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Part III: Where is Willow?

Oz and Xander walked into Willow's house. "It is not like her to leave the front door wide open." Xander replied. They walked in and went looking for Willow. They checked upstairs, first floor. No sign of her. They heard some noises from down in the basement. They went down and checked. There they found Willow. She was lying on a pentagram of moss herbs and drained of almost all her blood. Oz panicked, picked her up and started to take her out of the basement. Xander noticed a little piece of paper on the floor next to the pentagram. "Wait." He sniffled "What is this?" "You find out what that is and I will take my Willow to the hospital. Meet us there later. OK?" "Ok." Xander said still sniffling a little. Oz rushed out of the basement and out the door. Xander picked up the note and read it out loud, "Buffy, I hope that you have a strong stomach. If you don't, you're not gonna handle what is coming. Angelus." "Really? Wow. That ALMOST wretches a hole through my heart. He can be so pathetic when it comes to Note Writing 101. You know?" Buffy said as she walked into the light of the pentagram's candles. "Buffy. Hi. Did you know Angel is..." Xander started. "Evil, he drained Willow and he may be terrorizing the town right now? Yes. I know. We were the ones who turned him evil. Willow found a spell to make him mortal. It required him to drain a blossoming witch on a pentagram of moss herbs. Don't worry he won't be evil for long. We.... " "How did you make him evil?" Xander interrupted "I was gonna get to that. We gave him Doximol. It... " "What does Doximol do?" Xander interrupted again. "It creates happiness. Willow and I both knew it...." "Would make him evil!" Xander cried finishing Buffy's sentence. "Yes. Willow would provoke him and lead him here so that we could make the spell work. We knew you were coming, so we planned it for tonight." Buffy said calmly, "He goes evil, drains Willow and goes back to the mansion and the potion takes effect. He's there right now, he came there after he drained Willow and he is chained to his bed, so that he can't hurt anybody else." "Will he remember any of this?" Xander asked suspiciously. "The bad thing is that he will remember all of it." Buffy groaned. "That is a really bad thing." "Ok. You have explained the honest truth to me. I am going to go to the hospital and see if Willow is OK. I will see you later?" "Yeah. I gotta go back to the mansion and talk to Angel. WE will stop by there later." "Yeah. OK." Xander said as Buffy left the basement. Buffy walked to the mansion. She let herself in the front door and went straight to Angel's bedroom. He was awake and not evil. "Is Willow OK?" "Yes. She is OK. I hope you understand why we did what we did." "What did you do?" he shot at her. "How do you feel?" she shot back. "Hungry. I feel alive. You made me mortal but how?" "OK. Willow found a spell to make you mortal. I required you to drain a blossoming witch. We knew you wouldn't do it unless you were evil or angry. We decided to do it. We gave you Doximol. It simulates bliss. I put it in the water I gave you. We left the package on the table so that you would find it and give it to Willow. Willow provoked you and led you to her house, where she set the spell up." Buffy paused hoping Angel would say something. When he didn't she continued on. "She drank the potion and you drained it from her bloodstream. She was to tell you, which I think she did, that you were supposed to leave a little blood. That was so that, if we had to, we could do the spell again." Buffy sighed and waited for Angel to say something. He didn't so she continued, "I hope you're not mad at me or her. I didn't want you to leave me. Really, how do you feel?" "I feel better, but I'm still hungry." He replied. "For what? I will go and get it for you?" "I am not quite sure. I feel different." "DUH! I mean, of course! You have been a vampire for 243 years. You should feel different. Uh...Do you want me to untie you?" "Yes. Please." She untied him. He stood up and faltered. She caught him before he fell on the floor. "So much time as a vampire, not enough time mortal." She said as she pulled him up and put him on the bed. "Rest a minute." She walked around the room quietly while she waited for a minute to pass. "Can you walk now?" To prove it he stood up and walked out of the room. "Come on." He called as she followed happily. She questioned him as he left the mansion, "Are you mad at us?" He turned around and smiled. "Not at all. You did what was necessary. I am happy you did." "You are?" she asked as she closed the mansion door behind her. "Absolutely." He said defiantly.

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Buffy and Angel walk into Willow's hospital room and find everyone, but Xander there. Oz immediately stood up and walked over to Angel. He raised his fist to hit him, but Buffy stopped him. "Oz," Buffy started as she lowered his fist. "Willow knew what she was doing. I did too. It required what happened to happen and we think it worked. Now, is Willow OK?" "Yes." Oz replied warmly. "She is sleeping."

To Be Continued...