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Elsewhere in the forest, the jeep carrying Kendra, Joyce, Jessica, and D'Hoffryn had become stuck in the mud, and Joyce, standing beside the bogged vehicle, was becoming more and more frantic.

"Oh, we'll never find them!" she wailed, turning to Kendra who was revving the Jeep's engine while D'Hoffryn pushed from behind. "Can't you do something?"

"Come on you stupid hunk of metal, come on!" Kendra yelled, pushing a little harder on the accelerator. Suddenly, a familiar voice floated through the Jeep's radio.

"Sky Summers to ground Summers!"

"Hank!" cried Joyce, running over and grabbing the radio. "Hank, is that you?"

"Roger that Joyce! We have aerial search.. oof!" Hank's transmission was cut off as he and the Dragon Glider collided with a flock of ducks.

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Back at the hollowed out tree, Buffy was feeding Dawn, when she turned to see the entire family of very grumpy flying monkeys making their way towards them. She stepped protectively in front of her baby sister.

"Uh, nice monkeys, please don't hurt us.." Just as two of the monkeys reached the mouth of the cave, causing Buffy to think she was doomed, two pairs of hands reached down and yanked the monkey's tails. The hands belonged to Xander and Anya.

"Not so fast you monkeys!" Xander yelled. They released the tails, and the monkeys ran off.

"Xander, Anya!" she cried happily, running out to hug her friends before looking around, puzzled. "You came back! But where's.." Buffy's unfinished question was answered when the Angel Wagon, driven by Willow with Tara beside her, smashed through the bushes, scattering the remaining monkeys.

"Hang on to your diapies Scoobies!" growled the wagon.

"Willow!" cried Buffy, grinning, while the little redhaired waved cheerily. Then, Willow grabbed the jar of bananas that had rolled under the seat earlier, opened it, and jumped out of the wagon.

"Hey monkeys!" she yelled, drawing the attention of the creatures as they began to regroup. "You want nanners? Well come and get 'em!" Willow ran, leading the monkeys away from her friends and into the thicker trees.

"Wow" said Anya, staring after Willow as a worried looking Tara climbed out of the wagon to come join them. "I never knowed she was so brave."

"Yeah. I'm gonna miss her" Xander sighed, before quickly perking up. "Well, let's go."

"No!" Buffy yelled, carrying Dawn out of the hollow and handing her to Tara. "You guys take Dawnie and go find the lizard. I gots to help my bestest friend!" Buffy headed off, once again following the slightly unreliable directions of her pocket watch. Tara bit her lip, then quickly handed Dawn to Anya and followed.

"W-wait for me Buffy, she's my bestest friend too!" Tara took Buffy's hand, and the two girls continued off in the direction which Willow had run.

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Meanwhile, poor Cordelia was still being towed through the forest.

"Ah, oh, ow, oof!" she cried. "Dumb dog, there's no babies around here!" Suddenly, Cordy crashed into something, or rather, someone, and looked up to see a very panicked looking Willow. "There you are!" she yelled angrily, while Oz ran off. "Hand over my Harmony, Rosenberg!" Willow, however, had no time for talk, and kept running, instructing Cordy to do the same.

"Run Cordelia, run! The monkeys is coming, the monkeys is coming!" Confused by Willow's advice, Cordelia stayed put, until she turned to see the monkeys speeding towards her. One of them dropped Harmony as they went.

"Harmony!" Cordy cried happily. She reached out for the doll, but another monkey snatched it. She grabbed hold of it's tail to stop it, but was once again towed off. "No, stop!"

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Nearby, Buffy and Tara were trying to get to Willow as fast as possible, when Oz suddenly ran up and jumped on them, licking both girl's faces.

"Oz, you found me!" Buffy giggled. Then, she got an idea..

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The monkeys were closing in on Willow, backing her to the edge of a cliff so she had nowhere left to run. She tripped over on a stone, then quickly got up and tried to pour the bananas over the cliff but the wind blew it back and it splattered all over her.

"Eugh! Uh-oh. Nice monkeys, I was only kidding.." Willow screamed as the monkeys pounced on her, licking all the food from her clothes and face. Then, looking rather heroic, Buffy and Tara rode into the crowd of monkeys on Oz's back. "Buffy, Tara! Thank goodness!" Willow cried, relieved.

"Come on, Willow!" called Buffy, as she and Tara each took one of the redhead's hands and pulled her up to sit between them. Buffy pulled out her 'sponsitility, and looked up to find that it pointed toward the Ranger's station in the distance.

"Look guys, it's the Lizard's house!" she grinned, pointing. "Let's go find the others, we gots a Lizard to see!" They took of back through the bush, having a rather bumpy ride.

"I c-cant look" Tara stuttered, covering her eyes. Suddenly, they crashed into a low branch, and all three children were thrown from Oz's back. The dog, unfortunately, didn't notice, and kept running.

"Oz!" Buffy cried. "Oz, wait, come back! Oz!"