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Buffy looked around her in horror; she had no idea where she was, a cave she assumed, that's what it looked like. Yet it couldn't be a cave, caves did not glow with their own light and have what looked like green lasers going across them. She had been here a while but up until now had been busy with the vamps. Ten had been dragged with her to this place and she had dusted three before the rest ran; now she had to find them.
"Before doing anything though, assess your surroundings Buffy. Cavern, glows, I don't know where I am. That's about it, Giles would be proud of me. Looking at the cave in more detail Buffy noticed that the lasers were constantly moving and came from just one or two sources on the curved walls. In the centre of the room were three spikes growing out of the floor, these at least she had noticed earlier having used them to great effect during the fight. As Buffy stood there the cave seemed to get brighter revealing its crystalline properties.
"Not good!" thought Buffy running for the door as it started to swing shut. Out in the tunnel Buffy saw that the cave system was quite extensive and that even here the walls glowed, "Saves on torch batteries." Was all Buffy could think of to say before there was a sudden lurch and she was thrown to the ground.
Once she pulled herself back to her feet the floor was stable again and she continued to wander the corridors intent on finding one of the vampires so that she could get instructions on how to get home. After a while she was completely lost and had seen no sign of the vampires. Going through the next open door though Buffy got a shock.
Space, as far as the eye could see, black and full of stars it was beautiful. Buffy could have stood and looked at it forever but the sound of footsteps soon drew her out of her reverie.
"Crichton, I've searched everywhere except the starburst chamber, I'm going down there now, tell me if your planning to change location again." The words meant nothing to Buffy, She wasn't even sure if they were words and would have taken them for hunting noises like a wolf or a bear makes except for the Crichton at the beginning. It was different to all the other words, it sounded almost like a name from someone else's language.
Hiding behind the door Buffy waited before following the source of the footsteps. From behind he looked like no demon Buffy had ever seen with long tentacles coming out of his head and wearing what looked like some sort of Medieval knights dress.
The creature led her back to where she had started but by a much more direct route, in her wanderings Buffy had almost travelled in a full circle.
D'Argo knew he was being followed, someone else must have been transported onto the ship, but he didn't know the creature's intentions so he continued on his way to the starburst chamber.
Upon entering the chamber he stepped to one side behind the door luring his follower through the door before he lashed out with his tongue and knocked it unconscious.
Looking at the crumpled form before him he could see that it was not an 'it' but a 'her', probably one of the same species as the others if the same phenomena had carried them all here at around the same time.
D'Argo hoisted the unconscious girl onto his shoulder and headed back to the infirmary where the others were all gathered.
Coming too hung over the creatures shoulder Buffy was not best pleased; her hair was going to be such a mess. And why was it that bad guys never just killed you they had to take you to their den first. Smiling quietly too herself Buffy relaxed her body so that it drooped convincingly and waited for the right moment. The demon probably didn't expect her to regain consciousness for a couple of hours yet; she had plenty of time.
After a while Buffy was put down on a platform, with her eyes closed she couldn't see what was going on around her.
"Oh God, what's happened to her?" Cried Willows voice, so the others were here too. The only reply to Willows question was strange noises, different to the other creatures, two of them, and both female this time but Willow didn't ask again.
After a few seconds Buffy could feel a presence above her and a human voice asking "How long before she wakes up?"
Buffy's hand flew to the stranger's neck as she opened her eyes, "Now!" she said smiling in a predatory way.
The stranger looked and felt human, his skin was warm and Buffy was holding so tightly to his throat that she could feel his pulse. His eyes widened as he tried desperately to breath and his arms went to push her off him but she was too strong and did not move.
"Buffy, no, these aren't our enemies, they aren't even evil." Willow cried out after a few seconds having been too shocked at first by her friends sudden recovery.
Slowly Buffy let go of the stranger's neck and looked around to find several weapons pointed at her. As soon as she let go the stranger jumped backwards and grabbed his own weapon from the table where he had dumped it after escorting their seemingly harmless visitors too the infirmary.
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