Chapter Eleven – Final Battle

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Buffy was in the Bronze with Willow and Xander. For weeks she had not heard from Angelus, yet she felt a presence watching her from the dark. He kept his promise to protect her from the shadows. But there was something else in her mind. The prom at school was coming, and even if she'd loved something like that, it did not seem so nice right now.

"And the prom?" Willow asked. "Anyone in mind?"

Buffy received some invitations and declined them all.

"I will not. Why bother with dancing if I have to keep the world safe?"

"It's not a good way to approach adolescence."

"Look like a disease. Vampire slayer syndrome."'

While friends were having fun, Giles was in the library doing his job as a guardian. He studied about the old mythology about the slayers, aware of Buffy's dreams. This meant that she would face the Master sooner or later. He had a book in Latin at hand.

"The Master is going to go up." He read aloud. "And the slayer ... will fall ..."

Giles set the book aside, knowing what it all meant, and his heart broke. Would he lose two slayers in such a short time? But then the room began to shake. Giles stood, looking around as things shook.

In Bronze people also felt the tremor. Buffy gathered friends as the place shook. Angelus was out, and at the same time he wanted to check Buffy, he knew it was not a simple earthquake. Giles saw the crack, dividing the library into two parts. The tremor stopped and everyone looked around.

The library door opened and Giles saw Buffy, Xander, and Willow. He knew the teenagers had questions. He, however, had no answers.

"What's going on?" Xander asked.

"An earthquake." It was Willow. "You mean, it should not be any earthquake, since it's Sunnydale ..."

"Oh, yes, earthquake." Giles looked at Buffy. "You should go home."

"But Giles, I-"

"It's not the time, Buffy." He did not want to tell her about the fate. Maybe they could avoid him. "We'll talk better some other time."

The weekend arrived. Buffy was in the locker room, changing her clothes after her training session. Giles was nervous and agitated, and she knew he had something, but the watcher refused to speak.

Buffy opened the tap, and blood gushed. Then she heard a voice in her head. "If you fight me, you will die." She ran to the library, but then she heard Giles's voice and another familiar voice. She looked inside and saw Angelus holding a book.

"Everything is happening, it's scheduled. There is no way to change."

"You read wrong, then." Angelelus fired.

"Latin is like a second language to me, just in case you ... All signs point to that."

"We can stop it. You would not have called me here if you did not believe we could stop you."

"Some prophecies can be changed, however, this is solid. This is the Codex and everything in it has happened."

Angelus looked at him.

"I don't believe it." He meant it. "You read that wrong."

"I wish it were so simple. However, tomorrow night Buffy will face the Master and will die."

Giles simply said. Buffy walked into the room. She smiled and started to laugh and walked away. Angelus ran to her, as did Giles.

"Is that it? All of this is very deep. I'm going to die and be replaced." She looked at Giles. "Did you know that?"

"I just found out."

"Great! The Master kills me, he opens the Mouth of Hell and the world ends. How do I die? It hurts?"

"Buffy ..." He had no idea what to say.

Buffy just picked up a book and tossed it at the watcher. She simply acted as anger overwhelmed her. Then she picked up a book and shot it. Angelus took her in his arms and pressed her against him. Buffy started to cry.

That night, Buffy was looking at an old photo album. She had a great childhood, and a good life until then. She was lost in thought as she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to find her mother.

"What are you doing?"

"Memories." Joyce agreed. "Thank you for everything, Mum. I love you."

"I love you too, my dear."

The night of the prom was there. Angelus did not know how the night would end, but he knew he would be at Buffy's side. He wore a black tuxedo, and even if he did not see himself in the mirror, he hoped it was all right.

Buffy was in a white dress. Although it was not her best choice of evening clothes, at least she thought of leaving the world with a little style. He walked to the library for a farewell to his watcher. When she got there, she heard him saying he would face the Master for her.

"No, you will not." She said. "If the hellmouth opens, we'll need a second battlefront."

Buffy gave the orders, and shortly afterwards the computer teacher entered the library.

"Where is the hellmouth" She asked, and they did not know.

Buffy grabbed her bow and arrow and looked at Giles.

"Thank you for everything."

"It was an honor, Buffy. You're an incredible girl."

She just nodded.

Buffy walked through the sewers and the vampires around did not attack. They just snarled and she knew she was in the right place. She hurried to find him. If this was her destiny, it would give at least a good fight for the Master.

She had her bow and arrow and found the place. It was empty, though. She looked around knowing the Master was there.

"The slayer."

