The Way Things Should Be
For Disclaimer, Distrubution, Rating, Spoilers, and the challenge that started it all, please visit Part One.
Part Two
Willow, Tara, Xander, and Anya were already at Giles when Buffy and Angel arrived. Giles looked at Angel rather strangely as he opened the door, but made no comment as he let the vampire in.
"Angel! Hi. I didn't know you were back in town. After the way Buffy acted when she came back after seeing you I...oh, Goddess..." Willow abruptly stopped talking as Buffy shot her a look. Obviously realizing she had said too much, Willow continued in a rush. "But that's not really why we're here, is it? Buffy..."
Giles cut her off this time, explaining to Buffy all that Willow had told him. "Put briefly During a party at Stevenson Hall, somewhere around a dozen vampires barged in and started tearing the place apart. Although the place was packed with people Willow recognizes as being in the Initiative, there were far to many college students around for them to get their stakes out. So they started a huge fist-fight that cleared most of the people out of the room, then discretely staked as many as possible before the vampires fled. They seemed to be looking for something in particular, however, as they had scanners that we've only seen used by the Initiative. So we assume Adam is the leader behind them. And they are very possibly looking for an easier access to the Initiative than the tunnels Adam and Spike escaped from."
"That's what you call briefly, G-man?"
"That was as brief as possible while still including all the bloody facts!"
"Sorry...." Xander looked down.
"As am I. I should not have yelled, but as always you choose to make a joke at the worst possible time. And do not call me G-man. " He added the last part almost as an afterthought.
Buffy cut into the tension by asking, "So, what do we do? I know exactly how to find the easy access that the vamps are looking for, but I can't use it anymore. And neither can Riley. And I don't think anyone else in the Initiative is gonna make nice and let us in"
She explained to Angel quickly what had happened with Oz, Riley, and the Initiative. She left out, of course, the part about Willow and Tara. As far as she knew she was the only one that knew about them and didn't want to say anything if Willow didn't want the others to know.
"So you can't get in? So what? Just call them up and tell them." Anya said with her usual flippantness.
"Well, I'd assume they've come to the same conclusions we have by now. But since working together is not an option, we'll mearly have to both do our best and stay out of each others way. Buffy, I suggest you patrol and try to kill as many vampires as possible. Don't just let them find you, actively hunt! The less vampires there are the less Adam can turn to his purposes. The rest of us will stay here and try to find a way to destroy Adam or at least find out where his 'headquarters' are."
"Could you use more help? Cause I've got..." Angel began
Just then Giles' phone rang. He excused himself to the other room and came back with the phone in hand, giving it to Angel.
Angel took the phone "Angel. Cordy, calm down. What happened? What did you see? Yeah, that would be Adam. We're working on the problem, I was just about to suggest you and Wes come up and help. We need more people, and Wesley could bring some of my older books. Maybe there's something on how to kill a demon-monster-vampire-hybrid or whatever the hell you would call Adam. Just hurry up you two. Things are probably gonna go down pretty fast."
Angel hung up and told the group briefly about Doyle's death and how Cordy now got the visions from the powers that be. He also told them that she had seen Adam fighting with Buffy, and it looked as if the Slayer was losing the battle.
"Well, that's one vision that won't come to pass."
Angel didn't comment that all the visions came to pass and had never before been wrong. Maybe because he wanted so desperately to believe her.
"Well, worry about that later. I doubt you'll even run into Adam tonight, not until all his plans are set up which they obviously aren't. " Giles told them.
"Yeah, sure. I'm already loaded up on weapons. Let's go."
She said the last to Angel, just as unconsciously as she had when she had headed for Giles. She knew Angel would go with her.
It seemed everyone in the group did as well, for Willow looked at both of them as she said "Be careful." and Xander said to Angel, "Don't fall on a stake now, Dead-boy." Anya mearly watched them, uninterested as always, and Tara smiled shyly, whispering, "Artemis and all her huntresses go with you and protect you."
Angel looked at her oddly for a moment, then said in return, "And Apollo, her brother, light your way."
Tara looked at him sharply, but him and Buffy had already turned to leave.
She turned to Willow "Is he a Witch too?"
"No, why would you say that?"
"Because that was a traditional blessing I said, and he replied with another traditional blessing that is the perfect response to it. "
Xander cut in, "No, he's not a Witch. He's something much older. He's a vampire."
"But he can't be! He had a soul a very tormented, yet very positive aura."
"Yeah, he's a vampire with a soul. It's a long story, but it's the reason him and Buffy can't be together even though they love each other so much."
"Sorry to cut into this fascinating conversation, but we have to research." Giles said.
He set books down on the table, and each of the teenagers took one. The search had begun.
Meanwhile, Buffy and Angel were leaving Giles's and heading for one of the local cemeteries.
"Willow's friend, she's a Witch too?"
"Yeah, that's how they met. Some Wicca group at school. Willow found out the group itself was a bunch of fakes, but Tara was the real McCoy. They've been practicing together ever since." Buffy told him.
"That's good. Slayer strength may not be enough for this job, we may just need a little magick."
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