I want to say how sorry I am for not updating sooner. The way Spike and Buffy ended last year made it very hard for me to even want to write about them for a while.

Chapter 16

Lost in the Twilight Zone part 2

"I think they're gone " the biker chick told the officer with a sigh of relief.

"There was no answer at the station. I don't like this. We are on our own. As much as I don't want to go back out there if the zombies are gone I think we need to" he told her.

"I'm not going out there!" she yelled at him. She looked around the garage for the first time. It was a typical two-stall garage containing some tools, a lawnmower, and an old 1963 Thunderbird. "Unless you plan to hot-wire that T-bird and you and I hightail it out of this hellhole of a town I'm staying put" she informed him.

"This is my town and it is my job to protect its citizens" he countered.

"Well it's not my job or my town. I don't even know how I got here. So if you want to be a good little civil servant you can go out there, but I'm taking that car and I'm getting the hell out of this town!" she proclaimed as she went over to see if she could get it running.

"No, you are not. We stay together. You said it yourself; you don't know how you got here. How are you going to find your way out of town?" he told her as he moved to intercept her.

Either she wanted to get out of this town now or she wanted to stay put until sunrise. He wanted to go off and be a hero. Where the heck did that leave her? She was lost in this town and she was alone and weaponless. He was blocking her way. Well if he didn't want to get out of town maybe she could convince him to stay here in the garage. "Maybe we could wait a little bit before we leave," she said while moving close to him. She placed her right hand on his chest and gaze up into his eyes. "Those zombies might be out there waiting for us to make a run for it."

"They undoubtedly found some other tidbit that looked tastier then we did. I believe it is safe to go" he informed her as he brought his hands up to her shoulder to gently push her away.

"You look pretty tasty from where I'm standing right now" she purred as her arms snaked up around his neck.

"Miss this is not the time or………" he was cut off as her lips found his. He resisted for only a moment before pulling her tight against his body. His tongue invaded her mouth and she was lost in the sensation. She felt him move her back until she made contact with the workbench. He removed her arms from around his neck and caressed them lovingly all the while plundering her mouth. She was so lost in ecstasy that she was caught off guard when he suddenly pulled away. She tried to move towards him, but was restricted by a pull on her right arm. That was when she realized he had handcuffed her right wrist to the workbench.

*~*~*~*

"She can't be far" Cordelia told them.

"I think she went this way," Oz said pointing to an area between the two houses directly across the street.

"How do you know that?" she asked.

"Smell, it is a long story. Remind me to tell you some day" he said while grabbing an ax and running off in that direction.

Cordelia settled on a can of pepper stray and a sword. She ran after him with Willow following on her heels crying out "Give peace a chance! Violence is not the answer! Make love not war!"

It didn't take long for Oz to find Dawn and her abductors. Four flesh eating zombies were walking off with a sleeping Dawn. He brought the ax down in the middle of the back of the one carrying Dawn. It stumbled and dropped the girl to the ground. Within seconds all four zombies had their sights set on Oz.

Oz fighting off four zombies and Dawn on the ground at his feet is what Cordelia found when she got to the scene. "Oz don't kill them they are probably our classmates" she screamed as she started to atomize the zombies with the pepper stray. It caused them to stop fighting long enough for Oz, and Cordelia to seize Dawn by her feet and drag her back to the van.

Once Dawn was safely in the van Cordelia went to open the passenger door only to be grabbed from behind. "Well mate, aren't you a beauty" the crocodile hunter gleefully exclaimed. "These little bitches are smart and make good pets. You're a good girl." Cordelia kicked him in the shin and he cried "Oh, oh, oh! She's a naughty girl."

"Xander you idiot let go of me!" she screamed at him.

"Yeah mate, she is a feisty one. I think she is going to bite me," he said tightening his hold on her.

"Xander I'm going to do more than bite you if you don't let me go right this instant! I'm not a dog you moron!" she yelled. His hold on her disappeared as she heard him cry out in pain. Catching her breath she turned around to see Willow standing over him with a rock in her hand.

Cordelia and Oz checked to make sure he was still breathing. "Is this another one of your friends Cordy?" Oz asked her. She shrugged her shoulders and gave Oz a small smile.

"He wasn't playing nice" Willow interrupted.

"We need to get him into the van and get going the zombies are coming back" Oz told them.

