"No. "Willow cried as tears ran down her cheeks.
Tara wrapped her arms around Willow and held her tightly against her own body. Tears fell from her own eyes, and dropped down onto Willow' head.
"No. "Willow cried. "No. "
Tara ran her hand over Willow's hair and let more tears fall down her face. "It's going to be okay. "Tara whispered into Willow's ear.
"No. "Willow continued to cry.
The monitors started beeping again and Willow picked her head up to watch the lines move up and down. Sage's eyes slowly started to flicker open. Everything was hazy, but she could make out two familiar shapes.
"Mom? "Sage asked. Her voice sounded as though she was just getting over a severe case of laryngitis.
Willow scrambled away from Tara and ran over to the head of the bed. She ran her hand over Sage's hair and wiped some of her tears away. "We're here. "
Sage tried to smile, but her whole body hurt.
"I'll go get a doctor. "Tara stated wiping some of her own tears away.
She quickly left the room, leaving the door open behind her. Willow grabbed onto Sage's hand and squeezed it tightly.
Hospital, Lobby
Buffy, Chris, and Anya all ran through the automatic doors together.
"We need some help! "Chris shouted, clutching onto Jenn tighter. His hands were slick with her blood, which made her harder to hold onto.
A female doctor in her mid thirties rushed over to them. "What happened? "
"She was in a fight. "Chris lied thinking quickly.
"All right. Follow me back here. "The woman said running toward the swinging double doors with the words ' Emergency Room ' above them.
Chris jogged after her holding onto Jenn as best as he could. Anya and Buffy quickly made their way into the waiting room. They sat next to each other in the far right corner of the room, and waited for Chris to return.
Within a few minutes of waiting in uncomfortable silence, Chris walked into the waiting room. The front of his olive green sports tank top was covered in Jenn's blood. He had obviously washed his hands and arms, since they were red from him scrubbing. Chris quickly made his way over to the girls. He sat down in the chair in front of Buffy, leaned back, and sighed. "They're going to pump her full of blood and sew her up. "
"She really lost that much blood? "Buffy asked.
"Yeah. "Chris replied. "The doctor said that if she would have lost another pint, we would have lost her. "
Giles's Apartment
William walked up the stairs that headed to the loft where Giles's bedroom was. He peeked around the corner to see that Amy was sound asleep on Giles's bed. The blankets were tangled around her body, and her head rested just on the edge of the pillow. William smiled and turned around. He quickly jogged back down the stairs and grabbed onto a book that set next to Giles on the desk. "She's fine. "
"Good. Hopefully she'll be felling better by morning. "Giles stated turning the page in his book.
William plopped down on the couch next to Xander and kicked his legs up onto the coffee table. He opened the book to some random page and started reading.
"You know, in all our years of research, you'd think we'd remember stuff. That would make locating things a lot easier. "Xander stated as he licked his fingers and turned the page.
"Blast! "Giles shouted as he slammed his fists down on the desk and stood up. "I should have thought of this hours ago! "
"What's wrong Giles? "Dawn asked as she closed her book and smoothed the back of Crystal's shirt.
Giles ran over to his weapon chest and threw the lid open. He started digging through the various swords, stakes, crossbows, and axes, and threw them out occasionally.
"I don't think killing her is really going to solve anything. " Xander stated. "I mean sure she's kind of bitchy, but so was Willow. And we didn't kill her. "
Giles ignored him. He continued to pull his weapons from the chest. Giles pulled up on the wooden bottom of the chest to reveal a large, black leather bound book with the word ' Magick ' printed across the top. He pulled the large book out of the chest, and walked over to the desk.
Giles dropped the heavy book onto the desk and opened it carefully so that it wouldn't crack the binding. He skimmed through the text, running his finger over the page. "Of coarse. Stupid, stupid me. "
"Hey Giles. Mind sharing the knowledge? "William asked.
"Right here. Right here is Jade's cure. In order to return a being to their natural state we have to alter time. Of coarse if we mess up in any way, we could completely destroy history as we know it. "Giles explained. "Its extremely risky, but I suppose if we have the proper amount of time I could- "
"Giles! That's exactly what we don't have! Time. "William alleged.
