Thanks for everything!...Be pre-warned that you may need tissues!There might be one more chapter after this but I'm kina feeling a sequel. This fic was only suppose to be 20 chaps and now we're on 52...

Disclaimers on everything but this is how I wished the show would have ended.


"Who is that", Groo asked as Xander went up stairs.

"He's an old friend...what r u doing here", she asked him.

"I came to see u...I wanted your forgiveness."

Cordy scoffed. You put all our lives in jeopardy. How can I trust u again, she cried.

"I love you princess", he told her.

Cordy felt her heart break. "I never thought I'd say this but I don't love you...I've realized that I'm in love with someone else..."

Xander held his breath near the stairway. He thought for sure they were going to kiss and make up but he was glad to see that he was wrong. He was super happy that maybe he still had a chance to get his Delia back.

"What are you saying princess", asked Groo.

"I will never again keep u from Chris but I cant just stay with you because of Chris...a couple years ago you were actually what I was looking for...but now I know what I need."


Buffy turned to listen to Angel as he hummed in the shower. She then turned her head to the window. Giles was outside. She had heard rumors of what transpired between Giles and her husband. She needed to get to the bottom of this. With a sigh she closed her eyes and left the room. She was outside on the patio sooner than she anticipated. She silently observed the man she viewed as a father.

"I remember when I first met you…you were nothing like I expected", he told her still staring into the darkness.

Buffy opened her mouth amazed. "I'm not even going to ask", she stated holding back a laugh. She swore she was being quiet. Buffy rolled her eyes. "Ok, I'm totally going to ask…how did you know I was here", the slayer blurted out.

Giles shrugged. "I was hoping we could talk….preferably before the end of the world but I knew when you was ready you'd come".

Buffy moved closer to him to also stare into the darkness. "I'm not ready for anything but that seems to be little importance to everyone else", was her reply.

"I'm sorry I doubted you…I was just worried. I came here to train a slayer and later bury her. I didn't expect to feel this", he paused trying to find the words.

"Resentment…disappointment", Buffy supplied.

"Love….you're the closet thing I've had to a child", he confessed.

Buffy embraced him and he winced in pain as he held her back. "Nope…no substitute….I'm the real thing", she gushed.

They stayed silent for a while until he spoke up again. "About Angel", he began.

"Please don't ruin the moment…I know you guys hate each other".

Giles chuckled. "All he did last night was punch me", he confessed.

Buffy turned to look at her watcher doubtful. The man has been limping all day and he had a big gash on his face.

"He figured I tortured myself enough…when I recovered enough to go check on Faith and then I went in search of a nest. Wesley and Gunn found me there a little less for wear."

Buffy once more turned her gaze to the darkness. "why are you lying for him…it doesn't matter what Angel do…at the end of the day I love him…I'm sorry but I'm not sorry for that. I'm a big girl now,, you don't have to lie to me".

Angel stepped outside with his hands in his pockets. "He's not lying Buffy. I wanted to but I couldn't", he confessed.

Buffy looked at her husband. "Why", she whispered.

"The same reason I made sure dawn was on the other half of the world when you fought Glory. When are going to realize I don't ever want to do anything that would jeopardize us", he told her.

Buffy threw herself in his arms missing the shared look between her husband and father. Last night Angel had told the man that he needed him to watch out for his family in case he didn't make it. He also told Giles about the amulet. Last night was the only way to talk to Giles alone without Buffy growing suspicious. She had enough things to worry about. Finding out that he was about to make her a widow was something that could wait until it came.


Angel looked up from Buffy's hair as soon as he smelt her. He let go of Buffy and marched into the house. Buffy followed and gasped when she seen her sister there laughing with the potentials.

"Dawn", Buffy growled.

Dawn looked up from her sit and then walked to her sister. "Surprise", she stated.

Buffy was reeling. "What are you doing here", she asked.

"Dawn I swear….hey", she shouted as her sister kicked her. She looked at Angel who held his hands up. "I've learned my lesson of getting in between you two…I'm a call Cordy and tell her you're here".

"No", Dawn yelled after Angel.

"Why not…I don't want her worried."

"I…uh…well her and um…they're busy…as in behind closed doors busy", dawn finished lamely.

