Author's Note: This is a work of fiction. I do not own the characters of Buffy and friends, I am just playing with them. They belong to Joss Whedon and Fox, blah blah. The characters of Cara, Natalie, James, Amy and the Lucys are based loosely on me and friends. No offence is meant. Season 5 may be spoiled for you if you have not seen it. Please r and r!

Two Halves Are Better Than One

Chapter 2 - Way Too Familiar

After making our way through town, we finally found ourselves in front of Giles' apartment, where he found the rose that Angelus left for him, part of the wrapping for Jenny Calendar lying upstairs and where Buffy and the gang stood after she arrived back in Sunnydale. All the way through town, I spotted familiar places, places I had only seen on the TV screen. Cara leaned over and interrupted my thoughts with an "Isn't this weird?" After Spike pulling that arrow out of Natalie, Cara finally was able to speak again. I was hoping that Xander wasn't inside. There was no way I was going to be rendered speechless in front of the man of my dreams. Spike kicked the door open, and entered into Giles' apartment, where Buffy, Riley, Willow, Xander (damn!) and Anya all were. They all looked up at the sudden noise, and I could see the distaste on Riley's face when he saw Spike.
"I think Lucy's finally lost it." Spike greeted the gang, and put Natalie down. "She tells me she doesn't know how to fight, that I don't know her and that she lives in Cardiff. And now she's making me carry injured women who I could be drinking! Now I've done your dirty work, Lucy. Can I please leave?"
"What was that about me?" asks a voice coming from Giles' kitchen. The whole room including me, turns to face a woman, who looks remarkably like me. No, actually she is me.
"Now I think I'm losing it" My voice sounds like a whisper. I turn to the rest of the room, who are as shocked as me. "Please tell me that woman does not look like me."
"Excuse me? Don't you mean that you look like me? Giles, she must be some kind of demon who stole my face. Lets kill it." The woman says. She heads towards the weapon chest but before she can reach it Buffy pulls her away.
"Wait. Lets all calm down, OK? There must be some explanation for this. Giles?" Buffy pleads to Giles, who is in his old watcher position, with his glasses in his hand.
"Well, uh, lets, yes I think we should all sit down, Willow, if you could make tea for our, uh, guests, and if you would like to tell me your story, please." He indicates to me to sit down, but I shake my head.
"No wait, Natalie is hurt. Spike thinks she will be OK, but would one of you check? Then we talk." Giles looks at Natalie's wound.
"Oh, it didn't go in to deep. You'll be fine, but, Anya, could you get some bandages, please?" While Willow is making the tea, and Giles and Anya are taking care of Natalie, I can feel everyone's eyes on me, especially the woman with my face. I can feel her staring at me, so I turn and stare back. Willow brings over our tea, but she, is like the others and I can tell she's thinking, demon.
"I'm not a demon." I tell her and the rest of them. "I don't know what's going on, but I know I'm not a demon." I start to pace the room. "We walked into a shop, and we ended up in the cemetery, Restfield if I'm not mistaken. Then this vampire started acting like he knew me, and Spike came along, and these 15 vampires who we managed to dust, although how I did it, I don't know because I can't even beat my sisters at arm wrestling. I want answers." I finally sit down, tired from the day's activity. "The thing is, I know you all. Well, not know you. You're on a TV show." This results in more staring, as Amy, James and Cara try to sit comfortably on the floor.
"A TV show? You expect us to believe we're on a TV show?" Riley asks me. I send him an evil look.
"I'm telling the truth. In my dimension, because I figured that we must live in a different dimension to you, there is a TV show called Buffy The Vampire Slayer. You're all in it. Well, except you." I point to my double.
"I don't believe it." She replies
"Fine then. How would I know that when Giles was 16 he was Ripper, dabbling in the occult and he brought forth Egyphon who killed people? And Riley, is actually a soldier working in a top secret government agency called the Initiative? Anya, she's a 1000 year old ex-demon who became mortal after her power centre was destroyed? And Willow's gay!" This last remark was met with a lot of surprise, especially Willow. "Whoops, I guess its before you came out. Sorry." I smile sheepishly at her. She smiles back, with her confused willow smile.
"OK, this is fun, do me!" Xander stands to face me. I can't help but smile at him.
"Well, you live in your parents basement, you've dated a praying mantis, a Inca mummy girl, Cordelia, Faith and now Anya, you currently in between jobs." I could have probably gone on longer for him, but I could see that Giles' was getting impatient.
"This still doesn't explain the part where she has my face!"
"Lucy, please calm down. Nothing is getting solved like that." Giles tells her.
"Her name is Lucy too?" James asks. "How come you're both called Lucy?" We stare at each other.
"Well, uh, there are a number of possibilities." Says Giles, as he drinks his tea.
"Oh, neither of you are vampires, right?" Willow asks.
"No, no, its not like when your vampire double came to Sunnydale, and neither of us are robots." I ask.
"Um robots? When was there a robot?" Anya has that, why-don't-I-know-this look on her face.
"Oh it hasn't happened yet." There are more stares. "The only other explanation I can think of is.....we're both Lucy? The same person?"