Willow was babbling to herself in her mind and Dawn was holding her in her arms.

*When Buffy had to leave for some tests, she wanted me with her as she did not trust Giles, what with the needles and such. Buffy and myself had done something, while we were gone. I was always attracted to her, just never thought that she would do anything with me, a nerdy hacker.

Then one day, she came to the motel room that we were sharing right after she passed all the extra tests, which had cause her some serious stress, and she had wanted the comfort of my arms, and one thing lead to another and the next thing we knew, we were calling each others name as we climaxed, over and over again. I was not happy with myself.

The thing with Buffy was like the clothes fluke with Xander, but it was so much more. We had given into something that was intense and had not thought about anyone else. I was still with Kennedy. Buffy was not with anyone at the time.

We were both in agreement that it would never happen again, and it was a moment of weakness that it happened in the first place. At first we were thinking that we should never talk about what had happened with us. Then we realized that it was not just us involved. I had Kennedy. Buffy knew what secrets could do to friendships, yet alone what it would do to a lover.

So we both were going to come clean when we got home. Then, I walked in on my girlfriend and Faith. Buffy was behind me, she started blushing and was grabbing at Faith. There was just something about it, that was a pleasure to watch. Faith trying to get out of the room, with Buffy wanting to laugh at what we were seeing and knowing what we had done.

Granted it was not a laughing matter, but sometimes life is just so weird. Faith was trying to get her clothes. I ended up throwing her pants at her as they went out the door. Faith was saying how sorry she was as I closed the door. I think she was afraid of what I would do to her. But, I couldn't very well be extremely pissed off.

I came clean to Kennedy and she filled me in on what had happen with Faith. Buffy had told Faith about what had happen between us. Faith had been very unhappy about it. She seemed to take it worst then Ken did. Faith had always had wanted something to develop with Buffy, but it never seemed to work out for them. Faith and myself talked, she was a little hot about it. But I also pointed out to her, that she had been with my girlfriend and that Buffy was with no one at the time.

Faith had been rather angry about what had transpired between me and Buffy. She was already mad about Jade. But really, I think that she was pissed off about the fact that she had left to be with Robin, and he had left her eight months down the road. She really only had herself to blame. Faith had left and was gone for over four months.

Kennedy and Buffy did the talking thing, and it went well between them. Think it was that slayer thing that they understood each other better. Whatever it was, they spent time talking on a patrol that was just Buffy and her.

Then Faith came back. I'm not sure what she had done with herself, but she was in a better frame of mind. So that brings me to thinking about my first reactions when, I learned that Kennedy was missing in action. I thought that Faith had done something to make sure that Ken would get hurt. That she wanted me to somehow feel hurt about it. And to somehow make me feel bad that I had slept with Buffy.

But no matter how much I think that maybe, Faith had something to do with Kennedy getting killed; she has Buffy now, why would she still want Kennedy? Thinking that I was wrong to jump on her like I did. Old insecurities coming back from when she went bad on us. Was just so easy to blame her. And she wasn't in charge of the list of slayers patrolling. Buffy was. Think I need to tell her that I am sorry. She is taking the lost of Kennedy badly.

Would Buffy do something to Ken? No, she has Faith, and we know that nothing could ever be between us. As much as we love each other, we are not in love with each other. Oh, my head hurts, as does my heart.

Sometimes, I hate when I babble in my head. But I know now that Faith is innocent and I over reacted. Thank heavens Buffy was there. What do I do about Dawn? Kennedy hadn't touch me in months. My body aches to be touched. But it is too soon. I don't want Kennedy coming to mind, whenever I might be with Dawnie. That is not fair to Dawn. God my life is complicated.

I can't believe that I kissed her back more then once, and that I kissed her when Kennedy was missing. That just wasn't right. I should not have done that. What does that say about me? As much as I want to feel alive, I just can't be with her right now. My girlfriend is dead. GOD another one. God, Tara, Kennedy.*

Tears run down her face as she tries to think more.

*Dawnie, I should have been more forceful with her, but she gave me them eyes, and I was lost to her for spilt seconds. I could blame the worry about Ken on it. But I know that is not right. It never should have happen. I should have stopped it, before it even began. But I was so shaken from Kennedy being missing, that I forgot that no matter what, she was to come first. I need to tell her that we need to wait, I can't hurt her. If I slip right now and something happens with us, she will never know if it is because of her, or if I am missing Ken. Need to talk to Dawnie, bury my girlfriend and then go from there....But first too much thinking, tried of thinking. So tired, need to sleep.*

Dawn watches as Willow's eyes close and she goes to sleep. Dawn sighs as she listens to the redhead's breathing. She worries that she was wrong in kissing Willow today. She was just so happy for her to respond to her. That she was being selfish. Laying there with Willow naked with her, she feels the softness and sighs as she knows that neither of them are ready for anything to happen yet. As much as she wants to just cover Willow up and kiss her everywhere, she has to wait. Her love for the redhead is real and she wants Will, when she can have all of her, her heart, her mind and her soul.

Dawn sighs deeply as these words leave her mouth and then falls asleep, "Someday my love."

As some of the Summers household are sleeping and others are not. Somewhere in Louisville, THE CHILL watches as orders are being carried out and as recruiting is going on for more vampires and demons. It was with luck that when, THE CHILL came to this town, it had a smorgasbord of cemeteries to play in. The total was over a hundred, counting regular cemeteries and mausoleums.

A chill was coming and time was coming to a end.

In the morgue, on a table was what was left of Kennedy's body. There was going to be an autopsy, which meant, a special surgical operation, performed by a trained physician on a dead body.

As the doctor was standing there, Lenora Neal came in to help.

"Good of you to come, Lenora. Get gloved up and we will get started". Dr. Dana Scully told the woman.

Dr. Scully turned the recorder on and was asking Lenora what she was to do. Lenora was only months away from her degree and she always wanted to learn more.

Finding her voice as she saw the body, looking like nothing she ever saw before, she picked the file up and began to read;

"A female body, name is Kennedy. No last name is given." Lenora said.

"Alright and we start with what?" Dr. Scully asked.

"We examine the outside of the body. Using a ruler to measure any marks and making a note of it, in the report."

"Yes, very good. Lets do that now." Scully told her.

They spent time looking at the body, making the notes, taking pictures of the wounds, burns and the symbol on her stomach. Measuring each wound and making notes, they made a note about her breasts not being on her body. The fact that her body having a pole from her head down to her crotch and that it was sticking out of her still.

They were both shocked at the amount of trauma that the body had been though.

As Dr. Scully was going to make the Y-shaped incision, she remembers that she was to cut the symbol from the stomach off first. Doing it as easy as she could without damaging the body anymore. Examining the crotch area, samples of tissue, blood and of whatever they found, pictures flashed once again. Then she made the Y-shaped incision from shoulders to mid-chest and down to the pubic region.

Usually when they make the incision they are looking for abnormalities in the body. This body was full of abnormalities all by itself. The heart was missing and a note was made about it. As was the kidneys, that was put into the file as well. Measurements and weights were taken of the organs that was left. Pictures were taken. Next was the second incision across the head, joining the bony prominences just below and behind the ears. What was left of the brain was weighed and more pictures were being yet again taken.

Measurement of the pole was taken, while it was still in the body. Then as they had finished with the notes and had examined everything that they could. The pole was slowly removed at the end of the crotch. Thus again pictures was taken of it, and the pole was measured again.

The stomach skin with the symbol on it was placed into a preservative solution. They talked with each other, trying to make sure that nothing was left to chance, they didn't want to miss anything. Once Dr. Scully and Lenora Neal was happy that they had covered everything on the body, they sew the incisions up. When they were done, the samples were sent upstairs and a call to Giles was placed about the symbol. He wanted to pick it up as soon as possible.

Lenora cleaned the table up and had put the body back into the cooler. As she was doing that, Dr. Scully was writing in the file.

