Glory's Apartment
The front door burst open and Buffy stood in the doorway holding a crossbow. She ran into the room and Amy, William, Willow, Tara, and Jade followed closely behind her.
Buffy looked around the room with her crossbow held out in front of her. "She's gone. "
Dawn ran into the room. "Gone? What do you mean she's gone? "
"I mean she's not here! "Buffy shouted at her emotional sister.
Dawn felt more tears start to build up in her eyes and she fell to her knees. "Why? "
Chris walked into the room and hauled Dawn to her feet. He held her against his chest and cradled her in his arms. Dawn sobbed harder.
Jade sighed and leaned against the wall. "I could try a locator spell. "
Willow whipped around. She opened her mouth to protest, but Tara placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Whatever it takes. "Chris stated.
Jade looked around the room for a map. She quickly spotted an atlas on the bookshelf and walked toward it. Jade reached up and pulled the book from the shelf. She walked over to a small coffee table that sat in the middle of the room, in front of a couch, and knelt down in front of it. She opened the book in front of her and sat down on the heels of her boots. " Okay. "
Jade took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She lowered her head and her lips started moving quickly as she started the spell. Tara clamped her hand Willow's and squeezed it tightly.
Jade's mouth moved faster and faster with every word. Light flashed, and a powerful blast made Jade fly backward. Her body slammed into the far wall and both Willow and Tara ran toward her.
They slammed into an invisible and bounced off slightly. Jade quickly rose to her feet.
"Stop. "She said simply.
"What? "Tara asked.
"Stop. "Jade repeated.
Willow looked deep into her daughter's eyes. Instead of their usual brown, they were a deep troubling black. Willow slammed her fists on the barrier. "NO! "
Jade laughed. "No what? Your baby gone? Just to let you know, she was never really there. "
"Jade fight it! "Willow shouted, pounding on the barrier again.
Jade continued to laugh. "Fight what? There's nothing here to fight. I mean come on. You're telling me that you didn't love it when you went off the deep end? "
"No. I didn't love it, and you shouldn't either. Now come on Jade! I know somewhere deep down inside you can fight this! "Willow yelled.
Jade waved her hand letting the barrier fall. "Jade is no more. "
She shoved her fist outward, sending a wave of energy toward Willow and Tara. Amy ran across the room and tackled the two of them to the floor. The energy blast flew above them.
"Getting in the way again Amy? "Jade asked.
Amy stood up quickly. "Shut up. "
"Oh come on. I know you've got better comebacks than that. Aren't Slayers supposed to be cocky? "
"I'm about to cock my fist upside your face in a minute. I said shut up. "Amy stated angrily.
"Has everyone in this bunch forgotten to have fun? "Jade slammed her hand to her head, and doubled over. "Oh God! What the... "She stood back up and started laughing hysterically. "Oh my God! I've never gotten a vision before, but that was worth it! "
She looked over at Jenn and smiled. "I knew there was a reason I hated you. What about your precious punk ass boyfriend? What's he going to say when he finds out that you were locking lips...No make that swapping tongues with Sage? "
Everyone turned their heads toward Jenn except for Amy.
Tears welled up in Jenn's eyes. "You fucking son of a bitch. "She turned around and ran out of the apartment.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I've got people to see, places to destroy. "Jade stated. She snapped her fingers together and she was gone.
Willow stood to her feet. "GOD DAMMIT! "
Tara stood as well. She placed her hand on Willow's shoulder and Willow spun around. Tears filled her eyes, and they threatened to fall when she blinked. Tara wrapped her arms around Willow, and the red head fell apart.
Xander looked over at Anya. "Do you think Jade was right? Or-or was she just making it up because she hates Jenn? "
Anya slammed her fist into Xander's chest. "Come on! We've got to go find her! Not only is there a God out there, but a psycho witch too. "
Willow sobbed heavily on Tara's shoulder. "It's my fault. It's all my fault. I-I knew this was going to happen. "
Tara ran her hand over Willow's soft red hair. "You didn't know. You couldn't have possibly known. "
William walked over to Amy and grabbed her shoulder. "Did you know about this? "
Amy turned around. She looked up at her brother to see tears sparkling in his eyes. "Yeah. "
"Why didn't you tell me? "William demanded.
