Rebecca’s eyes snapped open. She gazed disoriented up at the cold steel roof feeling like she had spent the last fortnight being sucked repeatedly through a vacuum cleaner. Painfully she sat up and looked around. She was in a hospital bed but something didn’t feel right. The room was small and claustrophobic. The walls were made of cold unforgiving cobalt steel and a lot of the medical equipment looked like it had been thrown together at the last minute. She scanner her brain and tried to piece together anything that might tell her what happen.
Dr. Reed walked casually back into the room. He looked up and realized that Rebecca was awake. Putting down his clipboard he moved quickly to her side.
“Hey easy now. I don’t want you pushing yourself.” He said caringly
“Where am I?” Rebecca asked
“Home. You went through quite the adventure Becky.”
“Adventure?”
“Yeah. It was lucky Byron found you when he did or else you might have ended up on some vampires dinner table.”
“Who found me?”
Dr. Reed frowned seriously. He pulled out a small penlight from his shirt pocket and checked out Rebecca pupil response in her eyes.
“What is my name Becky?” Dr. Reed asked during his examination
“I don’t know.” Rebecca replied
“Do you know where you are?”
“Some kind of hospital?”
Her eyes seemed responsive. He stepped back from her and looked at Rebecca seriously
“What day is it?”
Rebecca scanned her brain.
“Tuesday, I think.”
“Becky’s awake.”
Dr. Reed looks at Rebecca with concern. He takes out her chart and starts to write down some notes. The infirmary door opened and Xander walked in. he walked up to Dr. Reed curiously
“Hey doc how’s the patient?” he asks curiously
“She’s awake.” The doctor replied
Xander looks at him seriously
“Why do I get the feeling this isn’t good news.”
“I think what ever happened to her may have caused some kind of amnesia.”
Rebecca looks over to the pair of men and recognized one of them instantly
“Xander?” she asked curiously
Rebecca rushed out of her and gave Xander a hug. Xander didn’t know what to feel more, scared or surprised.
“It’s good to see someone familiar.” She said in a scared tone
“That’s great Becky . . . ah, could you let go I’m loosing the circulation to my arms.”
“Oh sorry.” Rebecca said, “Forgot about slayer strength. I’m so glad that you’re here.”
Rebecca couldn’t help notice the fearful confused expression on the one-eyed mans face.
“What?” she asks
“You feeling alright Becky?”
Rebecca flashes Xander a look. Xander cringes in fear and backs off slightly.
“What? What did I say?” he asks defensively
“You know I hate it when you call me that Xander.”
“So . . . what do you want to be called?”
“My real name.”
Xander and Dr. Reed look at each other.
“That is you’re real name Becky.” Xander replied hesitantly
Rebecca folded her arms impatiently
“It’s Rebecca,” she snapped at him
Xander looked at her closely for a second. He motioned the doctor into the corner of the room for a private chat.
“Did something fall out of her head when you were examining her?” he asked
“Like I said it seems to be some kind of amnesia. She recognizes you though maybe spending some time with her would trigger some more of her memories.”
“Are you sure that’s a good idea doc? I mean, I kinda like this girl how she is.”
“In the long run it will be better if she regains her memory.”
Xander sighed. He didn’t like the idea of being known as the man who brought the monster back.
“Well you’re the doc doc.”
Xander and Dr Reed moved back to Rebecca.
“Are you hungry? I can take you down to the mess hall and we can get something to eat.”
Rebecca smiled sweetly at Xander.
“Same old Xander,” she replied sweetly, “still thinks food will solve everything.”
“Hey it’s the universal cure.” Xander replied as he ushered Rebecca out of the infirmary
Byron stood confidently in front of the crowd. He gazed out over the sea of people and cleared his throat.
“As of 0800 this morning I have officially taken control of this instillation.” He bellowed out
The crowd cheered loudly. Sam, who flanked Byron on the left hand side, stood seriously to gauge the people’s reaction. Byron motioned them to quiet down.