With everything that Dana had ever saw, nothing had prepared her for what shape this Kennedy woman was in. She thought back to the time that she was with The X-Files and even with finding her sister dead, it just didn't measure up to the horror of having to find someone like that. She went back to work, writing and waiting for one Mr. Giles from the watchers council.

Morning came and found the two slayers and Jade Gray lying on each other. They had new claws marks, bruises and they were sore. They moaned as they came awake.

Faith had once told Buffy that slaying made her horny and hungry. But it was nothing like when they became a werewolf. The animal that the person is for a short time, is really nothing. For without the person, the wolf would just run off and attack whatever they came across.

With Jade introducing the incubus into the slayers, they also got really aroused. And that caused an even worst problem, a werewolf with a case of the horny's. One was dangerous, the two was worst.

"Aw fuck, what did I eat last night?" Faith asked as she came awake.

Buffy was going to say something to that, it was almost too good not too.

With a smile in her voice, "I think that was us." Jade answered.

For the first time ever, Faith blushed.

"Ain't she cute Buffy." Jade asked.

"Jade, just because of last night, doesn't mean that we are over what you did to us. You bit me and Faith. And it was not just having this....this werewolf inside us, we also have one hell of a sex drive when we are furry." Buffy said.

" Yes, Naughty Poo. But you both had that before." Jade smirked.

"Jade, give it up. What do you think we are going to do? Kiss and make up?" Faith asked.

"Last night?"

"Jade, last night was us. Given it was the three of us, but we did not have a choice in the matter. You are here, so we had to make sure that you would not get out into the public. We made with the sex, god that sounded like Anya. Sorry Jade, but it is going to take both of us some time to get over what you did." Buffy told her.

"Yes, Jade you are only here, because Xander needed you here." Faith said as she started putting her clothes on.

"Don't know about you two, but I could eat a house." Jade told the room as she too, was working on getting dressed.

Buffy pouted and wanted some cuddle time with Faith, but knew that with Jade with them, that was not going to happen. Sighing she too began with the clothes and they came out of the basement. Jade went straight to the kitchen and went about looking for something to fix for them.

Faith watched this, frowning as Jade stilled moved around the house as if she still belonged there.

*FUCK HER.* Was Faith's thought.

Buffy watched her lover and ex-lover. Faith looked like she was going to go off on Jade at any minute. Buffy was amazed that nothing had changed places since her and Jade had been lovers.

*Man, I have so got to move stuff.* Buffy was thinking.

Faith looked at Buffy, Buffy looked at her. Not waiting for another look, Buffy walked up to Faith and tried to embrace her. The embrace was rough. Faith felt hurt, even though she knew better. Buffy moved around her and was whispering in her ear, "Faith you know that I am with you, I love you. She has nothing I want." That said, Buffy moved off to get the plates and glasses as their food was done. Faith watched them, as her old insecurities came to the forefront.

*Buffy was hers and no one was going to come between them.* With that thought running in Faith's mind, the three ate.

Somewhere in New Mexico, are two vampires that are in the mist of having a fight.

Hit to the jaw.

"You hit like a bloody girl, Angel."

"A girl" laughing as he knocks him on his ass. "Then what do you say to that, Spike me boy?"

"You just got lucky that is all, you stupid poof."

Angel was getting ready to knock the living, undead shit out of him, and was only stopped by the ringing of his cell phone.

"Yes?"

Jade had went outside to call Xander. Granted she could have made the call, from what everyone was calling, "Fort Summers". But she had to get out of there, Buffy and Faith ogling each other was more then she could take, she was wishing that last night had not been during the wolf moon. She had wanted Buffy. Wanted to feel her body move against her, as they pleasured each other. But that was never going to happen again. Buffy had never looked at her, liked the way that she now looks at Faith. The desire, the loving way that her eyes look at Faith. Shaking her head as she punched at the tree, she rubbed her fist that now had a little blood on one of her knuckles of her hand. She wiped the blood onto her pants and pulled her cell phone out and dialed Xander, as she moved over to a bush, looking at it as she was listening to the phone ring.

"Harris" Xander answered his phone with.

"Xander, Jade Gray checking in. Do you have anything for me?" Jade was pacing around the pussy willow.

"Jade, you are to stay with Buffy and Faith."

Shit, Jade mumbled as was looking for something larger to hit.

"GRAY, YOU LISTEN TO ME, You are to stay with them, I don't care if they don't want you with them. We are going to need all the help that we can get. If you remember, you came to me asking for some way, back into Buffy's life. This is that chance that you wanted. Like it or not, they need you, and if you would just stop being, your assaning self, you need them." Xander's voice slowed to take a deep breath in.

"Xander, Please. I know that I wanted back in. I'm afraid that I can't make it up to either of them, for what I did. I fucked up, and how do you make up for making them werewolves? Not counting the bad case of the horny's, that I gave them?"

"Jade, you know that Giles is looking into the incubus part that you gave them. This is your best hope to help yourself as well as them. You had Buffy,...cough...no you and the Buffyster had something. She can't tell you otherwise, we all saw it. Her hatred of you is clouding that right now. Give her time. Faith may take longer." Xander finished saying as a person was bringing papers to him.

"Alright, I made my bed. I just want....." the word hung on her lips.

"Jade, I have to go. Give Giles time. I just got to go."

Jade looked at the phone as he had not said goodbye, kiss his ass or anything.

On the property of Fort Summers; there was this huge room; sometimes it was a dancing room; other times it was for meetings, training for the slayers and watchers. But four times a year it was turned into a party room. Hanging from a window was a banner with the words HAPPY HALLOWEEN. Small round tables had been moved into one corner of the room. The dance floor was in the middle, above it was a disco ball. A DJ booth was over in the far corner, the last thing that had been put into the room was a long square table.

Rowena was placing the last things out onto the tables. Small skull candles, candy hearts, and chocolate kisses.

Rowena was not sure if the party was still a go, not after what had happened. But if Buffy surprised her with a visit, well she just wanted everything to be done. She flipped a switch and the disco ball was now moving, around and around. She went to the DJ booth and turned on the mixer, the extra lights green, red and gold that were hanging, were now moving to a rhythm, as the song fills the room.

The Time Warp

As the song was ending a door slammed behind Rowena. Footsteps was nearing her as the cold ran through the room. She saw her own breath. She was moving backwards to the outer door. As she reached the door and opened it as quietly as she could, she stepped out of the room, about to break into a run to get the hell out of there.

She was still moving, or so she thought. A hand had her in its grip, but her legs were moving. The hand had tightened around her throat.

"FOOLISH GIRL, YOU THINK YOU ARE PROTECTED?"

As THE CHILL was speaking to the girl, the hand had closed off her breathing.

Her hands came up, trying to get lose, trying to breath, wanting to get to someone.

"Please." Rowena was saying with her final breath.

THE CHILL felt her life leave her and then threw her onto the ground. The sound of a back breaking, rocked the silence.

The demon that was inside of the dance room, was now standing outside looking at the body.

"Slayers not going to be happy." The demon cried.

THE CHILL gave the demon a look that asked, "just make one more remark, PLEASE."

None came.

The demon left.

THE CHILL left with just a brisk air of coldness.

For the slayers that had been killed, there would be no funerals. What could they really bury? Parts is what they had, the morgue had placed each body part in it's own bag and then they all went into one large body bag. They is what would be burned at a later date.

"Close the curtains..who left them open..bad..bad..thing."

"Willow, come on. Wake up, we need to get up." Dawn said.

Everything came back to Willow.

"Dawnie?"

"I'm here" Dawn said as she moved up onto her elbow.

"I ...." Willow felt a finger on her lips.

"Willow, about the kisses, I shouldn't have done that. I love you, that is not going to change. I can wait, for us."

Willow had tears in her eyes and the finger traced her lips and then stopped moving.

"Sorry."

Dawn moved off the bed away from Willow and was standing looking out the window.

"Dawnie, please"

"I shouldn't have done that...not right after I said, I would wait." Dawn said, still looking out.

