After Cordelia went upstairs, I cleaned up the kitchen a bit, taking care of the plates and silverware, then the coffee mugs. As I put them away, I glanced at the mug that Doyle had used once, before Cordelia had commented on how beat up it was; it was still stuffed away at the back of the cupboard where she had hidden it ( Read more... )

((Continued from hereAfter we had gotten things sorted out with the girl, and taken her home, we were now on our way home. Her parents had been demanding to know what had happened, and luckily, we had managed to come up with a pathetic, yet somehow believable, story for her parents ( Read more... )

((Moving forward from hereI watched absently as Wesley left the office, and slowly turned around to look out of the window. It still never failed to amaze me how I could look out on the city without burning up, and see all the people, going about their daily lives, never knowing the kind of evil that filled this world ( Read more... )

((Continued from here))

I watched as Wesley all but ran from the room, then turned back to Buffy, who still looked a little dazed.

"So... what?" I asked again, still reeling slightly. Spike was apparently not dead, like I had thought he was, but he was back, and apparently bound to an amulet, which Giles had, and Giles was coming here ( Read more... )

The demon was growling contentedly ahead, carefully watching through cat-slitted eyes the humans walking in the street late at night. A human buffet, just there for the picking... it hunched down, all but invisble to the unsuspecting prey ( Read more... )

I wandered around the building absently, wondering what everyone else was doing. I didn't have any work to be doing at the moment... a meeting I was supposed to have been in was cancelled, due to inter-clan wars or something ( Read more... )

I watched as Wesley and Lilah left, then sat in my seat, sighing as I ran my hand through my hair. Yeah, that had gone well... Wes still didn't look quite all the way... sane, and I guess part of that had to due with my maybe not going in and seeing him while he'd barricaded himself in his office ( Read more... )

The night was dark and silent, bringing back plenty of memories for me... patrolling these streets with Buffy, spending time with her friends, defending the world from the Hellmouth ( Read more... )

((Jumping threads from hereI watched as Faith and Cordelia retreated up the steps, Faith helping Cordelia. They went up to one of the rooms, and I was glad to see that Cordy was able to walk okay, although Faith was guiding her by the elbow ( Read more... )

I walked into the lobby, slowly and awkwardly. Everything was still fuzzy around the edges, and not very steady. I wavered, before I grabbed a stair railing, and sat down on the steps. Wesley had left, and I had managed to get into the hotel by myself, v e r y s l o w l y ( Read more... )