Bring Me to Life

Same disclaimers as always

Twenty-One


Phyllis stared wide-eyed at the petite blonde before her. She gulped, fear taking over.

The blonde slowly stalked up to her, glaring.

The brunette backed away nervously. Something about the woman in front of her was making her very uncomfortable, and it wasn't just that the girl was one of Rosenberg's friends, it was her aura, it literally radiated physical power.

Phyllis gave the girl what she hoped came across as a friendly smile. "Hey, come on, let's talk about this, kay?"

Who does this girl think she is? Buffy glared at the woman before her. The small brunette who had just tried to murder her best friend was now trying to weasel her way out of it.

Buffy punched her.

"You punched her." Tara eyed the Slayer.

Buffy nodded. "Yeah….Wasn't I supposed too."

The blonde witch blushed. "I kinda wanted to beat her up. For…"She gasped, "For hurting Willow."

"I understand." Buffy smiled. "And speaking of Willow…" She looked questioningly at Tara, wondering if the other woman had any information that she didn't. Even if Tara knew anything, Buffy was sure that it wasn't that much more than what she knew.

"We all need to have a talk." She noticed Buffy's look. "She never mentioned anything like this to me." She sounded disappointed.

"I'm sure she meant to tell you."

Tara smiled warmly at the blonde. "Let's go." Buffy nodded and the two began to leave the Slayer's bedroom. Tara turned to Buffy. "Did you at least hit her hard?" Buffy grinned.

All the Scoobies plus Dani sat in what they all supposed was a living room. Tara had naturally taken her place by Willow's side on the couch. Buffy sat by Giles and Xander by Anya. Dawn was seated between Buffy and Dani.

"What was that?" Anya stared at the nervous redhead. "I mean, she shot you? And you're fine?"

Xander 'cleared' his throat. "I've been wondering something Wills, how is it that you're still alive? Not that I'm not happy that you are."

The sorceress looked around nervously. "Well…I'm…kinda immortal…"

Anya grinned. "That was kinda obvious after you magically took the bullet out after being shot in the head."

Giles looked at Willow with excitement. "Immortal." The Watcher in him was already at work. "The only creatures ever known to be immortal are Vampires."

Dani laughed. "I'm more immortal than those Vampires ever were!" Everyone looked at her. "Oops."

Everybody was quiet for a moment until Dawn spoke. "How? How are you immortal?"

Willow stood up, obviously done with the subject. "I think that's enough for now. We'll finish this later."

Tara scowled at her lover. Why won't she trust me? "Why don't we finish this now?"

The redhead simply replied, "Our guest is waking up."


Phyllis woke up with one hell of a headache. My nose…feels really big…and it hurts. She wasn't all that surprised to find her nose broken.

She sat up, finding herself on a bed in an infirmary. At least they don't seem to want to kill me just yet.

She sighed, lying back done. She thought of the strange blonde girl that had confronted her.

Why are the cute ones that always want to kill me?