So, here is chapter 7! Yay~!

I would like to note now, I have this thing, it is a horrible thing, where I make bad guys good. And not just the bad guys that turn good in canon, I mean bad guys that get killed, I turn them good, then make you feel sorry for them. I've done it before, I made people feel sorry for Petunia Dursley from Harry Potter before. And not the I pity you sorry. No the Oh baby No! Don't feel bad! sorry.

I plan on making you feel bad for Ford. Just a note for you all. So if you don't want to feel bad for him, don't continue reading. It won't be now, maybe in a few chapters. When I get the operotunity. Soon.

I don't own!

ENJOY!

Buffy walked with Ford, Willow had gone off on her own, different classes and all. The two were just to the library, when screaming sounded from the lunchroom.

She ran to it, Ford right behind her. She met Willow on the way.

"Buffy!" Alex screamed when the girls entered the room, a grey creature was thrown at her. "Catch!" Buffy grabbed the creature and threw it at the wall. It hit hard, then fell to the ground, turning into a putty like substance.

"What?!" Buffy exclaimed, before jumping away from an oncoming attack. More putty people were attacking, she quickly got into a battle frame of mind, and soon, the putty people were retreating.

"Guys, they took a student!" Willow cried as she pointed to the door, where a blue haired student was being dragged away by a large dog faced boy. "OZ!" Alex cried before running after the boy, but they disappeared right after they left the cafeteria.

"What are we going to do?" Alex asked, the three girls had huddled up in the corner of the cafeteria.

"We can always-" Buffy started, but was interrupted.

"What was that?" Ford asked from behind Buffy.

"Ford, I, er, it was..." Buffy looked to her friends for help.

"I know that vampires are real, so I'm guessing that monsters are too. And I'm sure they attacked because you are the slayer, but why did they take that kid?" All three girls gaped at Ford.

"Yeah. I know. I guessed a while ago. Is there anything I can do to help?" He asked.

"Oh. Yeah. We uh, we need to talk to Giles. He might know something about it. come on guys." She led the group to the library, Willow and Alex kept to the back, both watching the boy with suspicion.

"Good. You did wonderfully. Put him in the cell, his 'friends' will come for him soon." The woman laughed, a sound not dissimilar to nails on a chalk board.

Drusilla narrowed her eyes. She pouted when she saw the dead bird. She wanted him to sing, maybe if she fed it.

"Won't you sing for mummy?" She asked, trying to feed it the bread. Her Olive shifted, taking her attention away from the dead creature.

"Dru, what is it I hear of you going out last night?" Spike came in behind her, a growl on his lips.

"I was hungry." She told him, before going back to the bird. It just wouldn't wake up.

"The bird is dead Dru." Spike spit out, a bit too loudly it would seem, because it woke the sleeping Olive.

He sat gasping on the bed, his face drenched in sweat and his heart beating so fast. Drusilla smiled to herself, he smelled so delicious, but she couldn't eat her Olive, she needed her Olive to go out when the big star was in the sky.

"Shh. Mummy is here. And you are finally ready to help Mummy." Drusilla giggled. Spike watched the boy turn blank eyes onto Drusilla, before the boy nodded. Well, this would be fun.

Buffy huffed when she sat at the library table.

Willow was on the computer, typing away at a mile a minute while Giles and Alex were going through the stacks, Giles piling books into Alex's arms.

Ford was sitting opposite Buffy, looking through the books with fascination.

"I can't find the things in here." Buffy slammed the book closed, gaining an evil eye from Giles.

"Man, those creatures reminded me of something more fictional then a monster. Kinda like some corny tv series." Buffy groaned. Willow perked up when Buffy finished.

"Exactly!" She said, before typing something on the computer.

"Putties! They were putties from Power Rangers!" Willow grinned. "They even died the same way, only a bit easier." Willow frowned.

"Unless we are stronger then I thought. But then, why were their Putties everywhere? And why did they attack us?" Willow brought up very good questions.

"Could it have been because of me?" Alex asked, looking at her 'watch'. Ford looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"Why would they be after you? No offence, just curious." He asked. Buffy and Alex shared a look.

