Chris stared on in disbelief.

I cannot let them kill Buffy and Angel. I will get them out of there even if I have to give my life.

She snapped out of it and started pacing the floor.

"Whoa there mini-Buffy."

She shot daggers at Xander. He looked sheepishly at the floor.

"Ok, first of all, we need a way to temporarily make soldier boy here deaf. Got anything Will?"

She shook her head and uttered a few words and Riley looked confused.

"Hey, fish boy."

He looked totally oblivious to the fact that he had just been spoken to.

"Guess it works. Cool. Ok, if they've got Buffy, then, we actually have an advantage."

"And that would be how?" Cordelia questioned.

"Well, if we can get in and disable their systems, then, she'll be able to get out. In my dream, I saw the inside of the facility. Anybody have any paper?"

Xander looked around and saw a legal pad lying on the lamp table.

"Here."

He handed her the pad and pen.

"Ok," she began to sketch.

"The entrance is controlled by voice and retinal scan. After that, all we have to do is get past whatever guards there might be."

"Well, Will can do the whole voice thing again, and um, couldn't we just take soldier boy with us?"

"Well, they might think it weird that Riley's coming back since they think he's been captured, but, I guess we'll just have to risk it. Will, is there any way you could temporarily disable their electrical systems?"

"Um, I would need to look in my books, but I'm pretty sure I could find something. How long would they need to be down?"

"Well, hmm. There are stairs, so if we can disable their security cameras, then we can get down through the stairs. So, ok, I'm thinking the cameras and security system would need to be down like five, ten minutes tops."

"Ok, um, yeah, here's a spell. It'll black out the entire town for fifteen minutes. We're gonna have to pack flashlights campers."

"Fifteen minutes of dark will give us ample time to get in and locate Buffy, Angel and Giles."

"Willow, did the stuff you found on the spell say anything about like a certain time the spell has to take place?"

Willow reached over and grabbed a stack of papers lying in a chair.

"It says that it must be completed before lunar tide, which is like around 1 am I think."

(**Note**: I have no idea when lunar tide is.)

"Ok, Xander, I need you to get us weapons. Go to Buffy's and load up. Willow, I want you to rehearse those spells. Lori, I want you to go with Xander. Mere, I want you to research some more on this spell. Spike, you're coming with me. Clay, stay here and watch Riley."

"What am I suppose to do?"

"Your nails? Fix soldier boy something to eat."

Cordelia gave Chris a disgusted look and stomped off towards the kitchen.

"Will, you can take the deaf spell off Riley now."

Willow mumbled a few words and Riley looked around the room.

"What happened? I was deaf."

"Only because I wanted you to be. Have fun."

She patted him hard on the back and started for the door.

"Um, Slayer, if you haven't noticed, its daylight outside."

She looked at him.

"Vampire, hello."

"I know that. I was thinking."

She looked at the ground and then back at Xander.

"Xander, you're coming with me. Clay, you're on weapons duty with Lori. Spike, you stay with Cordelia and guard Riley."

"You're making me stay with that bint?"

"Yes. I need someone who can handle Riley or any of his friends if they try to come and rescue him."

"Oh, right. So, I'm the muscle of this outfit."

"Only while I'm gone."

She smirked at him and walked out the door followed by Xander.

"Damn Slayer bitches. Think they run everything."

Buffy woke up and rubbed her head.

Ow! God, what happened?

She looked around and noticed white walls surrounded her. She stood up slowly and took in here surroundings. She felt a pang in the pit of her stomach and her eyes darted around the room.

"Buffy?"

"Angel?"

"I'm in the room next to you. Don't touch the front wall of the cell, you'll get shocked."

"Angel, what happened?"

"I don't know. They brought you in here a couple of hours ago."

Damn, one of them must have gotten me when I was in the tree.

"Angel, where's Giles?"

"They came in here earlier this morning, about an hour after I got here and took him away. I haven't seen him since."

Oh god. This can't be good. Calm down Buffy, they've probably just got him working on the spell.

