Chapter 6
"Mordor is over thirty days from here. The path is wrought with danger." Aragorn's face was a warning.
"Thirty days? Ummm, I guess it's too much to ask to fly there?" Buffy raised her eyebrows at him.
"You can fly? You must be powerful." Legolas was astounded.
"No, no. A plane! You know, with wings, that carries people where they want to go?" Buffy made a flying motion with her arms.
Legolas and Aragorn were blank again.
"I think we're gonna have to hoof it, Buffy." Willow frowned.
"Ok, Will, is there any way that this dimension has different time than ours?"
"You mean like we're here a year and only a minute has gone by in our dimension?" Willow brightened.
"You got it!"
"Wait. Let me think. There must be some way that I can find out. If only there was some way to contact Giles." Willow's frown came back.
"A can tell 'ya." Spike smirked. "But 'a won't."
"Jeeezz, Buffy!" Oz had to let go of the rope when Buffy leaped to Spike and landed a blow that knocked him into the tree ten feet away.
"I'm not gonna to do this with you, Spike! You're gonna tell me!" Buffy meant business.
Legolas and Aragorn grimaced. Legolas gave the Ranger the 'Now aren't you glad we didn't attack them' look.
Spike grinned from a bloody mouth. "Time runs faster, 'er, love. Your Sunnydale is already gone along with the world 'at ya knew." As Spike stumbled forward, a glitter shone from under his shirt. Buffy went to him and yanked the chain from his neck.
"And what do we have here?" She held it up to the light.
"You give that back, Slayer! That's mine," Spike spat.
"Willow! Is it another amulet?"
Willow took it and turned it over. "No. But it's kinda like the amulet. It's got different marks on it. And it has these thingies that our amulet doesn't have."
"Can you figure it out?"
"I think so. Buffy! Do you think that Spike is right? That everything is gone?" Willow was breathless.
Buffy looked at Spike askance. "He gave that up too easy. I don't think I trust him. We'll have to find out for ourselves."
Aragorn pointed to the forest. "We can go to the Wizard. He is only on the other side of this forest. Possibly he can help."
Things were starting to look up. "Is he any good?" Buffy thought about asking for references, but skipped it.
Legolas and Aragorn looked at each other again. No one had ever questioned Gandalf's power before.
"Ok. It doesn't matter. He's closer, so we'll go that way first." In a swift motion, Buffy swept her hair up and clipped it into place. She was ready to travel.
TBC
"Mordor is over thirty days from here. The path is wrought with danger." Aragorn's face was a warning.
"Thirty days? Ummm, I guess it's too much to ask to fly there?" Buffy raised her eyebrows at him.
"You can fly? You must be powerful." Legolas was astounded.
"No, no. A plane! You know, with wings, that carries people where they want to go?" Buffy made a flying motion with her arms.
Legolas and Aragorn were blank again.
"I think we're gonna have to hoof it, Buffy." Willow frowned.
"Ok, Will, is there any way that this dimension has different time than ours?"
"You mean like we're here a year and only a minute has gone by in our dimension?" Willow brightened.
"You got it!"
"Wait. Let me think. There must be some way that I can find out. If only there was some way to contact Giles." Willow's frown came back.
"A can tell 'ya." Spike smirked. "But 'a won't."
"Jeeezz, Buffy!" Oz had to let go of the rope when Buffy leaped to Spike and landed a blow that knocked him into the tree ten feet away.
"I'm not gonna to do this with you, Spike! You're gonna tell me!" Buffy meant business.
Legolas and Aragorn grimaced. Legolas gave the Ranger the 'Now aren't you glad we didn't attack them' look.
Spike grinned from a bloody mouth. "Time runs faster, 'er, love. Your Sunnydale is already gone along with the world 'at ya knew." As Spike stumbled forward, a glitter shone from under his shirt. Buffy went to him and yanked the chain from his neck.
"And what do we have here?" She held it up to the light.
"You give that back, Slayer! That's mine," Spike spat.
"Willow! Is it another amulet?"
Willow took it and turned it over. "No. But it's kinda like the amulet. It's got different marks on it. And it has these thingies that our amulet doesn't have."
"Can you figure it out?"
"I think so. Buffy! Do you think that Spike is right? That everything is gone?" Willow was breathless.
Buffy looked at Spike askance. "He gave that up too easy. I don't think I trust him. We'll have to find out for ourselves."
Aragorn pointed to the forest. "We can go to the Wizard. He is only on the other side of this forest. Possibly he can help."
Things were starting to look up. "Is he any good?" Buffy thought about asking for references, but skipped it.
Legolas and Aragorn looked at each other again. No one had ever questioned Gandalf's power before.
"Ok. It doesn't matter. He's closer, so we'll go that way first." In a swift motion, Buffy swept her hair up and clipped it into place. She was ready to travel.
TBC