DISCLAIMER!!!! Buffy, Giles, Xander, Willow, and all the characters, from "Buffy theVampire Slayer" aren't mine. They belong to Joss and Mutant Enemy. I'm jealous, but what can I do? All other characters, and the story itself are the sole property of ME, and my imagination. Please send all comments on the story to ME! Thank you and come again!
Eddie watched as Sidney closed his cell phone. "What, no one pick up?"
The Reanimator simply nodded, looking disappointed. "Perhaps he's finished work for the day."
The young zombie hunter glanced at his watch. "School's not over for another hour. He's probably just stepped out of his classroom."
"Rupert's the school librarian, not a teacher." Sidney told his young pupil.
"Whatever." Eddie said, dismissing the difference with a wave of his hand. "The point is that he's still here somewhere. We just have to go and find him."
Sidney stared out of his window at the school. "It's not that easy, Eddie." He said quietly.
Eddie was fed up with his teacher's indecisiveness. "Like hell it ain't! We go up there, ask where he is, and then you go and talk to him. It's not all that complicated."
Sidney continued to stare at the school. "I don't know what I'm going to say to him." He said almost to himself. "It has been a great number of years since we've seen each other."
Eddie eyed his friend. The man has killed zombies with a fire ax, and he's worried about seeing an old friend, he thought to himself. "You say 'Hey there, long time no see. You wanna catch up over a beer or something?' or something like that." Eddie said instead. "He'll probably be so thrilled to see you, he'll have a hard time thinking of anything to say either."
Sidney brought his eyes away from the school and stared at Eddie instead. "I doubt that it'll go that simply," he said with more then a little amusement in his voice.
"Sure it will," Eddie said as he unbuckled his seat belt. "Not all you Brits are as uptight as you. So get off your arse, and let go find ourselves a Watcher."
Sidney tried to look offended. "I am not uptight. I'm conservative."
Eddie laughed as he got out of the car. "Yeah, that's it. The fact that you're an old fart has absolutely nothing to do with it I'm sure."
As the pair made their way up the steps o f Sunnydale High School, Sidney straightened his tie and tried to fix his hair. "Please keep your amazing character insights to a minimum, Eddie. Anyways," the older man said. "If you think I'm uptight, wait till you meet Rupert Giles"
Once the duo was inside the school, Eddie decided that they should split up. "You go to the main office and ask them to page him. I'll go to the Library and see if he's there." The younger man said. "If you find him, you two go to the Library. If I find him, I'll bring him to the main office."
"I don't think we should split up," Sidney said. You're liable to burn the school to the ground if I don't keep an eye on you he added silently.
Eddie sighed out loud. "Why not? You think I'm gonna burn the school down if you don't keep an eye on me?"
"Of course not! Don't be ridiculous." The Reanimator said rather quickly.
The younger man gave Sidney a long look. "Well then get the hell out of here! Go find the main office." With that he began to walk down the hallway in search of the Sunnydale High Library.
Sidney watched Eddie walk away, then shrugged and went to find the main office.
Why does he hate me so much? Buffy asked herself silently as Principal Snyder gave her the Third Degree about missing class yesterday.
"You've used this excuse of doing an errand for Mr. Giles too many times." Principal Snyder went on. "I don't know why he continues to cover for you, but sooner or later your not going to have him to protect you, and then your mine."
Buffy looked at the short man who held her academic future in his hands. "But I really was doing an earned of Mr. Giles. If you'd just ask him, I'm sure he'll have that excuse slip that I forgot on his desk." She said with her best innocent little girl look.
Principal Snyder just looked at her as if she were a bug that he would love to squash. "Just remember Summers, I'm watching you. It's just a matter of time till you slip up and I have the excuse to throw you out of my school." With that he turned away and headed off down the hall.
It just isn't fair! The Slayer thought as she walked toward the Library. I risk my life on a daily basis to protect the world from vampires and the forces of darkness, and all I get for my trouble is threats of getting thrown out of school!
Buffy continued to dwell on the total unfairness of life in general, and Principal Snyder in specific until she reached the Library. Some Watcher Giles is anyway. Where was is he when that little troll crawls out from under his bridge and gives me grief about missing school?
As she entered the Library, Buffy was surprised to see the weapons locker open. She immediately went on guard as she made her way through the library. "Where is everyone," she said quietly.
Buffy walked through the Library silently, the stake from her purse in hand. When she started to pass Giles office, the back of her neck started to tingle. She looked over and saw a boy she had never seen before, going through Giles private files. It's too early for vampires she thought. But whoever it is, he's not supposed to be here.
The boy in question didn't seem to notice that he wasn't alone in the Library until Buffy came up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder with the steak. "Didn't anyone ever tell you, its not polite to through a strangers private stuff, without permission?" Buffy asked as she placed the pointed end of the stake into his back. "In fact, I'd say it's down right rude."
The boy put down the book he had been going through and turned around to face Buffy. "It's also rude to sneak up behind someone you don't know and poke them with a stake. But I guess that your Watcher isn't too concerned with teaching his Slayer manners," he said.
Ok, so he knows what Giles is and what I am. That just means that he's more then a lost student, the blond haired Slayer thought, as she looked the intruder over. The boy was just over 6 feet tall, his dark brown hair was rather long, and hung down to frame his green eyes. He looked a little older then Xander, but he gave off an aura that screamed dangerous guy to Buffy. He was dressed in black jeans, a dark blue T-shirt, and a long over coat that was definitely not suited for today's weather. Definitely a person that is not on the side of goodness.
"Well, you'll have to excuse me if I think that you're the last person that I'd take advice on manners from." Buffy said as she looked over to see what book the boy had been reading. Giles Watcher Diary.
The dark haired boy looked bored as Buffy pushed him out of the office. "Now what?" He asked as they reached the main floor of the Library. "Should I ask for a lawyer and my one phone call?"
"Wow! Thieves are just getting funnier and funnier now a days." Buffy said as she moved around so that she was face to face with the boy. "I think that we'll just wait here till Giles gets back. He's probably going to want to know why you wanted his Watcher Diary. Yep! That sounds like a plan to me."
The strange boy just watched as she moved around to face him. When Buffy was almost in front of him, he shot his foot out and kicked the stake out of her hand and sent it flying toward the other end of the Library.
Buffy answered back with a punch aimed at the boy's midsection. The intruder stepped back, grabbed her fist and swung her around into his knee. As Buffy gasped for breath, the boy threw face first onto the large table in the center of the Library.
Oww! Buffy thought as she started to get up from the table. This guy's stronger than he looks.
Before she was off the table, the dark clothed boy had pulled Buffy's right arm back and held her down, face first, onto the table. "Now," the boy's voice said into her ear, " what say we consider my plan?"
