Buffy sits on the couch watching as Xander drags in the clear board and began writing all over it before grabbing red tape and linking up several images and words that he had written.
Buffy arches a brow as she stares at the new crime board which was taking up a large space in their living room "Okay." She says slowly still confused as to why Xander had made her sit her for so long.
Xander turns to her, his hair slightly wild, it was clear that he hadn't slept all night working on this, he runs a hand through his hair before chugging the rest of his coffee. Once he was done he turns to her and points at the Wolfram And Hart symbol on the board "Okay...so according to Giles, Wolfram and Hart are back hiding in the shadows not as big as they were 5 Years Ago."
Xander pauses and follows the red tape that was leading from Wolfram and Hart to the photo of China White on the other side of the board "So because W and H are big on the outs with the press they can't do a lot. So they pay people to do their dirty work. Like China White."
Buffy nods as she listens before leaning onto her knees "And China white" She says as she stands and drags a red piece of material over to the The Triad "Works with the Triad relocating all the demons who were turned to look human by W & H all over Starling City..."
Buffy pauses for a moment, they knew what they were up to but they still had no idea why, or what the endgame was.
Buffy sighs and grabs a pen before drawing a question mark in the middle of the board she then begins linking up all the drawings of Marcus, China White as well as Wolfram and Hart to the question mark "Question is...why."
Xander sighs before the two of them step back and stare at the board, they were missing something, some plan or person, something had to explain why Wolfram and Hart needed so desperately to turn their demons into humans.
"The Dodger has struck again with a rare jewel being stolen—"
Both Buffy and Xander's attentions are brought to the television in the corner showing the police cutting off access to the museum.
"Who's The Dodger?" Buffy asks as she glances at the television before turning back to Xander.
"High profile jewel thief."
"Huh...that's very..."
Xander chuckles they had gone from talking about demons and vampires to talking about a jewel thief "Pedestrian, isn't it awesome."
"I don't think awesome is the right word there Xand."
Xander merely shrugs and continues to watch the news, Buffy on the other hand quickly spots the time and sighs, Willow would be at the Hood's man cave now.
Quickly grabbing her training gear she taps Xander on the back "We'll figure it out." She assures him as she catches him staring at the board again.
He smiles at her before frowning as he catches her holding her workout gear "What? Where?"
"Willow's with The Hood in his bat cave."
Xander clears his throat and clenches his jaw slightly, it was very easy to see that he was jealous that Willow was the one chilling with the vigilante and Buffy had an open invitation to train with him.
As Buffy heads for the door he coughs nervously "So what did you say the Hood guy's name was again?"
Buffy chuckles before grabbing her keys and turning to face him "I didn't."
Xander groans in annoyance, this was so unfair, both Buffy and Willow knew who he was but he didn't how was this fair? He was being left out "Come on, we're the three musketeers, not the two awesome kids and the vigilante weirdo."
When Buffy merely arches a brow Xander sighs loudly "Please tell me!"
Buffy chuckles "Can't Xand. Dig is keeping my secret from the Hood the least I can do is keep the Hood's."
As she heads out the door Xander groans "Oh come on!"
Buffy catches Oliver's ankle as he swings his leg at her, he tries to take it back but frowns when he finds himself unable to.
She giggles playfully before kicking him in the thigh, as he groans in pain she raises her other leg kicking it out to the side, kicking Diggle in the jaw as he approaches her.
Forcing Oliver's leg back down to the ground she leaps into the air before doing a spinning kick, kicking both Oliver and Diggle in the face.
Diggle crashes onto the floor painfully and Willow who was sat in her chair by the computer's winces.
"I'm out." Diggle says to Buffy who chuckles before turning to Oliver who was smirking at her.
Willow glances over at Dig as he comes to stand next to her "10 on Buffy?" She asks hopefully.
Diggle merely laughs "Girl, I ain't nuts." When she pouts he chuckles, he knew there was no point betting, as fun as this will be to watch, Buffy was going to win, it wasn't that Oliver wasn't a good fighter, but Buffy had 12 years of experience with 6 different forms of martial arts...oh and she has super strength, not that she's showing that off right now.
