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So this chapter will be the climactic battle. I won't be doing the plot line of Buffy shutting down, mainly because that happened in canon because in spite of her best efforts, Glory took Dawn away.

Here, Buffy didn't go on a road trip to protect Dawn, and so things didn't get that horrible with her, so she won't be shutting down.

So anyway, hope all enjoy.

Chapter 25- Battle against a God

The Magic Box

Strange had used his magic to heal Buffy, Spike, Tony and the rest from any injuries they had gotten after having used it to take down the creatures Hydra had, and now they were all sitting together while Strange paced around.

"The Masters of the Mystic Arts, huh", Giles suddenly said. "The Watcher's Council knows of you. I heard you were allied."

"Not anymore, due to the Council's archaic and misogynistic ways", Strange said.

"I like you already", Willow said.

"Our job is to protect reality from interdimensional threats, Glory being one of them", Strange said.

"Really? Where were you till now then?" Buffy asked angrily.

"Dealing with another threat, one even bigger than Glory", Strange said and they all gulped, now wondering what could be even more threatening than Glory.

"You…dealt with it, right?" Peter asked.

"Yes, we did", Strange said and they all sighed in relief.

"Wait, aren't you the surgeon who couldn't do surgery anymore after a car accident?" Tony suddenly asked and Strange nodded as he looked at the billionaire.

"I found that I was meant for much more", Strange said as everyone looked at him in awe and confusion.

"So, as you've shown, you're a magician or something?" Tony asked, "Will you pull a rabbit out of a hat for me?"

"The correct term is Master of the Mystic Arts, douchebag", Strange said and Tony's eyes widened as for the first time in many years, he had been beaten in a verbal battle. Steve, Natasha, Clint, Peter, Wanda and Sam couldn't stop themselves from chuckling.

"So you will help us defeat Glory then?" Tara asked.

"Yes", Strange said. "First of all, Ben is dead-"

"Wait what?" Buffy asked. "Ben, how did he die?"

"He happened to be Glory", Strange said and all looked confused.

"What do you mean?" Giles asked.

"You know, Ben was Glory", Strange said.

"You mean, Ben was with Glory?" Willow asked, now all looking even more confused.

""With" in what sense?" Xander asked.

"Not in that sense, right?" Peter asked.

"They're working together?" Anya asked.

"No. No. Ben is Glory. Glory's Ben. They're one and the same", Strange said.

Everyone looked completely confused.

"Who's Ben?" Tony asked randomly.

"An intern at the hospital", Tara said.

"When did all this happen?" Anya asked.

"Ben was Glory!" Strange said. "The two had been joined to weaken Glory, but now Hydra has split them with a Ferula Gemina!"

They continued to stare at him as Spike, who had understood what Strange meant asked. "Is everyone here very stoned?"

"They do not seem to understand what Doctor Strange says about Ben and Glory", Vision agreed, also understanding.

The rest still looked confused as now Spike started explaining in frustration. "Ben! Glory! He was a doctor, she's the beast. Two entirely separate entities sharing one body, till Hydra split them and then Ben was killed. Like a bloody sitcom. Surely you can understand!"

Xander started. "So you're saying….Ben and Glory…."

"Have a connection", Anya finished.

"Yes obviously, but what kind?" Giles wondered.

"Yeah, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it", Peter agreed.

"Explain again please", Steve requested.

"Yeah, what is the connection between Ben and Glory? And that's what you mean, right?" Buffy asked.

Spike laughed sarcastically. "Oh, I get it. That's very crafty", he nodded. "Glory's worked the kind of mojo where anyone who sees or is told her little presto-change-o instantly forgets. And yours truly, being somewhat other than human ... stands immune, and the machine too." He turned to Strange. "What about you?"

"I used my power to clear myself from the enchantment", Strange said.

Willow frowned. "So ... Ben and Glory ... were-were the same person?"

Xander said slowly, like he was getting a revelation. "Glory can turn into Ben, and Ben turns back into Glory."

"And anyone who sees it instantly forgets", Anya said.

"Or even if told", Peter realized.

Spike sighed in relief. "Kewpie doll for the lady and bug boy." He put one finger on his nose and pointed the other hand at Anya.

"Excellent", Giles then looked around at them. "Now. Do we suspect there may be some kind of connection between Ben and Glory?"

