Thanks to Darklight and Big Bad for the help and suggestions!
"So you're telling me that a vampire threw fireballs at you? Will, have you started drinking again? 'Cause we both know how well that goes. With both of us, actually." Buffy asked Willow.
"No! I'm totally serious. Do you think I could make this up?" Willow turned around. There was a circle burned through the back of her shirt, and her back was burned. Buffy gasped and instantly turned serious.
"Tell me exactly what happened." Willow explained Kate Manning and the reason that she went so far away. The scolding Willow was waiting for never came.
"I'll call everybody in the morning. Thank god you weren't hurt worse. Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah. Just a little tired, I guess."
"Go to bed." Willow's best friend sounded so serious, so that's exactly what she did, while Buffy went out on patrol.
Next Morning-Sunnydale
At around 8:00 the next morning, Buffy called the troops.
Giles arrived at Buffy's house first. He was loaded down with books. BIG books. Then came Anya, Xander, and Tara with the essentials- coffee, doughnuts, and more books. Over the next few hours, they went through books, fought over what Willow's mystery demon could be, and then just gave up.
"We can't find anything, so I say we all go on with our lives, and then meet back here at around.. 2-ish?" Xander suggested. "Anya, Giles, and I need to go to work, and Will and Tara need to go to school. Buffy needs to go do some other stuff. Sound good?" He got murmurs of agreement. Buffy decided to go to the shop with Giles and Anya. They all went their separate ways.
3:00pm
Amanda and Piper orbed into the Summer's living room after all of the Scoobys had assembled again. They stood in a corner for a second, not sure what to do. The first person to notice them was Xander. He looked in their direction and jumped about three feet. He yelped and pointed at them.
Every head in the room turned to meet his gaze to the two women in the corner.
"I told you that this was a bad idea, Amanda." The shorter, darker haired one said.
"No you didn't." The tall, darker blonde one, Amanda, replied.
"Well, I was thinkin' it!" Piper said bitterly. She froze the entire room and turned to Amanda. "Are you sure that this is a good idea?"
"Combining your powers with those of the slayer is the only way we know of to heal Leo." Piper looked out to the room. Two of the women were moving, waving their hands in front of the others faces. The redheaded one turned to them, and grabbed a crossbow that was lying on the coffee table. The other one came to stand beside her.
"What did you do to them?"
"So you're telling me that a vampire threw fireballs at you? Will, have you started drinking again? 'Cause we both know how well that goes. With both of us, actually." Buffy asked Willow.
"No! I'm totally serious. Do you think I could make this up?" Willow turned around. There was a circle burned through the back of her shirt, and her back was burned. Buffy gasped and instantly turned serious.
"Tell me exactly what happened." Willow explained Kate Manning and the reason that she went so far away. The scolding Willow was waiting for never came.
"I'll call everybody in the morning. Thank god you weren't hurt worse. Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah. Just a little tired, I guess."
"Go to bed." Willow's best friend sounded so serious, so that's exactly what she did, while Buffy went out on patrol.
Next Morning-Sunnydale
At around 8:00 the next morning, Buffy called the troops.
Giles arrived at Buffy's house first. He was loaded down with books. BIG books. Then came Anya, Xander, and Tara with the essentials- coffee, doughnuts, and more books. Over the next few hours, they went through books, fought over what Willow's mystery demon could be, and then just gave up.
"We can't find anything, so I say we all go on with our lives, and then meet back here at around.. 2-ish?" Xander suggested. "Anya, Giles, and I need to go to work, and Will and Tara need to go to school. Buffy needs to go do some other stuff. Sound good?" He got murmurs of agreement. Buffy decided to go to the shop with Giles and Anya. They all went their separate ways.
3:00pm
Amanda and Piper orbed into the Summer's living room after all of the Scoobys had assembled again. They stood in a corner for a second, not sure what to do. The first person to notice them was Xander. He looked in their direction and jumped about three feet. He yelped and pointed at them.
Every head in the room turned to meet his gaze to the two women in the corner.
"I told you that this was a bad idea, Amanda." The shorter, darker haired one said.
"No you didn't." The tall, darker blonde one, Amanda, replied.
"Well, I was thinkin' it!" Piper said bitterly. She froze the entire room and turned to Amanda. "Are you sure that this is a good idea?"
"Combining your powers with those of the slayer is the only way we know of to heal Leo." Piper looked out to the room. Two of the women were moving, waving their hands in front of the others faces. The redheaded one turned to them, and grabbed a crossbow that was lying on the coffee table. The other one came to stand beside her.
"What did you do to them?"
