"Connor" Tomorrow screamed trying to run to him before her father got in her way.

"Pet, he's a vampire."

"Yeah and last time I checked so was everyone else in this room except Aunt Cordy."

"He's dangerous."

"He's Connor. Besides vampires listen to their sires right? Well I'm his. Now get out of my way."

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"Girls," Buffy said coming into Tomorrow's room. "That was Tomorrow's dad on the phone. There's been a kind of emergency. So, I have to leave and I don't think Tomorrow's coming back tonight anyway. Can we have a rain check on the sleepover?"

"Sure Mrs. Summers." Emily agreed. "I hope everything will be okay," as they walked out the front door.

"So do I" Buffy said getting into her van and heading out.

^^^^^^^^^^

"What are we going to do?" Cordy asked as everyone was assembling into her living room.

"Well I could try the Curse." Willow suggested.

"But Will, you haven't been at your best lately." Xander told her worriedly. "And you know how powerful that spell is."

"This is important." Willow insisted, "besides I wasn't in top form when I did it last time. I was in a hospital bed being treated for a concussion."

"Agreed," Buffy determined. "I say the sooner the better. I don't like Tomorrow upstairs with him alone."

"She'll be fine" Spike assured her. "She was right. She is his sire. He'll listen to her."

"That's what I'm worried about" Buffy replied.

"Great, well I'll go home. Almost everything is in the attic anyway except for a few things in the kitchen." Willow told them. "The curse should be activated in half and hour. Just hold him off till then." She said as she and Xander left with Violet.

"I hope this will work." Buffy stated.

"It has to work" Cordy insisted. "I want my son back."

The unspoken truth that Connor would never be the same hung in the air.