Buffy, Peter, Xander and Anya looked enquiringly at Spike. Spike sighed loudly.

"So, tell us the connection?" Bucky asked.

"Oh screw this!" Strange said as his hands glowed with Eldritch magic and he chanted something, the energy spreading from his hands to the heads of everyone other than Spike and Vision, and then dissipated as they started gasping while Strange said. "Let the enchantment be broken."

All of them blinked now as Xander said suddenly. "Ben was Glory!"

"Look at this", Spike said. "Special Ed remembers."

"So was that how Glory knew my house?" Buffy asked.

"No", Strange said. "Ben and Glory didn't remember what the other did. But as long as she was in Ben, Glory was cut off from her full power. Now that she has been freed, she can access all of her power. But she hasn't accessed all of it yet. It is returning to her slowly. We have time before she gets it all back."

"She will rain down fire upon us", Giles said in concern. "None of us are a match for her at her best."

"No, but we will take her on", Steve said, exchanging a look with Tony. "Together."

"Together", Tony nodded back firmly.

"Is there any way to defeat her though?" T'Challa asked.

"First of all, she is going to try to open a portal to her dimension which will weaken the barriers between dimensions, and so any creature can cross through", Strange said. "Which is why Hydra had teamed up with her, to capture and tame those creatures as their beasts of war. Though the dimensions would have poured into each other and chaos would have reigned."

"So much for that plan", Sam muttered.

"They also took my blood", Peter said.

"They had taken mine and Blade's too", Buffy remembered.

"Maybe they wanted to create more super-soldiers, better than even me, to help their conquest", Steve said.

"That is a very disturbing thought", Bucky shuddered, imagining super-soldiers working for Hydra even stronger than himself, Steve, and the other Winter Soldiers that Zemo had killed.

"Well, that doesn't matter anymore either, as blondie killed the bastards", Logan said.

"She will bleed your sister to open the portal", Strange said. "We must stop that ceremony, and beat Glory."

"How are we supposed to do that?" Natasha asked.

"I will perform a ritual", Strange said. "To suck Glory back into Ben, who happens to be very dead right now."

"So, if he's dead, then that means Glory will remain trapped within his body forever", Wanda realized and Strange nodded.

"Correct", he said.

"But if its blood", Giles said. "The only way to stop the ritual if it happens will be to-"

"I don't want to hear it", Buffy said, immediately knowing what he was implying. "We're not talking about this!"

"Yes, we bloody well are!" Giles said as all jumped, shocked by his outburst.

Giles got quieter. "Glory….she is now more powerful than ever…if she begins the ritual…if we can't stop her…"

"Come on. Say it. We're bloody well talking about this. Tell me to kill my sister", Buffy snarled.

"What?" Peter said in shock.

Giles whispered. "She's not your sister."

Buffy paused. "No. She's not. She's more than that. She's me. The monks made her out of me. I hold her ... and I feel closer to her than ..." she looked down, sighing. "It's not just the memories they built. It's physical. Dawn ... is a part of me. The only part that I-" she stopped.

"We'll solve this. We will", Willow assured.

Buffy gave a small smile.

Giles quietly said. "If the ritual starts, then every living creature in this and every other dimension imaginable will suffer unbearable torment and death ..." he looked up at Buffy, "including Dawn."

"Then the last thing she'll see is me protecting her", Buffy declared passionately.

Giles quietly said. "You'll fail. You'll die. We all will", he turned away from the table.

"I'm sorry", Buffy said as they all looked at her. "I love you all ... but I'm sorry."

"If we are going to kill an innocent to stop the ritual, we are no better than Glory", Steve said as all turned to him before he looked at Giles. "We don't trade lives, Giles."

"We need to stop Glory from doing the ritual, and we will do it without killing Dawn!" Peter agreed, passion in his voice, as Giles nodded with a sigh.

"Okay", Anya said loudly, raising her hand. "All in favor of stopping Glory before the ritual. Suggestions, ideas?" She snapped her fingers. "Time's a-wastin'."

Spike started. "Uh ... when you say you love us all..."

"Shut up", Xander and Giles said in unison.

Anya said to Strange. "You are a powerful sorcerer, you would have something I am sure."

She turned to Wanda. "And I've seen you on TV. You can always try to disintegrate her."

"No idea if I can do that", Wanda said.

She turned to Vision. "And that beam, that can split her, right? Or at least hurt her?"

