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Chapter 3-
Buffy walked nervously to the bed, glancing at the blond sleeping there. She turned to the others, whispering harshly,"Who put her in my bed and why?”
“Spike and I did.” Willow answered, “Buffy, we couldn’t just leave her like that on the ground. It would have felt like...like we were deserting you...she looks so much like you, and maybe she is you.”
“No,” Buffy moved away from the girl, denying the obvious,“she isn't me! Don’t you think I would know if …well, if I were her?”
She stared at Giles, almost daring him to have an answer.
"I know!” Xander suddenly said, waving his hand at Spike, who merely lifted an eyebrow in surprise, “I know what happened! Spike must have built another Buffy-bot!”
Everyone turned to face Spike. “What?!” he almost shouted, “I bloody well did not! Besides, why would I need a bloody bot when I can get the real…ouch, Slayer, that hurt! Why is it always the bloody nose?”
“Hello? Where is everyone?” someone was shouting from downstairs, someone who sounded very familiar.
Buffy spun around to the direction of the voice coming from the first floor. No way. There is no way it could be...
“Angel?” she whispered, unbelieving.
Spike stared at her, hearing the yearning in her voice and wishing she felt that way about him.
“Oh, my God!” gasped Willow, “I totally forgot! Angel! I...we called him, Giles and I, because we sensed something bad was about to happen, involving Angel.”
“So you called him HERE? NOW?” Buffy sounded pissed off. “And you didn’t even think to tell me!?!”
“Hi...”
Everyone turned to see Angel standing at the top of the stairs. Buffy's heart seemed to skip a beat. He looked amazing; his black button shirt was open just enough to expose a peek his broad chest, as he smiled, almost shyly.
“H-hi...Angel.” she managed to whisper.
“Sorry to drop by unannounced, but Willow told me it was emergency. I thought that...wait, why is everyone in your room?”
“Long story," she sighed, “Willow and Spike found this girl while they were fighting some demon, and they brought her here.”
“Why to your room?”
“See? He agrees with me!”
Giles cleared his throat.
“All right.” muttered Buffy, “They also say she looks like me, but I don't think. Besides, Spike said he didn’t built another Buffy-bot.”
Angel frowned,“A Buffy-what?”
“Buffy-bot.” volunteered Anya “Spike built it last summer, so he can have sex with her.”
“What?!” he growled at Spike, looking ready to rip his throat out.
Buffy stepped between the two as Spike snarled back.
“But he didn’t build another, Angel. This girl...she’s not a robot. We have to find out what happened here.”
He backed down and glared at Spike, “I'll deal with you later.”
“Huh, “ snorted Spike,“Peaches here thinks he's still the landlord. How pathetic...”
Angel tensed up again until Buffy hit Spike on the face.
“Shut up Spike, enough was enough. Just...go”
“And leave you with him? Not in your life, luv.”
“That’s it, boy!” growled Angel, “I am going to dust you!”
But, before he could move a muscle, they heard a soft cry coming from the sleeping girl. The group spun toward her as Willow stepped forward.
The girl lifted herself up, staring back at them. She reached out and touch Willow’s face. Willow was surprised, but she didn’t object.
“It’s you...it can’t be...” the girl said, tears were in her eyes, “No, it’s a trick! He always tricks me...he made me see you...you can't...”
As she brought her hand away from Willow's face, something glittered in her hand. To their surprise, both Buffy and Angel saw it looked almost like Buffy's claddagh ring, just slightly different. It was made of white gold and it had sparkling diamonds in it. Buffy and Angel exchanged worried looks.
Willow smiled at the frightened girl,“I'm alive, Buffy. Why would you think something had happened to me?”
The tears were falling on her checks now, her hazel eyes looked hunted and broken as she continue to deny, “NO…you are not here, it’s a trick...he is playing with me again...” she pushed Willow away from her, trying to stand up,“I don’t understand this...it’s not real...GO AWAY!” she screamed at Willow who frowned, looking at the others for help.
