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Summary: When Buffy jumped into the portal to save Dawn she was certain she would die, and she was okay with that because her sister would live. Dawn would be safe and have a chance at a normal life, for that Buffy would be willing to die a hundred times over. Death was her gift and she wasn't afraid. But she wasn't ready to wake up on Chulak were snake demons rule over everyone as gods. What is a slayer to do?
New World, New Life, Same Mission
The sky was black, not even the moon could be seen, the only light was from the burning fires and the flashes of lightning coming out of the portal. Buffy knew time was running out, if the portal was open that means they had cut Dawn and she was bleeding, possibly dieing. She had to end this now. Turning she she raised Olaf the Greats hammer and swung it at Glourificus the exiled hell goddess who was responsible for all of this. The power of the troll God olafs hammer combined with slayer strength once again through the hell goddess across the lot where she collapsed. Raising the hammer again Buffy made her way over to Glourificus intending to deliver another blow. Glourificus had just barely been able to pull her self up to a standing position when Buffy reached her. Bloodied and swaying she looked at Buffy, even now denial mixed with desperation and fear on her face.
"Please," she said looking at Buffy with a sort of disbelieving and pained voice, "stop."
Buffy looked at Glory for a moment and took in the broken look of the once powerful hell goddess, and she felt the beginnings of remorse. She looked so human then that it was hard not to relate. But that moment went as quickly as it had come as Glory's deeds came back to her. How she'd broken Tara's hand and stolen her sanity. The people she had killed, the lives she had destroyed. And now she was trying to take her sister from her. Buffy's lips twisted into a snarl as hatred filled her anew.
"You're a God. Make it stop." She said as she raised the hammer and swung it with all her strength. The impact sent Glory flying across the lot and into the concrete wall of a surrounding building and then down to the ground. This time she didn't get up but laid there wither her body jerking and irregular intervals. She eyed Buffy with fear as she advanced again wing no signs of mercy or forgiveness on her face. Buffy stood over Glory with her hammer raised ready to deliver another blow when she noticed her enemies body was beginning to shift. Pausing Buffy watched as Glory's body seem to grow and change shape. Her breast shrank until they disappeared, her hair seemed to be sucked into her head as it changed color and her legs and body were growing bigger and thicker until Glory wasn't there at all. Where Glory had been laying there was a male nurse from Sunydale hospital, Buffy recognized him as Ben. Glory s human host, and he was as injured and bloody as Glory had been looking at Buffy imploringly. Buffy felt her resolve crumble, he was human. An innocent forced into this because of Glory. She couldn't bring herself to kill him. She raised the hammer threateningly and said,
"If you or Glory ever come near my sister again I will kill you" Once she saw him nodding his agreement she dropped the hammer and turned towards the tower she knew held her sister. Before she had taken three steps she heard a dreadful sort of scream. Looking up at the sky she was shocked to see was looked like a demonic dragon flying away from the portal. She could only stare in horror for a moment. The portal had grown, and the sky now looked like it was cracked and crumbling. She could see other worlds between the cracks and demons where coming through them like the dragon had. She was to late, she had failed everyone. With her desperation growing she ran up the tower and it seemed like it took and eternity to reach Dawn. Grasping the ties that held her to the tower Buffy ripped them loose and then found herself with and arm full of Dawnie.
"I'm so sorry! I tried to stop it but I couldn't."
"It's alright Dawn, it's not your fault." Buffy said hugging her back. "lets get you out of here."
"We cant Buffy. I cant go I have to stop this. It's my fault."
Buffy looked at Dawn for a moment and then looked at the portal she knew what her sister meant. The only way to stop it would be for Dawn to jump into the portal but she knew that would kill her sister. She shook her head.
"No! Dawn there has to be another way. We'll find Willow and Giles and we will find another way to close this portal!"
"We can't Buffy!" Dawn cried desperately, "We both know that wont work. My blood started this portal. It starts when the blood starts to flow and it stops when the blood stops. I have to do this there is no other way!"
Buffy stared at Dawns raised bloody hands seemingly lost in thought her eyes distant as memories flooded her mind. "its always about the blood." "you see the truth is every slayer secretly wants to die" "Death is your gift." "Dawn isn't real, she was made from your blood Buffy." "Death is you gift" "In the end, when your the only one left, what are you fighting for?" "it stops when the blood stops."
"Death is my gift." Buffy whispered with a dawning realization. Looking at Dawn she said" It's all about the Blood! Your blood, your blood is mine, it was made from mine!"
"No!" Dawn gasped "Buffy you can't!"
Buffy grabbed Dawn into a hug and said, "It's okay Dawnie. I'm ready for this. I love you. Tell Giles its okay and that I understand now. Death is my gift. Tell him I wasn't afraid. Dawn, the hardest part of this world is living in it, don't ever stop fighting to live."
With that she let go of Dawn and ran to the edge of the tower platform and without stopping to look she jumped into the portal. Then her world exploded. Pain erupted out of every surface of her body, agony like nothing she had ever experienced. Her scenes seemed to bee heightened as they never where before. As her back bowed in pain she could feel the power of the portal raging against her skin seeming to be crushing her with pressure and trying to pull her apart in every direction at once. She could feel every muscle in her body tightening and pulling with strain, she could feel the blood flowing in her veins, she could even hear it the swish swish swish so loud in her ears it drowned out everything but he sound of her hearts beat. Thud thud Thud thud Thud thud her heart beat so fast and so loud it seamed almost as if it could beat itself right out of her chest. But none of this mattered because she could also feel that what she was trying to do was working. The walls that separated the different dimensions were being repaired. And then demons were being separated into there own worlds. Here friends and family would be safe. Her time in the portal seemed to stretch for an eternity, she thought it would never end when suddenly it did. She fell into the welcoming darkness of oblivion. As Buffy passed into unconsciousness the portal continued to fizzle out losing its power, the walls between the many worlds were cementing them selves but there were still little rivets in them that allowed the portal to push Buffy into a new world. After all that is what portals are for. Going from one world to another. As Buffy was thrown form the portal she landed on hot sand covered dune, the last remains of the portal dissolved into nothingness, like it was never there.
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