“That is the stupidest thing you’ve ever said.” Shona said angrily
“I don’t see why you get all, like, mad and stuff, miss attitude, all I said was we should have our own signal in the sky.” Nighthawk replied
Shona started to pound the blunt end of her stake into her forehead. Sure, it hurt but it was less painful then listening to Nighthawk sometimes.
“Our own signal? Will you quit with the marvel bull crap for one second and listen to yourself.”
“Hey! It’s D.C.! Not marvel! I think someone needs to learn how to read!”
Shona jumped up from the grave she was sitting on.
“That’s it! I’m gonna kill you!” Shona said
Shona stormed up to Nighthawk. Nighthawk started to back away slowly.
“Okay. You need to chill alright or else I’m telling Rebecca.”
“Who cares? I haven’t heard from Beck in the last five days.”
Nighthawk stopped and looked curiously.
“Wait. You haven’t heard from her either? I thought it was just Me.” she asked
This caused Shona to stop. Usually Nighthawk calls Rebecca often for advice and help with studies. If she hasn’t heard from her then there really is a problem. Both of them sat on the nearest tombstone and thought.
“D’you think anybody has?” Shona asked
Nighthawk shrugged a little sadly.
“I talked to Michelle she hasn’t seen Rebecca around.”
“Oh man,” Shona replied, “This is not like her at all. She usually all miss attendance and we must check in with Wood. Now we can’t even get her on the phone. It’s like she’s disappeared into thin air. What does Alex have to say about this?”
“I’ve been calling him and stuff. He doesn’t answer.” Nighthawk replied, “Do you think they’re just planning the wedding?”
Shona looked over to her teammate. She stood up and headed for the exit.
“C’mon lets find out,” Shona said as Nighthawk trailed along behind her, “but if we get there and she’s naming babies I am so gonna kick both their asses.”
“This is insanity!” Barrett yelled at Judson, “how is a vampire supposed to run a business when everywhere he turns there’s a slayer in his face! I have lost twenty of my staff to slayers in the past month. Do you know how hard it is to find a vampire who can also type at one hundred and forty words a minute?”
“I can assure you Barrett that we will have a solution soon.” Judson replied
“You had better Mr. Fox or else this firm is going to loose a very lucrative client. Something, I believe, the senior partners frown Apon I believe.”
Barrett stormed out of the office. Down the end of the hall the elevator doors slide open and Becky entered flanked by two security guards. As she was lead down the hall she noticed that the vampires who worked on this floor seemed to scurry out of the way very quickly. The room was close to full when she was lead into Judson’s office. When Judson noticed her he excused himself from the conversation he was having and walked over to her hand out ready for a firm shake.
“Becky Summers I presume, Welcome, My name is Judson.” He said happily
Becky looked at Judson’s outstretched hand then looked at Judson. She folded her arms and gave him a look like he was trying her patients. Awkwardly he pulled his hand back and motioned for her to step inside.
“I hope you’re accommodations were up to you satisfaction.” He continued
Becky didn’t reply. She walked around his office examining everything very closely.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t see you any earlier but things have been kind of hectic.”
Still no response from Becky she had finished walking around the room and now settled on leaning against the back wall investigating a pencil she found on the way.
“I just want to say we are very excited to have some one of you talents here at Wolfram and Heart . . . “
“Are you done trying to get into my pants? ‘Cause I’d like to know why I’m here.” Becky replied Angrily
Judson stopped his rambling and leaned against his desk.
“Look,” he started, “I know what you’re thinking . . . “
“Oh you know what I’m thinking do you, That’s funny, right now I’m thinking that the two vamps you have guarding me can be killed. Lets see.”
In a blur of motion Becky swung out with the pencil and before either vampire security guard could react staked the both of them turning them to dust. Becky settled back to leaning against the back wall.
“You know what else I’m thinking. I’m thinking if these vamps can be killed so can the two standing next to you. After that I was thinking of breaking both the legs of the old guy on the other side of you then twisting his neck till it snaps, kicking you secretary out that window followed by me slamming you head into you desk, breaking your nose, then pushing the bone into you brain killing you instantly. Unless you have a good reason why I shouldn’t.” Becky threatened
The large group in Judson’s office moved uncomfortably away from the uber-slayer. Judson smiled
“A lateral thinker I like that. Could you all excuse me,” he replied.
