"Oh. My. God. I can't find her pulse. I can't find a pulse!" Rachel began to panic. She lifted Brooke's head on to her lap and stroked the brunette's hair.

Peyton's eyes remained a disturbing red and volts of energy were streaming from her hands.

"Rachel, go get Willow, now." Buffy ordered in her no-bullshit voice.

The redhead reluctantly let go of Brooke and went invisible. Peyton sent out a few bolts but missed Rachel by inches.

"Why are you doing this, Peyton?" Buffy asked as she put herself into a defensive stance.

Peyton laughed and cocked her head to the side. "Doing what?"

"You just killed your best friend! That's what."

A flicker of the real Peyton momentarily showed itself but the moment passed.

"Be careful, B. We don't know what she's capable of anymore." Faith protectively stood slightly in front of Buffy.

"Now, now Faith. No need to protect her. I won't hurt her." Peyton smirked before sending another purple bolt from her hand. It grazed Faith's shoulder and it sent her flying to the floor. "Now you, on the other hand..." Peyton's evil laugh rang out through the room.

Buffy didn't leave her position. She knew if she turned her back Peyton would fire. "Faith, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fuckin' fine." Faith grumbled as she slowly sat up.

Willow and Anya stormed into the training room with Rachel at their heels. "What happened?"

"Brooke's…" Rachel trailed off, unwilling to say the word. Willow looked down at Brooke and she at once knew what happened.

"Uh, um…We can still save Brooke. In the prophecy it says something about Peyton being able to heal the other Chosen Ones."

"That's a problem, Willow. Peyton's the one that did this." Buffy pointed accusingly at Peyton.

Suddenly Peyton sent a warning bolt towards the group. "Enough of the talking, okay? Let's have some fun."

Willow began chanting under her breath in order to stop Peyton. The blonde got distracted by the sudden spell and Buffy took it as an opportunity to strike.

She punched Peyton in the nose, causing a stream of blood to flow down her face. Peyton's eyes returned to its normal color and her hand shot up to her nose.

"Heal her. Now."

Peyton looked down at her best friend who was again in the arms of Rachel. "Oh god. What did I do?"

Peyton dropped to her knees beside Brooke. Her hand traced Brooke's arm. Peyton looked up at Willow.

"I don't know how." Tears streamed down the blonde's face.

"Well you better learn, Goldilocks." Faith was about to go over and shake the blonde but Buffy held her back.

"Faith, don't."

Anya stepped up from behind Willow. "I think I know what's wrong with her. The red eyes and overall weirdness could be because of a manipulation demon."

Buffy's features scrunched up as she looked at the ex-demon. "A what?"

"They find people who are in a period of transition and they use spells and mind control to force them to do what they want. The trick is they can only control one person at a time and it takes a long time to do. The victim has to trust the demon. They are usually hired out. I wonder how much they get paid. I'd be good at that, you know." Anya explained.

"So someone musta wanted Peyton to kill Brooke and Rachel. This wasn't some random attack."

"Faith's right, but we should work on getting Peyton to heal Brooke. We can worry about this stuff later." Buffy said and walked over to Brooke without another word.

Willow kneeled down near Peyton and took her hand into her own. "You can do this. Just breathe and let it flow through you…concentrate on one thing and one thing only…healing Brooke…"

Peyton did as Willow told her. After a moment a light glow was beginning to emanate off of Peyton's hand. She touched Brooke and eventually the brunette began to stir.

"What happened?" She put a hand to her head. "Jeez, I don't even remember drinking."

Laughs and sighs rang out from everyone in the room.

Buffy's Living Room a few hours later…

Brooke was lying on the couch, her head resting on Rachel's lap. Buffy was sitting on the other side looking concerned.

"Willow's working on figuring out who the demon is."

"Okay…" Brooke mumbled.

Rachel smiled. "Is it weird that I'm glad Peyton is being manipulated by a demon? It explains why she's been bitchy and why I told her about…" Rachel trailed off not wanting to bring it back up. "Well, you know."

"Nah. It's not weird. I'm kind of glad too. We won't have to fight her to come train anymore once Willow fixes things."

Rachel's smile turned into a sad one as she looked down on to a now sleeping Brooke. "It's to bad Willow can't fix everything."