Part 2

"An, hon. Please." Xander sat on the floor leaning his head against the bathroom door. He was hungry and tired, not to mention worried, and now his left butt cheek had gone to sleep. "Please open the door baby. Its safe."

"No." Anya's strained voice replied. She was curled up by the bathtub, on a 'bed' of towels, awaiting the end of the world. She brushed her blonde hair from her eyes as she sniffled. 'Why don't they understand…why wont they believe me. I was a demon for centuries!' She lamented to herself, shuddering as she pictured bunnies hoping evilly towards her.

There was a knock at the door and Xander groaned as he stood up to see who it was, praying it was Buffy. He limped painfully to the door as tingles shot down his leg. He opened the door and peered out before opening it wider to allow the Slayer entrance. "Thank god you're here. She still won't come out."

Buffy followed her friend to the bathroom door and tapped on it. "Anya, it's Buffy. Please come out. There's nothing to be afraid of."

"Yes there is! You'll see. I know you all think I'm just a silly person who doesn't know anything, but I do. I do know some things. And I know what will happen tomorrow."

"Anya. I'm the slayer. I won't let any bunnies hurt you, now open the door."

"No! Now go away. Nice knowing you."

Xander stood there rubbing his temples. "Buffy…"

"Alright Anya. That's it. Open this door or I'm going to break it down…which will cost you money."

Anya sucked in her breath. Money. Bunnies. Money…..bunnies…….oh gods the bunnies.  "I…I …don't….care…."

Buffy blinked. "Wow. She really is petrified…I mean, her and money." She looked at Xander. "Do I kick it down?" Before Xander could answer there was a second knock at the door and Xander went to answer it, letting Willow and Tara rush in. They began talking simultaneously and Buffy finally threw her hands up to stop them.

"Woah woah woah!! What, where and huh?" Buffy asked confused.

Willow and Tara exchanged glances then Willow began to explain what they had found in their research. "It was in this really old book, way off in the corner. I'd never seen it before. Buffy, she was right. Anya has reason to fear rabbits. Well, not our earth rabbits but I guess when you're hopping from different realms they kind of blur. Even though, in a way, our rabbits our like cousins, just smaller."

"Willow….babbling." Buffy interrupted.

"Oh, right. Ok, its like this. Tomorrow morning Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will align with the Sun and Earth for the first time in 8,000 years, causing the Earth to tilt ever so slightly. Just enough to cause the realm gateway of our world to line up with the gateway of a fierce dimension; a realm with demon bunnies supposedly somehow related to our own fuzzy-tails. When the comet (that btw there is one already on its way, I checked.) passes between them, there will be an influx of energy waves that will open the gateways, thus allowing creatures to enter our world."

"So….evil bunnies?" Buffy inquired.

"Very."

"I told you!" Anyas voice reached them.

"Anya, why don't you come out. They aren't here yet…and we can protect you." Tara coaxed.

"No. You should go hide too."

"So what do we do? Can we stop an alignment?" Buffy looked at her friend.

"Uh, no. The book didn't really say anything could be done to stop the invasion, just that it would happen." Answered the redhead.

"So this happened before? I mean, you said 8,000 years right? Did they come here?" Xander asked.

"Well, according to what we could make out from the text, it wasn't an invasion. More of a search party. To see what was here. Evidently they liked it and threatened to return, taking some humans back with them when they left." Tara explained.

"So we stand at the gate and try to hold them back? Please tell me there is a time limit on how long this door stays open." Buffy implored, grimacing at the thought of facing an entire army of possibly thousands of…what…..giant bunnies? Tiny bunnies?  "And what do these evil bunnies look like anyway?"

"Best guess?" Willow shrugged, "I'd say about six hours. Once the comet leaves the energy waves will recede and the Earth will realign..kind of reset itself and the doors will close. Theoretically, anyway."

"And are these cute little bunnies or…?" Xander pressed.

"I'll tell you what they look like." The bathroom door creaked open slightly and Anya peered at them. The group looked at her and waited. "They are at least 7 ft tall and stand more like a human. Like they started to evolve into humanoid form but stopped. They have big sharp teeth. And they like to hunt. They are demons like none you've faced before and believe me, they will cause changes in your "cute little easter bunnies" that will send everyone screaming."  The ex-demon was visibly shaking as she described her worst nightmare.

"And you've seen these demon bunnies yourself?" Buffy inquired.

Anya closed her eyes and leaned her head against the doorframe. Taking a deep breath she opened her eyes and looked from one to the other, settling her eyes on her fiancée. In a hushed whisper she answered, "Yes."

TBC….