Part Eight: Xander, She Is Going To Kill You!
Giles tells Cordelia to see Rebecca. The brunet goes to her house.
"I'll get right to it, Cordelia. Our Xander has come up with a plan to kill Malcolm. He would like you to participate."
Xander's ex is very proud that she would be considered for such a mission but, also, scared to death. "Malcolm, isn't he like only one or two steps away from being Satan himself?"
"I guess you could say that. Cordelia, I won't sugarcoat it for you. The chances of any of you coming back alive are quite slim."
"I'd have to be crazy to do it, right?"
"Well, if it's going to be successful you would have a lot to do with it. That's why I'm talking to you separately. I would have to teach you how to behead someone."
"You mean I wouldn't just be along for the ride."
"I don't know Xander's full plan but I think that would be a fair assessment. It would be very hard to do without you."
"I'll have to think about it, Rebecca."
"As it should be, Cordelia."
The gang gathers together. Willow, Oz, Buffy and two new recruits, Amy and Devon. Willow recruited her fellow witch. Oz got Devon involved. Giles and Rebecca are there, too.
Rebecca is very serious and somber. She makes eye contact with everyone there.
"All of your activities prior to this have been child's play. Malcolm has been around longer than your combined ages. He started out as a vampire hit man. He has killed at least ten slayers. If you add watchers, friends and families of slayers, he has killed close to two hundred people just during his hit man days. This does not even count those countless thousands he has fed upon."
Everyone is motionless as they pay strict attention to every word out of Rebecca's mouth.
"For the last century he has been going for power and control of the underworld. He completely eliminates the competition. He takes absolutely no prisoners. Actually, Xander is small game for him. If it wasn't for Coltar he wouldn't give him the time of day."
"Malcolm has a mansion on the Pacific Coast highway midway between L A and San Francisco. He supports himself with drugs. His personal body guards number between twenty-five and thirty. I tangled with him twice. Both times he killed me but didn't get my head. Occasionally he contacts me to remind me of the baseball adage; three strikes and you're out. If I went with you we would all get killed."
"I'm sure Xander knows what I'm about to say next. Buffy, you might want to leave for this part."
"Try and get me out of here!"
"So be it. Neither Xander nor Buffy will be able to kill him. He'll sense the presence of both of them. One or both of them will probably have to give up their lives for us to be successful."
Buffy is visibly shook. She knows Xander would never plan her death.
"I'll be damned! Giles, I have to see Xander. I can't believe him!"
The slayer gets up. She is very upset. When Oz sees how upset Buffy is he gets up himself. It is obvious the wolf doesn't like Buffy's response. Buffy notices. "What's up, Oz?"
"Nothing."
"No, come on. You and Xander are cut from the same cloth. I know you don't think there's anything wrong with his plan. Do you, Oz?"
"What the hell do you want him to do, Buffy? He's supposed to try to protect you. That's his¼"
Buffy interrupts. "That is not his job! I never agreed to that. That's some gentlemen's agreement between my oh so wonderful watcher and my ever chivalrous boyfriend. I see you're in on it, too. How nice!"
Oz shakes his head. "Instead of thanking God you have yourself as good a man as Xander, you have to give him grief at every turn. I don't know how he takes it. All that shit for you!"
Willow jumps in. "Oz, you're out of line here!"
Buffy answers. "Look, Oz, I love Xander. I don't want him dead. Is that so hard to understand?"
Willow jumps right in. "It's hard to understand if you're dumb. Buffy doesn't want Xander to die for her, Oz. Do you get that?"
"We work on the Hellmouth. Everything we do is dangerous. Xander has been facing it for years. All of a sudden¼"
Willow interrupts him. "Stop it right now, Oz. You and Xander don't know everything. Buffy is not going to feel bad just because she fell in love with Xander. I'm not going to feel bad just because I need you, either. What we are feeling is part of the whole love thing. When we have more time we are going to have a long, long talk with you and mister dangerous."
Everyone looks at Willow. The discussion is over! Giles changes the subject.
"In addition to being evil in his own right it seems our Malcolm might have a more sinister place in the Hellmouth business in the near future. We are looking for the rise of a new Master. He is suppose to seek the aide of a most powerful earth based daemon. I believe Malcolm would fill that role quite easily."
Something occurs to Buffy after hearing this "Giles, do you think Xander is aware of this connection?"
"Yes, I'm sure he is, why?"