Anya heart stopped. "That whore…Xander's mine. Nobody but me can have sex with Xander", she cried.

Dawn felt bad. "No….um…Groo was there…he wanted to make things better with Cordy".

"Oh so they're having sex", Anya asked.

Dawn nodded frantically.


"This feels weird", Xander told Cordy looking down at her. He didn't really expect them to just fall into bed but he wasn't complaining. She had sent Groo packing and the next thing he knew she blindsided him. The two went to her room and one thing led to another.

Cordy turned to face him. She narrowed her eyes. "Weird how Harris", she demanded pulling away from him to protect herself from further embarrassment.

"Oh come on Delia…not you although I never thought we'd be here again. I mean you have a kid now and me… well it's complicated", he rambled.

Cord scoffed. "Things better get a whole less complex if you expect this to continue", she spat.

"I love you Cordy", he blurted out.

"I mean it Har….wait you love me", she asked. Her entire stance softening at the thought.

"Yea…I mean I lusted after you in High school but I love this new you", he stated pulling her closer and kissing her neck.

"There was nothing wrong with the old me", she told him quickly becoming distracted.

"No…but don't you find it weird to be here…happy when we could lose everyone we love at any minute", he asked her.

Cordy had to agree. She wanted to be at Angel's side but in a way she was. He gave her a job to do. She glanced at the baby monitor and turned back to Harris. "Not everyone", she told him in earnest and began to kiss him again.


Later that night, Buffy was curled up in Angel's arms when something told her to wake up. She really didn't want to move but something told her she had too. She got out of bed slowly and tucked Angel in only to find the First staring at her dressed up as Caleb.

She jumped a bit but quickly recovered. "You're not him."

"No, you killed him right and proper. Terrible loss. This man was my good right arm. 'Course, it doesn't pain me too much. Don't need an arm. Got an army", the First bragged.

"An army of vampires. However will I fight a bunch of - oh right, I've been doing that for years", Buffy bit out unconcerned now that she knew with a lot of elbow grease those vamps also turned to dust.

"Every day our numbers swell. But then, you do have an army of your
own. Some thirty-odd pimply-faced girls don't know the pointy end of a stake, maybe I should call this off", it taunted.

"Have you ever considered a cool name? Since you're incorporeal and basically powerless you could call yourself "The Taunter." Strikes fear", the slayer mocked wanting to climb back into bed.

"I will overrun this earth", it vowed.

Buffy was bored now. "You know how many people have said that to me", she asked.

"I do, since they all had a small part of me in them. Whereas I have all of me in me, so I like my chances somewhat better. And when my army outnumbers the humans on this earth the scales will tip and I will be made flesh", it stated. The first could feel it in its being. The time was near.

"Talk on. I'm not afraid of you", Buffy told her.

"Then why aren't you asleep in your dead lover's arms", it bit out.

Buffy looked at her husband and said nothing.

"'Cause he can't help you. Nor Faith, nor your friends... certainly not your little wanna-slay-brigade. None of those girlies will ever know real power unless you're dead. You know the drill", it said morphing into the slayer herself. "Into every generation, a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world. She alone will have the strength and skill to fight the... well there's that word again. What you are. How you'll die. Alone."

Buffy turned to look at Angel knowing that with him she was never alone. She turned her attention back to the First and stayed silent.

This angered the First. "Where's your snappy comeback", it hissed.

"You're right", she whispered.

"Mmm. Not your best."

"You are not getting the car keys", Angel growled. Buffy looked at him perplexed. He then shook off the dream and looked for his mated. She was just staring at nothing. He stood uncaring of his nudeness and went to her. He wrapped his arms around her. "Beloved…is everything okay", he asked.

She didn't answer for a long time. She waited to the First was gone before turning to him and putting her arms around his neck. "No. Yes. I just realized something. Something that really never occurred to me before" she stated running her fingers through his hair.

Angel started to purr. "What's that", he asked stopping to look at her expecting the craziest thing to come out of his beloved's mouth. 'Never a dull moment with her', he thought.

"We're gonna win", she told him rising to kiss him.