"Not sure", Vision said.

She turned to Willow and Tara. "Willow, Tara. I bet you two have got some dark spell a-brewin'. Uh, make her a, a, a toad? Little hoppy toad, we can hit her with a hammer?"

Tara shook her head and chuckled. "Hoppy toad."

"We have to stop her from doing the ritual, my own ritual is short and can be done afterwards", Strange said.

"I mean, she can only do the ritual once, right?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, I mean, I don't believe in such mumbo-jumbo, but there has to be a specific time and place for this stuff", Tony said.

"So if we prevent her from starting the ritual then, she will not be able to do it again", T'Challa said.

"So her plan is in vain", Natasha agreed.

"Yeah. We get her on the ropes, we just gotta keep her occupied till it's too late", Spike said.

"Okay. But I'm still not hearing enough ideas. She's a God. Let's think outside the box", Anya said.

"Why don't you go think outside the bleeding box?" Spike suggested.

"Yeah, I think that would be better", Clint agreed.

Giles also agreed. "Yes, Anya, apart from your incredibly uninfectious enthusiasm, have you anything else to contribu-"

"The Dagon sphere!" Anya said.

"Sorry?" Giles asked.

Anya reminded. "When Buffy and Peter first met Glory, they found that magical ..." she gestured, "glowy sphere that was meant to repel Glory. We've got it in the basement." Everyone looked surprised as she said. "It might drive her away or hurt her. Ooh!"

Anya hurried over to a display case, gesturing like a game-show hostess as she said. "And Olaf the troll God's enchanted hammer."

They all looked at the hammer, standing on a shelf.

Anya suggested. "You wanna fight a God, use the weapon of a God."

"Nice hammer", Tony quipped. "Now wish Thor was here with his hammer."

"Yeah, a God fighting a God would be nice", Natasha said.

Buffy walked over to check out the hammer as Spike started. "Uh, nah, that thing's too heavy to- " Buffy picked it up easily. "Yeah. Good."

"I like this", Buffy said, turning to Anya. "Thanks."

"Here to help. Wanna live", Anya reminded.

"Smart chicks are soooo hot", Xander said, looking fondly at Anya.

"You couldn't have figured that out in tenth grade?" Willow asked as she and Xander exchanged a smile.

"Can I try?" Peter asked as Buffy handed him the hammer and he held it easily too. "Cool."

Giles started. "Well, we have some ideas, if we could actually get Glory on the run-"

"What about the Knights of Byzantium?" Buffy suddenly asked.

"Who?" Steve asked her.

"Some knights who consider Glory their enemy, but they will kill Dawn to stop her as well, and fight us", Buffy said.

"In that case, they have us to fight too", Steve told her as she nodded gratefully.

"Now, where is she going to be?" Logan asked.

"That I know", Strange said. "Prepare. We are going to fight her very quickly."

Later, Magic Box

Xander and Anya were trying to find the Dagon Sphere and had taken a little break for sex, with Xander trying to comfort Anya.

Xander then lifted up his hand. He held a small box, opening to reveal the ring inside. Anya stared at it. Xander let her go and she turned to face him, still looking at the ring.

Xander then asked. "Anya ... you wanna marry me?"

Anya stares at him a moment, then slapped him across the face.

"Can I take that as a "maybe"?" Xander asked.

"You're proposing to me!" Anya said.

"Yes..." Xander trailed off.

Anya said. "You're proposing to me 'cause we're gonna die! And you think it's romantic and sexy and, and you know you're not gonna have to go through with it 'cause the world's gonna end!"

Xander corrected. "I'm proposing to you, Anya, because it's not."

"You can't know that", Anya said.

"I believe it", Xander assured her. "I think we're gonna get through this. I think I'm gonna live a long ... and silly life, and I'm not interested in doing that without you around."

"Oh. Okay", Anya said softly.

"Okay?" Xander asked, wide-eyed.

"Yes", Anya gave a small smile. "I mean, yes."

They both smiled happily and looked down at the ring. Xander began removing the ring from the box as Anya held up her hands. Then she stopped him.

"No", she said.

"No?" Xander asked.

"After", Anya said. "Give it to me when the world doesn't end."

Xander smiled slightly. Anya put her arms around his neck and they kissed.

Same time

Buffy entered the Summers house with Spike behind her. It was dark outside.

