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buffyfic-digest       Wednesday, August 26 1998       Volume 02 : Number 314



In this issue:

       BUFFYFIC: ADMIN:  Free email policy
       BUFFYFIC: Serial Lies (1/1)
       BUFFYFIC: Bled (1/?)

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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:46:50 -0400
From: sah <[e-mail]>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: ADMIN:  Free email policy

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:00:15 -0700
From: Lise <[e-mail]>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Serial Lies (1/1)

Author: Lise ([e-mail])
Title: Serial Lies
Disclaimer:  None of these characters belong to me (duh) and I'm not
making any money.
Plot:  Willow finds out a little more about Giles' past than they
realized-- his occult days aren't the only dark spots...
NOTE: Spoiler for 'Halloween' --A good deal of this story comes directly
from the episode 'Halloween', so if you haven't seen that one, this
might not make too much sense...
This has been rattling around in my head for quite some time...and I
thought that a story that had nothing to do with 'Becoming' might be
nice...

Serial Lies

Willow moved quickly, and walked out of the shop.  Then she stoped,
confused.  Giles wasn't acting like himself.  She thought about going
back in, and seeing if he was okay....but he'd told her to leave.  His
exact words were "Willow, get out of here now."  That didn't leave much
to interpretation.  She hesitated, then took a step fearfully back
towards the door that lead into 'Ethan's'.  If he caught her... he'd be
angry.  Thinking a bit she, she moved forward a little faster, more
confident.  This was Giles-- his angry didn't even approach a little bit
miffed compared to anyone else.  And she wasn't going to leave him in
case he needed her help.  Buffy wouldn't.

"Hello, Ripper."  Willow couldn't see Giles, but the man with him was
wearing a sneer.  She held her breath, afraid of making any noise that
would startle either of them and give her away.  The man-- presumably
Ethan-- paused a moment, then when Giles didn't say anything,
continued.  "What, no hug?  Aren't you pleased to see your old mate
Rupert?"

Willow frowned, not understanding.  His old mate?  That means they must
have known each other before...

"I'm just surprised I didn't guess it was you.  This Halloween stunt
stinks of Ethan Raine."  Willow still couldn't see Giles' face, but the
ice in his voice chilled her.

"Yes, it does, doesn't it.  Don't want to blow my own trumpet, but it's
genius."  His sneer grew wider, and proud. "It's the very embodiment of
be careful what you wish for."

The disgust in Giles' voice was clear.  "It's sick, brutal, and it harms
the innocent."

Willow shifted a little to get a better view of what was going on-- and
to be able to jump in if Giles needed it.  So far, they were talking,
but things could change quickly.  Ethan said with as much sarcasm as he
could muster, "Oh, and we all know that you are the champion of
innocence and all things pure and good Rupert."  Willow turned from
Ethan to Giles, and tried to see his face in the dark.  Ethan added,
"It's quite a little act you've got going here, old man."

The determination on the sliver of Giles' face that she could see was
like steel.  He wasn't going to break down.  "It's not an act.  It's who
I am."  The barely suppressed anger was evident on his face and in his
stance, but he pushed it down, settling for an icy glare.

Ethan almost laughed in his face.  "Who you are?  The Watcher?
Sniveling tweed-clad guardian of the Slayer and her kin?  I think
not...."  Willow could see the taunts on Ethan's face, and the anger
building in Giles'.  But Giles stayed perfectly calm, perfectly in
control.  Ethan continued, "I know who you are-- and what you're capable
of.  But they don't, do they?  They have no idea where you come from."

Giles interrupted, and Willow shivered at his transformation.  "Break
the spell Ethan, and leave this place and never come back."

Ethan mocked, "Why should I?  What's in the bargain for me?"  Willow was
scared, and Giles' next words took her by surprise.  She began to inch
towards the exit.

Giles, with a look of pure hatred yet perfectly calm at the same time,
said, "You get to live."  Willow-- having seen enough to know that she
could be in danger from friend and foe alike-- didn't wait.  She ran.

*****

She didn't know what to do.  The night had been okay, and things had a
happy ending... but... but...

"Will, you okay?"  Willow jumped, and then smiled at Buffy.

"I'm fine."

Buffy raised her eyebrows, and said, "Okay.... I'll leave you to it
then."  She walked away, and Willow breathed again.  She hadn't told
Buffy about what had happened in the shop because she didn't know what
to make of it.  Now, she was sitting in front of the computer two days
later, trying to get the courage to search for the information that
would fill in the gaps in Giles' past.  She hadn't wondered, but then
Ethan, and Ripper, and....

Willow input the search parameters "Rupert Giles" AND Oxford AND
Ripper... then paused before she hit enter.  Yes, she was doing the
research... but what would she do with it if she actually found
something?  She bit her lip, looking at the picture of Buffy on the
counter.  Giles really cared for the Slayer, he really took his job as
Watcher seriously.  Frowning, she tried to imagine what would change
their opinions of him.  He was homeless... he was a jewel thief... he
was a circus performer.... no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't
think of anything that would change him.  He was Giles now, no matter
who he was before.  In a fit of strength of character, she decided that
whatever she found, she would respect Giles' privacy and not tell
Buffy.  She hit enter.

And then her eyes widened.... in horror.

" Times: June 72: Another body was found in the same stance as the five
recent murders around Oxford university early this morning.  No suspects
have been brought into cusotdy as of yet, but the police have assured
university students that they are in no danger yet.  So far, all victims
have been from out of town, and no one need be alarmed.  This sixth body
was found like all the rest-- gruesomely dismembered, with several
artifacts of unknown origin surrounding the body.  It appears to be
linked to the recent occult happenings in and around the university, but
students in such faculties are outraged at the suspicions cast on them
and their professors.  One, Rupert Giles, went so far as to ridicule the
attempts of police to find the murderer.  His
exact words were, "It'll take more than a bloody bunch of Scotland Yard
idiots to find a demon..." Police refuse to acknowledge the possibility
that the magics 'engaged' in at the scenes are real, and have called the
murders an occult hoax.  There is no hard evidence yet, and aside from
several mocking notes from both Oxford students and murderer alike,
there have been no real leads.  It appears that this latest body will
join the rest as just another victim of Oxford's modern day Jack the
Ripper."

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:30:15 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: BUFFYFIC: Bled (1/?)

Title: Gone II: Bled (1/?)
Author: Meg R-C
Feedback: Please, but if you want to critique, try and make it constructive
critisism, suggestions or something I can use to make it better
Distribution: Sure, just send me the URL
Summary: A sequel to Anya's Gone, Buffy tracks down Angel and Willow
Rating: this part PG, but the whole thing will never get worse than PG-13
Disclaimer: I own no characters, they all belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant
Enemy, I'm just borrowing them
Content: angst, Buffy/Angel, character death

    She stood on the stone doorstep, debating whether or not to knock. So much
had happened and she had worked so hard just to get to this point. Once again
she stood at a crossroads, so much laying on her decision, too heavy for her
twenty-two year old shoulders. Turning around and going home, pretending
failure, was the easiest choice, the least painful. But then she would have to
face his eyes, so dependent on her to fulfill his final and only request. But
to knock was to open all the wounds so carefully closed but never healed all
those years ago. It was coming face to face with her past, her guilt, and
everything else that so far had been banished from everywhere but her
nightmares, and the darkest corners of her soul.
    But staring at that door she knew she had no choice, there was only one path
she could take. And so she knocked, and thus she bled as the wounds opened and
the memories came rushing back.

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