"What have you got?" Luka barked, meeting the ambulance in the whirling snow.

"Lacerations and penguin bites," came the bullet, as they skated the gurney out of the blizzard.

"You're kidding," Abby said.

"Found her in the zoo...with a sword..."

Luka checked the chart. "Buffy, can you hear me?"

Buffy sat up. "Eat penguin death, ice demon!" she yelled. And then: "Um, I mean...I feel fine?"

"Psych consult?" Abby asked, suppressing a smile.

"Ooh, those never end well." Buffy jumped off the bed. "Listen, I'm really sorry, but I've gotta go--"

When Abby and Luka woke up, it was spring.

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October 13, 2005