Buffy's mouth fell open. 'How could this be happening? Giles killed Ben, and with that killing Glory.' Buffy thought.
"Stop staring at me like that and give me what I want." Glory commanded. Then glaring at Dawn, who had the same expression on her face as Buffy.
"You… You're dead." Buffy stammered.
"Not anymore sweetie, I never died in the first place. I went home." Glory smiled. Dawn gasped, what Giles told her was really true.
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Charli rolled over laughing, "you're never ever gonna get over that are you?" She asked pushing her hair back.
"Would you if it was you parents?" Conner asked her.
"Do we *have* to go there?" Charli giggled, Conner rolled his eyes and Charli kissed him again. He pushed Charli's coat off her shoulders.
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"Dawn get out!" Buffy commanded.
Glory sighed loudly, "All I wanted was to go home, be powerful and kill my dimension's Slayer but you have to make it hard, don't you?" Glory asked.
"That's the way things work." Buffy said beginning to regain her confidence.
"Look Slayer, I've had enough of this mess. I've told you once and I'm not going to tell you again." Glory growled as she slid her suede jacket off her shoulders. Buffy looked over at Spike, he nodded, and Spike used all the power he had too run across the main room and grab Dawn. He picked her up and they fell through the door of the kitchen.
"What…. How?" Dawn asked as the two got up.
"Go now!" Spike commanded.
"Where?" Dawn asked.
"Anywhere!" Spike yelled, pointing to the exit in the kitchen. Dawn looked terrified as she did as Spike told her, she couldn't think of a place to go.
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"Something's not right." An out of breath Charli said sitting up in bed. Conner was about to say something but she interrupted him, "Not you," She sighed.
"Do you think we should call Wesley?" Conner asked propping himself up with his elbows.
Without answering Charli leaned up grabbing her silver flip out cell phone, she quickly dialed the number.
"Yes." Wesley said from the other line.
"Wes. It's me, um, I'm at my apartment with Conner and something doesn't feel right. I don't really know what it could be but something's just weird." Charli told him.
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Dawn ran as fast as she could from Angel Investigations. She had no idea where she was going to go, she looked briefly over her shoulder Angel Investigations was still in view. She swung her head back around she saw Charli's blood red Mustang parked outside an apartment complex. She ran into the front office, "What room number is Charli's?" Dawn blurted out to the secretary.
"Last name please," She lady smiled looking up at her.
"I'm not sure, she's got pink hair, and drives that Mustang out there." Dawn said pointing out the door.
"Oh, yes Ms. Atkins. Third floor and room number twelve." The secretary reported.
"Thank you," Dawn smiled she turned around and went up to the third floor by elevator. She ran down the outside hallway and stopped at room 12. "Charli!" Dawn yelled at the top of her lungs.
Charli sat up in bed; she pulled on her bathrobe and jumped out of bed. She quickly walked over to her door and opened it. "Yeah?" She questioned.
"Charli, Glory the hell god is back and she's back at Angel Investigations trying to kill your parents and mine!" Dawn exclaimed as fast as she could talk.
Charli nearly dropped her phone that she had been talking on, "Wes, Angel Investigations… Right now." Charli said hanging up. "Glory? THE Glory? This can't be happening how did she get through?" Charli frantically asked. She dialed another number on her cell phone. "Bryan? Yeah it's me… We've got trouble. It's Glory. Okay…. Now…. Angel Investigations." Charli hung up the phone. Charli spun around and dashed across the room, she opened a wooden chest at the foot of her bed; she pulled out a pair of leather pants and a hot pink top that looked a little like a bra. "No more Ms nice girl." She mumbled getting dressed as quickly as possible. Meanwhile Conner had found his clothes somewhere beside the bed and put them on. Charli yanked the black ponytail holder from her hair and fan her fingers through it. She slid on a pair of 4 inch black boots.
"Let's go." Conner and Charli said in unison. Charli took the lead down the hall and back down the metal outside stairway. She hopped over the door of her Mustang and started it; Conner and Dawn joined her inside the car.
Charli didn't wait for them to get buckled up because she didn't have time. She floored it. In about three minutes Charli stopped in front of Angel Investigations and leaped out of the car, not even bothering to turn the engine off.
She burst through the front door to see Glory beating up her mother.
"I'm the one you want." Charli yelled.