BtVS: Goldilocks

chapter 10

Buffy was walking with no particular aim. She strolled between trees, not knowing where she was headed. She was too deep in thought even to care. Buffy was thinking about this new monster. She had just realised what a danger it was. They may have seen it before, fought it, found its weakness. But if they had they would have forgotten. Buffy stopped walking for a second and looked around. Huh. The cemetery. I guess I come here a lot. In a strange way the slayer was disappointed, as if she had expected her subconscious to take her to the evil creatures lair or something. Then she looked at her hand. It had a cut, blood trickling out. She looked around herself again. She was panting, in a different place in the graveyard- under a tree. She felt like she had just run there, but she couldn't remember-
She had been taken to the monsters hideout;
She had just forgotten.

Back at the magic box, Dawn yelled. She had started to actually research and she found the monster. "Here it is!" She shouted. "It's called the sanguinem satietas and it had to be fed every decade. It feeds on blood... blood of the most powerful being it can find... Buffy." The others gathered around Dawn and her book. Xander took over from Dawn. "' This monster can change its shape and appearance to disciuse itself as a person trusted and held dear to the victim.'" Xander snorted. "I don't know about that." Then he continued:"' This monstrous being keeps a visual aspect of the form it takes, identifying who's body that it is using. Unlike the lowly vampire, it feeds by extracting blood through the victims mouth.'" Xander looked up. "The kiss of death. Literally." Willow carried on from where Xander left off reading. "'It dwells in the place of grieving and huanting, where no living soul dares to set foot, and manipulates the mind, giving the subconscious false information.It leaves no trace of memory giving any evidence it was ever seen. This powerful demon can plant urges in the subconscious that lead its prey straight into a trap.'" Anya immediately exclaimed, "The cemetery! I mean, grieving and haunting? What place is gloomier then a retirement home for dead bodies?" Tara joined the conversation: we have to tell Giles and get to the cemetery. Maybe Spike can help too."