Standing by the cage we all watch as the dead guy paces looking very dead and scary "I'm not getting close enough to feel his pulse but I've gotta say he looks pretty dead" Willow say playing with her hands nervously as Xander walks closer to us "Except for the walking around and attacking Nikki part" we all nod in agreement as I glare at the dead guy.
"He's dead" Ethan 'dead' pans before looking at the zombie dude pacing in the cage "Sorry, Philip. Really I am" I look between Philip and Ethan as Buffy does the same "You know him?" she asks crossing her arms looking very unamused "Knew him" Ethan nodded looking almost sad. Almost.
Cordelia stands and points a finger and Ethan "Hey, you don't speak until we tell you to speak" she shouts at him making us all look at her weirdly "Uh, Cordelia, I did tell him to speak" Buffy tells Cordelia rolling her eyes when Cordelia huffs at her.
We all jump when Giles rushes though the doors looking very disheveled "Is everyone all right?" Giles asks with a stutter as he grips my arms giving me a shake, Cordelia turns to him with a big smile "Super. I kicked a guy" Jenny smiles at Giles softly "We're okay".
Giles looks me over a little and I smile pushing is arms off me softly as I nod in agreement with Jenny, Xander looks at Giles seriously "Dead guy there interrupted our tutorial" He says pointing to the very angry looking Philip "Been meaning to thank you for that" Xander says joking nodding his head at Phillip who makes a terrible sound in his throat.
Giles walks to the cage and studies Philip "It... can't be" he whispers in disbelief "Oh yes it can. Hello, Ripper" Ethan taunts Giles with a smirk as he appears from the shadows, Giles looks at Ethan angrily "I thought I told you to leave town" Ethan nodded in agreement looking gleeful at the encounter.
"You did. I didn't. Shop's lease is paid through the end of the month" Giles grabs Ethan roughly and we all look at him in shock we've never seen him like this before "You should have left when I told you! You've put these people in danger. These are people I care about" Giles screamed at Ethan who seemed to be taking things more seriously now.
Ethan struggles against Giles' tight grip "If you care so much about them why didn't you leave town. I know you've been having the dreams, I have, we both know what's coming" Ethan taunts Giles once again making Giles glare at Ethan before letting him go.
"What dreams, what's going on?" I ask Giles whose eyes never leave the floor, Buffy comes to stand by me when Giles doesn't answer "Tell them Ripper" Ethan exclaims pointing to us, I look from Ethan to Giles "Giles?".
Suddenly Philip kicks open the cage door and throws Jenny into the wall, she hits her head and falls to the ground unconscious "Jenny!" Giles shouts rushing over to the hurt female, Ethan looks truly frightened and runs for the door.
Willow and Cordelia scramble out of the way as Buffy punches and kicks Philip, Xander slides a book cart behind Philip and Buffy stomps Philip into it, He goes over the book cart and lands on the floor as he starts to get up his body begins to shake.
Philip collapses on the floor and liquefies I gag as I look at the goo on the floor "That's something you don't see every day" Willow stutters as we continue to look at the goo "Oh my god! I'll be in therapy till I'm thirty!" Cordelia complains and we roll our eyes at her dramatics.
Giles has knelt down and pulled the unconscious Jenny into his arms as she starts to come to "Jenny?" Giles calls softly nudging her a little, Jenny brings a hand to her forehead "Ow..." she says holding her injured head.
"Careful, careful. Can you stand?" Giles asks Jenny quietly, I smiled at his little displays of care for her "I think so" Jenny says grabbing Giles' hand and gets to her feet. Cordelia looks over to us as we watch the two teachers "This is what happens when you have school on Saturday" that comment was probably the first time I smiled when Cordelia's talked.
Buffy and I move over to the table where Giles has sat Jenny down with a wash cloth pressed to her head, Giles looks at us very tense "Giles, what's going on?" Buffy asks Giles straight to the point and I look at him seriously.
Giles sighs and turns to us "It's... complicated, girls, and frankly it's private" he tells us with a stutter and I laughed in disbelief "I don't care from private, I care from dead guys attacking us, I care from you Lost Weekending in your apartment" I tell him with a defiant look which I was very good at.
