Chapter/episode 21: Primeval. This is our big climatic episode! Must stop Adam. Oh, and everyone has to make up. All that fun stuff.

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Angel was at the mansion. He was not in a good place. He paced back and forth through the living room, muttering to himself. "Stupid!" he shouted suddenly. He picked up a book and threw it at the wall.

He sat down. He wasn't sure where this left him. Was it over between him and Buffy? Would she want to talk about it later, or would she just not want to see him again? What would he do if she left him? He couldn't stay in Sunnydale, he'd have to leave. He didn't want to, but how could he stay, how could he ever see her, if she was with someone else? It would be too painful. He'd probably go to L.A., maybe join with Doyle, Cordelia, and Wesley.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out the engagement ring he had bought for her. Would she ever wear it? He loved her, he wanted to marry her. He wasn't really angry, even though he had seemed angry before. But she was probably furious. And why shouldn't she be?

The phone rang, making him jump. Who would be calling him? He put the ring back in his pocket and got up to answer it. "Hello?"

"Angel, it's Buffy."

Angel brightened. "Buffy?"

"Angel, I know you're probably still angry, but just listen. I think I figured something out, something really important. I need you to meet me at the University; I'm calling the others as well. Get there as soon as possible."

"Of course." Angel said. "I'll be there."

"Good. Bye." She hung up.

Angel put the phone down. He made sure he was wearing the ring of Amarra, and then headed out. If Buffy needed him, he wasn't wasting a second.

He felt the small ring box in his pocket. He had a small bit of hope that he could still use it.

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Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, and Angel met up outside the school. It was incredibly awkward. "So, uh," Xander began, breaking the silence, "What is this about, Buffy?"

"Willow," Buffy said, "Whose was it that told you that Xander and I were talking about your magic just being a phase?"

Willow blushed. "Well…Spike." She admitted.

"And Xander," Buffy continued, "Who told you that Willow and I said you should join the army?"

"Spike." Xander said, understanding started to show on his face.

Angel suddenly figured it out. Of course, Spike. "And it was Spike who told me all that stuff about you!" he cried angrily.

"Exactly." Buffy said.

"Spike turned us against each other." Giles said. "Why?"

"I think he's working with Adam." Buffy said.

"Of course he is." Angel said. "He's Spike, what else would he be doing?"

"I think I know what he's up to." Buffy said. She told them.

"Does anyone else miss the mayor?" Xander asked. "'I just want to be a big snake.'"

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Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, and Angel were at Giles's apartment, looking through books. "There has to be something that can help us." Angel said, putting another book down.

"I'm not sure what to look for." Giles admitted, cleaning his glasses.

Buffy put her arm around Angel. "We'll figure it out, baby." She said soothingly. Angel couldn't help but smile a little when she called him baby. He hadn't lost her after all.

"What we need," Xander said, "Is Buffy's strength, Willow's magic, Giles's smarts, Deadboy's viciousness ("Hey!" Angel cried indignantly), and my…moral…support."

"Xander…" Giles said slowly.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, you haven't said anything useful Xander."
Xander sighed.

"Actually you have." Giles said. Everybody looked up.

"Really?" Xander cried. "What did I say?"

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Buffy, Willow, Xander, Angel, and Giles were climbing down the elevator shaft. Buffy and Willow were the furthest down, and they were talking quietly. Angel, Xander, and Giles were shortly behind. "Are we sure this is going to work?" Angel asked Giles.

"It all we have." Giles replied. "I know it's risky, but desperate times call for desperate measures."

Angel nodded. Xander asked, "Do we have a backup plan?"

Angel thought about it. "Um…massive violence probably followed by painful death?"

Xander gave him a look. "You make it sound so tempting."

"Well, sorry I can't make the apocalypse more enjoyable! It's not like I'm enjoying this!"

"You could've fooled me."

"You think I find this fun?" Angel cried. "Are you actually as stupid as you look?"

"Hey!"

"Why would I like this? How could I enjoy something that puts her in so much danger?"

"Who are you…oh." He glanced down at Buffy. When he looked at Angel again, he was watching Buffy as she talked to Willow. "You really do love her, don't you?"

"You're just now figuring that out?"

Xander laughed a little. "No, I guess I already knew that." After a moment, he added, "She loves you too, you know. A lot."

Angel smiled.

When Angel and Xander got to the bottom, Buffy and Willow were already down there. They were hugging. "Xander!" Buffy cried. They pulled him into the hug.

"You know we love you, right?" Willow said.

"Oh god," Xander said, "We're gonna die, aren't we?"

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Once they were all out of the elevator shaft, Buffy led the way down the hall. "We just have to find Adam," she said "Then we can-"

She was cut off as they opened a door and found a large group of armed soldiers, all pointing their guns at them. "Damn." Angel said.

"Damn." Buffy agreed.

