Buffy-bot 2.0

"Oh no, this is bad..."

Willow[Javelin] examined the data on the screen of her laptop. She sat by the window of the Wicca Academy and, with a worried look, glanced at the golden robot standing in the middle of the room.

No one had seen the Buffy-bot since it was confiscated by the Sunnydale Police Department, Special Task Force. Then today, a mechanical woman appeared in town, resembling Buffy, but with golden skin and the markings of the Sunnydale Police. It was easy to see that there was a connection.

It had tried unsuccessfully to apprehend Buffy in the Bronze. Buffy disabled it and sent it to Willow at the Wicca Academy.

Kaezin stood examining the robot. He was a benevolent demon, a friend and companion to the Slayer, constantly seen with a trademark beer in his hand. The robot stood motionless with a blank vacant look on its face.

"Yup," remarked Kaezin,"...its blonde."

"Looks like all her files were downloaded, then erased," said Willow.

"But if its got that information. its root directory has to be intact."

"...and they've installed a program to search for a network...a direct net-link to Sunnydale PD." Willow looked up at Kaezin. "She's like a walking radar..."

Kaezin waved the beer in his hand "Ooo...can we use that? She's bypassing the firewalls and wards."

"She can take new orders and commands anytime they feel like inputing something...they don't even need to take her back."

Kaezin took a gulp of his beer, "So...they can be monitoring this whole conversation"

"I... I... I'll take this to Giles. Well, I better print it out before I do...He's like a computer slayer."

Willow's fingers flew across the keyboard of her laptop."y... you think... umm, it's a good idea to leave her here?"

"um...no."

"What do you suggest we do? We can't...carry her..."

"Ya...know, I would put that chip back in and pretend this didn't happen."

"..it's broad daylight and she weighs a ton."


"Here goes nothing." Willow plugged the chip back in."Okay, switching on..."

The Buffy-bot made a sound like powering up. In a voice eerily like Buffy's, the bot looked around the room and asked,"Where is Buffy Anne Summers? She is under arrest."

Kaezin looked around like an innocent bystander. "Then she must be in jail, " he replied.

The Buffy-bot tilted its head. "Processing ..orders..."

"Wh... Why shall we tell you?" asked Willow. She gripped her notebook and hugged it tight.

The bot noticed Willow. "Willow Ronsenberg, witch. Buffy's ...friend." It looked confused as if it was struggling to comprehend the situation.

"Looks like she knows who I am..." Willow frowned, her forehead creasing. "They must have filtered out some of the old data, and used it in the re-programming."

The Buffy-bot intoned, "...orders...uploading...failed. Secondary protocol, return to station." It started suddenly and walked out of the door of the academy.

"Wh... what do you think it's doing?" cried Willow.

Kaezin took a sip of his beer and watched as the robot as it left the building and crossed in front of the High School, its golden skin sparkling in the sun. Stating the obvious he remarked, "Leaving."