Buffy chuckles as her and Oliver continue to circle each other, both with their hands raised.
Oliver smiles slightly, he was even more impressed with her than before "How long can you keep up?"
Buffy smiles at the teasing "Alright Hood..." She says smirking slightly before stepping forward and punching him in the nose, trying not to use too much of her strength as she does "...let's see who the badass is now."
Oliver groans slightly before continuing to circle her, she was good, but there was no way he was gonna let her beat him...again.
He steps forward throwing a punch but she sees it, blocking his arm she shoves it away before swinging her left elbow towards his face.
He blocks the blow and then ducks under her leg as she leaps up and spins her leg towards him.
Coming up behind her she smiles slightly as he raises his hands again challenging her, "You're fast." She says with a small smirk before she jumps up bringing her leg forward however he slams her leg down.
As he does she steps into it and grabs his arm holding it in place while attempts to knee him in the stomach.
To her surprise he blocks it before smirking, Buffy opens her mouth in shock before smirking right back, grabbing the back of his head with both arms she turns them both only for him to force her arms apart and grab her.
Buffy's eyes widen when he attempts to throw her over his shoulder, straightening her legs she allows herself to roll over his back before landing straight back on her feet opposite him.
Oliver chuckles, this was much more enjoyable than sparing with Dig, she was giving it her all, as was he, yet they seemed equally matched. But at the same time it was fun, she was turning it into a game, which was something he had rarely seen, but was really enjoying, it made him feel like a 27 year old again.
He steps forward and goes to throw another hit but she steps to the side before throwing her fist out towards him.
Spotting his opening Oliver grabs her waist and steps around her pinning her back against his bare chest, when she attempts to elbow him in the face he quickly grabs her elbow using majority of his strength to stop it from connecting with his face.
Buffy smirks slightly as she turns her head to look him in the eye, now noticing how close their faces were "Okay I'm impressed."
"I could say the same."
Buffy laughs before twirling out of his hold, she then steps forward and pressing her foot on his knee wraps her other leg around his neck before twirling her body around using the leg still wrapping around his neck to bring him to the ground.
As he hits the matt Buffy stands over him and merely smiles.
Oliver lets out a breath of air before chuckling, she truly was the best fighter he had ever seen, and that was saying something considering the amount of fighters he had met in his lifetime.
He takes her hand as she offers to help him up and once he stands he chuckles "Who knew the army trained that well, clearly it didn't work on Dig."
Diggle rolls his eyes "Buff's been training since she was 15 hell she was kicking the ass of the General on her first day."
"Buffy." Willow says as she tosses Buffy her hospital buzzer, Buffy groans as she catches the shaking buzzer, looking at it she frowns "There was a bus crash in the Glades." She says before throwing a shirt over her sports bra and grabbing her purple leather jacket "I gotta go." She gives Willow a hug before kissing Dig's cheek "Bye guys." She says giving the three of them a wave and running up the stairs and heading out.
Willow smiles slightly before turning to her computer as she does she catches a curious look on Oliver's face, she frowns slightly before shaking her head and turning back to her computer.
"So who is the lucky guy tonight?" Diggle asks as Oliver grabs his shirt off the chair in the corner before wincing slightly, rubbing his jaw he chuckles, Diggle had been right the girl did pack quite a punch.
"Ken Williams." Oliver tells them as Willow quickly types up the name into the different databases that she had set up closing up the open ones about Walter's disappearance she had on the screens.
"His pyramid schemes stole millions." Oliver tells the two "People didn't just lose their homes, their lives were ruined. Why don't you two call it in early tonight...I'm not expecting much trouble..."
As he speaks Willow blocks him out slightly, she was reading a file about Williams, her face falls, this man was a person, he wasn't a demon or a vampire or an evil lawyer, he was a human person, a human man with a son.