"The weapons are in the chest by the TV, I'll grab the stuff upstairs", Buffy said, then she moved toward the stairs, not realizing that Spike had stopped at the door.

"Uh, Buffy..." Spike started. She turned back to him. Spike lifted his hand in a little wave. Buffy frowned, still not getting it.

Spike started. "If you wanna just hand them over the threshold, I'll..."

"Come in, Spike", Buffy said.

Spike looked surprised and pleased. He took a slow step over the threshold, smiling and said. "Hmm. Presto. No barrier."

They looked at each other for a moment, then Spike broke away, walking into the living room as he said. "Um, won't bother with the small stuff. Couple of good axes should hold off Glory's mates and knight boys while you, bug boy, cloak guy and the avenging buddies take on the lady herself", he opened the chest, and began taking stuff out.

"We all may not all gonna make it. You know that", Buffy said.

"Yeah", Spike took a few weapons from the chest and walked back toward Buffy. "Hey. Always knew I'd go down fightin'."

"I'm counting on you ... to protect her. You as well as Peter", Buffy said.

"Till the end of the world. Even if that happens to be tonight", Spike assured her.

"I'll be a minute", Buffy said to him.

"Yeah", Spike nodded.

Buffy turned to go up the stairs. Spike watched her go then said. "I know you'll never love me." Buffy paused halfway up the stairs, turning back to look at Spike as he said. 'I know that I'm a monster. But you treat me like a man. And that's..." Buffy gazed silently at him.

"Get your stuff, I'll be here", Spike said. She turned and continued up the stairs.

Same time, top of the tower

The minions were tying Dawn to the tower with rope. She stood there looking scared. The wind blew her hair around. Her bare feet were on the edge of the platform, and far below one could see the crazy people Glory had brain-sucked moving around. The minions finished tying Dawn up and turned to leave. One of them looked back and said to her. "She will come to you soon."

Dawn was now standing at the end of the platform with the city lights behind and below her.

As Glory moved around, looking at the crazy people, Strange suddenly appeared before her.

"Oh, magic man! Will you pull a bunny out of your hat?" Glory asked him.

"Your reign of terror is over, Glory", Strange said.

"Oooh!" Glory mocked as she fired a powerful blast from her hands at Strange, who used his Tao Mandalas to block, gritting his teeth as he was slowly pushed back but he had his feet planted on the ground, trying to hold her back. "Okay, so you are a good magician. That makes you a little better."

Strange did a motion and there was a small blast, sending them both flying back though Strange hovered with help from his Cloak of Levitation and landed while Glory crashed to the ground, forming a small crater before getting up, and staggered around, moving her arms in pain.

"You don't seem very well", Buffy said innocently as she arrived.

"You….." Glory growled as she took off her robe.

"I noticed you're talking, whereas in your position, I would attack me", Buffy said.

The minions had taken Glory's robe as she continued to stand there looking weakened.

One minion said. "Oh, most sweaty-naughty-feelings-causing one, should we..."

"Go guard the girl. This is a ... this is a, a..." Glory trailed off.

"Diversionary tactic?" The minion asked.

"Go guard!" Glory snapped as the minions scurried away. They pulled a bunch of crazies away from their work and gathered them around the base of the stairs leading up to the tower.

Glory was still standing there unsteadily. Buffy said. "It's strange, you're not as blurry with speed as usual either, and very unstable. Any problem?"

Buffy produced the Dagon sphere from behind her and taunted. "Might be this."

Glory looked alarmed as Buffy said. "I heard it's supposed to repel you. So my guess is ... you probably shouldn't touch it, either."

Buffy tossed the sphere at Glory, who caught it instinctively. The sphere lit up and seemed to warp the air around it when it touched Glory's hand. She made a pained face, dropping her hand to her side. She slowly crushed the sphere and the light went out as it crumbles.

Glory started. "You're gonna wish you-"

She was cut off when she was hit from behind by the Troll Hammer by Steve, sending her flying to the ground as Steve tossed it to Buffy. "Buffy!"

She caught it immediately and as Glory got up, Buffy hit her with it, sending her back before leaping and kicking her before tossing it to Steve who had run next to her, and he hit her in a spin motion with it, sending her back again before kicking her back.

He tried to strike again but Glory grabbed his hand and tossed him into Buffy, the two falling down as the hammer rolled away.