He pulled back with a laugh. "I could have told you that", he stated leaning down to kiss her again. He picked her up and carried her back to bed. "You always seem to pull out the impossible in the last possible second", he told her.


Buffy had gathered both teams for a big breakfast 'pow wow' speech before the kids awoke. Angel was right by her side squeezing her hand underneath the table for comfort. She had just told them what she planned on doing and they were in awe. He already knew the plan as she discussed it with him after their 'special' time. So while everybody choked on their food, he swallowed his breakfast and awaited their comments. His girl was going to need everybody at this table on board.

"Can she do that", Fred asked Gunn.

He looked at the warrior Barbie doll. "Haven't doubted her yet", was his reply. He was all for a whole bunch of girls kicking evil ass.

"You don't think it's a good idea", Buffy asked the silent party.

"It's pretty radical, B", Faith stated. She was impressed but she knew Buffy wasn't going to like it after the big fight.

"It's a lot more than that. Buffy what you're talking about flies in the face of everything we've ever -that every generation has ever done in the fight against evil", he told her breaking into a smile. "I think its bloody brilliant", he praised.

"Quite stellar", Wesley stated.

Buffy had a goofy smile forming on her lips. "You mean that", she asked. She then turned to Angel and told him that they loved it without voicing it. He squeezed her hand and smirked as if to say, 'I told you so'.

Not to say that Will wasn't on board because she was but she was nervous. This was a really big magical spell she had to perform. She didn't think she was ready and she told them her fears.

"I wouldn't ask if I didn't think you could do it", the slayer stated. She was a long way in calling the witch her friend again but she did think that Will was the only person to pull this off.


A couple of hours later Buffy stood addressing the girls. Angel was by her side. They weren't touching but he was there if she needed it. They were in the great hall or what used to be the training room. Everybody was spaced apart staring at Buffy as she stood strong and radiated with power.

"I hate this", she told them using her course in pschye101 to relate to them. " I hate being here. I hate that you have to be here. I hate that there's evil, that it's growing, and I hate that I was chosen to fight it. I wish a whole lot of the time that I hadn't been." She smiled a sad smile. "I know a lot of you wish I hadn't been either", the slayer stated.

Kennedy and Vi smiled a bit while the others look embarrassed.

"But this isn't about wishes. This is about choices. I never had one. I was chosen. And I accept that. I'm not asking you to accept anything. I'm asking you to make your own choice. I believe we can beat this evil - not when it comes, not after its army is ready, but now. Tomorrow morning I'm opening the Seal. I'm going down into the Hellmouth and I'm going to finish it once and for all", she informed them. She reached out for Angel's hand and he easily took it.

"I've got strong allies: warriors, charms, sorcerers, and I'll need them all. But I'll also need you. Every single one of you. So now you're asking yourself, "What makes this different? What makes us anything more than a bunch of girls getting picked off one by one?" It's true none of you has the power Faith and I have. I think both of us would have to die for a new Slayer to be
called, and we can't even be sure that girl is in this room. That's the rule. So here's the part where you make a choice", she told them.


Both teams spent the night preparing for battle. The house now looked like no one lived there aside from the beds. Everything that held meaning to them was gone because Buffy figured once she destroyed the Hellmouth there wouldn't be anything left. She stood in an empty nursery; no babies, no crib, no toys.

There was a knock on the door. "It's open", the slayer stated turning around to see Willow.

"Hey…I know that we have a while to mend our friendship before we're best girl pals again…but I'm here if you want to talk…I miss them too and you'll see them tomorrow", she told her best friend.

Buffy smiled sadly at Willow. "Yeah…I guess I will", she stated before leaving Will in the room alone.


The girls decided to throw a slumber party of sorts. Dawn thought it was fitting. They were all sitting in their pj's listening to her tell them about Buffy's first apocalypses. "….And the Master grabbed Buffy from behind and bit her, she tried to move but he was too strong, he fed on her blood and he tossed her in the water, cackling insanely as the bubbles rose around her and she slowly drowned to death", she stated as if that was the cool; part.

Everybody was freaked out.

"Do you have any other stories", Vi asked. Nobody wanted to hear how the woman leading them to battle died.

