Part 13 "Over there!" Maria called out the window. The cars screeched to a halt in the large roped off part of the Theater parking lot. She pointed to the largest trailer. Everyone bolted from the cars and ran over. Michael who had transformed back to himself blasted the lock on the trailer. "That's it." Nessido yelled. Together the aliens focused and levitated the ship out of the trailer. "It doesn't look very big!" Spike muttered worried. "Don't worry." Nessido ran his hand over the long smooth metal disc like UFO. He found what he was looking for and the spaceship grew rapidly. Then a door opened. They hadn't noticed it because it was so hidden. "Everyone inside now." He glanced towards the doors to the Centrum. People were starting to come out. And they looked angry. Everyone ran inside. "Now what?" Buffy said shivering. It was cold and dark inside the ship. They were in an entrance of some sort. "Just head down the hall. We are bound to come to a control room soon." Nessido said plunging forward. "I hear something outside. Should we be worried?" Liz asked no one in particular. Valenti looked around bewildered. They had forgotten that he was even there. She moved closer to Max and took his hand. He let her. Tess gave Liz a look but she didn't notice in the dark. After a minute they heard a huge crunching sound and the ship shifted. Everyone tumbled to the floor and had to get used to the movement. "Come on. Let's see what he's doing." Buffy said. That got them moving. They went the way Nessido went and came out in a small room with a wide windshield. They could see the remaining aliens gearing up blaster guns. "You better get this going. "Michael yelled at Nessido nervously. "I'm trying. I haven't flown one of these in 50 years." Nessido replied patiently. Suddenly they were lifted up. "Good." Nessido said sighing. Out the window the people were disappearing fast. "That was the most obvious exit of aliens in the history of humanity, movies and television." Maria commented. "Now do we actually know where we are going? Or are we going to just hurdle through space until we randomly land on a planet?" Isabel asked. "I know." Nessido assured her. "Why don't you all get comfortable. This will be a while. You need to rest and prepare. There will be a greater battle in the near future." "As if that wasn't enough." Max muttered bitterly sitting down. "Anyone have tissues or something? I've got some bad cuts." "Oh my goodness." Maria gasped looking around. "You guys look so terrible." "You just noticed that?" Buffy raised an eyebrow. "I will play nurse. I mean me and Liz. You guys look so sore. " Maria felt horrible. And indeed the battle had done a number on them. She took off her sweater and laid in on the floor. "I don't think there would be any creature comforts in a place like this...?" "You probably won't find much." Nessido said without turning around. "I'll take a look around. You stay here Liz." Maria knew Liz didn't want to leave Max. She sat down next to Max after making sure the others were resting. "We keep going in circles." Max said quietly. "You somehow always end up right in the midst of the things I don't want you to be part of." "Maybe it's meant to be that way." She looked into his eyes and his hand slithered into hers. "Those powers must really come in handy?" Spike asked Michael. His vampire factor was kicking in and he was mending fast. "I guess." Michael mumbled. He was focusing on using the powers to heal some of his cuts. He didn't want to deplete his energy level though. "Ever thought of becoming an alien vampire? Cos then you would be ultimate. Kind of like Adam. He was an evil cyborg demon." Spike chattered on. "Rather not. Blood's not my thing." "Oh well." "Would you shut up Spike?" Buffy moaned from next to him. He turned to her. She was curled up and shivering. His non existent heart thumped. "Here. Take my coat. I don't need it." He said in a moment of kindness. She gave him a shocked look but took the coat. "Thanks." She said putting it on. "It smells bad." "I think you should be nicer to him." Michael cut in. "To me it seems he hasn't done anything mean to you. Yet you keep snapping at him." "Stay out of it. It's just our deal." Buffy said back. "Don't worry about it mate. I'm used to it." Spike whispered to Michael. "I think she's just home sick." "I found some stuff. Seems they do have a few things." Maria came back with an armload of blankets and a few cans of foods. "I guess they were a little attached to earth. Spam. Ew." Everyone took the supplies from her and sat quietly. "Hello Michael. You haven't even said hi to me yet." Maria said dropping down next to him. Valenti sat a few feet away wide eyed. "Hi." He said not looking at her. "Are you feeling better?" "Yeah. Thanks."