"Because you didn't need to know. "Amy said quietly.
"Didn't need to know? Amy, I think I have the right to know if my girlfriend is swapping spit with another girl! "William shouted.
Amy looked perturbed. "Ex! You mean ex-girlfriend! You were the one who was making out with her sister behind her back! "
Buffy stepped between them. "Both of you knock it off. "
Everyone looked around the apartment. There was nothing left that they could do. Buffy quickly led the rest of the gang out of the apartment.
Jenn ran across the parking lot and jumped into the backseat of Giles's red convertible. Giles turned around from the driver's seat and looked at the distressed teen in the back.
"Jenn, what's wrong? "
"We lost Jade to magic. "Jenn said as she lay down in the back seat and sobbed.
The front door of the apartment complex opened and Buffy walked out with Willow, Tara, Amy, Xander, Anya, Dawn, and Chris behind her. Willow leaned on Tara as she walked. Giles shook his head and frowned.
Abandoned Warehouse
Crystal sat in a chair with a gag in her mouth, her arms tied behind her back, and her legs tied to the front legs of the chair. She was thankful that Glory had pulled her hair back into a ponytail, but the room still was filled with extreme heat. Sweat beaded up on her forehead and dripped down her face.
Glory walked into the room with her hair on top of her head, wearing a red tank top with black shorts. "God, it's hot in here! But I guess that's the Hell mouth for you. "
She walked over to Crystal and squatted down to the child's level. " So how are you? Need anything? "Glory grabbed a long metal pole from the floor and walked over to the furnace. She popped open a little door revealing a little flame. Glory stuck the end of the pole into the flame, letting the metal heat up. She swirled the pole around making sure that each part of the metal got to touch the flame.
Crystal whined. She knew what was about to happen. She closed her eyes and squeezed them together. Tears poured out of her eyes at the thought of the hot metal touching her flesh. Glory stepped away from the furnace holding the metal pole outward. The tip grew a bright orange.
Glory walked over to Crystal and stood in front of her. "If you're a screamer, feel free to do so. "
Glory rolled the glowing metal across the bare skin of Crystal's leg. Crystal screamed at the top of her lungs. Glory laughed.
Main Street, Willow's Car
Willow sat on the passenger's side with her head rested on the window. Tara glanced over from time to time. She took one of her hands off of the steering wheel and squeezed Willow's. Willow looked up at her and smiled. She rested her head back on the window and isolated herself back into her own thoughts.
Tara sighed and put her hand back on the wheel. The streetlights shone down into the car and illuminated Willow's face. Tara flipped the blinker on and started to slow down. She stopped at the stop sign, and cranked the wheel over to the right.
Ten minutes later, Giles's Apt
Xander, Anya, Giles and Jenn walked through the front door. Anya looked down at her daughter and frowned.
"Are you okay? "Anya asked.
"No. "Jenn answered. "I'm uh...I'm going for a walk. I just need to think. "
"Okay. Just be back in about ten minutes. "Anya stated.
Jenn nodded and walked out the front door. She walked past the bench and stepped over the small bused that Giles had planted the year before.
The night swarmed around her. The cool night breeze blew her hair into her face, and she reached up to brush it away. She let a few tears fall down her face as thoughts of everyone finding out about her and Sage flooded through her mind. An owl hooted and fluttered its wings as Jenn past underneath it.
She blinked and let more tears fall. Jenn brushed some of the tears away. She walked down the sidewalk further and spotted a small bench. Jenn sat down on the public piece of furniture, and pulled her knees up to her chest.
Giles's Apartment
Willow sat on the couch with her knees up to her chest, and her arms wrapped around them. She stared at the wall in front of her. Tara sat next to her. She ran her hand over Willow's soft red hair.
Buffy looked at her best friend and frowned. Her attention snapped over to Dawn who sat on Chris's lap in a chair. Two people that she cared about were in trouble, and once again it was because of her being the Slayer. Willow was worse off than Dawn. She wouldn't even talk to anyone. Sage was in a coma, and Jade had lost it too magic.
Amy tapped her mom's shoulder. "I'm going to find Jenn. "
Buffy nodded her head and Amy left the apartment.
