Angel paced nervously in Giles’ lounge room. He looked at the front door and waited for it to open.
“She should have been back by now.” Angel said impatiently, “I should never have let her go off alone.”
“Don’t mean any disrespect man,” Doyle replied, “but we don’t know that she’s actually in trouble. Willow might’ve just spotted some vamps that needed dusting. There’s no point gallivanting over there half-cocked when there might not be any trouble at all.”
“Doyle’s right Angel. What if you charging off after Buffy and this Incarnate thing comes busting down the door? I, for one, am not mentally ready to experience the aroma of brimstone.” Cordelia commented, “besides, I think Giles and Friar Tuck over here might need you’re help more.”
Angel put his hand on his hips in a frustrated manner. He walked towards Drogyn and Giles who were pouring over the Book he got from Wolfram and Heart.
“What have we got?” he asked angrily
“Well the compendium has confirmed what Drogyn has already told us.” Giles replied
“Incarnate is one of the old ones, the original demons.”
“Yes, exactly.”
“Does that thing actually tell us anything other then what we already know?”
Giles scanned down further. After reading one of the final lines of text he went oddly silent.”
“Giles?” Angel asked
“Yes, actually, I does mention something. At full strength Incarnate has the ability to reverse the earth.”
“What do you mean by reverse?” Angel asked
Giles leaned back from the book and wiped his forehead stressfully. He looked up at Angel with a feeling of dread.
“Essentially, it has the power to undo creation.”
Angel took a couple of steps back and leant against the wall.
“You’re telling me that this Demon can reverse the laws of nature.” Angel replied
“Unfortunately.”
“Why aren’t we charging out now and kicking this demons ass?”
“These are cautious times Angel,” Drogyn insisted, “We must know how much power Incarnate has before we strategize our campaign.”
Angel pushed off from the Wall. He went over to Giles’ weapons chest and grabbed out a large battleaxe.
“You guys strategize. I’m heading down to the Bronze to hit things.”
“Angel . . .” Giles started.
That moment the front door exploded. Angel flew back from the force and collided painfully with the back wall. From the broken remains of the doorway a figured entered the room. He smiled at the group.
“I hear you’ve been looking for me.” Incarnate said playfully
. . . House lights light up at the bronze. Buffy begins to tremble. She covers her mouth in shock and drops to the ground.
This was definitely the last thing she expected.
A party.
On the sidewall there was a table set up with various types of finger foods and alcohol. The Bronze it’s self was decorated with streamers and Balloons. Buffy looked up slowly and noticed a banner hanging from the roof by chain. It read simply
Happy fourth anniversary Buffy.
Buffy shook her head slowly. She was revved up for a fight now she finds out that everyone was planning this surprise.
On stage the three other Scooby’s smiled down happily to the slayer. Behind them Oz’s band was set up to play for the private party
“Happy anniversary Buffy.” Willow called out happily
“Anniversary?” Was all Buffy managed to reply
“Yeah don’t you remember? It was four years ago today when we first met you,” Xander replied, “That usually doesn’t call for a nifty shin-dig like this but, hey, how else do you celebrate all things buff and they way she changed our lives?”
“Well actually it’s been only two for me,” Oz commented, ” but the thought’s still there.”
Buffy began to cry. She dropped the sword she was holding and covered her mouth. The other Scooby’s looked at each other with concern
“Was this the reaction we were looking for? ‘Cause I was kinda hoping for ‘yay’.” Willow asked the others silently
The Scooby’s jumped down off the stage and huddled around Buffy.
“What’s wrong Buffy?” Willow asked.
Xander looked from the dropped sword to the upset slayer and smiled softly
“Wait I think I know what’s going on.” he said
Xander walked up to Buffy and whispered softly into her ear. At first she looked at Xander with confusion then a big smile crossed her face.
“Thanks you guys this is great.” Buffy said warmly drying her tears
Buffy hugged Willow tightly. It definitely made Willow feel better knowing that she had her friend back. Oz tentatively looked through the bags Buffy brought with her.
“Hey, ah, Buffy. Why did you bring weapons?” Oz asked carefully
“I told her to be ready?” Xander replied, “I forgot that Ready, for Buffy, means bringing things to stab stuff. I got to go to the bathroom guy’s I’ll be right back.”
Buffy watched Xander leave. Her concerned expression went unnoticed by the others. After a few moments she turned back to the gang.
“When did you guys plan this?”
“Will came up with the idea a few weeks ago.” Oz commented.
“So do you like the banner I made it myself,” Willow asked, “it took a while to do but I think it looks good. Hard to put up though I had to by chain because it was so strong.”
“How did you guys get the Bronze?” Buffy asked in surprise
“I threatened the owner.” Oz replied calmly
Buffy looked at Oz with surprise.
“See. I’ve been doing this drama thing where I had to play this really mean guy. So I though it would help if I stayed in character,” Oz continued, “people don’t like it very much.”
Devlin and the others walked down from the stage.
“That was a low act Oz-man. You could have just asked up to play”
Willow looked at her boyfriend with concern
“You threatened Devlin to? With what?” she asks
“That, oh, I was gonna play the next few gigs in G minor.”
“It’s not a natural key it should be banned!” Devlin replied as he headed for the Buffet table.
Xander returned from the Bathroom.
“Okay let’s get this party started.” He said cheerfully
Willow smiled at Xander then moved over to Buffy.
“So are you, we, okay now?” she asked softly
Buffy smiled at her friend and put her arm around her.
“Yeah Will. We’re good.”
“Are you going to tell me what happened?”
Buffy shot a deliberate look at Xander.
“Yeah Will I am. It all started with this.”
From behind her jacket she handed Willow the Victim report. Confused Willow opened the document and read it’s contents. Immediately she turned white and shook her head slowly.
“Will what is it?” Oz asked as he joined in with the reading
Both will and oz looked up at Xander in shock. They begin to move back slowly. Xander folded his arms and smiled at Buffy.
“I was wondering how long it would take you to tell the others.” He said smugly
Willow couldn’t believe what she was reading. She re-reads the title just to make sure.
VICTIM NAME: ALEXANDER HARRIS
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