Okay, so storming out on Giles and Spike probably hadn't been the best idea. Deep breaths weren't working, Buffy felt cornered and trapped, and betrayed. Slayers slay and Watchers...sabotage? Lie? Poison you? Make you feel delusional, like you got all the bad parts of destiny, and none of the good?
Giles had been stammering after her; Buffy could still hear the swing of the library doors over Giles' repeated calls of her name, and all his English pleading. It made her feel sick to think about; to think about all the other Slayers the Council might have hurt or killed even. Let alone that all of them had been drugged at some point. Some test of worthiness she was supposed to be bright-eyed and psyched about. Giles had said choice …show more content…
"If you've hurt my family- Dawnie-" Buffy started out to the front door, stake pointed and furious; tears tempting her again.
"I know where they are." Giles had his hands raised, trembling in surrender and worry. He was sorry, dreadfully sorry, not sorry enough, but that had to come later.
For one more surprise of the evening Buffy didn't know what to do with, Spike was in the backseat of Giles' car, smoking and looking undusted and pissed off. He watched her climb in the passenger seat, too many stakes for him to be completely comfortable, and the three of them sat in uncomfortable silence for a beat. Buffy hated it the entire time. Her head was spinning, this was all so much. Too much. Like it had been at the library, only now there was nowhere to escape to. No way out that she could think of that would feasibly work.
"We'll save your mum, Slayer." Spike stirred her from her thoughts and Giles cleared his throat, still unsure about a million things. Spike had explained very little in the library after Buffy's abrupt departure, and Giles had explained even less. Apparently a plan had been arranged, by the Council. A plan that involved the Slayer's mom and kid
Giles had been stammering after her; Buffy could still hear the swing of the library doors over Giles' repeated calls of her name, and all his English pleading. It made her feel sick to think about; to think about all the other Slayers the Council might have hurt or killed even. Let alone that all of them had been drugged at some point. Some test of worthiness she was supposed to be bright-eyed and psyched about. Giles had said choice …show more content…
"If you've hurt my family- Dawnie-" Buffy started out to the front door, stake pointed and furious; tears tempting her again.
"I know where they are." Giles had his hands raised, trembling in surrender and worry. He was sorry, dreadfully sorry, not sorry enough, but that had to come later.
For one more surprise of the evening Buffy didn't know what to do with, Spike was in the backseat of Giles' car, smoking and looking undusted and pissed off. He watched her climb in the passenger seat, too many stakes for him to be completely comfortable, and the three of them sat in uncomfortable silence for a beat. Buffy hated it the entire time. Her head was spinning, this was all so much. Too much. Like it had been at the library, only now there was nowhere to escape to. No way out that she could think of that would feasibly work.
"We'll save your mum, Slayer." Spike stirred her from her thoughts and Giles cleared his throat, still unsure about a million things. Spike had explained very little in the library after Buffy's abrupt departure, and Giles had explained even less. Apparently a plan had been arranged, by the Council. A plan that involved the Slayer's mom and kid