"I know. I know. "Giles said as he continued to skim through the text. "Although I think that we might have a chance if we got Willow and Tara to look this over- "
"Giles! We're talking about turning back time here! It has death wish written all over it! "William shouted. "If we go back for that, then Crystal would still be captured by Glory and something could go horribly wrong. "
Dawn clutched onto Crystal tightly. "I'm not liking this idea. "
"Well its either this or we find someone and hack their head off! " Giles shouted.
"I don't feel like putting my child back into danger either! "Dawn shouted.
Crystal woke up and stared at Giles. Dawn hugged her tightly and ran her hand over her hair.
"This has completely gone out of control! Jade could kill someone! Did you see Jenn? Did you see what she did to her? She could do worse! Do you remember what Willow did to Warren? Huh? "Giles shouted.
"But that was totally different! "Xander yelled. "You can't just expect us to agree with this on such a short notice! "
Giles threw his glasses off and started walking toward Xander. "This is our only possible answer! I don't know about you, but I think we've lost enough human lives! "
"Shut the hell up Giles! "Xander shouted.
William stood up. "Hold on. What about vampires? "
"What do you mean what about them? "Giles asked.
"Vampires. Wouldn't you think that they'd be considered humans, since they once were one? "William questioned.
"Where are you going with this? "Giles asked.
"If we could get Sp- my dad to help us, then maybe we could use him as the sacrifice. He wouldn't die. "
"That wouldn't wor- "Xander started.
"Hold on. He might have something. "Giles stated. "Go on. "
"Like I said if we could get my dad to help us then we could use him as the sacrifice. Slit his throat. Let the blood run out and then when the ritual is done, sew him back up, and pump him full of more blood. "William stated. "I mean he's dead all ready, so it won't kill him. "
"Do you think he'll help? "Dawn asked.
"He always liked Jade. I guess you know because she never listens. " William stated.
Giles walked toward the desk and reached for the phone. "I'll give Angel a call. "
He picked the phone up and started dialing numbers. William grabbed onto Giles's hand and pulled it away from the phone.
"Shouldn't we tell my mom first? "William asked.
"There's no time. "Giles stated as he finished punching in the numbers.
William sighed and walked back over to the couch. He plopped down and kicked his feet back up onto the coffee table.
Giles waited as the phone rang, and then spoke. "Can I speak to Angel? "
There was another long pause and then Giles spoke again. "Angel. Its Giles. I was wondering if I could have a word with Spike. "Once again there was a pause. "Yes. With Spike. "
He rolled his eyes and waited in silence as he waited to talk to someone on the other end. He smiled before he started speaking again. "Ah. Spike. We seem to have a bit of a problem. We were wondering if you could help. "There was a small pause and then Giles spoke again. "Jade's in trouble. She's gone over to the dark side. Yes. Magic."
There was one last pause and then Giles spoke again. "Right. Of coarse. We'll be seeing you then. Thank you. Good bye. "
He hung the phone up and looked at everyone one in the room. "He said he'd help. No questions asked. "
"So it's settled then. Lets start researching the ritual. "Xander stated.
Dawn groaned. "Does it ever end? "
"I'm afraid not. "Giles said jokingly and walked over to the desk to retrieve the book that Xander had been reading.
Dawn set Crystal down on the ground. "Why don't you go check on Amy? Check on her. Don't wake her up, because if she kicks your ass, don't come crying back to me. "
Crystal ran toward the stairs and jogged up them quickly, almost slipping.
Hospital, ICU
Sage lay in her bed, which was now set up into a propped up position. A few of the IVs had been taken out of her body, but she still had the oxygen hose stuck in her nose. The tray, that was used to put food on, was swung around so that it sat in front of her. A Styrofoam cup with a bendy straw stuck in it sat on the tray.
The blanket was pulled up to her waist and she had a pillow underneath of her feet. Tara sat in the green leather chair next to Sage's bed and watched Willow run around like a chicken with her head cut off.
"Is there anything I can get you? "Willow asked Sage.
