I would love to see this lengthened a little more, maybe turned into a proper story?

Interesting but needs a lot of backstory.

I like "dark Giles" stories, so I'm intrigued! I'd love to read more :)

Pros: Well written and engaging.

Cons: Edward and Anita are definitely out of character (Edward would not see the risk in killing a child and Anita plain wouldn't do it). I also honestly don't believe Giles is capable of defeating either Anita or Edward.

Further exposition seems in order.

I liked it. A lot. Short fics annoy me as a rule but I recently started writing and have realized how very difficult extend fics can be. So I gave this one a shot and I'm glad I did. I love Ripper, and had not thought of how similar he is to our dear Edward before. I intend to read more of this genre and I intend to see what else you have written because I liked your characterization and the bit of plot in this one short snippet.

I would leave it here, but I have to comment on Dawn and how the other characters deal with her. Perfect.

Great little story,
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yeah, I can see this...there's quite a few factions that feel threatened by the continued existence of the Scooby Gang, so it would make sense they'd hire the best in the business to go after them...nicely done.

I thought it was good, but I have to say I agree with many of the others, not something Anita would do. Or Edward for that matter, not now that he has Donna and the kids; they have unfortunately softened him. Though throw Olaf into this and you'd be right on the money

Very nicely done. Giles can be very sinister when he chooses to be.

Hmmm, I wonder if Edward got a contract on a powerful black magician coming into the states, maybe even starting a cult--why else would he be surrounded by teenage girls? C'mon, a guy nicknamed 'Ripper' has to be evil.

LOL.

I like it and wouldn't mind seeing more.

Good story! Everybody underestimates Giles. Then wham! Good job!

i really like this idea.... Anita against Giles ... you know who would loose when its his children involved ye Anita big time...

this could make a great story and you ve got the start of it .... please give it a go!!! Tracey

I thought it was pretty good.

Interesting story line. I like that the story centers around Giles instead of Buffy, or another Scoobie.

You just have a small problem in the 10th paragraph. It starts "My hair fell over her face, grimy..." Your pronouns are all wrong. Either "her hair fell over her face" or "my hair fell over my face" and you do that for the whole paragraph. Also it's a little unclear at the end who or what exactly is dead...?

Okay, thank you! I thought I fixed that when I was editing this. I had been in 3rd Person originally and didn't like that so I fixed it toward Anita's POV.

All fixed now.

Oh, that was suppose to be the contracter that was dead. Sorry if that was unclear.

Thank you for reviewing.

Neat story, but Anita's been willing to push final confrontation with Edward for less, and killing kids is not something she would do. Of course if Edward didn't know there would be a lot of superpowered girls running around and wasn't sent to kill a slayer...then that could be interesting.