Ch 3 Part 2

A fight to the death

The bronze fills with chaos as the attack begins. Xander strikes violently at Buffy, hitting her across the face. She stumbles back a bit and quickly grabs the stake from her backpack on the floor. Buffy stands in a ready position as she lifts the stake up. Xander laughs as he watches Buffy, "What are you going to do, stake your best friend?"

Buffy looks at him sternly, "My best friend died months ago." She then does a jump kick to the stomach. Elsewhere, Oz fights with one of the vampires, struggling to push the fanged creep off him. Amy quickly runs to his aid as she shoves a stake into the vampire from behind, causing him to burst into a cloud of dust. "Thanks." Oz replies as he dusts himself off.

The fighting continues as Angel helps fight off a vampire, helping to protect Jenny from a vampire attack.

Buffy is backhanded by Xander and knocked against the wall from the force. "You aren't giving up already are you Buff?" Xander smiles.

"I've only begun to fight." Buffy replies as she jumps to her feet and continues the fight by punching Xander repeatedly.

Kendra at that time enters the bronze; she pulls out her stake as she sees the chaos unfolding. Kendra then quickly makes her way to the first vampire she sees and stakes him with one quick stabbing motion.

"Amy" Cordelia calls out. Amy turns to see Cordelia across the room, she quickly runs to her in the middle of the chaos. "Where have you been?" Amy asks with concern.

"They have kept me trapped here. we have to get out."

Amy turns to see Buffy struggling with Xander. "We've got to help Buffy first."

While Amy has her back turned to her, Cordelia puts on her game face, "Oh, don't worry about her."

"Huh?" Amy then turns to face Cordelia.

Cordelia quickly bites down violently on Amy's neck. She lets out a scream as a sharp pain moves throughout her.

Oz turns to see Amy being attacked: Pulling his stake from his pocket, Oz makes his way through the crowd to aid Amy. Before Oz is able to reach her, Spike walks up behind him and twists his head, breaking his neck with a clean snap. Spike smiles as Oz's body falls to the floor. Spotting the stake next to his body, Spike picks it up and carries it with him.

On another side of the building, a vampires grabs hold of Giles by the collar of his tweed jacket and throws him across the room, causing Giles to land on one of the pool tables.

"Giles!" Jenny yells out in panic as she watches him hit the pool table hard. Giles quickly grabs a pool stick off the table and holds it out in front of him just as the vampire lunges at him, causing him to burst into a cloud of dust.

Jenny quickly runs to his side and hugs him. "I'm so glad you're okay."

Buffy, unaware of her friends' death, struggles as Xander now has her pinned to the floor. "This is where we part Buff." Xander smirks as he moves in to bite her neck. Buffy then head butts Xander, giving her a chance to stand as he stumbled back in pain.

"Your right Xander, this is where we part." Buffy then lifts up her stake and is prepared to thrust it into him but hesitates.

"I knew you couldn't do it." Xander laughs as he rubs his head.

Buffy then lowers the stake to her side as she looks helplessly at Xander. "I'm so sorry this had to happen to you Xander."

Xander looks at her, not able to respond.

"STAKE HIM BUFFY!" Kendra yells out from across the room, as she continues her fight with a vampire.

Buffy holds back the urge to hug her dead friend. She's missed him so much, but she knew it wasn't really him, no matter how much she wished it was. Right at that moment, Buffy feels a sharp pain just above her stomach. She looks down to see what she recognizes as the pointed end of one of her stakes sticking out above her gut. Buffy looks up at Xander tear eyed as Spike steps out from behind her.

"A slayer killed by one of her own stakes. Pure poetry if you ask me. Looks like you lose, congratulations, you make three." Spike smiles as he walks away, making his way toward Kendra on the opposite side of the room.

Buffy reaches down and tugs the blood soaked stake out, she yells out in pain as she stumbles helplessly to the floor. Her injury begins to bleed profusely. Buffy covers the gaping puncture wound with her blood stained hands.

Xander merely looks at her for a couple of seconds before walking away.

Angel looks up from his fighting to see his love bleeding to death on the floor. "BUFFY!" Angel yells out as he pushes his way through the crowd. Angel finally manages to make it to Buffy, kneeling by her side he quickly takes off his jacket and lays it on top of her wound. "It's going to be okay Buffy, you are going to be okay." Angel's eyes flood with tears as he looks at her.

"I love you Angel," Buffy whimpers as the blood begins to seep through the jacket.

"YOU CANT DIE!" Angel says angrily,

The pain becomes unbearable as Buffy begins to see the room grow fuzzy, with her last bit of strength she clutches Angel's hand and and squeezes it weakly. "I love you." She says.

Things then become darker, darker and darker as Angel's face begins to fade.