Buffy closes her eyes, shaking her head. Her heartthrob is simply too much. He wants to kill Malcolm before he can merge with the new master. This is the real reason for all of this. His worst nightmare was when the old master killed her. He doesn't care if he gets killed doing it, either, as long as he can save her some grief.
He has actually dedicated his life to her. His love is as deep as love can get. But, the one thing he doesn't get. The one flaw in his thinking, the missing piece to the puzzle is the fact that Buffy loves him just as much as he loves her.
She would also give her life for him, in a heartbeat, without question. She can't bear to see him in pain, either. She hasn't even made it up to him for all the pain she caused him.
Neither of them gets a chance to work anything out. They are always on the run, always one step from death, always chasing this or that daemon. It is completely unfair!
Buffy is a little more aware of what they are missing than Xander. Sometimes he gets so wrapped up in saving her and protecting her that he overlooks some essential relationship things.
Buffy has to save him from himself sometimes. This is one of these times. She has to see him.
"Giles, I have to see Xander very soon. I don't care how hard or dangerous it is. I have to see him!"
Giles has seldom seen Buffy with as serious a look on her face as she has now. He looks at Rebecca. They talk in his office.
"Rebecca, do you think you can talk to her?"
"No, I'm going to arrange a meeting."
The watcher sighs. He resigns himself to the fact that Buffy follows her own rules sometimes. This is one of those times.
A meeting is arranged in the woods. Xander comes to Buffy. He tries to put his arms around her. She pushes him away.
"What's the matter, now?" He tries to touch her, again, with the same result.
"Keep your hands off me, Xander!"
"Oh great, slayer."
"What game are you playing with me?"
Xander senses that Buffy knows at least part of his real plan. He has to see just how much
"Come on, Buffy, we all might lose our lives."
The slayer is really pissed off. "You're still trying to play! Let's drop all the bullshit, Harris. You want to get Malcolm because he is going to get together with the new master. Your plan is to give up your life so I won't have to face the two of them later."
"Buffy, what about the assassins?"
"Xander, I know you. You might have come up with the plan, at first, to get the heat off you but, once you heard about the master connection, that's when you added the part about you giving up your life to insure a victory."
Buffy definitely hit the nail on the head. He starts to walk away. Buffy goes to him.
"Look, Xander, you are wrong in this. I am going to save you from yourself. I'm going to save the both of us. You don't quite get the part about me needing you¼alive!"
She puts her finger in his face. "We are together, connected, inseparable. If you want to protect me then come up with a plan for us to live, both of us!"
"No hugs, no kisses. Revamp, revise, redo, whatever, just think, both of us, together. I don't want your memory or your spirit. I want you, alive and healthy."
"Do you understand, Xander?"
He nods
"We'll meet in three days ready to go. No tears, no frills, no bullshit! Let's get it done and have a party."
Xander goes to embrace her. She stops him. "Save it, I'm serious, Xander!"
He grabs his heart. "I get it, right here."
"Good, the quicker you get it the quicker we'll get together."
She storms away. Xander just stares.
After much angst Cordelia agrees to do it. Willow has done some hacking into Malcolm's lavish security system. She has a printout of the entire system.
The night arrives. Xander shows up at the predetermined place. He hugs everyone but Buffy. Willow and Cordelia notice. They look at each other. Xander goes to Cordelia.
"This is pretty heavy, are you ready?"
Cordelia hugs him. "Bring me back alive, Xander." He squeezes her tight. Buffy gives him a sideways glance but doesn't say anything.
The slayer is dressed all in black, as are Giles and Cordelia.
Xander talks to the group. "A fifth person will join us. She can get into the fortress without being seen. She also knows his getaway place. The plan is simple. I'm sure Giles has explained it in detail. It either works or it doesn't."
Xander continues. He looks at Buffy. "Buffy and I will go into the place. We might not win but at least we should be able to weaken him so Giles and Cordy have a chance."
Giles speaks. "Who is the fifth person, Xander?"
"Rachel" When Xander says this he can feel Buffy's eyes on him.
The watcher comments. "Of course, she solves the problem of being seen by the video cameras."
"Malcolm will probably sense her but she will only be the decoy. Hopefully, by the time he senses Buffy and I we will be inside."
Buffy goes to Xander. "Xander, how did you get Rachel to help?"
"Buffy, we're playing it by your rules, all business!"
The slayer agrees. "Until it's over."
"Are you ready, Buffy?"
