"Okay security cameras are down, you have two minutes before the backup monitors switch them back on."
As Felicity informs her of this Buffy glances around from the wall she was hid behind and looks down the empty hallway of the bank.

"Got it." She whispers as she slowly makes her way down the hall being cautious not to get caught or set off any alarms like last time.
As she glides along the floors of the bank towards where the demon was hidden away in a secret office in one of the vaults Buffy couldn't help but worry.

The last time she had been here she had almost got caught and if Felicity hadn't erased the security footage then not only would she have demons on her trail she would have the cops on her as well.

"So..." Felicity ponders loudly drawing Buffy's attention "...vampires—which are a real thing...are extinct?" She asks curiously, despite what Buffy had told her she knew there was more, Buffy had been very vague on a lot of the details.

Buffy groans slightly at Felicity's question she really did not want to be doing this right now "Yes."
"Is Dracula real?—Buffy don't move."

Buffy frowns but freezes bending down out of sight, she sighs in relief as the guards that she had not seen, walk by her without spotting her.

Once they were out of sight she continues down the hall finally ending up outside the vault.
"So...Dracula?"
Buffy rolls her eyes "Yeah and he's a real creep."

Buffy could practically hear the excitement in Felicity's voice "You met Dracula!" She yells making Buffy wince slightly and adjust her earpiece "Was he cute?"
Buffy chuckles slightly as she raises the scythe and swings it at the pins keeping the vault door locked "He kind of looked like a pale sickly evil soap opera actor."

Buffy smiles as she hears Felicity laugh, the two go back to a comfortable silence as Buffy lifts the vault door off it's hinges and places it next to the now hole in the wall.

She twirls the scythe in her grasp and steps into the dark vault frowning slightly "Can you get me some light?"
"On it."

Buffy tightens the scythe in her grasp, something about this place sent a shiver up her spine, there was something about it that just felt off.

Suddenly the lights came on filling the room in a bright yellow glow however Buffy's eyes widen at what was right in front of her.

Looks like that shiver had been right as right in front of her was her target only he had clearly shredded his human form.
He had about 12 tentacles and was about 15 feet tall and covered in slim.
Her face instantly scrunches up in disgust "Eeewww!"

"Is—Is that a demon?" Felicity's clearly horrified voice asks just as Buffy slices through one of the tentacles.

"Yep!" Buffy yells as she leaps through the air only for one of the tentacles to wrap around her ankle and slam her against a nearby wall knocking the wind out of her.
"I—I don't like those."
Buffy groans in pain but grabs the scythe "Me either."

"Guillermo Barrera, you have failed this city." Oliver yells as his target climbs out of the helicopter only to merely stare at him in his Hood gear completely unimpressed.
"You've built quite a reputation."
Oliver rolls his eyes "And you should have stayed overseas." He growls.

Barrera merely tilts his head "I thought about it. But then I remembered, I've got a reputation, too."

Suddenly two blades appear in his hands instantly Oliver raises his bow releasing an arrow towards Barrera who moves out of the way.

The two exchange Arrows and knifes one after the other each of them trying to cut down the other.
When they finally meet for hand to hand it doesn't take long before Oliver shoves an arrow into his chest before letting him fall to the ground.

He glances down at the dead body but when he hears sirens approaching he quickly grabs Barrera's phone before disappearing from sight.

"Ow!" Buffy hisses as Felicity keeps an arm wrapped around her waist while her arm hung loosely around the blonde's tech's shoulder.
Felicity glances over at Buffy and winces "Sorry." She mumbles before helping the limping Buffy towards the apartment.

Pushing open the front door she smiles over at Xander who was currently guzzling down a pizza on the couch "A little help?!"

Xander spits out his pizza in shock before turning to face the girls his eyes widen as he spots the two blonde cousins covered in slim and what looked like blue demon guts.

He attempts to climb over the couch only to slip and land on the floor, he quickly stands back up acting like a complete spaz, which only made Felicity smile slightly "You okay?"

Xander nods his head quickly up and down as he takes a hold of Buffy's other arm only to groan at the stench that was coming off her "Fine, fine yeah, totally fine. Buffy you stink."

Buffy glares at her best friend before detatching herself from Xander and her cousin and slowly limping towards the bathroom.

As she limps Xander glances over at Felicity in hopes of getting some form of explanation but she merely shakes her head and adjusts her glasses "Um...well you see..."
"Don't!" Buffy yells loudly, not bothering to turn to face them "Don't. Just don't. I need to shower...many many showers."
As Buffy limps into the bathroom and closes the door Xander turns back to the blonde genius "Felicity?"