Dawn rolled her eyes and continued the story. "She gets up again, it's very romantic. Guys, you gotta stop worrying. It's Buffy. She always saves the day", she told them having full faith in her sister.


Angel was staring at the amulet. He was hoping that Wolfram Hart was telling him the truth. He was on the balcony and he found himself praying. Not for him because he felt good wouldn't listen but he prayed for Liam, and his girls.

"I thought I'll find you here", Buffy stated. "Is that a present for me", she asked eyeing the trinket. "I have nothing that goes with that", she teased.

Angel was happy he couldn't blush.

Buffy grew nervous off his silence. "Angel what is that…what aren't you telling me" she asked.

He just smiled and kissed her. "I wanna make love to you under the stars", he stated.

Buffy smiled wryly. "You're scaring me", she stated looking into his eyes and seeing the wild sense of urgency there.

He kissed her softly. "Don't be afraid", he whispered. "I love you", he told her. Then he proceeded to tell her in every langue he knew.

"Always…that's the whole point", she grinned.


"Welcome to Sunnydale High. There's no running in the halls, no yelling and no gum. Apart from that we have only one rule. If they move, kill 'em", he told the girls. They were in the high school".

"Potentials are in the basement, follow Faith and Angel", Buffy ordered.

Angel and Faith herded the girls down the hall.

Orders were being dished out and Woods was explaining where the vamps would go when they got out of the basement. Buffy turned to Gunn.

"Gunn, I want you with Dawn", she ordered. He nodded and Dawn decided she wanted the atrium.

"So that leaves me and the dungeon master and miss brainy pants in the north hall", Anya stated.

"We will defend it with our very lives", Andrew vowed.

"Yes, we'll defend it with his very life. Right Fred", Anya stated dead serious.

Gunn pulled Fred to the side. "Be careful okay", he told her. "I love you".

Fred was in tears. "Charles", she pleaded but he silenced her by shaking his head. Wes watched on in silence but inside he was raging.

"And I just wanna say how proud I am to die for this really special cause with you guys", he told them. He started to pull out some papers because he had a whole speech but thankfully Anya shut him up.

"Nobody cares, ya little monkey", she snapped pulling the two to where they had been placed.

Woods and Wes also left to their respective space.

"I'm gonna check out our field of engagement….come on Gunn" she stated pulling him in the right direction.

Buffy ran after them. "Dawn", she called.

"No", Dawnie cried. She didn't turn around. She just held on to Gunn tighter. "Anything you say is gonna sound like goodbye".

Giles, Willow, and Buffy all stood together. It's been a long time in the making. They've been through so much together.

"It feels weird without Xander", Will stated not seeing Xander appear from behind them.

"Hey, now…did you honestly thought I was going to let dead boy get all the credit…saving the world standing next to my two favorite people", he stated then turned to Giles. "Three favorite…. This feels like home", he stated pulling Will in for a hug.

Buffy smiled. "So…What do you guys wanna do tomorrow", she asked lighting the mood.

"Nothing strenuous", Will stated trailing off.

"Mini-golf is always the first thing that comes to mind", announced Xander.

"Well, I think we can do better than that", Giles chided them.

Buffy smiled. "I'm pretty much thinking about shopping. As usual after me and Angel have some serious TLC time."

Giles groaned at the thought of Buffy and Angel's TLC time.

"There's an Agnes B. in the new mall", Willow stated changing the subject back to shopping.

"I could use a few items", Xander agreed.

Giles was getting pissed. Seven years and it felt like they didn't change at all. "Well, no, aren't we gonna discuss this? We're saving the world to go to the mall", he asked appalled. Maybe he should have left with Wesley and discussed battle tactics.

"Liam needs a new pair of shoes….and Kathy needs a new hair bow….yes I can't believe I've been slacking on my motherly duties. And besides I'm craving shoes with a passion for myself…I'm a be at the mall for hours tomorrow", she stated with a tired sigh.

"Damn…are you pregnant again…Aren't you on the patch", Xander asked looking at her weirdly. He joking put his ear next to her tummy.

"Those never work", Will commented.

Giles prayed to the heavens. "And I'm just here, invisible to the eye, not having any vote..." He watched as they ventured off to their separate ways. "The earth is definitely doomed", he stated as the kids continued to bicker over petty things.


