(Episode Source: BtvS RPG Core Rulebook)

 Synopsis:
Bambi's first day at school is rudely interrupted by the discovery of a decapitated corpse in the locker area. As it turned out, the jocular community - and everyone else who had ever made Keith Dicks suffer - were meeting gruesome fates at the hands of characters from television shows. After deducing the cause, they eventually tracked Keith to the abandoned Channel 13 Nova Broadcasting Network (NBN-13), where a lucky shot from Cory's crossbow shattered the icon of Keith's power, and consigned him to an off-the-air fate.

The Baddies:
Keith Dicks -- A twerpy little guy who never even achieved geek status (his grades were too low), Keith Dicks had the innate ability to irritate almost everyone within ten minutes of talking to him. Julius Desmond was one of his few friends. Unfortunately, when Keith acquired a magical remote control (how is still a mystery), he found the power to conjure up television characters and send them to wreak his bidding. He used a total of four of these characters before his remote was obliterated.

Dara, the Barbarian Queen: The starring character of Dara, Barbarian Queen, Dara of Neos Atlantis wielded a pair of magical throwing axes and a long sword in combat. She was responsible for decapitating Sean Lowell, and also impaled Donny. She eventually was popped out of existence by the combined efforts of Bambi, Tamara, Spike, and Cory, who saved Diego and Brian from certain death (although they still were severely injured during the confrontation.)

Finn O'Cool: The title character of The Eternal Gael, Finn O'Cool was best known for his rapid powers of regeneration and immortality. He was sent to kill Julius Desmond, but the secret of his immortality shattered with his heart when Tamara impaled him on his own blade, popping him back out of reality.

Captain John Steel: The most reluctant of 'baddies', John Steel was the captain of the Starship Intrepid, and probably the most honorable villian of the day. Refusing to kill unless absolutely necessary and justified (and even then, feeling guilty about it), Captain Steel merely stunned Spike with a shot from his stun blaster before kidnapping the jock duo from their hospital room. He did, however, vaporize Keith's alcoholic, abusive father... but we all know he felt guilty about it. Steel vanished when the magical remote Keith was using was broken.

The Cyborg Defender: C-2000, the cyborg, got a brief showing in this little nightmare, when Keith Dicks summoned him to destroy Brian and Diego - and the Slayers and company, when they burst in to intervene. Bambi and Tamara attempted to pummel the robotic being without much success, although they did manage to fling him across the room; however, C-2000 disappeared when Keith's magical remote was shattered.

With the breaking of his magical remote, however, Keith Dicks was absorbed into a television set, where the host of Who Wants to Spin the Wheel of Jeopardy? consigned him to a fiery fate in a nether-realm - will Keith be seen again? Where did that remote come from - and what really happened at the end? We may never know.

The Chicas -- A bad-girl vampire biker gang, who has taken residence in the abandoned CRD factory near the edge of Sunnydale (aren't they all.) The Chicas number eight to ten as of last count, and are led by a Spanish sword-wielding vampire named Gabby Blades. The Chicas were not involved in the actual murders taking place in Crestview High; they aren't exactly innocent bystanders, though, and two of them were dusted by Tamara and Bambi during a fight outside the Bronze.

Deaths of the Innocent:
Sean Lowell -- Decapitated. Found dead in the lockers of his buddies Brian and Diego. Killed by Dara the Barbarian Queen (see Keith Dicks, below.)
Donny Ferrelli -- Impaled. Died in an alleyway outside of the Bronze. Killed by Dara the Barbarian Queen (see Keith Dicks, below.)
Roger Dicks -- Vaporized. Only his shoes were found on the lawn of the Dicks residence, after being paid a visit by Captain John Steel.
 

General Weirdness:
As a result of this Episode, Bambi and Tamara ended up befriending two potential allies. Julius Desmond, the vaguely geeky person who made the mistake of arguing with Keith and nearly ended up decapitated for it, is fairly smart and possibly helpful at scientific and computer work, and Danielle Pfeiffer, although presently trying to Wicca up a more attractive her, may have some actual power if it is allowed to develop. The group even now has a semi-official name -- "The Last", suggested by Julius. "You know, the last line of defense against the worst scum of the planet."
 



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing, based on end of Ep 1)

Synopsis:
Strange events at school lead Bambi to the realization that something sinister is up, when Donna Taylor goes from traumatized and boyfriendless to cheerful and followed by nearly every attractive boy in school. Things are going great, until it gets out of hand, and Donna takes a big fall down a short flight of stairs. Turns out that Donna made a wish, and recieved a talisman that gave her charming powers -- but also made her enemies insane with jealousy, causing Tanya to snap and attack everyone who spent time with her boyfriend, Thom. Fortunately, the Last traced her down and managed to avert the fatal, although Danielle was nearly run down in the meantime.

The Baddies:
Donna Taylor -- Not really evil, this teenage student was merely caught up in the allure of the Djinn's wishcraft, and nearly died from it. Fortunately, her connection to the Djinn was severed before it was too late - but her unnatural attraction could have been very dangerous had it been allowed to get out of hand.

Tanya Regal -- Another of the Popular Girls, Tanya Regal always was a bit possessive of her boyfriend Thom. When Thom started following Donna around for no good reason, though, her jealousy turned into madness. Before the episode was over, she'd shoved Donna downstairs (breaking her leg), tried to run down Danielle with her car (and managed to sideswipe her once), and drove to the local Lover's Lane to break Thom and Louise up - with a shotgun. Thankfully, she was talked out of it by Bambi.

Deaths of the Innocent:
Nobody died in this episode! Score one for the good guys!

General Weirdness:
Bambi's Spanish teacher, Hannah Maxwell, turned out to know a few languages besides Spanish, including Arabic runes, and helped Cory translate the runic inscriptions on the remote control, and later on the locket Donna was wearing that caused her romantic strife. Hannah and her younger brother Kevin (who happens to be a werewolf) ended up moving into the Albright house and bringing their extensive library of occultism and problems with them, as Hannah and Cory have taken up with each other.
 



