buffy really had no idea what he was capable of.
"They had me under a spell honest it wasn't till they were in front of you I came out of it and so you go demon I panicked and ran." Jonathan looked desperate but he had stopped struggling. Willow had loosened her grip on him but Wedge still wasn't completely convinced Jonathan was telling the truth. Then he felt a strange impulse telling him to eat the human in front of him. But he ignored it.
"Tell the truth now." Wedge said to him. Jonathan resumed struggling and nearly broke free from Willow's grip.
"You know I won't tell you anything." Jonathan said with fiery determination in his eyes.
"I know." Wedge told him darkly. He then pulled out a mobile phone. "Hello Wedge Giles hear I would like a prisoner van in front of Heriots to transport one reneged student watcher." After a couple of seconds Wedge hung up and put the mobile in his pocket.
Minuets later a van with police marking's drove up and dragged Jonathan in. Buffy Willow and Wedge walked up to the to police officers and to Buffy and Willow surprise found they were member's of the watchers counsel. Willow then pulled Buffy to the side and started to talk to her about something.
"Wedge nice to see you again. How's the states?" One of them said he was English and looked like a watcher.
"Fine Wesley. So how are you?"
"Fine as ever. There hasn't been much happening here." He then looked at Buffy and Willow. "Isn't that the slayer?" He asked Wedge.
"Yep that's Buffy and her friend and mine Willow."
"Oh could I possibly meet Miss Summers?" He asked anxiously.
"Yeah I suppose. Buffy." Wedge shouted to her so casually Wesley felt himself go red with embarrassment.
"What?" She shouted back she was talking to Willow about something he could hear just slightly but not enough to know what it was they were discussing. But Wedge didn't really care what it was they were talking about.
"Come over hear Wesley here want's to meat you." Wedge told her. Buffy looked at Willow. Then walked over to meet the watcher.
Willow was concerned whilst she had held Jonathan and Buffy and Wedge fought those guys she had felt a nearly uncontrollable urge to eat Jonathan. It scared her and when she tried to tell Buffy she couldn't think exactly how to and she all so knew Buffy was concerned. But Willow was also now very worried about the book that was stolen from the library. According to Wedge it wasn't much at all but when they looked at the other copy of the book they found it contained all the knowledge on their species. Including the spell to make them turn pure evil but the spell was tricky and time consuming and in an unknown language but Willow now feared that Spike had translated it. She didn't now how to tell Wedge but felt that she would have to and soon. She waited for Buffy and Wedge to finish talking with one of the watchers and as she did she looked around the part of Edinburgh she stood at. Behind her there was Heriots and it was a beautiful old building constructed well before any building she'd seen in California. In front was the Royal Infirmary one of the best hospitals in Britain. It was made up of lots of different buildings all connected by walkway's and paths. It was a very different hospital than she'd ever seen before. Next to that was the Medical College. It was the best Medical College in the world. Then across from that were some flats and shops. Looking at all these things helped Willow take her mind off the fear that had been building up in her since she saw the picture in the codex.
Buffy, Willow and Wedge all walked though the Meadows a large area of grass separating the city center with Marchmont and other areas of the city. Willow and Wedge walked beside each other holding hands this only made Buffy think about Angel more she hadn't realized that being so far away from him would make her feel so empty inside. But she couldn't blame Willow or Wedge for making her feel this way. As she watched her two friends she thought how different they were. Willow in her pink top and short brown skirt, then Wedge in his black leather coat and black trousers and T-shirt. Buffy felt out of place here in Edinburgh even with her best friend and Wedge. Ever since she had seen the picture in the codex she had tried to separate herself from Wedge so if need be she could kill him easier. And it had started to work until she felt sorry for Willow and how she knew she'd be upset if Willow started to hate Angel in the possibility he my go bad. It was still light and lot's of people were walking about taking and playing games on the grass. This didn't surprise her since they were so close to the college and big residential areas. But the fact that these people were starting party's that might go on late in to the night worried her that they maybe killed. But she was here on holiday away from Sunnydale and Spike and Drusilla and Giles. Ok so Giles is cool for an old guy. She thought. He treats us like adults especially since Wedge appeared on the seen. But Wedge was most definitely imperfect like he some times seems he had now gotten Willow in to trouble with her parents more times than Buffy had. And he also was prone to lie a lot about his past he also was very thick when it came to America slang and gestures. He hadn't even tried out for a driving license yet. But Willow liked him and Xander didn't mind him but Buffy felt Xander was trying to distance himself from Wedge for reasons best known to Xander. One of which Buffy suspected was Jesse, Xander's old friend from freshman year and most of sophomore year. Since then Xander hadn't had a real friend that was male.