"Let's kick ass!"
Giles goes over everything one more time. Rebecca giver everyone a pep talk. They are as ready as they will ever be.
They drive as close to Malcolm's fortress as they can without raising suspicion. They walk to a hill that overlooks the compound. Giles double-checks everyone's gear. Buffy taps Xander on the shoulder, calling him to follow her. She ducks behind a tree. When Xander appears she embraces him in a most passionate kiss. Xander is shocked!
"I know what I said¼but I want to spend our last moments in my favorite position, locked onto your lips and tongue."
"I won't argue."
Giles comes over to them. "If you two don't stop it you'll set off the alarms."
They reluctantly break. "Let's kick ass, slayer!"
"There better be two of him. One ain't gonna be enough!"
Xander goes to Rachel. He hands her a knockout grenade. "You toss this in then give it ten seconds to work."
"Okay, Xander."
"I know you're nervous, Rachel." They exchange a warm hug.
"Thank you very much, Honey."
Buffy approaches Rachel. The vampire is understandably uncomfortable around the slayer. They both love the same man. Buffy knows, however, Xander values his friends. She swallows whatever jealousy she may feel.
"Rachel, thank you for your help."
Buffy smiles warmly. Rachel is really impressed. She lets out a sigh of relief. She can sense the genuine gratitude on Buffy's part. This is a very important moment. Xander definitely notices their interaction. The slayer continues.
"Thank you, also, for saving Xander's life." Buffy hugs Rachel.
"Thank you Buffy." Rachel walks away.
Xander walks to Buffy. He stares at her with furrowed brow.
"Are you trying to blow my mind, princess?"
"I thought I might give it a try."
"I just fell in love with you, again." They kiss.
Rachel enters the compound. She is holding a cat. As soon as she hears the alarm she releases the cat. She then races for the control booth. She throws the knockout grenade through the window. When the guards are knocked out she puts a videotape in the machine then shuts the alarm off for five seconds. She then takes the tape out.
Buffy and Xander jump through. There are nine guards between them and Malcolm. They take them out one by one.
In the mean time Rachel has made her presence known. Malcolm senses her, sending guards in her direction.
Xander and Buffy make their way to Malcolm's room. They bust right through his bay window. He sensed their presence too late. They stand before him.
Once he recovers from the shock of them penetrating his privacy he speaks to them.
"Pretty good, kids, but, now what?"
Xander speaks up. "We take you out."
"So, you're the Boy Wonder? You look more like a dork than a daemon fighter."
"That's what Coltar thought, too."
Buffy sends a Chinese star his way. Malcolm catches it in two fingers, flinging it back in her direction. She barely avoids it.
Xander gets him point blank in the chest with the crossbow. It only stuns him for a few seconds. He pulls it out. "I'm not a vampire, kid."
Buffy circles him. "If you're such a bad ass why do you have so many things guarding you?"
"All the bad guys have them. It's the in thing to do."
Xander puts another arrow into him. When he winces Buffy goes at him. She kicks him. He smashes her. Xander is right there. The boy hits Malcolm with a chair.
The bastard nails Xander with a backhand, knocking him against the wall.
Buffy hits him with another Chinese star. This one penetrates. He recovers to punch her in the mouth. The slayer rolls on the floor from the impact.
Xander is back on him. He manages to ram a stake into his back. Buffy side kicks him.
Malcolm grabs a sword from the wall. He swings at Buffy, nipping her on the leg. She falls. He then goes toward Xander. The boy wonder tries to block the swing of the sword with a chair. Malcolm laughs. He then demolishes the chair with the sword.
Buffy gets up in time to see Malcolm run the sword right through Xander's stomach.
"Nooo!! She throws herself at Malcolm, staking him in the face. He picks the slayer up. He plunges her into a fountain. He holds her under the water with a strength that defeats the slayer. The only vision she has as her breath leaves her is the one of Xander having the sword plunged into his stomach.
Malcolm has had enough. He decides to leave in case these two didn't come alone. He makes his way through the tunnel connected to his room.
Buffy lies motionless in the fountain. Xander is conscious. He pulls the sword from his stomach. He drags himself over to the fountain. With tears pouring down his cheeks he uses every bit of strength he can muster to pull her from the water. He fights to stay conscious. He starts to give Buffy CPR, remembering with horror the last time he did that. But, the last time he wasn't trying to fight off the pain of a gaping sword hole in his stomach.