Arms embraced her from behind, a head was resting on her back.

"Dawnie, it is alright. It's hard to keep your emotions inside. When the time is right, I would love for you to trace anything on my body that you wanted to. Your not alone in the emotions department, I should have stopped you and myself."

"Will, we can blame each other till the cows come home, I'll deal with it. I will however be here for you."

Dawn felt Willow's nude body against hers and laid back into the soft embrace. She was going to pull away at any minute. As she went to move, a reflection from the ground hit the window.

"OH GOD!" Dawn yelled and moved from Willow.

Willow looked down and fainted.

Dawn was yelling for Buffy, as she tried to get the redhead back into bed.

"BUUUUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

Seconds later, the door open.

"DAWN, WHAT'S WRONG?" Buffy asked.

Faith who had been right behind Buffy, picked Willow up into her arms and place her on the bed and covered the redhead's body.

"BRAT?" Faith said.

Dawn was worried about what her sister was going to do and then remembered why she yelled in the first place.

Dawn reached her hand out to her sister, which Buffy took.

"Honey, what is it?" Buffy said a little quieter.

They moved together to the window and came to rest.

Buffy was puzzled.

"Dawn?"

"Buffy, look out the window, towards where the Halloween party is going to happen."

Buffy frowned and did look. "OH SHIT!", What she saw made her mad. She took off running. Faith had stepped forward and had saw the body, she took off after Buffy. *FUCK, not again.* Faith thought.

Dawn stood at the window watching, when she saw that Buffy and Faith had arrived down on the ground, she went over to the bed and pulled the redhead into her arms and began to cry.

Xander had been called once again, but not to report in or anything that was of the nice type. Buffy had informed him of Rowena's body. He told them he would be there in under an hour with the morgue crew.

Mostly everyone was down by the Halloween party room. Dawn and Willow were still inside.

Jade walked beside Buffy and Faith. Faith felt her and grabbed her by the throat.

"Faith, what are you doing?" Buffy asked.

Looking at Jade with murder in her eyes. "Where was she when this happen, B?"

"I was...cough..on the phone....with...Xander." Jade coughed out.

"I don't believe you, bitch." Faith growled at her.

Buffy moved behind Faith and touched her shoulders, and was getting ready to tell her she should not kill Jade, but as she thought about it, she wanted to tell her, *go on kill her.*

"Faith, stop." Xander had arrived as Jade was running low on air. Holding a dart gun on Faith.

"Xander, she killed her." Faith spits out.

"Faith, me and her had a long talk this morning." Xander had looked over the body on the ground in minor seconds.

"I don't believe you, Xan-man."

"Faith, look at the girl's throat." Xander said as he cocked the trigger back.

"Xander?" Buffy asked.

"Don't Buffy." Xander said as he waited.

Faith and everyone looked over at the girl on the ground, her throat had a ring of ice around the hand mark.

"Now unless, Jade can do THAT, I don't think she kill her." Xander was hoping that Faith would back down.

Faith increased the pressure to almost crushing her throat, and then let her drop to the ground. Faith stormed off to the house.

When she could breath again, Buffy helped Jade up and inside. Buffy went and got her some ice to put on her throat. Jade tried to talk, but her throat was swollen and couldn't get any sound out.

"Jade, sorry about Faith, you know that she is head strong." Buffy tried to make an excuse for her girlfriend.

Jade's hand had started caressing Buffy's free hand.

"Jade" shivers was running though her body at the touch...."Jade, we can't do this".... a hand came up behind Buffy's neck and moved her head down to Jade's lips. The kiss was soft, it was hungry and it was full of everything that Jade ever felt for Buffy. Breaking for air, Buffy's eyes was full of lust and desire. There was also something else in her eyes.

"B?" Faith asked as she came through the door.

Buffy and Jade were as close as they could be, it did not help that they were both breathing hard. Faith took one step forward and then reached out and moved Buffy away from Jade. Faith was shaking as she looked at the woman that had damned her and Buffy. Before Buffy could stop her, Faith had Jade down and was punching her in the face. Buffy was trying to get Faith off of Jade.

"B, you better get up off me, or so help me." Faith said as she hit the bitch again.

Buffy went to grab her again and Faith drew back and then hit the ground. In her ass were four darts. Xander was standing at the door.

In the morgue was the body of Rowena lying on a table waiting for Dr. Scully to do her autopsy on her. The Doctor was tired, she had only been home for about three hours when, she got the call to come back.

Lenora had matched up the watchers' bodies, top and bottom halves. At least the watchers would have a funeral. She had called what family each of them had to come and claim the remains.

Scully walked around the table, looking at the body. Looking she saw: Bruising around the throat, what looked to be hypothermia, curving of the back at a unnatural angle. She was alone today and turned the recorder on. With the tray next to her, she began with the Y-incision and went about finding what had happen to this poor woman.

Faith was asleep, thanks to one Xander Harris. Buffy had gotten Jade into a bed and was being checked out by one Dr. Jasmine. She had arrived six months ago and now was the main doctor to look over four thousand slayers and watchers. Thank goodness she was able to bring her staff with her. The slayers were always calling her at all hours of the day and night. She had hired four other doctors to help her, but they answered to her. And by god if they screwed up, she would have them by the thin hairs.

As Dr. Jasmine finished with Jade, she moved away and let the other slayers clean her up. Jade would have a slight bruise from Faith's fist, but with her werewolf genes, she would be healed in no time. She was like a slayer in that regards, her blood made her almost immortal.

As the Doctor had been seeing to Jade, Buffy had gone to check on Faith, she saw her as she laid on the bed, thoughts of years ago came to her mind, the dark slayer was in a coma. "NO." Buffy had tears on her face, "no not a coma, just drugs." Buffy took her hand and bend down to Faith's face, "You really need to trust me more." Buffy caress the still face. She sat down on the bed and held her lover's hand.

Buffy began talking and thinking to herself.......

*Why is it, that my lovers never trust me? Riley was always like that...When I went to see Angel, Riley became a green eye monster.*

*But you did kiss Jade back.*

*alright shut up.*

"No"

*You kissed her.*

"I couldn't stop myself"

*You call that an excuse?*

"No"

*You still want Jade.*

"no" she was shaking her head.

*DO*

"I AM STOPPING NOW"

*CHICKEN SHIT*

Thank heavens a word came from the bed just then.

"oooouuuchhhh"

"Faith?" Left Buffy's lips with a question in it.

"B?"

"Here honey." Buffy held onto Faith's hand tightly.

Faith felt the strong hold on her hand, if she had not been a slayer, her hand would have been broken. Faith's eyes looked up and saw tears in her love's eyes. The scene came back to Faith in a flash, Buffy and Jade kissing. The scents coming from them had been intoxicating. Then she remember moving Buffy, so she could get that bitch.

Buffy's eyes held a lot of questions for her future in them for Faith to see.

As they looked at each other, tears ran down Buffy's face. She had manage to fuck up her relationship.

Faith pulled her hand free from Buffy's hold. Buffy was right at the point of sobbing hard. Faith brought her hand up to Buffy's face, she caressed her cheek.....then she pulled her hand back and slapped Buffy.

"HOW COULD YOU?" Faith yelled at her.

"Faith, it was an accident." Buffy got out in her sobs.

"B, An ACCIDENT? Did you fall and her lips just happen to catch you?....I smelled you....DAMMIT...You were aroused."

Faith looked at the window in the room and then turned to look at her lover.

"B, after all that BITCH has done to us. Did you forget that she is why, we have to stay inside three nights a month? .... Was last night really a homecoming for her? Do I mean NOTHING at all?"

"Faith, I....I...." Buffy was confused as hell. Her feelings was all over the place.

"Buffy, she almost made me hit you, with my full slayer strength. Do you know what that would have done to me? It would have killed me. And you don't know why you kissed her or is it that you don't just want to tell me?.....Is this payback for Robin? I can't make up for being with him, just as you can't make up for being with that... bitch...But, I am not going to have you fucking her and then coming to our bed, B. I just can't."

