*Extremely Dangerous*. Those words swam around endlessly through Willows mind. Tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of her friends face on the television screen with the word "Missing" under it. Numbly Willow limped over to the phone and dialed the number that was all too familiar.

"Xander?" Her voice cracked. "Something's going on and we need to have a meeting. You call Cordilia, and I'll call Oz and Giles."

After confering with him she hung up the phone and stared out the window. Millions of questions clouded over Willow. She wanted to know where her friend had gone. More importantly when was she getting back.

***

Buffy first realized there were vampires on the bus not too long after the rest back at the truck stop. It was dark out so she wasn't surprised that they had somehow managed to slip on. Buffy was mostly worried about the attention this would attract. *You can't just slay a vampire on a bus and hope no one notices*, she thought. *Oh well, I knew I'd have to get off this bus sooner or later*. No sooner had she thought that when she noticed three or four cop cars following the bus.

Buffy sighed and slumped back against the cushioned seat, a frown blemished her usually smooth forehead. Gathering her stuff she headed for the bathroom at the back of the bus. Thankfully she had been blessed with a charter bus that had those kinds of luxuries.

She crammed her bag into the cramped area and slid inside next to it. The bathroom was less than spacious. There was barely enough room to breath let alone find a way off the bus. Looking upwards she saw a small window that looked no bigger than two foot by two foot, there was also a screen covering the opening. Hopefully she could get her bag out. She put the seat cover down on the toilet and stepped on it to look out the window. She saw the last of the four cop cars pull ahead of the bus. *Probably to pull the bus over and haul me back home.* She reached into the pocket of her jeans and fished around for her swiss army knife. When she finally got it out she chose the biggest knife she could find on it.

A soft knocking sound came from the bathroom door. Buffy's head snapped around. "Vampires." she said quietly. Hurriedly she began cutting at the screen, anxious to get it off. In a little over a minute the screen was on the floor. Buffy snatched up her bag and began forcing it out. "God, I hope nothing breaks." The bag hit the pavement that was whizzing by with a dull thud. "Me next."

The soft knocking at the door was becoming more and more insistant. Smoothly she eased the lower half of her body through the small opening. Just as she had gotten her head through the door burst open and two vampires stumbled in.

With her feet on the inch wide landing and her hands still griping the opening Buffy prepared to jump. She took a deep breath and let go. Her eyes glanced up and met those of the vampires before she hit the pavement and tuned her crash into a rolling fall. Standing up she dusted herself off and watched the bus drive farther and farther away. Walking back the way the bus was coming from she went to pick up her bag.

With that in hand she began to walk off the highway. She wanted to be a bit away from any traffic but she still had to go in the direction the bus went. Because that's the way she had to head.