Giles just looks back at me with reluctant face "I wasn't... I just had to work out a solution" I did a sarcastic nod and smile "Solution is good. Why don't we share? What's the mark of Eyghon?" I spat out after all I was attacked by Ethan and Philip I should get to know.
Jenny moans a little, rubs her head with the washcloth "This is not your battle, and as yourwatcher, I'm telling you in no uncertain terms: stay out of it. I've got to get Jenny home" Giles tells us but his eyes stayed on mine longer than Buffy's he obviously knew what I was like.
"Home. That sounds so good right now" Jenny moans as she leans against the table, Giles takes her arm and walks her to the door giving me one last look over his shoulder, I stare hard after them before turning to the gang.
"We have work to do. Willow, I want you to find out anything and everything you can about the mark of Eyghon" I say to Willow who just looks at me with nervously "So what Giles just said about staying out of it --" I smile as Willow stutters "Thrill, as I ignore it completely" I tell her with a big smile.
Buffy nods and stands by me with her hands on her hips "He needs our help and he's going toget it" I smile as she nods her head at me I can always count on my big sister to stand by me "I can try the net, but the mark of Eyghon sounds like a Giles and his books kind of deal" Willow tells us pointing to Giles' office.
"So we hit the books" I say and Buffy follows Willow, as she heads for the books "Xander, how do you feel about rifling through Giles' personal files, see if you can shed some light" I say to Xander who rubs his hands together excitedly "I feel pretty good about it. Does that make me a sociopath?".
Xander walks off and I notice Cordelia moves next to me impatient "What?" I ask her wondering why she was staring at me "What about me? I care about Giles" I sighed obviously that's why she didn't tell us about Giles' being questioned by the police but I nodded "Work with Xander".
Cordelia looks over to Xander and back at me "Well, when I say "care", I mean --" I cut Cordelia off with a raised eye brow "Okay, okay" she mutters and walks off slowly. Willow and Buffy walk back with a giant stack of Giles' books and put them on the long table and begin to read before Willow suddenly hits one of the books rather hard.
"Ah! Aha! It's not Egyptian it's Etruscan, mistaken for Egyptian by the design pattern but any fool can see it pre-dates their iconology..." Willow says and turns the book to us showing us a drawing of The mark of Eyghon.
"Look at this: the Mark Of Eyghon, worn by his initiates 'Eyghon, also called the Sleepwalker,can only exist in this reality by possessing an unconscious host. Temporary possession imbues the host with a euphoric feeling of power'" Willow says as she reads to us out of the book.
"What about not temporary?" Buffy asks as Willow looks back at the book "Unless the proper rituals are observed, the possession is permanent, and Eyghon will be born from within the host" we all stand quietly thinking "I'm guessing, Eew." Cordelia calls out to no one.
"Hey, listen. 'Once called, Eyghon can also take possession of the dead, but its demonic energy soon disintegrates the host and it must jump to the nearest dead or unconscious person to continue living." We all look at Willow confused as she continues to read passages out of the book to us.
"I still don't understand what this has to do with Giles" I say out loud and the gang nod with me "Well, I don't know about Giles, but ancient sects used to induce possession for bacchanals and orgies" Willow says pointing to the book again.
"Okay, "Giles" and "orgies" in the same sentence. Coulda lived without that" Xander points out and I roll my eyes at him. "Wait a minute. The dead guy. He's all puddly now" Buffy says pointing at the puddle of dead guy.
"So the demon is gone. There was no one dead to jump into. I mean, we're all not dead, right?" Cordelia says and I gasp making everyone turn to me "No one dead..." I look at Xander who picks up my train of thought "But someone unconscious..."
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Paper Doll |BTVS| Book One ✔️
Fanfiction"I'm not a paper doll, Can't make me what you want. You just build me up and tear me down" Nikki Summers is known as the bad girl everywhere she went, she has that I don't give a fuck attitude that people envied. Defying the rules she did what she w...
