Prologue


Exhibit 21a. A scrap of paper found beside the blood-drenched remains of a female cellmate
# MIFA801204-4209-00B
Faith Michaels, 21
Two Accounts of First-Degree Murder, Five Accounts of Mayhem, Three Accounts of Resisting Arrest, Eight of Disturbing the Peace and Six Accounts of Possession of a Lethal Weapon.
Sentence: Life Without Parole.

Contents as follows:

         They were fools. All of them. Funny, after stopping so many apocalypses, they managed only to mess up this once and now it's over.

         And now, the one Slayer, meant to save the world, is behind bars and they're all out there, destroying everything. These people, stupid humans, they don't see it yet, but it's coming and then it'll be too late.

         I have to admit I was stunned when Wesley sent me the newspaper clipping. The ten of them, dead on Indian Island. Who knew, with all the immortality that group shared, that they would meet their end on the Watcher's retreat?