Prue and Phoebe returned to the Manor after shopping and signing up for the dating service, something that had Prue ranting.

"$3500! How the Hell can they charge $3500 just to introduce people to each other?!" She ranted as Phoebe opened the fridge and tried to cool down from another hot flash. "Are you listening to me?" She demanded.

"I'm too busy trying not to die of heatstroke while you rant for the thousandth time about the cost. Maybe since it's a police case and you're going undercover, they can reimburse you at least part of the cost. Ask Andy. Oh gods, even the freezer isn't enough to cool me down."

"That Darla woman, the manager, flat out told me she understood how hard it is to get a date! First off, I've never had a problem getting a date! Second, she looks like a playboy model, why would she have any problems finding a date?!" Prue continued to rant, not noticing when Phoebe jerked as another involuntary connection with the succubus happened.

"She did compliment me on my video, though. That was nice, she said I'm very in touch with my feminine side, well of course I am, I'm a woman literally trapped in a man's body!"

"Prue!" Phoebe shouted to get her attention. "It happened again, only this time I'm not asleep!"

"What happened?" Prue frowned, thrown off from her rant.

"Seeing through her eyes, feeling like it's me doing what she's actually doing. She has eggs, Prue! In egg sacks! That's why she's hunting, to find someone to fertilize her eggs!"

"Oh boy." They both turned as they heard Cordelia's voice behind them and saw a freaked out Xander standing beside her. "That's not good."

"You think?!" Xander said sarcastically. "Another demon with the same objective and now I'm having flashbacks to being locked in a cage next to Blaine Moll waiting for it to be my turn with the scary bug demon who wanted us to fertilize her eggs before biting our heads off! And her human body looked like a playboy model too!"

"The mantis demon didn't just want sex and a beheading, she wanted you to fertilize her eggs?" Phoebe asked, wide eyes. "Maybe she used to be human too, like the succubus."

"I don't care, Buffy cut her head off! I'm officially freaked!" He took a seat at the Halliwell's kitchen table and laid his head on his folded arms.

"Xander, maybe you shouldn't be at the mixer." Cordelia suggested, rubbing the back of his neck. "Especially if it's causing you flashbacks."

Xander sighed and they heard his mumbled voice. "As much as I want to say, I can handle this, I'm not sure I can. Because I really am freaked right now. I mean sure, there was some similarities before, with the luring and the killing, but eggs in actual egg sacks! I used Buffy's sword to destroy the ones in the basement. I don't know if they'd been fertilized already or if she intended me to fertilize them. Didn't matter, I couldn't risk more of those things out in the world. And now I find out there's another demon doing the same thing? It really is freaking me out."

"I think it might be best if you and Phoebe provide backup outside the mixer." Cordelia suggested.

"Why me?" Phoebe asked.

"Have you considered the possibility that the connection might go both ways?" Cordelia asked. "It's possible she could connect through you too, in which case, there's a possibility she already knows our plan and is just waiting for an opportunity to lure Prue and kill her. I think we need to err on the side of caution and Phoebe needs to not be involved and we need to make some adjustments to the current plan."

Xander realized he should have considered that possibility himself, maybe he had noticed the similarities subconsciously, but regardless, he couldn't let his issues endanger people he cared about. Like Prue had earlier when Phoebe reminded her they were hunting a demon had put her back on solid ground, the need to protect the people he cared about put Xander back on more solid ground as well. He raised his head from his folded arms and recited his silencing spell.

"Phoebe," he took her arm and lead her out of the kitchen. "let Cordy and Prue come up with another plan, Cordelia's right, we're both compromised right now. I think I'll join a gym, a boxing gym and pound the crap out of some bags. That will help with more than one issue I'm currently having. Go put on some dark clothes, you and I are going on a stake out."

Feeling a little freaked herself at the possibility that the connection night actually be two ways and she might have inadvertently endangered Prue, Phoebe hurried upstairs to get changed, glad to have something to do to take her mind off the possibility, at least for a little while.

"And exactly what kind of plan are we coming up with?" Prue asked her youngest sister.

"I'm going to try to glamour you, Xander was planning on glamoring himself for the mixer, because he didn't want to risk attracting the succubus' attention and he showed me the spell he was going to use. I'm going to use it to make your face look different, just your face, okay?"

"Sounds good, go ahead." Prue nodded.

'This is to feel, this is to be

Shape and form it, for all to see

As I will, so shall it be!'

"All right, now if the succubus is connecting to Phoebe, we know she has no idea what you look like. But the tracking spell is still on you, so you should still be able to find her." Cordelia looked hopeful.

"According to the Book, she's attracted to power, but we don't know what kind of power."

"Yes, we do." Cordelia smirked. "The power that's associated with testosterone. Aggression. She needs someone with a lot of testosterone and they have a reputation of being aggressive. That's how you attract her attention. Be aggressive."

"I think I can manage that." Prue grinned back. "I don't think I'm going to have any trouble doing that."

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A/N Modified glamour spell from The Craft movie wiki.