Abandoned Warehouse
The tears poured out of Crystal's eyes as the skin on her leg blistered and peeled. She could feel the skin burning and she wanted so much for her leg to just fall off.
"Hold on kid. You just need one more. If you don't have these, then the ritual won't work. "Glory said as she heated up another piece of metal.
Crystal cried and tried to open her mouth. The gag stopped her from talking which made her cry more. Glory walked over to her with another piece of glowing metal. The end glowed a bright orange. The metal stamp was in the shape of an upside down pentacle.
Glory pressed the burning piece of metal to Crystal's calf. The skin started to smoke and Crystal cried.
Outside, Bench
Jenn stared out into the deserted street. She looked to her left at the sound of footsteps. Amy walked toward her at a rather fast pace.
"Go away. "Jenn stated.
"Not gonna happen. "Amy replied.
Jenn stood up from the bench and started to walk in the opposite direction. Amy picked her pace up to a quick jog and caught up with Jenn.
"We need to talk. "
Jenn stopped. "About what? About the fact that I'm in love with another woman? 'Cause I'd rather not. "
Amy placed her hand on Jenn's shoulder. "Well, we need too. You're not going to become distant from the rest of us, just because Jade and William don't approve of this. "
Jenn felt more tears start to swell up in her eyes. "I-I just don't know what I'm going to do. "
Amy enveloped her best friend in her arms and held her tightly. Jenn let the tears fall. She felt her knees start to give out on her, but Amy held her up.
Sage's Mind
A loud crash came from up above and Sage stared up at the sky. Thunder boomed and lightning flashed a few times. Sage stood from the ground and leaned against the tree. Trees crashed to the ground and Sage whipped around. She stared up in horror at the beast that emerged from the forest of strange trees.
"Ok. Not g-good. "Sage stated as she craned her neck to look at the creature.
Giles's Apartment
Willow still stared at the wall in front of her. She blinked once, and Tara looked at Buffy.
"That was progress. "Tara said she ran her hand over Willow's hair.
"Either that or she needed to moisten her eyeballs. "Xander said sarcastically. "I mean Dawn's kid's gone, but do you see her stuck in some catatonic state? "
Dawn burst into tears and buried her face into Chris's chest. Chris looked up at Xander and frowned. Xander shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back to Willow. Tara ran her hand over her wife's hair.
"Come on baby. I need you to snap out of this. Jade needs you. "
"I don't need anybody. "Jade said.
Everyone turned to see Jade standing in the doorway. Buffy dropped down into one of her older defensive positions and stared at the good witch gone bad.
"Jade, I don't want to have to do this. "Buffy stated trying to reason with the girl.
"Do what? Kick my ass? "Jade asked. "'Cause we all know we wouldn't want that. "
Tara stood from her couch. "Sweetie, please listen to her. "
"Don't call me that. "Jade snapped.
Tara flinched at the harshness of her daughter's words.
"Now, I came for that scrawny little bitch you call Jenn. "
"Shut the hell up. "Anya snapped.
Jade laughed. "Why don't you make me? "
Buffy charged at Jade. The teenager didn't see the older Slayer rushing toward her. Buffy dove at Jade's knees tackling her to the ground. Both of them fell into a pile of tangled limbs.
Jade looked up at Buffy and started whispering an incantation. Buffy reached for a large piece of wood, that had been left when Chris cleaned up the mess Glory had made, and swung it around fast.
The board collided with Jade's head, and the teen fell limp to the floor. Buffy set the piece of wood down and brushed some of Jade's hair out of her face.
"Sorry, but it was the only way. "Buffy looked up at Giles. "Start looking for a reversal spell now. "
Buffy looked over at Xander and Anya. "Xander, get a chair and some rope. Anya, get the duct tape. "
Both of them moved quickly. Buffy stood up from the ground and looked at Tara. "I had to. I'm sorry. "
Tara nodded her head and walked out from behind the couch. She crouched down beside her oldest daughter and ran her hand over her hair. " You're going to be okay. I promise. "
Xander walked back into the living room carrying a wooden chair and a thick coil of yellow rope. He set the chair down and started to unwrap the rope. Buffy picked the teen up and carried her over to the chair. She set Jade down in the chair and Xander started to wrap the rope around her. He brought the rope around the front and tied her arms to the armrests.