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing)

Synopsis: The roleplaying game Heroes and Horrors gets a little too realistic! The school's roleplaying club has a bad gaming session in which the character of one Carmen Kahl meets a bad end. Kahl is so distraught over the loss of his favorite character, that he calls his fellow players cheaters and storms off. He wishes that he could show them a thing or two... teach them a real lesson. Bambi notices that her fellow student, Benjamin Trevors, the "Fate Keeper" of the roleplaying group, is looking a little bummed. Turns out that his friends from the roleplaying game group have gone missing.  Finding the missing students turns out to be more than the group bargained for- as they're quite gone, but there are some strange characters (literally) running about Sunnydale. From Morrowind the monk to Maxwell the thief, the students appear to have turned into their characters. Funny moments include Kevin introducing the characters to the wonders of such 'magical' devices as the phone and the microwave. When strange purple zombies and yellow skeletons start showing up in the graveyards, Cory and Hannah are stumped. They can find nothing in their occult books about these creatures. Benjamin has a bit more of a clue, however - they're all mosters from Heroes and Horrors! Turns out Kahl's character is getting his necromantic groove on. Thanks to Hannah and Bambi breaking his staff of power, the necromancer is defeated - and turns into a simple character sheet for a boy named Carmen Kahl. As the group goes to pick the sheet up, it bursts into flames. The characters turn back into their players, and life goes on in Sunnydale.

The Baddies:
Carmen Kahl- A little too into roleplaying games, Carmen's wish eventually costs him his life.

Deaths of the Innocent:
No one died that didn't deserve it!

Other odd notes:
Bambi has related her secret of being a Slayer to one of her father's visiting associates. Oddly enough, he didn't seem too surprised by the sharing of information about vampires in Sunnydale...

Bambi's father got her a motorcycle liscence. Look out, world!

Kevin wrote a love song for Danielle, and they've actually progressed into the kissing stage of relationships.

Tamara did a tarot reading for herself and several others that had disturbing results; Spike and Tamara may have a relationship difficulty ahead, Bambi's selfishness might be a downfall, and Danielle's shyness might just cost her everything as well.
 



(Episode Source: Btvs RPG Director's Screen)

Synopsis: The Last finds out that the Djinn's scope of wish-granting powers doesn't end with humans when two small-time vampires make wishes to be powerful gang leaders in When Giants Clash. Gang violence and graffiti in Sunnydale are on the rise, and naturally, the school is concerned. They have a pep rally including a rousing anti-gang speech by Eric, The All-American Eagle (Mr. Walsh, poor guy!) and tell the kids to 'just say no to gangs'. Hannah recognizes a magical glyph in one of the slides from the slide show - looks like Djinn at work. The Last witnesses a gang war at the mall, and thanks to Danielle's quick thinking, the fire alarm is pulled, evacuating most of the innocent citizens from the building in a fairly rapid fashion. The Last aids in staking any stragglers from the main battle, then follows the two gang leaders to their lair, in the (yuck!) sewers. Thanks to some quick staking by Bambi, they're dispatched before they can recieve more enhancement.

The Baddies:
Gary Point- After his wish, scrawny Gary turned big. Really big. Eight feet of big. As Danielle put it: "He looks like he ate his Wheaties.. then ate the guy on the box". Gary's vampire thugs were called The Granites, because of his rock-like strength.

Mark LaDuke- Mark didn't go in for the whole physical strenght. He wished for powers of the mind, and his Vipers were mostly mind-controled vampires.

Deaths of the Innocent:
A few security guards were gished at the mall as the confrontation was starting.

Other odd notes:

Kevin found out:
Leaping from the second floor of a mall onto a vampire - cool.
Doing it and ending up in the middle of a vampire gang - not cool.

Danielle can do pencil telekinesis!

For once, going to the mall was the right idea.

Eric the All-American Eagle is damn funny.

8 ft tall vampires can beat people to death with dumpsters. Ouch.

Sewer crawling is nasty. 

Bambi and Tamara each got a kitten from Clem. Bambi named hers Britney, while Tamara called hers Bobby.
 



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing)

Synopsis:
A mysterious black van has been following the Slayers, dispensing demons and mayhem. Bambi, Danielle and Kevin were attacked by a demon on their way home from school, while Tamara encountered four while visiting the Magic Box. Tamara, Spike and Cory are giving the kids 'Slaying Lessons'. The group ran across a demon that was stealing kidneys and keeping them in little tupperware containers (yuck!) . The Last have met up with a new ally - Xavier Holderan, a tough as nails detective who recently was transferred from LA to Sunnydale. Tamara filled him in on the facts of life in Sunnydale, and has adopted him into the group. Two lizard-like demons robbed a bank.Tamara hasn't been sleeping well lately, considering the reoccuring nightmares, and a vision of vampires exploding a gas station. The vision came true in the form of a brutal murder of three people at a Citgo station - two with throats cut, and one who was tied to the pumps before they were exploded. Can you say, ow?

Cory and Tamara disguised themselves and went to the morgue to get a closer look at the bodies, pretending to be the (redneck) relatives of one of the victims, a man named Leroy. On the way home, they found a church that had been graffitied and a missing minister. Bambi and Hannah were alone at the Last Resort when demons (the two lizardly demons that attacked the bank!) cut the power and burst into the house to attack. Bambi kept the demons busy while Hannah ran upstairs to call the rest of the group home from patrol (cell phones are a good thing) and to arm herself with one of Cory's crossbows. By the time the rest of the group came home, the demons were dispatched, and identified as Miquot demons. While Tamara and Cory were out disposing of the corpses, Bambi was feeling under-appreciated wished that she could be the number one slayer, and everyone would pay attention to her instead of Tamara. When an evil voice said "Your wish is granted" and Spike started actually being nice to her (well, nice for Spike), she knew she was in trouble. In order to remove the Djinn's Mark and be released from the wish before anything horrible happened, Bambi had to admit that she wasn't 'numero uno', and get Tamara to take back her job of doing the planning and such. Thinking is hard for Bambi, but she managed to do it - and has vowed never to say the W word again.

Cory recieved a phonecall from a strange former Watcher and ex-friend of his named Brian who was removed from Watcherdom for his radical idea of causing the temporary death of a Slayer to launch another Slayer, and so on, so that many slayers were brought into being to fight evil. Also some issue involving the woman he loved being turned into a vampire. Very suspicious! Bambi was assigned by her Relgions and Myths class to do a report on a new church starting in town, the Church of Immortal Light. The church turned out to be a cult- and chock full of vampires at that. Turns out that they were recruiting more vampires to their glorious cause, headed up by the missing Reverand- a newly turned vampire. He spoke ferverantly about the man who turned him, and when he was captured was forced to describe said man. When Tamara sketched the man and showed the sketch to Cory- it turned out to be the ex-watcher, Brian! He seems to be seeking to open the Hellmouth with the aid of a lady vampire, to bring about some sort of judgement day....

The Baddies:
The Black Van - Who or what is in it?

Miquot Demons - They robbed a bank, they tried to kill Bambi, they died.

Religious Vampires - Busted and dusted.

The Reverand- Decapitated by Tamara after questioning.

