Chapter 9: Three Little Indians...
Buffy rapped on Willow's door. She felt she needed to apologize. She was going to die. She was certain of that now, but she wasn't going to go until she had said all the things she wanted to say to her best friend. She would't let another chance go by when she could say what she needed to, be honest.
No answer. She knocked again, a little more loudly.
Again, nothing. Buffy tested the doorknob and the door opened. No Willow. Fear struck Buffy as she felt something wet splatter on her face. Rain poured in from the window. The broken window. Buffy ran to it and looked out. She saw two dark shapes on the ground below. One was oddly shaped…
Buffy's eyes widened and she ran. Ran out the room, down the stairs, out the front door, grabbing the stake Willow had given her on the way out. She ran to the spot under Willow's window and saw what happened.
Someone had pushed the huge grandfather clock in her room right on top of Willow. The clock that according to Cordy's fashion sense, meant the decorator was suffering an aneurysm at the time. The one, that like in all their rooms, was shaped like a huge bear.
Three Indian boys walking in the zoo;
A big bear hugged one then there were two.
Wait, what happened to four?
Cordy… Angel…
Buffy ran to where Angel was sitting on the back porch, soaked in the rain.
"Angel… where's Cordy?"
The vampire looked up and Buffy saw that it was not only rain on his cheeks. "I…I can't find her," he said, mournfully.
"Come on, we have to find her… Willow's dead!"
"What?" said Angel, as Buffy dragged him to his feet. They searched the grounds to no avail, then Buffy said, "Four Indian boys going out to sea; a red herring swallowed one then there were three… Let's check the beach out."
They ran to the beach, just as the rain began to let up. They searched high and low, but still no sign. Then Angel saw the flash of white by the cliff and as they approached, they saw what it was. Cordelia.
"She drowned?" said Buffy, stunned.
"No, someone pushed her," Angel said, dully, pointing to the cliffs.