Anya walked out from the hallway carrying a large roll of duct tape. She tossed it to Buffy and the Slayer grabbed it out of the air. Buffy peeled the end back and ripped off a large chunk of the sticky tape. She put it over Jade's mouth and smoothed out the creases.
Buffy stepped back and studied their work. She needed to make sure that the rope would hold her. "All right, first things first. We've got to find Amy and Jenn. "
Xander started walking toward the door. "On it. "
"K. Now, we've got to find where Glory has taken Crystal. Tara do you think you could- "
"No problem. "Tara said walking toward the cabinet where Giles kept his maps.
"Good. Now for the rest of us, we've got to work on finding a cure for Jade. "Buffy stated. Everyone excluding Willow, Tara, Xander and Jade moved to the bookshelf.
Tara unrolled the tiny map of Sunnydale and spread it across Giles's desk. She held the sides down with her hands as she loomed over the desk. Her mouth began to move slowly as she recited the locator spell that she had used most often. This time instead of using either Jade or Sage's name in the spell, she used Crystal's.
Her mouth moved a little faster as the spell went on. A small yellow light appeared on the map and Tara turned her attention toward Buffy. " I've got a location. She's on the corner of Main and Hope. "
"The factory. "Buffy said remembering the days when Spike Drusilla, and Angelus were the major threat. "We're moving out. William, Tara. You guys are coming with me. We'll get Amy as soon as she gets back. "
William grabbed a battle-axe from the coffee table. "Lets go. "
Buffy grabbed her crossbow that she had used earlier and looked toward Tara. "Do you think you'll be able to concentrate with everything that's going on? "
"I think so. "Tara stated.
"All right. Lets go. "Buffy said as she walked toward the door. She looked back at her sister and smiled. "We'll bring her back safe. "
Dawn nodded. Buffy turned around to see Amy standing in front of her. "Come on. We're leaving. "
"Where? "Amy asked as she allowed her mother to drag her out the front door.
"To get Crystal. "Buffy responded.
The front door burst open and Buffy stood in the doorway holding a crossbow. She ran into the room and Amy, William, Willow, Tara, and Jade followed closely behind her.
Buffy looked around the room with her crossbow held out in front of her. "She's gone. "
Dawn ran into the room. "Gone? What do you mean she's gone? "
"I mean she's not here! "Buffy shouted at her emotional sister.
Dawn felt more tears start to build up in her eyes and she fell to her knees. "Why? "
Chris walked into the room and hauled Dawn to her feet. He held her against his chest and cradled her in his arms. Dawn sobbed harder.
Jade sighed and leaned against the wall. "I could try a locator spell. "
Willow whipped around. She opened her mouth to protest, but Tara placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Whatever it takes. "Chris stated.
Jade looked around the room for a map. She quickly spotted an atlas on the bookshelf and walked toward it. Jade reached up and pulled the book from the shelf. She walked over to a small coffee table that sat in the middle of the room, in front of a couch, and knelt down in front of it. She opened the book in front of her and sat down on the heels of her boots. " Okay. "
Jade took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She lowered her head and her lips started moving quickly as she started the spell. Tara clamped her hand Willow's and squeezed it tightly.
Jade's mouth moved faster and faster with every word. Light flashed, and a powerful blast made Jade fly backward. Her body slammed into the far wall and both Willow and Tara ran toward her.
They slammed into an invisible and bounced off slightly. Jade quickly rose to her feet.
"Stop. "She said simply.
"What? "Tara asked.
"Stop. "Jade repeated.
Willow looked deep into her daughter's eyes. Instead of their usual brown, they were a deep troubling black. Willow slammed her fists on the barrier. "NO! "
Jade laughed. "No what? Your baby gone? Just to let you know, she was never really there. "
"Jade fight it! "Willow shouted, pounding on the barrier again.
Jade continued to laugh. "Fight what? There's nothing here to fight. I mean come on. You're telling me that you didn't love it when you went off the deep end? "
"No. I didn't love it, and you shouldn't either. Now come on Jade! I know somewhere deep down inside you can fight this! "Willow yelled.