"Willow help us get him into the van. After all you're the one who knocked him out" Cordelia ordered Willow.

Once they were all in the van and speeding down the street Oz asked "Should we take him to a hospital or are we going to Mr. Giles's?"

"We have to pass near Giles's place anyway, so why don't you drop me off there and you can take croc boy to the hospital" Cordelia told him.

*~*~*~*

"Why did you handcuff me, you son of a bitch? Am I under arrest?" the biker chick asked.

"No, of course not. Like I said this is not the time or the place. I need to think and with you wrapped around me that is not going to happen" he informed her.

She sneered at him and responded "I didn't want you anyway. Only having a little fun. Thought if I played nice you would too."

"If I remember correctly you were the one that started the kissing. Nevertheless, that is not our problem. We need to figure out what caused those monsters to come to life" he told her. He could see how upset she was. "Maybe we can start over. My name is Officer Crawford. Who are you?" he asked trying to smile.

"It is just my luck to get stuck with a police officer that wants to handcuff me and than play nice" the girl said giving him a deadly stare. "So Officer Crawford you want to be friends then you can go find my missing bike, so I can get out of this nightmare" she ranted.

He ignored her request and went on rambling "Whatever happened made us loose the memory of the event. It messed with our minds. I found myself in a strange apartment."

"Now I know you are crazy. There is nothing wrong with my mind" she insisted.

"If that is true than how did you get to Sunnydale?" he questioned her.

"Okay so I don't know how I got here, but I know who I am. I'm Liz and I live in LA" she mumbled.

"Fine Liz from LA you just don't wake up and find yourself in a strange place?" he asked impatiently.

"Maybe you don't, but there have been a few times when I……. " and she snapped her mouth shut as she realized what she was about to say to a police officer. "It is clear that magic is involved. It must have affected the whole town unless this is a normal day in your town" she asked sarcastically.

"No this is not a normal day, however I can't believe that it is magic. Magic that could affect a whole town is pretty scary. There must be some other explanation. I know that there are groups of witches in Sunnydale and we have some strange occurrences, but nothing like this" he replied definitively.

"While you are trying to figure this out can you at least uncuff me. I promise not to jump your bones again. I know when I'm not wanted" she told him.

"You think I don't want you" he replied whiling dragging her into his arms. He pressed his erection against her stomach and his hands traveled from her waist to her ass and drew her further into his embrace. "Does this feel like a man that is not interested?" he questioned as his lips found hers. Their mouths dueled for dominance. When he finally broke the kiss he whispered "I want you so much I can't think straight, but our lives and the lives of others may rely on me thinking straight. If we get out of this mess I'll prove to you how interested I am. I'll take you on a real date with dinner and a movie and more of this for dessert." He gave her one last hard kiss before he unlocked the handcuffs.

"This has been one crazy Halloween. It is like every scary costume that has ever been created has come to life and we are stuck in the middle of this nightmare" she muttered as she rubbed her wrist.

"Oh, that is it! Why didn't I think of it? The Halloween costumes have a spell on them! " He shouted.

"Okay lets say that they do, what are you going to do about it?" she asked.

"We start by checking the Magic Box than we go check all the costume shops in town" he decreed.

"Hey, what is this we stuff? There is no we. I want to get the heck out of this town and back to the insanity that is LA" she said decisively. .

"Let us compromise and I'll take you someplace safe while I check out the leads. Maybe I could take you to the police station. Once everything is safe I'll drive you to LA" he said than gave her an amiable smile.

She thought about it for a minute than came to the conclusion she wasn't ready to let him leave her just yet. Approaching the T-bird she said, "If we can get this car running it shouldn't take us long to check out those places. Besides my idea of a safe place isn't the police station, so I'll just tag along with you." The car was not locked, but she couldn't find a set of keys. "Looks like we are going to have to hot-wire this baby." He made no protest and she had it running in less than a minute.

"I should drive" he told her.

"Be my guest it's your show baby. I'm only along for the ride" she replied while getting into the passenger seat.

"I'm not going to ask where you learned to do that," he said as he pulled the car out into the alley.

She replied, "Good because I wouldn't have told you."

*~*~*~*

Spock, Donatello and the nun were nearing the downtown area when James T. Kirk's voice was heard over Spock's communicator. "Spock, I will be joining you in a few minutes."

