In front of the Sunnydale Funeral Home, Giles and Ms. Calendar were caught between two of the brethren of the Order of Aurelius. Giles pulled a cross from his bag and held it up to them. They cowered away in pain. Giles grabbed Ms. Calendar's hand and made a dash for the building. Inside, Giles looked around and put his cross back into his bag. Then he gave Ms. Calendar a gentle push in front of him. She ran to the flower room and found it locked. The brethren had come into the building after them.

At the Bronze, Velvet Chain was playing 'Treason'. "I have a window in my mind / I can turn to look right through you"

"Are you, uh, having fun?" Owen asked Buffy.

"Yeah. I almost feel like a girl."

"Won't cost you anything but time / To see me feel like you do"

They smiled at each other and continued to dance.

At the funeral home, Giles found the door to the morgue unlocked and grabbed Ms. Calendar, pushing her in, before rushing in himself. He slammed the door behind him and looked around. He grabbed a filing cabinet, tilted it, and drug it over to block the door. In worked, the brethren couldn't readily open it. Giles and Ms. Calendar looked around for a way out. The windows were barred. They saw Willow and Xander through the bars.

"AH!" Giles was startled.

Willow and Xander raised the window sash.

"Giles, it's us!" Willow informed.

"What are you guys doing here?" Ms. Calendar asked.

"We saw two guys going in after you," Xander answered. "Are they..."

Giles looked at the door. "They are!" He looked back. "Uh, listen, you should get to safety."

"Can you get out this window?" Willow asked.

Ms. Calendar tested the bars. "'Fraid not."

"Look, I hate to state the obvious, but this looks like a job for Buffy?" Xander stated.

"Uh, she has her, her... beeping thing!" Giles said.

Ms. Calendar looked around. "And no phone here, of course."

"Quick question - wasn't Ms. Calendar at home?" Xander asked.

"I was. I'm stubborn. Go!"

"Look, we'll get her, just, uh, hang in there," Xander assured them.

Willow and Xander left.

"Do hurry," Giles called after them, a worried tone to his voice.

At the Bronze, Owen and Buffy were standing by the stairs.

"Do you want something to eat?" Owen asked.

"Sure. Just make it something fattening."

Cordelia was looking on from shadows by a door. "What a disgusting display. Is that really appropriate behavior in a public forum? I mean, I've never seen a girl throw herself at a guy like that. Uhhh!"

The door opened and Angel came in.

"Ooo! Hello, salty goodness!" To her friend, Cordelia said, "Pick up the phone, call 911. That boy is gonna need some serious oxygen after I'm through with him." She started to follow Angel, but stopped when she saw him go over to Buffy.

"Buffy," Angel greeted.

"Angel."

"Why is this happening to me?" Cordelia asked herself.

"I was hoping I'd find you here," Angel told Buffy.

"You were?"

"Some serious stuff happening tonight. You need to be out there."

"No, not you, too." She tried to move away from him.

Angel stopped her. "What do you know?"

"Prophecy, Anointed One, yada, yada, yada..."

"So you know. Fine. I just thought I'd warn you."

"Warn me? You see that guy over there at the bar?" Buffy walked around him to face Owen. "He came here to be with me."

"You're here on a date?" Angel asked.

Buffy turned to him. "Yes! Why is it such a shock to everyone?"

Owen returned. "Here you go."

"Oh. " She looked between Angel and Owen. "Um, Owen, this is Angel. Angel, this is Owen." She put her arm around Owen. "Who is my date."

"Hey," Angel greeted.

"Hey! So. Where do you know Buffy from?" Owen asked.

"Work."

"You work?" Owen asked Buffy.

Willow and Xander came running up to them, out of breath.

"Buffy!" Willow called.

"Look at this! You show up everywhere. Interesting," Owen stated.

Xander pointed at Owen. "You don't know the half of it." He pointed at Angel. "What's he doing here?"

"I guess it's the same thing you're doin' here," Angel answered.

"Uh, excuse me, what are any of you doing here?" Buffy asked.

"Look, we gotta get to, uh..."

Willow kicked Xander.

"Uhhhh. We thought it'd be fun if, uh, we made this a double date!" Xander thought fast.

Willow and Xander put their arms around each other.

"I didn't know you guys were seeing each other," Buffy stated. She wasn't even in the viscinity of guessing there were supernatural matters at hand.

"Oh, yeah, well, we knew it would happen eventually, so we figured, hey! Why fight it?" Willow played along.

"And you guys are thinking double?" Owen asked.

"'Cause of..." Xander laughed nervously. "...the fun!"

Owen addressed Angel, "And you're here because of work?"

"Hey, maybe we should all go somewhere together," Xander suggested.

"Gee, that's so nice of you to ask, but Owen and I were, well, sort of... Owen and I." Buffy informed.

Xander gave up on beating around the bush. "You know what'd be cool? The Sunnydale Funeral Home!"

Willow emphasized, "I've always wanted to go there!"

"The funeral home?" Buffy still didn't get it, but it was beginning to come together.

"Actually, that sounds kinda cool! Do you think we could all sneak in?" Owen asked.

"We saw some guys in there before. They seemed to be-" Xander tried once more, his next words to Buffy said pointedly, "Having fun!"

Buffy said to herself, "Bite me!" She finally got it. She looked up at Angel, who gave her an 'I told you so' look.

Buffy sighed. "Um, Owen, I gotta go."

"I thought we were going to the funeral home," Owen replied.

"No, you can't. I'll tell you what. I'll be back in a little while."