“As my first official duty,” he continued, “ I will be taking Becky into custody so she can be tried for the crimes she has committed. All though I am doing this I would urge you all for leniency.”
The crowd suddenly booed him.
“What?!” an angry colonist yelled as he stood up, “Why should we give that bitch anything? She would have snapped our necks for sneezing at her!”
“I understand the feeling amongst you. But you have to consider that this colony is by far the safest out of all of the colonies in the Los Angeles province.”
“That’s because we were afraid to make a move on her!” another colonist yelled
“Yeah! Let’s fry her while she’s still out cold!”
Byron got angry at the crowd. He furrowed his brow and glared at the people.
“Listen to me!” he yelled, “no one is touching her! Do you understand? There will be a formal trial where all of your grievances will be herd.”
Sam and Jenny, who was flanking Byron’s other side, looked at each other. They nodded in agreement.
Byron’s plan was simply not enough.
Xander handed a plate of food to Rebecca. She poked at it with a fork and looked concerned
“What is it?” she asked
“Everything a growing leader needs,” Xander replied, “we have . . . ah . . . Well enjoy.”
Rebecca shook her head amused. Xander smiled back. He definitely like this Becky better it’s a shame it was his job to try and bring back the original one.
“So Bec . . . Rebecca what’s the last thing you remember?”
“It was so weird Xander. I was standing near the front desk of the Hyperon wearing this necklace thing. Then next thing I know Angel is screaming at me to take it off, there was this light show. Then I woke up in that hospital.”
Rebecca looked up from what ever she was eating and noticed Xander was staring at her.
“What?” she asked innocently
“Rebecca, Angels dead.”
“No he’s not I saw him a few days ago.”
“I hate to tell you this but he’s been dead for at least two decades.”
“Then where did I get this from then?”
Rebecca felt her wrist. She frowned as she realized that her bracelet was missing.
“Hey?” she asked anxiously, “where’s my stuff?”
“What that weird jewelry you were wearing. Giles is looking over it.”
Xander’s uncomfortable feeling returned when he noticed Rebecca shocked expression.
“When did Giles leave England? I though he had to keep a watch over the council building.”
“Oh . . . Kay.” Xander replied awkwardly.
Rebecca had been ignoring the strange vibe she was getting from her friend but now she felt she had to acknowledge it.
“What that hell’s going on Xander?” she demanded.
Xander looked down at his food and sighed. A moment later he looked seriously at Rebecca
“The doc thinks you might be suffering memory loss.”
“That’s insane I know who I am!” Rebecca snapped back.
“Alright, I’ll play along, who are you?”
“I’m Rebecca Summers. I-I’m in my sophomore year of my psychology degree at UCLA and I run one of the Gen S slayer teams.”
“Nooo,” Xander replied, “ You’re Becky Summers, leader of Colony 17 in what is left of Downtown L.A.”
Rebecca looked at Xander like his head just exploded. She shook her head slowly and refused to believe what he was saying.
“Have you gone nuts? What do you mean ‘what’s left’?”
Xander rubbed his forehead stressfully. This wasn’t going as well as he’d hoped.
“I’m not sure if you can remember but Los Angeles was destroyed along with all the other cities of the world.”
“Why?”
“To stop the vampires?”
“Did they ever think to use sunlight first?”
Xander stood up from the table. He walked around and took Rebecca by the arm.
“I think I’d better take you back to the infirmary. You are definitely not well yet.”
Rebecca got back onto her feet. Xander was expecting to be thrown across the room and have his face stomped on but to his surprise Rebecca went willingly. As they were about to leave Frag walked into the room. He stopped suddenly at the sight of Rebecca up and about.
“Whoa hey! The Beckster is on her feet. How’s our favorite Señorita today.”
“Confused.” Rebecca replied, “Who are you?”
Frag looked at her for a moment. Then a smile crossed his face.
“Hehe, good one, anyway Xand-Man been looking over that energy pop closer and I think that I might know what it is.”
Frag held up a print out of the 3d object that represented the energy column. Rebecca stared at it in shock and pointed to the page.