Glancing down at the file her eyes widen at the dating site, he was a single father, a widow who was finally opening up to letting someone into his life again.
She takes a deep breath, she couldn't let Oliver just kill this man if he didn't agree to Oliver's demands. She had taken life before and she refused to even be involved with it like this, she couldn't help make a ten year old boy an orphan.
She hesitates for a moment as she notices Oliver now completely in his suit with bow in hand, and heading towards the exit.
Letting her fingers slid across the keypad she locks the door keeping him in.
"Willow!" He yells only a moment later making her jump in her seat, she curses she could not have been more obvious "...Did you just—"
Willow turns in her chair and cuts him off and he comes to stand opposite her looking very pissed off "Computer override your lock?" She asks before shrugging "No of course not. Why—why would I do that?" When he glares at her she smiles "Maybe a tiny and we're speaking atom particle size, little bit."
Oliver sighs, he didn't have time for this "What are you doing?"
"I pulled some information on Mr. Williams." She argues hoping that he would see her case in all this "Did you know that he's a widowed father of a 10-year-old boy?" When Oliver doesn't seem to understand her Willow sighs "I told you, I made this deal and left the work I was doing with Buffy to help find Walter, I have seen a lot of people die Oliver. I've had my hand dipped so far in the darkness I didn't think I'd escape but...I did and I will not be an accessory to orphaning little kids."
Diggle who was stood behind Willow's desk couldn't help but smile, for once he didn't have to be the voice of reason, he didn't have to be Oliver's only moral steel in this situation.
Oliver sighs as he glances as Diggle, it was clear that the bodyguard wasn't going to help in this argument, groaning, he clenches his jaw before focusing back on the red-head "I'm just giving him a warning."
Willow rubs her head, he had the ability to help so many people yet he refused to stray from this list, he was just as stubborn as Buffy in that regard.
She remembered when Buffy had come home and said that she was only going to focus on her list, while she had her day job at the hospital helping people Buffy had been hesitant about using her powers for anything other than the list, deep down Willow hoped that Buffy would change her mind, but she could never be sure.
Oliver on the other hand, maybe that was someone she could convince "Has it ever occurred to you, you could so some real good in the city. Beyond just recovering peoples stock portfolios and their saving accounts?"
Oliver merely stares at her before leaning over Willow and unlocking the door through the computer "You're not the only one who knows how to reboot my system."
Willow clenches her jaw, she couldn't understand this, she shakes her head, she shouldn't have done this, Buffy and Xander could help her find Walter, she didn't need Oliver "I made a mistake."
"I don't disagree." He says not understanding her true meaning.
She rolls her eyes before standing and stepping around him "Agreeing to help you. Buffy was right...this was a mistake."
Five Years Ago – Boston
Buffy taps her pen against the notebook as she stares at the demonstration in front of her, glancing over at the clock she sighs, as much as she loved her class she really just wanted to sleep. The test they had the other day had really wiped her, she had been studying night and day for weeks and she had another test next week, which she was already stressing about.
She was just exhausted all the time, from Slaying and studying to her job to worrying about Dawn and the other Slayers, it felt like there were five different Buffy's all pulling at her for her attention.
"Alright..." Dr Owens says as she turns to the students drawing Buffy's attention away from her doodling.
"...pick up your results from the table on your way out." Owens says before moving behind her desk.
Buffy sighs in relief hoping to get a few hours sleep at her apartment before work, gathering her stuff she climbs out of her seat and heads down the stairs towards the desk.
As she shoves her books into her bag she waits in the line to get her results, finally as she reaches the desk Dr Owens hands her the results.
Before Buffy could say anything Owens smiles at her "Very impressive Miss Summers...keep it up." She says giving Buffy a warm smile.
Buffy smiles and takes her paper, she frowns hopefully that meant she had done well.
Closing her eyes for a brief moment of nervousness she quickly shakes herself before peaking at the results.
"Oh my God." She breaths before covering her mouth as a gasp of joy fell from her lips, a score of 98 which basically meant a total Willow result...A.
