Author: Buffy 2
Summary: This is the sequel to Shocked and Surprised. It is an AU, set two years after Chosen. Buffy and Angel didn't kiss and she didn't use the cookie analogy.
Disclaimer: And again, Joss owns the characters, but I own the story.
Rating: R, until further notice.
A/N: As you read this story, you will notice that I have rewritten Chosen as a continuation of Shocked and Surprised. I hope you enjoy it and please R & R.
Sunnydale, May 2003 . . .
The night before the battle was one of anxiety for everyone, especially the Potentials, as the time grew closer for them to square off against the First Evil. Under Faith's leadership, they had lost a few of their soldiers (during her investigation of the sewers for the arsenal). But now that Buffy was back at the helm, they felt more confident about the parts they were playing in the fight.
Spike possessed the amulet that Angel had given to Buffy (for her Champion to wear during the battle.) When Buffy sent Angel on his way to set up the second front, she had him take Dawn and Brianna with him, to keep them safe from the impending violence. Spike was against sending his girls off with his grandsire, but Buffy convinced him that it would be the safest place for them to be.
"If anything bloody well happens to them..." he growled.
"It won't. They're in good hands and, just in case this thing gets past Sunnydale and we don't survive, Angel promised me that they would be taken care of."
"They bloody well better be."
"Now shut up and make love to me, Spike."
Having said that, Buffy and Spike spent the night redefining their love for each other.
The Next Morning...
It was an overcast day, just as the weather service predicted, so it was safe for Spike to be out in the daytime. Everyone gathered at the entrance of the school; then, Robin escorted the group inside.
"Welcome to Sunnydale High. There's no running in the halls, no yelling and no chewing gum. Aside from that, we have one rule."
He stopped and turned to the group.
"If they move, kill them."
Buffy began to move her warriors into position.
"Potentials - in the basement. Follow Faith and Spike."
The rest of them stood together before taking their places. Andrew pulled out a piece of paper and began to make a speech. Anya cut him off and pulled him in the direction of the science building. Robin showed Willow to his office where she would perform her spell; Kennedy then left her side to get things set up. Then Robin left to take his place in the lounge. Xander and Vi were stationed in the atrium. Before Buffy, Xander, Giles and Willow took their places, they stood together and chatted about what they were going to do the next day. When they all turned away from each other, Giles said, "The earth is definitely doomed."
The battle began with the Turok-han attacking. The amulet Spike was wearing radiated a beam of light that dusted the remaining Ubervamps and started the earthquake. Buffy stood by her husband's side as the cavern began to fall down around them. Faith yelled for everyone to get out of there and the surviving Slayers ran for the entrance.
"Buffy! Come on!" Faith shouted as she ran up the stairs.
"Gotta move lamb, you've beat them back. It's for me to do the cleanup."
"No! I love you. I'm not going to leave you here to die. Think of our little girl. She needs you in her life and so do I!"
"I love you and the mite too, baby. But I gotta to do this."
"No, you don't."
Buffy snatched the amulet from Spike's neck and threw it back into the cavern. She grabbed his hand and they ran through the school as it collapsed around them. Reaching the outside, they raced for the bus and got on with the others. Robin quickly drove the bus out of town and to safety. After getting quite a distance away, Robin stopped the bus and Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander and Andrew got off to look back at the crater that had once been Sunnydale. Smoke rose from it as they stood there in awe; then, the 'Welcome to Sunnydale' sign teetered and fell in.
"Did you see?" Xander asked Andrew.
"I was scared. I'm sorry," he replied.
"Did you see what happened?" Xander inquired. "Was she...?"
Andrew gazed at him with tears in his eyes and then answered.
"She was incredible. She died, saving my life."
"That's my girl. Always doing the stupid thing."
"I don't understand, what did this?" Giles asked.
"The amulet," Buffy replied.
After everyone was back on the bus, Xander helped Faith move Robin to one of the seats, to take care of his injuries. Giles drove the bus to L.A. and to the Hyperion, to seek help from Angel.
TBC