Once at the shop, they secured her to a chair and sat down to talk.
"Xander, how did you knock her out?" Willow asked.
"It's called a sleeper hold, it temporarily interrupts the flow of blood to the brain."
"Where'd you learn that, X, it was wicked cool."
"I kinda didn't, learn it exactly, it's part of what Soldier Boy knows. Useful against a human, but not so much vampires."
"Giles, what was that glove thing, she wanted us to find?" Buffy asked.
"The Glove of Myneghan. I must confess, I've never heard of it."
"It must be real, Giles. In Cordy's vision, the lady was wearing it." Xander said.
"Cordelia, could you describe what you saw in your vision." Giles asked.
"That woman had it on her arm. It looks like some kind of metal, alot of spikes and shot lightning. She aimed it at Faith."
"Her name is Gwendolyn Post, she came here claiming to be Faith's new Watcher."
"What's she got against me?"
"I don't think it's you specifically she had anything against, Faith," Xander said. "It was a cover, she knows how to be a Watcher, so she used it as a way in, to try to get us to find this Glove for her. Giles, we need to find it. Someone else could come looking for it and if it is here in Sunnydale, leaving it for just anyone to find is dangerous. Maybe we can figure out a way to destroy it."
"A good idea, but I have no idea where to look."
"Bet you she does," Xander said, looking at Mrs. Post. "Willow, what's the name of the teacher Sherry and Amanda found for you?"
"Carrie White."
"Giles, maybe Carrie can help us, she could do a truth spell on Watcherlady here."
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to ask, I suppose. Willow, could you call her and ask her to come over?"
"Sure." Willow pulled out her phone. "She just got off work, she'll be here in about ten minutes."
When Carrie White, a plump woman about Giles' age arrived, they explained the situation to her and after some thought she agreed to do a truth spell and aid in researching a way to destroy the Glove when it was found. She left to get some ingredients. Once she returned, she cast her spell and then nodded at Xander, who it had been agreed would do the questioning. Mrs. Post already seemed intimidated by him, so it was thought it might make it easier to get answers.
Xander sat down in a chair in front of Mrs. Post, who eyed him warily.
"Tell us what you know about the Glove of Mynaghan."
"It's full power isn't known, but what is known, is that it can draw, hold and channel electricity, like lightning. It's believe to be buried in a tomb in the cemetery."
"Which cemetery."
"I'm sorry, what do you mean?"
"There's 12 cemeteries in Sunnydale."
"Oh, I didn't know that. It's in one of the tombs, not the plots. Also, the demon Lagos wants it. He may already be here searching for it."
"Great, now you mention that."
"Okay, I suggest Buffy, Faith, Cordelia and I go looking for it. Cordelia knows what it looks, thanks to her vision. I can protect her if we run into trouble and Buffy and Faith can deal with Lagos. Giles, Willow and Ms. White can work on a method of destroying it. Oz stands guard on her. If she needs to use the bathroom, someone has to go in with her, so she doesn't have any opportunity to escape. Remember, she knows some magic. Make sure she has a sandwich or something and something to drink. We're not monsters." He glared at her. "You know what your big mistake was lady? Thinking you could go after one of us. You go after one, you have to deal with us all. Faith is one of us. Family."
It was quickly agreed and the Slayers, along with Xander and Cordelia, left to search the crypts. While Giles, Ms. White and Willow got to work researching ways of destroying the Glove once it was found. Oz brought Mrs. Post a sandwich and a bottle of water. He sat silently near her, watching without saying anything. His silence seemed to make her even more nervous. She kept eyeing him. She finally snapped and said, "Is that all you're going to do, just sit there and stare at me?"
"Mostly."
"Why."
"Family."
"Family? What does that mean?"
"For family." And that was all he would say. Willow smiled when she heard him say it. She understood, like Xander, Oz was mad this lady had come after them, was a potential threat to them personally.
After some time, they found the Ritual of Living Flame, it was decided that they would try it, as a means of destroying the Glove if the others could find it. They began gathering the ingredients for it together. Now all they could do was wait.
The Slayers, Xander and Cordelia set out for the nearest cemetery. Breaking into crypts was not something they wanted to do, but they knew it was necessary, in order to find what they were looking for. They had searched though three when they ran into a rather large demon trying to break into one of the crypts. Thinking this might be Lagos, Buffy and Faith attacked it, while Xander and Cordelia entered the crypt. It didn't take Cordy long to find what they were looking for. It was wrapped in cloth, but bits of it could be seen. She carefully picked it up and they headed back out, just in time to see Faith deal a killing blow to the big demon.
"We found it, Cordy's got it. Let's head back. Buff, could you use the walky to call Giles and let them know."
She nodded and made the call. "Oh, good. We've found a way that we think will destroy it. We'll get going on it. It should be ready by the time you get back."
The Flame worked, it melted the Glove. After that they just had to keep Mrs. Post company until the retrieval team arrived.
On a suggestion from Xander, they watched her in two man teams for four hours each, while the others slept, so they could function the next day at school. With Faith and Giles, taking the last shift, so the others could go to class. They were both there when the retrieval team arrived. Giles briefed them on everything that had happened and they took Mrs. Post into their custody and left.