The group filed out a quickly as possible. Judson moved off his desk and walked casually towards Becky.
“Brass tax time. My office has come across information that could help you stop the threat of Angelus and the Vampire-Witch.
Becky looked at Judson with cautious curiosity.
“Bridges told me this was an Illusion.” Becky replied
“It is,” Judson replied, “but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have its uses.”
Becky though about this for a moment.
“Keep going.” She replied
“There’s a group who help Vampire Willow maintain the illusion of this perfect city. They are scattered all around the city.”
“And I should care why?”
“They call themselves slayers.” Judson replied seriously
Becky carefully eyed the lawyer up and down.
“Slayers, as in more then one?” Becky asked calmly
“Same speed, same strength as their namesake but they are not human.”
“What are they?”
“We haven’t been able to determine that yet. Our best guess is some kind of demon that was left scattered around after the carpet bombing.”
“Why do you think this would interest me? Looks like you have everything under control”
Judson smiled.
“I’d thought you’d say that.”
Judson walked over to his desk. He picked up a remote control and turned on the monitor behind Becky. As she moved out of the way she saw an image that made her blood boil. Judson could feel the anger raising. He moved away from his desk and stood next to her Confidently.
“They call her Rebecca Summers. She leads one of the small teams of Slayers.” He told her
Becky scowled angrily at the image of the girl who has her face. Judson turned to her with a curious look.
“You’re not just gonna stand here and let people think she you are you?” Judson asked
Becky turned angrily to the lawyer. Twisting quickly she kicked the back of the lawyers knees causing him to drop. When he was kneeling Becky mule kicked him in the head making him fall onto his back. Becky Jumped on top and grabbed his collar. Judson smiled at the entire scene.
“So you like to be onto huh?”
His reward for this comment was a punch across the jaw from the uber-slayer.
“Who is she?” Becky demanded
Judson pulled a note from his pocket and handed it to her.
“You want to find out who she start here.”
Becky yanks the note out of Judson’s hand. She stands up and reads it. The note contains directions on how to get to the women’s dorm at UCLA. Becky started to head out of the office.
“Hey,” Judson called out, “mind giving me a hand up?”
Becky looked curiously at the lawyer for the moment. She walked around to his side and kicked him square in the rips. Judson flew up onto his desk and rolled across into his seat. Becky took one last moment to glare at the lawyer then headed out the office.
Shona pounded heavily on Alex’s door.
“Come on man open up.” She said loudly
“We just want to talk Alex.” Nighthawk replied
There was no response. Both the slayers looked at each other. Nighthawk shrugged
“Maybe he’s out.” Nighthawk commented
“Yeah, well, there’s only one way to find out.” Shona replied
Shona took two steps back and kicked on the door. It gave way swinging open to reveal Alex sitting on his bed. He looked like had hadn’t moved from there for a better part of a week and if hell had a fragrance he had bought the entire supply. Shona and Nighthawk walked in cautiously.
“Alex?” Shona asked softly
Alex was looking at what he was holding. In one hand he held a framed photo of himself and Rebecca looking very much in love in the other he held a long envelope tied up with ribbon. He looked over to his sister and her slayer partner. The tears were flowing strong. He showed them the envelope.
“Plane tickets,” he said weeping, “ I was going to give them to her on her birthday. You know how much she wanted to see Paris after she graduated. But she never came over.”
Nighthawk looked anxiously at Shona then rushed to her brother’s side. She put her arms around him in the most comforting way she could. She rested her head on his shoulder.
“At first I though I came on to strong, you know,” Alex continued, “Then when she started to miss all her classes I knew something was wrong. I-I was going to call the police but I though this might be a slayer thing and you guys have a way of solving these things right?”
Shona looked around guiltily. This had gone beyond a joke Rebecca must have gone somewhere.
“You two haven’t heard anything have you?” Alex asked anxiously
Shona was about to say something but she couldn’t find the words. She shook her head slowly.
