Willow poked her head into the room. ''I wanted to make sure that you guys were OK. You rushed out so quickly, Jason. Are you alright?'' She asked, standing politely in the doorway.

Jason answered her without sitting up. ''Yes, I am, thank you, Willow. Could you ask Buffy to come here for a second?''

Willow replied, ''Sure, Jason, no problem.'' She turned and left again. When she came back, she had Buffy with her.

Buffy stood in the doorway and asked, ''What did you need, Jason?'' She felt truly sorry for this poor boy. She wouldn't be able to deal if this had happened to Will. She'd never be able to get through life without Willow.

Jason asked, ''Could we curse Tommy? Like you did with Angel? I know that it prolly seems like a dumb question, but I want my friend back. Do you still have the spell?''

Buffy didn't think it was such a good idea, and wasn't sure how to tell him so. ''Jason, I don't know if that's the right solution. Yeah, Tommy would be here and everything, but he would have to stay in the dark, no marriage, no children, no breath, no reflection, eternal suffering for whatever he's managed to do since he awoke for the first time. There's just so many disadvantages.''

Jason was angry. Willow had told him why they'd decided to curse Angel. ''OK, but let's see, it was different for you and Angel? I know that Tommy and I weren't dating, or anything, like you and Angel were, but he was still my best friend. Why can't we curse him?''

Buffy got angry back. She didn't want to, but he didn't understand the situation between her and Angel. ''OK, it was different with Angel and I. Angel was my one true love. You still have your one true love. Angel and I can't ever be together. There's no reason why you and Kimberly have to break up, ever. But Angel and I have to stay apart for the rest of my life. He will live forever, unless I can kill him again. So, yeah, it was different with Angel.''

The group in the kitchen sat quietly, not moving an inch. Aisha had a single tear running down her cheek. She knew that Jason wanted to curse Tommy, but she, Aisha, didn't want to at all. She wanted Tommy to be at rest. This guy that was walking around, wearing Tommy's skin, wasn't Tommy. She didn't want everyone to think he was Tommy, and got up to go in the living room and say so.

Everyone looked up as she appeared at Buffy's side. ''OK, I'm with Buffy on this one, Jase. I know that you want Tommy back, but he's dead. Yes, he's walking around trying to kill everyone with blood. That's not him, and you know that somewhere deep inside yourself. Buffy is trying to save you pain by killing Tommy. If you would just work with her, you'll realize that.'' She gave Buffy a small smile, who gave one right back.

Jason met Aisha's gaze, and he knew that she was trying to save him pain. He knew that, and yet, couldn't help wanting Tommy to be cursed. He nodded, however, and said, ''I see your point, Buffy, Aisha, and I'm sorry that I shouted. It just hurts so much.''

Buffy touched his arm. ''It hurts even worse when you have to kill him. Let me tell you something. The first time that Willow tried to curse Angel, it didn't work, and she almost died. Then, when I was trying to kill Angel, she cursed him, and it worked. But Angel had already opened the portal to hell. But he didn't remember anything. And I still had to kill him. It hurt so much. So trust me, you don't want to curse Tommy, OK?''

Jason looked at her, tears glistening in her eyes, and just hugged her. He knew that she knew what he was going through. It felt good to have someone get it. He just hugged her. He barely knew this girl. But it didn't matter. They were the same.

Meanwhile, Tommy was pacing in the secret garden he and Angel found, it was underneath a greenhouse, but they'd been able to reach it from the sewers. Tommy was angry that the Slayer had shown up. He swore as he paced. ''Angelus, what are we going to do? I know that you think that you're all powerful and whatnot, but those stupid Power Rangers are going to be fighting us too, and they have things that they can use against us that will kill us. Their weapons are more powerful than the Slayer's. I know you don't believe me. But you should. I used to run with them.''

Angelus sat ontop a grassy rock. ''Well, I'm not worried. We don't have to attack them when they've morphed, and we can hold them off before they do. Besides, I can call in reinforcements if I have to. Don't worry, young grasshopper.'' He cracked.

Tommy smiled wanly at him, still in full vamp mode. ''Yeah, laugh, Angelus. Then I'll laugh when you're decapitated or slain.''

Neither vampire knew that Spike had snuck out of Jason's house and crawled through the sewers to find them. He had found them after about half an hour, and was listening to them talk about their plan. He thought it was wise of Tommy to be afraid of the Power Rangers. Spike himself was a little, but he knew that they weren't going to hurt him. However, Spike was going to hurt Angelus and Tommy, that's why he was here. He wanted to kill Tommy so that the Rangers didn't have to. He knew that when it came down to it, none of them, especially Jason, could kill the former boy turned vampire.

Spike lurked in the shadows, being as quiet as he could. He didn't want Angel to hear him, and it was quite possible. He had the same sharp senses that Spike himself had. Spike slipped into his vamp face. It was like slipping into a jacket. That smooth. Spike knew that Buffy didn't even notice, like with Angel. He felt glad of that, actually. He slipped out of the shadows, and said, ''OK, blokes. Party's over, go home.''

Angelus slipped into his vamp face, too. ''I don't think so, Soul Boy.'' He said.

Spike ran his tongue over his teeth. ''Man, that's like, not original. I called you that a few years ago, ya parp. What are you thinkin'? Or are you just not thinking at all? That's a possibility, too.''

Angelus' ran his teeth over his fangs. ''I haven't used these to bite another human in awhile, but I'm sure they still work. But then, you aren't human, are you, Soul Boy? You're a wannabe human. Pathetic. Think of what you used to be.''

Spike said, ''I don't want to think of what I used to be. I was even more evil than you. You're a pathetic waste of undead skin.'' He ran his tongue over his fangs.

While the two vamps were about to get it on, fighting speaking, Jason and Kimberly were sitting alone in his living room. Kimberly was running her hands through Jason's hair, trying to comfort him. She didn't know how to make him feel better. She kissed his cheek and wove her hands with his.

Jason laid his head back, and sighed. He had finally finished crying, but he still wasn't ready to attack Tommy. Tommy had been his best friend in the entire world, besides Zack and Bailey. He knew that he had been Tommy's only best friend. It was just going to hurt so much if Buffy managed to kill Tommy. He didn't want to know that his best friend was gone forever.

Buffy entered the room. ''Hey, guys. I think that I've got a plan. If we act tonight, we can kill both of them. They won't have had time to do anything.''

Kimberly asked, ''What about the fact that we have no idea at all where they might be hiding out?''

Before Buffy could reply, Dawn entered, and looked at her sister. ''Buffy, Spike's gone. Xander thinks that he prolly went to find Angelus and Tommy.''