Then suddenly Tony flew at Glory, flying up with her. "I date a hotter blonde than you."

"What? There is someone else more glorious than me?" Glory asked angrily, only to get a punch on the face as Tony tossed her up into the air and fired powerful repulsors, hitting her as she gritted her teeth before flying back down at him, appearing a blur, as she rammed into him hard and he was sent flying down and hitting the ground, groaning while she yelled. "Tell me who this more glorious blonde-"

She was suddenly covered by red mist. "Huuhhh?!"

She was then tossed to the ground by Wanda, crashing as she groaned, and when she got up, Vision hit her with a beam from the Mind Stone, making her scream in pain as she actually bled, kneeling down, holding her stomach.

The minions and crazies gathered around the stairs muttering and looked around nervously as the fight continued.

"Stand fast! Kill anyone who dares approach!" One minion said. "This will be our day of glory!"

"Well punned", the other said to him.

"Well, it just called out to me", he said. Suddenly an arrow appeared in his chest and he fell back.

Clint lowered his bow from a distance before he rushed forward with Natasha, Logan, Bucky, T'Challa, Anya, Giles, Willow and Tara.

Natasha flipped and kicked one minion before using her Widow's Bite to hit him, shocking him as he staggered back.

Logan roared and rammed his claws into a minion's throat, making him gasp as he lifted him up and tossed him away while T'Challa leapt into the air and kicked a minion thrice, sending him to the ground.

Bucky punched a minion down with his metal arm before using his gun to shoot two more.

Willow and Tara conjured fireballs and hit some minions, sending them flying off.

Clint blocked a minion's attack and struck him with his bow before shooting him down.

Giles blocked a minion's staff while Anya beat on another one with her bat.

Spike gave a loud battle cry and jumped on two minions at once, beating them to the ground.

Giles sliced at a minion with his sword.

A minion had Spike around the waist as another one approached. Spike fought them both before Peter webbed the other one and pulled him back, tossing him away.

Sam then flew over them, flying to where Dawn was.

Glory got up, rubbing her stomach as the rest approached her from all sides. "You know what? I feel a little better now."

Suddenly, a powerful shockwave emanated from her, sending everyone to the ground while she flew up at Sam, grabbing him by the throat. "Nuh-huh!"

She tossed him down but a portal opened and then another near the ground as Sam fell out, Strange having saved him.

He then wrapped an Eldritch whip around Glory, trying to restrain her before she pulled him towards herself, about to punch, but Strange opened another portal in the way, going into it, and Glory was hit from another side by an Eldritch blast, sending her down.

"Distract her", Strange ordered the Cloak which flew off and wrapped around Glory's face as she got up, making her staggered.

Buffy picked up the hammer and hit her, staggering her away before tossing it to Steve who hit her again, staggering her back again, and then Tony fired a missile which exploded near her, sending her flying back while Vision hit her with another beam, making her bleed, and Wanda held Glory with her powers, trying to contain her.

Glory then ripped the Cloak off of her face, tossing it away, and then screamed, energy emanating from her as Wanda's hold was broken and all were sent down again.

Buffy picked up her hammer again and as Glory got up, hit her face in a spin motion before giving her an uppercut with it, and then kicked her back while Vision flew next to her and punched Glory twice, and turned intangible when she tried to punch back before firing a beam on her face, making her scream as she bled.

Dawn looked down at the fight that was going on and screamed. "Buffy! Peter! I'm up here!"

She then looked to the front to see a strange man standing in front of her and asked hopefully. "Can you help me?"

He walked forward. "Well, it seems she's running a bit late, is the thing. And, uh, if her Splendidness", Dawn looked upset, "can't be here in time to bleed you... "

Dawn looked scared and anxious as she realized he was not on her side.

He whispered. "Hey!" He winked. "Kid. Wanna see a trick?"

Dawn looked fearfully at him. Suddenly he produced a large shiny knife, holding it up in front of his face. Dawn gasped and cringed. He held the knife up with a small smile.

"Peter!" Willow called out to him. "Go up! Now!"

Sam arrived, flying and firing at some minions as they staggered, and then a huge wrecking ball crashed through the wall, hitting some minions and sending them all flying off.

Xander drove the machine that was controlling the wrecking ball and said. "The glorified bricklayer picks up a spare."

