"So, we should split up. It'll be faster to find them. So, uh...Anya and Xander, look near the Bronze and that area. Giles and Dawn, around the school and the residentials and stuff. Willow and Tara, graveyards one through three." Buffy commands them.

"What about you Buff?" Willow asks.

"I'm gonna search graveyards four through twelve." Buffy says up to her.

Willow shakes her head, "Uh uhn, no way Buffy. You're coming with us."

Buffy looks at her confused, "Why?'

"Cause you need to be safe, I mean, you're so small and you could…get hurt. No, you're coming with us."

"Will, I can take care of myself. Seriously, I'll be fine." Buffy replies, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, you'll be fine because you're coming with us, or we're coming with you, either way you're stuck with Tara and me."

"Willow." Buffy says sternly.

"Buffy, that's final." Willow says.

"I'm not a child, just cause I may be the size of one doesn't mean I am one. I don't want you two to get hurt because of me." Buffy says.

"We won't we'll be fine. We're witches and full si…witches."

Buffy rolls her eyes again, "Fine, you can come, but if you get killed, I will murder you, got it?"

Willow nods and grins, Buffy sighs.

"Alright gang. Move out, but remember The Trio still has the shrink ray, so be careful. Don't get hit with it, we don't want anyone else being shrunk." Buffy tells them and then turns to Giles, "Keep her safe."

Giles nods and they move out.

Buffy, Willow, and Tara patrol through the graveyards. Buffy finds that now she isn't much taller than the tombstones, which bothers her. It isn't dark yet, so she doesn't expect any vampires, but maybe some demons.

Willow and Tara watch Buffy walk through the rows. They were having trouble keeping track of her since all they can see was a bobbing blond haired head.

Tara turns to Willow, "Is it just me or is Buffy…"

"Getting smaller?" Willow finished.

"So, it isn't just me?" She asked.

"No, she's shrinking at a rate of two inches an hour." Willow told her.

"So, how tall is she now?" Tara asked.

"When I first saw her all shrunked she was three foot eleven. The whole searching for clues and calling you guys took about an hour and we've been out here for three hours, with no success might I add. So she's about three foot three inches now. So, she's lost eight inches." Willow said.

"Oh." Was all Tara said. The couple turned back to where Buffy should have been, but she wasn't there. Willow turned around and began to look around panicked.

Then she looked down at her feet, carefully taking steps. Tara followed suit. They searched for Buffy on the ground for several minutes when they heard a noise to their left.

They turned and saw Buffy, kneeling over, looking at something on the ground, still three foot three.

Buffy looked up and saw them, "What are you doing?" She asked.

"Uh…we were…nothing." Willow said.

Buffy raised an eyebrow, shrugged, and then went back to looking at the ground. Willow and Tara walked over and then knelt down.

"Buff, what are we looking at?" Willow asked.

"Footprints."

"Foot…" Willow trailed off as she looked and saw the footprints.

"Human footprints." Buffy said.

"Or vampire ones." Tara said.

"No, too fresh, someone was here only a few hours ago and its daylight, so, no vamps." Buffy told them.

"What do you think, it's one of them?" Willow asked.

"Maybe." Buffy replied.

"So, we should follow them, right?" Tara asked.

Buffy nodded, stood up, only coming up to just below Willow and Tara's belly buttons, and walked off in the direction the footprints led.

Willow and Tara followed just behind her. The three walked for a short awhile until they came across a mausoleum, which is where the footsteps led to. It wasn't Spike's crypt, thank god. If Spike had seen her like this, who knew what he would do.

Buffy walked up to where the marble steps began and looked up at the large door before her. Willow and Tara stopped behind her.

"What is it Buffy?" Willow asked.

"Something doesn't feel quite right…I just feel…well…I don't know…never mind." Buffy said and then walked up the steps, through the door, and into the very dark room.

It was dark for a moment and then bright flash of blue light shot past her right shoulder. There was a cry from someone behind her, but she couldn't tell if anyone had been hit. A male voice cursed from behind a pillar and then a dark shadow appeared for a moment.

