Willow Rosenberg knew she had to act quickly. The Dragon was one problem, but the Army of Demons that were attacking the group had to be an even bigger one. Willow remembered Giles telling her that when Wesley had made the call earlier and informed him of the attack on the Blackthorn, he, Wesley, had warned them of the possibility of retribution. Giles had immediately alerted the new Council of Watchers and subordinates of what was happening, in case this was war, and it appeared that presumption was correct.
Willow had been in the Himalayan Mountain range when she received the message and was asked to get to L.A. as soon as possible. She had assumed Giles knew she would be useful in the fight. Giles also asked her to get Buffy Summers on the way, who was in another part of the US, on official duties for the council, preparing consultations with key government figures for council business. Willow thought about getting her, but made the decision to get Faith instead. Buffy would be better preparing herself for any fallout, as Willow's mission was only a 'locate and trans-locate' and Faith was already on the American west coast, or at least that's what she said to Buffy. Willow knew there could be further friction between Angel and Buffy due to the Council's stance on his behaviour over the past year. Willow also knew that Giles would need to talk with the Vampire, alone, so decided to leave Buffy out, for now.
Willow had been surprised at how easily Buffy had agreed to this decision but the witch had needed to set off immediately, so she didn't have time to question.
Now, Willow stood surveying the landscape, she saw that Charles Gunn lay motionless on the alley floor bleeding from a stomach wound. She sensed life in him but felt it ebbing away. He had minutes left, twenty at most, if something wasn't done.
Just to the left of Gunn, Willow saw Spike battling a 7 foot Sovati demon. He appeared to be losing. His coat had been ripped from his back and lay on the floor yards from him. His body was battered and bruised and covered in blood, though not all of it was his. The witch smiled briefly at this, she knew this Vampire would fight to his last breath, so to speak.
Further on Willow saw a small woman fighting without any obvious injury. She looked like Winifred Burkle, but then Willow noticed her hair and skin had shades of blue and remembered Giles telling her Fred had died and that her body had been consumed by the Demon God Illyria. Obviously she was on the side of Angel, which gave Willow slight pause; although it wasn't uncommon for the teams to work in tandem with beings that inhabited the bodies of friends, it still saddened her to know the person they were had gone.
Snapping back to the present, Willow worked her plan. There was no way that this group could win the fight in the state they were in, she had to get everyone out of here.
With that thought she raised her arms and started to recite a spell. It was a transportation spell she had learned from a Demon Master while studying in Asia.
She was speaking in Volnexian, the language of the Volnex demon tribe, a magically powerful race that worked to bring about peace and harmony between the Demon Clans and the Human world. Most would have considered this a worthless waste of time and power, but some believed a future of Demon and Human relations were not as bizarre as first thought.
"Hy-anna Mala Tiet...LumAba," the Wicca chanted three times, clearly, and with the words of the spell a white luminescent glow surrounded her, along with a feeling of power coursing through her body. Using this power, Willow pointed to her compatriots and each was surrounded by the same glow.