Harmony and her gang are walking home, defeated. Harmony is blathering on about how embarrassing it all is. "Who're you growling at?" asks Peaches of Cyrus. He says it's his stomach, and then starts complaining of low blood sugar. Well, now we know that hypoglycemia is a tragic disease that doesn't discriminate against the undead. Peaches suggests going and draining the census taker they have back at the lair (heh), but Brad says that he "wants some action." Boom! Brad hits the ground. "Happy to oblige," says Spike. "Step on up, kiddies. Thrashings for all." Peaches and Cyrus go for Spike, but Harmony calls them off. Spike looks surprised to see Harmony. They exchange greetings and then Big Ol' Mort demands to know why Harmony is talking to Spike. She starts to introduce them, but Mort cuts her off with, "I know who he is. He kills our kind." "Oh yeah," remembers Harmony. "What's up with that?" Spike tells Mort to "piss off," and Mort gets all growly. Harmony shoos him off and informs Spike that "some of us are thinking of voting him out of the gang." Because vampire gangs have long been a bastion of the democratic process. Spike expresses disdain at Harmony's fan club, and Harmony is very full of herself when she tells Spike that she's going to kill the Slayer. "Singing my song now, are you? You should pay me royalties for that one," retorts Spike. Harmony says that she's been doing research, "reading books and stuff." Spike: "What? Evil for Dummies?" Ha! Harmony is exactly their target market. The rest of the world has too much self-esteem to pick up a book that insults its consumer. Spike circles her and says that it's "adorable" that Harmony thinks she's the new "Big Bad." Harmony protests that she has a plan, but Spike quickly dismisses it as, "Let me guess. Snatch one of her friends. Use them as bait. Lead her into a trap. That sort of thing?" Harmony bluffs that her plan is "much, much better." Spike gives her a look and then tells her to "let [him] know how this arch-villain thing works out for you." To his retreating figure, Harmony yells, "I'll do that. And after Buffy's gone, I'm gonna kill everyone in this town that was ever mean to me. Spike!"













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