“That’s it!” she exclaimed, “That’s the light show that hit me.”
“Frag?” Xander asked curiously
“It’s not so much a pop more a rip,” Frag explained, “it’s like the fabric of space and time just tore open for a split second. Cool huh?”
Rebecca thought about this. Things were beginning to make a little more sense. Xander took the printout and examined it.
“Giles definitely has to see this.” he replied
“So all of the departments know about the hand over?” Byron asked Sam
“Yes sir. All have been informed and are willing to follow you instructions.” Sam replied
“How are you planning to take Becky into custody.” Jenny asked
“I’m going to ask Dr. Reed to keep her sedated until we can take her to the cell. Then I’ll make the preparations for the trial.”
Jenny and Sam nodded. Byron picked up his notepad and walked out of the room. As soon as he left the duos smile dropped.
“He’s not going to play ball.” Jenny commented
“Then we’ll just have to make sure he ends up in the cell with our fearless leader,” Sam replied, “are they ready?”
Jenny moved to a crate in the far corner of the room. She opened the lid and reached inside. She pulled out the recently built tazer rifle and held it firmly in her hand.
“Frank just finished putting the final touches on them this morning. It was lucky Frag was busy on that energy spike makes our job a whole lot easier.”
“Got that right. Just make sure security only uses them on my signal. The angels take the base tonight.”
Giles examined the star closely. He held it under the light trying to absorb as much info on it as he could. There was a light knocking at the door. Xander opened it and poked his head in.
“It’s only me Giles,” he said softly
Giles smiled and turned away from his desk.
“You’re the only one that visits Xander I know . . . it’s . . . “
His sentence trailed of as Rebecca entered the room. His casual smile dropped quickly into a stern frown.
“Oh it’s you,” he said to Rebecca harshly, “what do you want?”
“Hey Giles, how are you going?” she asked timidly
“Decided to climb down from your ivory tower to visit me Rebecca?”
“What? No. Xander explained to me on the way what happened to you and I was worried.”
“I don’t need the sympathy for a sadists thank you very much.”
“What are you talking about? Why are you being so mean to me?”
Giles spun around angrily. He glared at her with a fiery temper.
“I’m being mean? Would you like to explain that definition to all the lives you took in this colony?!” he yelled
Rebecca took a step back in fear. Xander moved in next to Giles.
“I think you should calm down . . . “ He attempted
“CALM DOWN! I’m currently in the room with the most ungrateful child in the world and you want me to calm down.” Giles yelled
“ Giles!” Xander insisted, “Something really, really weird is going on here. I know I’m gonna sound crazy for this but I don’t think that’s Becky.”
Giles looks from his long time friend to the timid woman standing before him.
“What do you mean?” he asked
“You mean apart from the obvious? Frag!”
Frag walked in from out of the hall. He stood in the middle of the group and looked at each member.
“I’m sensing some major negative vibes in this room,” he comments, “I think we should all take a moment to cleanse our auras.”
“Show him the image.” Xander said
“Oh, right.”
Frag handed Giles the print out.
“Think it’s some kind of rip.”
Giles examines the image closely. He picks up the star and holds it lightly in his hand.
“It’s more then that,” he said seriously, “This looks like some kind of translocation spell.”
“You mean something was sent to somewhere?” Xander asked
Giles looks over the top of the document at Rebecca.
“Or sent from.” He replied
Xander also looked at Rebecca. In mild shock he sat down on Giles’ bed.
“So this Becky is from another time?”
Giles consulted his noted and compared them to the image.
“No I don’t think so. With was we know so far from the jewelry my best guess that this girl is from somewhere else.”
Giles put down the notes. He wheeled up to Rebecca and looked at her closely.
“This is not our Rebecca,” he said as seriously as possible
Byron, Sam, Jenny and a large group of security marched down the halls of the bunker. They stopped outside the infirmary and Byron entered. He frowned when he noticed the empty bed.
“Where’s Becky?” Byron asked Dr. Reed who was completing some of his paperwork
“Xander took her. She was confused when she woke up and he was the only one she recognized.” The doctor replied
Byron moved over to the intercom. There was only one place he would think that Xander would head to so he called Giles’ room.