“I am so sorry Alex.” She replied
“Penny?” he asked Nighthawk
Nighthawk just shook her head. She was too choked with emotion to speak.
Alex leant his head against his sisters. The more Shona thought about this the madder she got.
“This is crazy. People don’t just disappear somebody must have seen something,” She yelled
Shona turned and moved with purpose out of the room. Nighthawk looked up anxiously
“Where you going?” she asked
“I don’t know about you two but I would sure like to know what happened to my friend.” Shona replied, “you two coming.”
Alex and Nighthawk got up off the bed and joined Shona in the hall. As Alex approached Shona scrunched up her nose.
“Whoa. Think Alex better have a shower before we head out.”
The three of them arrived at Club Hellmouth about a couple of hours later. They pushed their way through the crowd until they reached the training room in the back. Wood was sitting with faith and a couple of other slayer as they ran down a training schedule for them. Wood looked up to them and smiled.
“Hey Shona, Nighthawk how did tonight’s patrol turn out?”
“We skipped it. Something more important came up.” Shona
Wood looked at her with concern. He excused himself from the meeting and ushered them into a corner.
“You can’t just blow off patrolling with out calling me Shona you know that.”
“This is, totally, more important,” Nighthawk replied, “Have you met my brother Alex?”
Wood looked at the tall man standing in front of him and shook his hand warmly.
“Nice to meet you Alex.” He welcomed happily
“Thanks I’m actually Rebecca fiancé.” He replied.
Wood looked at the man in pleasant surprise.
“Oh, well, congratulations. Send her my best when you next see her.” he said
“That’s why we’re here Robin,” Shona said, “have you seen or heard from Rebecca at all in the last few days?”
Woods pleasant surprise look quickly shifted to concern.
“No. I assumed she was with you two.” Wood replied
“Damn!” Shona said folding her arms in frustration
“She’s been going to classes right?” Wood asked
“I’ve been talking to her professors.” Alex replied, “they are very worried that she’s going to fail the year if she misses any more lectures.”
Wood looked at the trio in serious concern.
“Faith!” he called out
Faith left the slayers at the meeting table and joined Wood. She smiles warmly at both the slayers.
“Hey girls what’s happening?” she asked
“Has Rebecca checked in at all recently?” Wood asked
“Not since before Romeo popped the question.” Faith smirked at Alex.
Alex looked away from Faith sadly. This made the senior slayer uncomfortable.
“What’s the stitch you two?” Faith asked
“None of us has heard squat from Rebecca since last week.” Shona replied
“Oh man,” faith replied uneasily
“Alright let’s stay calm,” Wood replied, “She must be somewhere I’ll contact Buffy see if she flew to Rome recently.”
“She wouldn’t do that without telling us right?” Nighthawk asked
“It could have been an emergency. Why don’t you two head back to her dorm room see what you could find out there.”
“On it.” Shona said as the trio left the room.
“This is not a good idea Buffy.” Angel commented as Buffy finalized her attack strategy
“So sitting here and waiting for Becky to show up is a better one right?” Buffy replied angrily
“You know I’m a caution kind of guy Buff I think Angel’s right on this one,” Xander commented, “Charging into Wolfram and Heart blind is just going to get a lot of people very dead.”
“I have to try something. I’m going stir crazy stuck in this hotel. Besides I’m not going to be alone.”
“But Buffy,” willow said anxiously, “You could take all the slayers and still find nothing.”
“It’ll be a whole lot better then just sitting around.”
Buffy stormed away from the group and picked up the receiver on Angels phone.
“Hello Club Hellmouth.” Wood answered.
“Robin, It’s Buffy, I’m going to need you to get a team of about ten slayer together.”
“Buffy? I was just about to call you. Have you heard from Rebecca recently? Shona and Nighthawk are worried sick not to mention her poor Fiancé.”
Buffy felt the sadness rise inside her again. She took the ring out of her pocket again and looked at it again.
“How was he?” Buffy asked softly
“Form what I could see. He’s putting on a brave face but he hurting bad inside.”
Buffy tightened her lips. She fought back the tears and tried to keep a calm voice.
