Unusual Circumstances B/S Set after 'Life Serial' S6. Warren, Jonathan and Andrew have conjured up a new threat to Buffy. One that puts her into hiding, with Spike as her companion.

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Warren snapped off the monitor with an annoyed air. "Hey!" Jonathan said as he and Andrew spun around to glare at Warren. "Yeah that was the good part!" Andrew admonished. Warren waved them off. "You've been watching porn since we figured out we could get it free," he complained. Jonathan and Andrew exchanged glances saying 'And what's wrong with that?'. Warren changed the subject.

"It's time we figured out what we're going to do about Buffy. She's been left to sit for a few days already." Andrew laughed. "How about we put the sex bunny plan into action?" Andrew looked hopefully to Warren, who somewhere along the line had become the leader of their alliance. "I don't think so, I think we need to break her into her new role as slave slowly," Warren said. Andrew pouted.

"Don't you think we should lay low for a bit? She almost caught us last time," Jonathan said meekly. Warren laughed. "We put her off the trail, or rather you did Jonathan, with that demon act. Besides she was a little drunk anyway." Jonathan didn't look convinced but didn't say anything else. "So then what do we do?" Andrew asked. "When are we going to forget about the Slayer and take over the world?" Warren gave the timid blonde an icy glare.

"We've been over this, Buffy first, world later. You have to do these things in steps." Andrew backed off like a chastised puppy. "Whatever you say. What's your plan?" Warren smiled. "I've been doing some research, and I've found just the thing we need to get rid of Buffy." Jonathan made a shocked sound. "Get rid of her? Hello? Sex Bunny!"

Warren chuckled. "That's what I meant of course. Now stop interrupting me. We need to go get some supplies. They're hard to come by now that we can't go into the Magic Box." Jonathan and Andrew nodded. Warren gave orders and a list of ingredients and/or supplies everyone was supposed to get then smiled. "Let's see how she deals with Gugsrak."

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Buffy stood up and stretched. "I think it's time for snacks," she said to the group in her living room, which included Xander, Anya, Willow, Tara, Giles and Dawn. "Bring back chips," Dawn said to her. "And Twinkies," Xander added. "I would enjoy some soda," Anya called to Buffy. Buffy laughed. "I'll just bring the refrigerator," she joked.

She returned a few minutes later with chips, soda, Twinkies and some carrot sticks to even it out. The group reached in quickly. Buffy sat back down on the couch and hit play on the remote. The movie they were watching, Jurassic Park, continued. Fifteen minutes later Giles decided he had had enough of the "incessant screaming" and retired into the other room to try and get some sleep.

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Anya was asleep in Xander's arms and Dawn was heroically trying to keep her eyes open as the movie came to an end. Buffy stood up and began to clean as good byes were said. Xander and Anya returned to their apartment while Tara, Willow and Dawn retreated upstairs.

Buffy had just finished carrying everything back to the kitchen when the doorbell rang. She wondered who it could be at this time of night. Probably Xander coming back to get something Anya forgot, she thought sleepily as she opened the door.

As soon as she did a hand shot out and yanked strand of hair from Buffy's head. Buffy, shocked, could do nothing at first but stare at the figure swathed in black. Before she had time to recover the door was slammed shut. She quickly regained motion and threw open the door, prepared to chase the son of a bitch down.

She stared blankly at the street and lawn, no one could be seen, in fact, it was quieter than usual. She gave one last look around then turned and went back inside. What the hell was that? She asked herself. Whatever it was, it didn't give her a good feeling. Usually when people wanted your hair something bad was going to happen.

Buffy yawned and decided she would deal with it later. Whatever happened she was positive she could handle it. She got ready for bed and lay down to go to sleep. She had survived everything else hadn't she?