Chapter 4

Willow showed up the next day and headed to Angel's office. When she got inside she also saw Wesley and Spike there. Angel got up to greet her. "Willow, it's good to see you. I'm glad you're here, we could really use your help." He told her.

"So I hear, where's Buffy?" Willow asked looking around.

"We locked her up; I didn't know what else to do. What happened, Willow?" Willow sighed and looked at him.

"It's a long story." Spike then spoke up.

"Care to elaborate?" Willow looked at him and nodded.

"Buffy hasn't really been the same since what happened in Sunnydale. She has been shutting everyone out and she just seemed to want to spend time alone. That was until she met Tom." Spike looked hurt when she said that.

"Oh, who's that?" Willow decided that she would have to tell them everything.

"Tom was a Warlock that Buffy got involved with." Willow then felt bad when she saw the look on Spike's face. "Oh, it wasn't like that. They weren't dating or anything; he just taught her some magic. Of course it was all dark magic, but she didn't seem to care. He was part of the coven that helped me out, but they kicked him out of the coven because of his use of dark magic. Buffy then met up with him after that and he gave her some of his power. I don't think she knew what she would be getting herself into. It's too much for her though, she can't really handle it. The magic is controlling her because it's so strong. I'm sure everyone dying in the...fire was very hard for her. I know it was hard for me. She didn't even stick around after that to see if anyone was still alive. I was the only one that managed to survive. I'm still not even sure how that happened. If I don't find some way to get the power out of her soon, there won't be anything left of Buffy. She would be completely evil. I offered to help her, but she didn't want my help." Willow told them and they seemed a loss for words until Angel spoke up.

"You can do it though, right? Take the power out of her." Willow looked at him.

"I don't know, but I can try. I would need something to release the demon into, like a box or something." Willow told them and they seemed confused.

"What demon?" Spike asked her.

"Well, I guess there's no easy way to say this. Buffy has demon in her now, that's where the power comes from. It's controlling her and if we don't hurry, it'll kill her. I know of a spell to take it out of her, but I need something to put it in. I'm not putting it in me; I don't deal with that kind of power anymore. Of course, I think I would have to put it in me and then transfer it to the box. As long as it doesn't stay in me for too long I should be okay." Wesley nodded.

"I can find something." He said as he left the office.

"What happened to Tom?" Spike asked her and Willow looked like she didn't want to say.

"Buffy killed him. She stole all of his power and left him for dead, which is why she's as powerful as she is now. He was part demon and I guess she didn't know that or maybe she did and she wanted it. It's too much for one person, believe me I know. She now has more demon in her than human and the demon is trying to take over." Spike nodded, he still couldn't believe that this was his Buffy that she was talking about.

"Her hair is black. Did that happen because of the magic like it did with you?" Spike asked and Willow shook her head.

"No, she did that herself and she started wearing a lot more black than usual and a lot of leather. I would say she's suddenly turned into Faith, but even Faith wasn't this crazy." Wesley then came back with a large box in his hands.

"Will this do?" Willow nodded.

"That should be big enough, I hope." Angel nodded also and looked at Willow.

"Alright, I'll take you to her. We have to do this now before she gets any worse." They all agreed as they followed Angel out of the office.