As more minions and crazies arrived, Willow and Tara held hands as the entire crowd of minions and crazies suddenly parted into two halves like the Red Sea. They all yelled in surprise - an unseen force was shoving them aside.

Peter immediately fired a web and swung over them, getting on the tower as he started climbing up. "Dawn, I'm coming!"

Suddenly, an arrow flew out of nowhere but Wanda used her powers to deflect it, and then the Knights of Byzantium arrived.

"Oh no! They are here!" Buffy muttered.

Glory lifted up Vision by the throat and tossed him into Buffy, Tony, Steve and Strange, sending them all down as the Knights rode closer.

Glory screamed in anger and stomped her foot on the ground, shaking everything as the knights fell here and there, and so did the Avengers and Scooby Gang.

Peter almost fell off from the shaking but held on. "I'm coming."

He continued climbing.

As the knights got up, Glory sped to them all, using her powers to slaughter them as their blood flew all around, and within a minute, they were all dead.

Then she was hit by a red blast and was sent flying off as Wanda lowered her hand, and as she got up, Strange formed multiple copies of himself and all restrained Glory together.

Steve then grabbed the hammer and hit her on the face twice before Tony fired a powerful Unibeam, actually hurting her as she screamed louder, and Vision ended it with another beam from the Mind Stone on her chest, making her bleed again as she knelt down and Buffy arrived, taking the hammer from Steve as she bashed it on Glory's head, sending her to the ground, and continued hitting her head multiple times.

"Well what do you know?" Doc said to Dawn as he looked at his pocket watch. "It's just about that time."

Peter had climbed the tower and was climbing right behind Doc.

"Peter!" Dawn called out and that made Doc whirl around as Peter climbed up, facing him.

"Spider-Man!" Doc snarled.

"So, uhh, creepy guy, go back to the horror movie you were shooting, and I'll get my friend and go", Peter quipped.

"No, I don't imagine I will", Doc said as he lunged with his knife but Peter fired a web and snatched it, throwing it off, and then webbing Doc's face, pulled him towards himself, kneeing his face and then punching his chest, sending him back as he coughed out blood.

Then he smirked and suddenly disappeared, before appearing behind Peter whose spider sense tingled but he reacted a second too later as Doc grabbed him in a chokehold, only for Peter to elbow him as he let go while Peter turned and punched his face, sending him down again.

He rushed to Dawn but Doc appeared in the way. "Oh God!"

Buffy continued hitting Glory with the hammer. Glory had blood running out of her nose due to the hammer being able to harm her. She gave Buffy an anguished look and said. "You're just a mortal. You couldn't understand my pain."

"Then I'll just have to settle for causing it", Buffy said and then she hit Glory with the hammer again. Glory reeled to the side, recovering and turning back as she snarled. "You can't kill me."

"No ..." Buffy said as she hefted the hammer, "but my arm's not even tired yet."

She hit Glory again.

Doc's long tongue appeared out of his mouth as Peter groaned in disgust. "Ewww!"

He shot the tongue at Peter who flipped to avoid and webbed Doc's mouth, sending him back again.

Glory looked at Buffy, on the verge of tears now. "Stop it!"

"You're a God, make it stop", Buffy said coldly and hit her several more times before Glory recovered and grabbed the hammer, glaring at Buffy angrily, only for Vision's beam to hit her face as she bled again while Wanda restrained her.

Buffy looked up to see Peter grappling with someone and tossing her hammer away, ran up, while Glory struggled against Wanda, though the beating from the hammer had weakened her temporarily.

Strange then raised his hands and chanted, his hands glowing before his eyes and body followed.

Peter punched Doc down again before Doc disappeared and Peter's spider sense tingled as he flipped to avoid a magic blast but when he landed, another hit him and he was sent down as Dawn yelled. "NOOO!"

Doc walked to her, holding up his knife as she cried. The knife cut a thin slash through the material and the skin. Dawn cried out and sobbed in pain.

"Shallow cuts..." Dawn continued crying, "shallow cuts..."

He made another cut and Dawn cried out again as he said. "Let the blood ... flow ..."

Dawn's bare feet were right on the edge of the platform. Blood dripped over her toes as Doc finished. "...free."

"Dawn."

"Buffy!" Dawn gasped in pain as Doc turned to look at her.

"This should be interesting", he said as he and Buffy moved to each other.

Suddenly Peter leapt back up and kicked Doc from behind at Buffy who grabbed him and pushed him, tossing him down.

