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A/N: Another update! I'm so proud! It didn't take me as long as I expected. Although I should probably admit this is not the longest chapter ever...it isn't that short though and I kinda felt like I had to end it here, so....Anyway...Thanks for the reviews! I really loved them! So...keep them coming! :-)

Steffanie (a.k.a Nice-one)

Jason: Well....the story wasn't supposed to go like this, but your review kind of inspired me, so I added your idea to the story! Thanks for that! I give you all the credit for it!

Tariq: First of all: thanks for you review! Before I started this fic, I had all kind of plans and I wanted to include the Wes/Gunn/Fred relationship and...I had tons of ideas, but now I'm actually writing this, it's pretty hard to include all of that, so...yeah...I do kind of want to show the Gunn/Fred relationship, but I have no idea how yet. And the Wes/Willow thing would be pretty cool, but....how....I'm so focused on the Jasmine-situation right now, so...we'll see what happens. I really appreciate the ideas though!

Chapter 11

Buffy tried to sit up. She realized she was feeling just fine now. She wasn't even dizzy anymore.

"What's going on?" she asked, while looking around the room.

"You fainted" Xander answered, his smile growing even wider. "We were worried"

Buffy looked at Xander suspiciously. He didn't look very worried.

"Where are the others?"

She was all alone in a room with Xander. She figured they were in one of the rooms in the hotel.

"They'll be here soon. We all want you to meet somebody"

Buffy sat up straight. She frowned.

"What about Cordy? Did Faith get the blood?"

"Don't worry about that. We took care of it"

Buffy nodded slowly. She didn't really buy it. There was something strange about Xander's smile. Then there was a knock on the door. Xander immediately got up. He turned to Buffy.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" Buffy asked, not at all sure what he was talking about.

Xander started to walk towards the door. Buffy suddenly realized she didn't have the orb anymore. Xander said she had fainted, but she knew better. She hadn't fainted and it hadn't been a dream either. She searched under the covers and the pillow and was relieved when her hand touched the globe. She took the globe in her hands. Xander had reached the door now and opened it. When Buffy saw all the people standing in front of the door, she quickly hid the globe back under the pillow. She wasn't sure she could share this with everyone. The people entered the room. Buffy didn't know all of them, but she quickly recognized Angel, Faith and Wesley and the guy from downstairs. She believed his name was Gunn. Where was Fred? Faith and Wesley seemed extremely happy. Buffy didn't think she had ever seen Faith smiling like this. Angel immediately walked up to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she answered, not really paying attention to him.

Suddenly Angel bent forward and brought his mouth to her ear.

"They're all under her spell. We need to get out of here. Now. Before she gets here."

Buffy gave him a confused look. What had happened? All of sudden, the crowd of people in the room parted and made room for someone. A woman stepped into the room. Buffy felt something go through her. She swallowed. The woman that had stepped into the room was the most beautiful human being she had ever seen. She immediately knew it was Jasmine. Oh God, she thought. But to her surprise nothing happened. Sure, the woman was incredibly beautiful, but...she didn't feel any different. She looked around the room and saw how all the people dropped down on their knees. Angel hesitated, then he did the same thing.

"Hello Buffy" Jasmine spoke and she smiled at her.

Buffy realized she didn't have any other choice but to play along. She didn't know why Jasmine's beauty didn't get to her, but it just didn't. She would figure out why later. Right now she had to make sure she wouldn't get killed. Buffy got out of bed and dropped down on her knees in front of Jasmine. Apparantly that was the thing to do when she was around.

"It's okay. You can get up. All of you can get up" Jasmine announced and motioned with her hands to the people around her to get up.

Buffy saw how everyone slowly got up. Eventually she decided to do the same thing. Angel was the last one to get up. Buffy rested her eyes on Xander. He seemed so happy. The sad look he'd had in his eyes since Anya died, was completely gone now. It seemed unnaturel. Everything around her seemed unnaturel. Jasmine stepped forward towards Buffy. She smiled. Buffy tried to smile back, but didn't think she did a very good job. Jasmine brought her hand up to Buffy's face and touched her cheek. Buffy's first instinct was to step away, but she knew she couldn't do that.

"Thank you for joining us" Jasmine spoke.

Buffy didn't know how to respond to that. Instead, she decided to smile a little bit more.

"I'm sure you're going to like it here" Jasmine added.

Jasmine brought her hand back down and looked at Buffy once more, then she turned around.

"I think it's time for me to face the people in the lobby now"

Immediately, at least 5 of the people stepped forward, offering Jasmine to guide her downstairs. Xander was one of them. Jasmine just smiled.

"You can all come. If you want, of course. I'm not forcing you"

While she exited the room, everyone in the room followed her, including Faith and Xander. Jasmine turned around one last time. She looked at Buffy and Angel who were still standing in the room.

"Aren't you coming?"

Angel cleared his throat and smiled.

"We'll be there shortly. Maybe Buffy needs some time to get to herself first. It must all be very overwhelming to her"

Jasmine nodded.

"Of course. I'll see you in a minute then"

Angel nodded. Buffy just smiled.

Jasmine closed the door behind them.

Buffy sat back down on the bed. The dizziness seemed to return. None of this made sense to her.

"It didn't happen to you either, did it?" Angel softly spoke.

Buffy shook her head.

"She's beautiful though" Buffy answered.

"I know. There's still something wrong though. We might not be under her spell, but we're not exactly immune to it either"

"What do you mean?"

"You remember how Fred described Jasmine? The way Fred saw her? According to her is Jasmine the ugliest creature she's ever seen. We think she's beautiful"

"That doesn't make sense" Buffy said.

"I know...but we don't have time to figure it out right now."

"So...what should we do then?"

Angel sighed and looked at Buffy.

"I think we should get out of here now we have the chance."

"What about the others?"

"There's not much we can do for them now. We'll come back for them later."

Buffy nodded slowly. She knew Angel was right, but she really didn't like the idea of leaving Xander and the others here. She could only imagine how Angel had to feel right now. He had to leave his son and his friends behind.

"Just out of curiosity: Did Faith still get Cordy's blood? Before...you know?"

Angel took something out of his pocket. It was a small transparant box with a few drops of red blood in it.

"I guess weshould call that our lucky break" He said.

"You call that a lucky break?" Buffy asked, as a smile appeared on her face.

She took the globe from underneath the pillow and showed it to Angel.

"What's that?"

"Apparently, it's the answer to our problem"

Angel frowned.

"Where did you get it?" he asked.

"Let's just say I had a lucky break of my own. I'll tell you about it later. First we have to get out of here"

Buffy got up from the bed and looked at Angel. He walked towards the window behind the bed and tried to open it. It opened pretty easily and Angel looked down out of the window. He hesitated for a second, then he gave Buffy a questioning look. She shrugged.

"Not the mostgraceful exit I've ever made...but it'll do."

Angel smiled a little as Buffy started to climb out of the window. Maybe they weren't so powerless after all....

A/N: So...did you like it? Yes? Really? Cool....tell me all about it! You thought it sucked? Please tell me what to do to make it better! Either way: click the little review button! Thank you! I'll try to update asap! Oh and one more thing: I just wrote a Buffy one-parter that I'm kinda proud of, so I would really appreciate it if you guys would read it and maybe leave a little review. It's called: New Shoes (Nice title, I know). Thanks in advance!

Steffanie (a.k.a Nice-one)