Part 3
"So they made her a princess. Man, what an ego boost." Xander and Fred walk behind as Buffy and Spike comb through yet another graveyard.
"I was there for five years and they only time they paid that much attention to me was to try and chop off my head."
"Well, I guess you're glad to back in the good old U S of A away from Axe weilding demons, huh."
"I was back less then two months and some demons tryed to chop off my head...again."
"Okay then, just wait till you have an evil twin, or every woman in town wanting to make you their own personal love monkey. Then the real fun starts."
"I don't think that many woman would want me to be their love monkey."
"Okay then all the men in town."
"You sure have alot of cemetaries here."
"You should see our churches. At least the one above ground anyhow."
"You have subterrian churches?"
"Earthquake. We've got lot of those too."
As Fred and Xander continue on with their comparing of adventures Buffy and Spike keep a watchful eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
"What exactly are we looking for love?"
"A demony secret hide out, and don't call me love." Buffy throws a catious glance at the blonde vampire, who only smiles. She looks towards a shadow back behind them, trying to see.
"Problem?"
"It's just... does it feel like we're being followed to you?"
"Hadn't noticed anything?"
"Must be my imagination." Buffy shrugs off the feeling and continues walking forward, "I can't believe none of your buddies had heard anything. That's a little strange."
"I can't believe they let us live after Fred released the kittens."
"Well, it is a stupid currency."
"Xander..." a small whimper is heard from the bushes.
Buffy and group rush to find a badly beaten Anya lying nearly unconscious on the ground.
"Anya what happened?" Buffy kneals in front of the injured vengence demon.
Anya looks up at the slayer with a wide, evil grin on her face, "Gotcha!"
"Buffy, Look Out!"
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"Why do I have to be with you guys again, I want to be with Xander." Anya mumbles as she, Angel, Willow and Gunn leave Willy's Place.
"Because Buffy wanted each team to have two super humans." Willow tells the blonde.
"They have you, what do they need me for."
"You know I can't risk using the magic. Not yet anyhow."
Angel storms off in front of the group, looking more than a little aggravated.
"Dude, I've never seen you manhandle someone like that before. Not that the little twerp didn't have it coming, but damn."
"A waste of time. We have to find Cordy and he didn't know a thing."
"Maybe we should check in with the other group and see if they learned anything yet." Willow suggests.
"Good idea Red." Gunn reaches for his cell phone and is about to dial when it rings, causing everyone to jump.
"Oh, for the love of Pete!" Anya yells.
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"Buffy, Look Out!" Xander dives for the slayer as Cordelia, who has appeared behind them, points a wand at the her. A flash of light flies through the air and hits Xander in the gut sending him and Buffy sailing back five feet. Spike leaps at Cordy, but she has already lost consciousness and is falling to the ground, dropping the wand beside her.
"What the hell got into Cheerleader? And what was this thing she shot at you." Spike picks up the wand and hands it to Buffy.
She looks over the arcane item and slipps it into her pocket, "I don't know, but I intend to find out.", Buffy gets up and goes to Xander followed by Fred, "Xander are you alright?"
"Yeah, just knock the wind outta me." Xander, with Buffy's help, stands holding his gut, finding a large hole burned through his shirt. "Ah, man I just got this shirt. Hey where did Anya go?"
"She's gone, vanished." Fred is looking at the bush the demoness was lying next to.
"That wasn't Anya, who ever it was, was playing decoy."
Fred grabs her cell phone, "Better call the other group and tell'em to met back at you're place."
"Good idea, Spike you carry Cordelia, Xander can lean on me. Let go home."
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A teenage boy watches from behind a near by crypt, hidden from view, as the strange group pick up Cordelia and start heading back the way they had come. "What is going on, I thought Cordelia fought for good. Why is she attacking that girl?" Connor questions quietly to himself. Keeping tabs on Angel had lead him to this strange town, and even stranger people. He decided to wait a moment and continue behind them in the shadows, "I have to be careful, that blonde girl almost seemed to know I was following them. Who is she?"
Karktos materilizes behind the boy, "My last attempt did not goes as planned, but you will make a fine minion for a second try."
Taken off guard for only a moment, Connor doesn't sense the demon behind him right away, Karktos begins speaking his spell, but doesn't have the chance to finish before Connor whirls around in a roundhouse kick to the demon's face, snapping his neck. Karktos drops, his limp corpse landing on the ground with a light thud. Connor turns back to the group, "Now, which way did they go?"