"I did it."
Present Day – Starling City
Xander walks around Moira's office at the Queen mansion for a moment taking in the different surroundings, in all honesty he was trying to see if their were any cameras.
He walks over to the lamp and frowns, there was a small object sticking out of it, bending down that's when he spots it, the camera was pointed at her desk, "Looks like she doesn't trust me."
He shrugs she probably shouldn't, reaching into his pocket he grabs his phone and opens up the device Willow had set up. It was something she designed years ago when they broke into a bank being run by demons, it was a mixture of magic and science, it would play a clip of Xander walking around the office into the camera with them having to loop the footage or use an EMP.
Once it was set up he slips out of the office and makes his way downstairs, he quickly hides behind the wall next to the stairs as he spots Moira talking to a man in a suit.
"Is this because of what happened to Walter?" Xander hears the man ask.
Xander peeks behind the wall and spots Moira shaking her head "With Walter, with Robert. Last week the vigilante nearly made my children orphans. I've reached my limit, Frank."
Frank makes his way around the room clearly processing all of the information before turning back to Moira "That's a lot to confine in me, Moira."
"Robert did. I know he reached out to you whether I was supposed to know it or not. He had misgivings. He sought you out because he knew you did too."
Xander frowns in confusion he really had no idea what any of this meant, seriously Diggle so owed him for this.
"But then he was murdered." Frank tells Moira drawing Xander's attention back to them "And that should be a cautionary tale for both of us."
"Yes, I know. And I've gone along with this for as long as I can stomach it. We started this to fix the Glades, Frank."
Xander's eyes widen, he was about to find out the truth however suddenly he spots Thea moving around the house, cursing Xander quickly makes his way back up stairs and into the office.
"It couldn't have been that bad." Buffy says with a small laugh as she adjusts her phone against her ear so she could slip on her uniform.
"Oh it was insane. I'm done Buffy...Oliver...I have never met a more stubborn, idiotic, self..."
Buffy couldn't help but shake her head in amusement as she pulls on her work jacket, Willow was doing her normal thing, complaining about something before she inevitably decided to get back to it, like with her past three jobs.
"Will—" Buffy tries only for the red head to cut her off, clearly she wasn't done with the ranting.
"I mean all I ask is for him to consider it before he goes Terminator on the guy...he's a single dad Buffy I just...I can't do it Buff, be involved with someone like that. Who sees it as so black and white."
Buffy sighs and leans against her locker, a little unsure of what to say in this situation, while she understood Oliver's point of view in this, she also saw Willow's point, these weren't demons they were humans, people with families and friends who would be crushed by the loss.
"Give them a chance." Buffy tells her after a moment "Help him see a better way."
"Thanks Buffy."
Buffy smiles sweetly before hanging up phone before groaning she forgot to ask Willow about this new tech gal, she was going after one of her targets tonight and it would have been nice to have the backup, she sighs Xander should be able to deal with the basic computer stuff for now, but if she needed doors unlocked or alarms and camera's switched off, then she might be a bit screwed.
She throws her bag in her locker before focusing, she would think about her target later right now she had to get through the next 8 hours, luckily it was a short shift today, doing any more doubles this week would cause her hair to start falling out.
"Hey blondie." A voice says from behind her making her smile, he always sounded so smug, turning towards him she arches a brow at him before shaking her head in amusement "Heya nija warrior."
Dean chuckles before walking over to her and kissing her softly, Buffy leans up into the kiss and smiles before pulling away "So what's the what?" She says when she spots his nervous frown.
Dean chuckles for a moment, to say he was nervous was an understatement, he wasn't exactly good at stuff like this "Actually...my brother's in town. And—um...he's been bugging me about you for months, so I was wondering..."
Buffy's eyes widen and she feels herself panic slightly, she didn't know what to say here, she wasn't good at this, she was messed up, and right now she wanted to go running "Um...I..."
Luckily for her sanity her phone starts ringing causing her to sigh in relief as she spots Xander's name on the screen, she looks over at Dean apologetically "It's Xander..."
