Chapter 72
When Buffy walked back to Caligo's car she felt more exhausted than she'd ever felt her entire life, more than she thought humanly possible. Killing Dana, all those dead bodies from the center, seeing Caligo die, Mr Giles telling her about her destiny. It was all finally catching up with her. The last 72 hours were taking their toll on Buffy. The school psychiatrist Dr Platt and his assistant Holden had already offerred their help to Buffy, this time she might actually take them up on that offer. By the time she got back to the car Buffy just collapsed in the back seat. She was woken up soon after by a young doctor named Benjamin Wilkinson. Ben did a quick examination of Buffy, she likely needed more medical attention. It took Buffy a few minutes to realize there were other doctors, firemen, cops. Buffy knew she couldn't tell them everything. She told the police that Caligo kidnapped her, brought her here, even bout the cheese sandwich. Buffy lied about the end. She said Caligo went inside, left her in the car. Buffy also claimed that Caligo forced her to call Willow and her mother. Given Buffy's history with Caligo, and the chloroform in Buffy's system, the police believed her. Noone understood why he would drag Buffy here and just leave her in the car, but it seemed pointless to assign logic to a satanic preacher. But Kate Lockley was a little suspicious. Dana had been a serial killer, multiple witnesses backed up Buffy's claim of self-defense. There was no evidence that Buffy had any part in the bombing of the gas distribution center. But when the two were put together, so close to each other, it seemed suspicious. Detective Lockley had no evidence that would hold up in court. But Buffy knew the cop was suspicious. Joyce was more worried than suspicious. Two seperate lunatics had tried to murder her children in less than three days. Joyce normally believed in gun-control. But no seemed like a good time to buy a gun for protection. Buffy didn't like Caligo being compared to Dana. But people would never believe the truth, that a satanic preacher that they tried to incarcerate had given his life to save their lives. This was just something she'd have to live with.