Chapter 4

Dawn had worked everything out or at least she hoped she had. They had less than two hours to make this work.

Dawn and Willow pulled up outside the Summers's old home. A for sale sign was on the front yard. "I'm sure glad they haven't sold this place yet. It being empty is going to make this a lot easier" Dawn said.

"I don't think that Sunnydale is really much of a sellers market" was Willow's reply.

"Willow we need to take all the boxes from the trunk into the house. I want to get everything set up and get the portal open with at least one hour to stop things at that end" Dawn said.

"I don't know why we are waiting so long? Don't you think we are cutting it a little bit close?" Willow asked.

"I think we have the best shot of replacing our doubles if we go about an hour before the wedding starts. Only Buffy, Willow, and Dawn were in the house at that time" Dawn replied.

Willow and Dawn carried the boxes into the house. Dawn still had a key to the house, so they had no problem getting in. She started to unpack the things that she had spent months gathering. After pulling two pale pink bridesmaid dresses from one of the boxes, she handed one of them to Willow. "I got us new dresses but we will have to snag the shoes off our doubles." Next she handed Willow a tranquilizer gun. "Each one has 6 shots plus we each get a spare round of 6 if we need to reload. One of these will bring a person down in about 4 seconds. It takes about 15 seconds to knock out a vampire. They should stay out about an hour. Willow you may also need these" Dawn said as she handed Willow a set of very thin lightweight chains.

"They don't look like they would hold anyone Dawn" Willow told Dawn as she examined the chains.

"Don't worry, I had them made special. I needed something lightweight but strong, so they are magically reinforced. There are only two ways to get them open. One is with the key the other is with a magic incantation" with that she handed Willow a slip of paper with the incantation on it along with the key. "I also figure Xander is going to need some good counseling. I found a Doctor in LA by the name of Jacobson. He specializes in unusual cases."

"Dawn what do you mean by unusual?" Willow asked.

"Well, Dr. Jacobson takes cases where there may be some supernatural things going on in the person's life. Plus, if it is called for he will use some healing magic. Don't worry he doesn't use any dark magic. Believe me I had the guy checked out" Dawn told her.

Willow didn't know what to say everything was happening so fast. She was at a total loss for words. Just seeing the bridesmaid dress was enough to make her heart hurt. She wasn't sure she was going to be able to pull this off. What if they made it worse?

"Willow, are you still with me? You look like you are zoning." Dawn said.

Willow looked up to meet Dawn eyes. Dawn looked like she could take on the world and this just added to Willow's anxiety. Dawn was depending on her to carry this off and what if she failed. "I feel like I might let you down and if I do than Buffy and Xander are really gone" Willow said.

"I have played this out in my head a hundred times. We can do this Willow. We will do this. I can not believe that I was given this ability to move through time unless I was meant to save my sister, but I can't do it alone. I need you to help me save Xander and Buffy" Dawn begged her. 

"Dawn you know I would do anything to save them. Of course I am still with you. Though I do have one question, where did you get all this? Are you dabbling in magic?" a curious Willow asked.

"You don't have to worry Willow. I was more than careful. I used many different sources to get information and supplies. I couldn't take the chance of anyone figuring out what I was doing. For the most part they just think I'm into some interesting bondage sex mixed with harmless magic" Dawn told her.

"Oh, and tranquilizer guns fit into that how?" Willow asked.

"Willow, are you trying to figure out how I convinced someone that they were harmless sex toys?" Dawn laughed. "I got them from Riley. Well not Riley personally, but one of his men. He gave Buffy that contact number in case of an emergency. In my mind this was an emergency. I told Riley that a few vamps and demons had paid me visits after Buffy's death. They were looking for a little pay back against the slayer in the form of terrorizing her sister. Of course Riley didn't come to help me, but he sent one of his men. I had my own little soldier bodyguard for a month" Dawn told her with a smile as she stripped out of her jeans and shirt and put on her bridesmaid dress.  

"I take it he was a cutie?" Willow asked.

"Lieutenant Miller was most definitely a hottie, but I never had time to explore that avenue. I only needed him to unknowingly train me for this operation and get me the weapons I needed to pull off this rescue mission" Dawn replied as she was pulling her hair into a bun. "Willow enough chit-chat you better get into your dress. Do you remember everything else we talked about last night?" Dawn questioned.

"I think so. We are going to materialize in Dawn's bedroom. I head to Willow's room and tranquiller her. Snatch her shoes and than put her napping body in the closet. Then I call Dawn out of the bathroom to help me with something and we tranquilize her and put her in the closet. I go find Xander and get the gun off of him. Can you explain how that works again Dawn?" she asked her.

"Simple, while I keep Buffy occupied upstairs you get Xander into the house. You want a few minutes alone with him before the wedding. Once you have him in the house you give him a big hug. All you need to do is get the sleepwalker patch on his neck. After it is on, you have two minutes to get the gun before he wakes up. Try to be in the same position you were before he went to sleep" Dawn explained.

"Why don't we just go in and tranquilize everyone?" Willow asked as she finished putting on her dress.

"Willow you don't know how much I wish I could do that, but we can't let anyone know that we are from the future. I don't even want to think about how someone could use it, could use me" Dawn stated with true concern in her eyes. "I want to save Buffy and Xander more than anything in the world, but if there is a chance of someone finding out about this I would call the whole thing off" she stated with great finality.

"I understand. I guess it is about that time. Good luck to us" Willow muttered with just a hint of concern in her voice.

"I'm sorry I couldn't refine this whole travel thing sooner. If I had than I could have told Buffy where Spike really was and none of this would have happened" Dawn said sadly.

Willow grabbed Dawn arm and pulled her around to look at her. "None of this is your fault, but we are the ones that are going to fix it. I just want you to know how proud I am of you. This plan of yours has taken some work and I think it is as good a plan as anyone could have come up with. So let's get that portal open and change the ending."

TBC

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