Dean nods defeated "It's fine." He says awkwardly as the room fills with an uncomfortable silence "Just...think about it. I have to get to surgery, but I'll see you later."
Buffy nods and watches him make a hasty exit from the room, she sighs she had never meant for this to go so far, to get too attached that wasn't who she was, she didn't get attached to people, not anymore.
She runs a hand through her hair before answering the phone hoping Xander had a job for her, she really needed to pumble something.
"Well..." Oliver says with a chipper voice as they walk into Willow's empty office at Queen Consolidated "...maybe we should come back later."
Diggle sighs, Oliver had been avoiding this all day, he just needed to learn to grow up and swallow his fried "No. Maybe we should wait, Oliver. This is really serious. Two things..." Diggle crosses his arms and glares at Oliver "...one: If your attitude costs me Buffy because Willow tells her how you treated her I will hit you and two: What if her next wave of conscience leads her right to the police." He knew it was unlikely especially with her involvement in Buffy's work but Oliver needed to know that his actions had consequences.
Oliver shakes his head "You won't lose Buffy...and Willow...she won't go to the police. I know. I had to make the same calculations when you found out about me."
Diggle scoffs slightly, he wasn't particularly alright with that little detail "Hm, hum, and what would you have done if you were wrong and I decided to make a call to Detective Lance?"
Oliver who was now stood by Willow's desk looks up, his face avoid of emotion, this was no joke now, he was completely serious "I would have put an arrow in you." He says as turns to Diggle.
Diggle lets out a small amused breath "Ha!" When Oliver merely raises an eyebrow Diggle frowns, he couldn't actually be serious could he? "But really—really you really would have done that?"
When Oliver remains silent Diggle opens his mouth prepared to give him a full on lecture only for Willow to walk into the room with a large dusty book in her hands.
She looks over at Oliver and scoffs "Hm." She says with a sigh as she circle around the room so that she could sit back down at her desk "You know, normally I would pat myself on the back for predicting that you would show up here so quickly, but it was so obvious that I'm actually a little disappointed. I was hoping for some form of a surprise, like an apology cake, or...anything really other than groveling."
Oliver sighs and walks over to her desk and smiles kindly at her "I won't be groveling but...I was hoping to convince you to change your mind."
"Nope." Willow says sweetly before resting her chin in her hands as she looks up at him "Keep trying, this is entertaining."
Oliver groans slightly while Diggle stifles a chuckle, Oliver glares at him before turning back to the redhead "Willow, I was worked up on adrenaline last night after training with Buffy and...I didn't exactly put my best foot forward. I was hoping you'd give me the opportunity to do that now."
Willow thinks for a moment, she may still not be okay with a lot of this but...if she could help someone then she'd do it "Start with Ken Williams. He didn't enjoy that adrenaline last night as well did he..." Willow pauses as the fact of how dirty that sounded registered in her head "That sounds very wrong."
Oliver clenches his jaw and ignores the comment "He returned the money that he stole just in time to put his son to bed. Like I said, Willow, just a warning."
"...our efforts with Interpol as the Dodger operates primarily in Europe." The three of them here the police officer say over the news drawing their attention to Willow's computer screen "And they have advised to warn the public that he is to be considered armed and extremely dangerous."
Diggle turns to the two of them "I know this guy, they called him the Dodger because he avoids getting his hands dirty. He uses hostages to do his stealing for him."
Oliver frowns in confusion, he had never heard of something like that, it took real smarts to be able to manipulate people to do his bidding for them "How?"
"Puts a bomb collar around their necks. Last year a guy in Madrid didn't deal what the Dodger told him to and it took his head off—literally."
Willow's eyes widen, this guy was seriously dangerous, she needed to call Buffy, despite Buffy's protect against stepping back into the hero roll she knew that the blonde could not resist helping people in danger, especially those forced to do things against their own will.
