AUTHOR: Rachel
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RATING: PG-13, on account of death
SPOILERS: If you don't like semi-depressing ficcie, screw you and don't read this.
DISCLAIMER: If you believe I own these characters, you are slow. I don't own any characters. The character of Riley is owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, and anyone else lucky enough to own a part of Buffy. He has been altered a slight bit, however. All the other characters are my friends on AOL, and if you take them, I am sure they will be very displeased, so you must not do so. And if you take MY character... I will have to personally hurt you. And, of course, this ficcie may start happy-like, but believe me it's depressing. You have a problem with that, don't read it. No skin off my back. Other than that, sit back and enjoy!
AUTHOR'S NOTES: You steal my ficcie, I will hunt you down so fast... Oh. And if you have and constructive critisism, I will love you forever and ever. If, however, you send me an e-mail somewhere along the lines of UR FIC SUX!!! IT WAS SOOOO STUPID!!! UR A HORRBLE RIGHTER!!!! I will be pissed. And, rest assured, I WILL e-mail you back. And I probably will not be very nice about it.

The friends had been arguing for hours. "We have to wait until we have everybody," Lisa was saying, "and then go in with force!"

"I agree," Maggie and Rachel said at the same time.

"Do you have a death wish?!" Ais practically yelled at them, "we have to do it quiet like."

"You're about as quiet as Han Solo," Rachel growled

"Whatever we do, we have to do it quick!" Paige cut in.

"Agreed," Dani said, "the more time we spend here arguing, the more time we waste. We could be saving them even now!"

"Just a question," Stacy said, "how could we be subtle? I mean, we don't look like the aliens, we have no disguises... I think force sounds like the more speedy option, and we have to act as soon as possible."

Suddenly the door burst open, Elisabeth and K stumbled in. Fiona jumped up, "are you guys okay?!"

K nodded, "we're okay... but Quiller... the aliens... we tried... couldn't help..." she was crying and the others couldn't understand what she was trying to say.

"K, slow down," Josh said, "what happened?" But K couldn't stop crying long enough to answer.

"The aliens," Elisabeth answered for her, "they took Quiller. And we couldn't stop it."

Everyone sat in stunned silence.

"Quiller... gone?" Ais said.

"He got another one of us... she's probably with the others in the mothership..." Maggie trailed off.

Stacy quietly explained to K and Elisabeth what had been going on.

Ais, who had been so against using force before, stood up suddenly, "alright," she said, "alright! Force. Get our phasers ready and attack. I'm sick of losing people!"

Everyone nodded in agreement. "Let's wait for everyone else to get here, though," Josh said. No sooner had the words left his lips than the door opened. Mel, Elisa and Becca came rushing in.

"Where's Jason and Natalie?" Lisa demanded.

Becca's lip trembled, "G-gone!"

"The aliens?" Dani asked quietly.

Elisa nodded, "We barely got away... there was nothing we could do for them."

Heather stood angrily and began to pace. "They got Quiller, too," she informed them.

"How'd they do it?" Paige wondered, "how'd they know where to find us and how to break us?"

"Amanda," Rachel said hotly, "the traitorous wench went to them, I bet you anything."

Adele nodded, "I agree. It would be just like Amanda to do that."

"Amanda left us, true," Jordy said, "but do you really think she'd betray us to the aliens?"

"Yes," Fiona cut in.

"Amanda wants power," Sarah said, "and she believes the aliens can- and will- give it to her."

"I agree," K said, "and I think we should make her pay for it."

"Time, K," Elisabeth said, "lets save the others. Then we can worry about Amanda.

Everyone else agreed, and so they started working on a plan.

In the end, they all agreed. They would go in, two phasers on the ready, but not fighting unless absolutely neccessary.

The friends started off, phasers strapped in holsters, jet packs and swords on their backs. They moved in silence, watching the skies for alien ships. Finally, the mothership came into view. "Go," Josh said in a voice just loud enough to be heard by everyone. They all ignited their jet packs, which were designed to be all but silent. The landed as softly as possible, stripping off the jet packs, leaving easy access to their swords. Elisabeth
pulled out a drill and put a hole in the mothership, which they all, one by one, dropped down in.

"Stay together," Heather whispered, "if we split up they'll pick us off."

"Agreed," Stacy whispered back. They moved silently throughout the halls of the ship, moving towards where they believed their friends to be.

"Here," Becca said, "I think this is the door," she opened it. The room revealed was.... the bridge! Queen Riley, having heard the door open, turned. "Oops..." Becca said.

"RUN!" Elisa yelled.

"After them!" Queen Riley bellowed.

"We have to split up!" Fiona shouted to her friends. They did, splitting into five different groups.

Lisa, Becca, Adele and K found themselves in a small room, where they seemed safe enough. "I have to go back," Lisa said, "I have to help."

"Lisa, no!" K grabbed her.

"I have to, K!"

Becca put a hand on K's shoulder, "We won't stop you, Lisa," she said.

"But we won't go with you, either," Adele finished for her.

Lisa nodded, "Thank you. But I have to go. G'bye. And good luck!"

