Willow looked up at Xander and lightly touched the handle of the knife in her.
"Awwww.... You know no matter how much Martha Stewart says you can get these stains out-"
"Bill, shut up. You aren't getting anything from me."
"You know you can't fight me. Why don't you just give up?"
"You're right, I can't beat you. But know this, I'm not giving up. Everyone I love is in Sunnydale right now and I'm going to do everything in my power to get back to them."
"Why do you care about these people? This exact thing will happen when you get back to them. She'll never love you. It would be a whole lot easier to give in."
"She did. She loved me at one point, that's enough."
"Alright, enough with the chit chat. Lets get to the brawl."
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"Xander's convulsing!!" Dawn yelled down the stairs.
Buffy and Giles took either side of him, trying to hold down his arms and legs that were lashing out.
"Giles!! What's happening?!"
"I don't know. Get Kennedy to help hold him down... NOW!"
Dawn rushed out of the room trying to find the slayer in training. She ran out in the back yard where Kennedy was and brought her back upstairs. By the time she got there Xander was no longer convulsing.
Willow was being held by Giles and Buffy was doing CPR. She kept saying something under her breath Dawn couldn't make out at first, but after a little while she heard it clearly, "You can't leave me. Xander, honey, just hold on please."
Another minute passed and to everybody's shock Xander breathed in suddenly. He looked around a moment then looked back to Buffy.
"Buffy?"
"You really got to stop doing this." She hugged him and was soon followed by a crying Wicca, and Dawn. Once the women let go they finally asked the burning question, "What happened to you?"
He explained everything about the other reality, and what he had to do. He even told them about Buffy's reaction, and ultimately every bodies reaction, to his killing Spike.
After a couple of days everything turned back to normal, well normal for them. Giles decided to stay on the hell mouth since it would be cheaper than flying back and forth to England. Not that he was strapped for cash; he mostly just said that so he would have an excuse.
One particularly lazy day there was a Marx Brothers marathon on and everyone was watching.
"Qorzble." Xander said. Each of the Scoobies looked over to him.
"Huh?"
"When the fang gang was here, that was the demon that was supposed to end the world."
"Didn't you fight it when you went down to the hell mouth honey?" Buffy asked.
"No, I fought Spike, remember? I never fought this Qorzble demon."
"Huh, so what do you wanna do about it?" Kennedy looked over to him sipping her coke.
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The six Scooby members walked cautiously into the hell mouth, each with weapons in their hands. They were armed to the teeth, ready for any kind of baddie to come their way. That's when the thunderous voice came.
"You will all bow down before me, for it is I, Qorzble!!"
"Ok, where do you want us to cower?" Willow shouted.
"I am before you....... No, look down."
They all re directed their view to the ground where a 10 inch octopus looking demon thing was wailing its arms about.
"Honey, it really figures this was the prophecy you were going to fulfill."
"I could have had mini octopus demon thingy, but instead I got Spike and Bill? Why do I get the fuzzy end of the lollypop?"
"You lesser beings are not cowering!!!"
Buffy looked over to Kennedy. "Ok, slay it."
"What? I'm not going to slay that thing, I have an octopus fear..... And its soo little."
"Yes, well a wise man once told me that when it comes to being a slayer-"
"Size doesn't matter?"
Buffy nodded and stepped aside while Kennedy took the troll hammer and squished the tiny demon being.
"Awwww.... You know no matter how much Martha Stewart says you can get these stains out-"
"Bill, shut up. You aren't getting anything from me."
"You know you can't fight me. Why don't you just give up?"
"You're right, I can't beat you. But know this, I'm not giving up. Everyone I love is in Sunnydale right now and I'm going to do everything in my power to get back to them."
"Why do you care about these people? This exact thing will happen when you get back to them. She'll never love you. It would be a whole lot easier to give in."
"She did. She loved me at one point, that's enough."
"Alright, enough with the chit chat. Lets get to the brawl."
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"Xander's convulsing!!" Dawn yelled down the stairs.
Buffy and Giles took either side of him, trying to hold down his arms and legs that were lashing out.
"Giles!! What's happening?!"
"I don't know. Get Kennedy to help hold him down... NOW!"
Dawn rushed out of the room trying to find the slayer in training. She ran out in the back yard where Kennedy was and brought her back upstairs. By the time she got there Xander was no longer convulsing.
Willow was being held by Giles and Buffy was doing CPR. She kept saying something under her breath Dawn couldn't make out at first, but after a little while she heard it clearly, "You can't leave me. Xander, honey, just hold on please."
Another minute passed and to everybody's shock Xander breathed in suddenly. He looked around a moment then looked back to Buffy.
"Buffy?"
"You really got to stop doing this." She hugged him and was soon followed by a crying Wicca, and Dawn. Once the women let go they finally asked the burning question, "What happened to you?"
He explained everything about the other reality, and what he had to do. He even told them about Buffy's reaction, and ultimately every bodies reaction, to his killing Spike.
After a couple of days everything turned back to normal, well normal for them. Giles decided to stay on the hell mouth since it would be cheaper than flying back and forth to England. Not that he was strapped for cash; he mostly just said that so he would have an excuse.
One particularly lazy day there was a Marx Brothers marathon on and everyone was watching.
"Qorzble." Xander said. Each of the Scoobies looked over to him.
"Huh?"
"When the fang gang was here, that was the demon that was supposed to end the world."
"Didn't you fight it when you went down to the hell mouth honey?" Buffy asked.
"No, I fought Spike, remember? I never fought this Qorzble demon."
"Huh, so what do you wanna do about it?" Kennedy looked over to him sipping her coke.
**************
The six Scooby members walked cautiously into the hell mouth, each with weapons in their hands. They were armed to the teeth, ready for any kind of baddie to come their way. That's when the thunderous voice came.
"You will all bow down before me, for it is I, Qorzble!!"
"Ok, where do you want us to cower?" Willow shouted.
"I am before you....... No, look down."
They all re directed their view to the ground where a 10 inch octopus looking demon thing was wailing its arms about.
"Honey, it really figures this was the prophecy you were going to fulfill."
"I could have had mini octopus demon thingy, but instead I got Spike and Bill? Why do I get the fuzzy end of the lollypop?"
"You lesser beings are not cowering!!!"
Buffy looked over to Kennedy. "Ok, slay it."
"What? I'm not going to slay that thing, I have an octopus fear..... And its soo little."
"Yes, well a wise man once told me that when it comes to being a slayer-"
"Size doesn't matter?"
Buffy nodded and stepped aside while Kennedy took the troll hammer and squished the tiny demon being.