She glances over at Diggle and she knew that he was thinking the exact same thing as her however surprisingly Oliver noticed the glance between the two and turned to Willow offering her a deal "You know...I don't always stick to the list. Every once in a while I make an expectation, hostage taking jewel thief, for example. So why don't you help us take him down?"
Willow slowly lowers her phone and glances at Oliver before arching a brow, he clearly wanted her help enough to do as she wished, slowly an idea occurs to her, now may be her chance to convince Buffy to rejoin this world and allow people in to help her.
Buffy pulls her long hair into a high ponytail on the top of her head as she stands on the roof of the bank, after Marcus had used her hair to swing her around like a raggedy Anne doll she'd rather keep it out of her way for a while.
Pulling her mask over her face she flattens down her suit before glancing from the skylight, this was one of the most high profile demons they had gone after and it would be on of their difficult there were motions censors and high pressure alarms all over the bank, but this demon was the manager of the bank and had a hidden office down by the vaults.
As carefully as she can she snaps the lock on the skylight before tapping her earpiece "Xander I'm going in."
"Got it Buff."
Buffy rolls her shoulders before hooking up her wires to the skylight, she needed to make sure she could get in and out as quick as possible.
Making sure she was hooked up to the wires properly she carefully climbs into the skylight before beginning to lower herself into the bank "Security camera?" She whispers, she had gone this long without being discovered, she really didn't want to be on the police's next witch-hunt.
"EMP was set off, they will be down for the next 30 minutes unless you trigger an alarm. The motion censors below you will trigger the alarm if touched."
Buffy groans "Great." She mutters under her breath as she glances down at the red lasers below her, this was not going to be fun.
As she hovers just above the ground she twirls her body so that she can lower herself into a handstand. Being careful of the lasers Buffy slowly takes a deep breath and raises her right hand keeping her waist balanced on her left. Reaching up she releases herself from the wire leaving it to dangle before lowering her hand again.
She stretches her legs out so that they were in a side split positions and then slowly leans to her left allowing her foot to land in the small hole between several lasers, carefully bring her body over following her footing she takes a deep breath as she notices her face was right by one of the lasers.
She looks for another hole in the maze of lasers and sighs in relief when she spots one, but it was in an awkward position.
She carefully bends down placing one hand on the ground by her feet, she then places her other hand in the tiny hole behind her, taking a deep breath she pushes her body backwards into the air leaving her into another handstand but this time she had to keep her legs bent at an awkward bent angle to keep from hitting the lasers, slowly she walks through the small holes in the maze on her hands trying to get close to this larger gap.
She grunts slightly, her body was aching and sore from this and it felt like it was never going to end, seriously she was going to kill the person that created motion censor lasers.
Finally she reached the gap in the maze and sighed in relief, she turns her body slightly before doing three back flips and once she lands she was out in the clear.
"All good. Find me those vaults Xand."
"On it."
Buffy listens to the sound of keys clattering on the computer before she glances around the room, she moves down the hall however as she steps onto the white tiles they dip slightly and suddenly a blazing alarm fills the room.
Buffy's eyes widen in panic "Xander!"
"I don't know Buffy, they must have more traps them we thought."
Buffy groans in panic as she hears the sound of steal footsteps running towards her "Xander."
"Buffy, I can't stop the alarms you need to get out of there!"
Buffy clenches her jaw before running back towards the wires, she runs as fast as she can and quickly leaps up and grabs onto the wire before climbing up it.
Just as the demon she had been looking for runs into the hall with a bunch of human guards Buffy closes the skylight and rolls across the roof out of sight.
She lays there on her back for a moment and stares at the sky above her, that had not got well, she couldn't do this without Willow, Xander was good at strategy but when it came to things like tech not so much.
"I really need a new tech." She moans cursing Oliver in her mind for taking her original.
"I really need that new tech." Buffy tells Willow as they walk towards Big Belly to meet Oliver and Diggle "Willow, last night was bad, I can beat demons, hell I do that for fun but...me and lasers and alarms we're not simpatico."