Buffy found herself remembering everything and anything. She was having so many thoughts. She needed to take a deep breath.

"You're going to do fine beloved", he stated. "I'm going to make sure you die an old woman in your bed", he told her.

Buffy laughed amused at him. "How can you be sure I won't look like this forever", she asked her eyes glowing amber in mischief. They were right outside the door to the basement.

"Well I'm going to get you to see your next birthday…okay", he vowed.

Faith poked her head out. "Love birds…you can have sex when it's over…those buggers in there are getting antsy", she scolded them. The two laughed and followed Faith into the room.

They all stood in a little circle around the seal. Buffy was the first to pour her blood on it, followed by Faith. The potential were a little bit more nervous than them.

Soon it opened and Buffy looked at what they were going to be facing. She prayed that Will hurried with that spell. It looked to be billions of them. She was panicking, repeating over and over again that she wasn't worried.


It was a shame that the vampires got to them before the spell clicked in. They suddenly remembered Buffy's words from the day before.

"So here's the part where you make a choice. What if you could have that power? Now. All of you. In every generation one Slayer is born because a bunch of guys that died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men", the slayer told them. She then pointed to Willow. "This woman is more powerful than all of them combined. So I say we change the rules. I say my power should be our power…Everyone of you, and girls we've neverknown, and generations to come...they will have strength they neverdreamed of, and more than that, theywill have each other. Slayers.Every one of us. Make your choice.Are you ready to be strong", they heard her say right before they were bestowed the power to kill them all.

"These guys are so dust", Vi replied coolly. She was no longer afraid; she was a slayer.

The vamps came at them hard but the girls were ready. They suddenly knew what to do as if they've been doing it their whole lives. They dusted vamps with ease but it wasn't enough. There was too many of them and so few slayers; slayers that were dropping like flies because they were outnumbered.

Suddenly Kennedy was down there telling Buffy to catch the scythe, which Buffy did without even turning to look.

Kennedy smiled and jumped onto attacking vamps. She loved the power. It was incredible. "Oh, I could get used to this", she grinned as she dusted her first vamp.

Angel was in game face and turned to look at her for a second. "Don't get cocky kid", he warned before slicing two vamps heads off with his axe. He needed to get to Buffy but there were too many vamps between him but he figured as long as they didn't get past him…he was okay.


Wesley, Giles and Wood looked at each other. They could hear the vampires coming. The three men hoisted their swords prepared for battle.

Gunn, Xander and Dawn also waited. "You were gonna take us to Oxnard…I thought for sure I was going to have to revisit Ireland", she asked Xander.

"I know some people there. You're in my blind spot", he stated.

"Don't worry bro…I can see her just fine", Gunn stated. He knew what losing a sister felt like and he was going to make sure that it didn't happen to Buffy.


Fred, Andrew and Anya also were in wait mode.

"I think they're coming", Fred stated wishing Angel was here to once again save her from the monsters.

"Oh God. I'm terrified. I didn't think... I just figured you would be terrified and I would be sarcastic about it", Anya stated looking at Andrew.

"Picture happy things. A lake. Candy canes. Bunnies", he stated to the girls.

Anya's eyes narrowed. Those bunnies were going down.


A group of Ubervamps came barreling down the hall toward the watchers and Woods but they were ready for them. Giles and Wes managed to behead two of them but they were still being slowly pushed back.


A few of them came at Anya, who was surprisingly good at a sword. The rest attacked the other two who was doing surprisingly okay.

Neither saw the bringers that were in the hall behind them.


Angel was holding his own taking on six of them when he felt the amulet around his chest come to life. He took a deep breath and kept fighting, even as the trinket started to burn.

Buffy saw how the First Army wasn't shrinking. She saw a girl get bitten and fell dead to the ground. Suddenly she was burning. "Angel", she cried looking for her husband. He was on his needs in pure agony. "Angel", she cried louder trying to run to him. She was suddenly stabbed in the stomach. Buffy saw Angel struggling to get to her as she fell. Blood was pouring out of her mouth.