"Wedge!" some one shouted. This was beginning to get silly. Wedge seemed to know a lot of people here in Edinburgh. But she guessed that at his old school he was probably a very social guy. A man their age walked over he looked …different. Wedge looked up surprised.
"David. How are you man." Wedge said Willow looked at him then broke away from him and walked over to where Buffy was standing. Buffy just looked at Willow.
"They're Friends. They used to sit together in lot's of classes in 3rd and 4th year." Willow said in explanation.
"Oh. Willow you were trying to tell me something just back then." Buffy said wondering what Willow had wanted to tell her.
"I… Well… You see when I had a hold of Jonathan back there well I… kind off had a… a… urge to well… eat him." Willow told Buffy. Buffy just looked at her not saying a word her face was totally blank and white. Willow just stood there wanting to be anywhere but here.
As Buffy heard what Willow was telling her. Her entire world collapsed around her. Willow was hungering for human flesh. She felt sick in the pit of her stomach. Willow was the key to Buffy not losing it and quitting slaying. Someone who on more than one occasion helped save the world from untold evils was becoming one of those evils. The shock was too much for Buffy to take until she realized that this must be worse for Willow and if Willow was starting to crave Human flesh then maybe Wedge was too. Everything was crumbling around her and she didn't now what to do.
Back in Sunnnydale
"Giles we are talking about Willow here. This is not something you make jokes about. Ever." Xander told Giles matter of factly. They had been talking about an ancient text Giles had found inside a late 13th century book. The prophesy itself was much older and even Giles couldn't tell the exact date it was first written he reckoned it was a round 10-50 AD but could not tell exactly.
"Yes I realize that. But remember these prophecies are very correct, some others are mutable, but this one is the end of a set that lasts over a hundred years of history. Look here it talks about the First World War, and here it talks about the second as well. It even mentions the assassination of JFK." Giles looked tired he had been researching for twelve straight hours and Xander had just come in an hour ago to start patrol with Angel and Giles but he found Giles and Miss Calendar doing research. Angel was deep in a book trying to help but ever since Buffy left he had found it hared to concentrate. But now they had found more to say Wedge and Willow may go bad he felt awful that Buffy was alone with them in a foreign country to her.
All four had been researching for an hour now and Xander had started to panic.
"This is mad it MUST be a mistake someone playing a joke on us. Like some demon that has it in for Buffy and Willow and the rest of us." Xander said. The door in to the library opened and Principle Doyle walked in.
"Sorry Xander but this is very real. Wedge and Willow are in very serious danger of going over to the dark side, as it seems. " He said as he walked in. What he said was meant to be funny but no one laughed at the joke. Every one took this in and then Angel spoke up.
"Did you have a vision." Doyle just nodded. Then he said.
"There is a way to stop it but we'll need Buffy and Willow to return. But not now they must stay in Edinburgh there is something there that need's doing before we can queried them. And they also must want to be queried."
