A/N: A small part of this chapter refers to events that occurred in Chapter 131 (The Coming of Dawn: Part 3) of AEM.

The Warehouse District, Sunnydale, 2100 hours.

Davos panted as he took shelter in Warehouse Forty One on the Northern side of Sunnydale. He had run up the stairs to the last floor of the building and shut the door behind him. He had just arrived in Sunnydale searching for the Key, the same living energy that he and his brothers in the Order of Dagon moulded into human form and sent to the Slayer.

The man hurriedly locked the metal door and walked to the middle of the room where he placed down the bag that was slung over his shoulder. Taking a set on the bare floor, he laid out everything inside the bag and started saying a spell that would hide him from Glory.

'She has found all my brothers' thought Davos to himself, 'the beast has always managed to elude detection. I cannot tell if she knows in am in this city, however with the mouth of hell active.. I have no doubt that she will come here as well. I can only hope that the two Slayers will protect the Key. I must find them, and tell them of what will be coming against them. The beast must be defeated, if not.. the world is doomed.'

The man then sat up straight as he closed his eyes and tried to concentrate. However, he kept of having flashbacks to when his brothers were escaping the Order's monastery in the Czech Republic. Davos remembered moulding the key with what remained of his fellow monks as Glory pounded on the door on the other side of the room. Worried, he looked back at the door before the leader of their order told him to concentrate. Looking back at the greenish hue before him, the man swore that he heard a scream in the distance… a scream from the light before there was a bright, white flash of light and the green hue was gone. The Key sent to the two Slayers to be protected, with reality changed so that the Slayer's friends and family would always remember having met the key.

'Dawn' thought Davos to himself, 'that's the name we gave her, Dawn Summers.'

Shaking his head, Davos started the spell again to search for Buffy's home before he was again distracted by the memories of what happened that say. The same memories that he had been going through since his brothers separated so that Glory would come after each of them, while giving Davos the change to get to Sunnydale. He remembered the red haired woman who appeared out of nowhere after Glory smashed the door to the room in which they were located open; he saw the pure rage in the woman's eyes as she ordered all of them to leave while telling off the one that he knew off as the beast. Davos and his brothers ran through the hallways of the monetary as fast as they could when they suddenly heard the sound of a small explosion in the distance, as if a cannonball had been fired into the building. It was then that the building started to shake. Stopping to turn around, Davos saw brilliant white light that was filtering through the cracks in the various stone walls of the monastery when he felt his robe beings pulled. It was then that the building started to shake even more as the walls started to fall. Davos started to run as fast as he could behind his brothers as everything started to fall around them. It was a minute later that they existed through another doorway, and continued to run as the monastery collapsed in on itself.

Davos shook his head back in the warehouse as he restarted the spell once again. He knew that he was the last, that Glory and her minions had tortured the rest of his remaining brothers all over the world to find information on the Key. He was in contact with them mystically until they met their ends, never telling Glory anything about the Key. However, he also knew that Glory could follow that connection to wherever her was. That was what led the man to finding the two Slayers before Glory found him, and now… as he completed the spell, black lines drew themselves on the floor denoting a map of Sunnydale followed by a bright spot as Davos' eyes opened wide.

"The Key" said Davos as he quickly got up and headed to the locked door. However, he stopped when he heard sounds from outside the building. Cautiously heading towards the window on the right side, he crouched down and looked out at twenty people who were wearing sliver armour that had insignia painted all over, "the Knights of Byzantium. They are here? Did they follow me? How did they know the Key or the Slayer was here?"

He heard one man give orders to the others as he pointed to various buildings, including the one that Davos himself was hiding in.

"He is in the general vicinity!" shouted the man, "find him, bring him to camp. We will gain the information from him by force if we have to. We are following the word of God, and the Key is a danger to this world He has created. Find him. Go."

"No" said Davos softly as he watched five men enter the warehouse where he hid himself, "no, they will destroy the Key. I need to get to the Slayers. They do not know the danger the Key is in."

Davos stood up as he headed back to the bag that was on the floor and slung it back over his shoulder. The man then rushed towards the door and unlocked it before reciting a spell. IT wasn't too long before the cloaking spell took effect and he waited at the top of the stairs for the knights to walk past him before he silently walked down the stairs. He knew that the spell would only last for a few minutes before he was visible, so as soon as he went past the entire knights in the building and outside. He made a run for the exit.

He continued to run as he entered the downtown area before he stepped into an alley where he voluntarily dispelled the cloak. He knew that the Knights wouldn't dare reveal themselves in such a public area. Peeking his head around the corner to make sure that he was safe, he breathed in deep when he found that he wasn't followed. Walking out of the shadow of the alley with his bag over his shoulder, Davos remembered the map of where the Slayer was located before he dispelled the black lines. He continued walking as he walked past a young man and a young woman who were holding hands together. They looked at him while Davos nodded his head at them as he walked past. As he continued to walk, he never noticed that the man and the woman stopped, and looked back at him before looking at each other.

