Title - Three in One pt 4

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
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. I did alter the end of one
episode so that Vamp Willow isn't dust.

Rating - PG
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THE BAD

Buffy shook her head. She really needed sleep. She was
seeing things. She was just about to head up the stairs
to find a bed when there was a knock at the door. She
opened it and was surprised to see Giles and another man
standing there.

"Giles? What's up? I thought you were going to do more
of that research."

The man looked startled to see her. He quickly composed
himself. "Yes, well, something...came up. Can we come
in?"

"I was just going to get some sleep. Is it important?
And who's that?" she asked, gesturing with her chin to
vamp Pryce."

"Hmm? Oh, this is Wesley Windham Pryce. Never met him, I
suppose. Just the same. Can we come in?"

"Is it important?"

Buffy heard a growl. She realized it had come from the
man called Pryce. She stepped back when she noticed a
ridge appear on his brow. She immediately slammed the
door.

"What the hell is going on around here?" She sat on the
bottom step of the stairs. Hearing footsteps, she looked
up. For a moment she felt dizzy. Shaking it off, she
stood. She didn't know how, or from where, but there were
people in the house. The hadn't seen her yet. Across the
room, two men were hugging and crying and a dark haired
woman had her hand on their shoulders.
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THE EDGE

The clown reached out and grabbed some Chaos. With all
his might, he squeezed.

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THE WORSE

Xander felt dizzy again. As much as he wanted to believe
he was standing here holding Jesse, he knew it had to be a
dream. He knew if he opened his eyes after the dizziness
passed, he would be back in Buffy's house without Jesse
here. Without Faith here. He opened his eyes.

Not only were Jesse and Faith still here, Buffy was
sitting on the stairs watching them.
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THE BAD

Now they noticed her.
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THE WORSE

Giles put his hands on his knees. He was dizzy. When it
had passed, he stood up. This was all wrong. He knew he
was home again -home as in his own reality- but at the
same time he wasn't.
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THE BAD
THE WORSE

Vamp Giles grabbed his head. Pryce did the same. They
knew they were back where they came from, but they also
knew they weren't.
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THE GOOD

Spike awoke sith a start and screamed.

Willow and Willow held on to him as he started to thrash.
When he didn't calm, Willow muttered under her breath.

"Peace be still."

Instantly, Spike stopped moving. "Now that's a handy
spell, Red."

"Spike! What's happening?"

"Talk to us, Blondie."

Spike looked from one Willow to the other. "I've heard
about you. The vamp. The bloody dyke."

"Hey!"

"Sorry, Red. No offense. Not to you anyway."

"Spike, just tell us what's happening. You're there,
aren't you?"

"There? I suppose I am. Odd, isn't it? I can feel
myself there and there. I know I'm here, but I know I'm
there. If I wasn't nutters before, I will be when this is
over - if we're still around."

"What's this Spike? Please. Quit wasting time and tell
me."

"Why, Red, haven't you figured it out? No, I suppose you
haven't. You haven't seen a certain vengeance demon since
this started, have you?"

"A veng- Anya? Anya did this?"

"I think so."

Willow grabbed the hand of her vampire counterpart and
looked up. "Vengeance without power."

When she looked back at Spike, she saw Anya standing
behind him. Only it wasn't the Anya she knew. It wasn't
the Anya she had come to love like a sister. It was an
Anya of another reality and she had a dagger in hand.
Before Willow could move, Anyanka plunged the dagger
through Spike's heart from behind.

Before he turned to dust, Spike whispered to her. "You
can undo it, Red." With a smile like she had never seen
from him, Spike's turned to dust and fell to the floor.

She looked at Anyanka, who was moving forward with the
dagger. "Hold."

The vengeance demon froze in place. Willow took the
dagger from Anyanka and drove it into the heart of the
demon. When the Anyanka she never knew fell to the
ground, Willow again took the vamp's hand and looked
skyward. "Vengeance without power."

This time nothing happened.

"Um, Red? The last time you said that, we got that
monster. How do you know it won't happen again?"

Anya appeared in front of them - n Anya with vampire
fangs. Willow used the same dagger and forced it into the
unsuspecting demon's heart.

"I don't. I'll kill everyone of them until I get the one
I'm looking for."
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THE BAD
THE WORSE

Faith made a move towards Buffy.

Xander grabbed her. "That's not Buffy. Look at her."

Faith did. It looked like Buffy, but there was no sense
of determination. There was a scar on the girl's face.
Yet, she knew this was her peer. "Buffy? My God, what's
happened to you? Where did you go? What are you doing
here?"

Buffy stood up. "Do I know you? I know that's Xander. I
don't know who that is," she pointed to Jesse,"but I want
to know now, and I want to know how you got into my
house."

Jesse turned. "Chaos."
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THE BAD
THE WORSE

Spike cried.
Spike screamed.
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THE GOOD

Willow looked at the second corpse. She had meant it.
She would kill every Anya she summoned until she got the
one she was looking for. This would be made right.