“Yeah?” Xander asked
“Xander, It’s Byron, do you know where Becky is?”
“She’s with me but . . . we need to talk.”
“Stay there I’ll come to you.”
Byron switched off the intercom and returned to the doctor.
“You’re coming with me. I’m going to need someone to sedate Becky while we move her.”
The doctor nodded and prepared a syringe.
They arrived at Giles’ room a few minutes later. The door was already open so Byron walked in. he looked at Becky cautiously.
“Byron. It’s good to see you.” Giles commented
“Same but this isn’t s social call. I’m here to take Becky.”
The group looks nervously at each other. The person who looks the most nervous is Rebecca who has no idea what he was talking about.
“I don’t think that’s a wise idea at the moment Byron.” Giles commented, “I’m in the middle of an investigation which . . .”
“I’m sorry Giles this has to be done.”
Byron moves in behind Rebecca and restrains her hands. She looks to the group for help but doesn’t resist. Xander and Giles look at each other, as she is lead out of the room.
“What now?” Xander asked
“We have to go after them.” Giles replied
“Okay, seriously in confused town here, what is going on?” Frag asked
“I’ll explain later Frag,” Giles replied as Xander wheels him out the door, “right now we have to save an innocent woman’s life.”
Rebecca was lead to the prison cell and walked inside. Byron removed her restraints and stepped out as the door closed in front of him. He couldn’t help but notice the lack of resistance he got from her. This was extremely unusual but he chalked it up the trauma she got from what happened to her out side. Xander and Giles wheeled in a moment later.
“Don’t do this Byron.” Giles insisted.
“I’m sorry you two I know you both are family in a way but she has to answer for what she has done.” Byron replied
“And normally I would agree with you but this is not a normal situation.”
Byron looked at the elderly man curiously
“What do you mean?” he asked
“I think I may have evidence that proves that that woman in the cell is not Becky.”
“You sure?”
“Almost. I just need some time.”
“I can’t stop the trial on a maybe Giles. If you have something concrete then bring it to me and I’ll consider releasing her.”
Sam and Jenny looked at each other. Sam looked back at the Security and nodded. From under their jackets the pulled out the tazer rifles and readied them. Hearing the sound of the charging Byron looked at them curiously. Sam stepped forward. He nodded to the jailer who opened the cell door.
“Get in,” he said to Byron and the other two.
“Sam?” Byron asked curiously
“We new you didn’t have the balls to run this place right so we’re doing this ourselves.”
He jabbed his tazer rilfe into Byron’s stomach.
“Don’t make me ask again.”
Slowly Byron, Xander and Giles moved into the cell. The Jailer closed the door and two of the security posted themselves in front. Sam leant against the bars.
“You’re gonna see some changes around here. Starting with her death.”
Sam pointed to Rebecca menacingly. Rebecca stepped a couple of paces. Byron glared at him.
“What do you think this is going to prove?”
“That the colony is not some play thing for Becky’s temper. Oh and Becky if you try to break down the door my men will shoot you. There is more then enough juice in these things to even take down the uber-slayer.”
Sam and the other security walked away. Byron leaned heavily against the wall. Xander sat nervously next to Giles’ wheel chair. Rebecca glared angrily at the group.
“What the hell is going on?!” she growled
Sam and Jenny walked through the colony until they reached the garage. They looked at each other.
“Well this is it,” he said.
“You sure were doing the right thing?” Jenny asked
“Hey, it’s survival of the fittest and right now we’re fitter then anyone else.”
He hit the button and the garage door slowly opened. On the other side Angelus and Vampire Willow stood patiently. Sam smiled smugly at them.
“So that was a reservation for two?” he joked
Angelus walked in and looked around.
“If you don’t mind I brought some friends as well.” he replied.
Suddenly a large group of vampires walked into the garage. Sam and Jenny moved back in fear. Angelus looked at the doorway to the colony and smiled evilly
“Dinner is served.”
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