Then there was another uncomfortable pause. Every one trapped inside there one thoughts. Xander was annoyed and sorry for Willow and Buffy also Wedge but not as much. He looked over at Angel. To Xander's surprise he had his vampire face on. Xander knew what Angel was thinking and how much he must be missing Buffy. Giles looked close to despair. Something told Xander Giles knew something but wasn't going to say because it would hurt everyone too much to hear it. Jenny looked sick. She was obviously concerned for Willow and Wedge. But possibly more for Giles and Buffy as slayer and watcher they would have to… Xander stopped that train of thought before it reached its grizzly end.
Mean while Spike and Drusilla were feasting on a Sunnydale high student. With both spike and Drusilla at full health they wanted to do damage to the town but they held off, soon they would have a powerful alliance and they knew no one or nothing would get in there way this time the spell and overall plan was foolproof.
Willow and Wedge sat in the back garden. Buffy was inside trying to phone Giles to tell him the shocking news as yet there had been no reply from his flat and she had forgotten the Library's number. She then wandered the empty house. It wasn't very big but she needed to walk and think. If Willow had felt the need to eat human meat then Wedge must have as well. Willow and Wedge had started to become one entity of late and this also added to her dilemma. Then the living room window smashed. She ran through to that room and saw a brick on the ground round it were the guts of a human, and a note. Buffy crunched up her face and felt even sicker. Wedge and Willow came running into the room fearing something was attacking Buffy.
"There is a note attached to it." Buffy said stating the obvious. She walked over to pick it up. With her face still scrunched up in appall she slipped the note from under the intestines that were wrapped around it. On it was written.
Dear Wedge
Thought you got rid of us that easily did you
Not that easy friend were still alive and out to get you
Looking so froward to our next encounter.
Leo & Misha.
Buffy handed Wedge the note. He looked at it then breathed out heavily and a face neither Willow or Buffy had seen on him appeared. It looked like resignation but the kind that was forced on to someone unwillingly.
"I'm going to gut the two of them and then they will know pain and death." He said then removed the guts from round the brick, and took them to bury them in his back green.
Buffy tried Giles one more time.
Giles neared his apartment door he could hear the phone ringing in his flat, he open the door quickly wondering who would phone him at this time. He picked up the receiver and before he could say any thing a voice Giles new very well said his name.
"Hello Buffy." He said happy to hear her voice. She sounded shaky and he worried but over all he was glad to hear her talk.
"Giles there's something up here. We dusted these Vamps that used to be friends with Wedge. We just got a message from them telling us they're alive. And Willow and Wedge are acting… well weird. Willow wanted to do something rather cringe worthy to a captive ex-to-be watcher."
Giles hesitated in answering her. This immediately set Buffy on her guard even being a thousands miles away she could still see him thinking up something to say that- A. she'd understand and B. to cover up the truth. Then he spoke up again.
"I won't lie to you Buffy." He lied. "But Wedge and Willow may go though something whilst your there but it's just their demons going though a change cycle every ten year's this will happen it is nothing to worry about." Giles felt awful for telling such an outright lie to her but it was best for the moment, he would tell her the truth after she had dealt with the problem at hand. Wedge's two old friends. "But Wedge's friends you said you dusted them but there back."
"Yep that's what I said." She sounded very dumb blond.
"Well do you have any info on them." Giles raked his brain for anything that could do that. He drew a blank.
"No we don't only they though a brick though the window with a note and some intestines."
"Intestines?" He said.
"Yeah they were wrapped round the brick tying the note to it."
"That may actually help. I'll research it with Angel, Xander and Jenny later then. Do you have the Library number?" Giles asked.
"E no sorry I forgot it." She said really felling like a dumb blond.
"Well it's 33." Buffy interrupted him.
"That's the bit I forgot." She said truthfully. "Thanks Bye."
"Bye." Giles said then put down the phone. He was glad to hear Buffy but the news she brought was bad. Very bad. There seemed to be two immortal vampires running around Edinburgh. And Willow and Wedge were already going over to the Dark side as Doyle had said. He removed his glasses and rubbed his eye's. First he needed sleep and plenty off it so he could do research tomorrow.
