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No blood this time. No blood of anything, save maybe a few drops of Willow's own blood. Because sometimes that can help power up a spell even more. There's the usual look of concentration and worry on Willow's face - in spite of her current power upgrade she hasn't grown cocky or confident. That won't help the spell succeed. Concentration will.

As ( Read more... )

There are still people moving around outside, mostly in camouflage, some talking into phones and walkie-talkies ( Read more... )

Fred leads Giles and Ethan up to the library, followed by the guards assigned to keep Ethan on his best behavior.  She pulls out her cell phone and calls Wesley.  After leaving a short message about meeting in the library, she enters the place, taking a reflexive deep breath.

"That table," she says, pointing, " Has information on the Juris, before ( Read more... )

One minute he was talking to Rupert and these ... people ... and the next it was suddenly daylight. Amazing, and something to keep in mind, certainly. There was a profit to be made here, after all. His freedom perhaps?  His survival?

His eyes flit to his companions' faces. The awe, the wonder. It was practically Vegas.

And then the sun went down.

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Chaos ( Read more... )

It hadn't taken long for Lilah to get out of Wesley's office with Wesley in tow. Once they'd made it out into the hallway Lilah noticed Lorne on the floor a few feet away from where they were. He looked like he was in a great deal of pain from the message the Juris had given, that had echoed through the whole building and no doubt the whole city. ( Read more... )

Buffy follows the others as they begin to make their way down the street towards the now-visible Wolfram & Hart building.

She's got a shell-shocked expression on her face, almost missing a vampire that ducks through the soldiers and heads straight towards her.

Riley's been injured. Badly ( Read more... )

Drusilla cackled as she felt a wild energy fill her.  She was an old vampire, and powerful in her own right, but this took her beyond that, into another realm.  The chains that held her to everyone around her snapped and fell to her feet, leaving her a burning brand, standing in the middle of the road.

Vampires!  To me!  She shouted, the voice ( Read more... )

Giles sighs from the front seat of the cab, taking a moment to polish his glasses. A quick stop at the hotel was all it took to check in and drop off their luggage, and now they're heading to Wolfram & Hart's offices. Giles isn't expecting this to go easily, however, which is why he's holding a book tightly in his lap, as well as a few more ( Read more... )