It was already dark by the time Willow and Xander left the bronze, the rest of the gang were at Giles' researching but they had decided that Willow and Xander needed to sort out their problems alone. Buffy had been there for a while but left earlier with Riley. They weren't really that worried though because vampire and demon activity had been virtually non existent since the final battle with Adam a fortnight ago. Then suddenly Xander stopped and stood perfectly still.
"What is it?" asked Willow quietly
"I think I heard something" he whispered back. She stood still too and after a couple of seconds they heard a rustling in the bushes about ten meters away.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Whispered Willow.
"Let's go the other way?" suggested Xander, Willow nodded and they slowly backed away from the noise. Realising their ambush had been noticed five vampires stood up from behind the bush, Willow and Xander turned and fled, running straight into another five vamps, led by Drusilla, Xander fell to the ground as he bounced off one of them. He managed to stand and back off a little, but with an obvious limp.
"Uh-oh" said Xander as the vamps began to close in "Wills, when I say run I want you to run to Buff's house as quickly as you can, without looking back." And he slowly managed to get to his stake from his pocket without any of the vamps noticing
"I'm not leaving you here against all these." She replied.
"Look, this isn't a vote here. We don't stand a chance against all these and I can't run with my ankle like this so just do as I say, I'll try and buy you enough time to get away."
"But Xander..." she began
"No time." He cut her off "RUN!" he shouted and managed to stake the closest vamp, he noticed she was still there
"RUN, NOW!" he shouted again, and launched himself at the second vamp as she turned and fled.
Willow reached Buffy's house in record time and battered on the door repeatedly, after what seemed like hours Joyce opened the door
"Willow, what's wrong?" she asked and Willow burst into tears and almost collapsed.
"Xander." She sobbed "The vamps got Xander!"
"Where's Buffy?" asked Joyce
"At Riley's I think" answered Willow still hysterical
"Should I phone her, or are you up to it?"
"I'll do it" replied Willow, as she managed to stop crying
Willow went to the phone and dialled Riley's number, after 14 rings the phone was picked up
"Hello?" asked a male voice
"Is Buffy there?" asked Willow
"Can it wait?" asked the voice, which was obviously Riley.
"NO!" shouted Willow back to him "put Buffy on now."
"Alright, calm down. I'll get her." After a short pause another voice came over the phone
"Wills?" asked Buffy "What is it?"
"They got Xander." Sobbed Willow
"Who did?" asked Buffy shocked
"Dru and a group of ten vamps, they ambushed us. I managed to make it to your house, he didn't"
"I'll be right over" replied Buffy, then she heard a sound of breaking glass
"Are you alright over there?" asked Buffy, then she heard a scream over the phone and the line went dead. She turned to Riley
"I need to get home straight away." She said
"What's going on?" asked Riley
"Vamps, we think they've already killed Xander and now the phone went dead" she replied
"Let's go." Said Riley and he pulled on his army gear and picked up his taser. Buffy followed him out the door.
As Riley's Jeep pulled onto Buffy's road, the first thing the noticed was that Buffy's house was already a raging inferno.
"Why would they burn the house?" wondered Buffy out loud.
"They couldn't get in, they needed to get the people out." Replied Riley bitterly.
"I'll check out the back, you check around and ring for a fire truck" commanded Buffy coldly and she strode off to where her home was burning. She slowly stalked round the side passageway and when she walked into her backyard she was nearly knocked over by Willow running into her
"Buffy" cried Willow and she hugged her best friend
"What's happening?" asked Buffy
"Dru turned Xander and he came after me." Sobbed Willow, Buffy was about to speak again when a group of four vamps led by Dru came into view.
"Take this" whispered Buffy, and she gave Willow a stake, her eyes widened in shock when a second later she felt the stake enter her own chest. As she sank to the ground she looked up at Willow, she managed to croak out a single word as her life bled away.
"Why?" Then Willows face morphed into a vampire face and she replied
"Because he got me."
Riley watched Buffy until she passed out of view round the corner of her burning house, then he called for the fire truck and began his perimeter sweep. He walked far enough to make sure there were no vamps before turning back to check the other way. When he turned around he saw a fully vamped out Xander leading a group of four vamps, one of which he thought was Buffy's mother.
"Buffy's not gonna like this." He muttered to himself, then he dropped to his knee to fire his taser at the onrushing vamps. He managed to knock out three of them before they got so close the taser became useless, so he discarded it and pulled out a stake. The only vamp that was attacking him was the one that had been Joyce Summers and he managed to stake it after a short fight. He then stood and saw that Xander had just been watching the fight and more importantly that Xander now had the taser.
"Buffy's gonna dust you for this." Spat Riley defiantly
"Oh, I don't think so, I don't think so at all." Replied Xander with a smirk "You see we already dealt with Buffy." And he gestured to his right. Riley glanced in that direction and saw a group of vamps carrying Buffy's dead body towards them.
