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Liam waited until everyone had fallen asleep before getting up and getting dressed. He had pretend to fall asleep a lot earlier than normal but no one had seemed to notice. With his eyes closed he had heard Dawn say that he must have been tired from playing and after she and the rest had gone to bed he waited and then crept out, closing the door silently as he did so.

He brought with him the flash light Gunn had given him and headed to Giles's house. Finding his way more easily than he had thought.

William waited up for him. After he had gotten back to Giles's place he had gotten another talking too, feeling it was distinctly unfair and hoping Liam had gotten one as well he pretended to fall asleep and eventually was left alone. He did not get the feeling that Giles was especially mad at him but he never got in trouble at home. He had never really done anything to get in trouble though.

He watched out the front window for Liam and much later than he expected the boy arrived, waving at him from out on the street.

Quiet as a mouse, William slipped out and met him. "Okay. . . are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure." Liam did not sound sure. "Which way?"

William pointed and the two of them began walking. He was not entirely sure he could find the place. He had been very very scared when he had been there, not to mention confused and since then he had only been past once in a car. He remembered the general direction however and lead the way, considering for a short time getting them intentionally lost. He didn't however, curiosity over whelmed him.

When they found the crematory they came to a rather stumping dilemma. He did not remember which tomb was the one he had been in. They all looked the same and were all very creepy.

"What about that one?" Liam asked, pointing at one near them.

William approached the doors and pushed on them but they didn't open. He shook his head. They tried a few more until one finally gave. This one looked like it might have been the right one. For one thing it had a television and he thought, maybe wizards liked tv too.

They looked around the crypt and examined the personal items lying about. An old arm chair, a few magazines. Liam however found a hole in the floor and shown his flash light into it, hand trembling slightly. "Is this it?" He asked.

William nodded. He was pretty sure now. "You go first."

"But you know the way. . ."

He glared at Liam. All his big talk about not being a baby and now he was getting cold feet. "But you've got the light." He whined.

Liam scowled and tried to had him the light. "You take it, anyway you've been there before."

"It was scary and this was your idea."

Liam glowered down into the hole before finally grunting and positioning himself on the ladder. "You better come right down." He said.

William nodded and watched as he disappeared.

A few seconds later he was greeted by the light shining up from the hole. He climbed down shakily, still scared. Once down he hung close to Liam. The other boy was not looking very confident and shown his light in all of the corners. "There are candles here." He said.

Liam shown the light on a table and they were pleased to find a match book too. William light several candles, making things easier.

After that they broke apart and explored the place. Someone or something lived there and whatever it was, it was very messy. "I woke up on the bed." He said, examining it now. It had been very difficult when it had first happened. He had been too scared. He felt a bit better now. He wasn't alone and he at least knew where he was.

"Whatever lives here's got dirty books." Liam said, looking under the bed.

William looked too. "They've got ladies in them!"

Liam drew away as though he was afraid to get caught. "Father Malone said that boys who look at things like that go to hell."

William drew away. "I don't want to go to hell. . . I wasn't looking."

They returned to looking around, both fearing the wrath of God. William found a box hidden in a chest and looked through it. "There are pictures of Buffy." He said, sorting through the photos.

They continued to puzzle.

After a while they gave up. Despite having found an odd assortment of junk that William declared could only have belonged to a some sort of ruffian, there was little in the way of actually evil.

"I guess the wizard doesn't live here." Liam said, sounding stumped.

William for his part was very glad. They made their way but up and out of the crypt and to the cematery just in time to come face to face with three men. Liam let out a cry as he looked at their faces. They were all twisted like the monster he had seen in the city.

William saw them too and let out a wail as the three started laughing.

"Kids meals. . ." One of them jeered.

The two boys backed up against the wall of the crypt. "W-what do you want?" William stuttered.

The vampires laughed and the two boys flinched.

"I get the blond one!" One laughed.

William grabbed Liam's arm. "Liam!"

