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The End:
"Buffy, come on!" Faith shouted at her while running up the crumbling staircase
"Gotta move, lamb. I think it's fair to say school is out for bloody summer" the amulet around spikes neck continues to radiate bright white light
"Spike!" Buffy runs to him
"I mean it!" He holds his hand out to stop her. "I gotta do this."
Buffy laces her fingers through Spike's, as they burst into flame together.
"I love you." She whispers her eyes teary
"No, you don't. But thanks for saying it." Another quake hits and their hands come apart. "Now go!" as Buffy runs up the stairs Spike's body starts to flame and he chuckles "I wanna see how it ends"
Buffy reaches the main floor of the school, the walls are crumbling apart and more Turok-Han start to emerge from the hellmouth.
Faith is standing at the entrance of the school waiting for Buffy and sees the Turok-Han. She starts towards Buffy.
"Faith no. Go. Keep them safe. I got this." Faith and Buffy lock eyes exchanging a knowing look and Faith runs to the bus. "GO!" Robin drives away as the earth shakes.
Buffy stays at the entrance fighting the Turok-Han off. The light from the basement surges up to them, the ground shakes and the building starts to cave in. Buffy sees the roof about to come down and she is enveloped into a white light which tears her from the destruction.
Buffy opens her eyes and looks around a white room. There is nothing. She walks around wondering where the hell she.
"Greetings Chosen One" a female voice rings out in the room
"Ok where are you?" she pauses "Better question. Where am I? Show yourself."
"My you are demanding." A woman appears before her in a Grecian white dress. "This is why you have survived so long."
Buffy snorts "Yeah in case you missed it, I have died twice. Or maybe three times depending on where this is?" Buffy stared at her losing patience.
"You are not dead exactly. We pulled you out before you could be killed."
"Who are we? Are you like god or something?"
"We are the powers that be. We try and help keep balance. You were robbed of your reward before and were forced to this fight. We saw no need for you to feel death again."
"So I am dead?" Buffy showed no joy or sorrow in that statement
"No you are being given a choice." Buffy eyed her cautiously "You being brought back altered the balance and gave great power to the other side. In this battle you have fixed that. You are being given the choice of your reward previously stolen from you or we have a mission that we would like you to pursue. In this mission you might be able to eventually find peace and happiness amongst the living."
"You mean back again?"
"No you would not go to your realm. This would be another dimension, another time where earth is no more." Buffy said nothing and the being just watched her deciding she should keep explaining. "Where we need you balance has been changed due to human interference. They have created new monsters and in turn activated a slayer line that was never meant to be activated there. The girl has been through much; she is quite lost and does not understand what is happening."
"So what you would just send me there and I would just figure it out as I go? Finding one girl in a whole universe?" The being seemed to think of her request and suddenly 'Whistler' appeared
"Hey Kid" He smiled at her "You did good." Buffy smiled at him, happy to see a familiar face even though she threatened to punch him last time. "I am thinking they sent me here to help set you up wherever they are sending you….if you agree."
"This is helping you out?" The being nodded, Whistler smirked because he knew where this was going. "Alright if I go I need a few things. First Spike and Anya get brought back to earth to continue their redemption. They both deserve a second chance. Second there has to be NO WAY I can be dragged out of their by my friends. If on the off chance I do find happiness I need to know the rug won't get pulled out from under me. Third a little more background on who and what, as well as money and ID for there. Lastly I need to tell my friends and say goodbye. They need to know."
"Done. Whistler will take you to see your friends and bring you back here to review what you need to know." Buffy smiled at her as Whistler grabbed her hand and they appeared at the ravine where the bus was sitting. Dawn saw her first.
"Buffy!?!" Dawn ran over and hugged her fiercely "Oh my god what happened? Are you ok? How did you get here? Who is that?"
"Dawnie, calm down and I will explain." Giles, Willow, Xander and Faith were looking on clearly upset that they thought I perished. Each walked closer still not believing I was alive again.
"I remember you…you were here when Angel was Angelous." Xander shouted pointing at him as if he was evil. Whistler just smirked.
"Listen, I don't have a lot of time."
"What?" came from Giles, Willow, Xander and Dawn. Faith remained silent.
"I am not supposed to be here anymore. Bringing me back is what started this mess. I came to say good-bye." I looked at them trying to memorize there faces. "I was given a choice, my reward or another mission. I took the mission. They need me elsewhere and I agreed to go."
"What?" "Where?" "For What?" they all cried in unison except Faith and Giles both remained silent now
"I cannot tell you everything. It's another dimension another time." I sternly looked to Xander and Willow "And you are NOT to try and bring me back. This is important and this was my choice. I need to do this." Dawn continued to cling to me.
"Buffy you can't leave me. What about me?" Dawn looked at me now sobbing.
"Dawn you are a grown woman now. You have Giles, Willow, Xander and Faith. You will all be ok." I looked at them and smiled. "I added to my little deal with the powers. Spike and Anya will be brought back so they can earn their redemption. I don't know where or when or how but if you see them it's really them." Xander let out a small sob happy to know Anya was given another chance. I pried myself from Dawn and walked over to Faith.
"You are the slayer now, this is yours." I handed her the Scythe I hadn't realized I had still been clinging to this whole time. Faith looked at me her eyes glassy and took the Scythe. "Watch over them. Rebuild the council the way we would have wanted it when we first started." I said to Faith but looked to Giles. Giles nodded to me, teary.
I gave each of them a hug, Dawn the last. Stepping away from them grabbing Whistler's hand we were gone.
End Part One
