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Chapter 13: Xander at the Gate

Xander drove up to the gate with some trepidation. It had taken him several days to get here since Buffy's call, or at least what they could understand of her call. According to Kennedy, who had picked the phone up, Buffy had been high. Strangely enough the core scoobies had doubted that, but having listened to the replay, knew something had made Buffy act like a Hyena. Xander blanched for a moment, and then edited that thought, made Buffy laugh like a Hyena, Hyena possessed Buffy he didn't think he could handle, nor did he want to.

"Got a call from Buffy Summers and a Colonel Tools O'Neil, who really needs to change his middle name 'cos tools just screams…" he glanced at the guards expressions "and I'll just shut up now"

Face twitching the Guard handed Xander his ID back, "Sir, If you'll just park by there a minute Colonel O'Neill, spelt with 2 L's, not tools, will be hear to take you in"

"Right, 2 L's, thanks" Xander drove carefully over to the indicated spot, having just one eye didn't exactly make for perfect depth perception, then climbed out of the car and sat on the bonnet.

"Oh boy" he muttered, glancing around at the high security, the 'we're armed and happy to use it' attitude of the guards and the hidden emplacements his soldier boy memories pointed out to him "What the hell have you gotten me into this time Buffy, and it better be good 'cos Willow was just…"

"Willow!?! Here!?!" came a high pitched falsetto voice from behind Xander.

He turned around to see Buffy and an unknown women holding each other up for support as they laughed their heads off, a tall dark-skinned man with an unusual gold mark on his forehead shaking with suppressed laughter, and a grey haired colonel shouting "Very funny, Ferreti" in an aggrieved tone at the final person.

'Okay' Xander thought, then spoke out loud "Why do I get the impression the Colonel did something he is never going to live down?"

"Because you are a very perceptive man, Mr Sander Harris"

'Okay' Xander thought, 'Buffy and the blonde are about to burst their guts laughing, the Colonel looks ready to tear apart a 1st circle demon with his bare hands, Ferreti trying to hide and…'

"Please don't call me Mr Harris, I hear Harris, I look for my father and I don't want to be associated with that thing, Xander's fine, so Buffster, what's up?"

"I think we better discuss that downstairs, where the crowd of on-lookers for today's episode of humiliate the Colonel can't here us" O'Neill replied, shooting annoyed and vengeful glares at his friends and team-mates.