pShe scanned the Bronze carefully. This was where they went; she Iknew/i that. This was where they practically lived, any time she'd seen them. She met them all here. She hung out with them all here./p

pShe came out of a coma, she got into Buffy's body, and where did they go?/p

pThe Bronze./p

pThey spent all of their free time there./p

pSo where were they?/p

pWhere was Xander and his obnoxious girlfriend, Willow and the stuttering lesbian wonder?/p

pWhere was Buffy?/p

pWhere the fuck Iwas/i everyone?/p

pShe didn't recognize a single face./p

pWell- wait. There was one. By the door./p

pPale. Shorter than average height. Swagger he couldn't quite pull off. Bleached blond hair./p

pSpike. /p