Brian Wherton- Still at large, and very dangerously deranged.

Lady Vampire- At large, with Brian.

Deaths of the Innocent:
Guy that got his kidneys removed

Three people at a gas station

Other odd notes:
Charred corpses make Cory think of pork.

Spike's been having an easier time hitting Bambi lately. Is the chip malfunctioning, or is it just that she's such a 'sodding bitch'? He doesn't seem to be wincing quite as hard... (insert ominous tones)

The Reverend was unnaffected by crosses, perhaps due to his holy beliefs in life.

Brian and his vampire woman are still out there somewhere....

A very newly turned vampire named Maria was given the chance at a new life- and brought to Clem's crypt.

A special guest star visited -  Steve Irwin of Croc Hunter fame.



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing from musical script)

Synopsis:
Spike ponders how his life has changed since meeting Tamara. He seeks to put an end to her reoccuring nightmares with a mysterious amulet- but things don't turn out quite the way he planned. Instead, people wind up singing and dancing, and in some cases, burning. Xavier is busy taking 'witness arias', including one from Dr. Sian Wu, who was attacked by a vampire during a blood truck robbery (her life was spared when the vampire paused in attacking her to sing a breakaway pop number). Sian questioned him about the existance of vampires and they had a very lengthy discussion that ended in her inviting him for dinner, and him giving her the phone number of the Last. The group learns some valuable lessons....

Click here to read the script of Once More With Bleeding!

Other odd notes:
Spike's chip is definately non-functional - at least where Bambi is concerned.

After a torrid night of unexpected passion, Xavier and Sian have become a sudden and unexpected couple.




(Episode Source: Btvs RPG Director's Screen)

Synopsis:
What's six foot tall and likes to suck out your spinal fluid? Why it's a Vemuscas demon, and it's feeding all over town! Poor Maria was picked up by the Vemuscus outside of Clem's crypt- but fortunately dropped when the beastie discovered she had no yummy spinal goodness. This was Sian's first adventure with the group- she joined just in time to trek through the swamp to the lair of the beast. Thanks to an industrial strength fishing net, a specially blended bug spray, and some good old fashioned crossbow and gunfire- the creature was defeated. The Last then had to crawl down into the lair and finish off the young. Ewwww. Turns out the Djinn grants wishes for demon insects, too....

While all this demon hunting stuff was going on, Bambi was also trying out for cheerleading. Julius and Danielle's parents were getting a bit cranky, and insisted that their respective children spend the weekend at home. Tamara discussed the posibility of a new house with Cory, perhaps a mansion -- or even a castle! The Last have heard that one exists in Sunnydale Heights...

The Baddies:
Vemuscus and its young

Parents!

Other Odd Notes:
Bambi made the cheerleading squad!





(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing )

Synopsis:
When Danielle returns from her talk with her mother, Kevin notices she's acting rather strangely. He begins to wonder if something is up. With instructions gained from calling Anya, he casts a spell to see what's wrong. He finds out that Sarah (Danielle's mother) has cast a spell on Danielle. When Cory and Hannah headed to Dannielle's house to confront Sarah- they found a shocking scene. Sarah was quite unconscious with a member of her coven looking over her. Worried about the situation, they called the group.Tamara, Spike, Sian, and Xavier came over to help. Sian examined the unconscious woman and found she'd been drugged, and proceeded to pump her stomach. When the unconscious woman woke up - she identified herself as Danielle, despite the body!  The group called  Kevin and Bambi, who  tied up Sarah in Danielle's body, and got the explaination. Mother had been looking to make Danielle less shy- and tried to share some of her better qualities. Unfortunately, the spell went awry, and body switch occured.  The party responsible turned out to be LeeAnne, one of Sarah's coven who apparently had it in for her former friends. She killed another member of the coven, Donna, and then tried to escape. A high speed police chase ensued, with the off-duty Xavier and Tamara joining in. While Xavier pulled his car up alongside, Tamara jumped out and through the window of LeeAnne's car, knocking her unconscious and steering the car to a safe stop. The spellbook used for the incantation turned out to be Djinn-powered! Reversing the spell put both mother and daughter back to their right condition.

The Baddies:
LeeAnn, a disgruntled witch.

Deaths of the Innocent:
Donna, one of the members of the coven, was found bludgeoned to death in LeeAnn's closet.

Other Odd Notes:
Kevin feels traumatized over 'bad touching' by Sarah while she was in Danielle's body.

Tamara got to play 'action movie hero' and car jump!


(Episode Source: BtVS Slayer's Handbook )


Synopsis:
When Tamara has visions of the deaths of several members of the Last, including her beloved Spike- it's not starting off to be a good week. Things just get worse when Julius tells her that he's had the very same dream! Adding to the problems is a celestial alignment that means it's the ideal time for the children of (rhymes with Viagra) to summon their demonic lord. During a rough battle with these demonic children, Tamara and Bambi experience a waning of their slayer problems. Kevin couldn't be happier, though- the strange celestial alignment gives him the opertunity to keep control over himself while in werewolf form. On the way home from the odd battle, Tamra notices that Julius is throwing a stress ball from hand to hand very rapidly with a dexterity beyond that he normally posesses. She begins to become suspicious...

Things get way weird when Julius shows up to walk Bambi to school in the morning and looks very unnerved. A 'watcher' showed up, supposedly a member of an 'invisible council', telling Julius that he was going to be the male slayer. Tamara confronted Julius and demanded to know 'what he did'. He claimed to have done nothing.  The strange power disturbance continued, as Julius grew stronger while Bambi and Tamara grew weaker. Worse, Xavier was so injured in battle he had to be hospitalized. With further research  into the problem, it was discovered that Julius had somehow made a wish- and that the way to remove the curse was either to chop off the head of the caster or to use true demon blood. The Last used a tracer spell to track Julius's 'watcher' down- and confronted him. He turned out to be a man with cancer who had been 'saved' by the Djin and allowed to go on living in his service. When they went to chop off the head though - a terrible thing happened. Tumors exploded from his body, leaving him a nasty lump of dead flesh. No head. The only option was shaping up to be a grim one- trying to collect blood from (rhymes with Viagra) without letting him escape into the world. Fighting demons and tentacular projections from the portal was no easy task with two incapacitated slayers, but thanks to the He-Slayer and the Last, they managed. Spike in particular was very heroic, beating back the tentacles to cover their escape up the stairs so that the portal would close on teh beasty and blood could be collected.