Somehow he manages to do it halfway right. Buffy coughs up water once, then again. As soon as Xander sees her chest breathing he collapses. After coughing up a ton of water Buffy is able to function. The first thing she sees is Xander lying in a pool of blood. She tries to get up to go to him but falls back down. Her leg is bleeding. She wraps a cloth around it.
The slayer can hear somebody making his or her way to the room. She struggles to drag Xander into the tunnel. She locks it from her side then collapses on Xander. She needs to rest to try to let her healing power work. She can't tell if Xander is alive or not.
In the meantime Giles and Cordelia are waiting at the other end of the tunnel. They were forced to eliminate a guard who had pulled a car in front of the exit. They figure he was there to transport Malcolm. Perhaps Buffy and Xander were successful with that part of the mission. Cordelia hears something.
"Giles, somebody is coming."
The watcher looks intently at her. He smiles, warmly. "This is it, Cordelia. Stay back, you'll only get one shot."
As Malcolm gets close to the exit of the tunnel Giles jumps in front of him.
"Remember me, Malcolm?"
Giles shoots two arrows into his neck. Malcolm is stunned.
The daemon pulls the arrows out. "The pitiful watcher. I'll gladly kill you, little man."
Giles hits him in the face with the crossbow. It knocks him back. Giles has the anger of the ages. He front kicks him.
Malcolm recovers to punch the watcher, sending him flying into one of the walls. He follows up with a kick. Giles grabs a rock smacking him to the side of the face with it.
The daemon is already weakened from his battle with Xander and Buffy. Giles makes sure he is facing away from the exit. Malcolm reaches down, picking him up by his tweed coat. Giles grabs the lapels of the daemon's jacket then lets all his weight fall to the ground. Malcolm falls to one knee. This is all the opening Cordelia needs. As soon as Giles turned the monster the brunet started to sneak up behind them. Now she was hovering over him with the sword raised above her head.
She closes her eyes bringing the sword down on Malcolm's neck with all her might. It works! The daemon's head tears from his body. She immediately slices it in two. Both halves smoke and burst into flames. The rest of his body crumbles to ash.
Cordelia lets out all her stored emotion. She begins to shake, crying profusely. Giles tries to go to her but is very weak from the battle.
Xander wakes up at the other end of the tunnel. He sees Buffy passed out beside him. He struggles to pick her up. He is dizzy from loss of blood. He staggers down the tunnel with her, falling against the sides as he goes.
Rachel senses that it is over. She doesn't know if it's for good or bad but she knows her job is done. She takes off for the rendezvous place.
Giles and Cordelia can only wait six more minutes. Rachel comes to them. She looks at Giles wide-eyed, waiting to hear what happened?
"Cordelia did it!"
Rachel hugs the brunet.
"You saved a lot of lives by doing that, Cordelia."
Cordelia is still too traumatized to speak.
"How about Xander and Buffy?"
"I don't know. We…can't wait much longer."
The watcher falls from his injuries. As Rachel goes to help him she hears somebody coming down the tunnel. She drags Giles to hiding.
Xander comes staggering out with Buffy. Cordelia sees them first.
"Xander, we did it, Xander!" She hugs him
Rachel takes Buffy, placing her in the car. She does the same with Giles.
She then embraces Xander. "Let's get out of here before we're seen."
Cordelia drives. Xander is in the back seat with Rachel and Buffy. He holds his hand out to the vampire. "Thank you, Rachel, thank you." Rachel grabs his hand, kissing it.
Xander passes out. They switch to their car then leave the area. Giles, Buffy and Xander need medical attention. They go to the hospital.
The story they tell the doctors is that a gang jumped them. After Cordelia checks everyone in she goes to a telephone. She calls Willow.
"Willow we did it! We killed Malcolm. Giles, Buffy and Xander all need medical attention but I think they'll be okay."
Cordelia can hear cheering in the background as Willow repeats her words to Rebecca, Oz, Amy and Devon.
Giles has only superficial wounds. He is released in an hour.
Buffy actually did drown (again) but doesn't seem to have any permanent damage from it. Her healing powers probably had something to do with that minor miracle. She did lose a lot of blood from her leg. She is out of it.
Xander's stomach wound is treated. His healing power was well on the way to doing it's job, also. His blood loss was serious, however. He also has many smaller cuts and bruises.