“What I’m about to say if for you and Faith only. Don’t tell anybody else especially Shona and Nighthawk.”
“Alright.” Wood replied nervously
Buffy took in a deep breath and readied herself.
“Rebecca’s been taken by Wolfram and Heart.” Buffy said in a forced tone
“Oh my god. Do we know where?”
There was a long pause from Buffy as she tried to remain calm
“Hell dimension.” She said eventually
“No. you can’t be serious. Why do they even want her? Do you think they’re trying to send you a personal message?”
“That’s what I want to find out. Have the girls ready by morning.”
“You got it Buffy.”
Wood hung up the phone slowly. He walked back to Faith and sat down. Faith looked nervously at Woods shocked expression.
“What’s the deal? Did B know where Beck is?” Faith asked
“She said something about a hell dimension.” Wood replied
“No frickin’ Way,” Faith replied, “You mean like the one angel was sent to? ‘Cause he barely survived.”
“Buffy wants us to put a team together to advance on Wolfram and Heart.”
“I want in,” Faith yelled, “I don’t care what you say Robin! Rebecca’s like a little sister to me!”
Wood put his hands over hers.
“You were already my first choice.”
The outside doors splintered open at the women’s dorm of UCLA. Becky stormed in and made her way down the corridors. It didn’t take her long to find the dorm assigned to Rebecca Summers since Rebecca was one of the lucky one to get a single dorm to herself. Without loosing momentum Becky kicked the door off it’s hinges and marched in. she looked around the brightly decorated room to get a sense of what the girl who had stolen her identity was like. She couldn’t get over the amount of stuffed animals she owned and how she had them proudly displayed on every surface of the room. Becky started to rummage through her draws. She didn’t find anything spectacular just a lot of random pens and scraps of paper. Down the bottom of the pile she found Rebecca student id from last year. She scrutinized the photo closely.
Who ever this girl was she looked exactly like Becky. On the list the Judson handed her was direction to the part of the administration building holding student records. Taking the I.D. Becky moved swiftly out of the room and out of sight just before Shona, Nighthawk and Alex approached Rebecca’s doorway. Shona looked at the empty doorframe curiously
“I don’t remember this door being knocked down before,” she said
“Maybe she was, like, kidnapped or something?” Nighthawk asked.
“Well who ever it was. They had some crazy strength.”
“Nothing looks touched, aside from the door.” Alex commented
He moves over to the side of Rebecca’s desk. There was a loose piece of wood he shifted and, from inside, he pulled out a small bundle of bills.
“Who ever took her wasn’t after money.” He continued
“This whole thing’s beginning to weird me out,” Shona replied, “if she was in trouble why hasn’t she tried to get in contact yet?”
“Maybe she can’t. They could have put her in an empty warehouse or something.” Nighthawk replied
“That wouldn’t have stopped Beck,” Shona replied, “She’s too smart for that.”
“Well where do we go from here?” Alex asked.
“Angel,” Shona thought out loud
“I don’t think divine help is going to work at this point.” Alex pondered
“No Angels an old friend of hers, “Shona replied, “He was at the club the other day.”
“Yeah he was saying something about getting a whole bunch of slayers for something.” Nighthawk replied
“Do you think he’ll know?” Alex asked
“Maybe, maybe not. At least if he doesn’t he can help look.” Shona commented, “He lives in this old hotel down town. It shouldn’t be to hard to get to.”
The night watchman jumped with a start when he heard the sound of the door being smashed open in the administration building. He got up out of his chair and headed off in the direction of the disturbance. As he rounded the corner he noticed Becky consulting a piece of paper.
“The office hours are nine am to six pm.” The guard called out.
Becky ignored him. She kicked in the door and wandered into the office.
“Hey!” the guard called and drew his gun. He moved swiftly into the office area only to discover that Becky had vanished. Suddenly he was kicked from the side. The gun was knocked out of his hand and fell across the room. The security guard turned to see who hit him just in time for Becky’s fist to catch him across the jaw. He spun around in pan and as his back was turned Becky kicked him in the back of the knees. She picked up one of the office chairs and smashed it over his head. With the guard unconscious and bleeding on the ground Becky returned back to her original task. Breaking into the correct cabinet she searched the college records. She found the one marked Summers, Rebecca and pulled it out. From what Becky could tell this girl was smart. With most of her grades being high. When Becky finds her she might not be that easy to kill.