Willow nods in understand, a part of her felt really bad for leaving Buffy and Xander hanging like that but she had to find Walter and Buffy was still so focused on her own mission that she was trying to block out anything else to avoid guilt over not helping them.
"I'll take you to meet Felicity tomorrow. I promise."
Buffy sighs, she still wasn't sure about this, letting someone else in on her secret, letting someone into this world, it would be opening this girl up to all types of risks and she wasn't exactly big with the trust at the moment.
Buffy sighs before frowning as they walk into Big Belly Burger, it occurs to her as they walk over to the table that she hadn't asked Willow why she was being dragged here "Um...wanna explain why I have to be here?"
Willow smiles slightly "Well, you said you wanted to keep an eye on what we were doing, plus you know you said you'd do undercover work and fieldwork so I thought..."
Buffy sighs she knew what Willow was doing, trying to remind her of who she had been, the person who had been a hero, who had helped so many people.
But that wasn't her anymore and the red head just refused to except that, but then again she didn't know majority of the things Buffy had done in her time away from the group. After she had left the UK 5 years ago a lot had happened a lot none of them were aware of.
"Will..."
"Hi guys." Willow says loudly as they approach Oliver and Diggle, cutting Buffy off before she could make an excuse to leave.
Oliver and Diggle turn to the girls and Oliver frowns at the sight of a clearly unhappy Buffy "What are you doing here?"
"Ask PippyLongstocking." Buffy grumbles as she pushes Diggle to move up so she can seat beside him, and before he can stop her she grabs his coffee.
Willow smiles successfully, her aim was to bring their two teams together, all of them working together they could do so much good, she just needed to get past Buffy's issues with trust, because clearly she didn't trust Oliver and she was too worried about letting more people into her work.
"So." Buffy says as she glances over at Oliver "The Dodger huh? Not a rip of Vince Vague?"
When Oliver frowns Buffy scoffs "You were here when that movie came out!"
Oliver sighs, sometimes it was like she never took anything seriously "So..." He says clearly ignoring her statement which Diggle was chuckling at "...to catch this guy we need either to figure out where he is or where he's going to be."
Buffy chuckles slightly at this, they were discussing the plan to get a villain while eating burgers "So, Big Bad talks normally happen over burger and fries? Or is this just so Dig can gawk over Carly."
Diggle glares at his best friend "Not gawking."
"Totally gawking."
Diggle sighs and glances at Oliver who shrugs, he was not getting involved with this weird sibling type relationship the two of them had, he'd rather keep all of his limbs.
Diggle continues to glare at her only to smile as he spots Carly walking over to them, she places a large plate of fries in front of Buffy and a banana milkshake in front of Willow.
Buffy grins at her friend, she always knew when she was in desperate need for fries "Marry me."
"You keep asking. My answer is still the same. Ask me in a year." Carly says with a chuckle before sighing as she hears the loud yelling from the corner of the room.
Buffy frowns "What is it?"
Carly sighs in frustration, it was clear from her expression that she really hated this job "I'm waiting on a bunch of particularly rowdy customers."
Buffy thinks for a moment before kicking Dig's knee he glares at her but when he spots her narrowed expression he gulps slightly, he would never admit it, but sometimes when she wanted to she could be pretty damn scary, he turns back to Carly and smiles "You want me to handle that?"
Carly smiles at him "I appreciate it, but I'm a pro by now."
"I'll be here if you need me."
Carly smiles once more before heading back to work as she does Buffy turns to Diggle "So Casanova that's not gawking huh?"
Willow smirks slightly and clicks her tongue at him "She's gawking right back."
"AH..." Diggle moans, he really did not want to talk about this "...can we get back to crime fighting, please?"
"Actually..." Oliver says as he joins into the conversation, clearly agreeing with the girls "...you should probably ask her out."
Buffy smirks slightly and nods in agreement "The Boy's right."
Diggle chuckles and turns to Buffy "You don't get to start...not till you agree to meet Dean's brother."
Buffy glares at him "I hate you."
