Never Ever Tell by Lilachigh
Meeting 14 Foes and Funding
“That’s it Giles - I’ve had it for tonight! If there are more vamps around, then they get a get out of jail free card!”
Buffy slumped down against a gravestone and stared round the cemetery. This one was heavily wooded with steep slopes leading up to the roadway. She and Giles had been patrolling all evening and had dispatched seven vamps and two demons.
“Can you sense more of them?” Rupert Giles sank down on the grass next to her. If Buffy was exhausted, he was shattered, trying to keep up.
Buffy lifted her head, pushed back her hair and scented the air. Oh no, she groaned inwardly. Not him! Not tonight. Whenever most vampires were around, she could sense them but she couldn’t pick out individuals. Even Angel had just been ‘vampire’ to her.
But the scent of William the Bloody seemed to have got into her blood in some weird way. She could almost taste it. A weird combination - leather, cigarettes, whisky and - she mentally shook her head - man!
She always knew when he was around. And he was here again tonight. Perhaps if she just ignored him, he’d go away, because she knew she was too tired to fight him.
“Might just be the scent from the dust they left behind floating in the air,” she said vaguely in reply to her Watcher’s question.
‘Perhaps we should get some more help with the patrolling,” Giles said. “We do seem to have demons jumping out of the woodwork - or rather out of the grass - lately.”
“Help? What a lovely word. Hey, Giles, do you think if we asked, the Council would pay for me to have a couple of full time assistants? Proper trained ones, not just Xander and Willow when they aren’t busy.”
It was a flippant remark, made to take her mind off the fact that Spike was standing behind the crypt to her left and she wanted to ignore him.
To her surprise, Giles took what she was saying seriously. “Paid help? Well, I don’t think it’s ever been done before, Buffy, but - ” He took off his glasses and cleaned them with his tie. “I can’t see any harm in asking.”
Buffy swung round to look at him. “Really?”
“Well, the Council always have certain intrinsic contingency funds set aside to facilitate the emergence of axiomatic stipulations.”
“Giles - I know we are two counties separated by one language, but at the moment I am a whole universe away from knowing what you just said.”
She dusted her hands together sharply, so Giles couldn’t hear the sarcastic, “Why not buy a soddin’ dictionary, Slayer!” that came from behind the crypt.
Giles smiled. “Yes, there is money available if the Council think it is needed, Buffy. Funding might well be your short term answer.”
Buffy jumped up and pulled Giles to his feet. “Yes,” she said loudly. “Money, funding, cash. Then any vampire who was stupid enough to lurk around Sunnydale would need to start worrying in case he got exactly what he deserved!”
She linked arms with Giles and headed for home, a little smile playing round her lips. Game, set and match to her! Neither of them saw the dark Commando type figures making their way through the trees.
Neither did Spike!
another meeting follows soon.
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Spike’s worried comment about wondering what the bitch would do if she got funding was the source for this one.