Sage smiled and brushed some of her hair behind her ear. "No mom. I'm f-fine. Why don't you sit d-down and chill before you have l-like a stress overload or something."
Willow sighed. "It's just-Are you sure? "
"Mom! I'm f-fine. "Sage stuttered as she picked up her cup and took a sip from it.
"Please? Will you just let me get you something? It will make me feel better. "Willow begged.
Sage sighed heavily. "You can tell the d-doctors to let me take this d-damn thing out of my nose. "
Willow pointed her finger at Sage. "I'm going to let that slip. "
Sage looked down at her cup to see that it was a quarter of the way full. "You can f-fill my cup back up. "
Willow grabbed onto the cup and started walking toward the door. "On it. "
Willow left the room, closing the door behind her. Sage looked over at Tara and sighed.
"Do you t-think she's ever g-going to stop? "Sage asked.
Tara sighed. "Probably not. "
"Great. "Sage said leaning back into the bed more.
Willow came running back into the room carrying Sage's cup. She set it back down on the tray and looked at Sage. "Anything else? "
"Mom! "Sage shouted.
"Right. I'm sorry. "Willow stated as she sat down at the end of the bed. "I'll stop. "
Sage sighed and pushed the blankets off of her legs. She pushed the tray away and pulled the oxygen hose off of her nose. Sage swung her legs off of the bed and started to stand up.
"Hey, whoa. What are you doing? I can do it. "Willow stated.
"I d-don't think you can pee for me mom. "Sage said smiling, and sliding the rest of the way off of the bed. She walked over to the bathroom, stepped in, and closed the door behind her.
Emergency Room
Jenn lay on a table with doctors surrounding her. One of them looked up at the monitor as it started beeping quickly and swore. "Damn it! Bag her! "
Another doctor picked up a strange looking mask with a balloon at the end, and put it over Jenn's mouth. He quickly started squeezing the balloon looking, causing it to pump oxygen into Jenn's body. The doctor grabbed onto his needle and thread and quickly began sewing the wound on her arm closed.
A female nurse worked fast as she grabbed an IV and poked it into Jenn's arm. She quickly hooked a blood bag up to it and watched as the blood slowly started its way down the long tube. The main doctor stopped sewing and looked up.
"Somebody wanna take a look at her legs? "He asked through the little mask covering his mouth and nose.
A female doctor quickly removed Jenn's pants to reveal the two gashes left by the other daggers. "She's going to need stitches down here too. "
Half an Hour later, Hospital Room 313
Jenn sat propped up on her bed with Anya, Chris, and Buffy surrounding her.
"You could have died. "Anya stated bluntly.
"Yeah mom. That's like the third time you've said that. "Jenn picked at the bowl of Jell-o that sat in front of her and frowned. "Is there any real food in this place? "
"Probably not. "Anya stated. "Most of it's probably made of artificial starches." She stared at Jenn and blinked. "You could have died. "
Jenn looked over at Chris and smiled. "I think she's broken. "
Chris smiled back. "I think so too. "
Buffy sighed and stood up from her chair. She looked down at Chris. " Someone should probably go looking for Jade. You want to come with? "
Chris stood up. "Yeah. We should probably leave them alone. "
Buffy looked over at Anya as she and Chris walked out of the room. " If you need anything, call Giles's. "
Anya nodded her head and stared back at Jenn. "You could have died. "
Jenn looked at Buffy and frowned. "Please take me with you. "
"Sorry. "Buffy said as she and Chris quickly disappeared into the hallway.
Giles's Apartment
William walked back up the stairs that led to the loft. He stepped off of the last step and started walked toward Amy. Amy rolled over and stared at him.
"You thought I was sleeping, so you were being all quiet. That's so cute. "Amy stated.
William walked over to the bed, and sat down on the corner of the bed. "Dad's coming. "
Amy looked confused. "What? "
"Dads comin- "
"Yeah. I got that part. But why? "Amy asked.
William took a deep breath. "Because he wants to help. "
There was a loud bang from downstairs and then a familiar voice rang through Amy and William's ears.
