Walking back to the Statue, he saw Daniel just vanishing with Faith holding on. He stood up to the Statue and touched it. The next second he was standing in the Gateroom with several Weapons pointed at him. He stood there with a raised eyebrow and looked up at the General. George just had to make sure that it was him and then gave the Order to stand down. The Soldiers stood at guard and smiled awkward at him.

Alex didn't mind and saluted up to the General and walked down to the Infirmary. On the way down he heard noise from the place and quickened his step. He arrived at the place and saw how Buffy was trying to fight everyone off at once. He stood there and crossed his arms over his chest and called everyone off. Buffy heard the voice and quickly found her equilibrium again by divebombing into his embrace.

Xander walked over to the bed she was in before and placed her there again. Buffy began to whine: "I don't wanna stay here Xan. Please don't let me. You know I don't like Hospitals."

Buffy could although hear from his words that he didn't let that faze him and settled down on the surprisingly comfy bed with an enormous pout: "No can do Buffster. You need to rest and heal up properly. If you don't do as your told I will get the magic casters and tie you to the bed with minimal movement possible."

Buffy looked up at him with that same ernomous pout but couldn't suppress a smile: "Xan? I saw the most gorgeous Humanbeing in here. I do hope I see him again and he has a pulse."

Buffy broke out in laughter when her Friend joked: "The Buffster in love with something that has a pulse? The world must be ending."

"Don't joke Xan. I really think he looks dreamy."

Alex and Buffy talked a while about this and that just before Buffy asked the dreaded question: "What happened to you Xan? You feel so much more than you were before."

Dreading what she would do he decided to pull the bandaid off so to speak. He did the full devil General transformation and put his best Xander-Smile on. Buffy wanted to do something but couldn't decide on what because her mind was going two ways while her body was going two different ways. So she went with a question: "Picked up something from the other side I see?"

Alex nodded with a weird smile after changing back and said: "Yeah, I am something special as well now to. This does have one positive thing though."

"And what?" was Buffys curiocity question."

"I can't be killed by any means we know of."

Buffy held out a hand in which Xander put a dagger. He turned around walked away. Buffy threw the dagger at him at full speed. But the dagger slowed down to a complete stop before he left the Infirmary with the dagger flowing after him out the door. Buffy laid back down and sighed deeply. Janet came over with a blood sampling kit and looked at Buffy: "Well you can be sure that we don't want anything to happen to him. Especially not my Daughter."

Buffy looked up at the Doctor and tilted her head while asking: "Fell in love with him no matter what he looked like?"

Janet smiled and nodded. Buffy looked down shortly before sighing happily and laid back down while saying: "Yes. He is my big Brother Xander. He does that. I am really glad that people are there for him."

Looking back up at the doc she asked: "By the way. How are the others?"

Janet looked over her chart after having taken some blood and then said: "Everyone will be up and driving the poor General crazy in no time. Rupert Giles might need a little bit more time. But he is a strong man. But I am afraid that one of my older nurses has looked a little bit too deep into his eyes."

"Not really a problem. He is a grown man who can take care of himself. Coming back to the General. I know for a fact that he will not like how we do things. But we lacked the funds of personnel for other things."

Both Janet and Buffy shrank up a bit when George stood in the door saying: "It will only be a problem if you can't accept the help that comes from a old man Elisabeth."

Buffy looked over at the man in the Generals uniform and was almost ready to bolt out of bed before Janet laid a hand on her chest. She looked over at Janet and nodded. Quickly turning back to George she said: "Uncle George? So this is where you are?"

The talk those two had took a while. But Janet just worked around her Boss and her Boss, Niece. Alex was on her mind a few times when she was waiting on a result. But she needed to be focused. Suddenly she got the full results back and sighed in relief. Everything was okay. Nothing was wrong with them. She walked around the Infirmary and found Alex standing by the bed of the young Woman named Tara McClay. She was skittish at best. But somehow around Alex she calmed down and even smiled at her a time or two.

Alex stayed until she had fallen asleep and left her with a kiss on the forehead. Janet was standing nearby and finding it remarkable. He suddenly came up to her and kissed her on the cheek while lingering by her neck a little. Janet almost lost it right then and there. But something told her to wait until after the Ritual. She shoved him away playfully. They talked a bit about this and that and made it to the door. Sam was sleeping in her house in town while Cassy was there in the same bed. They needed it somehow this way.

About a week later a little after lunch Alex was standing in the Briefing-Room and was looking over the Gate as it spun. He had seen it a few times. But it still fascinated him. The Ritual had been prepared and the Presidents Security was policing the area. There had been a little cajoling from all sides about who was going to be Aunt and Uncle to the two new Girls. Somehow something the Initiative had done to Tara had reverted her back to a child in memory. Nothing the Medics on site nor the magicals could to. So Tara was now the same age as Cassy in mind. This was working good since Janet took to her from the start. Janet had even shown her a medical report that showed her to be a normal human.

It was almost time for the ritual now. Alex had gotten the Okay from the People around him. The Sunnydale crew and the entire SGC including the President and his Family that had also been transferred to the SGC was standing in the wings waiting for the ritual to begin.