"No you don't."
"Well I violently dislike you."
"Nope."
Buffy groans slightly while Oliver frowns in confusion, neither of them had mentioned a Dean before. Willow noticing his confusion leans over to him "Buffy's sort of boyfriend, who freaked her out asking her to meet his family."
Oliver frowns slightly, wondering why Dig had never mentioned it before, he turns to glance at Buffy feeling an unfamiliar uncomfortable pit in his stomach. He shock his head before clearing his throat "So back to the case..."
"Thank you." Buffy says cheerfully as she glances at Oliver.
Diggle chuckles before glancing at Oliver "Please you just hope I don't start on you and McKenna."
"Oh." Willow says with a smirk as she glances at Oliver "The detective on the Dodger case. You have a thing for her?"
Oliver shakes his head only for Diggle to speak "Yes."
Oliver turns to Diggle and stares at him flatly, if he wanted to play it this way he would play "I don't see you asking Carly out."
Diggle watches Oliver for a moment before pursing his lips, he then stands and makes his way over to Carly while Buffy laughs "Bout damn time."
"Buffy." Oliver says drawing her and Willow's attention away from Diggle and back to him "This guy is targeting a very specific type of jewel. We figure out why and that'll give us the how to catch him."
Willow thinks for a moment as an idea comes to her "I may have a little idea. Your crush with the badge says they are working with Interpol."
Oliver nods, it was clear he wasn't going to like wherever this was going "Yeah."
"Why don't I work up a little tech, you distract her with a little flirty-flirt, she said tech onto her phone, it'll turn into a micro transmitter and, boom, we'll learn everything she knows"
Buffy frowns "I didn't get a word of that hawking."
Willow chuckles knowing that Buffy was playing her typical dumb blonde but in reality she was smarter than most.
Oliver merely tilts his head at the red head, he was right he didn't like this at all "It's not typically how I get my information."
Buffy rolls her eyes "Shooting someone with an arrow and putting the fear of God into them doesn't always work Legolas. Some people, specifically women, prefer to be romanced for information. And then there are the weird ones who get off on the torture but that's a whole other bag of bones."
Oliver chuckles slightly at the blonde before clenching his jaw "Fine. I'll try your way." He tells Willow before all three of them go back to spying on the nervous Diggle who was still trying to find the words to ask Carly out.
"You'll like her." Willow tells Buffy as the walk through Queen Consolidated towards Felicity's office which was right beside Willows.
When Buffy looks at her skeptically Willow sighs "I promise."
"Willow." Buffy says dryly "I don't like anyone."
Willow smiles and wraps an arm around Buffy's shoulder "You like me." She points out.
Buffy smiles slightly and just as they knock on Felicity's door Buffy turns to Willow "Are you sure we can trust her with this?"
Willow takes a deep breath and turns to her "Look I know you don't want to do this, but you need it. Even the Three Musketeers brought in a fourth member."
"That movie was terrible." Buffy points out.
"That's not the point."
Buffy groans slightly but follows the red head into the office as they walk in Buffy spots a young woman maybe two years younger than herself with blonde hair facing away from them typing incredibly fast at one of her computers.
"Hey Felicity." Willow says happily "I want you to meet—"
As Felicity turns to face them Buffy's eyes widen, there was no way this was possible yet here she was, this couldn't be happening "Liz?"
Felicity adjusts her glasses before staring at shock at the blonde "BB?"
Willow frowns in confusion as the two blonde's stare at each other, how did they know each other "What am I missing?"
Felicity stands and quickly circles the table hugging Buffy who freezes as the unexpected contact "We thought you were dead."
"Alive and kicking." Buffy tells her as Felicity finally releases her.
Willow raises her hand "Me confused."
Buffy swallows the lump in her throat before turning to Willow "She's my cousin Will."
Willow stares in shock and quickly glances in-between the two, there was a sense of similarity there, they both speak and babble the same, there eyes and looks were similar plus they had that brain and brawn sense going on.
"Cool."