From the files of Samantha Finn, acting commander, The Initiative Paranormal Threat Response Team.

... As stated in my earlier report, the Los Angeles conflict, while a success in terms of meeting goals, has proved costly for The Initiative, and indeed, puts the continuation of the operation into question.

Commander Riley Finn, team leader and, ( Read more... )

It's been one of those days ( Read more... )

It had been decided after Lindsey'd asked Giles about the Watcher faction that had formed decades ago, that a trip to the Home office was needed. Of course the only one that had any real access to anything down there was Lilah. She wasn't exactly thrilled about having to return to the home office, but if it meant helping to make sure the world didn ( 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.

They ( Read more... )

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... )

Ethan awoke first. Under normal circumstances, he sleeps lightly, if at all. Always waiting, watching for an exit to his predicament. But no. None had presented itself. Finn had fashioned his shackles too tightly. For now, he found himself dependendant on the others. Only one of whom was present ( Read more... )