the Silence in the Spaces Between

	Season	*post-Seventh (Buffy), post-Fifth (Angel)*
	Rating	PG (some violence, bit of language
	Spoiler(s)	none to speak of
	Genre	AU, ‘what if?’
	Length	8,665 words
	Main Character(s)	Faith, Xander, others
	Teaser	Faith a prisoner. Xander to the rescue. What could go wrong?
	Acknowledgments	This story is adapted from — as in, a cheerful, deliberate, direct rip-off of — the comic book G.I. Joe #21, the classic ‘Silent Issue’ (which can be seen here). Credit also is due the incomparable Yahtzee, whose fantastic “As Time Goes By” showed just how much fun it could be to adapt another fandom’s story to the Buffyverse.