Buffy had gone silent as she listened to Faith talking to her. Her heart even though she knew better was being torn in two, one part wanted Jade back, oh yes...that was fucked up be on measure. Faith was her soul now. Buffy's hand went to go back to hold Faith's.

"NO FUCKING WAY, B." Faith moved away as if, she was going to catch a cold from Buffy.

"FAITH?"

"NO, BUFFY, I can't. I....can never forgive her for what's she did. Right now, I can't forgive you for wanting her.....We need to take a break from us. YOU need to do some thinking. I love you, B. But right now, I am not happy that I do."

Floods of tears were flowing down the blonde's face.

"Peppermint."

"Buffy, Go away." Faith turned her back to Buffy and closed her eyes.

Sara and a handful of slayers were down at the party room. They needed a party. Everyone was tense and the need to blow off some steam was hanging in the air, like a December snow fall. At each door was a watcher with a gun. The lights outside were turned all the way up, it looked like a air strip waiting for a plane to land.

Dawn was still laying in bed holding Willow. Willow was dreaming that Kennedy was in bed with her, she was reaching out to her, trying to take her into her arms and as she closed her arms around nothing, Willow jumped awake.

"Willow, I'm here." Dawn said very sadly, but with hope. She had heard Willow calling Kennedy's name in her sleep.

"Oh god, everything it happened right?" Willow looked like a church mouse, shy and afraid of her own shadow.

"Will, hush now, your safe. I got you and nothing is taking you away from me." Dawn said with tears in her eyes.

Willow look up at Dawn...."Then I will make it, Dawnie." She raised up and kissed Dawn on the forehead, and laid back down and looked over at the window. They stayed there for another half an hour just taking small comfort of holding each other. Soon they would need to get something to eat. But for now, the world and everything went away. It was just them, a witch and a former key.

Giles had been looking to find out why; when Jade had bitten... both Buffy and Faith that she had passed on to them, the power of an incubus. Giles had been cleaning his glasses when Buffy walked in.

"Dear god, Buffy, what happened?" Giles said.

"Giles, Do you know anything about what happen with what Jade did to us yet?" Buffy was pacing as she asked.

Giles gave up trying to get an answer, just by the tightness of Buffy's walk.

"Why, yes I do have something. As you know, Slayers blood gives you a heighten sexual drive. Faith spoke of it when you first met her. It did take you some time before you told me, that you got the same way as her. I believe it was after Robin Wood."

Buffy just looked at him....

"Yes, right." Giles was just about to go into words of science. Words that Buffy might know, but would just make her want to tell him, in English Giles.

"As you know, the regular type of incubus, can be a evil spirit that has sexual intercourse with women as they sleep, others could be called succubi, a male form; those who appeared like men incubi." Giles explained.

Rubbing her forehead, "Giles I think that you lost me." Buffy leaned on a table waiting.

"Buffy, an incubus is usually male and some form of demon, that invades a woman's sleep to have sexual intercourse with her. Where as a succubus is a female demon that has sexual intercourse with a man while he sleeps. The werewolf bite that Jade received was from an incubus."

"Okay, I am following you. But why is Xander not getting attacked in his sleep or any other male that has been around Jade for the last few days?"

"Buffy, As you know." Giles took his glasses off and started cleaning them. "Since Jade only makes love to a female, she would only go after females."

Buffy squirmed.

"GILES"

"Buffy please, we must understand what is going on, if we are to help the three of you."

Buffy pouted, "Giles, I need to tell you something. Earlier, Jade kissed me and I returned the kiss. Faith walked in on us and went slayer on her ass. Xander was there and put four darts into Faith. Jade is in bed and recovering from the beating....and Faith is...not happy with me."

"See that is why, WE must understand, what is going on with you three. Faith hates her and can only endure her during the full moon. And you seem to want her anytime you see her, but you are unhappy with her."

"GILES" Buffy blushed.

"What, are you sixteen again?" Giles said.

"Giles, you know that I think of you as a father figure and it is just..that you are talking about my sex life, as if I am not even in the same room with you. "

"We need answers, Buffy." Giles was polishing his glasses once again.

Faith had fallen asleep and was dreaming about Jade; They were laying on a bed. There was licking, fingers thrusting, hips moving, tongues caressing, moans answering each other's, heavy breathing, breasts touching each other's.

Willow and Dawn had gotten out of bed, dressed and went downstairs. The slayers that were at the house were running around, watchers had guns, since security was stepped up.

Dawn looked over and saw Vi eating something that looked like oatmeal with gummy worms in it. *EEEWWW* Dawn turned the other way and looked at Willow. Willow just shrugged her shoulders.

"Vi, do you know where Buffy is?" Willow asked as she sat down with a bowl of cereal.

Vi put her spoon down and looked up at the redhead. "She went running out of here about half an hour ago, crying and saying that she need to see Giles."

Dawn slammed the door on the cabinet..."VI....YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD KNOW THIS?"

Vi stood up and turned toward Dawn; "I don't have time for whatever she is going through, I have to get the paperwork done at Slayers United, since it looks like Faith is not going to be at work. We have been through this before, Buffy gets a girl and then she messes up and then we have to pick up the pieces."

Willow didn't like what Vi was saying, she had been more then just some girl. Buffy was her best friend. Everyone fucked up at times. She didn't care if Vi thought that just because she was a slayer, she could get away with dishing Buffy. Her hands came up and her eyes were just getting a glow to them. As Willow was getting ready to do something to Vi, her hands were grabbed.

"Red, she's not worth it, you can't do this." Faith pulled Willow into her arms.

Dawn had grabbed Vi by her hair, together they went into the other room. Even though Vi was a slayer, she knew better then to use her strength against Dawn. Buffy would hurt her for such a thing. Dawn's face was red, *How dare her.* Never had she wished that she had the strength of a slayer. She was worried for Will but she couldn't go back in there, Faith was better in handling Willow. Beside, she had a smart mouth slayer to deal with.

Dawn just turned them around and pinned Vi against the wall. "I can't hurt you, like I want to right now...I don't care what you think about my sister. You wouldn't be alive, if it wasn't for her. Don't even tell me, you don't remember her saving your ass, YOU WOULD BE DEAD NOW, IF NOT FOR HER!"

"Dawn, please... I'm sorry. The paperwork has to be done by end of shift today." Vi was trying to get out of here.

Dawn wondered just what she should do, finally she made up her mind. With as much force as she could muster, she pushed Vi to the door. "VI, GO TO WORK and don't come home tonight." Vi ran out the door, cussing herself for making this problem.

Dawn went to go back into the kitchen and thought better of it. Willow would not want her to see her right now. The redhead still had some problems with magic and at times it got the best of her.

Buffy had not wanted to go home...*HOME, made a mess of that. When will I ever learn?* She had asked Giles, if she could crashed out on his sofa a bit. The last few days had been hard, finding the slayers and watchers killed, Kennedy, there was no real words for what had happened to her. How could she want them both, and how could she want Jade? Her mind was a whirlwind. She laid down and fell asleep. She was pulled into a dream world.

***Enter Dream World***

There was a bed, with white tulips leaves on it. Candles were burning and in the middle of the bed, laid Jade. She was naked and laying on her side, looking at Buffy.

"Glad to see you finally made it, Naughty Poo." Jade smiled and raised herself up to the blonde slayer. Buffy was standing at the end of the bed, before her without clothes. She reached out and took her hand and pulled her onto the bed.

"Jade, I..we can't do this. I love Faith. I feel something for you, but it's not love." As must as she wanted to move, she couldn't.

"Buffy, why do you say that you don't love me? We had something, before Faith. Xander saw it. Others had too." One finger was tracing around Buffy's nipples.

"Jade, please."

Fingers were running patterns over Buffy's breasts as she talked. "You, Me and Faith." a finger moved into the curvy blond hair above Buffy's pussy. As if she could hear what Buffy was going to ask; "we share the wolf, as we share the incubus." a finger moved down into wetness.