"BLOODY HELL! "
Tara wrapped her arms around Willow and held her tightly against her own body. Tears fell from her own eyes, and dropped down onto Willow' head.
"No. "Willow cried. "No. "
Tara ran her hand over Willow's hair and let more tears fall down her face. "It's going to be okay. "Tara whispered into Willow's ear.
"No. "Willow continued to cry.
The monitors started beeping again and Willow picked her head up to watch the lines move up and down. Sage's eyes slowly started to flicker open. Everything was hazy, but she could make out two familiar shapes.
"Mom? "Sage asked. Her voice sounded as though she was just getting over a severe case of laryngitis.
Willow scrambled away from Tara and ran over to the head of the bed. She ran her hand over Sage's hair and wiped some of her tears away. "We're here. "
Sage tried to smile, but her whole body hurt.
"I'll go get a doctor. "Tara stated wiping some of her own tears away.
She quickly left the room, leaving the door open behind her. Willow grabbed onto Sage's hand and squeezed it tightly.
Hospital, Lobby
Buffy, Chris, and Anya all ran through the automatic doors together.
"We need some help! "Chris shouted, clutching onto Jenn tighter. His hands were slick with her blood, which made her harder to hold onto.
A female doctor in her mid thirties rushed over to them. "What happened? "
"She was in a fight. "Chris lied thinking quickly.
"All right. Follow me back here. "The woman said running toward the swinging double doors with the words ' Emergency Room ' above them.
Chris jogged after her holding onto Jenn as best as he could. Anya and Buffy quickly made their way into the waiting room. They sat next to each other in the far right corner of the room, and waited for Chris to return.
Within a few minutes of waiting in uncomfortable silence, Chris walked into the waiting room. The front of his olive green sports tank top was covered in Jenn's blood. He had obviously washed his hands and arms, since they were red from him scrubbing. Chris quickly made his way over to the girls. He sat down in the chair in front of Buffy, leaned back, and sighed. "They're going to pump her full of blood and sew her up. "
"She really lost that much blood? "Buffy asked.
"Yeah. "Chris replied. "The doctor said that if she would have lost another pint, we would have lost her. "
Giles's Apartment
William walked up the stairs that headed to the loft where Giles's bedroom was. He peeked around the corner to see that Amy was sound asleep on Giles's bed. The blankets were tangled around her body, and her head rested just on the edge of the pillow. William smiled and turned around. He quickly jogged back down the stairs and grabbed onto a book that set next to Giles on the desk. "She's fine. "
"Good. Hopefully she'll be felling better by morning. "Giles stated turning the page in his book.
William plopped down on the couch next to Xander and kicked his legs up onto the coffee table. He opened the book to some random page and started reading.
"You know, in all our years of research, you'd think we'd remember stuff. That would make locating things a lot easier. "Xander stated as he licked his fingers and turned the page.
"Blast! "Giles shouted as he slammed his fists down on the desk and stood up. "I should have thought of this hours ago! "
"What's wrong Giles? "Dawn asked as she closed her book and smoothed the back of Crystal's shirt.
Giles ran over to his weapon chest and threw the lid open. He started digging through the various swords, stakes, crossbows, and axes, and threw them out occasionally.
"I don't think killing her is really going to solve anything. " Xander stated. "I mean sure she's kind of bitchy, but so was Willow. And we didn't kill her. "
Giles ignored him. He continued to pull his weapons from the chest. Giles pulled up on the wooden bottom of the chest to reveal a large, black leather bound book with the word ' Magick ' printed across the top. He pulled the large book out of the chest, and walked over to the desk.
Giles dropped the heavy book onto the desk and opened it carefully so that it wouldn't crack the binding. He skimmed through the text, running his finger over the page. "Of coarse. Stupid, stupid me. "
"Hey Giles. Mind sharing the knowledge? "William asked.
"Right here. Right here is Jade's cure. In order to return a being to their natural state we have to alter time. Of coarse if we mess up in any way, we could completely destroy history as we know it. "Giles explained. "Its extremely risky, but I suppose if we have the proper amount of time I could- "
"Giles! That's exactly what we don't have! Time. "William alleged.
