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While Buffy spoke Puck watched over Rachel, who was covered in dirt and blood. Her leather had been ripped through on the left leg and on her right hip, and Dr. Hadley was working quickly and efficiently to get her taken care of. "You okay, Babe?" he asked softly.

Rachel looked up at him with tired eyes. "I'm fine. Glad to be back. It was a brutal battle, and they definitely put up quite a fight."

"I just wanna hold you."

"Let Dr. Hadley finish what she's doing and I would love for you to hold me. In fact, I don't think that I would be able to think of anything better."

Puck grinned. "Well I can. I know we still have some talking to do, but after your bandaged up I'll hold you, and then when we're all done, we'll grab some food and cuddle up for some quiet time."

Rachel gave him a sweet smile. "That sounds heavenly."

**

Willow cut Buffy off, "Yeah, and we did a spell to detect bad people and didn't get one, I mean we got a few people who had some dark spots, but nothing more than what some of us have." Kennedy was shuddering next to her, and clasped one of Willow's hands in both of hers. Even with her emotions running high, she was still careful to not use her slayer strength and accidentally hurt her lover.

"What happened to the broad that made Xander green?" Tina snapped.

The pregnant teen who Xander had helped through the portal moved from his side to address the woman. "I'm Hermione Granger. Bellatrix LeStrange, the woman who cast against Mr. Harris, is dead," Hermione's voice was soft and both hands rested on her swollen belly. "She was trying to kill me, and Mr. Harris came to my rescue. When she turned her attention away from me I simply cast the same curse at her that she'd casted."

Tina looked at the little pregnant girl in front of her. There were so many emotions running through that girl right now… "Well, all I can say right now is thank you. I know you probably thought you were avenging his death, and it means a lot to me that someone was there to do that. Luckily, our Xander doesn't quite work the same way with most magic." Tina shared a conspiratorially wink with the younger girl.

"This will give me something to do. I will find a cure for this green thing, I promise. I'm very good when working with books, you can ask anyone here... well, I suppose you can ask anyone who came back with us from my reality."

The blonde mini-Spike spoke up, "Granger's telling the truth, she's probably the smartest witch to come out of Hogwarts… most likely ever."

"Well, see there, Tina, our Xander won't be green forever," Christie Allen teased. "Oh, maybe just for St. Patrick's Day!"

"That ain't funny, Christie!"

Buffy and Giles had been speaking for a few moments, and finally Giles called everyone to attention. "All right. For now the unicorns and Centaurs can use the golf course and woods surrounding the area. We know that the infected don't eat animals, so the unicorns are safe, but the centaurs should be on their guard; being part man or woman might be just enough to draw them to you. For any that would like to stay inside, you are more than welcome. We'll find something useful for the goblins to do, same goes for the house elves, and the owls can perch on the north tower. The sprites and fairies, please just be cautious, please let us know if you claim something. And know this. We're growing larger. We will be looking for a larger base of operations, so don't anyone get too settled in."

**

Finally.

Finally, everyone was cleaned, clothed and fed. Giles stood in front of everyone and called for silence. Once more he went through their spiel of monsters and the Chosen one, vampires and The Slayer. He talked of Tina's visions which were the catalyst sending them to New Jersey, DC and Miami. He spoke of the vision which said that Angelspawn was destroying other realities. Giles told of Cordy's vision of Voldemort, and how once they'd gone through Dawn's portal, Sam's vision had told of even more arrivals. And then Kennedy's team had come back; safe and sound. They'd come back, bringing with them not only another doctor and another young slayer, but a doctor tied to their most recent arrivals and a young girl returned to her father, another of the rescued.

Giles looked to Jack. "Perhaps General O'Neill, you could explain how you came to join us?"

Jack took a deep breath and stood. A girl with flowing brown hair, her name was Sarah he thought, had approached him earlier and she'd touched his knees. His knees hadn't felt so good in years. "My name is Jack O'Neill. I was a General in the United States Air Force in my reality. About sixty, seventy years ago there was a unique find on an archaeological dig. Hell, Daniel would be the best to tell you this… Danny?"

The good looking man with short brown hair and glasses stood up. "The find was a metal circle with strange hieroglyphics. Some were vaguely familiar, but not even the archaeologist they had with them, and she was a genius, could figure it out. The military moved it here, to Colorado, and built a complex for it under Cheyenne Mountain… at least it was under our Cheyenne Mountain. They came and hired me to make it work. And I eventually did. The Chappai'ai, we actually called it a Stargate, led you to different worlds…"

Daniel Jackson went on speaking for over an hour, and he had an attentive audience. Now his eyes were unfocused as he continued, "We had managed to do a lot of damage to the Ori, we'd almost defeated them. Atlantis had arrived home and their arrival spoke of triumph. But then just days ago the Ori came back stronger than ever, and the Wraith arrived. We were fighting on all fronts and couldn't contact any of our allies. That's when we began sending people through the Stargate to the Alpha site. The Stargate basically creates a wormhole from Earth to whatever planet is dialed. A stable wormhole can only hold for thirty eight minutes, so once the wormhole would shut down we would have to dial out again. We were the last group. There were fifty of us, some before, and some behind."

