TITLE: The White Mouse 1/7

AUTHOR: Tony McD

DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whendon, Mutant Enemy, WB and others. This is for fun, not profit.

SUMMARY: In an effort to save Buffy (again), Buffy and Xander find themselves fighting the greatest evil ever while trying to find a way home.

SPOILERS: Season 5 but set before The Gift.

RATING: PG 13

Dedicated to the real world heroes both past and present who fight the good fight against evil.

The White Mouse 1/7

Together they walked down one of Sunnydale's back alleys in search of their prey. Xander's nerves were on edge as the demon they hunted had some seriously powerful mojo at its disposal. For the twentieth time in as many minutes, Xander wished that Willow and Tara could have taken the time to teach him a few spells for protection. The heavy weight of the flail in his hands provided a small measure of comfort. But only a small measure.

Buffy's attention was totally focused on the shadows ahead. Shadows that potentially held danger.

Xander, for his part, was too busy looking everywhere else for danger to notice Buffy's intense forward focus. In his experience, evil generally sneaked up behind you.

This time he was right.

Out of the shadows behind them, a tall demon emerged and pointed a staff at them. Instinctively Xander leapt into Buffy to try to get her out of the line of fire. A ball of green light shot out of the staff and their world went black.

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The first thing Xander noticed was the smell. It wasn't pretty.

Opening one eye, Xander found himself laying in a pile of garbage in an alley.

Looking up her saw a clear blue sky.

"I've had it with getting hit by demon bolts and waking up in big piles of garbage!" Xander grumbled. Sitting up he saw that Buffy was laying beside him. Gently he shook her.

"Come on Buff, time to wake up and smell the garbage." Buffy took a few moments to stir and then sat up. Looking around she wasn't happy.

"Remind me to kill that demon really hard next time I see him." She took another look around at the unfamiliar surroundings.

"Where are we?" she asked Xander. He looked at her strangely.

"In a big pile of garbage. Other than that, I've no idea." He got up and helped Buffy up. Brushing themselves off, they walked toward the end of they alley.

As they got to the end they got the feeling that something was amiss. The buildings across the road weren't any they had ever seen in Sunnydale. They had a decidedly retro look about them. Buffy looked to her left and saw a car that made Giles' old one look like a Lexus.

Xander's startled scream snapped Buffy out of her car day dream. She looked where Xander was pointing at in fear and horror. It took her a few moments to see what he was pointing at. Buffy gasped in fear and horror.

On an official looking building on the far corner, hung a flag.

The flag of Nazi Germany.