Title - Three in One Pt.6

Summary - Something has started playing. Buffy and

friends meet...Buffy...and friends...and more friends?

Author (and feedback) - memarkw@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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Previously -

Jesse noticed them and started in their direction instead.

He never saw Faith coming. As the stake drove through his

heart, he turned his head to look at her. He saw a tear

and heard her voice before he turned to dust.

"I'm sorry. I promised. I love you J." With the fight

raging around her, she fell to the ground and cried. "I'm

sorry, I wish I could change it all."

She heard an unfamiliar voice. She looked up to see a

demon standing in front of her.

"Tell me what you wish. Just say it and it's yours."

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CHAOS

Willow heard the voice and turned her head. She saw Faith

about to say something to the vengeance demon. "Faith!

Don't say a word!"

Faith, still in tears, didn't know why, but she heeded

Willow's warning and kept her mouth shut.

Anyanka turned and looked at Willow. "I think not, Witch.

Another time."

Willow gestured towards the sky with both hands. She felt

an energy surging through her. She heard voices in her

head. *your shirt you're a goddess softer side of sears

rank arrogant amateur you can undo it red what are we

going to do now Buffy osiris hear me bored now*

She whispered. "Chaos stilled." Around her everything

froze in place and time. Everything. She saw one of the

Giles suspended midair, the result of a powerful blow.

Jesse's ashes had begun to drift away and were stopped.

Nothing moved. She walked to the demon who had caused it

all.

"Anyanka bound, speak."

The thing came to life but was unable to move. She looked

at Willow. "You. I should have known. Will you really

seek a vengeance against me for fulfilling your wish?"

"What wish?"

Anyanka looked closer at Willow. "You really don't know."

"No, I really don't."

"For the one all powerful, you really aren't that bright."

The description startled Willow. The one all powerful.

She didn't let it show. "The one all powerful, as you

like to call me, is about to wipe you out of existence. I

want this crap undone."

"Oh, so sorry. You don't have that kind of power. You

had your wish."

"Stop saying that! I never wished for this."

"Maybe you didn't, but another you did and I'm surprised

you don't see it."

Willow closed her eyes. She couldn't sense anything. She

tried harder. She saw a clown for just a moment but the

image faded. Trying again, she concentrated on the image

she had seen and it became clear. What kind of world

existed where she would ever wish this on anyone?

"I want it undone."

"And you don't have a wish coming."

Willow turned towards Faith and made a brushing gesture

with her hand. Faith turned towards the two of them.

"Willow?"

"Faith, listen carefully. Don't say anything except what

I tell you to say. Do you understand?"

Faith nodded.

"Look this...thing... in the eye and tell it that you wish

that I was face to face with The Clown."

Faith opened her mouth to question Willow. There was so

much she could wish for. All she wanted was Jesse back.

But she understood that this was important. She knew that

Willow could make this all right, put things the way they

were. The thing was, there was something she needed to

have changed. Something small. She looked at the demon.

"I wish that Willow and I were face to face with The

Clown."

Both women gripped their heads and fell to their knees.

When they were able to stand, they saw in front of them a

rift of sorts - an anomaly? And standing beside the

anomaly was a Clown. It opened its' mouth to protest, but

Willow stopped it with a wave of her hand.

Anyanka vanished.

Willow looked at Faith. "I can't do that."

"You don't know-"

"I do know, and I can't. It will alter my reality."

"Willow, it's the only way I'll let this happen. Deny me

and you've wronged me. In my heart, that would be a wrong

worth some big vengeance. I don't like this mess and I

don't like my life. I'm willing to go back to my life

though. but only if you do this. Otherwise, I'll make it

worse."

The witch sighed. "Ok. Fine." She walked towards The

Clown until they were nose to nose and waved her hand

again.

The Clown was startled. This creature dared confront

him?! It would teach it a thing or two. It tried to will

her away, but was unable to do so. Again, for the second

time in his existence, it felt dread.

"You can NOT do this to me. You are nothing. I am-"

"You're a clown."

"I am-"

"Shut up."

The Clown shut up.

"I don't know why or how, but with all the power I've ever

had, or will ever have, I can do things. I can control

you here and now. I can erase YOUR existence. You will

never have existed. Do you understand."

It did and nodded to show so.

"But - and this is the part I don't understand, nor do I

really need to - But, for some reason, I can't fix this

mess. I can't undo what you've done. Neither could the

vengeance demon. I could feel it. You can, and I want it

undone."

"No." It reached out and with all his might, tore the

rift as large as it would tear.

Willow closed her eyes and saw people - millions and

millions of people - dying, merging into the same

existence, killing each other. She did the first thing

her body told her to do. She did what Glory had done to

Tara. She put her hands in The Clown's head. The Clown

shrieked in agony. It had never experienced pain of any

sort and here this mere mortal was with her physical body,

intruding on it's existence, its' being!

Willow leaned forward the little more that she could until

she was lip to lip with The Clown. She started to

whisper.

A tear fell from an eye of The Clown. It nodded.

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THE WORSE

THE BAD

THE GOOD

Dawn was sitting on her bed when she felt it and she fell

backwards. She wanted to open her door and run from the

house! She could hear people crying, people screaming,

buildings falling. Then it stopped.

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CHAOS

The Clown was alone once more. Maybe it had been alone

the whole time. It snapped its' fingers and the rift

sealed itself. It felt a dull ache in its' head and

wondered what could ever have caused that?