Liam himself was shaking. "I didn't know they would be here too!"

"Kids meals? Really? How lame is that?" A voice cut in causing all five of them to turn and see Buffy. "I mean: cheezey much? And anyway you kids. . ." She stopped herself, eyes going wide when she recognized them. "Are in so much trouble!"

"Buffy they're monsters!" Liam cried. "Watch out."

"Correction, they're vampires and I'm the Vampire Slayer." She turned to the vampires. "You guys know how this goes right?" One of them ran at her and tried to take a swing but was caught by a stake to the chest. He exploded into dust almost instantly. "Okay. . . maybe not. Anyone need another demo?" She took out the second and advanced on the third. "You two. . ." They pressed themselves against the crypt wall. "What are you doing out here?"

"W-w-we. . ." Liam tried. "We were. . ." Caught now, he didn't know what to say.

Buffy scowled. "It's dangerous out here. You two could have been killed. Those guys would have killed you if I hadn't been here. Do you know how lucky you are?"

William started crying. "I'm sorry! We were just trying to help!"

"I'm sorry too!" Liam said, sniffing. "Don't be mad."

"I am mad. You both snuck out. You could have died. Start walking."

William swiped at his eyes and began to follow her. He glanced at Liam who looked troubled and who's eyes kept darting to Buffy. Liam caught his eye and they shared miserable looks.

Buffy marched them all the way to her house, passing even Giles's. "You two are in so much trouble." She muttered.

"We didn't mean to." William whispered.

"I don't know what you meant to do." She said, still angry. "You could have died."

"I'm sorry."

Once they reached her house she told them to sit on the couch and then called Giles.

He groaned into the phone. "Buffy, it's very late."

"Spike and Angel snuck out." He made a noise. "Don't worry, I got them. I found them right before three vamps did but Giles they went to Spike's crypt. They said they were trying to help."

"Good Lord. . . were either of them hurt?"

"No but they could have died."

"Yes I. . . it's incredible luck that you happened to find them."

"I was just swinging by Spike's cemetery and I heard them yell. I just. . .I can't believe this."

"Well. . . we know what they're like as adults. . . but yes, you're right. This was not acceptable. I'll come and collect Spike, er William."

"It's fine. He can spend the night. I want to talk to both of them anyway."

She hung up the phone and returned to the living room where both boys were sitting looking worried. She felt some of her anger evaporate, glad more than anything that they were alright. She felt a little bad about their looks of worry and tried to show her lessened anger. "Look, you guys scared me. You know you weren't supposed to do that. Please don't do it again."

"I'm sorry." Liam whispered.

She sighed. "I know."

"I'm sorry too." William said.

"I know. . . you're both going to sleep here tonight, in the morning we'll talk."

"How did you know how to kill them?" Liam asked before he could stop himself.

She glanced at him. "It's a long story, its kind of my job though."

"Do you think the monsters can find us here?" He asked.

"Monsters can't come in unless their invited and anyway, like I said, it's my job they're not going to get you on my watch. Nobody is. Now you guys get to sleep and don't worry about the monsters. Worry about no tv tomorrow." Liam made a noise of protest but she ignored it. "That means you too William. I'm telling Giles."

He glanced at Liam and then nodded mournfully.

"Alright guys, get some sleep. It's late."

They did as they were told, taking opposite ends of the couch and splitting blankets. One she was gone Liam cleared his throat. "Are you awake?"

"Yes?"

"Do you think we're gonna be in a lot of trouble tomorrow?"

"I hope not. I don't want her mad at me."

"I don't either. I didn't think we'd get caught."

"Was that one of the monsters you saw before?"

Liam shifted under the blanket. "The very same. They had the same faces as the one before. There must be a lot of them." He shivered. "But she said they can't come in here so we're safe."

"She killed them! She can kill others too so we'll be even safer."

"I've never seen anything like that before! She must be really strong."

"I know, she's amazing."

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