Spock tuned to his companions "Once the Captain has joined us we can continue our search for this vampire."

"Spock old pal, you wouldn't happen to have another one of those phasers. I would love to see how that thing works. I'm an inventor and all around superhero that protects the world from the forces of evil. My team can use a handy weapon like that to fight the dark forces that corrupt the good citizens of Earth" Donatello stated.

"That will not be possible. The Federation's Prime Directive prohibits interfering with another civilization's natural progression" the Vulcan informed him.

"The Prime what? Is that some kind of freaky rule that you space aliens use to keep from lending a helping hand? Doesn't seem that friendly to me. Us superheroes need to stick together" Donatello muttered.

"I assure you that the Prime Directive was enacted to protect the integrity of developing civilizations" the Vulcan replied.

As Spock continued to reiterate the importance of the Prime Directive James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy joined them. "Captain I believe the vampire we are searching for is near. Maybe she will be able to give us the information we need to find out how we got here. It appears we are on Earth in the late twentieth century. To be more precise we are in a California town named Sunnydale. Have you been able to contact the ship?" Spock asked.

"No. Are your sure this is Earth? The creatures we have encountered would say otherwise" the captain questioned his first officer.

"Yes, this is Earth. The star patterns along with the readings I've taken of the area indicate that we are on Earth. Did your readings indicate something different?" he asked.

"We didn't take any readings. Between Bones and I we only had one communicator and no phaser or tricorder. It is nice to see you have all three. If we are going to get to the bottom of this we better find this vampire of yours" the captain said while directing Spock to lead the way.

"Maybe the captain wasn't getting tired of using his fist to fend off the demons on this planet, but I sure was" the doctor muttered as he followed the group.

"Dr. McCoy you appear to have survived the ordeal unscathed" Spock said without turning to look at the doctor.

"Easy for you to say. You were not out there fighting all kinds of hobgoblins with only your wits and your fists" the doctor replied.

"Are you a real space doctor?" Donatello interrupted as he got in step with Dr. McCoy.

"I don't know what you mean, but if you are asking if I'm a real doctor the answer is yes. And if I may ask what are you?" the doctor requested. After hearing Donatello ramble on for a five minutes he wished he hadn't asked.

*~*~*~*~*

Oz's van pulled up in front of Giles' apartment. Cordelia jumped from the van telling Oz to wait a minute she needed to make sure Giles was there. Cordelia didn't even bother to knock as she raced into his apartment.

Oz patiently waited behind the wheel of his van, but when screams suddenly erupted from the apartment he immediately sprinted into action, ax in hand. After entering the apartment and taking in the sight Oz smiled with a sigh of relief. Cordelia stood speechless pointing at Giles, while Giles was equally speechless trying to cover himself. "Nice costume Mr. Giles" Oz said breaking the silence. Giles was dressed in a shocking pink and black corset with garters and black fishnet stockings. He was carrying a pink feather boa and his outfit was completed with black spike heeled boots.

"It is not what you think" Giles was telling the pair.

"It's cool man. Cordy he is Doctor Frank-N-Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show" Oz told a stunned Cordelia.

"Quite right young man. I didn't mean to scream like a teenage girl but Cordelia startled me," Giles said trying to keep some dignity.

"Name is Oz I'm a student at Sunnydale High. I didn't realize that Rocky Horror was playing anywhere or is the costume for a Halloween party?" Oz asked the embarrassed librarian.

"I was meeting a friend and we were heading to San Diego for a midnight showing" He replied.

"Well Giles this is no time to be going to a show. The whole town has been taken over by monsters or at least the costumes have taken over the town. By the way you are not having ideas about having an orgy with Oz and me are you? I don't think I could take that" Cordelia spouted.

"Good lord no!" Giles practically screamed with a look of disgust on his face.

"Just checking to see if you were still you" she replied.

Before he could reply Willow came prancing into the apartment. "I thought I should tell you some guy with a eye patch is taking Sleeping Beauty" Willow informed the group. They rushed out the door Giles skimpy attire forgotten at the moment.

Sure enough a pirate was making off with Dawn. Oz was the first to get to him. The pirate placed Dawn on the ground and took a swing at Oz. Oz retaliated by landing a few swift punches to the pirate's midsection. However, Oz jumped back as the pirate pulled out a dagger. "Enough of this" Cordelia muttered as she cold cocked the pirate in the head with a small club she had taken from the back of the van. Trying his best to balance on his high heels, Giles picked up Dawn and carried her back to the van.

