FADING SHADOWS (11/?)
Giles opened the door and saw three men standing there. "May I help
you?"
"Rupert Giles? The council sent us" the tallest one said.
"Oh, of course. Come inside" Giles motioned them to follow him. He saw
one reach for something in his pocket and moved quickly. He brought
his
leg up, kicking the man in his balls. The man fell with a grunt.
"Now now..Mr Giles. Can we please be civil about this? There are after
all, three of us and only one of you." The tall one said, smirking.
"Must not need to know how to count to be a watcher" Faith said,
stepping from her place in the shadows. She blew a bubble, her crossbow
in her hands. "Morning boys."
"What the" one said, starting to move for the door. He cried out as
Drusilla's hand went around his neck.
"Naughty boy...trying to leave...the party has just started." She said,
smiling as the others surrounded the three men.
"God, don't kill us" one said, begging and crying. "We'll tell you
whatever you want to know."
Angelus groaned in disappointment. "That's not fair!" He whined. "I
wanted to play...."
Willow chuckled, patting his arm, "There there, love. You can have one
of them."
"NO!" the men shrieked, cowering from the gleeful vampire.
Giles pulled the tall one to his feet, "Who the bloody hell sent you?"
"Fuck you" the man answered.
Giles smiled a sinister smile. Willow could suddenly envision exactly
what Ripper must have looked like in his youth. She waited, Spike's
arm
around her waist as his chin balanced on her shoulder. "oh,
Angelus...here's one you and Drusilla can play with."
The man's face drained of color. "Ang..ang..angelus?"
"Wh..wh...what?" Angelus repeated, smirking as he ran a hand over the
man's throat, gripping it tightly.
"The new head watcher sent us....Jilliam."
Giles smiled, "And why is he killing the council and the slayers?"
"I don't know...we just do what we're told. He gave us a list and said
that they had to die. He didn't give reasons."
"And where is he at?" Giles asked, motioning for Angelus' to grip
tighter. The man screamed as he felt his windpipe being crushed.
"He's at the main office in Boston. He just got here from Europe." the
man said in a strangled voice.
"The location?" Angelus asked, his eyes burning yellow.
"5410 Maritime Avenue."
Giles smiled, "Good. Angelus, you may have them all. Just....make sure
they don't scream too loudly."
Angelus beamed, carrying the terror stricken man to the back of the
warehouse. Drusilla and Spike took the other two, Spike soon returning
to Willow's side.
"Think it's wise to let him have the taste for that again?" Xander
asked, motioning towards the door where Angelus and Drusilla had
disappeared.
"He can control it. Besides, we wanted them dead. Did you want to do
it?" Willow asked.
Xander shook his head. "Nope. I say, yay for psychotic vampires on our
side."
Spike snickered, "So...looks like we're going to Boston, eh watcher?"
Giles nodded, a gleam in his eyes. "I'd say it's time to take the fight
to Jilliam. See how he likes being slowly stalked. You guys in?"
"Fuck yeah!" Faith said, kissing her lover soundly. "Come on, Ripper.
Let's go work off some of this stress....."
Spike and Willow laughed watching them go. "Hey, luv. The slayer has
a
good idea. Want to work off some stress?"
"Are you up for it?" she teased back at him.
In reply, he grabbed her into his arms and walked into the bedroom.
Xander looked at Cordelia. "Does it not strike anyone else as strange
that they are all shagging like crazy as three men...three humans...are
getting tortured and killed across the warehouse?"
Cordelia shrugged, "For one, you've been talking to Spike way too much
lately. Shagging? As if...whatever Brit wannabe. Second, those men
came
here to kill Giles....Third, they are watchers. That's like past the
human thing. Fourth...why are we still sitting here and not shagging?"
Xander smiled at her, "Good points." The two of them stood and went
to
their room.