She merely shakes her head before making her way to the bathroom across the hall shivering and groaning in disgust as she does "Don't ask...it's just...ugk!" She mutters shaking violently as she pulls a bit of demon lung that Buffy had gotten on her off "I really hate demons."

"Nope. Not happening." Willow argues adamantly as she crosses her arms refusing to leave the comfort of her chair.
Diggle merely crosses his arms and stares down at her, he wasn't going to leave this alone.
At his stare Willow shakes her head again "You and your bowling ball arms can take a hike. Not gonna happen."

Diggle sighs not understanding why she was being so stubborn "If you're going to be working with us, I'll sleep a lot easier knowing that you can handle yourself, at least a little bit."
Willow rolls her eyes, she understood his reasoning but she had survived her whole life on the Hellmouth without becoming a freaking ninja.
"I don't see this as necessary."

Diggle sighs shaking his head in frustration, the fact that she wasn't already trained was shocking enough but she was driving him insane now. Honestly the fact that the redhead had been working for the Watcher's Council for years and had not received even the basics in self-defence was ridiculous.

"Did Buffy never teach you?"
Willow shrugs "A little, never needed it though."
Diggle arches a brow at her clearly unconvinced by her argument "And why?"

Willow's eyes widen in panic, how the hell was she supposed to explain about the fact that magic had always been her little cheat "Um...me well I...stop asking me questions! This is not therapy!" She yells suddenly causing Diggle to frown in confusion and shock, Buffy had warned him that Willow could babble and go from zero to sixty in about half a second.

Willow pouts slightly trying to keep her mouth shut so she didn't spill anything she wasn't supposed to. As though her calls were being heard Oliver walks into the Lair and a massive grin covers her face "Oh look Oliver's back."

Diggle shakes his head "This conversation isn't over."
Willow merely taps Diggle's arm playfully before wheeling herself away from him and back over to the table.
Diggle sighs before turning to Oliver "How'd it go?"
"Badly for him."

Willow frowns in confusion and turns away from the computer to face the green clad vigilante "Who him?"
"An assassin for hire with an affinity for knives. His name was Guillermo Barrera."
Willow's eyes widen at that, he had killed him, he had killed the man in cold blood "Was?" She whispers unable to find any other words.

Diggle who unlike Willow was unaffected by the news that Oliver had killed someone turns to the billionaire "So we can't ask him about his intended target?"

Oliver merely shakes his head before pulling out his list of names, placing it on the table beside Willow he crosses out Barrera's name before turning back to face Diggle "No."

Quickly he pulls out the phone he had picked up after killing Barrera and turns to the still frozen red head "Which is why I need you to hack his phone. Barrera's world class. He kills high profile targets. And whatever job he was hired for isn't finished. We need to figure out who he was here to kill and fast. They are probably still in danger, ok?"

As he holds out the phone towards her Willow stays rather uncharacteristically quiet as she takes in out of his palm before merely nodding. She couldn't speak. She had nothing to say, Oliver killing was still a tough subject for her, she had never wanted to be involved in killing again.

"I have to meet McKenna." Oliver says causing Diggle to smirk slightly.
"Good thing she didn't meet you at the heliport."

Oliver glares slightly and ignores the comment choosing not to listen to it as he walked over to his station where the rest of his arrows were displayed.

As he walks Diggle shakes his head, slightly annoyed that Oliver was being so reckless "It may not be a good idea to fall for the cop that's hunting you down."
"Well it's slim pickings for us vigilantes."

Five Years Ago - Boston

Buffy continues to tap her pen violently against her book as she zones out during her lecture, she couldn't focus which sucked because she wanted to focus. She had left England so that she could focus on herself for once, to actually do something for herself. And yet here she was worrying about what Gunn had told her, running it over and over again in her head.

She sighs slightly before running a hand through her hair as she thinks about all the possible scenarios Gunn had used to try and convince her to help...to say that had been disturbing and horrifying was a little bit of an understatement.

"Alright collect your assignments and we will pick this up next week."

At Doctor Owens' words Buffy shoots up in her desk suddenly feeling the need for some air, maybe fresh air could help her calm the crazy thoughts running through her head right now.

She quickly walks down the stairs and grabs her assignment before heading outside, the minute she takes that first gulp of fresh air she leans against the nearby wall and sighs in relief.

However that relief was quickly shattered as she spotted the one and only Charles Gunn standing opposite her with a smirk on his handsome face "Ready to help me find Angel girly?"