Okay, that Rolex makes perfect sense now. I'm sorry I was so hard on Giles' vanity now. i'm enjoying Andrew's integral role in this and the fact that Xander's still spun that the guy is helpful is entertaining. The idea of having to sift through SG-1 references to get to the meat of the matter gave me a smile, and when Xander is ready to start do the heavy lifting and ditch Andrew, this image made me laugh out loud: Andrew fondled the gun blindly. Fondled!

Xander's infiltration of the castle was vivid and entertaining and I enjoyed Giles alerting him to his whereabouts with spit. it's hard to believe Giles even knows how to spit! Giles' less than flattering assessment of the rescue attempt is already amusing, but Xander's right not to trust anyone. Kennedy and her slayers could be the tip of the treasoness ice berg.

Andrew watching the action unfolding and wildly misinterpreting it was hilarious. The time for weapon fondling has passed. It's time to storm the castle! This made me laugh out loud: Andrew studied the gun. He was vaguely satisfied that he’d seen enough rap videos to know how it worked. First he had to ‘rack the slide’ or something. Rap videos as a military training tool! Excellent. This was hysterical, too: He tried to shout the Klingon battle cry of Kalarf’hi, but all that would come out was a sort of high-pitched moan. The terrified moaning was a nice detail.

I loved this: He approached the figure slowly, feeling the orchestra swell up inside him again. He cocked his head and squinted at the dark being, dangling his pistol at his side. He tried to imagine how cool he must’ve looked at that moment, and suddenly wished that he had remembered to bring his camera-phone. The orchestra swell and the fanboying and wishing he had his camera are pitch perfect Andrew.

The cyborg knowing his name must have been one of the most wonderful moments of Andrew's life.





Author's Response: "The orchestra swell and the fanboying and wishing he had his camera are pitch perfect Andrew." Thought maybe I was laying it on little thick, there. Glad you don't think I overdid it. Andrew is one of those characters where I thought he was as funny to look at as he was to listen to. Every time I watch the jetpack scene in Seeing Red I crack up laughing "Well played, Slayer! This round to you. But the game is far from over." Baw haw haw.

"Everybody’s always knocking him out, right?” --haha nice nod to the show.

"Okay, he mused. If anybody ever asks, you t-o-o-o-tally meant to do that." Too funny. Kickass Xander...still clumsy.

“So, let me see if I have this straight: you didn’t want to take the risk of bringing any army of super-powered warriors to fight another army of super-powered warriors. So you instead decided to storm a castle with an antique rifle, and absolutely no backup whatsoever?”

“Well,” Xander muttered. “That’s not entirely true.” ---bahaha wait until Giles finds out his backup is Andrew.

Andrew rescuing Spike was hilarious. This is just getting better.









Author's Response: Thanks again jnharrow. I'm jazzed that Andrew's little rescue got a giggle!

Author's Response: Thanks again jnharrow. I'm jazzed that Andrew's little rescue got a giggle!

Author's Response: Thanks again jnharrow. I'm jazzed that Andrew's little rescue got a giggle!

Andrew with Superpowers. Gosh, i love him and Spike interacting. Great chapter.

Author's Response: You're so kind, BuffyRat. Thanks, again. A vamped Andrew would be totally hysterical... and maybe even creepy! I wonder if anyone's written that yet.

LOL, gotta love Andrew......and with Spike in a black mask that has his voice deep and mechanical I'm surprised he didn't pass out when he asked him to take the mask off.

I just love the Star Wars references.

Author's Response: Thanks Spacelord! I'm relieved that moment worked for people. It's such a delicate pop reference - and one of the great fantasy movie scenes, I think.

I'm definitely enjoying this so far. I love the suit idea for Spike. It's cool, it's practical, and it makes a handy secret-identity plot device.

And you're updating crazy fast. I love that.

Author's Response: Thanks, Penny. It's funny, but it's been rolling out of me pretty quickly. I'm actually up to chapter 11 at the moment, but I'm a little shy about posting the next few until I've polished them up a bit. And the next couple will be REALLY WEIRD so I really have to make sure I'm on my game. Thanks so much for reading it!

great story, love the involvement of Andrew. not enough stories with him in and you have written him so well, I can hear him saying the words about peanut butter sandwich, what a laff