"Look if you want us to save her get the hell out of the way" Buffy
heard the voices faintly, but she couldn't open her eyes or talk. She felt
so weak. She lay there in a unconscious state, not knowing what had
happened to her, or where she was. She looked around her. She could feel
herself floating towards a door. A door that she really didn't want to
open. She didn't know what was behind it or who for that matter. She
listened closely and she could still hear the voices of men and woman, but
none of her family. Coming closer and closer to the door her heart was
beating fast as it opened for her. She was sort of pushed inside, thought
her feet were not touching the ground. Once inside she saw a familiar
place. The house where she grew up, before she met Spike. It was one
Christmas when she was seven, Dawn was one. She was sitting on her father's
lap and her mother was holding her sister. They were all opening presents.
"Okay Lizzie Bear, this one's for you" she heard her father say. Buffy opened it to find a doll. It was about 5 inches and had curly blond hair.
"Thank you daddy, thank you mommy!" Buffy said happily as she hugged the doll. Buffy smiled at this memory.
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"Okay, we have to shock her, ready one, two, three, clear!" the doctor said and shocked Buffy's heart and her whole body jumped. "Again, 300 this time, ready, clear!" he repeated the process and her body shook again, but still the monitor was flat. "Again, 350, ready clear!" he said and shocked her again, this time the monitor showed a heart beat. "Okay, there it is, all right, okay."
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Buffy was in a different place now. She saw herself being born. This was very confusing to her. How could she see her own birth? Where was she? She watched as the doctor said 'push' and Buffy's mom did so and she saw the head, then the shoulders, and finally the rest of her. 'God, I was all weird looking' Buffy thought. The doctors cleaned her off and handed her to Joyce.
"Do you have a name yet?" the doctor asked and Joyce smiled.
"Yes, Elizabeth Anne Summers, Buffy for short" Joyce said.
"Okay, Buffy, welcome to the world" the doctor said. Next Buffy was in a different place, her grandfather's funeral.
"No, I don't want to be here, no, let me wake up, please" Buffy begged to really no one but herself, but she stayed. She saw the funeral, everyone crying, she saw the burial and she saw her with her sister and parents at the beach. She could feel tears start to fall. She didn't know where she was but she wanted to go home. She missed Spike and her baby, and her mom and sister and all of her friends.
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The doctor came out into the waiting room where Spike, Joyce, Dawn, Willow, Cordelia, Xander and Oz were all waiting.
"Doctor, is Buffy going to be okay?" Spike asked as he got up, followed by everyone else.
"We got her stabilized , but she's in a coma" the doctor said.
"What, well what's wrong with her?" Joyce asked.
"We confirmed that Buffy has a tumor in her placenta, it was hidden by the baby, w-we're surprised that the baby wasn't affected by the tumor" the doctor said.
"Is she going to be okay?" Spike asked.
"We can do an operation to try to remove the tumor, but it isn't certain that it will help, or that she'll wake up, we can't do the operation until Buffy is out of the coma" the doctor said.
"Well she will wake up won't she?" Joyce asked.
"Some patients wake up right away" the doctor said.
"And the others?" Willow asked.
"Some don't wake up at all, I'm sorry" the doctor said.
"Can we see her?" Spike asked.
"Of course, but only family" the doctor said. "Her room's this way."
"Uh, Willow will you watch Dawn for me?" Joyce asked.
"Of course" Willow said.
"No, I want to see Buffy, mom please" Dawn begged.
"Okay, fine come on" Joyce said and she Dawn and Spike followed the doctor to Buffy's room.
"I'll leave you alone with her" he said and left.
"Oh god" Spike said and went over to the left side of her bed, Dawn and Joyce stayed on the right side. "Baby, you have to wake up okay, you don't have a choice, you have to."
"Buffy, sweetie, this is your mom, I can't live without you baby you have to wake okay, please, think of your daughter, honey you can't leave us" Joyce said, on the verge of crying. Dawn moved closer to Buffy so she was right in her face.
"Buffy. . .remember what you said to me, you will always be there for me, you have to keep that promise, you can't leave us, we're not ready to loose you. . .please Buffy" Dawn whispered and then began to cry. "You're my big sister, you've been here my entire life, you can't just leave now, not now Buffy please wake up."
"Okay baby come on, it's okay" Joyce said.
"I'm sorry, visiting hours are over, you'll have to come back tomorrow" a nurse said.
"No, I'm not going anywhere" Spike said. "I'm her husband, I am staying here till she bloody wakes."
"Okay, you can stay, but I'm sorry ma'am you and the little girl have to go" the nurse said.
"Okay, fine, Buffy baby, we'll be back first thing tomorrow okay, I promise" Joyce said and kissed Buffy on the head and her and Dawn left. Once everyone was gone Spike leaned in closer to Buffy.
"Honey I'm begging you, please wake up" he said.
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"Spike I'm trying, I can't-I can't get out of here, please don't leave" Buffy begged. She had been listening to everything. She knew about the tumor and that she might not ever wake up. She didn't want her family and friends to feel so sad. She didn't want to leave her daughter. She just wanted to wake up and get the operation so she could be okay and raise her daughter right. She was now at the hospital again. This time it was the birth of Dawn. She smiled at the birth of her little sister. She remembered when she went to the hospital to see her for the first time. Next she was at her high school in Sunnydale. She saw herself meeting Spike. She saw everything that happened that day. Next she was at her own wedding, then at her honeymoon, and last at the hospital giving birth. Finally she came across this door that had the word exit on it. 'Does this mean. . .' she wondered if it meant waking up, or dying. She was so scared to open it. She felt like she was in one of those movies where she had to stop a bomb from going off and she didn't know is she should pull the red or green wire. She finally sighed and decided to open the door. When she did she saw white for a second and then she could feel he eyes stat to open.
