What happens next?

Buffy makes a run for it

Buffy had no idea who was shooting at her. Nor did she care.

Willow, however, kept panicking.

"Buffy," she cried, "who the hell is shooting at us? Could it be Jonathan again?"

"I don't think so," said Buffy. "Those shots seem too precise to be made by an amateur shooter like Jonathan."

"You mean it's a professional shooter?" asked Willow. "But why would anyone like that be shooting at us? We didn't do anything."

"I don't know," said Buffy. "But I'm going to find out. Stay down and out of sight while I go and check out this guy."

"Buffy," said Willow, "right now is not the time to go check out guys."

"Willow," said Buffy, "that's not what I meant. Just stay here."

And with that, Buffy started off running in the direction of the sniper fire, being quite careful to stay down herself and to keep herself less than visible to any would-be sniper. For some odd reason, she felt even more exposed than usual. Yet she was too worried about gunfire to cover herself like usual.

Meanwhile, Willow lay down on the ground and started chanting every prayer that she could think of. She even chanted the clothing spell she was going to chant for Buffy that evening -- but she did not realize this until after the spell had been chanted.