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Author's Note: This takes place after "Becoming" and definitely after Joss decides to bring back Angel from Hell.
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Part Seven
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"So, what do you think happened to Buffy?" asked Cordelia. The other two occupants in the van simply looked at each other, and then at her."Think that she's still alive."
"We don't know, honey, that's why we're going down the pier to see if anyone saw anything," said Xander with exaggerated paitentce. Cordelia gave her man an annoyed look."Any more questions, just not the same one rephrased differently?"
"Yeah, since when was your head so small?"
"Now, you two, hush up. We're at the pier where they found the faux Buffy," said Oz. Xander looked at Willow's fiancee with frown.
"Faux-Buffy?"
"Well, yeah, I mean the real one is out here somewhere, while there's a look-a-like in the morgue, so that's Faux-Buffy,"explained Oz as he got out of the car."Well, what do we do now?"
"Let's go to where the body of the faux-Buff was found,"said Xander. As they walked toward the policed taped area, mixed emotions ran through the group. Their faces grew even more somber as they looked at the chalk outline of the faux-Buffy's body.
"I wonder who she was."mused Cordelia."Harsh that she was killed to replace Buffy."
"Buffy'll kick whoeveer's ass that did this,"said Xander with certainty. Oz nodded in agreement.
"Definitely,"Oz agreed. He looked around them, there was nothing but a few warehouses draped in shadows and water. He saw nothing that anyone could see. "Where do we start?"
"Well, Buffy's mom said that she made a call, so I'm assuming that Buffy used the phone there,"Xander pointed to the phone about fifteen feet away. As they walked there, they heard a noise from one of the warehouses. After nothing else was heard, they continued on their way to the pay phone.
"Why was Buffy *here* last night? I mean, like, this place is so creepy!" Cordelia excalimed. "There's nothing here!"
"But there had to be," said Oz."And whatever was here took Buffy and left that body. So it's not like there wasn't anything here. So now what do we do?"
"We see if there was any one out here that saw something last night, but, personally, I think it's gonna be little hard to find someone,"said Xander."Maybe we should just walk around and ask people. Should we split up?"
"I'm not going anywhere alone," said Cordelia adamantly."It stinks here, and this sea breeze is doing nothing for my hair."
Rolling his eyes, Xander took Cordelia's hand and started walking separately from Oz."Let's meet back at the van in about an hour."
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Oz looked up at the clear sky and started thinking about his favorite day dream, Willow. < I hope that Buffy's alive, I don't think that I could stand Willow cry anymore. God, who and what could have done this? I mean, Buff's a great friend, tried not to kill me when she first found that I was a werewolf, and that other time when the chains weren't strong enough...but Jezz, fairly freaksome that someone would murder just to get Buffy and us out of the way. Way too freaksome, man. >
A noise startled Oz out of his revelry. As he went closer to investigate, a body fell out from the shadows. Oz let out a holler of surprise.
"Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!"a hoarse voice said as he curled itself into a fetal position.
"Hey,man. I ain't gonna hurt you, you o.k.?" asked Oz as he crouched over to the body. It was an elderly man who looked at Oz in puzzlement. He stared long at Oz's face.
"You ain't one of them? You ain't one of them monsters?"
Oz managed to look puzzled while his heart was beating faster."What monsters?"
"The ones that were here last night!" the old man exclaimed. His eyes looked around him making sure that none was hearing him. Oz brought his face closer to the old guy's. His breath was filled with alchohol, but he was the best shot there was at this moment."They came from the dark an' took her!"
"Took who?"
"The girl! They took the pretty girl, and left that dead one there!" the old man said indignantly. From his tattered jacket, the old man pulled out a bottle and took a healthy swig from it. He shuddered."The walking octopus had her! Lifted her up to the moon, and her men, they went poof over the dead one's body!"
"One of the men went poof?"
"Yeah! then the octopus stared at one of her men and he shot thunder into the dead girl! Then bang! It was all dark!"
"Did you see anything else? Uhh..Like where the... octopus woman went?" asked Oz carefully.
The man said fearfully,"Saw no more! Didn't wanna see more! Octopus said she'd eat him if he did anything!"
Oz tried another tactic."Hear anything? A name? Did the men call the octopus woman anything? "
The old man's eyes glazed over,"Lili, called herself Liliy, like the flower." The old man grabbed Oz's shirt. "She's gonna come back. That thing from the water, she gonna come and take us all. It ain't safe here! Gotta go!"
The old man's face filled with horror as he looked over Oz's shoulder. "They're here!"
As Oz looked over his shoulder, the old man let him go and started running back into the alley.
"Oz! What happened? We heard a shout!" exclaimed Xander. Cordelia came running behind with a tall and beautiful woman beside her. Her raven locks framed an exotic face while her hazel eyes studied the scene behind him.
"That was an old drunk who had an interesting story about what happened last night. It's quite a weird story," said Oz."So, who's your lady friend?"
"This is-"started Xander.
"I am a Guardian, werewolf,"she said in a rich voice."And I must know what has happened to the Slayer."
"So what's going on?" asked Oz.
Xander nodded his head towards the van,"Let's get into the car and talk to Giles. Something is not kosher in Sunnydale."
"Right,"said Oz. As the foursome started hurrying towards the van.
"And fast, my hair is getting all frizzy in this salty air,"complained Cordelia. Xander simply sighed.
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