"Oz this is Larry do you think we should take him with us too?" Cordelia asked.

"This gets stranger by the minute. I don't think we can leave him here. I have some rope in the van. I guess we could tie him up and take him to the hospital with Xander" Oz replied as he started to drag the bigger man to the van.

Giles was waiting for them. "What happened to Xander?" he asked.

"Willow knocked him out when he attacked Cordelia" Oz said as he was looking for the rope to tie up Larry.

"What is going on?" Giles demanded.

"People are turning into whatever they are wearing for Halloween" Cordelia blurted out.

"If that was the case than why are you not a dog and why I am not a …… Well you know?" Giles said quietly.

"We haven't been able to figure that one out Mr. Giles" Oz answered.

As Oz and Cordelia tied up Larry Giles thought about why only some costumes were affected. "Cordelia where did you get your costume?" he asked

"Costume World" she answered.

"Xander does not appear to be in costume yet he was affected" Giles went on thinking out loud.

"He is in costume. He is a crocodile hunter" Oz responded.

"What the heck is a crocodile hunter and why was he attacking Cordelia? A blind man could see she wasn't a crocodile" Giles replied with a shake of his head.

"Don't worry I won't let him forget it for a long time. Pay backs are a bitch," she said as she made her way to the passenger side of the vehicle.

"Oh dear, I almost feel sorry for the boy" Giles whispered to Oz.

"I can hear you. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes when this is over" Oz agreed with the older man.

Giles started to examine the costumes on Dawn. Xander, and Larry. "Are we going to the hospital or not?" Cordelia called to Giles and Oz. Giles ignored the brunette and continued to examine what the young people had on. " Willow let me see your costume?" Giles called out to the young girl. Sure enough he found what he was looking for on the back of her airbrushed tee shirt. "I got you" he said grimly.

"What is it? What did you find?" Oz asked.

"I think we need to make another stop before we head to the hospital. Xander and Larry's injuries are the least of their problems. If we don't get to the person that cast the spell we may never get Xander, Dawn, or Larry back at all. Oz head downtown and make it fast" Giles said impatiently.

*~*~*~*~*

Liz and Officer Crawford found nothing amiss at the Magic Box. The store was locked up tight and there appeared to be no activity inside. Liz pulled a small kit from her jacket and started to pick the lock to the Magic Box door. "What do you think you are doing?" a shocked Officer Crawford asked.

"What does it look like? I'm getting us in there" she responded.

"That is highly illegal. We have no right to go into this establishment" he said visibly upset.

"To late I'm in" she retorted as she opened the door and entered the dark shop. He reluctantly followed her into the shop. Ten minutes later the pair exited the shop when they were unable to find any clues.

"Now we can add breaking and entering to the list of crimes you have talked me into committing" he sighed.

"Lighten up, you're the one that wanted me to come with you" she argued.

"What is that you have there?" he inquired while trying to get her show him what she was hiding under her jacket. "You stole that from the shop, didn't you?" he demanded.

"I only borrowed it" she replied. He pulled out of her hands a 16 inch high carved wooden statue. "I needed some kind of weapon. I need to protect myself."

"That is what I am for. This goes back right now" he groaned as he returned to the Magic Box to take back the statue. She gave him a dirty look and mumbled something under her breath as he reentered the shop.

"You want me to get killed don't you?" she demanded when he returned.

"Don't be silly. Are you ready to go check out the costume shop?" he asked while walking past her and moving across the street.

She followed the officer, but all she really wanted to do was get out of Dodge.

It was a short walk to the costume shop. They didn't see or hear anyone on their way there. "Everyone must be in the residential areas raising all kinds of hell. It's completely dead downtown" he commented.

"I think I saw something go into that shop just ahead" she whispered to him. "I'm getting a real creepy feeling. If it is alright with you, I will take you up on that offer to visit the police station after all" she said while keeping behind him as he moved toward the costume shop.

"Whatever it was it entered Ethan's Costume Shop. You stay out here. I'm going to go inside and see what I can find out" he told her.

