The Parob laid Buffy down on the cold steel table. Leyland walked up and rubbed his hands together.
“Alright now,” he said excitedly, “let’s extract us a soul.”
The necromancer flexed his fingers then delicately he unbuttoned Buffy’s shirt. One it was this was done he spread it open and picked up a crystal from the table. Leyland placed it on her stomach and said a few phrases in Latin. The crystal began to glow. After a moment a stream of energy shot out across the slayers body. Leyland smiled at his progress, this was going better then expected. On the table beside him Leyland picked up a dagger similar to the one used on Xander. He held it a few inches above Buffy then, after saying a few final Latin phrases, plunged it into her stomach. A shaft of white light streamed from the wound as a plume of white mist began to be absorbed by the blade.
Pleased with his work Leyland turned to face his prisoners.
“Now we just leave her cooking on high for twenty minutes then she should be ready by supper time.” He said
“You’re not going to get away with this.” Angel said angrily
Leyland frowned
“Now why did you have to go and say a thing like that?” he asked
“Because it’s true.”
“No I mean the line,” Leyland replied, “I know you can’t move and all but, come on, can’t you at least think of something snappier?”
“I can think of something I want to snap.”
“See that was much better.” Leyland replied, “Now, if you kind folk will excuse me, I have a client to call.”
Angel watched him leave. Once Leyland was out of sight he tried to move again but it was no good the necromancer had locked all the muscles in his torso and legs. The others weren’t faring to good either. Willow was tied up behind Giles and Beth was trapped in some scaffolding surrounded by ghost talismans and as for Buffy she didn’t have much time left before her soul was completely extracted and a demon was going to claim the title of slayer.
“Come on guys there must be something we can do.” Angel commented
“I’m sorry Angel Leyland might not be to accommodating to his guests but his knot tying ability is first rate.” Giles replied
“How about you Will?”
Willow experimented with her knots after a moment willow stopped.
“Sorry Angel got the same problem here.” She replied
Willow noticed that angel was looking at her strangely.
“What?” she asked
“It’s nothing will,” Angel replied, “I was just wondering why you’re only wearing your underwear.”
Willow pouted and looked down.
“Don’t want to talk about It.” she replied
Beth smirked, which earned her another look from willow, then tried her prison again. The warding magic rippled under her hand and showed no signs of failing.
“Don’t worry Alex is still out there he’ll save us.”
“Forgive me if that sentence doesn’t sound too comforting.” Giles replied
At that moment Xander sat miserably in the graveyard. He popped himself there after both Beth and Willow were kidnapped leaving the only one left in the group that was free. He figured if he went to a place where lots of people are dead he could think of a way of saving everyone but so far it wasn’t working. As Xander moped and threw stones at the tomb stone in front of him he failed to notice spike walking by. When the vampire noticed the ghost he stopped and looked at him curiously.
“What’s wrong with you then ‘ey?” he asked
“Everybody’s captured by that necromancer guy.” Xander replied
“Really?” Spike replied, “When did this happen?”
“Just now.”
“All of them?”
“Yeah?”
“Including Buffy?”
“Uh huh.”
“And hair gel boy?”
“Yep.”
“What about that watcher . . ?”
“Him to.”
“Really?”
“Uh huh?”
“All of them?”
“Yeah.”
“What about that bird who like all them books and that ghost number you were hanging out with?”
“They were the last?”
“So you’re telling me that everybody is captured.”
“Yeah.”
“By the one guy.”
“Uh huh.”
Spike rolled his eyes in frustration. He sits down next to Xander in frustration.
“Oh bloody hell,” he exclaims, “that’s just great isn’t it? Here’s me trying to do that for the last few soddin’ months then this guy comes out of nowhere and does it in three bloody days.”
“Sucks huh?” Xander replied
“You don’t know the half of it. If I knew that all it took was killing one of the slayers friends I would have tried that first . . . no offence.”
Xander shrugged. Spike looked at Xander curiously.
“So why you down, I mean, aside from everybody being captured.”
“It’s my job to save them now,” Xander replied, “I suck at saving people.”
Spike thought about this.
“Want a hand?” he asked
Xander turned and looked at the vampire curiously.
“What?” Xander asked in surprise
“With saving everybody do you want a hand?”
“You serious?”
“’Course I am,” Spike replied, “Got nothing better to do this evening and this necro-guy just ruined my act completely so I figure what the hell.”
“Aren’t you supposed to vamp out and threaten me by now?” Xander asked confused
“You’re a ghost right?” spike asked
“Yeah?”
“So you’re dead.”
“Technically.”
“Well, the way I see it jobs already done,” Spike replied, “No point doin' a job twice if you don’t have to?”
Xander thought about this. In a way it made a creepy kind of sense. Spike stood up and motioned Xander to do the same.
“C’mon let’s go be Bloody heroes so I can try to kill the slayer another day.” Spike continued
This wasn’t exactly the ally he was looking for but Beggars can’t be choosers. They both begin to walk down the road together.
“So a ghost huh?” Spike asked, “How’s that working out?”
Xander shrugged.
“It has its moments.” He replied
“Never catch me being a bloody ghost,” Spike remarked, “just hanging around one place with nothing to do but spy on people . . . unless it was somewhere Angel worked I think I’d enjoy that.”
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