Giles and crew sit in the waiting room, basically staring into space. It was one hell of a battle. Even for Rachel. She didn't get hurt but she was petrified the entire time as she played cat and mouse with Malcolm's guards.
Buffy wakes. She begins to cry as she remembers Xander's lifeless body lying in the tunnel beside her.
Xander wakes, also. He checks himself out to the protests of the nurses. He goes to the waiting room, hugs all around.
"Cordelia, you are amazing, woman."
Xander takes a peak into Buffy's room. He hears her sobbing. He goes to her.
"Honey."
She jerks her head toward him. She can't believe he's here. She jumps into his arms.
"Xander!"
"We did it your way, babe, together."
"Xander, I…I thought you were…dead, again. I can't take this, Xander."
"Honey, it's okay. It's over. We're both okay."
"Don't leave me, Xander."
Xander holds her for a long time. The past few weeks have been very hard on both of them. They both have a good cry.
Buffy is released. She and Xander do not leave one another's side. Rachel had to leave since daylight is settling in. Everyone else goes back to Giles's house. Rebecca pours everyone some champagne.
Xander offers a toast. "Since she can't be here let's toast Rachel first. We could not have done it without her."
They all enthusiastically toast the vampire Queen, even Buffy. Xander gives her a quick kiss in thanks.
Rebecca is dumbfounded. "How? How did you guys do it?"
Giles looks at Buffy and Xander. "You guys first."
Buffy begins. "Rachel got us in. She made the whole thing possible. Xander and I made it into Malcolm's inner sanctum."
The slayer lets out a sigh as she continues. "To put it simply, Malcolm killed the both of us or at least I thought he did."
The whole scene comes back to Buffy. She saw Malcolm plunge a sword into Xander with her own two eyes. She stares at Xander.
"He drowned Buffy. I don't know how I was able to give her CPR but I did."
He looks at Rebecca as he continues. "He was every bit as tough as you said he was going to be."
Buffy gets back into the conversation. "We shot him, stabbed him, kicked him, punched him. We even tried using foul language." Everyone laughs. "I guess we forced him into the tunnel but don't ask me how."
Buffy looks to Giles. "Take it from there, boss."
"The hero, or rather, heroine, is Cordelia. She did it according to the script."
All eyes look to the brunet beauty. "I'd like to take the credit but it looked like Giles was going to beat him by himself. He even had Malcolm down at one point."
Xander gazes at the watcher. "G-man, you could have saved us all a lot of trouble!"
"I'm afraid Cordelia is exaggerating."
"Not much, Giles. You had two arrows into his neck. That front kick rocked him. Then when you hit him with the cross-bow."
Rebecca looks at Giles. "Oh, nothing personal, right, Rupert?"
"Nevertheless, Cordelia came up behind him and proceeded to behead him with one swift swing."
"I closed my eyes and swung with everything I had in me. I did remember to cut his head in half, afterwards."
Rebecca voices her amazement. "I am very impressed, Cordelia. This won't sink in until much later."
She continues. "I have never been around a better group of people in my life."
Willow speaks. "Is that like a mega-compliment?"
"Something like that. You all had a part. Everybody did their job. I'm going to throw you guys a big party. Saturday night, pull out all the stops."
A major hugging session breaks out. Xander goes to Cordelia. "Cordelia Regan Chase, big time daemon killer. How do you think that will go over with the girls?"
"I want it in writing that no one will ever tell any of my friends a single thing that went on here."
They share a laugh.
Rebecca addresses Buffy. "He did it your way, Buffy. You guys are remarkable."
"Thank you, Rebecca.'
"I sure hope you two can get a break now. You certainly need it."
"Rebecca, when things do calm down I would sure like to have a talk with you about you know who."
"I thought maybe you would. Whenever it's convenient for you, Buffy. I would much rather tell you than him."
They both share a laugh over that. "Rebecca, he saved my life, again."
"You two have much to discuss, don't you?"
"I never thought it was possible to love somebody like this. It's almost too much for me.'
Rebecca hugs the slayer. "Just take it slow, honey. You guys are still so young."
Xander goes to Willow. "Willow, can we spend some time together?"
"Yes, as long as you'll be the old Xander, the one who was my best friend."
"I promise." They hug.
Xander and Buffy simultaneously begin to look for one another. It's a love thing!
As they move slowly in each other's direction their anticipation builds. This chapter of their impossible lives ended with them both alive and reasonably healthy. Xander speaks to his sweetheart.