A woman with her ebony in pigtails stood and reached for his hand to offer comfort. He gave her a brief smile and took a seat again, her following.

Jack stood. "That's Vala Mal Doran, she was from another planet. Jennifer Hailey was in the Air Force, as were Cameron Mitchell, Walter Harriman, Samantha Carter and Jon Sheppard. Teal'c, Bra'tac and Rya'c are Jaffa, also from another planet. Cassie Frazier, Janet's daughter, from another planet. Rodney McKay is a scientist. Teyla Emmagan is Athosian and Ronon Dex is Satedan, and last but not least is my mini-me, Jon O'Neill. He used to be my clone, but he's different enough now that we're just really, really similar."

"I'm better looking," Jon muttered.

The thin, pale man with shoulder-length black hair and hooked nose, who'd arrived in the group of wizards, witches and magical creatures, stood. "I suppose you'd like a roll call of our group as well?" he asked, his tone a bit mocking.

Buffy shrugged. "Not necessary. I figure with everyone living in the same area and running into each other, eventually we'll all get to know one another." She gave him a bright smile. "Until then I'll just use nicknames. But I think I remember mini-Spike calling you Snake."

One dark eyebrow rose. "My name is Snape, Professor Severus Snape. And who pray tell is 'mini-Spike'?"

Buffy pointed to Draco who still stood near Xander and Hermione Granger. "Slender, pale, white-blonde hair, arrogant British accent, all that equals mini-Spike… Believe me when I tell you these days that's a compliment," she finished with a soft smile.

**

Next Morning:

The Glee kids were up to something. Dawn was almost fascinated by them. Every once in awhile she would walk by a couple of them and they'd be singing and she'd flash back to when she'd almost become a child-bride to Sweet. But now all of the Glee kids with the exception of Rachel, Artie and Tina were planning something, and it had something to do with the auditorium.

Seeing Mercedes and Kurt approaching Buffy, Dawn moved to within hearing distance. She also noticed a few of the wizards from the day before eavesdropping as well.

"Ms. Summers," Mercedes began.

"Buffy, please call me Buffy,"

"All right, Buffy. Would it be okay if we used the auditorium at about 2 this afternoon? We wanted to do something a little special for Rachel, Tina and Artie… seeing as their folks didn't make it…" Mercedes had to stop for a moment to compose herself.

"I think that would be more than fine. Use it as much as you want. Until Rachel had used it the other night, no one had used it."

"Thank you so much," Kurt smiled widely.

As they all turned to move away, Buffy turned back. "Say, would you mind if others listened in?"

"Honey, we never mind havin' people listen to us!" Mercedes joked.

Buffy began to spread the word.

That afternoon Puck, Finn and Mike, blindfolded their three friends and moved them into the auditorium to sit in the front row. The three boys then moved to the stage.

"Okay guys, you can remove your blindfolds now," Puck called out.

They did so and then saw the rest of Glee on stage.

Quinn stepped forward. "Before all this happened, whenever something bad happened in one of our worlds we always handled it with a song, or we showed our support for one another in the same manner. I personally can think of several songs that were sung for me. Now it's our turn to do the same for all of you." She stepped back and looked to Mr. Schue who sat at a grand piano.

Santana and Mike stepped forward first, both at the ends of the line moving towards each other to take each other's hands. "When you're down and troubled, and you need a helping hand, and nothing, whoa nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me, and soon I will be there, to brighten up even your darkest nights."

Kurt and Matt were next, moving outward, facing the three listening, and singing sincerely. Their voices blended smoothly, "You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I'll come running, oh yeah baby
to see you again. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you got to do is call, and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got a friend.

Puck and Brittany were next, and Rachel knew that Puck was singing to all of them, but she felt his voice down deep in her soul. "If the sky above you, should turn dark and full of clouds, and that old north wind should begin to blow, Keep your head together and call my name out loud now, and soon I'll be knocking upon your door. You just call out my name and you know where ever I am, I'll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call, and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah."

When Mercedes stepped forward to sing she made sure to meet everyone's eyes and press her hand to her heart to show her love. "Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you. Well they'll take your soul if you let them. Oh yeah, but don't you let them."

Last but not least was Finn and Quinn, and Quinn looked at Rachel almost the entire time, tears streaming down her face. "You just call out my name and you know wherever I am, I'll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don't you know that, Winter, spring, summer or fall, Hey now, all you've got to do is call. Lord, I'll be there, yes I will. You've got a friend. You've got a friend."

Now all nine of the Glee kids stepped up to see the last few refrains. "Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. You've got a friend."

All three Glee clubbers who'd been serenaded cried as their friends sang to them, and they began clapping enthusiastically as soon as the song was finished. And then more clapping began. Rachel looked over her shoulder to see a lot of the hotel's occupants had entered and taken seats to listen.

"You're magnificent!" Giles complimented them.

"You should hear Rachel," Finn laughed a little. "She's our star."

Dean agreed, "Yeah, you ain't kiddin'. I heard her the other day. She's great."

"Do you guys have anything else you could sing for us?"

The kids looked at each other and smiled. Rachel stood, and the football players moved to help Artie onto the stage. Rachel looked at the group and grinned. "Boy, do we ever."