"Get out so I can present myself properly."

The Master laughed and stepped out of the shadows.

"You're so young and innocent." She raised her bow. "You don't know it's not going to do anything."

"No." Buffy shrugged and fired an arrow. "But it's a start."

Buffy jumped back and the Master went over her. Buffy jumped and turned and the Master was gone.

Giles, Willow, Xander and Jenny Calendar were at school. They decided together that the hellmouth should stay in the Bronze. Willow and Jenny went to the Bronze to warn. However, they stopped on the way as they saw a line of vampires. They ran, but there was no way to get past the vampires until a car came racing over the vampires.

"Come in!" Cordelia cried out. Jenny and Willow ran and got into the car.

"We have to get to the library."

In the library, Giles built a barricade when he heard the three women screaming and running toward him. He put them in, but that meant the Master was on the rise.

Buffy reached for the Master in the sewers ready to fire, but he came over her and threw her to the ground. She kicked him and started to run, but something paralyzed her as she looked at him. the Master lifted Buffy by the throat.

"Prophecies are difficult to read, but then if you stayed away, I could not climb. You are solely responsible."

The master bowed and bit her. Buffy screamed in pain as the vampire drank from her. He stopped and threw her body into the water. Only the slayer's blood was strong enough to get him out. But then he felt something on his back and he came around and pulled an ax and turned. The Master smiled, seeing Angelus there.

"Were you going to be my right arm and lost everything because of her? Pathetic considering the slayer is dead."

The Master jumped and grabbed her neck. Angelus jumped up and kicked him. He could be the Master, but he had not fought for centuries. Angelus, on the contrary, fought all the time. The Master took one of the stakes that fell from Buffy, ready to stake his favorite vampire. But Angelus rolled over and the Master was gone. He just saw Buffy fall.

He pulled her out of the water and curled it against him. This was not how it should end. He would not let Buffy die. Then he pulled away, and could break a few ribs, but that was all he had left. Angelus pushed her chest down. Buffy coughed as the water came out of her lungs.

In the library, Giles and the gang were on the second floor when the mouth of hell began to open. A three-headed creature rose from the ground.

"My God!

"Run." Giles ordered and realized Buffy must be dead. His heart ached with this information.

Buffy walked down the street with Angelus following her. She should feel weak after being drained, yet she felt stronger than ever. They were soon at school and could hear. They ran.

"Help others." Buffy ordered as she and Angelus parted.

Angelus nodded and ran to the library while Buffy headed for the top of the school. On the roof, the Master raised his hands smiling, but then he felt something and looked back.

"Impossible!" He was in shock and Buffy jumped in the air and kicked him.

Buffy then grabbed the Master's hand. She was alive and stronger now. Buffy kicked him again. The Master growled at Buffy and she leaned into him.

"Your mouth is so ugly." She commented and while the vamp looked confused, Buffy punched him hard.

Buffy grabbed him and threw him against the glass. In the library, as they struggled with the monster, the Master fell under a sharp wood. The monster screamed as it was taken into hellmouth.

Angelus smiled, seeing that the master vampire was just ashes now. Everyone gathered looking up to see Buffy there.

"How is it possible?"

"I said you read it wrong."

"Cool, we've destroyed the place." Xander commented as Cordelia took a few steps.

"What the hell is going on?" She shouted. "Who were they?"

Giles walked over to her.

"What do you know about vampires?" he started. It would be a long explanation.

"We did that. And now?"

"We could go to the prom." Everyone was in tatters and Angelus and Buffy smelled of sewage. "Or maybe not ..."

"We save the world and we should celebrate." It was Xander. He held out his arm to Willow. "Would you like to accompany me?"

"Of course."

They got out. Angelus was alone looking at the bones of his former master when Buffy entered. He grabbed her arm and began to move with her. It was a good way to end the night.

"You stink."

Buffy laughed at him.

"You too."

"I know how we can solve it. I have the key to a hotel room."

"I'm not going anywhere with any man."

"I'm not any man." He lifted her face to look at her. "And you know."

"I know, and you're a vampire, and I'm the slayer. It would not work."

He took her in a kiss, before taking her hand and pulling her to the exit.

"We just save the world and we have the right to celebrate."

"I have saved the world ..."

"Then let me repay you ..."

Buffy held his hand tightly and ran to the exit. At least that night, it could work ...

The end?...

This is the end. I did not create an ending making it clear if Angelus and Buffy would be together forever, because I'm more of a type to create a "happy during", and, at least in this during happy, they are together.

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