As they were heading back to collect the blood, Tamra and Bambi suddnely collapsed. The spell to fix the wish had to be done right then, right there- on the Hellmouth. Dannielle cast the spell with Tamara, Julius, and Bambi in the circle. Each one saw the Djin while in their dazed state, asking if they would let the others burn to save their own lives. All three of them stuck up for each other. When they woke, Tamara and Bambi were still weak, and Julius had to be brought to the hospital. At least Julius wasn't in trouble with his parents for disapearing for a few days thanks to the gruesome injuries. Bambi and Tamara were releived to hear that the power drain was 'only temporary'. Fun week. And next week isn't looking too good either, as the Watchers Council is sending someone to evaluate the slayers to see if Bambi needs her own personal Watcher because two slayers may be a bit hard for one Cory to handle...

The Baddies:
Children of (rhymes with Viagra)

A group of vampies

The 'watcher'

Deaths of the Innocent:

Mostly prevented, though there was one sacrifice in an Indian burial ground that they didn't get to in time...

Other Odd Notes:

Being hospitalized prevents parents from complaining about your absense.

Dating a doctor gets you great medical care.

Spike saved Bambi from being eaten!

A new watcher on the way?

A new Last Resort in the works!


 
(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing )


Synopsis:
Xavier called Tamara on a lovely Tuesday morning to let her know about a crime committed against two police officers by a group of demons. Apparently, the police had been called in on an annoyomous tip of drug activity- and found organ eating Nictos demons instead. One of the officers managed to survive, and was unconscious at the hospital. Tamara checked out the body, then headed to the airport with a rather cranky Cory. A Watcher named Marcus Leavensby arrived in Sunnydale to evaluate the situation and make a report to the Watcher's Council. Marcus began to talk to everyone during the next few days, resulting in some rather funny situations while everyone tried to get Bambi not to babble about things that would make them look bad. He talked to Tamara about her relationship with Spike, and got to hear her philosophy on the nature of a vampire's demonic soul. Marcus's continued presence in the house made Cory grumpier, and caused some minor problems-  including weird British breakfasts.

McCarthy's coffee shop was the next scene of actual trouble, where vampires with shotguns were holding up the patrons and the owner, Alice (yes, this is the same coffee shop from Episode 4!) and having a shootout with the police. Tamra, remembering the layout from their dealings with cultists, set up most of the group with crossbows outside, waiting for the shots from the inside to cease. She then took Bambi and Kevin with her to do the building climb/leap routine to come in through the trap door on the roof of the coffee place - a definate leap of faith at the moment considering her slayer powers had not yet returned. Coming in from the top floor, the three made their way down for the stairs where a vampire was dragging Alice upwards. Kevin thought quickly and bonked the vampire with one of his gauntless, allowing Alice the moment she needed to make a break for freedom upstairs. The rest of the group started in with the crossbow fire- including a well-placed shot from Julius that stapled a vampire's hand to the floor. That vampire, Eric, provided some information about who had set up the situation- none other than our 'friend' Brian and his vampire girlfriend, Eric's sire Juliet. He also said that Brian had told them to pick up a book that Alice had been holding for him.  Further disturbing information- Brian had actually become vampiric himself. Eric was due to meet up with Brian later that week, so the group took him prisoner, agreeing to free him if he lead them to Brian's location. The group talked to Alice about the book- she remembered, vaguely, that the 'minister's friend' had given her some sort of book to hide and hold. She tried to find the book- but found it gone. Furthermore, talking about the book seemed to cause her great dificulty. Figuring (correctly) she was under a spell, they took her home to remove it. As they were coming out of the coffee shop, Bambi saw movement out of the corner of her eye, and noticed a sniper with crossbow was about to dust Eric. She quickly knocked him aside enough that the bolt hit into his shoulder, not his heart. So much for having him lead them to Brian- his former employer was apprently displeaesed. Eric was allowed to stay at the house as more of a 'guest' considering that he'd almost died, as long as he agreed to abide by the house rules and not eat anyone.  In the mailbox, the group found a picture of themselves from that evening- with a big target digitally imaged over Marcus's head with the words "Wishing you weren't here"  written.

Eric turned out to be a very new vampire, who had formerly been a security consultant- he may be of use in designing defenses for the new Last Resort.  That night, Julius had a dream about a geeky boy getting a magic using lesson on the Hellmouth itself from a strange dark-haired instructor. While they were practicing, a group of wolf things like in Tamara's earlier visions came in. The Last started their patrol that evening with the Hellmouth itself- and discovered a tunnel leading to Tavish cemetary, directly. Figuring this was a bad thing to allow to remain, the group called Xander and got some instructions and help in collapsing said tunnel. The Hellmouth itself, however- was quiet until later that night. Cops had been called to the scene to respond to 'strange lights' at the construction site of Sunnydale High. The group headed for the scene, just in time to see the strange wolf-demons heading for the building that the cops were checking out. The Last quickly rushed into battle with the beasts. During the battle, a sniper shot from a nearby building struck Marcus - who fortunately saw the bolt coming in time to get out of the way of most of it, taking it in the hand. After the battle, a boy named Dave emerged from the building. He'd been learning in the basement from his 'councilor' , Warren. He handed the group an Affirmations pamphlet. Aparently, this 'movement' was all about wish-fulfilment- meaning the Djinn was at work here. Sure enough, Dave had the Mark of the Djinn on him. Furthermore, Spike recognized Warren from Tamara's vision sketch- he had built an unbelievably anatomically correct robotic woman once (Spike, noteably, didn't go into the whole Buffybot experience. Would you?).

While Danielle was casting the spell that would remove the mark, and the rest of the group was doing the 'relax and unwind after the battle' thing at the Last Resort, a terrible thing occured. Tamara saw a figure in the window, raising a shotgun towards Danielle's head. With only a split second to act, Tamara leapt to her feet, blocking Danielle with her own body and throwing a lamp through the window. She took a shotgun pellet shot to the shoulder, but she leapt through the broken window anyhow to battle the attacker. As everyone got to their feet and gathered weapons to follow, other guns went off outside. Vampires were surrounding the house and taking shots through the various windows- and shooting out the tires of the Last's vehicles (with the exception of Tamara, whose new Lincoln Towncar resides in the garage for easier Spike transport). The shootout was very damaging to the property, but fortunately, no one of the Last was seriously hurt. Noteably, Spike got a bit pissed about the invasion of his personal space and the shooting of his girlfriend, and personally hacked the crap out of quite a few of them. Xavier checked in on the police radio to let them know about what had occured- and found that his apartment complex had been attacked and burnt down. Fortunately, he'd been keeping most of his belongings at Siam's, but it was still a chilling thought. After the chaos died down, a solmn Last settled in to sleep- Cory and Eric standing guard through the night; Marcus, ever British, typing his report....