Buffy had millions of questions running around, but this one word came from her lips, "share"

Jade moved a finger inside Buffy as she answered, "yes." She started kissing Buffy's neck, as she added another finger inside of her pussy, she increased the rhythm of her fingers..."Jade, oh"... Jade's tongue was tracing Buffy's mouth, as the lips parted, Jade's tongue went inside and they were sucking on each other's tongue, Buffy hips were moving against the two fingers that were inside her. Buffy's hand came up behind Jade's neck and pulled her in closer to her, as their kiss deepen, Buffy's hand started to claw Jade's back, as her own back was arching up as the fingers were moving faster in and out of her pussy; their mouths broke apart as they tried to catch a breath,"god Buffy, you feel so good." .... Buffy pulled her back down and kissed her passionately, fingers and hips moving even harder together, as Buffy bite Jade on the lip, she came.

Jade kept her fingers inside of Buffy until her walls stop shaking, then looking up into Buffy's sparkling eyes, she eased her fingers out and brought them to her mouth and ran her tongue over the fingers, tasting Buffy's moisture on them, "you still taste so fucking good." Buffy giggled at her, "You always did love eating me." Shaking her head, with her eyes looking far away, "that one weekend, we spent the whole time in bed, with your tongue inside me." Jade smiled at the memory, "you bitched at me, for two week after that, for being sore."

Jade then sobered, "what happened to us?" Buffy was uncomfortable, "Jade, we were over, it just happens." Buffy moved off the bed and looked at the bed. "We shouldn't have done that." Frowning, she sat on the end on the bed. "Buffy" .... Jade reached for her and pulled her up to her, placing Buffy in between her legs. "I'm not sorry that I kissed you earlier. I wanted you. In the waking world, I am never going to have you, but here in our dreams, I can." Jade kissed her neck. "Faith" ....With a smile that was so much liked the smirk that Faith has, Jade replied. "Buffy, Faith knows what can happen here. What I taste like. What I sound like when I come. She knows my body, Buffy." Jade entwine their hands together, as she let that sink in. Enjoying what time that they had left, before either of them woke up.

***End Dream world***

Dawn had gone up to make the beds, pick up any clothing, dishes that belonged downstairs. She really did not do this that often, and she only found one bed not made, that was Buffy's and Faith's. Making the bed she thought about everything that had happened in her life, the key taking human form, Glory, Buffy's death, Tara murdered, Willow going thru the wigglings, Faith losing control. The continuing problem that Willow had with the black magic, it would just creep out every now and then, usually when she let her heart take over, instead of her mind.

Faith had a firm hold of Willow, as the redhead was shaking in her arms. Tears were running down her face, as she mumbled into the raven slayer's chest, "Wanted to hurt her, she had no right to talk about Buffy like that." Sniff...sniff.."I should leave...almost lost control." Faith stepped back enough that there was a small space in between them and moved her hand to raise the redhead's chin up to her.

"Willow, look at me." Faith spoke in a low voice. The redhead sniffed hard and swallowed a huge breath. Her watery eyes met dark ones; "First and foremost, you didn't lose control. Your emotions are running high right now, with your lover being murdered. Jade coming back into all of our lives, and if I am not mistaken, Dawn finally told you of her feelings."

Willow frowned, blushed, and then frowned again. "How did you know about Dawn?" She wanted to lay her head back down, but it didn't seem like the right thing to do. Then added, "VI pissed me off." Then she pulled back and leaned against the counter. Faith did not let her move far, she came to stand back in front of her. "Red, Vi is still ticked off that Rona left, after Vi nursed her back to health after the fight with the First. We both know that Rona wanted more. It also didn't help that Buffy just let her go, but would not let Vi go with her. I needed Vi here with me for the paperwork. She hates it more then I do. But she blames Buffy for so much. We both know that Buffy had a few girlfriends, before she settled down with me."

Willow looked like she wanted to run and Faith smirked at that. "Never thought that I see you wanting to run, Red." Faith moved and grabbed two bottles of water off the counter. She gave one to Willow and opened the other one, taking a large drink. "Red, Buffy can take care of herself, granted sometimes, we both wonder. We will find whoever is responsible for the deaths of your lover, Ken, the other slayers, and the watchers." Faith stopped and took another drink.

"As for Jade, well something is going on there and not just with Buffy." The dark slayer grabbed a chair and parked her ass in it, still looking at Willow. "And when I said, she's not worth it, I meant Vi." Now Faith felt like running, talking was never her strong suit.

"Faith, you're right; Vi is not worth me losing control. But she's still shouldn't have talked about Buffy like that."

"Red, opinions are like ass holes, everyone got one." Faith laughed.

Willow laughed with her. "Thank you for stopping me, knowing that we have had our own rough spots, makes what you did, mean more to me." Willow could tell that she had embarrassed her and quickly she moved on. "So I have to talk to Vi whenever she gets home, not like I haven't had to do that before." She started playing with the top of the water bottle. Faith kept watching her. "Hum...Faith, your not going to tell Buffy about Dawn are you? Dawn will freak if you tell her."

"Red, whatever is going on with you and the Brat is between you two, But I do want you to give yourself time to get over losing Kennedy. Dawn loves you to much to be a stand in." Faith stood up. "I really should not be giving any advice, my life is fucked up at the moment." She finished the water and replaced the cap and tossed the bottle into the trash can. Turning she went to leave, not wanting to stay any longer.

She heard Willow moving behind her, then a hand reached out and turned her facing the redhead, and then arms enclosed her in an embrace. "Faith, not letting you leave. After what you did, I know you love me." Seeing a smirk trying to come to the dark slayer's face, "NO, not like that. Always the flirt. I love you too, even if you are a pain in my ass, a lot." Faith smiled at her words and then the smile left. "Red, I broke up with Buffy earlier and it is tearing me up inside, it fucking hurts." Tears were in her eyes, she hated to cry.

"I'm sorry, Faith. I got no idea what is going on with her. But I do know that she loves you, just as much as you love her. You'll get pass this. As you told me, our emotions are running high right now, and we are doing things that we might not do otherwise." Willow had a headache coming. "We both need to think about what is going on. There is so much that we don't know right now, what is going on here in Louisville, why did the slayers get murdered, or the watchers, why is there only so much water in these bottles."

Faith smiled despite herself, "Red, you're babbling. You're cute. But stop it." Faith looked into the redhead's eyes, they had so much in common, and yet they were so different. "Sometimes, I think, I should have fell in love with you." The smirk was on in full force. "Now Faith, all we would have done, was kill each other." Willow laughed and Faith joined in, that is how Dawn found them, both laughing, she thought that they were a bit to close. Faith winked at Willow and stepped out of the embrace. "I got to go and see Giles, Red. You two behave yourselves now." Faith left the room and grabbed her jacket and keys to her motorcycle. As Willow and Dawn stood staring at each other, the sound of the motorcycle coming to live and then roaring away was heard.

Vi was pacing her office at Slayers United. She knew that she was out of line. But at the time, it never crossed her mind that she was. Whenever she was able to go back home, she would take time to talk with Willow and Dawn. She wasn't sure if she needed to talk to Faith, but if she did she would. She had been able to get the paperwork done that she had been bitching about, but then she couldn't seem to do anything else. She wanted to go back home, many times her hand would reach for the phone, but then her brain would tell her, *NO*. So she was pacing; 7 steps forward and then back, as she turned to go back around the lights went off in the room and in the building.

A chilling voice was heard, "YOU THINK YOU KNOW ... WHAT YOU ARE ... FOOLISH CHILD."

Six demons appeared out of no where and Vi was fighting for her life. She took out four of the demons, just before her body began to shake, she tried to turn around, but with the cold hand holding her neck, she couldn't move. A demon in front of her punched her in the stomach and then in the face, the next punch knocked her out.

