Xander and spike stood on the roof of the building next to the Necromancers warehouse.
“Do you know the plan?” Xander asked
Spike gave Xander and annoyed look.
“Of course I know the bloody plan I made it remember?” he replied
“I know, “Xander replied a little sheepishly, “I was hoping you could kinda tell me again.”
Spike rolled his eyes.
“Aright you go in the front and distract them I’ll sneak around the back and let everybody out.” Spike explained
“The front? Isn’t that were all the bad guys are gonna be?”
“Probably.”
“So why don’t you go in the front?”
“This is very simple Xander,” Spike replied, “Me vampire, have big issues with stakes and fire and stuff, you ghost, got that whole incorporeal thing working for you. Plus already dead so killing’s not gonna work to well. Understand now?”
“Right, sorry, old habit.”
Spike took one more look at the perimeter.
“Let’s go.” he said walking towards the ledge
“Hey Spike,” Xander replied
Spike turned and looked Xander.
“No eating people.” Xander continued
“Oh come on,” Spike replied annoyed, “I gotta get something out of this deal.”
“No eating people!”
“How about this, I just nibble on the watcher for a bit.”
Xander walked right up into spikes face.
“How about I kick your ass.” Xander replied
Spike looked Xander up and down.
“Like you bloody could,” he replied
“You, obviously, haven’t been around too many ghosts.”
Spike turned away from Xander. Quickly he turned back and threw a punch. Xander caught it and held it effortlessly which shocked Spike. After a moment Xander let him go.
“Okay then,” Spike replied shaken, “We’ll do it your way.”
Inside Leyland Morris leaned casually against one of the support poles. He sighed lightly to himself as he checked his watch
* POP! *
Xander walked into the center of the dark, empty warehouse space. He wasn’t sure if popping in was going to work but he figured he’d give it a try.
“We’ll you took your sweet time getting here.” Leyland said as he stepped out of the shadows
“Where’s my body?!” Xander yelled at Leyland
He thought for a moment then realized that he left something out.
“Oh, and everybody else?!” Xander continued
Leyland smirked at him.
“You’re very impatient aren’t you?” Leyland commented stepping closer to the ghost, “no ‘hi, how you doing? How’s the necromancy business?’ just straight to ‘where’s my body?’”
Xander glared at Leyland.
“If you don’t bring me my body I’m going be a lot worse then impatient”
“Now, now. You don’t have to go hurt my feelings like that.”
Xander folded his arms. After a moment Leyland sighed and smirked at Xander.
“Alright, I can’t stand those puppy dog eyes anymore, here’s your body.”
To the left of Leyland. Xanders body walked into the light a few meters away from them. It leaned against a pole and smiled at its previous owner. Xander looked at Leyland annoyed.
“There’s a demon inside it!” he exclaimed
“Well if you wanted it vacated you should have given me notice,” Leyland replied sarcastically, “I’m not a mind reader.”
“Get the demon out and give it back to me!”
“Alright Mr. Pushy I’ll see what I can do.”
Leyland turned and walked towards Xanders body. A moment later he stopped and turned back to him.
“I’m sorry I can’t do it this way.” he said to Xander
“What are you talking about?” Xander replied
“This.”
Leyland gave the signal. The lights in the warehouse came up. Xander looked in shock as he saw both Willow and Beth being restrained by Parob. Next to Xander’s body a giant furnace was lit and his body looked like it was prepared to leap in.
“What the hell is this?” Xander demanded
“It’s a game,” Leyland replied, “I though you kids like games?”
“What am I playing for?”
“Why, one of these lovely prizes,” Leyland replied as he gestured to his two hostages and Xanders body, “It’s very easy to play. You get to pick which one of these three people get to live and the other two die. I’m thinking of making a home version but I’m having trouble with the patent.”
“You can’t kill a ghost.” Xander replied pointing to Beth
Leyland looked over to the struggling ghost in the Parob’s arms
“Oh, good point, you can’t kill a ghost,” Leyland commented, “’Course you can spread their essence across the entire astral plane. It’s like death except that you end up in intense pain for the rest of eternity.”
Xander looked at all three of them. There was no way he could choose one of the other.
“While I remember. Don’t think about using your fancy ghost powers either they were suppressed when you entered my warehouse.” Leyland said smiling
“You’re mean.” Xander replied
“I try to be.”
Xander stood and though. He was in a four way stalemate with no way out. This was the hardest decision he had ever had to make. Leyland folded his arms and looked down at his watch.
“Oh come on Mr. Harris it’s a very simple choice,” he said, “You’re body, your ghost girlfriend or your best friend. Which is it going to be?”
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