The Baddies:
Brian (again!) and Juliet

Nictos demons

Vampires with shotguns

Warren

Deaths of the Innocent:

A cop named Tim- killed by Nictos demon

A customer at the coffee shop- munched by vampire

A customer at the coffee shop- shot

A few people at Xavier's apartment complex- died in fire

Other Odd Notes:

Making your own explosives is fun!

The Djinn is getting organized- this is definately a bad thing!

Affirmations needs to be shut down.

It's going to be hard to sell the old Last Resort in its current condition.

Tamara wants to build a holy water moat around the new house house, damnit. With aligators in it!
Or just get better security systems....

Brian is very, very annoying! Undead, British, and Watcherly = bad combo.

Brian was called (among those who were less kind to him than Cory had been) Weirdman Wherton.

Checking your socks for the connection to evil is very amusing.



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing )

Synopsis:
A broke Bambi finds out that the reason for her newfound poverty is that her father has been framed for a murder he didn't commit (he'd have used a larger caliber of weapon, certainly). This resulted in having his assets frozen, which meant bye bye daddy-paid credit card.  Bambi (after much wailing and whining) decided that the best thing to do was to start selling off some of her extra clothes and jewels to have some money to live on while her brothers in New Orleans try to clear her father's name. With Halloween fast aproaching, the Last is looking forward to a costume party at Donna's house. To add to the excitement, Kev's band has been hired to play the gig. Everything evil takes the day off on Halloween... right? The group is also planning on shutting down this Affirmations business. Tamara recieved a phone call from Willy informing her that a certain trouble demon was looking to sell her a black book- the book Brian is after, in fact. Biting the bullet so to speak, the Last is came up with  the cash required to (hopefully) keep the book out of Brian's hands. Unfortunately, the demon was nabbed before he could deliver the book. The good news? The package was being couriered by Michael Shaginsdale. Tamara called Mike up, and got the package, free of charge on the stipulation she pay the demon if he ever showed back up. No problem.

The Last costumed up for their Halloween party and had a great time. Marcus went on his blind date with Marie's mother... and somewhat surprisingly, Bambi was jealous of them having a good time.  The clock struck twelve, and Never Cry Wolf started playing the music for the witching hour. An hour later... the clock struck twelve again, leading everyone to check their watches and go what the hell.... Sirens sounded in the distance, and while Kev and the band played through a second witching hour to keep everyone distracted, the group headed off to check Xavier's police radio, then go to stop some looters downtown. On the way, Spike told Marcus's date Rosa, about the whole vampire thing... and she didn't take it well. Screaming, running out of the car, and needing to be knocked out not well. The looters turned out to be a group of vampires who didn't have the proper respect for the holiday- and who were less than impressed with the group's costumed appearance. A quick battle soon put both situations to right. The group hurried back to the party where the tired band was still playing - time still hadn't moved. A quick check of the clock that had chimed double twelve ensued - and the Last was annoyed to find the now familiar Mark of the Djinn on the hour hand.  Tamara manually moved the hand ahead to one, and the spell was broken. Who made the wish? The Last may never know...

That night... Bambi went to comfort Marcus, and went a bit too far. Her and Marcus wound up rather... involved. The next morning, they took Danielle with them to the park in the hopes she would help them sort out the mess they were making of their lives. Bambi and Marcus decided that they wanted to be together... despite the obvious problems that a Slayer/Watcher relationship would bring, and despite the fact that Bambi was with Julius. Bambi agreed to tell Julius after school... but first, her and Marcus went off into the bushes for a bit of celebration...and while they were in there, Danielle was kidnapped by the weird black van. Cursing their moment of public passion, Bambi and Marcus returned home to face the Last with the dreadful news. Kevin was livid that they'd allowed his girlfriend to be kidnapped due to their 'issues'. Julius was crushed that Bambi dumped him. Everyone else was various shades of shocked, except for Spike, of course, who was just rather amused by it all.

Figuring (correctly) that the Affirmations people had nabbed Danielle, Tamara aranged for Marie to call Jonathan and try to lure him out to meet her. He did so- and then the Last jumped him. He claimed to know nothing about the kidnapping, but provided the group with Andrew and Warren's phone numbers and addresses. When the group went to check out Andrew's, explosives rigged to a whiteboard in the basement caused the place to blow. They called Warren - and found out that he did indeed kidnap Danielle, and had been planning on releasing her with a message after he was through questioning her. He didn't seem to be all that concerned about the safety of Johnathan, but he agreed to meet Cory and Tamara in Tavish Cemetary and exchange 'hostages' and discuss their mutual Brian problem. The exchange went off well, and the Last even got the address of Brian's house in the process. The former Affirmations people agreed  to stop working for the Djinn (though they may have been lying.)

The Baddies:
Group of Looting Vamps

Warren and Andrew (for kidnapping Danielle.)

Deaths of the Innocent:
None this time - yay!

Other Odd Notes:
Poor Julius is heartbroken!

There's a definite change in Bambi - a more serious, conservative attitude. Could it be that Marcus is actually good for her - or is there some spell at work here?

The Last is moving into their new house!



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing )

Synopsis:
The Last set up surveillance on Casa Evil (Brian's house), with the help of Warren and Eric's surveillance expertise. Thanks to Mike Shagginsdale, they found out that his friends Jenna and Sandy were renting space from this "nice British couple" and that they were throwing a party Saturday night. On Friday, Tamara and Cory accompanied Mike to the house during the daytime to talk to Sandy and Jenna and find out if they knew what kind of people they were renting from. The girls took Tamara, Cory and Mike on a tour of the house. Tamara saw her painting hanging in the study - and became determined to end the whole business that very day. She picked the locks to the sealed off sections of the house, and had Mike set up a trap for Brian and Juliet (who were currently away from the house until after sunset). The rest of the Last was called over - and Warren was set up in the van as surveillance and emergency backup. The elaborate trap was ready to be sprung, and the group was ready to ambush the vampires... when suddenly, the house began to come to life and cause mischief for the group. From walking trees to strange floating objects, to shoved over bookcases- it was a big mess. And furthermore, the power went out. Most of the Last were various states of frightened - but Tamara was just plain annoyed and rather furious that something would interrupt their careful planning.  And worse - Brian and Juliet came home early.