"You don't get to leave me out here you crazy cop. I'm sticking to you like glue. You said you were going to protect me. Start protecting." she grumbled in a low voice so only he could hear.

"That is what I'm trying to do. Hide here in the shadows by the door. I'm going to sneak in and find out if there is anything strange going on in the shop" he responded softly as he looked down into her beautiful frightened eyes. His hand reached up and caressed her cheek and he smiled down at her and said, "Everything is going to be ok."

She was never good at waiting and about two minutes after he entered the shop she was right on his heels. She crept along the floor. She could hear voices coming from a room in the back of the shop. As she got closer she could make out what was being said. "You have taken my daddy from me. I want him back. Your magic is dark and sensual, but the pixies told me it was wrong. Naughty little man, I want no more of your lies" the woman's crazy voice gave Liz the wiggins. She wondered where the officer was. At least it didn't sound like the people in the back room had discovered him.

Damn you Liz he thought, as he heard her enter the shop. Why can't she listen? Now he had to worry about her too. He had already heard enough to know that the man in the shop had cast some kind of spell on the costumes. However, there was another problem. A beautiful vampire was threatening the man. Her threats sent chills down Officer Crawford's spine, because she was obviously as loony as they come. If she killed him the spell may never be reversed. He needed to make his move soon.

*~*~*~*~*

"Captain the tricorder indicates that the vampire is inside this establishment along with three humans" Spock informed the group.

"Got to get me one of those things" Donatello told the doctor.

"Spock and I will check it out. I want the rest of you to stay put" the captain ordered the group.

"Now wait just a minute Mr. Captain. Who is the superhero of this bunch? You may have the fancy equipment, but I have super strength of both mind and body" Donatello blurted out.

"Super strength of the mouth too" McCoy muttered to himself. "Captain do me a favor and take him with you" McCoy begged.

The nun ran up to Kirk and placed her hand on his arm. "My prayers are with you my son." Kirk smiled down at the beautiful sister in front of him and said "thank you."

"Ok bones, the green guy is with us. Come on we have no time to waste" he said leading both Spock and Donatello into the shop. "Spock that sister is quite a looker. Too bad she is spoken for" he whispered. "Indeed" was all Spock said with a lift of his eyebrow.

Captain Kirk, Spock, and Donatello moved into the shop. The Captain was leading the way with Spock's phaser in hand.

Officer Crawford couldn't believe it. He was getting ready to confront the vampire and the spell caster when more people entered the shop. He moved back into his hiding place and waited.

Liz's heart was beating like a drum. More people had entered the shop. The first two men moved past her in the dark. One of them was holding a weapon, maybe a gun. However, it was the sight of the third one that startled her. Even in the dark she could make out his huge size and odd shape. Fear gripped her and she prayed that he could not hear her heart racing. When he turned in the dark and moved toward her she let out an ear-piercing scream and jumped from her hiding place.

Her scream set everything into motion. Poor Donatello was startled and jumped back tripping over a small chest on the floor. When the captain heard the scream he turned back toward Donatello only to be sent flying as the big turtle helplessly banged into him. The phaser went off shattering the front window and hitting Oz's van as he pulled up in front of the building. Also, during the collision with Donatello the phaser flew from the captain's hand and was lost in the dark.

~*~*~*~*~

"My God they are shooting at us. Get down!" Giles screamed. Doctor McCoy and the nun ran behind the van for cover. Giles, Oz, Cordelia, and Willow joined them.

"I've got to get inside. However, if they are using guns I don't think a sword or a club is going to be much protection" Giles informed the group.

Willow picked up her head to peak over the edge of the van and look at the building. Oz reached up and pulled her down saying " I think it is safer if you stay down here with us." Willow smiled and gave him a peace sign.

McCoy interrupted to ask, "Are you the leader? I want you to know that the Captain and Spock are in there. They are trying to capture a vampire that may have information about what is going on. That shot was not a gun but a phaser."

"Who are you?" Giles asked the man.

"Doctor Leonard McCoy, chief medical officer on the USS Enterprise" McCoy answered.

"A doctor good. We have some injured people in the back of the van. Do you think you could take a look at them?" Giles asked. McCoy moved around to the back of the van and entered it through the back door.

"I need to get inside and see what is happenings. If only….." he was interrupted by Oz tapping him on his bare shoulder. "Oz what is it?"