"So, got any bright ideas about getting out of here?"

"Not at the moment."

"Well, guess we'll just have to rely on Chris and the gang. I hope they get here soon."

"See anything?"

"Looks like an ordinary frat house to me. Hey, Xander, I've got an idea. Do you know any guys on campus who are in a fraternity?"

Xander thought for a minute and then smiled.

"Yeah. Devon Blake. He's in Alpha Phi Delta."

"Ok, listen, I've gotta get into that place and get the lay out. If my cover gets blown and the get me too, I want you guys to go ahead as planned. Get Buffy and Angel out. If they don't have them, they can't do the spell."

Xander looked at her and frowned.

"Chris, this isn't such a good idea. I know that Buffy wouldn't want you to do this."

"Hey, I'm gonna play the innocent school girl routine. No one can resist my charms. If I'm not back in fifteen minutes, go back to the mansion."

She got up and took off across the lawn towards the house. When she finally reached it, she opened the door and walked in.

"Hello?"

A guy dressed in a very nice polo shirt and khakis came out from the nearest doorway.

"Can I help you?"

"Um, yeah, I was just at the main office and they told me I could find my brother here."

"Well, what's your brother's name?"

"Devon Blake."

"Well, I'm pretty sure he's not in this fraternity. Lemme go check with some of my brothers to see if they know which one he's in. Just have a seat in there."

She gave him her sweetest smile and walked towards the room.

"Thank you so much."

He winked at her and took off up the stairs. She went and stood in the room, and looked around. She took note of the enormous staircase that looked like it went up a couple of stories.

God this place is big. Now, if I were the door to a secret government facility, where would I be?

She walked back out into the entrance way and across the hall to another room. She slowly opened to door to find a study. She took a look back at the stairs and walked in. There was a big desk that looked like it had a control panel on top of it.

"Hey. I thought I told you to wait over there."

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I was just looking for the ladies room."

"Oh. All the restrooms are upstairs. Your brother is in Alpha Phi Delta, about three houses down."

"Could I possibly use ya'lls restroom? I just drove all the way from LA and I haven't stopped all day."

"Um, I guess so. It's upstairs, first door on the left."

She scanned the room one last time and turned to leave. She walked slowly up the stairs, feeling them out and taking in the surroundings. She watched as the guy went back into the study and closed the door. When she got to the top of the stairs, she looked to the left and noticed one door. She went to the right and looked around.

How am I gonna explain walking around up here if I get caught?

She continued on down the hallway and saw a room that said Finn on the door. She quietly opened the door and walked inside. She saw a keypad next to the mirror and walked over to examine it.

With Willow's computer skills, I'm sure she could override this system. Then again, it might be a little much to ask.

She looked around the room and saw his laptop sitting on his desk.

I'll get you my pretty, and your little laptop too.

She walked over and unplugged it. She shut it and put it in her bag. She noticed some disks lying in an open drawer and put them in her jacket pocket.

Guess I better skeedaddle before I get caught up here.

She heard an automated voice start speaking and she didn't like what it said.

"Security breach. Red alert. Security breach. Level 2. Red alert."

"Shit!"

She noticed the open window and ran over to it and looked down.

Well, better breaking something than being out of the game completely.

She sat on the seal and jumped out the window. Just as she hit, a few boys ran out the front door.

"Oh, you didn't have to come see me off. I was just leaving."

One of them advanced on her and she kicked him hard in the chest. He went down, and didn't get up. The other three decided they were stronger than the first and took her on all at once.

"Xander!!!"

I hope he didn't already leave.

"You know, you really shouldn't hit girls."

She punched the first one hard in the face, breaking his nose. He was persistent and came at her again, head butting her. She grabbed his head and pushed him backwards, making him fall flat on his back. The next one came at her screaming and she grabbed his arm and yanked it hard behind his back.

"You guys just don't give up."

She saw something rush by her and the third guy was laid out on the ground.