“She kicked the door off the cage? How strong is this girl?” Spike asked in shock
“Very,” Buffy replied, “Went two round’s with her once. Nearly got my ass minced.”
“And we have no idea where she went?” Gunn asked
“The guy in the body armor was from a Wolfram and Heart strike team I think it’s pretty clear who took her.” Angel replied seriously
“I don’t understand,” Nina asked, “why would they want her if they already got rid of one of . . . her.”
“The girl can bend steel in her bare hands and leap tall buildings why wouldn’t they want her?” Xander commented
“If they use Becky as a weapon I’m not sure we can beat them.” Willow said nervously
“You stopped her once Will.” Angel replied
“Yeah but that took a lot out of me. I don’t really want to go through that again.”
The group turned as they heard the front door close in the lobby. Alex, Shona and Nighthawk walked slowly down to the group.
“Hey.” Shona said
Buffy looked curiously at Shona
“What are you doing here?” she asked
“I was hoping to find out if Angel knew anything about what happened to Rebecca.”
Shona noticed the uneasy looks shared by the group. Alex looked around the hotel room curiously. Something shiny caught his attention on the front counter. Angel stepped out of the group and approached the slayer duo.
“We’re doing all we can to look for her,” he said softly
“So you’ve not seen he either huh?” Shona replied
“We know as much as you do at the moment.”
Alex picked the shiny thing off the counter and recognized it instantly. It was Rebecca’s engagement ring. His heart began to race as his breathing became deeper. Buffy looked over to Alex.
“Oh god.” She exclaimed as she rushed over to the distraught man
The tears had already begun to flow again as Buffy arrived. Shona looked at this scene carefully. She folded her arms and gave Angel a look.
“No idea huh?” she said impatiently
“I am so sorry Alex.” Buffy said frantically
“Where is she? Why won’t anyone tell me?” he asked desperately
“We will get her back to you I swear!”
The next morning Buff marched up the path leading to the offices of Wolfram and Heart. Next to her marched Faith who expression was just as serious. Behind them both was a group of about ten slayers. They burst through the front door. Waiting for them at the base of the elevators was a small security force. The groups clashed but in the end all of the guards lay unconscious on the floor.
On the thirtieth floor two Vampires waited patiently for the lift. When it arrived containing twelve slayers they ran for cover as quickly as possible. The small army marched down the hall until it reached its destination the office of Judson Fox. Buffy kicked the door in and marched up to the desk.
“You’re not big on the knocking.” He said from behind the desk
“I’m going to ask you this once. How do I bring her back from the hell dimension?” Buffy demanded
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” He replied
“Faith.” Buffy ordered.
Faith walked up to the desk and picked up one of the chairs. She walked over to the window and smashed it out. Buffy grabbed him by the collard and dragged him over his desk. She walked purposefully to the window and dangled him outside.
“Now I’m gonna ask you one more time. How do I bring Rebecca back.”
“I don’t know!” he replied, “I’m just sitting in for Judson.”
Buffy looked at the man curiously.
“He told me to sit there and wait for him.”
Buffy and Faith looked at each other uneasily.
In the security office Judson watched the action that was taking place in his Office.
“Do you believe me now?” he asked
Becky stood intently and watched the scene.
“Vampire-Willow sent her two top Vamps to take me out because of what I know. I want to help you Becky. I want this war to end as much as you do.”
Beck watched the action for a few moments longer then she looked over to Judson.
“What do you want me to do?” she asked seriously
That next evening she stood in front of her objective. The building was large and inventing. Throngs of people were piling into excitedly. Becky studied each group closely. Sooner or later she was going to have to face every one of them so she had to be ready. Judson was very specific and she didn’t want to miss any detail that might help her. After taking her moment she stepped forward and entered the building . . .
. . . Club Hellmouth was her mission . . .
. . . And she knew what needed to be done.
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