Name- Back to Fate

By- Kirstee

Disclaimer- Nope not mine. Joss rules the Buffy-verse. So lucky.

Summary- Right as the apocalypse is happening, Buffy is sent into another comatose by the Powers that Be. But why did they do it? And who can help her?

"Buffy!" Willow was yelling at the top of her lungs. Her arms were outstretched as she chanted in between yelling at Buffy. A blue cloud swept out of her fingertips. A big blue bubble surrounded the Summer's house. Bringers were standing all around it. Spike and Dawn were fighting side by side holding them off from the few injured Slayers in Training. Buffy had just killed an Ubervamp when she had slumped down.

Willow was afraid Buffy was hurt. Now that the protective shield was up, she called to Spike while she added more force to it. Spike looked over at the witch, her hair and eyes were black, but she seemed in control of the magic at the moment. Willow gestured over to Buffy who was slumped on the ground. Spike looked back over at Dawn who had just killed another Bringer. "Go!" Dawn yelled at him. Spike ran over to the figure on the ground. "Buffy" he said as he knelt down beside her. Her eyes were closed as he rolled her over. He checked over her, she was alive and only a few scratches frequented her body.

Willow was now satisfied that the shield would hold up and she called to the group that was fighting. They gathered around Spike and Buffy. Bringer's bodies littered the ground along with dust from dusted vamps and Ubervamps.

"B?" Faith said as she knelt down beside the two. She looked at Spike. "Is she dead?" her eyes misted over. "No" Spike said "She has a strong pulse, she's-"

"Comatose" Willow finished.

"How?" Xander asked. "Dawn's still here, she isn't dead or kidnapped"

Willow shrugged. "It's not the key." A voice said from behind them.

All there heads turned to look at the voice that had spoken. A kinda short man in a brown leather coat was leaning against the doorframe. He spoke with an Irish accent.

"Who are you?" Kennedy asked him. Spike looked at the figure closer. "Hey I know you".

Willow turned to look at Spike. She raised an eyebrow. He picked up Buffy and layed her carefully on the couch. Faith sat near Buffy checking to see if she was ok. Spike walked over to the other figure.

"You work with Angel" Spike said to him.

"No he doesn't" Faith said. The group looked at her. "I was just there and believe me I would remember if he was there"

"Well" the figure said "I did work for him"

"What do you mean did?" Willow asked.

"I am technically dead" he said. The group all took a step away from him. Willow's mind automatically thought of the First. As if he knew what she was thinking he said "No I am not the First, I work for those great Powers That Be".

"The one's that choose the Slayer?" Spike asked. "Yes those ones, the ones that gave me my visions when I was alive, and the ones that give Cordy's hers now" he said

"Wait, what?" Xander said. The figure ignored him. "I'm Doyle" he said.

"Well Doyle, why are you here?" Willow asked him.

"Well I have been sent to help you and your Slayer" Doyle said. "The Powers have done this to her" he said without a wave of change in his voice. Spike immediately went to grab the figure. His hands went right through him.

"The Powers thought you would do that" he said with a laugh. "You can't touch me, I am here merely to be a guide to her champion"

"Her champion?" Xander asked. Doyle gave a slight nod to where Spike was now standing. "Oh No, you can't mean him!" he said.

"Yes, he is" Doyle said to him.

"What do I have to do?" Spike asked.

"You must go inside her mind, I was told that this has happened before to this group"

Willow nodded, "I went inside her 2 years ago"

"Well it is to be sort of like that, it is said that the witch is to be the anchor while the champion finds the story of the girl" Doyle said to them.

"The story?" Spike asked. Doyle nodded.

"What does that mean?" Giles said from the far corner.

"I'm just a messenger and guide, not the source of the knowledge" he said. He then looked over at Buffy "If you want to help her, I suggest we do it soon, You ready for this?" he looked at Willow and Spike. They nodded

"All right then lets get this show on the road".