Jade waved her hand letting the barrier fall. "Jade is no more. "
She shoved her fist outward, sending a wave of energy toward Willow and Tara. Amy ran across the room and tackled the two of them to the floor. The energy blast flew above them.
"Getting in the way again Amy? "Jade asked.
Amy stood up quickly. "Shut up. "
"Oh come on. I know you've got better comebacks than that. Aren't Slayers supposed to be cocky? "
"I'm about to cock my fist upside your face in a minute. I said shut up. "Amy stated angrily.
"Has everyone in this bunch forgotten to have fun? "Jade slammed her hand to her head, and doubled over. "Oh God! What the... "She stood back up and started laughing hysterically. "Oh my God! I've never gotten a vision before, but that was worth it! "
She looked over at Jenn and smiled. "I knew there was a reason I hated you. What about your precious punk ass boyfriend? What's he going to say when he finds out that you were locking lips...No make that swapping tongues with Sage? "
Everyone turned their heads toward Jenn except for Amy.
Tears welled up in Jenn's eyes. "You fucking son of a bitch. "She turned around and ran out of the apartment.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I've got people to see, places to destroy. "Jade stated. She snapped her fingers together and she was gone.
Willow stood to her feet. "GOD DAMMIT! "
Tara stood as well. She placed her hand on Willow's shoulder and Willow spun around. Tears filled her eyes, and they threatened to fall when she blinked. Tara wrapped her arms around Willow, and the red head fell apart.
Xander looked over at Anya. "Do you think Jade was right? Or-or was she just making it up because she hates Jenn? "
Anya slammed her fist into Xander's chest. "Come on! We've got to go find her! Not only is there a God out there, but a psycho witch too. "
Willow sobbed heavily on Tara's shoulder. "It's my fault. It's all my fault. I-I knew this was going to happen. "
Tara ran her hand over Willow's soft red hair. "You didn't know. You couldn't have possibly known. "
William walked over to Amy and grabbed her shoulder. "Did you know about this? "
Amy turned around. She looked up at her brother to see tears sparkling in his eyes. "Yeah. "
"Why didn't you tell me? "William demanded.
"Because you didn't need to know. "Amy said quietly.
"Didn't need to know? Amy, I think I have the right to know if my girlfriend is swapping spit with another girl! "William shouted.
Amy looked perturbed. "Ex! You mean ex-girlfriend! You were the one who was making out with her sister behind her back! "
Buffy stepped between them. "Both of you knock it off. "
Everyone looked around the apartment. There was nothing left that they could do. Buffy quickly led the rest of the gang out of the apartment.
Jenn ran across the parking lot and jumped into the backseat of Giles's red convertible. Giles turned around from the driver's seat and looked at the distressed teen in the back.
"Jenn, what's wrong? "
"We lost Jade to magic. "Jenn said as she lay down in the back seat and sobbed.
The front door of the apartment complex opened and Buffy walked out with Willow, Tara, Amy, Xander, Anya, Dawn, and Chris behind her. Willow leaned on Tara as she walked. Giles shook his head and frowned.
Abandoned Warehouse
Crystal sat in a chair with a gag in her mouth, her arms tied behind her back, and her legs tied to the front legs of the chair. She was thankful that Glory had pulled her hair back into a ponytail, but the room still was filled with extreme heat. Sweat beaded up on her forehead and dripped down her face.
Glory walked into the room with her hair on top of her head, wearing a red tank top with black shorts. "God, it's hot in here! But I guess that's the Hell mouth for you. "
She walked over to Crystal and squatted down to the child's level. " So how are you? Need anything? "Glory grabbed a long metal pole from the floor and walked over to the furnace. She popped open a little door revealing a little flame. Glory stuck the end of the pole into the flame, letting the metal heat up. She swirled the pole around making sure that each part of the metal got to touch the flame.
Crystal whined. She knew what was about to happen. She closed her eyes and squeezed them together. Tears poured out of her eyes at the thought of the hot metal touching her flesh. Glory stepped away from the furnace holding the metal pole outward. The tip grew a bright orange.
Glory walked over to Crystal and stood in front of her. "If you're a screamer, feel free to do so. "
Glory rolled the glowing metal across the bare skin of Crystal's leg. Crystal screamed at the top of her lungs. Glory laughed.
