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The first stop they make is at Willow's house. She pulls up a blue print of the Sunnydale sewer system and figures out where the hideout is. Then they stop at the Library and Giles goes in and picks up a supply of weapons. He's the only one that goes in though since it is officially a school day. It figures the Drusilla wouldn't make things easy. They drive to the hideout, which turns out to be a warehouse on the far side of town. The warehouse is almost totally made of windows after about six feet up. All the windows have been painted black several times, so that no light gets through them. Everyone quietly arms themselves with stones and picks a window or two on the east side since it is still morning. Buffy uses her Slayer hearing to listen at the door. There's quiet a commotion inside. Vampires are gathering. Drusilla and Spike are at the center of it all, getting reports on what happened. Soon after Buffy starts listening though, Dru stops talking. Spike however is still yelling at people and trying to get them to all shut up long enough for him to figure out what happened last night.
After a few moments, Spike stops yelling. "Spike," Dru whispers, "I can feel her."
"Who darling?" Spike asks.
"The Slayer. She's listening."
"Love, this Slayer goes to school remember. She's probably listening to a teacher or something."
"No. Her presence is strong. She's very close."
"If she's close there'll be trouble. Time to go somewhere safe Love. SHUT UP, ALL YOU!! We're--"
Buffy doesn't wait to listen. "NOW!!" she yells as she throws a rock at a window. Many other rocks follow hers, and sunlight pours into the warehouse. Vampires puff into ashes as the second round comes crashing through more of the windows. Spike makes a run for the dark corner that holds the sewer entrance, and Drusilla is two steps ahead of him. A third round of rocks crash through the windows as Buffy kicks down the door. They come in to see vampires hiding in small patches of darkness and shadow, dozens of piles of ashes, and the backs of vampires heading down a dark hallway and down a sewer opening. Buffy chases the fleeing vampires, while the others spread out to kill the vampires trapped in shadows, as well as break more windows. Buffy runs down the hallway to find another room and a gang of vampires pushing to get down a sewer opening. There are few windows, but not many. She throws a rock at one of them as the vampires turn to attack. As the first vampire attacks others puff into ashes from the sunlight. With the sunlight as her ally, she is able to dispose of most of the vampires by either staking them or pushing them into the sunlight. The rest escaped down the sewer. When she returns to the main room, all the vampires have been killed. Giles and Xander are pouring a huge bucket of holy water down the sewer entrance. "That'll make 'em dance," she says.
"We can hope so anyway," Giles replies. "Do you know if Spike and Drusilla got away?"
"I think so. They were talking about leaving before I gave the signal," Buffy replies looking around the room. All but the top row of windows has been broken and there are ashes everywhere. She picks up a candlestick and throws it carelessly at an upper window, shattering it.
"I'd like to stay and see if I can find any books or artifacts that may be useful," Giles says as they pack up.
"You better not stay here alone. You may find a vampire hiding
in a back room," Buffy says. Ms Calendar and the others return to school,
as Giles and Buffy slowly make there way through the rooms. Giles
finds a few books, but their biggest find is Dru's room.