"TAKE HER" THE CHILL had left the room in a mist.

The two demons carried her.

Faith arrived at Giles and rang the bell, not the norm for her. But what had been normal anymore? She was feeling out of sorts. Her heart was aching, her soul felt empty. At least the full moon phrase was over. She heard movement behind the door and was flipping her keys back and forth. The door opened before her, Giles stood there, looking grim.

"Hey G-Man, what's going on?" Faith stepped inside the house as Giles leaned back for her to come in.

"Faith, Buffy was here earlier and we talked some. But I did not know, what I know now." Giles was pale.

Faith shut the door and leaned against it. *Fucking day just gets better.* ..."Well what is it, Giles."

"I received the reports back from Dr. Scully and word on the symbol." Giles went over to the bar and poured himself a shot of whiskey.

Faith was standing there waiting, wondering if she should call Buffy and the others to come over.

"Faith, please sit down." Giles knocked the shot back. She flopped herself into a chair as Giles was going to his desk to get the reports, there was a knock on the front door. *Two knocks under an hour*, he smiled. No one ever knocked on the door at his house. As he went to answer the door, it went flying by him, knocking the wind out of him. Faith was up and in her fighting stance in a second.

Windows had demons crawling though them, demon after demon came in the front door. Giles was fighting as best as he could, in hand to hand combat. Faith was kicking the living shit out of the demons coming after her, but even she couldn't keep the fighting going on forever, as she killed each demon, two more came in the front door. Giles yelled for her to run, but she couldn't leave him behind. "LIKE HELL" Faith yelled to him. Giles went down under the fists of five demons. Faith was slowly running out of juice. The phone was ringing as a final hit to her temple, knocked her out.

Buffy had came back home and she was going to check on Willow. She heard Willow and Dawn talking. She sighed as she had really wanted to talk with Willow. She needed to ask her best friend some things, but that would have to wait. She went back outside and went to the room that had Jade in it.

Jade was still sleeping, the bruises were going away, but she still looked a mess. Buffy picked up her hand and sigh as she sat back. Many thoughts was running though her mind. She had lost Faith, but she did not want to lose her. Jade, what was she going to do about her? What was her feelings in regard to both of them? What could she live with? What could her heart live with? What happens if she lost either of them? Sitting here with Jade was not helping her. She wanted to see Faith, even if she didn't want to see her. Buffy left the room and went to the room that Faith had been in, before she left that day. But she found the bed empty. She went down to the kitchen, grabbed a bottle of water and dropped down into the chair, crying. She was wringing the bottle with her hands, it breaks, spilling the water over her hands, the glass cutting into her.

Vi and Faith woke up. Both could tell that they were in a world of hurt. They were lying on a flat surface with their hands tied above their heads, also they were both naked. Faith did her best to see if she could see Giles. Faith wanted to see Buffy again, to tell her that she loved her, and that she would take her back, fuck her pride. Vi just wanted to live.

Hearing footsteps coming toward them, the two frightened slayers did their best not to show it.

Falauglor and Farthanglirgl stood before them smiling.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SMILING AT ASS HOLE?" Faith yelled. Farthanglirgl laughed at her, "Spunky, I like that. She is mine." He placed a knife to her throat as he climbed up on top of her, "When I am done with you, you will need a new ass hole." He placed one of his legs over her and spread her before him. "No hair" He dragged the knife into her skin as he pushed himself inside her. Faith could feel herself tearing at the size of him. She would not whimper, She had been here before. Maybe she could live though this. The demon was grunting as he fucked her. Blood was running down her legs as he kept the knife moving into her skin.

Falauglor had been watching his brother, fucking that bitch. Now he would have his fun. Taking his knife out, he cut into her leg, a long mark running down to her ankle. Vi screamed out for him to stop. Faith wanted to tell her to shut up, but she could not form the words at the pain she was in.

Falauglor sank the knife into her chest and then as the blood was slowly running out, he took his cock out and speared himself into her, he placed his hands on her arms and he moved himself further inside her.

As the raping of the two slayers continued, a shadow passed over the front door. Screams were heard outside of the room that they were in. The two brothers looked at each other pissed off. Neither wanted to stop, they had been given a sweet deal and they wanted to keep fucking the slayers. They kept looking at each other and both grunted as they came inside them. They climbed off them and went outside to see what the hell was going on. As they cleared the door, their heads slid down their bodies and they collapsed, dead away.

Standing in the door with blood covering her was a stranger to them, she moved inside and cut them loose. Picked them up and carried them to her car and then to the hospital.

The phone was ringing in the kitchen of Buffy's house. With her bandaged hands, Buffy answered the phone. "Buffy, need you"..."GILES....GILES....." The phone went dead. Buffy screamed and hit the button above the phone, lights went on everywhere, slayers coming out of their rooms, as well as Willow and Dawn. Somehow Jade slept though the noise. Buffy had pushed the button for Xander as the others were coming down stairs. Xander answered and Buffy told him to get to Giles's house. Buffy gave out orders that Willow and Dawn were to stay here, she asked for ten of the slayers to leave with her. Buffy grabbed the keys to the Hummer, noticing that Faith's key was missing. They ran to the Hummer and was on their way.

The scene at Giles's was out of a horror movie, he was covered in blood. His legs had been broken, one hand had been crushed and that was what they could see. As the attendants were placing Giles into the ambulance, he came to just a bit and looked at Buffy. Buffy had tears in her eyes, "Giles don't talk, you will be at the hospital soon." Tears were threatening to run down her cheeks. With his good hand he reached out and place his hand on the attendant. "Stop please." The movement stopped and Buffy leaned closer to him. "Buffy, did you find Faith?" Giles passed out as the words left his mouth. Buffy's hand came up to her mouth as she looked over and saw the beautiful motorcycle that she had brought Faith resting by the side of the house. "NO" ..."GILES...GILES" ....Buffy was shaking. The attendant stopped her from shaking the man. "Miss we need to get him to the hospital." Buffy moved back and mumbled "sorry."

Xander arrived as the ambulance was leaving, he saw Buffy just standing in the road, looking lost.

"Buffy, what is it? Is Dawn okay? BUFFY?" Xander looked around, his crew was moving as he took the scene in. His eyes spotted the silver motorcycle that belonged to Faith. With his crew looking at him for orders, he nodded his head and they went to work. He had a slayer to get to talk. "Buffy, come on now. Do you know if Faith was here?" ....Xander wanted to hold her, but he knew better. "Giles said she was here, asked if I found her?"....Xander yelled for Clint. Clint came running over, "GET JADE HERE, YESTERDAY!"...Clint went running off and was calling the nurse that was looking after Jade. "Buffy, we will find her. Just stay with me. Okay?" Nodding her head, tears ran down her face. She wanted to find Faith, she wanted to run and get her, but had no idea where she was.

Jade had got to the house in what seemed like mere seconds. She saw Buffy crying and tried to be strong. She walked up to her and hugged her. Clint had been talking with Xander and she was waiting to be told what he needed. "Buffy, honey. Talk to me." Jade's heart was breaking, she had never seen Buffy like this. "Faith" Buffy told her and buried herself into the warmth of her arms. Jade took in the area, she saw the motorcycle. *Oh GOD* Jade hugged her even tighter as Xander turned to her.

"Jade, can you pick up Faith's scent?" Xander asked. Buffy looked up at Jade, with her tear stained face. "Yes, I can." Jade took Buffy's hand and gave her hand to Xander. "Be right back, keep her here." Jade walked to the house, she sniffed the room and did indeed smell the scent that Faith left behind. Looking on the floor, she found the jacket that Faith always wore out. She raised it to her nose, and inhaled deeply. Her nostrils flared as she pick up blood on it. She carried the jacket back to Xander. "Xander, can you hold on to that for Faith."...."Got her scent." Jade said as she grabbed Buffy's hand. "Xander, you might want to drive." They went to the pickup that Xander owned and got in, Xander looked at her and she told him, "to go south". The drive was short. When they found it and saw all the blood, Buffy started yelling and cussing. Jade had told Xander that there were two scents in the room.