"So, slayer princess, you don't want a hero giving his life for you."
"Well, Lavelle, I'm a modern girl. We play by different rules."
"I see. So you decide we fight together or not at all. You're still a brat, aren't you?"
"I tell you, Lavelle, if you keep on improving I might let you patrol with me some night."
Xander laughs but then gets serious. "You were right, Buffy, we needed each other."
"He was way out of our league, wasn't he?"
"When we broke into his room you could feel it. We didn't stand a chance."
"I felt the same thing but, he's dead and we're alive. How are we alive, Xander? I saw him plunge the sword…"
She can't finish.
"I don't know, Buffy, but it's not important right now. The only thing that is important is that you, Buffy Anne Summers, are standing in front of me and I can feel your love and your warmth in my direction."
He kisses his palms, holding them up facing her. Buffy embraces him in a heavy kiss. He tries to protest.
"Hey, you forgot to do the ritual first."
"Sorry, I flunked Shakespeare. Now be quiet and kiss me."
They say no more.
Rebecca and Giles talk. "So, Rupert, you shed your warrior cobwebs, go to battle with "One Of Them" and come out victorious."
"Well…" Rebecca stops him with a kiss. Their first kiss in public.
Everyone stares at them. They stop for a few seconds but then decide to continue.
Willow has to comment.
"You mean Giles is a real person?"
Xander heard Rebecca mention that Malcolm was "One Of Them". He gets a very serious look on his face. Buffy notices.
"Xander, whatever it is, let it rest until after the party. Do you understand? We are taking a break."
"That sounded definite. You think you can run everything now, huh."
"Just you, babe. I told you. As soon as you signed on the dotted line I get to comment on everything Xander."
"Hey, wait a minute. Let me see the signature on that dotted line you're talking about."
Buffy looks at him with a crazy expression on her face.
"Well, people forge things you know."
"Wait until I get you alone, Lavelle."
"That can be arranged, slayer."
"Alright, I'll ask my mother."
"Ah, I don't think your mother would like the new Xander."
"Why, because you have repeatedly known me in the biblical sense?"
He goes to her, putting his hand on her mouth. "I hope nobody heard you say that."
"I think its high time we went home to mom." Buffy looks at Giles.
"Giles, can't I bring Xander home to my mother?"
"Ah…maybe you should think about it first."
"What is this guy bonding or something?"
The watcher is getting annoyed. He wants to give Rebecca his undivided attention. "Buffy, tend to your own business."
Xander breaks out laughing. "Way to go, Giles. Rupert gets out from under the thumb of the slayer princess!"
Buffy makes a playful lunge at Xander but he avoids her. "We are going to declare this the day the slayer princess was broken by the daemon fighting watcher."
Buffy feigns annoyance. "Giles, did you have to give him fuel for his craziness?"
"Don't back down now, Rupert."
Buffy chases Xander into the kitchen. The gang can hear them laughing as they roll around the kitchen floor.
"I guess we're back to normal."
"That's life on Hellmouth."
"Aren't they a cute couple?"
Xander and Buffy melt into a very passionate kiss. "Xander, lets go some place we can let it all hang out."
"Are you propositioning me?"
"What's the matter, are you afraid?"
"No, I'm just thinking."
"What are you thinking?"
"I don't feel the need to share."
"You still don't get it, Lavelle. I'm going to have to send you to school. Watch my lips…if it's Xander, it's mine."
"You mean to tell me you think you have a right to anything that is me?"
"Everything in, everything out."
"Does that work for me too?"
"What do you want to know?"
He grabs her hand. "Okay, lets go."
"Where?"
"To read your diary, of course."
Buffy stops. "You bum!"
"Oh no, you don't get to change it."
"When I get you alone you're going to get it!"
"I think this is a question for Rupert." He walks back into the living room.
"Rupert…"
Buffy grabs his mouth, knocking him down behind the sofa. She looks up at Giles.
"False alarm. He didn't really…ugh!" Xander pulls her down. He gets up but Buffy pulls him down again. They melt into a kiss.
"I see the daemon killing business hasn't lessened their…activities."
"A Romeo and Juliet with a better ending."
"At least for this chapter."
Willow asks Giles, "How much time do we have off, Mr. Giles, before we have to worry about dying again?"
Cordelia adds her two sense. "It better not be until after the spring fling."
Giles keeps with the good-natured tone of the moment. "Armageddon stopping at the end of the week…study for it, kids."
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