Title - Three in One Pt.3

Summary - Something has started playing. Buffy and
friends meet...Buffy...and friends...and more friends?

Author (and feedback) - memark@yahoo.com

Disclaimer - The following work is based entirely on
characters by Joss Whedon and whomever he has shared the
fortune with. The idea comes from a Star Trek:TNG novel,
Q-Squared by Peter David, and a challenge from Jenn. I
make no profit whatsoever from this and do it only for my
own satisfaction.

Spoilers - Makes references to events of seasons past, but
no major spoilers involved.

Rating - PG
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THE BAD

Giles blinked. Why did people always blink when they
couldn't believe what they were seeing? He blinked again.
Mind you, this all happened in a fraction of a second.
He had almost no time to duck before the vampire Wesley
was over the counter. He managed to throw Price off
balance. Unfortunately, concentrating on Wesley left
Giles open for attack from...Giles.

Vamp Giles grabbed his counterpart by the neck and
threw him across the room. He blinked. Why did people
always blink when they couldn't believe what they were
seeing? He blinked again. The man he had just thrown
across the room had disappeared. He wasn't missing. He
had literally disappeared. One instant he was in mid-air,
the next instant he hasn't in mid-air anymore. He wasn't
anywhere anymore.

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THE WORSE

Giles fell to the ground. Once he got his bearings,
he realized he wasn't in Oz anymore. Rubbish. This
wasn't the time to be silly. He realized he wasn't in his
library anymore. He could see that he was near the high
school, but something was wrong. There were usually a few
vampires in sight at this hour of night, but this was
insane. They were everywhere. Almost as if they belonged
there with no worries of being slayed. He was ready to
run when he realized that not only weren't they bothering
him, they were avoiding him.

Of course! He had just been attacked by...himself.
That version of Giles had to come from somewhere. However
the other Giles had ended up in his library, he had ended
up in the homeworld of the other Giles! He immediately
thought of the demon that he had thwarted years ago. A
vengeance demon had been playing with alternate realities.
What Willow had been saying made sense now. If they ever
found a way to return Willow to their side, he would be
tempted to kiss her. For now though, he needed to find
Buffy. Assuming there was a Buffy here.
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THE GOOD

Xander missed Jesse. He was tired of acting like
nothing bothered him. He wanted Jesse back. He wanted
Anya back. He wanted them now!

He staggered. Woooaaahhh. Dizzy much? He closed
his eyes and put his hands on his knees.

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THE WORSE

Xander opened his eyes. He shouldn't have stormed
out of the house like that. He turned around and headed
back.

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THE BAD

"Well."

Wesley stood up and looked at Rupert. "Well? Well,
what?"

"Somehow, I think we've ended up a different realm of
reality."

"Good lord. Realm of reality? Rupert, you have to
quit talking like a damned scholar! You're a vampire.
Talk like a vampire."

"Now listen here. Just because you seem to have lost
all sense of decorum when you joined us doesn't mean we
all have to do so. We are in a different realm of
reality."

"Yes? Well."

"Precisely."
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THE GOOD

Willow walked in without knocking. She was glad
things were more like normal now. She didn't like things
being all tense and stuff.

Dawn hurried in. "Xander? Oh. Hi Willow."

"Uh, hi?"

"Sorry. Xander was here and he got upset and left.
Buffy went out to talk to him and she can't find him. I
was hoping you were him."

"Ahhh. Nope just innocent little me."

"Yeah. What's up?"

"Up? Just came to say hi. Oh. Hi Faith. What are
you doing here?"

Dawn spun on her heel. There was no one behind her.
"Willow, I'm not Faith."

"Dawn! Go to your room. Lock the door, sit on your
bed and don't open it until I come tell you it's ok to
come out. Don't open the door for anyone but me."

"What? Are you ok? Go to my room?"

"Dawn, do what I said. Don't argue with me. I'll
explain later!"

"Good grief. Go to my room, lock the door, and don't
tell come out until you tell me to? Want to give me a
safe word so I know it's really you?"

"Yeah. Lamp post."

"Willow, I was joking. I'm not going to my-" She
saw the look in Willow's eyes. "I mean, I'm going. Make
it quick, ok?"

