"AHA!" Willow said with pride. " I have found it! It's official 'glowy orb thing' has a name!"

"What is it Will?" Xander asked his old friend. "What is it called?"

"This text refers to a 'rhod chan cyneua' that is known to be in Los Angeles. See. The picture is just like Buffy described it. A glowy orb thing." Willow was very proud of herself. Buffy hadn't exactly given her a lot to go on. She just kept calling it a glowy orb thing, or a glowy ball of light. Fortunately for Willow, or for the people of LA depending on how you look at it, there aren't many glowing balls of light that just sit around for centuries not doing much. Usually glowing balls of light are for throwing at people and making them go poof.

"Rod chan china ooha? What the hell is that?" Xander asked her. Why do these mystical thingys always have to have weird names. Why can't they just name it like it is: glowy orb thingy? After all, I think that pretty much covers it.

"Xander I know I've been gone for a while but I didn't know that you spoke welsh." Giles said as he walked into the room.

"I don't. That's just the name of the orb thing that Buffy told us about." Xander told him. All of a sudden Giles started to laugh. "I don't get it. What is so funny about an orb of light?" Xander asked.

"It's not the orb Xander, but the name. Rhod chan chyneua is Welsh for orb of light. I guess that shows just how creative some of these authors are, when they can't even come up with a real name for a mystical object." Giles was clearly amused by this. In fact Xander and Willow realized that this was the first time they had seen the older man laugh or even smile since they had left California about a year ago. Granted, they hadn't exactly seen him everyday, but when they had seen him he had always seemed so depressed. Maybe it had something to do with the whole Twilight thing.

Twilight had really been bothering all of them lately. Especially Buffy, but then again Buffy is the one who got beat up by the guy. What really bothered them though was something they hadn't been expecting. What really bothered them was the actions of the US military. After all they had been protecting the United States along with the rest of the world now for 8 years. They had even helped out the army back during Buffy and Willows first year of college. If they hadn't stepped in the US military definitely would have had their hands full with Adam. What did they get from the US military in return for their help: harassment. The US Military had practically declared war on them and the new slayers, and then taken up with Twilight. Now they not only had some super strong evil guy with idealist views after them, but also the most powerful military force in the world. While they weren't all that worried about the military aspect of the whole thing they knew first hand that the US military would have the money and resources behind it to accomplish quite a lot. Which of course was the main worry. They were going to need as much help as they possibly could in the upcoming apocalypse if they were going to make it through this.

"So" Giles continued, "The orb that Buffy told you about has a name after all. That's definetly good. What does it do?"

"It really doesn't say…" Willow answered.

"They almost never do. Either everyone who wrote these books didn't really know anything at all, or they were just way lazy." Xander added. Giles and Willow glared at him. "What? It's not my fault they were lazy! I'm just speaking the truth here!"

"Anyway, as I was saying… It really doesn't say much at all. It just goes on that it is a powerful orb filled with energy, and is believed to contain great power. It doesn't say whether that power is good or evil." Willow explained. Xander is right about one thing; these books are hardly ever just flowing with helpful information.

"The real question is Willow, is whether or not this orb contains enough power to open a portal back from hell." Giles told her. "Especially since were not just talking about a few people here, but an entire city. The other question is; even if this orb does have enough power to get them out of hell, how do we tell them where to find it or even how to use it?"

"I haven't actually figured that out yet… but I have a few ideas." Willow told him. "I think maybe Buffy is supposed to send them a message or something, but I still haven't figured out how. She told me that last time they couldn't see or hear her. So I was thinking that we would send them a message…"

"How Willow? It's not exactly like they have interdimensional cell phones?" Xander pointed out.

"Actually they do… but that's not the point… Willow I'm not sure that is the best idea. You would be messing with very powerful magics…" Giles looked concerned.

"I know, but do you have any other ideas? Because I don't. Besides I think this is what Buffy is supposed to do. I think it's what the powers want. I think that's how she got sucked in the first time…" Willow said earnestly.

"Huh? What are you guys talking about? I am so confused…. And they have interdimensional cell phones?? Since when?" Xander asked them. He had know idea what was going on or what Giles and willow were talking about. He was missing something and he knew it. He didn't know what interdimensional cell phones had to do with Buffy, but he knew that Giles was worried, and he didn't like that. He didn't want Buffy to do anything dangerous. He also didn't want Willow to do anything dangerous, especially if it had to do with magic.

"Well there not actually cell phones… more like interdimensional communication channels, but the work like cell phones only with magic… but that's not the point. The point is that we have to get in contact with them somehow, and I know what I'm doing. I promise that I won't do anything too dangerous." Willow explained, before getting up and walking out the door. Giles followed her. They were still arguing back and forth all the way down the hallway before they finally turned the corner and Xander couldn't hear them any more.

"I'm still lost…" Xander mumbled to himself, before picking up the books and continuing to research.