Jade started running from the place where the rapes had occured. Xander went to grab Buffy, but she took off after Jade. *SHIT* Xander thought as he got into his truck and gunned the hell out of it, trying to catch up with them. Xander had caught up with Buffy, she was letting Jade lead. The truck idled behind them as the hospital came into site. Jade stopped and Buffy ran into her back. Before them was a car, with three of the doors open, blood was everywhere on the inside, and on the doors. The three took a deep breath as Xander parked the truck and they went inside to see if Faith was there.

Ring.....Ring...... Andrew was in the office of his house, he answered the phone, "Slayers United, How can I be of help?"

The phone was silent and then he heard a vampire voice, "It's Harmony, the slayers here in New Mexico are all dead. They were torn apart...in all my days, I have never seen anything like this." As Andrew listened to the details, his coloring started going paler, his boyfriend, Lawrence Scott came over to him and hugged him from behind. He was able to pickup the blonde's voice, "I've called around to our slayer states, AND every slayer that was living in one of them, are all dead. Angel had me checking after he received a phone call. Angel should be there, make sure that Buffy knows about the murders." ...."Harmony, Buffy knows, ...we've already lost many of our slayers. Haven't seen Angel as of yet." Tears was in his eyes, "I will, sorry Harmony. Thank you for calling." They both hung up and Lawrence turned the crying man around and kissed him, moving his hand on Andrew's back, trying to give him some comfort. Andrew's arms closed around his young man and pulled him in closer, kissing him harder. "God, we're losing so many....can't go through this again. Lawrence, I need to feel you." They spent the next hour loving each other.

Clint had found papers on the desk of Giles, and put them into a file to give to Xander. The door was re-attached then the area was cleared, and then Clint was calling Xander to tell him of what they had found. The phone went off inside the hospital, Xander quickly ran outside. "Harris, here." Clint filled him in on what they knew and that he had a file for him; Xander told him of the place that they had found the blood, and for him to get someone over there. Clint told him yes and they both hung up.

With no one at the desk when they had arrived, Jade had started searching the emergency room, trying to find Faith, ...but she never thought that she would find Vi. She yelled for Buffy, she came running to her. "Oh god, Vi. What happen? Can you talk?" Buffy asked.

"Was attacked, so cold...after that, Faith was with me, and...and..." Vi began to cry. Buffy went to leave the room, even more determined to find her girlfriend. She heard yelling at the end of the floor, telling the man, that he had to stay in the bed, his legs were broken, he was going to be in bed for a good while and to calm down. ...."I WILL BLOODY NOT CALM DOWN, I HAVE TO FIND HER...YOU ARROGANT BITCH." .....

Buffy went running, "GILES, please calm down. Vi is here, she said that Faith was with her." Tears formed and she did her best not to lose it. ... "Nurse, was there a dark hair girl brought in with the other girl down the hall?" Buffy was holding her breath. Jade sniffed the air and looked at Buffy, she nodded to her. Buffy gave a sigh of relief.

The nurse had gave Giles some morphine to calm him down. "Yes, there was another woman brought in with her. Usually I couldn't tell you, if there was or not...it is usually busy around here, fights, cuts, people trying to kill each other." Her babble kept going. Buffy was losing her patience and Jade stepped up to the woman and looked down at her. "Will you just tell us, where is the other woman?"

The nurse swallowed and then remembered, "Ah yes, she was taken to surgery as soon as she came in." Buffy's knees gave out as Jade caught her. Giles was mumbling something and Xander came in, he had talked to the doctor that was looking after Vi. His face was somber, "Giles do you remember anything?"....The morphine was kicking in, but he got out, "Door came flying, we were attacked, I was knocked out, Faith was missing when I came too." Xander looked at him, crinkling his face, "Vi wasn't with you?" ..."No Vi" Giles managed to mumble as he passed out.

Looking at Jade, Xander turned his head to the hall. Jade understood and with an arm wrapped around Buffy, they left the room. The doctor was standing outside of the room, waiting for them.

"Doctor, this are my friends. We are family of the ones that were brought in. How is Giles?" Xander asked.

"Mr. Giles has two broken legs, his left hand is crushed, he will be needing a few surgeries. But with proper care, he should make a full recovery." The lanky doctor was looking at the scared blonde, but his eyes didn't stay long as the woman holding her, gave him a look that made his balls crawl up inside him.

"And Vi, Doctor?" Xander asked, since it looked like, he was in charge of her.

"Vi has many injuries. She sustained many deep cuts, her neck shows signs of frost bite, she lost a great deal of blood, she was raped and the injuries...." The doctor was being back up by the blonde that he had been looking at.

"She was raped?" Buffy asked as she spat on him.

"YES, I am afraid that she may never have any children, she is going into surgery in a few minutes. The other woman that was with her, needed to be taken into surgery immediately."

Jade was right behind Buffy, hands on her back..giving her support, Xander was beet red. "The other woman, that is in surgery, was she raped also?" Jade asked for Buffy. Buffy leaned back into her as the doctor went to answer. "Yes, she was." The doctor was pushed back into the wall as Buffy grabbed his lab coat. "WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?" Buffy screamed.

The doctor paled in color and looked to the blonde's friends for any sign of support. He found none..."She was badly beaten, stab wounds, there was tearing of her vaginal, there was signs that she was sodomized with something. She also lost a great deal of blood, when she was brought in she was unconscious. It will be touch and go during the operation. It was amazing that she was still alive when the woman came in with them." Buffy's knees were going out on her, Jade caught her in her arms and as they turned around, the woman in question was coming back in from parking her car and was now watching them as well. Jade carried Buffy towards the woman while Xander was finding out where Faith was being operated on. Xander then placed a call to Buffy's house, he talked to Willow and informed her of what had happened with the three and that Faith, Giles and Vi were all in the hospital. Willow wanted to come to the hospital to be with Buffy, but Xander had told her to stay with Dawn.

Dawn had listened in to the phone call and she started crying when she learned that Vi had been attacked and that it was her fault. Willow found her, crying with the phone still in her hands, seating on the floor. Willow took the phone, hung it up and then turned to the crying brunette. "Dawnie, you had no idea that anything would happen to Vi. She pissed both of us off. It's not your fault baby." Tears formed at the redhead's eyes, she saw a smile on Dawn's face and then it was gone. *baby, she liked me to call her that, okay, not here for that, I am babbling in my head, look at her...so beautiful, I just want to kiss her everywhere....okay, stopping now, got to get back on the right train of thoughts.* Pulling her up and into her arms, "Dawnie, come on, it's not either of our faults. She did what she did, you lived on the Hellmouth for god's sake, life sucks, things happen, we have to move on with things." Willow took a deep breath, as she cradled Dawn, "Baby, please, you know she's not going to blame you." Willow kissed her chin.

"Willow, I...need to get to the hospital, I have to tell her I am sorry." Dawn started crying again and Willow understood with the needing to set things right. "Alright lets go, Xander can bitch at me later, can't have my baby crying." Willow smiled as a great big smile crossed the brunette's face, "Will, I'm your baby?" Dawn looked like she was going to wink, but tears were still falling. "Yes baby, your mine. Now lets go." They took the last car that was in the garage, the Viper.

The slayers that had been with Buffy, had gone back home to sleep, eat or just to workout and the hospital had moved Giles into the room with Vi and Xander, after seeing the attendants running back and forth between the two rooms, felt they were going to be sick. Xander now stood between the two beds. Buffy and Jade had gone upstairs to wait on the outcome of Faith's operation. As the nurse was getting ready to move Vi; Willow and Dawn came running into the room and immediately Xander was getting ready to ask them what for.