"As quick as I can, but Dawnie, no matter how long it
takes, you have to swear not to open the door until I give
you the word!"

"Ok, ok, I promise, but it better be good."

Waiting until she heard the door lock behind Dawn
upstairs, she looked around the house. She'd better tell
Buffy what she thought was happening. She went to the
door and opened it.

"Hi, Red. You're sexier than I remember. Give me a
hug."

"Back off. I need your help." Willow ran down the
porch steps, Vampire Willow two steps behind her.

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THE WORSE

Xander opened the door to the house and knew it
wasn't right. For one thing, Faith was in the room. She
wasn't happy. She was telling someone that she swore she
had just seen Willow, normal Willow, in the house. Xander
stepped around the corner to ask Buffy what was going on.
He didn't ask the question for two reasons.

One, it wasn't Buffy in the room.

Two, Jesse had him by the throat with a large metal
cross between them, pushing him backwards.

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THE EDGE

The Clown paused. For a fleeting instant, he
experienced dread. He shrugged and started playing with
Chaos again.

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THE BAD
THE WORSE

"Oh, I know, I know. It's not good. I know, I
know." Far below the remains of the school, Spike rocked
back and forth.

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THE GOOD

Willow and Willow found Spike in the basement of the
high school. She knew Buffy had told Spike to find
another place to hide, but she didn't have time to
question him about it.

"You can feel it, can't you Spike?"

"Ah, it's the Reds. I can feel it." He giggled.
"I'm not the only one."

Vamp Willow grabbed Spike by his collar. "Are you
nuts everywhere? Come on sexy, get a grip. Red here
thinks we need your help."

Willow sighed. "Let him go."

Vamp Willow let go of Spike. "Now what? You're a
powerful one. Is that what I would have been if he hadn't
turned me?"

"Look, I don't know what might have been. I need to
know what's going on where you came from."

"What do you mean? I'm single, looking-"

"Stop it! Something is happening and we have to stop
it! I need to know what's causing it!"

Spike giggled. "It's Chaos."

"Yes, I know Spike. I need to find out what's
causing the chaos."

"No luv, Chaos."

She sighed and turned back to her other self.
"Please. Has anything unusual happened in your Sunnydale
lately?"

"No. Unless you mean the Clown."

Spike screamed in pain. "No, I didn't tell them!
Make it stop!"

Willow ran to Spike. She gently put her hands on his
face. "Spike? Spike, look at me. It's going to be ok."

"Tell me. Please, please tell me it's going to be
ok."

"It is Spike, it is."

He pulled free. "No! Tell me! All of me!"

Willow looked into his eyes. "Spike. Can you talk
to yourself? Those of you in other places? Spike? I
need you. We all need you. Please, talk to me."

Before he passed out, he groaned.

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THE WORSE

Xander pushed the other man off of him. He had a
little help. Faith had grabbed Jesse and was pulling him
back.

"Jesse, stop! That's not him!"

"Don't tell me it's not him! I know it's him!"

"No, it's not. He can't get in here. He wasn't
invited."

Xander gathered himself. Invited? Like a vamp?
"You think I'm a vampire? Jesse? You're a vampire!
Only...Except you're holding that cross! What's going
on?"

Jesse looked down at the cross he was holding. He
held it out to Xander, who took it and held it to his
chest.

"Xander?"

"Yeah. It's me. It's me. And you're you?"

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be me? I'm not the one that
got bit, y'know?"

"Oh my God. Jesse. I missed you." Xander took a
step back. "This is wrong! You're dead! And you-" he
pointed at Faith, "-you're in prison."

Faith stepped next to Jesse, who had tears streaming
down his face. "Look, something isn't right here. I'll
give you that. But whatever it is, it got you guys back
together. I'm not in prison, which you can explain later,
Jesse's not dead, you're not dead. Now get over the manly
macho guy thing and hug already. We can figure this out
later."

That was all it took. Not knowing who hugged first,
the two men fell into an embrace that no one could have
broken. Both were crying and they held on to each other
as though their life depended on it.

Which, none of them realized yet, could very well be
the case.
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THE EDGE

The Clown didn't like the way things were turning.
He had been controlling the Chaos, and now he didn't have
the control anymore. All he could do now was stand back
and wait and watch.