The trap worked like a charm and chaos ensued. Unfortunately, Juliet made her way past Cory and crashed through the conservatory - then gished Julius on her way to freedom rather badly. While the rest of the Last took on the vampire minions, Tamara and Bambi were face to face with Brian in the dining room. Suddenly the suits of armor started to move - and Bambi fought with them, while Tamara crossed steel with Brian. It seemed fitting that they would battle one on one, sword to sword.  During the battle, Brian revealed the depths of his insanity - he had created a vampiric Slayer, Juliet, shortly before becoming a vampire himself - and he just wanted the world to end, for the endless cycle to come to rest. Tamara assured him that he would rest in peace. He also said that the source of Slayer power was demonic - which worried her greatly. Still - he was decapitated and dusted. Examining the pile of dust more closely, Tamara found a necklace with half an infinity charm that was engraved 'for'. Cory told her that Brian and his girl, Emily, had once worn matching necklaces. She thought of what had become to 'ever'... what had become of Brian... and started to cry. Tamara was so moved by Brian's tragic love affair that she collected the dust, intending on burrying it. She had Danielle do a spell to ensure that his spirit was resting in peace. It wasn't. He had some unresolved business... guilt over what he'd done while insane, and the unresolved 'what had become of the ever'. Tamara invited Brian to haunt her, and took to wearing his necklace around. Due to the dreams she'd been having afterwards in which Brian showed her things in England - she decided there was only one course of action. They would simply have to go to England, to do right by Brian - to give him the help no one had offered him in life.

The Baddies:
Brian
Juliet
Two Vampire Flunkies
Xian

Deaths of the Innocent:
None - though Julius was very nearly killed!

Other Odd Notes:
Tamara's got Brian in her head!

Andrew's got to go to driving classes! After his questionable driving in 'coming to the rescue' resulted in the vampiric Slayer stealing his car, and the resultant background checks, Xavier has enrolled Andrew in driving classes.

There's a pissed-off vampiric Slayer on the loose - eeek!

Xian turned out to be a friendly fear demon who communicates through paintings, and seems to be rather attached to the mansion, even repairing the damage caused by the fight.

Mike and his gang of friends are staying in the 'haunted' house and paying rent to the Last.



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing )

Synopsis:
Tamara, Spike, Cory, and Hannah are on their way to England, following the call of Brian Wherton's ghost - and leaving Marcus in charge of the group that stays behind to guard the Hellmouth (and hopefully deal with the vampiric slayer problem). While they're in England, Cory and Hannah plan to get married. Many members of the Last were less than thrilled about the separation - especially now that there's a vampiric slayer on the loose who could catch Cory's axe swings. Some even speculate that Tamara's gone crazy - but she insists on going to England. Andrew wanted to go along with them - he bought himself a ticket and 'ran into the group'. The first stop the group made in England was Brian's cabin, where they found a nasty beast called the Treestalker had just killed a boy named George. His hysterical girlfriend, Margaret, was rescued by the gang. Tamara made her way through the cabin, picking up vibrations of where Emily had been killed, and located Brian's ghost out by the docks. Brian stopped haunting his rowboat, and haunted his pendant instead, making him a much more portable spirit. The group (along with Margaret) then headed for Albright Manor to meet Cory's parents and prepare for the wedding. Lucinda and Richard Albright work for the Boswick foundation, so the group got an interesting tour- including a sword that may have belonged to a Slayer. Tamara wanted the sword (badly!) Spike offered to steal it for her- but Cory suggested the more logical option of purchase. The sword, however, was a whopping 120,000 dollars due to its antiquity and rarity. Ouch. They contacted the Watcher's council, hoping that they'd fund the purchase. At last word, the Watchers were 'Sending someone to look at it". They then visited Emily's father... and found her ashes, and pendant. Contacting the spirit of Emily via Andrew's 'mighty summoning power', the two spirits were reuinited and the necklaces fused together as one. While the group was preparing for the wedding, they suddenly lost contact with the folks back home. Fearing the worst, Andrew wanted to fly home to make sure Steve was okay. Not wanting Tamara to worry (or Andrew to get in trouble on his own), Spike offered to go back with Andrew while Tamara stayed to ensure Hannah and Cory got their happy wedding.  The wedding went off without a hitch, despite an visit from some unusual vampires who were there to see that Spike got a 'right bollixing" for being in town. He wasn't, anymore, so they politely went away. Before returning to America, Tamara and company searched Brian's safety deposit boxes and lockers, and found all his writings, a hand crossbow, his leather watcher's jacket, a ring (he had been planning to ask Emily to marry him), and his journal. They also found out he had an account in the bank of London (which once they were back in America, Tamara had Warren transfer to the Last- it contained a nice, tidy, six figure sum.)

The Baddies:
Treestalker

Deaths of the Innocent:
George

Other Odd Notes:
Tamara matches Spike now, thanks to Brian's coat!

Andrew is... bisexual? Gasp!

Spike and Andrew flew 'cargo class' all the way back to Sunnydale!

British vampires are polite and organized sometimes!

The Watchers Council can be very annoying.

Brian and Emily are spending forever together in the afterlife. Yay!

Donald, the funny-and-strange butler of the Albrights is going to be Andrew's pen pal (Alien photos!)



 
(Episode Source: Monster Smackdown )

Synopsis:
With Tamara, Spike, Cory, and Hannah in England- the rest of the Last is left to handle things in Sunnydale on their own. Things started getting bad when it looked like the vampires and demons were working together- they rapidly got worse, as it was discovered that they were all folllowing a leader named Davot and backed with Djinn power. The Last was in bad shape to begin with from little skirmishes with this demonic army- and feeling an increasing sense of despair about how they wuold manage to take down something so big and organized. Fortunately, they were aproached by a vampire named Lyle Gorch who wanted their help getting his girlfriend out of the army, in exchange for sneaking the Last in to the army's fortress. The group snuck on in to the castle, and managed to steal a couple of the enchanted items of the vampire king- but not without the djinn waking the whole place up. The items, fortunately, crumbled to dust- but the Last wound up even more injured. Then all hell broke lose- the army showed up right on the front lawn of the Last Resort, and started breaking in through the windows. Almost everyone was down and bleeding when Davot rallied his troops and they all wished together. Unfortunately, the combined power of their wishes was just what the Djinn was looking for- he consumed them all in a firey blast, then manafested himself. Spike and Andrew arrived on the scene from England just in time to hit the army's dragon with their car. Where the dragon is now... who can say? It took off and hasn't been seen since. But the bigger problem is the manifesting djinn. Almost everyone wound up hospitalized as a result of this adventure. The group returning from England came back to very injured companions and a rather wrecked first floor. Fortunately, Xander's providing some discount construction- and the transfer of Brian's funds made it much, much easier to pay for.