"Okay Lizzie Bear, this one's for you" she heard her father say. Buffy opened it to find a doll. It was about 5 inches and had curly blond hair.
"Thank you daddy, thank you mommy!" Buffy said happily as she hugged the doll. Buffy smiled at this memory.
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"Okay, we have to shock her, ready one, two, three, clear!" the doctor said and shocked Buffy's heart and her whole body jumped. "Again, 300 this time, ready, clear!" he repeated the process and her body shook again, but still the monitor was flat. "Again, 350, ready clear!" he said and shocked her again, this time the monitor showed a heart beat. "Okay, there it is, all right, okay."
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Buffy was in a different place now. She saw herself being born. This was very confusing to her. How could she see her own birth? Where was she? She watched as the doctor said 'push' and Buffy's mom did so and she saw the head, then the shoulders, and finally the rest of her. 'God, I was all weird looking' Buffy thought. The doctors cleaned her off and handed her to Joyce.
"Do you have a name yet?" the doctor asked and Joyce smiled.
"Yes, Elizabeth Anne Summers, Buffy for short" Joyce said.
"Okay, Buffy, welcome to the world" the doctor said. Next Buffy was in a different place, her grandfather's funeral.
"No, I don't want to be here, no, let me wake up, please" Buffy begged to really no one but herself, but she stayed. She saw the funeral, everyone crying, she saw the burial and she saw her with her sister and parents at the beach. She could feel tears start to fall. She didn't know where she was but she wanted to go home. She missed Spike and her baby, and her mom and sister and all of her friends.
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The doctor came out into the waiting room where Spike, Joyce, Dawn, Willow, Cordelia, Xander and Oz were all waiting.
"Doctor, is Buffy going to be okay?" Spike asked as he got up, followed by everyone else.
"We got her stabilized , but she's in a coma" the doctor said.
"What, well what's wrong with her?" Joyce asked.
"We confirmed that Buffy has a tumor in her placenta, it was hidden by the baby, w-we're surprised that the baby wasn't affected by the tumor" the doctor said.
"Is she going to be okay?" Spike asked.
"We can do an operation to try to remove the tumor, but it isn't certain that it will help, or that she'll wake up, we can't do the operation until Buffy is out of the coma" the doctor said.
"Well she will wake up won't she?" Joyce asked.
"Some patients wake up right away" the doctor said.
"And the others?" Willow asked.
"Some don't wake up at all, I'm sorry" the doctor said.
"Can we see her?" Spike asked.
"Of course, but only family" the doctor said. "Her room's this way."
"Uh, Willow will you watch Dawn for me?" Joyce asked.
"Of course" Willow said.
"No, I want to see Buffy, mom please" Dawn begged.
"Okay, fine come on" Joyce said and she Dawn and Spike followed the doctor to Buffy's room.
"I'll leave you alone with her" he said and left.
"Oh god" Spike said and went over to the left side of her bed, Dawn and Joyce stayed on the right side. "Baby, you have to wake up okay, you don't have a choice, you have to."
"Buffy, sweetie, this is your mom, I can't live without you baby you have to wake okay, please, think of your daughter, honey you can't leave us" Joyce said, on the verge of crying. Dawn moved closer to Buffy so she was right in her face.
"Buffy. . .remember what you said to me, you will always be there for me, you have to keep that promise, you can't leave us, we're not ready to loose you. . .please Buffy" Dawn whispered and then began to cry. "You're my big sister, you've been here my entire life, you can't just leave now, not now Buffy please wake up."
"Okay baby come on, it's okay" Joyce said.
"I'm sorry, visiting hours are over, you'll have to come back tomorrow" a nurse said.
"No, I'm not going anywhere" Spike said. "I'm her husband, I am staying here till she bloody wakes."
"Okay, you can stay, but I'm sorry ma'am you and the little girl have to go" the nurse said.
"Okay, fine, Buffy baby, we'll be back first thing tomorrow okay, I promise" Joyce said and kissed Buffy on the head and her and Dawn left. Once everyone was gone Spike leaned in closer to Buffy.
"Honey I'm begging you, please wake up" he said.
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"Spike I'm trying, I can't-I can't get out of here, please don't leave" Buffy begged. She had been listening to everything. She knew about the tumor and that she might not ever wake up. She didn't want her family and friends to feel so sad. She didn't want to leave her daughter. She just wanted to wake up and get the operation so she could be okay and raise her daughter right. She was now at the hospital again. This time it was the birth of Dawn. She smiled at the birth of her little sister. She remembered when she went to the hospital to see her for the first time. Next she was at her high school in Sunnydale. She saw herself meeting Spike. She saw everything that happened that day. Next she was at her own wedding, then at her honeymoon, and last at the hospital giving birth. Finally she came across this door that had the word exit on it. 'Does this mean. . .' she wondered if it meant waking up, or dying. She was so scared to open it. She felt like she was in one of those movies where she had to stop a bomb from going off and she didn't know is she should pull the red or green wire. She finally sighed and decided to open the door. When she did she saw white for a second and then she could feel he eyes stat to open.