Wedge walked back in new purpose in his stride. "Buffy I say it's time to relocate don't you?" He asked. Buffy knew he had a plan but he still asked hear to take charge. She was glad he did that because it meant he wasn't going to get himself killed without telling her first. Unlike Xander or Angel had done in the past except they never got killed.
"Ok." She said. "But where to?"
"One of my other houses in the center of town. It's where all the weapons and the Library is." Wedge said. "We'll need to do some research."
They got all their stuff together. Wedge didn't take much but he helped Willow and Buffy with their stuff and they left in the limo.
Morning came round in Sunnydale and Giles left to go to the Library. He had agreed to meet Jenny and Xander there. Now not only would they be researching the passage he had found telling off Willow and Wedge's dilemma he would have to help look up Leo and Misha Wedge's two friends that had been dusted and were now back. He got into his car ' The Death Trap on Monster Island ' as Wedge had described it. He got out his keys and turned on the ignition. Nothing happened he tried again still nothing happened.
"Bugger." He said. The car had never worked exactly how it was meant to but this was the first time it didn't even react to being turned on. He got out and looked in the bonnet he couldn't see anything wrong. Then he checked the oil. Instead of oil there was blood. He went into his apartment and phoned Jenny for a lift in to school.
This is a big house Buffy thought as she walked in to the building Wedge had brought them to. It was in the new part of the old town still referred to as the new town by most of the natives. It had three stories and most of the rooms were filled with books. The others had weapons. Hundreds of different weapons ranging from swords to maces, bows, cross-bows and staffs axes and other thing's Buffy had never seen before. There was a round room in the house it had weapons and book's in it. The room looked as though it were independent from the house. It seemed to be a gateway in to a room in another plain of reality. In the center was a book, it looked older than any she had ever seen before. It was decorated inside and was written in a language she had never seen before. Wedge walked in after her he looked amused.
"I thought I would find you here." He said the amusement bleeding though in to his voice. "This room is the most magical in the city. It doesn't even exist in our world. A powerful mage made it for my father years ago. It's also contains powerful items that once belonged to a variety of different slayers."
Buffy looked around he was right she did feel drawn to this place. Some of the items even looked familiar to her like things in a long forgotten dream.
"Can I hold them?" She asked.
"Sure." Wedge said. He was leaning in the door looking at the room as if he hadn't been in there for years. "I'll leave you to look around I have to check a few things." He then turned and went down the stairs.
Buffy walked though to the next room. Wedge had said that she could sleep in any room apart from the room on the second floor or the one on the top floor which used to be his fathers when he staid there. The bedroom she walked into was spacious it had paintings of elegant landscapes captured by master painters. The bed was like something out of a fairy tale which most of her life had been like for years now, it was big it had four posts on it and big cloth drapes hanging off it. The wood Buffy guessed was mahogany or pine. But she didn't know exactly. She got undressed and into her PJ's then curled up under the sheets.
Buffy fell from what felt like a great height to the ground. Angel stood there as did Giles Xander Cordelia and Miss Calendar they all looked at her accusingly as if she had done something wrong then her mom joined the group as did hundreds of others and in one loud cacophony said as if from beyond the grave.
"Why? Why did you let them do it?" they said, then they all disappeared apart from Angel. He was then joined by Spike and Drusilla. Buffy knew this was a dream but even in a dream Angel turning bad was a gut wrenching thought. Then worse was when Willow and Wedge joined the group that now faced her. They laughed at her. Then she woke from the Dream. No not a dream but a prophesy of how the future may turn out. She had to tell Giles this soon.
"Hello this is Sunnydale High School. Rupert Giles Speaking." Giles said wondering who would phone him or the school now and using this extension then he realized that it must be Buffy or Wedge or even Willow. Seeing as everyone apart from Angel, as it was light out, was here.