"You do realize who Dr. McCoy is?" Oz asked a perplexed Giles. "You know, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy they are TV characters." It took a moment for Giles to get the drift of what Oz was trying to tell him. When he did he let out a loud "Oh Good Lord."

*~*~*~*~*~*

When Officer Crawford heard Liz scream then the sound of exploding glass his heart skipped a beat. He raced from his hiding place needing to know that she was ok. He was barely out in the open when Liz threw herself into his arms.

Spock had already helped Captain Kirk to his feet and was in the process of helping Donatello to his when a wail came from the direction of the backroom. Drusilla stood in the doorway screaming and pointing at Liz and Officer Crawford. "You nasty little slayer get your hands off my William." She turned quickly to face Ethan Rayne. Slowly moving into the backroom with her long thin arm extended and her finger pointing accusingly at Ethan she lamented, "You did this. You took away my daddy and my grandmama. I want them back and I want my Spike back too. If I don't get them I will feed your eyeballs to the crows and that black soul of yours will never again have a refuge."

Liz quietly whispered to Officer Crawford, "She's crazy."

Captain Kirk, Spock, and Donatello intent on capturing the vampire followed her into the backroom. Officer Crawford pushed Liz behind him and proceeded to follow the other men. Liz clutched the back of his shirt and peaked over his shoulder to scared to let him get more than a few inches from her.

"We only want to talk to you. We have no intention of hurting her," Captain Kirk informed Drusilla. She turned hissed and lunged at him. Within seconds she was battling Spock, Captain Kirk, and Donatello. Ethan seeing this as his opportunity to escape inched his way to the back exit only to come up short as Officer Crawford accosted him. "You weren't planning on going anywhere were you?" he inquired. Ethan's shoulders slumped in defeat.

*~*~*~*~*

Giles and Oz were in the process of formulating a plan when Cordelia screamed "Stop him!"

Giles looked up in time to see Xander get away from the Doctor and run into the costume shop. "Oh good lord! Why can't I get a break?" Giles griped.

"I think we better go after him" Oz told Giles.

"Oh course we need to go after him. That boy is going to get himself killed and the rest of us long with him" Giles snapped. "Willow stay with Dawn and Larry. Everyone else grab a weapon and follow me."

Giles, Dr. McCoy, Oz, Cordelia, and the nun moved to enter the costume shop.

*~*~*~*~*

Inside the costume shop the battle continued. Dru was holding her own against the men. Donatello had lost his bo staff at the beginning of the battle. He spotted it on the floor and decided that the Captain and Spock could hold her off long enough for him to get it. Once he had his weapon the fight would be over in minutes. As he bent down and picked it up the Crocodile Hunter jumped on his back. "Look at this one. Isn't he a big boy? They have strong jaws and if you get your fingers too close, snap you can loose it and that would hurt" Xander rambled on while Donatello spun around trying to dislodge him from his back.

"Get off of me you idiot. I am a superhero. It is my job to fight the forces of evil," Donatello yelled.

McCoy shock his head and said to Giles, "The big turtle is helping the good guys as hard as that is to believe."

Giles looked on in horror at the sight before him. Drusilla was fighting two men. Spike had Ethan Rayne cornered and Buffy was hiding behind him like a scared rabbit. Xander was on the back of a large turtle like creature that was spinning around trying to throw him off.

*~*~*~*~*

Willow entered the Magic Box because some strange woman was saying "We are the Borg and we are going to assimilate you" and then she had taken off with Dawn. Willow figured she better tell Giles and Cordelia. She could hear the commotion from the back of the shop, so she hunched down low. That is when she spotted the silver thing sticking out from under the counter. She picked up the device and studied it.

Willow made her way to the back room where all the action was taking place. She was barely in the room when a crazed Drusilla tossed Captain Kirk her direction. Willow decided that she could wait to inform Giles about Dawn and she proceeded to exit the shop as fast as her little legs would carry her.

Once outside she let out a little sigh of relieve. She still had the silver device in her hand. As she examined it she pushed the fire button. A loud buzz and flash of light came from the device and the mailbox fifteen feet away disappeared in a flash. Willow dropped the device and started to cry, " I killed a mailbox."

*~*~*~*~*

"Oz we need to get Xander off that turtle's back. On the count of three I'll go left and you go right and we will pull him off," Giles frantically told Oz.

