I am so glad that I apparently managed to carry that off - the threat to Willow. I was thinking about The Wish, where Giles jumps out of his car to save some people being herded into a van.
And I thought it was about time Xander asserted himself a little, after Spike has spent a couple of weeks on concentrated training of him. I was quite pleased with that one comment, I'm glad you thought it menacing.
Yes, conclusion soon, but I'm still not quite sure how soon.
Thank you hon, for the lovely comments.