"I hope we didn't make a mistake letting her go," Adele worried.

"She'll be fine," Becca assured her, "now come on, we've got to figure a way out of here without being caught."

Lisa had her phaser in her hand, moving silently through the halls, searching for Queen Riley. Finally, she found him, in a small room with Maggie, Ais and Rachel. The three of them were huddled against a wall. "Queen Riley!" Lisa shouted, "leave them be! Come on, fight me!" she turned and ran from the room. Queen Riley snarled and followed her out of the room. Rachel stood and ran out of the room, trying to follow them, but she had already lost them.

Lisa ran to yet another small room and, once inside, turned to face Queen Riley. She hadn't realized how close behind her the Queen had been, and was very surprised when he knocked her on her back. She flipped back up, her sword coming off and clattering to the ground. She spun away from the Queen, phaser still in hand. He reached down and grabbed her sword, lunging at her. Lisa set her phaser to kill and fired, shooting Queen Riley just as he stabbed her through the chest.

Rachel ran inside the room just in time to see Queen Riley fall to the ground. She gave a cry of triumph, which turned to a cry of distress when she saw Lisa lying on the ground, sword embedded just short of her heart in her chest. Rachel ran to her, falling to her knees at Lisa's side. "Lisa? Lisa, talk to me!"

Lisa opened her eyes, "R-Rachel?"

"It's me, I'm here, Lisa, talk to me!"

"The others.... the others are okay? And the Queen.... he's dead?"

"Yes. Yes, Lisa, you killed the Queen. But you aren't dead! I won't let you die!"

"Tiffany.... Grace.... all of them.... tell them.... that I'm sorry...."

"Sorry for what? And no, I won't tell them, you'll bloody tell them yourself, y'hear!"

Lisa laughed, "no, Rachel. Tell everyone.... that I loved them...." and then her eyes closed.

"L-Lisa?" Rachel began to sob, "Oh God.... Oh Lord.... don't let her be dead.... Lisa.... Oh, God!" she began to rock back and forth, hugging her knees and crying.

Ais and Maggie ran in then, phasers up, ready to fight. They took in the sight of the room. "Rachel?" Maggie asked, "what happened?"

"Lisa.... she tried.... she killed.... oh, God!" she sobbed.

"Rachel...." Maggie said, then dropped next to her, crying. Maggie hugged Rachel while Ais moved and put a sheet over Lisa's body.

"I can't believe she's gone," Ais whispered before she broke down and started crying.

The three of them sat around Lisa's body for a long time, crying over their lost friend.

Meanwhile, Josh, Paige and Fiona were fighting on the bridge. So far they had been able to hold the aliens off, but they were outnumbered and losing ground. "We need backup," Fiona said to her friends.

"But we don't know where anyone else is!" Paige said, swinging her phaser around and shooting an alien that was getting to close.

Suddenly the friends found themselves in range of the door. "Lets get out of here while we still can!" Josh said to his friends. They turned and ran. When they turned a corner they collided with Heather, Dani, Elisabeth and Mel.

"Josh! Paige! Fiona!" Heather exclaimed, happy to see them.

Fiona gave them each a quick hug. "I'm so happy to see you guys."

"Have you found Mari and the others?" Josh asked.

"No," Elisabeth answered, "but we found a map of the ship, and that's where we're headed."

"Come on with us," Dani said, "I'm sure they're guarded, we could use your help."

And so they took off, winding through the corridors in a path Mel assured them led to the holding center.

*****

Maggie and Ais came quietly out of the room, Rachel close behind, carrying Lisa. While walking along the corridor they saw Becca, K and Adele.

Lisa was wrapped in a sheet, so they did not recognize her. "What's that?" Adele wondered.

Rachel ignored the question. "The Queen is dead," she said simply.

"In there," Ais pointed vaguely to the room they had just exited.

"You killed him?" Becca asked.

"No," Maggie shook her head, "Lisa. Lisa killed him."

"That's great!" K exclaimed.

"Yeah.... great...." Rachel replied.

"He.... he killed Lisa...." Ais filled them in.

Becca paled, "Lisa.... she's dead?"

"Yeah," Maggie answered her.

"Oh.... no...." K turned to Becca and Adele, "I told you! I told both of you we shouldn't let her go by herself! But you did.... we did.... and now she's gone!"

"I'm sorry," Becca whispered, "I'm so sorry...."

Ais shook her head, "We don't blame you. Not any of you. Lisa did what she wanted, you couldn't have stopped her."

"But we could have gone with her," Adele said.

Rachel looked up suddenly. "Somebody take Lisa," she said. "Take her back to the pillow fort. I want to stay here."

"Don't do anything stupid, Rachel," K warned her.

"I won't. I promise."

"I'll take her," Becca siad, "I'll get her back to the pillow fort. Maybe...." she hesitated. "Well, maybe when Mari is back she can do something for her. Mari has always been good with the witchcraft thing."

Rachel nodded and handed Lisa to Becca. She then turned and started the opposite way down the corridor, her phaser in hand.