The Baddies:
Davot the vampire king
Dragon!
Djinn
Various demons and vampires

Deaths of the Innocent:
A few citizens here and there, but mass casualty was fortunately avoided

Other Odd Notes:

Margaret came to America with Tamara and company.

Eric got to play Secret Agent Vamp!

Almost everyone got injured.

Steve was watching television downstairs during the apocolypse.

Julius killed a sister of Jhe and recieved Wu's ancestral sword and the title of 'demon hunter'.

A foriegn potential slayer, Ming Chow, arrived in the midst of all the chaos and is now dating Julius.

Bambi grew up during this trial. Alot.

 
(Episode Source: Magic Box with additional original matterial by Aus Cushing)

Synopsis:
When Tamara and Spike decide to follow in the Albright's footsteps and have a wedding of their own, trouble ensues. Spike's exes start coming out of the woodwork, and a group of British vampires called the Society of Truebloods want to catch up with him for a 'chat'. To make matters worse, Danielle's having problems of her own in the form of a new little brother- adopted when Sera's sister died from a fall. The child turns out to be a demon summoned by Danielle's uncle Ronald, who was interested in bumping off the other members of the family to be the sole collector of an inheritance. Things went from bad to worse when, while Tamara, Spike and Andrew were battling the demon who wanted to open a portal to his home hell dimension, Faith showed up. She had the Slayer Sword that the watchers had been planning on delivering to Tamara - apparently, the Society of Truebloods had broken her out of prison and given her the sword for some 'there can be only one Slayer' sort of action,  intending on killing the survivor. Kit Bothwell - the new Watcher who showed up to look after Ming - showed up on the scene with his motorcycle to help out, while the rest of the Last took care of the Society of Truebloods waiting outside the church where the battle was taking place. Faith learned why motorcycle safety is important as she tried to take off on Kit's bike... and met a wall with her unhelmeted head. The wedding wound up taking place on the scheduled day... though Drusilla showed up to 'give away the groom', everything else was peaceful enough. While there, however, Dru began to show an unusual amount of interest in Kevin, perhaps becasue of his inner werewolf. This can only be a bad thing. Kit, upon meeting the Buffybot, had a long talk with Warren about the possibility of bringing back his dead love and former Slayer India through the wonders of robotics and technology. The spirit of India was drawn to the Slayer Sword, and Tamara let the spirit possess her to talk to Kit. Spike and Tamara enjoyed their honeymoon... all over the house, much to the annoyance of the rest of the Last.


The Baddies:
Society of Truebloods
Uncle Ronald
'Billy' and other Rhyta demons
Drusilla
Faith

Deaths of the Innocent:
Danielle's Aunt Martha.
'Dani', the puppy Billy bought... and may have eaten.
A neighbor's cat, whom Billy likely ate.

Other Odd Notes:
Is Kevin falling to the dark side?

Julius has set up an online community for the Last!

The Buffybot is now up and patrolling thanks to Warren.

Does Faith's death mean a new Slayer -- or is the First Slayer getting tired of the multitude?


(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing)


Synopsis:
Bambi is called to New Orleans to do a 'favor for the family'. Her suspicously 'honest businessman' father is having problems with an organized group of mobster vampires called the Sanguinia.  Bambi, Marcus, Sian and Xavier headed to New Orleans to help with the situation. At home, the rest of the Last were having problems of their own when Spike's sire Dru decided to have some fun with Kevin (who had apparently given her an invitation during the wedding). Bambi enjoyed the freedom of New Orleans a bit too much... amassing quite a beed collection and having some various misadventures (some with Marcus). They wound up picking up a new member of the last, Greg Wilson, a young street punk hired by the Sanguinia that Sian rather adopted. At home, Drusilla let Kevin out while wolfy and incapacitated Danielle, then dragged her into the apocolypse shelter to have some 'fun with her and the puppy'. The incident gave Kevin control over his wolf, but not before he assualted his girlfriend. Their relationship is in serious jeopardy because of this. During the last battle in New Orleans, Marcus was gravely injured, his pelvic bone shattered. He is currently in a wheelchair, with serious doubts over whether or not he'll regain full function.  Other problems at home- Margaret was accused of her parent's murder. Turned out to be government groups fighting over her because she's the newest called slayer. Tamara's long lost brother Adam was one of the government agents- and the two had a family reunion. Adam is now living with the Last.

The Baddies:
The  Sanguinia
Drusilla
Kevin

Deaths of the Innocent:
None, but Marcus is pretty messed up and Danielle is emotionally scarred!

Other Odd Notes:

Margaret is a slayer now!

Tamara's brother Adam is now living at the Last Resort!

Poor Marcus may not recover... erm... full function.

Kevin and Danielle are on the rocks.



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing)


Synopsis:
The Last gets wind of Evil Brian's screenplay, You Only Die Twice, being made into a new television series on NBN 13. They take a tour of the studio, during which folks got to try recording their voices for soundtracks. Kevin and Tamara wound up singing excellently. Kevin asked Tamara to join Never Cry Wolf, the ever growing band. Kevin got a recording contract for the themesong to Hopesprings Eternal, while Tamara in a twist of irony wound up being chose for the themesong for You Only Die Twice. During the tour, the Last got to see a screening of You Only Die Twice... which included a witch named Sara Rowen who caused the zombiefilled appocolpyse seeking vengeance against those who had wronged her daughter. Seeing a disturbing parallel between this and  Danielle's mother Sera (whose maiden name is Rowen), the Last hurried over to Danielle's house. Not to mention, the set used looked an awful lot like Danielle's basement. Sera insisted that she wasn't going to cause the zombie-filled apocalypse, but agreed to come and stay at the Last Resort until the danger was over (considerably freaked out by the fact that the set looked a lot like her basement).  Bambi, upset by all the attention put on singing, decided to hire her own singing coach, Michael Czajak.  When Tamara found out about it, she hired Michael to coach and choreograph the band. Through his affiliation with the Last, Michael wound up with a bit of unwanted attention from Drusilla - who first toyed with him, then kidnapped his girlfriend Maggie's family and nearly ate them. Fortunately, Drusilla left the area shortly afterwards.

Kit Bothwell and Warren Meers collaborated in a mixture of mad science and magic to bring former slayer India Cohen, the love of Kit's life, back from the dead in a manner of speaking. Her ghost is now inhabiting IndiaM, a realistic lifeform robot created by Warren. The storm that provided the lightning needed for the transfer was Kit-conjured... and kept raining long after the spell was completed with the ghost in the machine.

