"Willow….. willow, are you ok?"
A familiar voice called out to her as she began to awake from her sleep. She rubbed her head as a sharp pain pulsated. Her eyes opened slightly letting in a burning bright light. She felt a hand grip the back of her neck and gently help her up. By now the figure of Buffy had become visible amongst the blinding light.
"D..did we win?" Willow asked quietly. Buffy smiled at Willow's innocent face and brushed her hair back from her eyes.
"Yeah we did" she replied in a soft tone "Cleveland's hell mouth has closed, we saved the world….. Again"
Buffy gently pulled willow to her feet and supported her. The whole scene was now clear. Everything had been destroyed, just like before. She watched as many other slayers began to gather. Willow looked back at Buffy.
"So where to next?" she asked in a slightly shaken tone.
"We still have more work to do" a voice spoke from behind willow. She turned to see Giles who was limping slightly. Buffy rolled her eyes at the thought of more work
"Meh, work can wait, I'm in the need for some good old me time, what do you say?" Buffy asked, grabbing hold of willow's hand thoughtfully.
Willow smiled and nodded at Buffy, who turned to give Giles an innocent look.
"Yes, fine, we can have a break" He said in a fatherly voice. He realised that just recently he had been making Buffy and the rest of the gang work hard to close down another hell mouth, and now, they needed to relax.
"Where you thinking of going?" another voice spoke out. This time it was Xander who had been submerged in a small pile of rubble.
Buffy's smile grew bigger as she placed her other arm around Xander's shoulder.
"Well, I'm in the mood for a killer shopping spree" Buffy replied
"Oh well that's just great" Giles spoke out once again, now regaining the role as the party pooper. "Lets go to San Francisco to get a pair of new shoes"
Buffy's eyes widened in excitement "That's a great idea!" she yelled happily as her, willow and xander began to make their way to the other slayers, "Hey guys, what do you think about San Francisco?" Buffy shouted excitedly.
Giles shook his head disapprovingly and muttered under his breath "Americans"
"Cheer up Giles" Dawn said, approaching him "You know Buffy, she has to have her down time, otherwise, she gets pissed, and pissed Buffy, is bad Buffy"
Meanwhile, In San Francisco"Paige, where are you?" Piper called out in a slightly concerned tone. The last she had seen of her sister was when she orbed away to avoid a fireball.
There was the sound of slight rustling in one of the near by skip's and with a quick reaction, Piper spun around and flicked her hands in the air causing a trashcan to explode.
"Hey! Watch it!" a voice called out from within the skip. A smile rose across Piper's face.
"Paige? What are you doing in there?" Piper asked with an amused expression.
The lid suddenly opened and out popped Paige with a banana peel on her head. She picked it off and flung it letting out a quiet "yuck"
"I panicked and miscalculated ok!"
Piper giggled and approached her sister.
"Well, I've taken care of the demon, so no worries"
"Good" Paige said climbing out of the skip "Where's Phoebe anyway, I thought she would of come to help with Billie and Christie against us and everything"
"She and coop are still busy trying to find her a suitable guy"
Paige scrunched up her face "aren't those to spending to much time together?"
"Yes" Piper replied disapprovingly "I just hope she doesn't fall for him, she doesn't have a good history with magical men"
"Yeah, brrrr!…" Paige shivered "lets get out of here" she said reaching for Piper's hand. Piper gripped Paige's and they both orbed out of the alley.