Business as Usual

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For all members of Aggie's Army, here is another chapter.
Title: Business as Usual
Author: lilachigh
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Characters belong to ME except Agnes who is all mine.
Summary: Agnes Pringle is the English spinster lady and reluctant vampire who runs the teashop in the garbage dump - referred to by Spike in The Replacement. Being Spike's friend means she does not get the quiet life she longs for. Things keep happening! At the moment she has discovered she has inherited a fortune from her ex boyfriend, Richard Wilkins III but has decided to stay in Sunnydale to stand by Spike in his grief because Buffy has jumped from Glory's tower. Spike has asked Agnes to go with him to see Buffy's body one last time before she is buried.




Chapter: The Night Before

Agnes Pringle hurried along in Spike’s footsteps as he strode through the dark, empty Sunnydale streets. He seemed oblivious of the fact that he could walk far faster than she could, striding out, an axe balanced across one shoulder of his long black leather coat.

Agnes was clutching a screwdriver. Spike had been uncertain which tool would be the most use for breaking into the Sunnydale Funeral Home where the mortal remains of Buffy Summers were being kept until her burial the following day.

It was a very good job she didn’t need to breathe, Agnes thought, because she would be puffing and panting at having to walk at this speed. Even as a vampire, she certainly wasn’t designed for action, she decided sadly, wishing she could cover the ground with the same easy, cat-like lope her friend used.

Luckily Sunnydale seemed empty; the inhabitants were still at home, recovering from the odd effects the hell god Glory had caused during her brief but terrifying visit to the town.
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