As the girl tried to balance herself, everyone saw how different she really was. Her hair was long, golden locks falling to her waist; she looked as glamourous and perfect as if she had stepped out of a fashion magazine, but her eyes told another story. They were hollow, no spark in them; they were hunted, afraid. They didn't burn with the Slayer's fire and life.
Buffy could barely stand to look at her. What could have happened to that girl to make her such a shadow? Maybe in her world, she wasn’t a Slayer.
“Buffy...” Willow tried to approach her, holding out a hand. The girl hesitantly took it, staring at her hand when she found that the contact was very real.
Suddenly she seemed realized that she wasn’t alone. She struggled to get away from Willow, losing her balance. Angel grabbed her to keep her upright. She turned around to see this new person. When she caught sight of him, she screamed.
“No...get away from me!!!” she struggled to free herself, the frighten, horrified look on her face chilled the room. Angel frowned, confused, but he didn’t let her go. Instead, he tried to comfort her, and Buffy felt a tingle in her heart watching her Angel with this girl.
The girl suddenly became limp as she leaned onto him, tears streams on her golden checks, “Please, Angelus, please...don’t hurt me. I’ll be good, I promise...I won't speak of my friends again...please don’t hurt me...I won't run...please...please!”
Angel shushed her, and gently lead her downstairs, the others quickly following. He put the crying girl on the couch, gently removing strands of hair from her wet face. She sobbed quietly and finely calmed down enough to take in where she was. It wasn’t an illusion, she was back here...back in Sunnydale...in her old house. Everyone was there. And...Angel! It was Angel, not him!”
“Angel?” she whispered, not wanting to believe it was possible as she gently stroked his cold face.
“Yes, it’s me.” He caught her hand as it moved quickly from his face.
“Where am I?” She whispered.
Willow set next to her, “You’re in Sunnydale. Where...where did you think you were?”
“I...I thought...” She bowed her head, her lips trembling, “I thought I was at the mansion...that's Angelus' and my home...I thought he was back from the Tetra festive.”
Everyone exchanged confused looks.
Angel tried to make her talk, “Angelus...you live with him?”
“Y-yes...he is my husband...I...” No, she thought, I can’t tell them anything else. He might find me here; he’s probably sent his soldiers to find me.
She looked at Angel pleading,“Please, don’t let Angelus find me...he’ll be mad that...that I ran away..he'll take me back to our room...lock the door..just the two of us...” she covered her ears with her hands, sobbing and rocking herself back and forth. Angel hugged her, as did Willow.
“Willow!” The girl reached for her, “I missed you so much. I was all alone...I wanted you to be there...I needed your help and...and...now you are here. Please don’t make me go back...please...”
Dawn watched the girl cried -- no, she watched as her sister cried. A single tear slipped down her cheek.
They all waited quietly until the girl's sobs had diminished and finally disappeared completely.
An hour later, she was relaxed and contemplating her future. She realized now that she wasn’t in her world anymore. Angelus wasn’t here, but Angel was and so were all her friends and family...her family...she looked at Dawn, her sister. She was so lovely with her purple t- shirt and shy smile. She wanted to hug her but was afraid of scaring her. She had to tell them all something...She saw the other Buffy looking at her, confused and troubled. She sighed. The drama performance she had given earlier had shaken her double, to say the least. She had forgotten what it was like to be strong and confident...she envied her...how she remained calm and Slayer-like while the others couldn’t suppress their fears. She used to be like that...a long, long time ago.
Now she began to think about the demon, realizing that it was all too familiar to her. She had to ask.
“What...” she stopped and faced Buffy for the first time, “Buffy...” it was strange talking to herself, “What was the biggest event we...you are having here?”
Buffy lifted her brows in surprise. What a weird question to ask. She looked at the others, “Um, well...I..we were fighting the bird demon.”
“Buord," corrected Giles.
“Right," blushed Buffy, “we were fighting him.”
“What kind of a demon was he?” the girl thought about the name and almost smiled when she remembered making the same mistake as Buffy.
“He's got big horns..."
Anya interrupted, “Oh, and we found out that Spike got his soul back!”
“Bloody hell” grumbled Spike.
“What?” Angel couldn’t hide his shock and anger, “How did you do that?”
Continue in chapter 4…
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