"I know. I know. "Giles said as he continued to skim through the text. "Although I think that we might have a chance if we got Willow and Tara to look this over- "
"Giles! We're talking about turning back time here! It has death wish written all over it! "William shouted. "If we go back for that, then Crystal would still be captured by Glory and something could go horribly wrong. "
Dawn clutched onto Crystal tightly. "I'm not liking this idea. "
"Well its either this or we find someone and hack their head off! " Giles shouted.
"I don't feel like putting my child back into danger either! "Dawn shouted.
Crystal woke up and stared at Giles. Dawn hugged her tightly and ran her hand over her hair.
"This has completely gone out of control! Jade could kill someone! Did you see Jenn? Did you see what she did to her? She could do worse! Do you remember what Willow did to Warren? Huh? "Giles shouted.
"But that was totally different! "Xander yelled. "You can't just expect us to agree with this on such a short notice! "
Giles threw his glasses off and started walking toward Xander. "This is our only possible answer! I don't know about you, but I think we've lost enough human lives! "
"Shut the hell up Giles! "Xander shouted.
William stood up. "Hold on. What about vampires? "
"What do you mean what about them? "Giles asked.
"Vampires. Wouldn't you think that they'd be considered humans, since they once were one? "William questioned.
"Where are you going with this? "Giles asked.
"If we could get Sp- my dad to help us, then maybe we could use him as the sacrifice. He wouldn't die. "
"That wouldn't wor- "Xander started.
"Hold on. He might have something. "Giles stated. "Go on. "
"Like I said if we could get my dad to help us then we could use him as the sacrifice. Slit his throat. Let the blood run out and then when the ritual is done, sew him back up, and pump him full of more blood. "William stated. "I mean he's dead all ready, so it won't kill him. "
"Do you think he'll help? "Dawn asked.
"He always liked Jade. I guess you know because she never listens. " William stated.
Giles walked toward the desk and reached for the phone. "I'll give Angel a call. "
He picked the phone up and started dialing numbers. William grabbed onto Giles's hand and pulled it away from the phone.
"Shouldn't we tell my mom first? "William asked.
"There's no time. "Giles stated as he finished punching in the numbers.
William sighed and walked back over to the couch. He plopped down and kicked his feet back up onto the coffee table.
Giles waited as the phone rang, and then spoke. "Can I speak to Angel? "
There was another long pause and then Giles spoke again. "Angel. Its Giles. I was wondering if I could have a word with Spike. "Once again there was a pause. "Yes. With Spike. "
He rolled his eyes and waited in silence as he waited to talk to someone on the other end. He smiled before he started speaking again. "Ah. Spike. We seem to have a bit of a problem. We were wondering if you could help. "There was a small pause and then Giles spoke again. "Jade's in trouble. She's gone over to the dark side. Yes. Magic."
There was one last pause and then Giles spoke again. "Right. Of coarse. We'll be seeing you then. Thank you. Good bye. "
He hung the phone up and looked at everyone one in the room. "He said he'd help. No questions asked. "
"So it's settled then. Lets start researching the ritual. "Xander stated.
Dawn groaned. "Does it ever end? "
"I'm afraid not. "Giles said jokingly and walked over to the desk to retrieve the book that Xander had been reading.
Dawn set Crystal down on the ground. "Why don't you go check on Amy? Check on her. Don't wake her up, because if she kicks your ass, don't come crying back to me. "
Crystal ran toward the stairs and jogged up them quickly, almost slipping.
Hospital, ICU
Sage lay in her bed, which was now set up into a propped up position. A few of the IVs had been taken out of her body, but she still had the oxygen hose stuck in her nose. The tray, that was used to put food on, was swung around so that it sat in front of her. A Styrofoam cup with a bendy straw stuck in it sat on the tray.
The blanket was pulled up to her waist and she had a pillow underneath of her feet. Tara sat in the green leather chair next to Sage's bed and watched Willow run around like a chicken with her head cut off.
"Is there anything I can get you? "Willow asked Sage.
