“Thanks for coming in, Willow,” Miss Calendar said as she sat down at the computer. “This went a lot more quickly than I thought it would.”

“Well, not much was stolen,” Willow said as she put down the list of missing inventory. “Kind of random too.”

“Probably some kind of prank or scavenger hunt. When they said we and the audio visual club got hit I was worried it was going to be a lot of expensive items,” Jenny said as she began to type on her computer. “Still, it was nice of you to give up your Friday to be here.”

“It’s not like I had much else to do. My friends are, well, busy.”

Jenny shook her head. It was obvious Willow was not happy with how the situation had gone. She had lost both her best friends and it was to her hated rival on top of it. The thought went past her mind though as she noticed something on the computer, “Huh.”

“What is it?” Willow asked, concerned.

“Someone has been using my computer,” the teacher replied. “That’s really weird.”

“Who would do that?”

“I’ll give you one guess,” they heard from the door.

Jenny’s head whipped around, “Spike.”

“Got it in one,” the blonde vampire said.

Jenny quickly looked to the window, but she saw vampires out there as well. “We’ll scream. There’s still lots of people in the building and…”

“The janitor is on a smoke break, the Chemistry teacher goes home early on Friday, the Biology teacher has earphones on, and the Watcher had a book club to go to,” Spike said with a grin. “We’ve been watching you for an opportunity. My vote was for a good old fashioned massacre, but Angelus wants to be cautious about the other forces in Sunnydale.”

Jenny took Willow’s hand, “Buffy will kill you if you hurt us.”

Spike nodded, “Well, I’ve been getting tired of games. Don’t worry, you’re still of use to us.”

-

Xander absolutely hated himself.

Which was a hard feeling to have. Two hours ago his cock had been buried inside Buffy Summers while she made out with his girlfriend while Faith masturbated watching the show. He’d even told them to ignore the phone call when it came in.

Willow was gone. His best friend.

If anything happened to her…well, neither he or Buffy would ever be able to forgive themselves.”

He looked up as Faith entered the library, “Factory is empty. Willy claims not to know anything. I broke his arm so I think he is being honest.”

Xander nodded his head, “What about Buffy?”

“Haven’t heard back from her yet,” Faith said. “She said she would check on that mansion you showed her on patrol.”

Xander leaned back in his chair. It was a long shot, but at the moment everything was.

He looked over at Giles. The Watcher was madly flipping through books. Xander didn’t think he was looking for anything in particular, just **** to put his mind to use.

“You know,” Faith began slowly, “even when we find them, we can’t just rush in. Angelus, Spike, Drusilla, plus however many minions they have, on their home turf, we’ll need…”

“I know, Faith,” Xander said, cutting her off. Whether he’d be able to keep himself, or Buffy, from acting on their emotions, was another question.

They all jumped up as the phone rang. But it wasn’t good news. The mansion was empty as well.

“I’m headed back out there,” Faith announced. “There are only so many places in Sunnydale a group of vampires can be hiding.”

-

“I’m not going to do it,” Jenny murmured in defiance.

“This is not how my plan was supposed to go,” Angelus said as he rubbed the side of his face. “I didn’t expect you to be able to resist ****. Welp, can someone get me a chainsaw?”

“Before we go carving up the gypsy whore, might I suggest a different course of action,” Spike said as he dragged Willow into the room.

“Oh, Spike, good idea,” Angelus said, “Always fun to see if they can watch someone else be tortured.”

“You don’t have to do that,” Willow said nervously.

“I’m afraid I do,” Angelus said as he ran a hand through her hair.

“No, I mean, I can do the spell. Will do the spell. You don’t have to hurt me.”

“Willow, don’t do it,” Jenny murmured out.

Angelus gripped her hair and pulled her hair back, “You think you can cast a spell of this power?”

“Yes. Maybe,” she said as he squeezed harder. “Yes, I can. And you need me to. I don’t know why you’re hiding out in the movie theater, but it won’t be long before Buffy and Faith find you.”

Angelus released his grip, “Smart, Willow. All right, you get a shot, if you fail, well, your dead body will be a consolation prize.”

“How…how do I know we won’t just die when this is done?”

“The only way this plan works is if Spike takes everyone else and leaves first,” Angelus told her. “You understand why?”

“Yeah, I…I think I see what you are trying to do.”

“Great,” Angelus told her. “Spike, cue up the movie and get ready to head out. I have some real **** to deliver.”