"Not now Xander." Willow told him. Dawn grabbed Vi's hand, tears falling. "Vi, I'm sorry about not wanting you to come home." Vi squeezed her hand, "Dawn, don't blame yourself, it was my big mouth...I'm sorry for what I said about Buffy, please forgive me." Vi coughed as the words left her mouth, blood was coming out, the nurse came in and took VI out of the room, and told the others that she was going up to surgery.

Willow hugged Dawn to her, Xander keep looking over at Giles. All thought at the same time, *when are we going to get a break?*

The woman in question had given them a card and told them to call her tomorrow. Jade had put the card in her pocket and then Buffy had fallen asleep in Jade's arms, after crying her heart out. She had told Jade, that Faith had broken up with her. Jade had told Buffy in the dream that they shared that she was not sorry, but she never wanted Faith to get hurt. She cared about the raven slayer, even if Faith didn't want her too. She had bitten them, and they needed to get past.. their past and hold onto the future, if they were ever going to get along. Jade missed the blonde and wanted to be back in her life.

Jade knew why Xander had her try to find Faith, with her being a werewolf the longest, her skills were at a higher peak, and with the emotions that Buffy was feeling, he knew that she was not up to sniffing her out. Jade sighed as Xander came into the waiting room, he looked like he was wiped out. He sat down on the couch opposite them, "Giles was moved to his room, Vi is still in surgery." Xander rubbed his forehead, "Any word on Faith yet? Xander asked. Jade spoke in a low voice to him, since Buffy was still sleeping. "Nothing." .... "Jade, why don't you close your eyes, I'll stay awake and wake you both whenever there is word about Faith or Vi." Jade smiled at him and closed her eyes, pulling the blonde closer to her. She was asleep in mere seconds.

Xander was watching them, they had always looked great together; but this time there was something more going on. Buffy had been kinda distanced and looked confused when she thought no one was watching her. Whatever was going on with the three, he wanted them to work it out, Jade needed it, as did Buffy and Faith...well she needed Buffy as much as Buffy needed her. He was hoping that no one would ever know what would happen, IF Faith died. He reached over and grabbed a blanket that was on the end of the couch and stood up and covered them, he took a book out of his back pocket and began to try and read, 'Washing a Dirty Mind.'

***Enter Dream World***

Faith noticed that she was looking at her body, which was in a hospital bed, with an array of tubes running into her. "Did I die?" She asked out loud.

"I hope not." Jade answered her as she walked up to her.

"Jade, I am so not in the mood for any of your shit." Faith said as she turned around and looked at her.

"Faith, please; not here to hurt you and don't want to have sex, we both know that, you are going to have trouble with anyone getting close to you."

Faith tightened her fists, "Why are you here? Isn't B asleep or did you already fuck her? And how the fuck would you know what I am feeling?"

Jade made a frown, just as a table and two chairs appeared and she sat down in one of the chairs.

"First; I am here because I want to help you, now don't look at me like that. I care about you DAMMIT. It might not be love, but its something and I can't turn my back on it or you.

Second; Buffy is asleep in my arms right now, Xander is in the room with us, awaiting word about you and Vi.

Third; There is not going to be any fucking right now, wouldn't be fair to you or Buffy. We are worried about you, YES, both of us. She loves you, slayer.

Fourth; How do I know? I fucking know, cause I have been there myself, the thought that you did something so wrong that you deserved to be raped, that you can't reach out to someone that you love to help, because you are afraid that they will think that you were weak for being raped. That you have this fire, this longing to tear apart anyone that wants to touch you or looks at you. So yeah, I know, Naughty Poo."

"God, I hate that nickname, why do you call both me and Buffy that?" Faith asked as she thought over the rest of what Jade had told her.

Jade smiled as Faith finally sat down, "When I first called Buffy that; we had been fighting a feces demon...she had crap all over her, everywhere but on her lips, and they looked so naughty to me...they were shining bright pink and the nickname came about from that, but don't you tell her where I got the idea of it" ... "as for you, it was watching you fight vampires, you got the dust all over you, but not on your lips, they seemed to be pouting, feeling left out of the dust covering you...so I thought, yeah she's a naughty poo too. I know, not the most romantic thing that you read about in books. But you both mean something to me." Jade rubbed her eyes as she placed her other hand in reach of Faith.

Faith wanted to hate this woman, with everything in her heart, but she was trying to make her understand and that she cared about her, the dark slayer...this had to do with the both of them, Buffy at that moment was on the outside. Faith remembered that Buffy had almost been raped by Spike, but she could never understand what it feels like, Spike had not gone though with the rape. Jade seemed to know what she was feeling. Faith placed her hand closer to Jade, she couldn't reach out to her...yet, but it was what she could managed at the time.

Jade had tears in her eyes, as she saw that Faith had reached out to her. "Faith, I can't promise that it will be easy, living is never easy. But being afraid is not something that I want you to be, ... I want to help... I know it's not going to be easy for any of us."

Faith's eyes had moisture in them, the bitch was making her want to cry, *maybe she's not so bad, Buffy loves her. I...I...don't love her, but there is something. Can I let the past go? Buffy let mine go...am I better then that? God my head hurts.* She saw Jade's hand reaching out to her and made up her mind. With everything that she felt for Buffy and the emotions that Jade had brought out in her, she put her hand over Jade's. As Jade felt the touch, the tears that had been threatening to come down, came in a downpour. "God Faith, I'm Sorry." Tears edge down the raven slayer's face, she knew what she needed to do, it was fucking hard, but she was a slayer and NOTHING, was going to get the best of her, she stood up and brought Jade's hand with hers. Jade was perplex as she stood up...Faith swallowed and looked up, her voice was thick with emotions," Could I...shit this is hard, Jade...I" her voice seemed to run out. Jade smiled as she asked, "Faith, would it be alright, if I gave you a hug?" Faith gave her a weak, "yes." Jade closed her arms around the dark slayer and felt her shudder, as the flood of tears ran for Faith, Jade cried along with her.

***Exit Dream World***

Willow and Dawn had called home and told them that they would be staying at the hospital; they walked up to where Xander was reading and smiling at the book, and then seeing them come in, he went back to frowning. Willow smiled at him and sat down in a chair, Dawn sat down on the floor in front of her. Willow placed her hand on Dawnie's shoulder, Dawn's hand came up and gave her a pat, then looked over at her sister and Jade. Willow followed her head and took a really good look at her best friend and the woman that had now held her as if she was going to break; or just float away, if she didn't hang on to her. The two could see tears running down Jade's face. Buffy seemed to be smiling in her sleep.

The doctors and nurse had almost finished with the operation of Faith, in the other room down the hall was Vi; Giles was in the third operating room, the pain had became to much to bear and they thought that they should go on with repairing his legs, the surgery went well on his legs, and they then turned to his hand and repaired what they could. Finally, Faith's surgery was completed, she would be going to ICU and then the doctor would be finding her family, after he checked on Vi and Giles.

The slayers that were now at the house, were under attack. Demons, vampires had trapped them, with the Demons inside, punching at them, the slayers were moving toward the exits and as they would get through the door, the vampires using swords, took their lives. After the last slayer died, THE CHILL came into the house. A demon brought the nurse into the room, she was shaking and fearing for her life, "I don't know nothing".... THE CHILL with an icy grin looked at her closer, ..."FOOLISH WOMAN, YOU KNOW..WHAT I NEED YOU TO KNOW...TELL THE SLAYERS, WHAT YOU SAW." THE CHILL looked around and gave an icy wink,..."TELL THEM THE END IS HERE." With a wave of a hand, the mist turn THE CHILL away. The demon dumped the woman on the floor and licked his lips, "What do you taste like?" ...the demon torn her shirt and then felt a hand inside his chest,..."DID NOT TELL YOU TO HURT HER, FOOLISH DEMON." The demon's heart was ripped out of his chest and the corpse fell to the floor. THE CHILL walked over to the frightened nurse, and ran an icy finger down her cheek, "YOU WILL TELL, CORRECT?" ....The cold had frozen her cheek and then it was burning,..."yes...I will, please." the woman said. The mist returned, leaving only the nurse.