Sage smiled and brushed some of her hair behind her ear. "No mom. I'm f-fine. Why don't you sit d-down and chill before you have l-like a stress overload or something."
Willow sighed. "It's just-Are you sure? "
"Mom! I'm f-fine. "Sage stuttered as she picked up her cup and took a sip from it.
"Please? Will you just let me get you something? It will make me feel better. "Willow begged.
Sage sighed heavily. "You can tell the d-doctors to let me take this d-damn thing out of my nose. "
Willow pointed her finger at Sage. "I'm going to let that slip. "
Sage looked down at her cup to see that it was a quarter of the way full. "You can f-fill my cup back up. "
Willow grabbed onto the cup and started walking toward the door. "On it. "
Willow left the room, closing the door behind her. Sage looked over at Tara and sighed.
"Do you t-think she's ever g-going to stop? "Sage asked.
Tara sighed. "Probably not. "
"Great. "Sage said leaning back into the bed more.
Willow came running back into the room carrying Sage's cup. She set it back down on the tray and looked at Sage. "Anything else? "
"Mom! "Sage shouted.
"Right. I'm sorry. "Willow stated as she sat down at the end of the bed. "I'll stop. "
Sage sighed and pushed the blankets off of her legs. She pushed the tray away and pulled the oxygen hose off of her nose. Sage swung her legs off of the bed and started to stand up.
"Hey, whoa. What are you doing? I can do it. "Willow stated.
"I d-don't think you can pee for me mom. "Sage said smiling, and sliding the rest of the way off of the bed. She walked over to the bathroom, stepped in, and closed the door behind her.
Emergency Room
Jenn lay on a table with doctors surrounding her. One of them looked up at the monitor as it started beeping quickly and swore. "Damn it! Bag her! "
Another doctor picked up a strange looking mask with a balloon at the end, and put it over Jenn's mouth. He quickly started squeezing the balloon looking, causing it to pump oxygen into Jenn's body. The doctor grabbed onto his needle and thread and quickly began sewing the wound on her arm closed.
A female nurse worked fast as she grabbed an IV and poked it into Jenn's arm. She quickly hooked a blood bag up to it and watched as the blood slowly started its way down the long tube. The main doctor stopped sewing and looked up.
"Somebody wanna take a look at her legs? "He asked through the little mask covering his mouth and nose.
A female doctor quickly removed Jenn's pants to reveal the two gashes left by the other daggers. "She's going to need stitches down here too. "
Half an Hour later, Hospital Room 313
Jenn sat propped up on her bed with Anya, Chris, and Buffy surrounding her.
"You could have died. "Anya stated bluntly.
"Yeah mom. That's like the third time you've said that. "Jenn picked at the bowl of Jell-o that sat in front of her and frowned. "Is there any real food in this place? "
"Probably not. "Anya stated. "Most of it's probably made of artificial starches." She stared at Jenn and blinked. "You could have died. "
Jenn looked over at Chris and smiled. "I think she's broken. "
Chris smiled back. "I think so too. "
Buffy sighed and stood up from her chair. She looked down at Chris. " Someone should probably go looking for Jade. You want to come with? "
Chris stood up. "Yeah. We should probably leave them alone. "
Buffy looked over at Anya as she and Chris walked out of the room. " If you need anything, call Giles's. "
Anya nodded her head and stared back at Jenn. "You could have died. "
Jenn looked at Buffy and frowned. "Please take me with you. "
"Sorry. "Buffy said as she and Chris quickly disappeared into the hallway.
Giles's Apartment
William walked back up the stairs that led to the loft. He stepped off of the last step and started walked toward Amy. Amy rolled over and stared at him.
"You thought I was sleeping, so you were being all quiet. That's so cute. "Amy stated.
William walked over to the bed, and sat down on the corner of the bed. "Dad's coming. "
Amy looked confused. "What? "
"Dads comin- "
"Yeah. I got that part. But why? "Amy asked.
William took a deep breath. "Because he wants to help. "
There was a loud bang from downstairs and then a familiar voice rang through Amy and William's ears.
"BLOODY HELL! "