1Chapter 6
As soon as they walked into the hospital Buffy was taken up to surgery leaving the gang to sit and wait. "Do you think she was trying to go back?" Dawn asked Giles softly. "I don't know luv. We won't know anything until we talk to her." Giles said pulling Dawn into his arms. "That's if we'll be able to talk to her." Dawn snapped bitterly afraid that she was going to lose her sister who she had just gotten back. "We will be able to talk to her Dawnie don't think like that." Giles reprimanded softly. "I'm sorry I can't help it." Dawn cried softly and Giles just held her and watched the other scoobies. Willow was looking horrible but he couldn't worry about her know. The love of his life might not survive the night and he just got her back.
Two hours later a doctor came out wearing scrubs. "Are you with Ms. Summers?" The doctor questioned and Giles stood. "Yes how is she?" Giles asked the doctor and the doctor sighed. "There was a lot of damage done. Three broken ribs on one side and four on the other, a punctured lung and some internal bleeding. Her right knee cap was completely shattered and her right leg was broken in two other places. She also has a concussion that may or may not cause memory loss. That's a wait and see until she wakes up which is also a touchy situation because the longer she's out the worse off she is." The doctor paused letting it all sink in. "Oh dear lord." Giles muttered cleaning his glasses.
"However there is at least a little good news." The doctor said getting everyone's attention. "And what's that?" Dawn asked softly. "The child is ok and very healthy." The doctor said and everyone just stared at him as if he had grown three heads. "Child?" Anya questioned. "Well yes she's about three months along." The doctor said with a frown. "And you said that the baby is ok." Dawn asked again. The doctor just nodded. "Wow." Xander muttered. "Can we see her?" Dawn asked and the doctor nodded. "They should be moving her to her own room soon and as soon as she's settled in a nurse will come and get you." The doctor finished. "Thank you doctor." Giles said almost absently as the doctor walked away.
"How is that possible?" Xander asked as the scoobies formed a circle after the doctor left. "She was dead three months ago." Xander questioned looking at Giles and Willow for the answers. Dawn looked around the circle nervously wonder if Buffy knew that she was still pregnant. Dawn slowly backed away from the circle hoping that no one would notice but she wasn't that lucky. "Dawn?" Giles questioned and Dawn looked panicked but was saved by a nurse coming to let them know that they could go and see Buffy. Buffy's pregnancy momentarily forgotten and Dawn out of the line of fire for the moment they all made their way up to Buffy's room.