Main Street, Willow's Car
Willow sat on the passenger's side with her head rested on the window. Tara glanced over from time to time. She took one of her hands off of the steering wheel and squeezed Willow's. Willow looked up at her and smiled. She rested her head back on the window and isolated herself back into her own thoughts.
Tara sighed and put her hand back on the wheel. The streetlights shone down into the car and illuminated Willow's face. Tara flipped the blinker on and started to slow down. She stopped at the stop sign, and cranked the wheel over to the right.
Ten minutes later, Giles's Apt
Xander, Anya, Giles and Jenn walked through the front door. Anya looked down at her daughter and frowned.
"Are you okay? "Anya asked.
"No. "Jenn answered. "I'm uh...I'm going for a walk. I just need to think. "
"Okay. Just be back in about ten minutes. "Anya stated.
Jenn nodded and walked out the front door. She walked past the bench and stepped over the small bused that Giles had planted the year before.
The night swarmed around her. The cool night breeze blew her hair into her face, and she reached up to brush it away. She let a few tears fall down her face as thoughts of everyone finding out about her and Sage flooded through her mind. An owl hooted and fluttered its wings as Jenn past underneath it.
She blinked and let more tears fall. Jenn brushed some of the tears away. She walked down the sidewalk further and spotted a small bench. Jenn sat down on the public piece of furniture, and pulled her knees up to her chest.
Giles's Apartment
Willow sat on the couch with her knees up to her chest, and her arms wrapped around them. She stared at the wall in front of her. Tara sat next to her. She ran her hand over Willow's soft red hair.
Buffy looked at her best friend and frowned. Her attention snapped over to Dawn who sat on Chris's lap in a chair. Two people that she cared about were in trouble, and once again it was because of her being the Slayer. Willow was worse off than Dawn. She wouldn't even talk to anyone. Sage was in a coma, and Jade had lost it too magic.
Amy tapped her mom's shoulder. "I'm going to find Jenn. "
Buffy nodded her head and Amy left the apartment.
Abandoned Warehouse
The tears poured out of Crystal's eyes as the skin on her leg blistered and peeled. She could feel the skin burning and she wanted so much for her leg to just fall off.
"Hold on kid. You just need one more. If you don't have these, then the ritual won't work. "Glory said as she heated up another piece of metal.
Crystal cried and tried to open her mouth. The gag stopped her from talking which made her cry more. Glory walked over to her with another piece of glowing metal. The end glowed a bright orange. The metal stamp was in the shape of an upside down pentacle.
Glory pressed the burning piece of metal to Crystal's calf. The skin started to smoke and Crystal cried.
Outside, Bench
Jenn stared out into the deserted street. She looked to her left at the sound of footsteps. Amy walked toward her at a rather fast pace.
"Go away. "Jenn stated.
"Not gonna happen. "Amy replied.
Jenn stood up from the bench and started to walk in the opposite direction. Amy picked her pace up to a quick jog and caught up with Jenn.
"We need to talk. "
Jenn stopped. "About what? About the fact that I'm in love with another woman? 'Cause I'd rather not. "
Amy placed her hand on Jenn's shoulder. "Well, we need too. You're not going to become distant from the rest of us, just because Jade and William don't approve of this. "
Jenn felt more tears start to swell up in her eyes. "I-I just don't know what I'm going to do. "
Amy enveloped her best friend in her arms and held her tightly. Jenn let the tears fall. She felt her knees start to give out on her, but Amy held her up.
Sage's Mind
A loud crash came from up above and Sage stared up at the sky. Thunder boomed and lightning flashed a few times. Sage stood from the ground and leaned against the tree. Trees crashed to the ground and Sage whipped around. She stared up in horror at the beast that emerged from the forest of strange trees.
"Ok. Not g-good. "Sage stated as she craned her neck to look at the creature.
Giles's Apartment
Willow still stared at the wall in front of her. She blinked once, and Tara looked at Buffy.
"That was progress. "Tara said she ran her hand over Willow's hair.
