"I have talked with the Council. They will send the new Slayer and her Watcher as quickly as possible," Giles informed Xander after a series of phone calls, while he was still on the phone.

"Let them go to a designated place and sent the coordinates through."

"What!?"

"Let Willow transport them."

Giles frowned. "That's taking a lot of risk, Xander."

"I know."

"Why not by plane?"

"Takes too long, I need her now." He paused for moment. "Also very dangerous. Do you think it is advisable to let them come here by plane," he said while looking up to see the first flying demons already started to penetrate the sky.

Giles frowned as he looked up and reluctantly agreed.

A couple of tank rocket launchers with a bunch of missiles laid on the floor and Giles and Angel positioned a crowbar on the lock of each of them. "We don't have any choice, Giles. We need them as fast as we can. Ground transport will be even more dangerous." Xander pointed at the rocket launchers. "When you have informed them you can explain how to use those to Angel."

Giles knew Xander had made his point earlier, but this was something that the Watcher couldn't agree with so quickly. "The plane would leave them vulnerable, but transportation spells are not only very dangerous, Willow is hardly capable to perform . . ."

Xander stared at Giles. "Look, I know it very risky. But we have no choice. We need her and the faster she can be here the better. In other words: right now."

"Alright. You have made your point. But we don't really need her Watcher. Maybe it is better if she is . . ."

"We need her too, Giles. She is much more useful with her Slayer then alone."

Without any more protest, but with big worries he again talked with the Council.

*****

After Giles had informed the Council of the plans regarding the Slayer he was about to dial Willow's number again, when he saw how a green flash had brought them a lot of C4. "What are you planning to do?"

"I'm gonna build a bomb," he calmly replied. "And then we are gonna lure that beast out there into your Mansion again," he said while looking at Angel "and we are gonna blow it up."

"You need the Slayer for this, don't you?"

Xander nodded.

Giles knew what he meant. Only a Slayer could be bait for a demon and live to tell the tale. Angel wouldn't be able to do the job as he was not able to attrack the attention of demon of this magnetude. Especially as he was just one human soul among many. Another flash brought a bunch of semi- automatic weapons. Giles frowned when he stared for a moment at all those weapons. "Where are those for? We can't use them all, Xander."

"We are not alone, Giles," Xander answered as a small group of demons crowded from nearby. "Angel," he simply said as he continued his work with the bomb without even looking. The vampire immediately came into action as he quickly wiped away a bunch of demons with his bare hands, before he picked up one of the semi-automatic weapons.

People were running over the street in pure terror. A small group, scattered around, of them however managed to actually fight them. Not very successfully, but with heart and bravery.

"Give it to them and try to bring them together in a group," Xander said while he pointed at them. "But be careful, I still need you for the rocket launcher."

~~ O ~~

Present

"Willow, you're sure you can't do anything about it? Nothing that can expain what the witch coven from england told us?"

Willow shook her head. "No, Xander. But I'm sure that some kind of magic is involved. I can feel it, like if it is in this very room."

"Even here? Buffy?"

"I don't know, Xan. I don't know what happened, Xan. The magic we have detected at the spot is strange. And its power core is centered at a different location."

"Can you pinpoint the power core?"

"We are trying too. But it's moving, or rather jumping from location to location.

Xander's eyes widened in surprise. "What do you mean by 'location to location'?"

"All around the world, Xander. It jumps from Brazil to the States to Europe, everywhere."

"Transportation spell?"

Willow shook her head. "It must be something like that, but I can't detect the magic behind it. Nor can the coven, Amy or Tara."

Before Xander could ask further he was interrupted by Cordelia and Faith. "Xander, we need to talk with you."

Xander turned his head toward them. "Can it wait?"

"It's too important," Cordelia said.

Xander glanced one more time to Buffy who was sitting on the ground, her face blank, gently in the caring arms of Angel before he nodded. He walked into a private room while he started to take off his armor and the girls followed him.

"Okay, what's up?"

"Faith told me what happened."

Xander stopped taking of his armor and looked at Codelia. "Yes, so?"

"Is it true that you couldn't lie to Buffy?" Cordelia asked straight.

Xander blinked by the sudden question. He swallowed. "Yes."

Cordelia and Faith glanced at each other.

"What is the problem?"

"Xander, we are worried," Cordelia said.

"Why?" Look I know I screwed up . . . I-I just couldn't."

"We can understand that," Cordelia said, ignoring how Faith got angry.

"Oh, I . . . than what's the problem?" he asked and looked at Faith.

"I think you are taking this all too far," Cordelia explained.

"What do ya mean?"

"You are way to hard on everybody. Driving every one to the edge, including yourself."

"I'm not."

Cordelia sighed. "Yes you are. From day one you are giving one hard, cold command after another. Taking maximum risks."

"I don't have any choice."

"You do."

"I don't. And why are you asking me this suddenly? What does my lie or lack of it have to do with it?"

"Everything. You made one mistake, and you're overcompensating that. Every single time."

"I'm not!"

"You are and you can't even see that for yourself," Cordelia tried to convince him of her point.

"Cordelia . . ."

"You expect everybody to be hard. And I believed that. But you couldn't even make a fucking single lie yourself!" Faith suddenly snapped.

"Faith . . ." Cordelia said calm to her.

Xander stared at the two and then at Faith alone. "This isn't about me, it it? This about your Watcher."

"Damn right it is!" she yelled.

"Faith . . ." Xander said calm.

She snorted. "You made that stupid decision to transport her over here and now she's crippled and in pain for the rest of her miserable life!"

"Faith . . ."

"She is a fucking freak!" she snapped again and she took off furious.

"Faith . . . Please . . ." he tried one more time, but she had already left the room. "Damn!"