"Giles it's me." Buffy said hoping Giles would know who me was. "I had a dream. Things might get worse soon. Willow and Wedge were in it and they were evil. You and every one else blamed me for it. Said why did I let them do it. I think that I might cause it." Buffy had decided not tell Giles about the Angel thing as it might only have been a dream but she was pretty sure it wasn't.
"Buffy was this just a dream or do you think it was a prophecy." Giles said. The way he said it made something in Buffy's mind click. Giles new more than he was telling her. But this was neither the time nor place to bring this up it was straight question and answer time.
"I'm pretty sure it was a prophecy. "
"This is certainly very grave news. But I do have some good news for you if you could call it that. Is Wedge's old friends are a kind of demon that manifests it self like Vampires but really are Hobengotish Demons. They are very rare they spread like vampires but can only be killed by a kind of sword which as to be enchanted by a witch. Willow could do it Wedge should have the appropriate books there." Giles said, as always giving her the most needed information. She just hoped he was right.
"Was that Buffy?" Xander asked Giles as he got of the phone.
"Yes it was she had a…" Giles removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. " Vision Willow and Wedge were in it and they seemed to be evil. Also every one else was in it your self, Cordelia Jenny and me we blamed her for it. "
"Blamed her for what?" Xander asked. He looked straight at Giles. Giles realized that Xander had grown up. He was no longer the young run straight into danger child he was when they first meet. But now he seemed more like a close friend an equal, or maybe he just felt younger.
"I don't know maybe them going bad or something is going to happen and I seriously think whatever it is we're not prepared for it." Giles said resignation starting to seep into him slowly but surely.
"Swords?" Willow asked questioningly.
"That's what Giles said swords. But not just normal swords enchanted swords." Buffy told Wedge and Willow over a long dinning room table.
"Willow you could do the thing with the sword" Wedge said as he ate.
"Sure I could. But I would need some thing that I don't think would be round her. And I've yet to find the exact spell to use." Willow told them.
"Wait Willow you didn't find the book yet." Buffy said on the surface it sounded like just Buffy thinking she hadn't found it yet but under that was the idea that may be she hadn't even looked.
"Sorry I found the two possible ones but I'm having problems deciphering the text it's in English but a strange form that sometimes doesn't make much sense. " She said annoyed at herself for not having found out the right book yet.
"Ok so once we get this spell on the three swords we go find them and kill them." Buffy said. She looked at Willow and Wedge for any objections to her plan but there weren't any. Then she decided to raise the other point she had been thinking about. "Wedge when do you go to see the people about the selling of that house?" She asked.
"In four days I think. Aye that's right in four day's. Why?" Wedge asked inquisitively.
"Well I was thinking we should just go back after that. I mean back to Sunnydale cause I don't think it will be as much fun to stick round her after we get your two friends. And I think Giles Angel and Xander need me back there." She said hoping that her partial lie wouldn't be caught out. Wedge didn't realize she had lied but Willow did and shot her a look. Which meant they were going to have a talk later about this. But for now they were going to stay on track.
Spike sat with Drusila in their warehouse in Sunnydale. They were still pleased with the joke they had played on the watcher. But the reason they were sitting in was because Drusila was having a vision and that maybe meant it was time to add more power to the spell they were casting on Willow and Wedge.
"Yes its time dear. One feels betrayed by the retched slayer. She will be more powerful than the other. Oooo all our plans are coming together. " Drusila was ecstatic and jumping about clapping. Spike looked at her, a smile on his face. He stood up and said.
"Better start that spell love." Then the two got to work on the spell that would ultimately turn the slayers two friends evil.