"Either that or she needed to moisten her eyeballs. "Xander said sarcastically. "I mean Dawn's kid's gone, but do you see her stuck in some catatonic state? "
Dawn burst into tears and buried her face into Chris's chest. Chris looked up at Xander and frowned. Xander shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back to Willow. Tara ran her hand over her wife's hair.
"Come on baby. I need you to snap out of this. Jade needs you. "
"I don't need anybody. "Jade said.
Everyone turned to see Jade standing in the doorway. Buffy dropped down into one of her older defensive positions and stared at the good witch gone bad.
"Jade, I don't want to have to do this. "Buffy stated trying to reason with the girl.
"Do what? Kick my ass? "Jade asked. "'Cause we all know we wouldn't want that. "
Tara stood from her couch. "Sweetie, please listen to her. "
"Don't call me that. "Jade snapped.
Tara flinched at the harshness of her daughter's words.
"Now, I came for that scrawny little bitch you call Jenn. "
"Shut the hell up. "Anya snapped.
Jade laughed. "Why don't you make me? "
Buffy charged at Jade. The teenager didn't see the older Slayer rushing toward her. Buffy dove at Jade's knees tackling her to the ground. Both of them fell into a pile of tangled limbs.
Jade looked up at Buffy and started whispering an incantation. Buffy reached for a large piece of wood, that had been left when Chris cleaned up the mess Glory had made, and swung it around fast.
The board collided with Jade's head, and the teen fell limp to the floor. Buffy set the piece of wood down and brushed some of Jade's hair out of her face.
"Sorry, but it was the only way. "Buffy looked up at Giles. "Start looking for a reversal spell now. "
Buffy looked over at Xander and Anya. "Xander, get a chair and some rope. Anya, get the duct tape. "
Both of them moved quickly. Buffy stood up from the ground and looked at Tara. "I had to. I'm sorry. "
Tara nodded her head and walked out from behind the couch. She crouched down beside her oldest daughter and ran her hand over her hair. " You're going to be okay. I promise. "
Xander walked back into the living room carrying a wooden chair and a thick coil of yellow rope. He set the chair down and started to unwrap the rope. Buffy picked the teen up and carried her over to the chair. She set Jade down in the chair and Xander started to wrap the rope around her. He brought the rope around the front and tied her arms to the armrests.
Anya walked out from the hallway carrying a large roll of duct tape. She tossed it to Buffy and the Slayer grabbed it out of the air. Buffy peeled the end back and ripped off a large chunk of the sticky tape. She put it over Jade's mouth and smoothed out the creases.
Buffy stepped back and studied their work. She needed to make sure that the rope would hold her. "All right, first things first. We've got to find Amy and Jenn. "
Xander started walking toward the door. "On it. "
"K. Now, we've got to find where Glory has taken Crystal. Tara do you think you could- "
"No problem. "Tara said walking toward the cabinet where Giles kept his maps.
"Good. Now for the rest of us, we've got to work on finding a cure for Jade. "Buffy stated. Everyone excluding Willow, Tara, Xander and Jade moved to the bookshelf.
Tara unrolled the tiny map of Sunnydale and spread it across Giles's desk. She held the sides down with her hands as she loomed over the desk. Her mouth began to move slowly as she recited the locator spell that she had used most often. This time instead of using either Jade or Sage's name in the spell, she used Crystal's.
Her mouth moved a little faster as the spell went on. A small yellow light appeared on the map and Tara turned her attention toward Buffy. " I've got a location. She's on the corner of Main and Hope. "
"The factory. "Buffy said remembering the days when Spike Drusilla, and Angelus were the major threat. "We're moving out. William, Tara. You guys are coming with me. We'll get Amy as soon as she gets back. "
William grabbed a battle-axe from the coffee table. "Lets go. "
Buffy grabbed her crossbow that she had used earlier and looked toward Tara. "Do you think you'll be able to concentrate with everything that's going on? "
"I think so. "Tara stated.
"All right. Lets go. "Buffy said as she walked toward the door. She looked back at her sister and smiled. "We'll bring her back safe. "
Dawn nodded. Buffy turned around to see Amy standing in front of her. "Come on. We're leaving. "
"Where? "Amy asked as she allowed her mother to drag her out the front door.
"To get Crystal. "Buffy responded.