Things were hectic at Wolfram and Hart. Not in a bad way, they were currently having their Halloween Bash, and Harmony was having a blast. Sure, she was the only one on the dance floor, and Spike was unusually happy for a non-corporeal vampire, and Fred and Wesley were drunk even though they had absolutely nothing to drink, and there was the fact that Gunn was peeing everywhere, but the party was still awesome. However, there was something wrong with Angel. He and Eve had disappeared into his office, and with her super vampire hearing, Harmony thought she could hear some moans and some bumps coming from inside. If she found out that Angel was torturing and slowly killing Eve without her, Harmony wouldn't talk to Angel for a week.

Just then, with her super-vampire hearing, Harmony heard the phone ring at her desk. She quickly ran over to the phone and put it to her ear.

"Hello, Wolfram and Hart, Angel's desk, how can I help you?" Harmony recited.

"Uh, could you put on – Harmony?" A voice said incredulously.

Harmony gasped. "Buffy? OMG! Let me guess, you want to talk to Angel, right?" Harmony began, but Spike walked through the desk and straight to Harmony.

"Buffy's on? Can I talk to her?" Spike asked brightly.

Harmony covered the microphone part of the phone with her palm, and gave Spike one of her glares.

"No! You can't even hold the phone." Harmony pointed out.

"You can hold it to my ear!" Spike suggested.

"No!" Harmony said before removing her hand from the phone and putting it back to her ear.

"Sorry about that. Listen, I'd put you on with Angel but~" Harmony began, but Spike interrupted her.

"Buffy! Buffy! It's me!" Spike shouted.

"Shut up Spike! Sorry Buffy." Harmony said apologetically.

"Was that Spike?" Buffy asked, sounding surprised.

"Oh, yeah. Like I said, I'd put you on with Angel, but I think he's torturing a girl in his office. Bye!" Harmony said brightly before hanging up.


Buffy closed her cell-phone in a daze; she had forgotten how confusing Harmony could be. It didn't help that she could barely hear the young vampire, it sounded like there was a party going on.

"Buff, is he mass-murderer or still broody-pants?" Kirk asked.

"You could have put it more gently than that." Spock chided.

"Oh, Spock, you're giving me advice on how to be sensitive? That's a first."

"He's Angelus," Buffy answered, remembering what Harmony had said about him torturing some girl. Only Angelus would do that. And she remembered hearing Spike's voice on the other line.

"And he's resurrected Spike and he's soulless again as well." Buffy said.

"Two mass-murdering vampires? Buffy, unless you can clone yourself, we're in trouble."

However, the realization that she would have to kill both Angel and Spike sunk in, and the tears began to flow down her cheeks. She gasped for air as she began to drown in the horrible painful truth.

"I can't do this again." Buffy gasped, the tears stinging her eyes.

"Aw, don't cry Buffy! I hate it when a hot chick cries! Spock, you're the emotional expert here! Calm her down!" Kirk said, pushing Spock towards Buffy. Spock bumped into Buffy, and awkwardly guided her to sit down on the couch. Spock patted her shoulder, and his expression clearly said that he didn't know what he was doing.

"It . . . is alright Buffy. You restored Angel's soul before, didn't you? Why don't you try that?" Spock suggested.

"Exactly!" Kirk said, sitting down between Buffy and Spock.

Buffy brightened up a bit, but she soon realized the problem with that solution and began to bawl again. She managed to shake her head.

"I-I can't ask that of W-Will. I-I don't w-want her t-to accident-tally become V-Veiny W-Willow again. I-I can't s-sacrifice o-one friend for another." Buffy gasped out.

"Gosh, Spock, what a terrible idea, why'd you bring it up?" Kirk asked, standing up again.

Spock sighed and put his hand on Buffy's shoulder. "You don't have to fight Nero." He said.

It was tempting, but Buffy knew that Spock and Kirk didn't stand a chance against Angelus and William the Bloody. She sniffed, wiped the tears from her eyes and shook her head.

"No, I wouldn't forgive myself if Angelus and Spike killed you two. No, I need to take care of this, but I'm going to need to call in a helper." Buffy said sitting up a little bit straighter, leaving Buffy the girl behind and becoming Buffy the Slayer.

"Who are you going to call in?" Kirk asked.

Buffy smiled. "You'll like her; she's a slayer like me. She became the next Slayer after I died the first time. Well, actually, another girl was the Slayer, but she died and then Faith became the Slayer." Buffy said.

"Her name's Faith? Let me guess, Catholic school girl?" Kirk asked, cocking an eyebrow.

Buffy looked at Kirk in surprise, and she burst out laughing. Kirk looked at Buffy, confusion clear on his face.

"What?" Kirk asked.

Buffy shook her head, smiling. "Nothing, it's just the thought of Faith being a Catholic school girl is so . . . . not Faithy. She's the exact opposite of a goody-goody religious school girl."

Kirk's eyes opened wide. "Ooh, I like her already." He said enthusiastically.

Buffy smiled. "I thought you might, I'll call her, and Scotty can beam her up by tracing the call." Buffy said.

Spock gave Buffy an impressed look. "See, you can adapt to new technology."

