Buffy POV
"I'm here to visit Willow Rosenberg, to say goodbye." The guard heard my words, scanned my security card, nodded, and opened the exterior cell door.
I walked through it, and there was willow: sprawled, bruised and bleeding, on a white cot.
"Hi" willow said, her voice cracking, and slow.
I didn't reply. I couldn't spare any time on small talk. Instead I pulled out a small wad of what looked like gum. I pressed it against the bars and took three steps back. I had learned my lesson from last time.
The wad of plastique (who needs gum when you have explosives?) exploded. When the dust cleared the metal bars were still locked, but barely. I kicked out at the bar that was most damaged by the explosion. After three tires the bar broke.
Willow stared at me too shocked to move. I grabbed her and pulled her through the bars just as the guard entered. I Kicked the Gun out of the guard's arms and it flew through the air. I grabbed the gun before it could hit the ground and shatter. Why waste a perfectly deadly weapon?
I pointed the gun at the guard's chest, but he didn't get the message, he tried to punch me. So I killed him. I felt guilty the second the body hit the ground. But it was too late.
I propped willow up on my shoulder. "You came" she said, her eyes darkened by sadness.
"Of course, you're my best friend." I said with a small smile. This moment would have been like every clichés and melodramatic movie scene, if the walls weren't covered with blood.
We left the cell and started down the hallway, Twenty meters later I saw the backs of three guards, and beyond them Angel.
Angel POV
I ducked down as they shot at me, retaliating with my own bullets. I kept firing in till I saw all three guards fall. I stood up, and saw that I hadn't killed all three on my own. Buffy had, and now she was pointing the gun at me.
Willow was beside Buffy. Leaning beaten against Buffy's body. What was going on? Buffy's fingers moved towards the trigger. She was about to shoot me, when suddenly Willow yelled, "stop, Buffy, that's Angel. He's good."
"How can you tell? He's wearing a balaclava." Buffy said, keeping her gun trained on me.
"Because he stands like angel" willow said. "Plus no one else would iron pleats into there camo pants."
Buffy lowered the gun, I groaned, and ran towards then. Willow never failed to embarrass me.
I scooped Willow up and placed her over my shoulder, firemen style. So that my other arm could be free to fight
"Why did you change your mind?"
"I didn't change my mind" Buffy remarked indigently, "I simply reassessed the situation"
"Same thing" willow mumbled as we continued to gallop through the halls. That's when a guard appeared out of the woodwork and I gunned him down.
"Thanks" Buffy said as another guard surprised us from behind. Buffy killed him with her first shot.
"Your welcome" I said as I slowly open the door.
There is no guard waiting behind it. Only the van with Daniel in the driver's seat. I walk towards it with willow, and then I notice that Buffy isn't following us. "What's wrong?"
"It's just, that I would be more help here wouldn't I?"
I have never lied to beautiful women; I wasn't about to start now "Yes you would be."
Buffy nodded "Then I will stay here"
Willow was about to protest but I shushed her up. "Here is my contact number," I said reaching into one of my many pockets and pulling out one of my alter ego Liam O'Conner busses card.
Buffy glanced down at the guard, noticed my photograph on the front then looked back up at me. "You look like that"
I nodded and pulled of the balaclava. "When not in disguise I do"
Buffy smiled at my face, and then we both heard the footsteps of guards in the hall.
Buffy slipped back into the fort as the van with Willow, Daniel, and myself onboard, drove off.
Giles POV:
I was rudely awakened to the sound of a ringing phone. I picked it up just to hear marshal's panicked voice on the other end.
"Willow's gone, she escaped"
"Pardon" I said putting on my glasses
"Willow broke out of prison apparently by some strange man."
"Pardon" I said perhaps I needed a hearing aide as well
"Apparently Buffy came in to say goodbye and saw that willow was missing and the guards were dead"
"Do we have this on video tape?"
Marshall stammered on the other end of the line "Not exactly, although one guard caught the fleeting glimpse of a man clothed entirely in black helping willow leave"
I shook my head this was not good? "How is Buffy"?
"Fine sir, just fine"