Buffy lunged out of the way as another flash of blue light whizzed past where she had just stood. Buffy rolled across the floor and then hid behind a (to her) very large tomb or sarcophagus type thing.

She looked to her left where Willow and Tara stood behind a large force field. Neither seemed to be shrinking which meant they hadn't been hit. Buffy turned her attention back to the men who were hiding behind pillars and other objects, who she assumed was the trio.

She looked for away to get to them without being shot, but whoever was firing was shooting erratically, beams flew all over the place, shrinking random objects or dissipating on the force field.

Buffy was still thinking when a beam hit the thing she was hiding behind, shrinking it instantly down to something she could hold in the palm of her hand, Whatever setting they were using now, it shrank whatever it touch down to size right away.

Buffy dove to the side as a beam came right at her, missing her by inches. She turned to see Willow and Tara still distracted by the beams coming their way and when beam flashed in their direction, illuminating the area, she saw Willow's hair had begun to turn black.

Buffy leaped away again and began to back towards the wall when she bumped into something kind of soft, well compared to the marble around her. She turned around and looked up to see a large black shadow leaning over her. A beam flashed close enough to them for her to see who it was…Warren. He leaned down, grinning, then he grabbed her arm, wrapping his entire hand around it. She kicked upward, aiming for his face, but her foot fell short and she kicked him in the stomach.

He stumbled back, the wind knocked out of him, even though she was small, she was still strong. He grabbed at her again, firmly grabbing her around the upper arm and by her foot. He lifted her into the air, grinning like a maniac. She struggled and bucked, trying to get free, but he was too strong for her right now.

She was about to scream when Warren rabbit punched her in the face. She felt pain rush to her face and then everything went dark very quickly.

Warren hefted Buffy's limp form into his arms, cradling her like a baby, even though she was still quite a bit large than one. Then he called out, "FIRE!"

Whoever was shooting turned away from the witches and fired at the wall behind them. The wall shrunk down and Warren bolted out the newly formed opening as fast as possibly, Andrew in pursuit.

"BUFFY!" Willow cried out, finally spotting Warren. She ran at the trio, magic flaring all around her, but Jonathan fired at her, missing her exposed form by inches, which slowed her down. Then he fired at a few pillars and another wall, shrinking them down.

Very suddenly the whole building collapsed down on itself, burying the two witches inside. The trio fled, Buffy in their arms.

Willow and Tara blasted their way out of the rubble minutes later, but it was too late, the trio was no where to be seen. The two looked around anyway, but they didn't find anything.

Willow cursed and kicked at a rock. Tara walked up behind her and rubbed her shoulders.

"This is all my fault." Willow moaned.

"No, it's not sweety." Tara said.

"Yes it is, I let her get captured. I didn't even see Warren until it was too late. And well, by then it was too late." Willow said.

"It's not your fault, don't worry we'll get her back." Tara soothed.

"Yeah, but after they do who knows what to her." Willow said.

Tara frowned as they ran through the graveyard.

"We have to contact Giles, do you have your cell phone?" Tara asked.

"Yeah." Willow said, suddenly remembering. She pulled out her cell phone and called the Magic Box.

After a few rings and voice mail, Willow left a message and hung up.

"No answer." Willow said and frowned.

"I assume Giles doesn't have a cell?" Tara asked.

"No….but Dawn does!" Willow cried out and called Dawn.

After two rings Dawn picked up.

"Hello, Willow? What's up?" Dawn asked.

"I need to speak to Giles right now, do you think you could hand the phone off?" Willow said.

Dawn handed the phone to Giles and Giles said, "Yes, Willow, what is it? Dawn said you sounded urgent."

"Buffy's been kidnapped by the trio." Willow told him.

"What! Oh dear god, alright, let's convene at the Magic Box and make a plan." Giles said.

"Alright, I'll call Xander and Anya." Willow said and then hung up.