They were taken to a control room, where they found the colonel. "What do you civilians think you're doing?" he asked furiously.

"Please, sir." Buffy said. "It's about Adam. We want to stop him."

"What could a little girl like you possibly know about that?" the Colonel snarled.

This statement pissed Angel off. "Now look here," he began, but Buffy cut him off.

"I think I know more than you do." She said.

"I think you're sneaking in here with weapons." He grabbed Giles's bag. "Just look at this…" he trailed off as he pulled something out of the bag.

"It's a gord." Willow said brightly.

"A magic gord." Giles added.

"Who are you people?" the Colonel demanded.

"Fine. If you know so much about Adam, how do you plan to kill him?" Buffy asked.

"Shoot him with several simultaneous taser blasts." The Colonel said smugly.

"That's going to make him stronger. It's like food to him." Angel said.

"I've seen it happen." Buffy added.

"How are you going to destroy Adam's power core?" Giles asked. It was clear the Colonel had no idea what they were talking about.

Suddenly one of the soldiers said, "Sir, we just lost control of the power." There was a crash outside.

"He's here." Buffy said.

"He can't be! All the rooms are secure and monitored."

"Even the secret room?" Willow asked.

"What secret room?"

"We're doomed." Angel said.

"Make sure the civilians stay here." The Colonel told the soldier that remained to guard. All of the soldiers except for one left. Buffy knocked the last one unconscious.

"Willow, the computer." She said.

"On it." Willow replied, sitting at the computer.

"We have to find a place to do the spell where we won't be disturbed." Giles said.

"That's going to be hard." Xander said, peeking outside. "There's a war going on out there. The demons were released from their cells."

"The Trojan Horse." Angel said, looking at Buffy. "Adam filled the cells-"

"-and then set them free." Buffy finished. She looked at Willow. "Can you find Adam?"

"Yeah, yeah I know where he is." Willow said.

"Can we get there?"

"Yeah."

"Let's go."

They ran out into the battle, fighting off demons as they went. They were almost to the door when they were surrounded by demons. Angel looked around. "Ok, I'll take the thirty on the right, you take the thirty on the left." He said, when something attacked the demons. It was Spike.

"Go, go!" Spike yelled. They all ran for the door. Angel stopped.

"Spike, can you guard the door so the demons don't get in? We're doing a spell and its tricky magic."

"No problem. Go!" Spike said. Angel ran inside after the others.

"Ok," Buffy said. "I'm going in. You guys start the spell. How long before it works?"

"Um…ten minutes?" Giles said.

"I can do that." Buffy started off, but Angel grabbed her arm.

"Be careful." He said. She gave him a small smile.

"Always." She gave him a kiss and ran off.

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Buffy was fighting Adam, and she was losing. "Come on, guys." She muttered and she jumped the computer so she didn't get blown to smithereens.

Suddenly a very weird feeling ran through her and she gasped. She could feel the other essences join her. Once they were together, she felt powerful, more so than ever.

"Wow. Can you feel power pulsing through you?" Willow's voice rang through her head.

"It's amazing." Angel agreed.

They stood up, and all five of them saw through Buffy's eyes. Adam shot a bullet at them. "Willow." Angel thought.

"I got it." Willow replied, and Buffy felt herself raise her hand and the bullet turned into birds.

The fight began, and it was like nothing any of them had ever felt. They quickly had Adam cornered, and then they spoke, and it was like all of their voices at once. "You will never understand the source of our power." They said.

"Ready?" Giles's voice said in their minds.

"Now!" Willow cried, and together they broke through Adam's skin and pulled his power core right out of him.

"But here's yours right here." They said. Adam fell to the ground.

"Burn it." Xander said, and they did. As soon as it was gone, the spell broke, and back in the other room Angel, Willow, Xander, and Giles all opened their eyes with a start.

"We did it." Willow said after a moment.

"That was awesome." Xander gasped.

A minute later Buffy came back followed by Riley. Buffy ran straight into Angel's arms.

Spike suddenly burst inside and slammed the door behind him. "Angel," he said. "I fought them off for as long as I could but-"

"It's ok, we're done." Angel said. "Adam's dead. Now we just have to get out."

"Easier said than done." Spike replied. "We'll have to fight them all off."

"We can take them." Buffy said confidently.

"Well let's do it then!" Spike cried.

"Are you just helping to make up for the fact that this is all your fault?" Angel asked.

"That depends. Is it working?"

"Let's just go." Buffy said. They opened the door and ran out into the battle.

They did eventually get out. They kept running until they were pretty far from the entrance. Then they slowed down to a walk. "We really did it." Buffy said, walking next to Angel.

He wrapped his arm around her and whispered so only she could hear, "You still my girl?"

Buffy smiled. "Always." She whispered back. Angel pulled her into a kiss.

Ok! Phew, that's over. Just one chapter left, people. Restless. One of my favorites. Please review!