"I dressed up as Kimberly from Power Rangers for Halloween. After a spell gone bad, I kept her memories and powers." Alex looked away, setting the books Giles gathered on the table. Giles would put them away later.

"Oh. So, did you all dress up and turn?" He asked, not realizing that it was a bad topic.

"Yeah." Willow and Buffy answered at the same time, neither looked at him. He got the hint and let it go.

"So, if they were after Alex, why did they take the kid?" He changed the subject.

"Oh! What if he dressed up as something too, and they took him because they mixed him up with Alex? Or maybe they wanted the person he dressed up as." Willow continued to list off reasons.

"Wills, we get it. Now we just need to find out where he is." Alex pretended to stroke a beard, making both the girls roll their eyes. Ford chuckled at her behavior. Everytime she did something like that, he would fall just a bit more for her.

The team decided to patrol as a group, Giles was still looking for ways to track the putties, but Buffy decided that the best way was to go out, and track them that way.

So the group of four made their way through the darkened streets of Sunnydale. Alex and Willow jumped when Angel appeared suddenly.

"Buffy, are you okay?" Angel looked her over. She rolled her eyes.

"I'm fine, why?" She eyed him, crossing her arms.

"I heard about the attack. I was worried." He told her, still checking to see if she was injured in anyway.

"Where did you hear about it?" Buffy raised an eyebrow.

Angel would have flushed if he could, but instead he took to look a bit guilty.

"I ran into miss Chase at the Bronze tonight. She told me that the cafeteria was attacked at lunch." Angel blinked when Buffy nodded. The two had decided to end it, and Angel and Cordelia had been getting along quite well recently. Buffy guessed that she stopped being against Angel dating Cordelia when Angel confessed that he realized that he loved her, as a sister. Yeah, she didn't mind anymore. Especially when she started to see Angel as an older brother, a very protective, very over bearing, older brother.

"I'm fine, we are fine. We're just patroling. We are trying to find what attacked the school. Have you seen any men in grey? Or grey men?" Buffy looked at Willow to confirm, they all knew now that she remembered it all, but she sometimes glances over details and such, and just, doesn't have the information in her mind.

"Yeah, they are grey men made of putty. Have you seen them?" Willow asked him, her eyes lighting up.

"Yeah, I think so. I saw a few creatures matching the discription a couple of minutes ago. I followed them, that's how I ran into you." He told them, looking around as if to search for them. Buffy and the others looked around too, Alex exclaimed when she saw a few running a bit away from them.

"There! Come on!" She cried, running after them, the others right on her tail.

Oz grumbled under his breath at his cell. He would get out easily, if he could access all his powers. Unfortunatly, he still hasn't saved up enough energy. His band really needed to get into gear. He also needs to figure out a way to get people to chant his name, or, if he works it right, the band name, which should do the same thing. His hair doesn't even move yet, not even a flicker.

Oh yeah, he's in a cell. Well, he was sure that Buffy and her gang would get him out, and that he was sure. These monsters had nothing on the terrors Buffy had already defeated, alone, now that she had back up, as far as he could tell, they were toast.

Now to sit back and wait. Maybe he could come up with some songs to help his band?

Alex lead them right to the baddies hideout. They knew it was the main hide out, because the main baddy decided to go all cliche on them.

"Ahahahaha! You have fallen right into my trap! Putties! Get them!" Someone screamed from the shadows. Her voice was somewhat familiar, why? Alex couldn't put her finger on it.

"Aphrodesia?" Willow exclaimed. And that was why the voice was familiar. How Willow saw her through the darkness was a mystery though, but then, she did get some kind of 'ghost powers' from Halloween.

"You mean one of Cordy's click?" Buffy asked, lifting her hands for a fight. They were surrounded by putties.

"I am not her anymore! I am Rita! Now die protectors of Sunnyhell!" And the putties ran at them in waves.

Tada! One more chapter for this episode thing! I already have the next episode/arch halfway written. Just gotta finish this arch.

See ya in chapta 8!

Mars