The two then walked to Dawn who said. "It hurts."

"Here", Peter said as he fired webs at her stomach, stopping the bleeding while he undid her restraints.

Then as they looked into each other's eyes, they suddenly ended up kissing each other on the lips lovingly and passionately, ignoring Buffy's groans nearby.

Glory managed to break free of Wanda's restraints, sending her down when Strange's chants finished and suddenly, she started being pulled away. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

She turned into energy and was pulled away, back into Ben, who was dead right now.

All present sighed in relief, Glory was finally gone now.

In midair, the drops of Dawn's blood met something and a small circle appeared, quickly growing.

Buffy and Peter were leading Dawn away as Buffy started. "So anyway, know your limits, and try not to-"

"Buffy, it's started", Dawn said to her.

Buffy and Peter turned. They could all see the light of the portal. The portal was growing ever larger.

A huge bolt of lightning opened an enormous hole in the middle of the street of Sunnydale.

People screamed and ran away. The portal was crackling and sending out lightning.

A large building was hit by lightning and burnt to a shell in instants. Weird demon creatures appeared in the walls of the building, screaming in pain.

Lightning continued to crackle out of the portal.

From below Steve, Strange, Willow, Tara, Natasha, Logan, Bucky, T'Challa, Tony, Wanda, Clint, Vision, Spike and Giles stared upward.

"Bloody hell!" Spike said.

"It's here", Tony sighed.

"Oh no", Steve muttered.

The ground shook. The crazies and minions fell to the ground. Xander and Anya were holding each other and staring up. Willow and Tara also held each other and stared up, turning to look in each other's eyes.

"Xander!"

Anya pushed Xander aside as a bolt of lightning went by and a pile of bricks fell on Anya's head.

"Anya!"

Anya was lying unmoving among the bricks.

The portal continued to do its destruction.

Buffy and Peter turned back to Dawn as Dawn continued staring at the portal.

Dawn was tearful. "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault", Peter said.

"It doesn't matter", Buffy agreed.

Dawn tried to run past the two but they grabbed her.

"What are you doing?" Buffy asked.

"I have to jump", Dawn said.

"No you don't", Peter said.

"The energy", Dawn said.

"It'll kill you", Buffy said.

That was when Strange flew up, looking the other way. "No one needs to jump. I got this."

He then muttered to himself. "Though Wong is going to be angry."

Strange lifted up his arms and crossed them making a strange sign with his fingers. He uncrossed his arms and the gold medallion around his neck opened up, revealing a green stone glowing brightly.

Strange then raised his hand and a circle of green energy formed around it. He then started moving his hand in a rotatory motion, flexing his fingers as he did so. His fingers were pointed at the spot where Dawn's blood had opened the portal.

As he continued with what he was doing, the lightning from the portal suddenly began receding, becoming less and less strong as Strange continued with his work. Then suddenly the portal started dying down, and blood drops appeared in the air, flying up back to the tower and into Dawn, who felt her skin close up and her wounds heal, while all of the demons that had appeared also disappeared one by one.

Soon, the portal's size receded and it closed. It was like it had never been there.

"Okay, what just happened?" Peter asked.

"You can manipulate time, can't you?" Buffy asked Strange.

"Yes", Strange said. "It is not advisable, but to save reality, I will do it."

They looked down, seeing Xander hold up the now awake Anya in his arms as Peter wondered. "So it's over then?"

"Looks like it", Buffy shrugged.

Dawn turned to Peter and they ended up kissing again, closing their eyes, as Buffy groaned. "Okay, time for the ground rules-"

And the climax is finished finally. So, Buffy didn't die, which means Season 6's first 2 episodes won't happen either. This is the reason I didn't include her conversation with the guide, since if she's not dying, 'Death is your gift' is pointless.

We still have no idea how powerful Glory would be without Ben but I hope I made it good enough and I also had the explanation that she is slowly regaining her full power, but hasn't regained it all yet so she still has her weaknesses, and hope no one was nerfed and all fought well and contributed.

Time Stone is the best!

The enemy Strange mentioned he was fighting before arriving was Dormammu.

Never been that good at romance, and after the first half of the Season, I kind of dropped the ball there, but just roll with it please.

Anyway, there are still some more loose ends to wrap up, and then we will end this.

Hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter. Stay safe from the coronavirus ya all!