Gunn was eagerly attacking the 'ugly vamps' as he dubbed them. Xander swung his sword around madly and Dawn yanked a rope. Sunlight started to pour in and the remaining vampires burnt to a crisp.

"We call that the greenhouse effect. Very dangerous", Xander mocked before a vamp tackled him the ground.

Dawn looked at Gunn who also was in a battle with one and grabbed a sword to go save Xander.


Woods being pushed back with Giles saw three Bringers approaching them from behind. He hurled a knife into one of their throats with perfect precision.


The Bringers descended on Fred, Andrew and Anya, driving them apart. Somehow Andrew and Fred managed to stay together, while Anya was backed to a corner alone. Anya was blindsided and was stabbed repeatedly as she dropped dead.


Faith made her way to her sister slayer. The younger one was scared that Buff was still on the ground and left for dead. "B", she cried.

"Hold the line", Buffy replied weakly. She held out her scythe to Faith and Faith stabbed the guy behind her with her eyes still trained on b. Knowing you were chosen because somebody else died and seeing them die was two completely different things.

Faith took the weapon and started to fight with a vengeance.

Angel was struggling to get to his wife but his body was blazing in pain. He tossed away one of the vampires not having the strength to kill it and clutched his stomach.

Faith was being out numbered in one battle and she had to throw the scythe to Rona so the bad guys didn't get it.

Buffy looked sadly as she watched Amanda fall to the floor dead. Two more followed and the First popped up looking exactly like Buffy; wound and all.

"Ooh! Ow! Mommy! This mortal wound is all itchy", it taunted leaning in to get into the slayers face.

"You pulled a nice trick. Hey, you came pretty close to smacking me down. What more do you want", it teased.

Buffy pulled herself up on her hands. She was officially pissed off. "I want you... to get out of my face", th slayer snapped. She could feel the last of her wound healing and the First was now worried. It thought for sure that the slayer was a goner.

Rona saw her and threw her the scythe. Buffy caught it and stood a little straighter. Buffy then screamed bloody murder and all of the slayers started to fight even harder with renewed hope.

Angel stumbled under the seal trying to get to this vamp before it went up when he felt energy shoot through him. "Oh, fuck….you've got to be kidding me".

Angel was hit by the sun and suddenly he couldn't move. "Buff", he cried.

Buffy looked in horror and raced to him. This time she made it to his side. "Baby", she cried as she had to duck from one of the rays of sunlight coming from him. All of the vamps turned to ash and the cavern started to fall inward.

"Everybody out! Now", Faith ordered as it looked like the cave was going to cave. Everybody fought their way out. Everyone except Buffy.

She was so pissed at Angel. It was just like him to do something like this. "Why", she stated grabbing his hand as another ray left him.

"To keep you safe…you were right you know", he told her trying to see her smile one last time. He hated seeing her cry.

"About what…you being an idiot", she told him.

He chuckled. "No…about my soul…it's amazing baby…I finally feel cleansed", he confessed through clenched teeth.

Buffy started to caress his face. "Shh….shhh…it's alright my love…I'm right here", she told him. She was sobbing hard. Angel closed his eyes at the feel of her hands.


Woods came to the opening with a bus screaming for everybody to get on. Xander searched for Anya but he couldn't find her. He knew what that meant but he had to see her.


Buffy was still whispering soothing words to Angel.

"You need to leave babe", he gritted out.

"How", she hiccupped. "How can you say that….we leave together….always. Our kids need you", she cried.

"Oh murrain…you need to tell them that I love them…I love you. I can't leave babe".

"No…no…come on", she cried. "I want my life to be with you", she begged.

"I'll never leave you…not really but I need you to live", he cried.

"I wanna die with you", she told him.

"Buffy move your ass", Faith called. Faith held back as long as she could but soon she was forced to bolt.

"Baby…you need to be strong…you need to leave", he told her.

"I'll die without you anyways", Buffy begged.

"Don't say that…you fought the pain of the bond before…", he told her knowing that he was condemning he, now especially since she was part vamp.

His hands light up but Buffy held strong. The burning dull in comparison to what she was feeling. "I love you", she cried.

He smiled and for a moment it was just them. "I love you too", he told her.

