A/N: Sorry for the boringness that was the last chapter but it was a set up for the gang to finally see Willow is no longer Willow. Vampy wackiness ensues in this part. Promise!

Part 12

Willow disturbs her lovers when she suddenly sits up in bed.

"Hey, watch it." Spike yells when his head smacks into the headboard in the abrupt movement.

Angelus looked into Willow's shining eyes and knew something was up. "What is it?"

Willow turns the front page around. 'Mysterious Obelisk Unearthed.'

Spike looks at it blearily, "Yeah, so?"

Angelus smiles as an idea begins to form in his mind. "We've been looking for something big that would bring all the Scoobies together against us. Round them up so to speak."

"Now that Giles, Xander and Buffy FINALLY realize that poor Willow is lost to them there will be no more rescue attempts. But there will be revenge/kill them all attacks and we should have them on our terms. Get them all at once."

"I repeat . . .yeah so? What does this obelisk thing have to do with it?"

"Who is the expert around here on ancient unearthed stuff? They'll ask Giles to look at it. Who is the expert hacker around here that can manufacture information that Giles will find on the dread machine?"

Spike smiles as he sees where this is going. "So, Angelus plays the big bad using the obelisk, Scoobies rush in to stop the apocalypse from happening. Boom no apocalypse just three vampires killing three humans."

"In a nut shell."

Spike leans in and nuzzles Willow's neck, "I like the way you think, pet."

Angelus begins to pace and put the plan together in his mind.

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Giles, Buffy and Xander are in the library sitting on the stairs looking defeated.

"She's really gone." Xander whispers.

"I'm afraid so. The Willow and Angel we knew are gone forever."

Buffy twists a stake around in her fingers and looking into space.  "I can do it, Giles. I couldn't before and it almost cost you and Xander your lives." She takes a pained breath, "And it cost Jenny hers."

Giles lays a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"So we kill him."

Buffy looks sadly up at Xander, "Yeah, we kill them."

Xander knows Buffy thought he meant them and he doesn't correct her. When he found out about Jenny's death and saw the broken glass shards in the classroom he knew they had broken the Orb. He had placed an order to get another Orb and was determined to find a way for Willow to get her soul back. He still hadn't told the others about Jenny's work. He would have to start from scratch since all the computers were destroyed but he would do it. Even if it takes him years.

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Angelus smiles in the darkness as he watches Willow drain the researcher. He motions for two minions to grab the rock, "Take it back to the mansion."

Willow drops the scientist and steps over his body to stand beside Angelus. He pulls her into his embrace and kisses her roughly. "Mmm, my favorite taste. Willow and blood."

Willow stands in Angelus' embrace and watches the minions work, "Think this is anything?"

"Who cares? As long as it gets the job done."

The minions tie a rope around the rock and place it carefully on a dolly before they wheel it out of the museum.

Willow reaches up to kiss Angelus, "I love it when you play mind games."

Angel walks Willow back until she bumps into the researcher's desk. He reaches behind and sweeps all the notes off the top before he lifts her up so she's sitting on the cleared desk. Standing between her legs he pulls her closer, "Then you'll really love it when this starts to work."

Willow brings his head down, "Can't wait."

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Buffy meets Xander in the hallway the following morning. "Are you okay with this? Can you handle killing Willow?"

Xander just smiles, "You handle Angel and I'll deal with Willow."

Buffy nods and holds open the library door for him. "Giles?"

Giles and Kendra exit his office. Giles smiles awkwardly at Buffy who looks at Kendra in confusion, "Seems Kendra's watcher told her that there is a dark power rising in Sunnydale."

"He didn't happen to tell you what the dark power was did he?"

"I've just been on the phone with the curator. The obelisk that I was asked to research is missing and the researcher is dead. Vampires."

"Angel?"

"I think so."

"So what is this thing that they found?"

"Well Kendra's Watcher found something on the Internet that corroborates what I found regarding the Runes. It seems that Acathala will create a vortex that will pull everything on Earth into that dimension."

"So we all get sucked into hell?"

"In a nutshell."

"How do we stop it?"

"Well Angel has a ritual that he must perform first. We must get to him before he can perform the ritual."

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Spike is laughing at Willow, "Tell me again what you planted."

Willow pouts at Spike "Hey, it was hard to come up with a good demon name and a legend that isn't already used but also sounds ancient."

"I'm sorry, luv. I just think it's funny. Tell it again."

Willow rolls her eyes at him, "Acathla the demon comes forth to swallow the world. He was killed by a virtuous knight who pierced the demon's heart before he could draw a breath to perform the act. Acathla turned to stone, as demons sometimes do, and was buried where neither man nor demon would want to look."

"Let me finish it . . . Someone pulls out the sword...The demon wakes up, and wackiness ensues. Think they'll fall for it?"

Willow turns laughing eyes to Spike, "Oh they'll definitely fall for it. And as a bonus I planted some information for the other Slayer's watcher to find. With any luck Kendra will come to Sunnydale, too."

Angel beamed with pride, "That's my girl."