THE BIG BANG (1.01.14)
Buffy bursts into the Hyperion, shouting directions, "I need to know everything there is to know on this Autum. She also goes by Hope and Ayant. What?"
"Buffy, why is this such a big deal? Vamps haven't been a problem in ages. Why don't you just make with the staking action?" Willow tries to get Buffy to listen.
"Just do it."
Buffy walks into her room, Voice is sitting on her bed. "Oh, good. Because I haven't had enough demons to fill my day."
"If you want to get rid of that bitch, I'll help you."
"Personal vendetta no less. Peachy."
"Sarcasm doesn't become you, child. I'm here to make you a deal. We both want her gone, and I know more about her than you ever will."
"Not interested."
"She'll kill you… and she'll have no problem doing it."
"I'll kill her first."
"And you'll die AGAIN!"
"Get out before I kill you."
"You can't fight her. She knows you too well."
"She's a vampire, they always think they 'know' me."
"Have they ever been wrong?" He disappears.
"What did you find?" Buffy asks, checking up.
"A lot, and none good." Willow informs her.
"Where's Spike?"
"Tailing Moon again, why?"
"Did you know there was someone in my room?"
"What?! Buffy, are you…"
"I'm fine… he said I can't face her… that she knows me to well."
"Actually, he said I'd kill you if you faced me." Autum's standing in the lobby, "Hello, pet."
"Autum." Angel growls.
"Poor little lamb… I'm sorry, but she needs to know."
"Where's Spike?" Buffy asks her weakly.
"In his room, sulking."
"Ah! He said he was going to go." Angel mutters.
"I can call him if you'd like."
"What's with the formalities?" Buffy asks.
Autum strides over to Xander and Willow, "Do you think I'm being too formal? Hmm?"
"Get away from them."
Xander turns and looks behind him, "Who yah talking to? No one's there."
"Listen to what they have to say… lamb, Slayer, kitten."
"What the hell?" Spike wonders.
"Shhh," she points at Willow and Xander, "the humans make a fuss!"
"Not that bit again!" Spike bellows at her. She raises an eyebrow, grins, and brings a finger to her lips.
"Not a word, William."
Willow continues to spout her info, "Well, not much useful, she's just extremely evil."
"A regular Queen of the Damned." Xander tells her… not joking. Autum snakes her arms around Xander's neck, and starts to strangle him.
"Xander!"
"Get away from him, bitch!" Buffy screams at the vamp. She throws a spell at her. Autum raises a hand, holding it back.
"If that's the way you want to play, fine. We'll do it your way. Sorry, kitten." There's a flash, and Buffy's on her back.
They all rush to Buffy, except Spike, who goes back upstairs. Buffy gets up and runs after him. "Spike? Wait! Spike! Damn it!"
Spike turns into a hallway, Buffy still following him, "William!" Spike keeps walking, and goes into a room.
"He can't hear us. That's not the way it works, Slayer." Autum's standing right by Buffy.
"How does it work?" Autum jerks her head, and Buffy follows her to the balcony. Autum nods and points. Buffy sees herself laying on the ground.
"We have a few things to talk about, pet."
"Like what?"
"You prefer play-by-play, right? Follow me."
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, you'll live like this forever."
Buffy goes into a pitch-black room. "Where are we?"
"Your brain. Here we're to fight it."
"Fight what?"
"Take a look." She walks away, "Come."
"Excuse me?"
"This way." Buffy follows the voice. She sees a light.
"This is my favorite, I think." An image is projected, memories and dreams.
Spike's burning, Buffy pulls him out to safety.
"Why are you?"
"Shhh. Next one."
"But I wanted to tell you that I did save you. Not when it counted, of course. But every night after that. Lots of different ways." Spike tells her, after she returns from the dead. But something changes… as if the memory's altered. "And now you know what it's like, don't you, Slayer? You'll never get over it, you'll live here forever."
"Again… look."
Doctors are gathering around someone, doing surgery. One of them goes over to a man who you can't see. "I'm sorry, but we're going t o lose her if she doesn't wake-up soon." The man nods and turns around.
"Giles." Buffy whispers. Tears run down her face silently.
He's talking to someone she can't see. "Call Angel. Tell him… she won't make it."
"And if she does?" Buffy hears Dawn's voice say.
"Dawn? Dawnie?"
Willow is fighting not to cry, "So, that's it? She's too far gone?"
"Even if she survives this… she'll die in the coma later." The doctor tells her and Xander.
"So she'll never wake up?" Xander asks him.
"But she has to.. I never got to say sorry… Xander, what if she doesn't know I'm sorry. I can't… she won't." Willow breaks down.
"No, this isn't happening."
"Don't you remember? You were thinking of him. That it was all going great. And now you're dying. And they are letting you."
"No." She starts crying again.
"It's up to you, Miss Summers." The doctor tells Dawn.
"Pull it. I cant' see her suffer, not again."
Buffy goes hysterical, "No, Dawnie, no, no! Dawnie, I'm here. I'm here! Don't go! Don't leave! DAWNIE! DON"T!" The room goes black again.
"Oh, poor little dear. Nobody loves her. What's wrong, Slayer? Did you forget? You wanted this. To live in your dreams forever. Sorry, pet, sometimes dreams are nightmares. And sometimes, Slayer… they're true…