Title :Project Cosmos
Series: Halloween Reprised
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3.Project Cosmos

Xander searched through the bargain bin, Ethan's had sold out of all its toy guns. He sighed, 'There goes my cheap costume.' He looked down at the plastic knives and swords that were strewn around the bin. One of the knives caught his eye, 'That knife looks like Yu's. Hmmmm, his costume wouldn't be that hard to put together. A red out fit, combat boots which I already have, black vest with many pockets, red helmet thingy, and something to make a fake tattoo.'

He searched the rest of the store. He found a fake tattoo kit and the red helmet thingy. 'A sports store might have the outfit in the proper material, if not, there's always Wal-mart. I can get the vest at the Army Surplus Store.' He left Ethan's with a bounce in his step.

'Geez, maybe I should have checked Wal-mart for toy guns before I bought all that other stuff.' Xander shook his head. 'Oh well, it's to late now and I think I like this costume better anyway.' Xander took out the tattoo kit and read the instructions. He sat down and grabbed the sheet he had used to copy down his tattoo. With painstaking care he created the Project Cosmos tattoo and put it on his right arm. He pulled on the rest of the outfit and regarded himself in the mirror.

Xander reached up and messed up his hair some more. He grinned, "Not to bad, I think it works." He grabbed the toy gun he brought at Wal-mart and left for Buffy's.

"You can kill him, Yu!" Willow screamed.

Yu Ominae easily broke free of the demons holding him. Jumped across the room and kicked Spike through the wall. Quickly reaching for his serrated blade, he sped toward the dazed vampire. Xander paused shaking his head, dizzy for a brief moment.

Buffy sat up, the wig sliding down her back. Willow the ghost disappeared from the room. Spike stumbled back up and growled. He leapt toward Xander, his intent clear, Xander leapt up, kicking Spike in the face, the blade few back and once again crashed through the wall. "Ummm, the funky spell is over. So why is Xander still 'Super Xander?'" Cordelia inquired.

Xander quickly pulled off his vest and shirt. He spat on his hand and wiped at his ink tattoo. It didn't wash off like it should. "Somehow," Xander whispered, "I think the reversal of this spell got kind of screwed up."

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked.

"I still have all of Yu Ominae's memories of Project Cosmos and his training as a 'Sprigan" for Arcane."

"This means . . ." Buffy arched a brow inquiringly.

"I still have Yu's strength, agility, and speed. I still have his memories, as well as my own and my fake tattoo has become a real one." Xander shrugged, "In my mind this means the reversal of the spell got screwed up."

Buffy thought about that for a minute. She grinned, looked at him and said, "So ya wanna be my new sparring partner?"

Owari