Buffy smiled at him. "Thanks, now I'll make this call before Faith goes out for patrol." Buffy said opening her phone. She flipped open her phone, and selected Faith's cell number from speed dial. She held the phone to her ear and waited patiently as it rang. It was finally answered by a panting voice.

"Faith?" Buffy asked.

"B? What's up? We haven't heard from you in days."

"Uh, I can't really explain it right now. Hey, listen, there's this teleportation thing, and I kinda need you right now."

"What's the deal? I'm a little busy right now." Faith said.

"Angelus and William the Bloody are back." Buffy said bluntly.

There was a pause, and then Faith finally spoke. "Give me five minutes, I need some time to get ready."

"Okay," Buffy said, glad that Faith was on board.

While Faith was getting ready, Buffy, Spock, and Kirk made their way down to the teleportation room. After some patient waiting, Buffy's phone rang, and the voice that came through was Faith's.

"I'm ready," Faith said.

"She's ready," Buffy said to Scotty.

The small man nodded, and began to type on his row of buttons. After a while, Faith's voice came through the phone.

"What the f~" Faith began, but her voice was cut off. After a while, her form materialized on the teleportation pad. She was dressed in a tight black camisole and tight leather pants. Her phone was still to her ear, and she looked pretty bewildered. She looked around, her eyes wide, until they fell on Buffy. Buffy winced, expecting Faith to give her a whole 'warn me next time' rant, but to her surprise, Faith jumped off the teleportation pad and kissed Buffy on the forehead.

"Man, B. You've gotta warn me next time. It was still rockin', though. The whole gang has been worried sick about ya. What's all this about Angelus and William the Blood and who are the science convention guys?" Faith asked.

"Hey! Do I look like some science convention geek to you?" Kirk asked, his face expressing over dramatized mock hurt.

Faith turned to Kirk, and looked him up and down.

"Well, you certainly dress the part, but I'll admit, you don't look like the kind of guy to dress up in leotards unless you're~" Faith began, but Kirk cut her off.

"Okay! I get the picture, and believe me when I say this uniform wasn't my idea. Spock here can probably give you a reason why this is our uniform, but it's probably just a jumble of dates and stuff. You won't remember any of it." Kirk said.

Faith cocked an eyebrow, and turned to Spock, and looked him up and down just like she did with Kirk.

"Is Hermy here Spock?" Faith asked.

Kirk and Scotty snickered, and Buffy just smiled at Spock's confused look.

"'Hermy'?" Spock asked.

Faith nodded. "Want to be a dentist when you grow up?" Faith asked.

This roused more snickers from Kirk and Scotty, while Spock continued to look confused.

"Dentist?" He asked.

"Yes, Faith, this is Spock. And yes, those ears are real." Buffy said.

"Oh, I don't doubt the ears, it's the hair I'm not so sure of. That and the eyebrows." Faith said, eyeing Spock's straight cut jet black hair and oddly angled eyebrows.

"My eyebrows?" Spock asked.

"Cut him some slack, Faith." Buffy said.

"I will, once I know what the hell is going on!" Faith said.

Buffy sighed. "Alright, you guys want to help me?" Buffy asked, looking to each of the three men in the transporter room.

"I've got to work on the engine, it sounds like over-cooked haggis." Scotty said, hurrying out of the room.

"I've got to go bother Bones." Kirk said, following Scotty.

Spock sighed. "Then I must go make sure that the Captain and Dr. McCoy don't hurt each other." Spock said, reluctantly following Kirk.

"They're keepers." Faith said, turning to Buffy with a smile on her face.

"Thanks," Buffy said dryly.

"Now," Faith said, sitting down in a near bye chair. "What's going on?" She asked expectantly.

Buffy spent the next hour explaining how she had met Spock, Kirk, and Bones – she had adopted Kirk's name for the doctor – and what had happened since she first stepped foot upon the Enterprise. Once Buffy had finished her story, Faith sat back in her chair, surprise clear on her face.

"How did the Enterprise get here?" Faith asked.

Buffy shrugged. "I don't know, right now I'm worried about the Romulans, how Angel lost his soul, and how they brought Spike back to life and took his soul away, too." Buffy said, old memories coming back to her as she put her head in her hands.

"Well, if they really did bring Spike back to life, that's okay, right? I mean, even when he was soulless he still had it bad for you. That's the whole reason why he got a soul." Faith said.

Hope filled Buffy as Faith said this, but it quickly faded.

"No, the Romulans are too smart. If they could figure out a way to bring Spike back to life and take away his soul, then they would have figured out away to make him forget that he loved me." Buffy said.

Buffy felt a reassuring hand on her shoulder, and she looked up and saw Faith looking at Buffy, pity in her eyes.

"I'm sorry B. I wish I could make this better, but I'm afraid the only thing I can do is help you kick Angelus and William's sorry asses. Compassion really isn't my thing." Faith said apologetically.

Buffy gave Faith a weak smile. "It's alright. I really don't feel in the mood for feeling sorry for myself, anyways. What I really want to do is kick some Romulans to the other side of the galaxy. You with me?" Buffy asked hopefully.

Faith shrugged. "Sure, I love the chance to beat something up. You've got to promise me one thing, though."

"What?" Buffy asked.

"Don't say anything like 'kick them across the galaxy' again, or I'll kick you across the galaxy."