"Ahn?" said Xander who was wearing a jacket with a small crossbow underneath while Anya, who had her hair tied back, looked at Davos walking away, "something you wanna tell the guy?"

"No" said Anya as she turned back around and the two continued on their patrol. It was a ten minutes later that they had been to the hospital, and scouted the surrounding area when they noticed a few creatures in brown robes walking around. Suspecting that they could be trying to find out about what happened to Ben, Anya and Xander tried to get up close to them as they talked to each other. Walking hand in hand towards them when suddenly Xander pushed Anya against a lamp post and started kissing the former vengeance demon.

"Humans" they heard one of the creatures saying in disgust as they went off not to far away in another direction. It wasn't too long before Xander and Anya, while continuing kissing each other, heard the three creatures mention Ben and Glory. The both of them also heard the creatures mention that one of the Dagon monks was in town looking for the Key, and that they should find him so that they could let Glory know where he was located.

At that, Anya pushed Xander back roughly before grabbing his collar and telling him loudly that she's ready for him to give her an orgasm back home.

"Ahn" hissed Xander, his face turning red as an elderly couple walking towards them quickly turned around and walked away, while the creatures looked at them in disgust beforse Anya pulled Xander away from the area.

"Sorry" said Anya as she let go of Xander and wrapped her arm around his arm, "but I had to find a way of getting us out of that situation, so I picked something enjoyable. Plus, after that… I really need your hands… you.. know… our regular games."

"Yeah" said Xander as he nodded at the shocked elderly couple before looking at Anya, "even those guys knew what you were talking about."

"Major" said Anya as she pressed her earpiece, "we found Glory's minions, plus one of the monks of Dagon are here. Giles will know what it means."

After Major Daniels acknowledged, Anya looked back at Xander and asked if they should head back to their apartment.

'Yea" said Xander, "let's go."

Secondary Infirmary, SGC, 2345 hours.

The last thing that Tara remembered was saying goodbye to Sha're's spirit before the young woman closed the doors between this world and the afterlife; the salt circle vanishing confirmed that all ways for any malevolent force to come into this world was closed off. And then she felt herself become light as she fell back. She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt herself lying on a soft mattress. Groaning as she brought her hand over to her forehead, she heard a chair next to her move back as if someone had stood up. Slowly opening her eyes, she gave a small smile to Colonel O'Neill who stood beside her bed with his hands in his pockets.

"Hey sleepyhead."

"Colonel" said Tara softly as she coughed. The Colonel then grabbed a jug of water that was on one end of the infirmary and poured some water. While the leader of SG-1 went to pour Tara some water, Tara heard someone else groaning next to her before footsteps came through the infirmary doors. Turning her head, she saw Daniel lying on his side in the bed next to her; as well as Dr. Fraiser walking into the infirmary.

"Tara" said the doctor as she walked over to the blonde witch and gave her a quick check-up, "how are you feeling?"

"Tired" said Tara as she slowly got up with the doctor's help while Colonel O'Neill handed her a cup of water with a straw so that she could easily drink the liquid. He patted the young woman's shoulders, and nodded his head before he headed to Daniel who had by now lay down on his back.

"Looks like you're going to be alright" said the doctor as she looked at Tara after checking her pulse, and heartbeat, along with some other quick tests, "you had us worried there for a little while."

"Just something I.. I thought I should do" said Tara softly as she looked at Daniel who asked what happened, that the last thing he remembered was that Amounet was using the ribbon device on his mind, that their minds were connected for one small moment as Sha're told him about finding her son on Kheb.

"I need to take Sha're to Kheb" said Daniel softly as he looked at the Colonel, who in turn looked at Daniel before looking up at Dr. Fraiser and Tara who were looking back at him. IT was at that time that Major Carter, Teal'c and Kasuf entered the infirmary to check up on the both of them. They were pleasantly surprised to see that both Tara and Daniel were awake.

Daniel, upon seeing Kasuf, slowly sat up while rubbing his forehead and told the man that his daughter would now be free.

"We can have the demon out of her body" said Daniel, "and then we'll find her son together."

It was at the mention of Sha're's name that Daniel knew something had gone terribly wrong. He looked at all of their faces, their eyes avoiding him.

"She's gone" said Daniel to himself as he recalled a fuzzy memory of him lying on the ground in a tent while holding onto his dead wife.

"Indeed" said Teal'c as he took a step forward while Kasuf walked over to Daniel's bedside and stood next to him, "I was the one who shot her, Daniel Jackson. If I did not, Amounet would have killed you."

"You.. you did the right thing" said Daniel softly as he hung his head down while Kasuf placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I am sorry" said Teal'c as he gave Daniel a small bow before taking a step back.

Daniel nodded his head as he continued to hang his head. Everyone saw him rub his eye before he looked up and told them that he had seen a series of visions where Sha're told him about where they could find her son.

"She asked me to find him, and protect him" said Daniel.

"Are you sure that you saw a vision?" asked the Major as she looked at Daniel, "a ribbon device directly attacks the mind, and yes it's mentally operated but to link two minds together… I'm not sure if that's how it's meant to work. Maybe…."

