I just made a minor edit, nothing serious.
Title: Rat Problem
Rating: Hard R(PG-13 at some points)
Author:
spangelsbitchPairing: Buffy/Spike
Warning: language, naughty coffin sex(sort of), biting(yay) and Riley
Disclaimer: I unfortunately own nothing remotely related to Joss' work. Althought I really wish I did.
Summary: Buffy only had a small mission to do. Take pictures and report back to Giles. But of course, when a certain sexy blond vampire tags along...things don't always work out for the best...or do they? (I know cheesy summary)
A/N: This is only partially beta'd. I may not get the rest beta'd(unless someone volunteers).
“What do you mean you don’t know where she is?!!”
“Joyce, calm down. I am just as upset as you are, but your yelling doesn’t help.”
“I don’t give a damn! You lost my daughter!!!!”
“Ms. Summers, Buffy is very capable of surviving on her own. I-I mean she is the Slayer.”
“I don’t care if she was the president! She’s my daughter, Willow!”
“Joyce, don’t worry! Riley and Xander went to find Spike. By nightfall he’ll help us locate Buffy.”
The room became silent then. Joyce took a breath and sat down on the couch. She ran her fingers through her hair. Just that gesture alone reminded everyone of how Buffy was when she was stressed.
Giles sat next to her and gripped her knee in comfort. “Buffy is very reliable.” He said. Joyce looked up at him and smiled.
“I know. And I’m sorry for the outburst. It was just a little shocking.” She said. Giles smiled.
“So…do you think the demons took her?” Willow asked.
Giles laughed. “They weren’t demons. And I know if the situation came up, Buffy would easily handle herself.” He said.
“Why?” Anya asked.
“Because they were humans. All of them. There weren’t actual demons in the occult.” Giles said.
“But it was a d-demon occult right?” Tara asked.
“Yes. But they were shipping in demons, according to our spy. He said they were shipping them in, but they never found out how. He was able to find their hideout. So I had Buffy go and get pictures of means of how they were shipping them.” Giles said.
Joyce nodded. Then the front door opened and Xander and Riley came back. “How’d it go?” Giles asked.
“He wasn’t there. So either he’s drunk somewhere or…we don’t know.” Xander said.
“But I got a beep earlier and we can view the pictures Buffy took.” Riley said.
“Great!” Willow said.
It only took Riley ten minutes to get everything hooked up. “Now the pictures will move in a slideshow, only showing for about five to ten seconds before moving on.” Riley said.
They all stood around the laptop on the dining room table and watched as the first five pictures were just goofy pictures of Buffy. The others found them funny, Riley found it a waste of time.
After the fifth picture things started to get serious. “Ah, there they are,” Giles said. They saw a picture through a dirty window, of people in big orange robes. “Are those coffins?”
The next were like that. Just the robed men moving around and talking to each other. By the tenth picture they saw the men remove the hood on their robes. “Wow, those are some thick lenses.” Xander whispered, referring to one of the guy’s glasses.
“They’re just geeks.” Anya said.
“Appears so. Did Buffy get any sound?” Giles asked.
“Actually yes. There was something on that. Hold on.” Riley stopped the pictures and then a mini-player came up without a screen. Riley pressed play and the first thing they heard was Buffy’s voice.
“It’s freakin’ cold out here. I am so kicking Giles’ ass. If this thing is working…well let’s hope I didn’t press the button yet. Shall we. And here we go.” They were then able to hear the men talking in the warehouse. Giles frowned.
“That’s an odd language.” Giles said.
“Yeah it is. Are you sure these guys aren't demons?” Riley asked.
“Oh, positive. It’s just…. They could’ve learned a demonic language.” Giles said. Then Xander snickered.
They all looked at him. “You guys don’t know what that is?” he asked. The shook their heads. He laughed. “I finally know something you don’t!” He said excited.
“Xander.” Giles said, in a hard tone.
“Okay, sorry. They’re speaking Klingon.” He said. They all looked clueless. “As in Star Trek.”
“Oh my God!” Willow said.
“Exactly!” Xander said.
As they looked at Xander, a sudden yelp drew them back to the computer. “Did she just yelp?” Riley asked.
“What the hell are you doing here?!” They heard Buffy hissed.
The voice they heard next made most of them groan. “Came to help you silly bint.”
“Oh, no. Spike followed her.” Xander said.
“Well no one asked you to come!”
“Of course not! Everyone likes to keep me out the bloody loop and then blames me whenever somethin’ goes wrong!”
“Because it’s always your fault!”
“Is not!”
“Is too!”
“It so is! Why do-”
“Shh!” Spike hissed.
“What? Don’t tell me to shut up.” Buffy said, enraged.
“You better if you want them to find us.” Spike hissed.
“Did you hear that?” Buffy asked.
“Yeah. Doesn’ sound like they’re alone. Come on!” They could just make out the sounds of them running. Suddenly there was a soft thud and the sounds went away.
“What the hell happened?” Xander asked.
“I don’t know.” Riley said.
“Were there anymore pictures?” Willow asked.
“Let’s check.” Riley went back and looked through the pictures quickly. But when they finally came to the last picture the only person upset was Riley. “She dropped the camera?! How could she drop the camera?!”
“Riley, I think there’s something a little more important than Buffy dropping the camera.” Giles said.
“That’s an expensive camera, Giles! We have to go get it!” Riley said.
“Maybe. But what we need to do, is go and see what happened to them.” Giles said, firmly. Riley calmed down and sighed. “Okay.” He said.
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