WHO: Xander, Vi, Dick, and anyone else that may or may not be involved. WHAT: We're a'gonna hunt us some invisible doggies! WHEN: Early morning. Somewhat backdated. WHERE: The streets of Lawrence. Close to the complex. RATING: Violence.
It was pretty simple, right? Find the evil invisible doggies, then proceed to kill the invisible doggies. Admittedly, the entire plan would be a lot easier if Xander and Co. could actually see the invisible hounds, but they would get to the road when it came along. Hopefully it wouldn't. Xander had briefly spoken to Ruby about dealing with their hellhound situation and she had offered to play scout for them. The bad thing about all that was that Xander didn't trust Ruby as far as he could throw her (sure, she had the advantage of Xander being from a world where there were a few trustworthy demons around - but still! She had tried to end the world!) and he wasn't entirely counting on her showing up to help as promised. If she didn't show in good time, Xander, Vi, and Dick would have to fly through this thing solo. If she did? Then they'd have to worry less about being jumped by an invisible hellhound and more about being tricked by the possibly evil demon. Yep, things were risky all around. But what was life without a little risk, right? Right?
Xander nervously tugged at his jacket. Who was he kidding? They were screwed.
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimmming, we're not gonna die - just keep swimming," he muttered to himself, finding his motivation of the day being inspired by no other than Finding Nemo. Not a bad motto, even if muttering it over and over under his breath while waiting on the rest of the group to arrive probably made him look like a crazy person. Checking his jacket for the handgun he had tucked away (and out of sight), Xander turned and paced his way up and down the sidewalk in front of the complex. Vi was probably inside trying on those clothes that Babs was supposed to hand off to her. And who knew where Dick and Ruby were? He needed to stop worrying. They could do this. They'd find the hellhound(s?), ensure that Babs wouldn't get attacked by any in the future, and go home for pizza. Because, yeah, they were really gonna deserve a good pie after the suicide mission.