"Carter" said Colonel O'Neill, "at least we know the part about her kid is true."

"I.. I know" said Major Carter as she looked at a confused Daniel before apologizing to her friend.

Daniel could only nod his head before asking the Major what she meant by he was telling the truth about Sha're's son.

"Tha.. that would be me" said Tara as Daniel turned to face the blonde while Major Carter ran out of the infirmary, "these guy asked if there was any way to restore Sha're to life; but once someone dies…."

"There's no way to bring them back to life" said Daniel, "at least not without a sarcophagus."

"A sarcophagus can?" asked Tara surprised, "then….."

"The last one that we knew of was destroyed" said Teal'c as he recalled the time Hathor nearly took over Stargate Command. Once of the things they did to regain control was to heal Colonel O'Neill who was made into a Jaffa using the sarcophagus, however soon after he was healed, Hathor destroyed the device.

"The remaining Abydonians have been rescued" said Kasuf as Daniel nodded his head, "and Tara Maclay has given us a great gift."

"Tara?" asked Daniel as he looked at the blonde witch with confusion etched on his face.

"I.. I.. called her spirit" said Tara as she looked down nervously, "to.. to say one last goodbye."

"Oh" said Daniel surprised, "you.. you mean…"

"She was here, Daniel" said Colonel O'Neill as Major Carter ran back into the room carrying the recorder from the session that Tara had held. The Colonel looked at the Major and nodded his head before telling Daniel that she left messages for all of them.

"I.. I couldn't wait too long" said Tara nervously, "if.. if.. I did.. then.. then we wouldn't be able to call her back."

"Daniel" said Major Carter as she handed the archaeologist the recorder, "we can leave you alone while you.."

"No" said Daniel as he took the recorder from Major Carter, "I don't want to be alone."

Daniel turned on the recorder from the beginning as he heard Tara saying the spell to bring Sha're's spirit forth in Latin. The blonde young woman saw Daniel nodding his head, indicating that he understood what Tara was speaking before his eyes opened wide when Sha're's voice was heard. He looked at everyone, and then as Tara who gave him a small smile before he looked back at the recorder and heard Sha're speaking all of them. Daniel then heard the message that Sha're had left for him as he silently promised that he's find Kheb, and her son.

"I'll protect him" said Daniel softly as the recorder turned off automatically, "thank you, Sha're. And goodbye."

Daniel then turned back towards Tara and thanked her for calling Sha're's spirit for one final goodbye. It was then that Daniel told everyone the truth about Sha're's son, that he had all of the genetic knowledge of the Goa'uld, and that he should be protected at all costs. Tara could see the Colonel and the others nodding their heads, but she wasn't sure if protecting the boy on Earth would be the right thing to do if he was found.

'A boy with all the knowledge of the Goa'uld' thought Tara to herself as he looked at Daniel who was chatting with the others, 'knowledge like that… knowledge of evil would make the boy… I hope I'm wrong, but the boy would be the embodiment of evil. They told me that they haven't met a good Goa'uld… so I fear that the boy would be the ultimate form of evil if they, I mean we, if we ever find him. I'm sorry, Daniel… but I hope that we do not find the boy.'

It was a few days later that Tara made her first trip through the Stargate to Abydos where they were going to bury Sha're's body near her village. It was both Daniel and Kasuf who insisted that she come with them, that she had given them a great gift in being able to talk to Sha're once again; that it was tradition among the Abydonians, just as it was Tradition among the Tok'ra to place the bodies of their dead on front of the Stargate so that the unstable vortex would atomize the body. It was the next day that Tara was well enough to visit Willow at the academy. Along with Daniel, she told Willow everything, including how she used magic to bring back Sha're's spirit so that she could say goodbye. She told Willow that she thought about not telling the redhead.

"I don't want to lie" said Tara, "but it was something I had to do. I know what I said about magic, and… and I'm glad that you're not doing it anymore. But.. but this was something I had to do."

Making sure to make it look as un-intimate as possible, Willow gave Tara a quick hug while whispering in her ear that she did the right thing. Being so close to her girlfriend made Tara want to just hold on to the redhead forever, but she knew that she couldn't risk Willow's career so she released Willow and stepped back as the redhead gave Daniel as tight hug.

"I'm so sorry, Daniel" said Willow softly as she hugged the man.

"She said goodbye" replied Daniel as he held onto Willow, "thanks to Tara, she was able to say goodbye."

Willow, in her cadet uniform, could only look at Tara as she looked at the ground and then looked back up at the redhead.

"I love you" mouthed Willow silently as Tara gave her a small smile and mouthed that she loved her as well. Willow knew that Tara's heart was breaking every time they left after seeing her at the Academy, even if she never told the redhead anything. Before they left, Willow hugged Tara one more time and told her that they'll be alright.

"No matter what" said Willow softly while she hugged Tara as Daniel stood back with his hands in his pockets, "we'll always be alright."

TBC