"Buffy..." Owen lead her away. "What's the deal? Do you wanna bail on me?"

"No! No... no... uh... You remember when you said I was like two different people? Well, one of them has to go. But the other one is having a really, really good time, and will come back. I promise."

Owen just nodded his head and watched her go. She came back and laid a kiss on him. The she really left with Willow and Xander close behind.

"She's the strangest girl!" Owen said to Angel.

At the funeral home, everything seemed quiet. Buffy, Willow, and Xander came in through the front door.

"Which way?" Buffy asked.

"The room's around back," Willow informed.

They went off to their left. Around a corner, they hit a dead end.

"Damn it!" Buffy cursed.

Owen appeared behind them. "This is so cool!"

"Uh, Owen! You can't be here!" Buffy couldn't believe it.

"Oh, and I suppose you guys are allowed? What are we doin' here? Are we gonna see a dead body?" Owen asked.

"Possibly several." To Xander and Willow, Buffy said, "Guys, watch him." She ran back the way they came.

"Is she mad?" Owen asked.

"Oh, she just wants to make sure there're no guards so we don't get in trouble," Willow was quick to make something up.

"Good thinking."

"Good thinking," Xander complimented Willow.

They started after Buffy.

Buffy was quietly walking down the hall, looking and listening. She found the morgue door open and went in. The place was in shambles. "Giles?"

His bag was on the autopsy gurney. The window bars were torn open. Buffy found his cross. Suddenly, one of the doors to a body storage drawer opened in front of her, and the drawer rolled out. Buffy jumped back, startled. "Giles!"

"It is you. Oh, good." He coughed. "Jenny."

Another body storage drawer rolled out, and Ms. Calendar jumped out as soon as she was able.

"Safe at home, huh?" Buffy quipped.

Ms. Calendar shrugged. "I'm a danger magnet, what can I say?"

"What happened?" Buffy asked.

"Uh, two more of the brethren came in here. They came after us. But we were more than a match for them," Giles answered.

"Meaning...?"

"We hid," Ms. Calendar stated simply.

"Uh, this, uh, chap was good enough to bunk with me till they went away." Giles jumped down off of the cadacer.

"Well, w-were they here after you guys, or w-was it that prophecy thing?" Buffy asked.

"Ah, well, that's what we have to find out. I don't know what these brethren mean to do exactly. Find the Anointed, or, or, or, or give him something perhaps, uh, it's all, all very vague. And the Anointed may be long gone!" Fright, nerves, Ms. Calendar - those were the things that summoned his stuttered. And since all three were there, it was hardcore.

"But he may not be," Buffy stated.

"We must find out."

"Okay, I just need to get Owen and the others out of harm's way first."

"Owen? You brought a date?" Giles asked.

Buffy sighed. "I didn't bring him, he came."

"Buffy, when I said you could slay vampires and have a social life, I didn't mean at the same time."

"I know. I'll get rid of him." Buffy started to leave.

"Y-you can't make him go out there alone, we don't know where the brethren are. I-I'll just..."

"No! No, Rupert, he sees you, he's gonna have more questions than he already does right now," Ms. Calendar stated.

"She's right. I'll take care of it." Buffy ran out into the hall and looked around for the others. They came around a corner and saw her.

"Is everything okay?" Willow asked.

"It is."

"And we'll be leaving?" Xander wanted to get out of there.

"We're not done lookin' around yet!" Owen protested.

"No, he's right. So let's find a nice, safe, fun room to look around in," Buffy suggested. She took Owen's hand and lead the group down the hall. They reached the office door.

"We tried the office here, but it's locked," Owen informed.

Buffy broke the lock. "No it's not!" She went in.

"Well, I don't think we'll find much in here."

Buffy looked around. "That's the plan."

"Okay." Then he was confused, "What?"

Buffy finished looking. "I have to go now." She laughed nervously. "Um, to the bathroom, I have to go to the bathroom. If you hear anything, like a security guard or something, just be really quiet." She directed her next words to Xander and Willow. "And barricade the door." She went out into the hall again and looked around on her way back to the morgue.

Xander closed the office door.

In the morgue, Buffy, Ms. Calendar, and Giles started looking through the body drawers, hoping to find the Anointed One.

Buffy opened one. "Ewww, parts!"

Ms. Calendar gagged, glad she hadn't been the one to open that one.

"Keep looking, he must be here somewhere," Giles stated.

In the office, Willow and Xander started to pile furniture in front of the office door.

"What are you guys doing?" Owen asked.

"Uh, just in case!" Willow didn't really answer.

Owen saw a curtain and drew it open. Behind a window, he saw a body covered with a sheet. "Oh my!"

Willow and Xander turned around to look.

In the morgue, Buffy, Ms. Calendar, and Giles were still looking. There was only one storage cell left. Giles opened it quickly and Buffy pulled out the drawer. It was empty.

"Nothing," Ms. Calendar stated.

"The Anointed must be gone," Giles concluded.

"I guess. I mean, this is where they keep all the dead bodies, right?" Buffy asked.

"Mm-hmm," Giles answered.

In the office, Owen was looking at the body with fascination. Willow and Xander looked worried.

"I read a lot about death, but... but I've... never really seen a dead body before," Owen said.

The body's hand moved.

"Do they... usually move?" Owen asked, a little frightened.

The hand moved again. Willow and Xander approached to have a closer look. The hand reached up and pulled the sheet off. The body belonged to Andrew. He sat up and faced them. He was vampire now. He stood up, looked down at himself, and flexed his hands. He looked back up at them. "I have been judged!"