Chapter 5
Willow looked sadly at Oz. "It'll be ok. I won't let anything happen to you."
Oz futilely struggled against the ropes. The growling got louder.
"This is not a wise decision." Aragorn was frowning.
Willow looked at the amulet, then held it against the sky. "Buffy!" Willow sounded desperate.
Buffy could only think: what now?
"The amulet isn't gaining power! It's losing it!"
"Willow! Do something!"
Making a lightning decision, Willow pointed the amulet toward Oz and said a spell.
The werewolf quickly became human again.
"Willow, what did you just do?" Buffy had to ask.
"Well, there was only a little power left, so I used it on Oz." Willow grinned. "He won't have to be wolfie while he's here, now."
"Did you just use the rest of the power?"
"But there wasn't enough left to get any of us back." Willow looked at Spike.
Oz shook off the ropes and reached for his torn clothes. "Guys, this isn't going to work." They were shredded.
Aragorn opened his pack, took out a tunic and leggings and handed them to Oz. Oz swiftly got into them.
Legolas turned to Aragorn and asked, "You have had a change of clothes with you all this time?"
"I was saving them." Aragorn was ever practical.
The Elf rolled his eyes skyward.
Willow put her hand over her mouth and suppressed a giggle at the sight of Oz in Middle Earth dress.
Looking down at his new garb Oz commented, "All of a sudden, I feel quite Robin Hood-ie."
"Ok. We're getting nowhere fast." Addressing Aragorn and Legolas, Buffy asked, "Would either of you know anything about a Big Bad around here?"
Aragorn was blank.
Legolas snapped, then smiled brightly and said, "I know. You mean evil!"
"Yeah." Buffy liked this cutie even more when he smiled that way.
"You seek evil?. The most foul evil in Middle Earth resides in Mordor." Aragorn frowned again.
"Then that's were we're going. Could either of you point the way?" Buffy was determined to get started as quickly as possible.
Doubt was written on the faces of the Elf and Ranger.
"And I'm taking Spike, 'cause I think he knows how to get back home." Buffy took Spike's tether and gave it to Oz.
"We just need to take care of these before they hurt someone." She went behind Spike and grabbed the first arrow.
"Slayer, ya know, they weren't 'urt'n anythin." As Buffy pulled, Spike yelled. "Well, ya don't have ta twist 'em when ya pull 'em out, do ya? That really urts."
"Such a crybaby." Buffy grinned as she put a few extra turns on the final arrow. "There, now. Good as new."
"Bloodly not likely! You did that on purpose!"
TBC
Willow looked sadly at Oz. "It'll be ok. I won't let anything happen to you."
Oz futilely struggled against the ropes. The growling got louder.
"This is not a wise decision." Aragorn was frowning.
Willow looked at the amulet, then held it against the sky. "Buffy!" Willow sounded desperate.
Buffy could only think: what now?
"The amulet isn't gaining power! It's losing it!"
"Willow! Do something!"
Making a lightning decision, Willow pointed the amulet toward Oz and said a spell.
The werewolf quickly became human again.
"Willow, what did you just do?" Buffy had to ask.
"Well, there was only a little power left, so I used it on Oz." Willow grinned. "He won't have to be wolfie while he's here, now."
"Did you just use the rest of the power?"
"But there wasn't enough left to get any of us back." Willow looked at Spike.
Oz shook off the ropes and reached for his torn clothes. "Guys, this isn't going to work." They were shredded.
Aragorn opened his pack, took out a tunic and leggings and handed them to Oz. Oz swiftly got into them.
Legolas turned to Aragorn and asked, "You have had a change of clothes with you all this time?"
"I was saving them." Aragorn was ever practical.
The Elf rolled his eyes skyward.
Willow put her hand over her mouth and suppressed a giggle at the sight of Oz in Middle Earth dress.
Looking down at his new garb Oz commented, "All of a sudden, I feel quite Robin Hood-ie."
"Ok. We're getting nowhere fast." Addressing Aragorn and Legolas, Buffy asked, "Would either of you know anything about a Big Bad around here?"
Aragorn was blank.
Legolas snapped, then smiled brightly and said, "I know. You mean evil!"
"Yeah." Buffy liked this cutie even more when he smiled that way.
"You seek evil?. The most foul evil in Middle Earth resides in Mordor." Aragorn frowned again.
"Then that's were we're going. Could either of you point the way?" Buffy was determined to get started as quickly as possible.
Doubt was written on the faces of the Elf and Ranger.
"And I'm taking Spike, 'cause I think he knows how to get back home." Buffy took Spike's tether and gave it to Oz.
"We just need to take care of these before they hurt someone." She went behind Spike and grabbed the first arrow.
"Slayer, ya know, they weren't 'urt'n anythin." As Buffy pulled, Spike yelled. "Well, ya don't have ta twist 'em when ya pull 'em out, do ya? That really urts."
"Such a crybaby." Buffy grinned as she put a few extra turns on the final arrow. "There, now. Good as new."
"Bloodly not likely! You did that on purpose!"
TBC