“Thank you for calling the Magic Box. How can I help you and make you spend even more money at my store?” Anya Emerson answered in her usual overly cheerful and tactless voice. She paused, face twisting into a confused look. She held the phone away from her ear, contemplated it for a moment, covered the mouthpiece with her hand and yelled out, “Giles, it’s Buffy and she’s quite hysterical.” The tactless cheerfulness never leaving her voice.
Xander quickly sat up from lying face first at the study table in the middle of the store. The large leather-bound book falling from the back of his head as he quickly got up and raced for the desk. He took the phone from his girlfriend as Rupert Giles, owner of the Magic Box and Watcher of the Slayer walked out of the back room used to hone the Slayer’s fighting skills.
“Oh my God.” Xander said as he sat heavily on the desk.
“What is it?” Giles asked, concern in his voice.
“Joyce is... dead.”
Giles stared as Xander talked quietly into the phone. What could have happened? Had Glory finally made good on her threats of attacking Buffy’s family? Or had it been a complication of the surgery?
Xander quietly hung up the phone. “Giles, Dawn is still at school. I’m going to go get her, and take her to your apartment. Go to Buffy’s. She’s calling 911 now. She needs you there.”
“Very well. Yes. Good.” Giles muttered, his British heritage showing as he searched his pockets for his car keys.
Xander gave Anya a tight hug and a small kiss on the cheek, then followed Giles out the door. A small bell ringing their departure.
“Have a nice day!” Anya called out with a cheerful voice.
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