Something New
by AlienPred18
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Notes: See Previous Parts


"I thought you said you knew where she was?" Darla yelled at Angel as they entered Angel Investigations. They had just come back from the Detective's apartment and she hadn't been there.

"So Angel made a mistake. Screaming at him won't help matters," Willow said, defending Angel.

Darla stalked over to Willow and lifted her into the air by her throat. "Listen, you little bitch. We have less than three days to get the ki... AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!" Darla screamed as Dru pulled her away from Willow by her hair.

"You will not touch Precious again," Dru growled, displaying her demon.

"Oh, that's it," was the only warning anyone got, before Darla hurled herself at Dru. Who the winner of such a vicious fight would have been was never answered, though, because both vampires found themselves thrown against the wall by an unseen force.

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS," Willow raged as a supernatural wind blew around her. Gunn and Angel stood in awe at her power.

This is the scene Cordy and company were greeted to, when they entered a few seconds later.

"See, I told you Willow would have everything under control," Cordy said over her shoulder. Her comment brought Willow back to reality and she dropped the two vampires. She looked at Angel sheepishly.

"Sorry. Being strangled kinda makes me lose my temper," she apologized. Angel didn't get to reply because Willow was immediately in the arms of Tara, who gave her bear hug.

"I was so worried," Tara whispered.

"Hey, it'll take more than two wacky vampires to get rid of me," Willow said cheerfully, which earned a smile from Tara.

"If this sickeningly cute moment is over, can we get back to the problem at hand?" Darla growled, having picked herself off the floor.

"As much as it disgusts me, she's right," Wesley agreed. "It seems your hunch was correct. Kate had been at Ciritas, but she had left about an hour before we arrived."

"Did the Host say anything about what he saw when she sang?" Angel asked.

"He said he saw nothing."

"Yeah, kinda like a wall was blocking his view or something," Cordy added.

"Meaning she meets the kid and he blocks the Host, sort of like what he did with Dru," Angel deduced.

"That means we still don't know where he is," Lindsey complained.

"If I was him, I would go to Sunnydale," Anya muttered offhandedly, while she looked through the magazine she had found on the table. Everyone stopped for a second.

"Anya," Willow said, breaking the silence, "Why do you think he would go to Sunnydale?"

"Because you would be there," she answered matter-of-factly, while still flipping through the magazine.

"What's so special about Willow?" Cordy asked, then realizing how that sounded stammered, "Not that Willow isn't special. Because, you know, like everybody's special. But what is it about her specialness that's... aagghh. You know what I mean."

Anya looked at her before answering. "Well, if in his world our lives are a TV show and he is a fan, then he knows that Willow killed Glory. If someone is powerful enough to kill a god, maybe they could send him back home too. At least, that's what I would think." She, then, returned back to her magazine.

Everyone looked at each other for a second, before Gunn voiced all of their opinions.

"I'm thinking road trip."