"You piece of..." he managed to get out before a taser charge smashed into his chest and he saw no more.
"What is it?" asked Willow quietly
"I think I heard something" he whispered back. She stood still too and after a couple of seconds they heard a rustling in the bushes about ten meters away.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." Whispered Willow.
"Let's go the other way?" suggested Xander, Willow nodded and they slowly backed away from the noise. Realising their ambush had been noticed five vampires stood up from behind the bush, Willow and Xander turned and fled, running straight into another five vamps, led by Drusilla, Xander fell to the ground as he bounced off one of them. He managed to stand and back off a little, but with an obvious limp.
"Uh-oh" said Xander as the vamps began to close in "Wills, when I say run I want you to run to Buff's house as quickly as you can, without looking back." And he slowly managed to get to his stake from his pocket without any of the vamps noticing
"I'm not leaving you here against all these." She replied.
"Look, this isn't a vote here. We don't stand a chance against all these and I can't run with my ankle like this so just do as I say, I'll try and buy you enough time to get away."
"But Xander..." she began
"No time." He cut her off "RUN!" he shouted and managed to stake the closest vamp, he noticed she was still there
"RUN, NOW!" he shouted again, and launched himself at the second vamp as she turned and fled.
Willow reached Buffy's house in record time and battered on the door repeatedly, after what seemed like hours Joyce opened the door
"Willow, what's wrong?" she asked and Willow burst into tears and almost collapsed.
"Xander." She sobbed "The vamps got Xander!"
"Where's Buffy?" asked Joyce
"At Riley's I think" answered Willow still hysterical
"Should I phone her, or are you up to it?"
"I'll do it" replied Willow, as she managed to stop crying
Willow went to the phone and dialled Riley's number, after 14 rings the phone was picked up
"Hello?" asked a male voice
"Is Buffy there?" asked Willow
"Can it wait?" asked the voice, which was obviously Riley.
"NO!" shouted Willow back to him "put Buffy on now."
"Alright, calm down. I'll get her." After a short pause another voice came over the phone
"Wills?" asked Buffy "What is it?"
"They got Xander." Sobbed Willow
"Who did?" asked Buffy shocked
"Dru and a group of ten vamps, they ambushed us. I managed to make it to your house, he didn't"
"I'll be right over" replied Buffy, then she heard a sound of breaking glass
"Are you alright over there?" asked Buffy, then she heard a scream over the phone and the line went dead. She turned to Riley
"I need to get home straight away." She said
"What's going on?" asked Riley
"Vamps, we think they've already killed Xander and now the phone went dead" she replied
"Let's go." Said Riley and he pulled on his army gear and picked up his taser. Buffy followed him out the door.
As Riley's Jeep pulled onto Buffy's road, the first thing the noticed was that Buffy's house was already a raging inferno.
"Why would they burn the house?" wondered Buffy out loud.
"They couldn't get in, they needed to get the people out." Replied Riley bitterly.
"I'll check out the back, you check around and ring for a fire truck" commanded Buffy coldly and she strode off to where her home was burning. She slowly stalked round the side passageway and when she walked into her backyard she was nearly knocked over by Willow running into her
"Buffy" cried Willow and she hugged her best friend
"What's happening?" asked Buffy
"Dru turned Xander and he came after me." Sobbed Willow, Buffy was about to speak again when a group of four vamps led by Dru came into view.
"Take this" whispered Buffy, and she gave Willow a stake, her eyes widened in shock when a second later she felt the stake enter her own chest. As she sank to the ground she looked up at Willow, she managed to croak out a single word as her life bled away.
"Why?" Then Willows face morphed into a vampire face and she replied
"Because he got me."
Riley watched Buffy until she passed out of view round the corner of her burning house, then he called for the fire truck and began his perimeter sweep. He walked far enough to make sure there were no vamps before turning back to check the other way. When he turned around he saw a fully vamped out Xander leading a group of four vamps, one of which he thought was Buffy's mother.
"Buffy's not gonna like this." He muttered to himself, then he dropped to his knee to fire his taser at the onrushing vamps. He managed to knock out three of them before they got so close the taser became useless, so he discarded it and pulled out a stake. The only vamp that was attacking him was the one that had been Joyce Summers and he managed to stake it after a short fight. He then stood and saw that Xander had just been watching the fight and more importantly that Xander now had the taser.
"Buffy's gonna dust you for this." Spat Riley defiantly
"Oh, I don't think so, I don't think so at all." Replied Xander with a smirk "You see we already dealt with Buffy." And he gestured to his right. Riley glanced in that direction and saw a group of vamps carrying Buffy's dead body towards them.
"You piece of..." he managed to get out before a taser charge smashed into his chest and he saw no more.