In the dinning room Willow stood over the swords dressed in a brown robe at least 5 sizes to big for her but it was all they had. They had moved the table out the way and put down the components that Wedge had got from the local magic shop down on the floor. The swords were in a three point star form. And Willow stood in the center chanting the spell over them. Buffy and Wedge sat at the side of the room cross-legged waiting for Willow to finish. Buffy ran things through her head. The only way to know if this spell worked is to kill one of the demons. And then it could be too late for them if the swords weren't properly enchanted. A lot rested on Willows shoulders. Buffy then looked at Wedge who had laughed at her in her dream. In the light cast by the candles and the magic he looked normal like he knew nothing about the thing's that really happened in the dead of night to people that end up missing or dead without a real reason. How could he, or Willow, turn evil. Then something hit her like a wave of cold hard water. It knocked her right into the wall. It also did the same to Wedge, and Willow had collapsed in a heap in the middle of the floor. Buffy was the first to rise. She looked around wanting desperately for something to fight or something out of place but after a second or two she realized that nothing was wrong and ran to help Willow. She saw one of the swords as she ran to help willow. It was glowing white as if it had been super heated in seconds. Then the wall of fire hit her.
Wedge sat up as soon as the feeling had return to him he looked up to find Willow lying on the ground in a ball as if she was in a deep sleep. But Wedge knew she was unconscious because he couldn't contact her at all. Then he looked to see if Buffy was alright. She wasn't! A wall of fire had appeared out of no where and was about to hit her. And Willow. Without thinking he stood up to pull Willow out the room but Buffy was already there dragging her away from the wall of magical fire. Wedge knew it was magical because it didn't touch the floor or walls or ceiling just air and flesh he had to assume. He helped Buffy carry Willow, not that Buffy needed the help but it was something Wedge had to do. Buffy and Wedge looked at each other as they got out the room.
"What was that?" Buffy said annoyed and out of breath.
"A wall of fire." Wedge said knowing she knew but he all so new she needed to hear it from someone else till she believed it. He then looked at Willow who was coming around. Coughing and spluttering but alive.
"Awe." She moaned as she rubbed the back of her head. "What happened?"
Buffy looked inside the room the fire was gone. But the swords were melting metal on the ground. " A wall of fire and some wind." Buffy answered her.
Wedge looked at Willow he lifted her by the chin lightly so she looked him straight in the eye.
Are You OK? He asked.
Yeah I am a little shaken but fine. The spell it didn't work did it. She said upset.
No but I do think it would have had it not been for that attack spell some one cast on us. Wedge told willow. She looked at him telling him she was still upset. Then Wedge felt a sharp pain in his head. Every thing went black.
Buffy heard two thuds behind her. She looked round and saw Willow and Wedge on the ground. She knelt down fearing the worst but was relieved to find that the two of them were still alive. She wasn't sure what to do now. Then the windows down stairs were smashed. She ran down ready to fight. The four Demons that stood in side the house were particularly ugly. They were all yellow with what looked like the kind of things a stegosaurus had on the back of its head. All four of these things looked at her and charged up the stairs after her. Buffy grabbed an axe that was on the wall and swung it downward right on top of the first demons' head. It opened up like an egg thick green stuff rolled down the sides of its head and then the whole creature started to melt. The other three looked at her and then roared. A deep soul shaking roar then they went up after her. There was no time for a pun or a play on words the creatures now had a new purpose other than just killing her they now wanted vengeance. The three of them brought her to the ground, the weight was slowly crushing her. Then the weight was slightly less. Two of them were thrown off. Buffy wrestled the last one and brought the axe that was pressed against her down in to the gut of the beast then she slowly brought it up right though his body until it reached the neck then the thing melted. Buffy got up slowly and expected to see Willow and Wedge fighting the other two demons but what she saw was a girl her age maybe younger fighting the one remaining demon. The other was on the floor. The girl then did a flip right over the monsters' head and grabbed a rafter on the ceiling and swung on it hitting him in the back. Buffy was rooted to the spot. This girl was fighting like her. She watched as the girl brought out a stake and rammed it though the back of the demons' head. As with all the others it started to melt. Buffy just looked blankly at the Jamaican girl in front of her.
End of Episode 5.
To Be Continued
