Chapter 18
On Sunday afternoon Rupert Giles was at his business, the "Magick shop." He mostly sold new age paperweights and books on Nostradamas. Business had been slow after Marcie Ross' death. Giles hoped things would pick up in a few weeks. For now inventory had been done and the shop had been cleaned as well as it could be. Giles had only two employees, Wesley, an old school mate of his, and a young girl named Anya. They could be tiresome, but they had grown on him. With little to do Giles sent them home early, but decided to stay himself until the normal closing time of 6pm, just in case customers showed up. Around 3pm Kyle and his friends, Rhonda, Heidi, and Tor showed up.
Giles: Can I help you?
Kyle: Yeah. This is our town. We don't like some foreigner selling black magic.
Giles: Well you're certainly entitled to your opinion. But if you're not going to buy something I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
Kyle then dropped any pretense of civility and tried to punch Giles. Instead Giles blocked the punch and hit Kyle in the chest. He tried again to ask Kyle and the others to leave. But they began breaking things, trashing the store. Giles believed he could take on any of them individually, but four against one was a different matter. He didn't like the odds. Giles called the police. Within a few minutes Kate Lockley arrived and restrained the four of them. Giles hesitated to press charges, believing they had fallen under the influence of the fanatical preacher Caleb. After taking all of their identities all four teens were released into the custody of their parents. Rupert Giles made a mental note to contact his attorney to bill their parents for damages, once he calculated the precie cost.