Spike, meanwhile- was doing his band manager job and finding gigs for the band. In addition to their now-regular at the Bronze fair, he found them an audition for a  gig in LA opening for a fairly popular local band.  A "Win a Date With Never Cry Wolf" contest was held by the band's fanclub manager, Naomi. Several new friends were made in the process (and Spike managed not to kill the young man who was talking to Tamara about his art). Never Cry Wolf drummer, Barry Silverman was having some mother problems, however. Her tight hold on his life was becoming increasingly apparent and bothersome.

With cash in their pockets and excitement in their hearts, Never Cry Wolf set off for LA in the 'Mystery Machine', driven by Mike Shaggensdale. Meanwhile, back at the Last Resort, Sera found out about what Drusilla had done to her daughter and was pissed about Kevin's part in it. She located Drusilla... in LA (with the aid of a locator spell). She hurried out in the driving rain to find and warn Never Cry Wolf... and worried that she might be going to cause the zombie-filled appocolypse, a group lead by Adam followed her in turn.

The Mystery Machine, meanwhile, lost power suddenly and broke down in the rain near a large walled compound in the middle of nowhere. When the band got out of the van to investigate- they discovered that zombies were coming out of the nearby woods in huge numbers. Being as they had brought instruments and not impliments of death, they beat a hasty retreat for the compound and used an intercom to call franticly for admitance. They were let into the compound,  which contained a creepy sterile looking building and its attached garage- complete with a tower. A scientist named Thomas greeted them at the door, and let the band stay for the night, promising he'd take them to town in the morning. Oddly enough, there were no phones in the building- and the band had lost cellphone power at the same time the van had lost power.

Andrew (who came along because he's the merchandizer for the band) was begining to have a bad feeling about things- and informed the rest of the band that he thought they were trapped in a B-movie. At first the others discounted Andrew's theory as 'crazy Andrew talk' but as they evening went on, they began to believe. A crash and scream from upstairs started the real trouble- apparently Thomas had opened a portal to a hellish dimension and gone crazy, slashing up his assitant Olivia with a scaple. As the evening went on, the group discovered that the portal had in fact had let through an 'Elder God' who was stalking them in the house.The creature could control the dead - which caused major problems when it possessed Spike and set him after Tamara. Spike had to knock himself out to keep from hurting her further after the first punch was thrown.

 Fortunately, about halfway through the night, the band was able to contact home via Barry's wireless internet connection on his laptop- and they found out help was on the way. Reasearch discovered that the Elder-beast shunned the light- and Andrew got to play lightmaker with help of spell instructions that Michael Czajak dictated to him over the computer connection.  The creature was driven back through the hellish portal,  the reinformcements arrived... and then the director walked in and yelled cut. Unfortunately for him... a zombie promptly pulped his head. The Last clambored down to see what happened... in time to see a contract from NBN 13 with a familar Djinic symbol bursting into flames. They surmised that the would-be-director wanted to make the ultimate 'real horror' film.

The band made it to LA, where they auditioned and got the gig!

The Baddies:
Drusilla
Thomas, the insane Elder god summoning scientist
Elder Beastie
The Djinn

Deaths of the Innocent:
None!

Other Odd Notes:

Drusilla is in LA... with Angel? This can't be good...can it?

Andrew was right!

Sera -didn't- cause the zombie-filled appocolypse!

Never Cry Wolf has their first truely professional gig!

Marcus has made a full recovery, much to his and Bambi's relief.

India lives again- but is there a price?

Naomi has the hots for Kevin... is there more trouble ahead in the already rocky relationship between Kevin and Danielle?



(Episode Source: Written by Aus Cushing)



Synopsis:
The band performs in LA, where they befriend the quirky and enigmatic guitarist for the other band, Blake.  Tamara winds up having a long talk with him over tequila about the direction and drive in her life. She wound up making peace with a lot of things, and found herself more than a bit intrigued by the quiet wisdom displayed. The Last returned home from LA - the band happy and with pay in their pockets. Kevin bought a beautiful ring for Danielle to try and patch things up between them. Bambi got a new hobby - fashion design.

Barry's home situation got worse. He began to plan his emancipation, getting Niram (the Last's lawyer) to file for it. While waiting for the paperwork to go through, he decided to take a bus to Palo Alto to hang out at Blake's house until his emancipation came through. Barry's been learning about life and philosophy, and having the time of his life. While Blake was talking to Tamara, he was giving her some advice about their ongoing struggle against the Djinn. He called the three living slayers 'the Mystic (Tamara), the Innocent (Bambi), and the Warrior (Margaret)'. Tamara recognized the terminology immediately from their translation of the Tome of Banishing. This was very upsetting to her, considering the book speaking about the three as 'demons'. It seems that Brian's long ago supposition had been proven - the source of slayerdom is demonic power. Blake warned that the 'door would have to be opened' and the 'fire would have to come out' in order for it to work. In other words, the Hellmouth would have to be actively open...which wasn't the best of news. He also cautioned that only humans must be there when it's closed,  because anything else would be sucked into the darkness. He emphatically insisted that all three slayers must be protected, and was about to say more... when he took ill. A sudden burning fever overtook him. Barry called one of the other members of Blake's band, who called the hospital... and he was rushed in with an impossibly high fever that the doctors couldn't bring down or stabilize.

Barry then called the Last Resort, which mobilized to get a group of spellcasters there (Kit, Danielle, and Sera) thanks to a portal that Kit opened. Once there, Kit removed the Djinn-caused curse from Blake, and provided him with an amulet of protection. Kit had a conversation with Blake about what he had seen, and how long he'd been seeing things. Kit returned home with his group and told Tamara that he believes Blake is some sort of prophet.  Figuring out that Blake had been seeing the ruins of the highschool and a cheerleading trophy, Tamara led a group to the Hellmouth where they recovered a strangely undamaged trophy. Gloria held the trophy and was able to determine that it had once held the spirit of a very angry witch... who was now no longer in residence. The name on the trophy, Catherine Madison, reminded Michael of his school friend Amy Madison who was currently a rat at Willow's house. He called Willow to make sure Amy was still there.. but the cage was empty. Amy and her mother... might be back, pissed off, and working for the Djinn.

In the middle of all this, Hannah announced that she and Cory were expecting their first child. Happy event, but the timing...

Spike, disturbed by the thought that Tamara might die in the Hellmouth opening, recalled a distant time when Drusilla had crafted amulets of protection against just such a force. He rushed off for LA, and hasn't been heard from since.

Barry's emancipation court date has been set- and Blake will be returning him to Sunnydale. But is it safe for Blake to be in Sunnydale, considering?

Episode in progress!

The Baddies:
Djinn

Deaths of the Innocent:
None so far...
Other Odd Notes:
Seagull philosophy is seriously nifty.


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