Apparition 2 - the shadow of Deeth: 2: Don’t like dead Xander
by Timan
Buffy walked in the library only to be met by an angry looking Wesley.
“What time do you call this?” he asked
Buffy checked her watch.
“Eight thirty?” she replied
“Eight thirty two! That’s two minutes you’ve wasted that you could have been training.”
“I’m sorry?”
“And so you should be. This is not just a recreational past time it’s a sacred calling you must treat it with the utmost importance!”
“It was only two minutes Wes.”
Wesley folded his arms.
“So my time is not as important as yours hmm?”
“I was just saying . . .”
“Oh don’t change the topic on my account,” Wesley replied sarcastically, “we all know the slayer is always right.”
Buffy shook her head in confusion.
“What are you talking about?”
Wesley walks over to the table and sits down.
“There’s no need for me to argue obviously wasting time is what a slayer need to do so that’s what’s going to happen.”
Wesley sits and looks at his watch. From the office Giles steps out. He looks at Wesley confused.
“Good morning Buffy,” Giles asked not taking his eyes off the slayers new watcher, “what’s Wesley doing?”
“Wasting time to prove his point.” Buffy replied
“It might just be me but I’m thinking that standards are slipping and the watchers training academy.”
Buffy smirked.
“How did patrolling go last night?” Giles continued
“All good,” Buffy replied, “couple of vamps with serious 80’s fashion problem that was it.”
Willow stepped into the library and walked up to Giles.
“Hey do you have that chem. Book I asked for.”
“What, oh, yes of course.” Giles replied as he walked back into his office.
Willow caught Buffy grinning at her.
“What?” she asked
“You two finally came up for air?” she asked
“Maybe,” willow replied in her own mischievous way.
“I’m happy for you two,” Buffy replied, “It’s just weird that it took Xander dieing to realize.”
Just then Xander burst into the library. He noticed the two girls and walked up to them. Willow smiled when she saw him.
“Hey honey,” she said, “couldn’t say away huh?”
“Yeah,” Xander replied awkwardly, “can I see you for just one second Will.”
“Sure.”
“No, out in the hall.”
Willow and Buffy gave each other a look.
“Okay,” Willow replied, “It’s nothing serious is it?”
“I don’t know yet.”
Xander dragged Willow out into the hall. Willow pouted when she saw his expression.
“What the matter your shaky and nervous Guy.” she asked
“I just had a visit from a reaper!” Xander said anxiously
“A what?”
“A reaper, you know, the guys with the hood and the scythes, anyway he came and told me I was supposed to still be dead!”
“But you’re not dead.”
“I know that and, by Zeus, I tried to explain that to him.”
Willow Pouted,
“Don’t like dead Xander,” she commented, “I like alive Xander he more cuddly.”
“Maybe you can explain that to the reaper then.”
Willow looked passed Xander.
“What you mean that guy?”
Xander turned curiously to see the hooded man with the scythe. He jumped in fright and Deeth pulled back his hood apologetically.
“Sorry, sorry forgot I still had the thing up.” Deeth apologized
“What are you doing here?” Xander asked
“What? Oh, yeah I came to tell you tell you that there’s something wrong with the request, I don’t know what happened, I think someone filled out the wrong for or something. We should have this cleared up in no time. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
Xander just looked at Deeth with a disturbed expression. Taking this as his cue to leave Deeth pulled up his hood and disappeared. Xander swung around and gave willow a look.
“See!”
“Who was that?” Willow asked
“That was Deeth.”
“Deeth?”
“Yeah, something happened with something and something else I can’t really remember.”
“Do ya thing we should tell Buffy?”
“Tell her what Will? That the someone in the after life screwed up my paperwork? I don’t think she’ll by that, hell, I’m saying it and I don’t by it.”
“It just seems a little weird is all?” Willow replied, “I mean you stopped being a ghost a year ago why are they coming to get you now?”
~ City Hall – a few minutes later ~
Mayor Wilkins sat at his desk calmly. Suddenly his intercom buzzed.
“Yes Barbra?” he asked calmly
“Sir your nine o’clock is hearing to see you.”
“Thank you Barbra, you’re a peach, send him in.”
“Yes sir.”
Mayor Wilkins went back to writing his notes when there was a bright flash of light in his office. The mayor looked up calmly to see a nervous looking man in a suit.
“Well hello again Bob,” Mayor Wilkins said as he stood up from behind his desk.
“Hi sir.” Bob replied anxiously
Mayor Wilkins looked at Bob seriously.
“Now, now bob you know I don’t like sad sack in my office you just turn that frown upside down mister.”
Bob tried to smile but it ended up looking like he was in pain.
“Now don’t you feel so much better?” the mayor continued, “So where is he?”
“We had a problem.” bob replied
“A Problem?”
“The reaper sent to retrieve him didn’t follow the instructions too well.”
Mayor Wilkins leaned against his desk and put his hands in his pockets.
“You realize I’m very upset now don’t you? I may have to use my outdoor voice.”
“I’m sorry sir it won’t happen again.”
“It better gosh darn not!” the mayor replied, “You hurt my feeling Bob. You told me, no, assured me that you can get a recently re-embodied ghost for the ritual.”
“I still can it’s just going to take time. You’ll get your re-embodied ghost”
“I better or else you can consider yourself off my Christmas card list!”
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