"You're coming with us sunny."

She punched him hard in the face, knocking him out.

"Let's go. We're about to have the entire army on us. Where's the car."

"About a block away."

"We need to get out of sight, fast."

She looked over and noticed a bunch of people running down the sidewalk.

This couldn't get more perfect. Thank you God!

"Come on. Run!"

Xander and Chris blended into the crowd and didn't stop running until they reached their car. They both jumped in, but not before throwing the soldier in the back seat.

"Please tell me we didn't do that for nothing."

Chris patted her bag.

"I got his laptop and some pretty important looking disks."

"Really. Were they in a file marked 'CONFIDENTIAL' or 'TOP SECRET'?"

"No, they were in his open desk drawer."

"Oh."

After getting the other guy back to the mansion and tying him up next to Riley they gang went into battle prep mode.

"Damn, Buff's been holdin out on us with the weapons. You guys found all this in her room?"

"Yep. Lori rummaged a little more than I thought she should be, but, we found just about every piece of weaponry she owns."

"Xander, look."

Willow help up a very worn stake.

"Hey. It's Mr. Pointy."

"She named her stake?"

"Well, no. You see, when Buffy died the first time, another Slayer was called, Kendra. When Angel reverted to Angelus, Dru ended up killing her, hence Faith being called. Mr. Pointy was Kendra's stake and she gave it to Buffy when she went to face off with Angelus. Buffy's had it ever since."

"Oh. Now I'm depressed."

"Get use to it kid. When you've been the Slayer as long as Buffy, you wrack up a few dead friends."

"Ok, now, back to battle prep."

"Right. Um, ok, so we're gonna use, what's his name again?"

"Forrest."

"Right, we're using Forrest for the retinal scan, if we need him."

"Well, what are we gonna do if we don't need him? He'll just be dead weight."

"Um, I guess we'll just knock him out and leave him somewhere."

"Hey, sounds good to me."

"Oh. I have an idea. Yes!! It's definitely an idea. Oh, perfect."

"Would you like to share with the class Mrs. Rosenberg?"

"Ok, you know how the Initiative is doing this mondo spell to hypnotize all the demons?"

"Yeah."

"Well, ok, gosh, why didn't I think of this before?"

"Willow, spill."

"Ok, it's all very simple. We hypnotize Riley and Forrest to go get Buffy, Angel and Giles out for us."

"And how are we going to do that?"

"Well, there are some really simple hypnosis spells that last for like hours at a time. I came across a few when I was researching the one the Initiative is using. If we could hypnotize them to go in and give Walsh a bogus story about being captured and stuff, they can go in, release Buffy, Angel and Giles and get them out. No, muss, no fuss."

Chris thought about it for a minute.

"Well, it would be great if we didn't have to risk our lives against a government facility. Do you think you can do it?"

"Um, I'm pretty sure I can. It's nothing really intricate or anything. Just a simple hypnosis spell. It lasts two hours. That's plenty of time."

"One problem. How are they going to sneak Buffy, Angel and Giles out? They're not going to just let them leave for no reason."

Willow picked up her papers and looked through them for a minute.

"Uh huh. Yes. Right. Ok, the spell has to be performed on sacred ground. So, they have to go outside of the Initiative itself. If Forrest and Riley were the ones to transport them, we could "program" them to bring Buffy, Angel and Giles back here."

"Why do I think its not going to be that easy?"

"Well, even if that doesn't work once Buffy and Angel get free, I'm pretty sure they can get themselves and Giles out."

"Well, hey, its worth a shot. I guess we'll just stay on standby incase we're needed."

"Well, I'll need about thirty minutes to prepare for the spell."

"We've got time. Don't hurry."

Chris looked at her watch. 3 pm.

"Xander, I'm gonna go try to catch a nap. Wake me up in about an hour."

"Got it. I'm gonna stock the van. Where's Oz, Will?"

She walked back towards the bedroom that Clay and herself had adopted. She climbed under the fluffy comforter and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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