"How can I say goodbye…knowing what we had…what we could of had…I'll never forget…I'll never forget", she promised. The two meet in a heated kiss. The light was burning her alive but she didn't care.

Angel gently shoved her away. "Go", he commanded.

She smiled sadly at him sadly and then forced herself to leave. She poured all of her love into their bond as she fought through the debris searching for a way out.


Woods waited as long as he could. He had no choice but to start the bus. Everything was falling apart around them.

Dawn cried as she realized what that meant. Her sister…her brother in law. She wiped her eyes and kept searching the area. "Please god", she prayed.

The entire bus was in chaos as it raced to beat the ground falling from beneath them. Yet, still Dawn looked. She almost didn't see it but there was her sister jumping across the roof tops as the buildings crumbled. She looked like a hero who could fly. Dawn heart leaped in joy. Buffy was alive! Then there was a thump on the roof and Dawn knew that Buffy was up there.

The bus came to a stop when they were out of city limits. Buffy jumped off the roof and looked at the big crater that held her heart.

Dawn ran to her sister and the two hugged for a long time.

Wesley looked at the damage. "I don't understand what did this", he stated.

Buffy also stared at the hole. She thought she was going to pass out. Her heart had long stopped beating and she could feel her skin getting colder. "My heart…my Angel", she cried doing her damnest not to break down infont of everybody.

"Dear lord", Wesley cried. As if realizing for the first time that Angel wasn't on the bus.

"B…", faith stated but Buffy shook her head, so Faith back tracked. She would mourn for Angel later. He was the only one that understood. She would miss him but for now, she had to be the leader these girls needed because her sister couldn't do it. "Looks like the Hellmouth is officially closed for business", she declared.

"There is another one in to spoil the moment", Giles told them.

"and another in Tokoyo", Wes piped in.

"We saved the world", Xander stated in awe.

"hell yea we did", shouted Gunn still thinking that the big hole in the ground was awesome.

"We changed the world. I can feel them, Buffy. All over. There are Slayers awakening everywhere", Willow informed them.

"We'll have to find them', Dawn stated still hugging Buffy.

"We will", Willow vowed.

Giles was glad something good came from this. "Yes, because the mall was actually in Sunnydale, so no hope of going there tomorrow...", he gloated.

Dawn was now highly upset. First her brother died and now this? "We destroyed the Mall? I fought on the wrong side", she cried.

"We have a lot of work ahead of us", Giles informed them all.

"Can I push him in", Faith asked.

"You got my vote", Gunn stated.

"I just wanna sleep, yo. For like a week", Faith informed them stretching.

"I guess we all could. If we wanted to", she stated.

"Yeah, the First is scrunched, so...What do you think we should do, Buffy", Willow asked.

Buffy closed her eyes. She wished everybody would stop talking.

"Yeah, you're not the one and only chosen anymore. Just gotta live like a person. How's that feel", Faith asked.

She looked at Faith with dead eyes.

"Buffy? What are we gonna do now", asked Dawnie.

"I just wanna die", she stated. She gave a lifeless laugh. "Bet you guys didn't want to hear that…Gunn take them to the hotel…get them cleaned up and let them rest", she ordered.

"'Ight…what about you", he asked mournfully.

"I think I'm going to stay awhile", she told him leaving no room for arguing.

He opened his mouth to argue but Faith held him off. "Everybody on the bus", the slayer ordered. "It's time to go", she stated.

Willow saw that Faith was planning to stay with Buffy. "Maybe she needs to be alone", the red head stated to protect her best friend.

"I can tell you from experience being alone is never a good thing…besides I'm the only one strong enough to stop her from jumping", she joked.


Faith waited to the bus was out of sight to pull her fellow sister in for a hug. The two slayers fell to the ground holding the other for dear life. "You're not alone B", Faith whispered. The younger slayer was startled to feel how cold the older one was.

Buffy slowly detangled herself from faith and went back to staring at the hole in the ground. "You didn't have to stay", she told her.

Faith nodded. "I remembering telling you that in Sunnydale a few years back…I wish you had".

"I ….", Buffy broke off.

Faith nodded. "No worries…we're both going to be five by five".


I don't know about you but I cried!