Oz and Giles never got a chance to put their plan into action. As they moved in Donatello's bo staff hit a statue that was on the table. Ethan cried out "Noooo." The statue tittered on the edge of the table before it lost its battle with gravity and landed on the floor breaking into a thousand pieces.

As the stunned group tried to reorient themselves, Dru squealed in joy. Donatello reverted to Angelus and easily tossed Xander against the wall, knocking him out cold. The nun raced to Angelus's side. Officer Crawford let go of Ethan and moved toward his old rival Angelus. Captain Kirk, Spike, and Dr. McCoy reverted to Warren, Jonathan, and Andrew and they slowly backed out the room trying to keep from drawing any attention to themselves.

"Well, well, well if it isn't my wayward grandchild. I heard you had gone soft, but nothing I was told prepared me for just how pathetic you had become" Angelus spouted to Spike.

"Nice to see you haven't changed. Once a great big poofter always a nancy-boy. By the way I like the turtle shell. Green is definitely your color" Spike said.

Angelus grabbed the turtle shell and whipped it at Spike. Spike dodged the shell without much difficulty and replied "Going to have to do better than that poofter."

"Don't worry he will" Darla purred.

"You forget that Spike is not here alone Darla" Buffy added as she moved up to stand beside Spike. Her arms folded across her chest just daring them to make a move. Darla and Dru started to back up a little and Angelus followed.

It was at that moment Willow came racing into the room screaming that someone had taken Dawn. Buffy and Spike scanned between Willow and Angelus's group of vampires. However, the need to save Dawn was what was important. The Scoobies backed out of the room and followed Willow out into the street. Spike took one last look at his grandsire and said "Got a girl to save, but don't worry I'll get back to you."

They were barely on the street when Dawn came running up to them. She was followed by Harmony wearing a 7 of 9 outfit. "Well it is about time I found you guys. I am not a baby sitter. Cordelia what are you doing with this group of losers?" Harmony asked.

"Good question. The night is still young, wasn't Dave having a party?" Cordy asked.

"It looks like everyone is fine. Should we go after Darla and rest of the vampires?" Giles asked the group. Spike eyed Giles up and down and gave the man a wink. Giles became all flustered and mumbled "Good grief."

Willow interrupted Giles and Spike's interaction and inquired "Buffy where is Xander?"

"Oh no, we left him in there with the vamps" Buffy called out as she ran back into the costume shop with Willow and Spike in tow.

"Harmony lets walk to the nearest pay phone and call a cab. If we wait for these losers we'll never get to that party" Cordy told Harmony. Both girls started down the street with Cordelia moaning about her 300 dollar boots being ruined.

"I thought they cost 250 dollars," Harmony asked.

~*~*~*~*~

" You are both morons. Captain Kirk is the best captain. The others are second rate at best," Warren yelled at his companions.

"Captain Kirk, pleaseee…… the man was an idiot, going off on every away mission. A captain's place is on his ship," Jonathan replied loudly.

"Goes to show what you know. Kirk was brave and adventurous" Warren countered.

"Brave my rear. He just wanted some of that alien lovin'. Now Janeway she was the brave adventurous one. Just her and her ship and crew against a galaxy" Andrew said.

"You must be joking. Captain Picard could run rings around those two. He has more class and dignity in his little pinky than those two have in their entire bodies" Jonathan harangued.

Warren, Andrew, and Jonathan started to push each other as they continued to argue. Suddenly Warren stopped as Cordelia and Harmony came into view. "You girls can keep up the foreplay I have better things to do," he said as he made a bee line for the girls. Andrew and Jonathan were not far behind. After all Harmony did look great in that 7 of 9 outfit and Cordelia always looked great.

~*~*~*~*~

Present day: Buffy's house

"I think I liked being a ghost better than a crazy hippie girl. All her spouting about love and piece and she hit Xander with a rock, ran away from the fight, and killed a mailbox" Willow moaned.

"At least your alter ego did more than sleep the whole time. How boring is that?" Dawn whined.

"And there's not a chance in hell I would wear a highway patrol uniform even if Buffy was supplying whipped cream and handcuffs" Spike said without thinking.

Three sets of eyes stared at him. "Well yeah, maybe I would." Buffy groaned and Willow and Dawn both went "Ewwww!" simultaneously.

To be continued.