"AWWWW!" Buffy screams as she sits up in her bed with a quick jerk. Quickly glancing around her surroundings, she realizes she is in her bedroom. It is then that she spots a shadowy figure at her bedroom window.

"Are you alright?" Angel asks as he enters through the window.

"Yeah, fine." Buffy replies, still trying to catch her breath.

"That must have been some dream; sorry to wake you. I didn't think you would be asleep yet. What was your dream about?"

Buffy rubs her eyes. "I…. don't remember… What brings you here?" Buffy asks as she gets out of her bed and slips on a jacket from her closet.

"I have some info on the recent killings, it's….

"Luke." Buffy interrupts.

Angel looks at her surprised. "How did you know?"

"I'm not sure." Buffy says a bit confused.

"Well, I guess my work here is done. I recommend you be careful, Luke is very powerful. He has been around for some time. You don't live to be as old as him by being careless." Angel then disappears as he exits through the window.

Buffy slides out a trunk from beneath her bed and quickly opens it, shoving a few items in her purse, a couple of stakes, holy water and a cross. She then makes her way out the window and lands on the ground with ease. Buffy is surprised by a tap on the shoulder. She spins around to see Willow and Xander standing there.

"What are you guys doing here?!" Buffy demands. "I though you were going to be at the bronze."

"We thought you could use some help." Willow mutters.

Buffy then puts her hand to her forehead.

"Are you okay buff?" Xander asks.

"It's nothing. Just a bit of déjà vu. I'm not up to arguing, so you guys can come, but you have to be careful!" Buffy takes out a bottle of holy water and tosses it to Willow.

Xander nods smiling, "Already one step ahead of ya," he then points to his cross necklace.

Hours pass as the three patrol.

"Well, this sure was a bust." Xander says with disappointment.

"Yeah, I guess." Buffy says, still a bit confused by the overwhelming feeling of déjà vu.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow Buffy. I better head home before my mom begins to worry." Willow says.

Buffy looks up at Willow, trying to remember. Everything seems so familiar, ass if she has played out this scene before. Before she can say anything Willow walks away and makes her way home.

Xander looks at Buffy, "Hello… Earth to Buffy. Ready to head home?"

Buffy's thoughts are interrupted, she looks up at Xander, "Um, yeah I guess."

Buffy and Xander make their way back home as Buffy still tries to rack her brain as to why everything feels so familiar. "Xander, does something about this feel familiar to you?"

Xander turns to her and looks at her with a weird expression, "What do you mean Buff?"

"I don't know, I just feel I am supposed to do something."

"Could that something be homework? You haven't done that in a while." Xander laughs.

"No it's not that, it's just that I had this dream, it seemed so important, but as soon as I woke I couldn't remember it."

Buffy and Xander walk till they reach the front of Xander's house. "This is where we part Buff."

Buffy's eyes widen in horror by the statement. "What did you say?"

"I said, this is where we part." Xander repeats.

At that moment a flood of memories rush in as Buffy's dream returns to her. It is then that she realizes that it wasn't a dream at all, but a premonition!

"We got to find Willow!" Buffy says franticly as she begins to run back to the graveyard.

Xander quickly runs after her, confused by what is going on. "Wait up Buffy." He calls out.

Buffy runs back to the graveyard just in time to see Luke attacking Willow. Xander is out of breath by the time he catches up with Buffy.

"Let her go Luke!" Buffy says sternly.

Willow squirms as Luke's grip tightens around her. "Slayer!" Luke says with a smile, baring his fangs. "I hoped you would come."

"Oh god," Xander says as he looks at poor terrified Willow.

"Give it up Luke! You don't have a chance." A voice says from beneath the shadows. Angel steps out closer. "The master is dead, killed by the slayer. What chance do you think you have if the master couldn't even defeat her."

Luke's eyes widen with fear and shock as the harsh realization comes to him. And with that he lets go of Willow, pushing her angrily toward Xander, causing her to bump into him, and have her and Xander both fall to the ground.

"If you are plan to remain alive for much longer, I suggest you leave town." Angel snarls, as he puts his game face on.

Luke looks over at Buffy then back at Angel and growls angrily before walking off quickly, disappearing into the night.

"I don't think we will have to worry about him anymore." Buffy smiles. "How did you know to find us here?" Buffy asks Angel.

I figured something had to be up, with you knowing the killer was Luke before I even told you, so I went back to your room to question you further. When I saw you weren't there I assumed you would be here." He smiles, returning back to his normal features.

Buffy turns her attention to Willow and Xander. "Are you guys okay?" Buffy asks as she helps Xander and Willow to their feet.

"Yup, just fine and dandy." Xander says with a smile as he dusts the dirt off of his jeans. Just then Buffy reaches over and gives them both an unexpected big hug. Willow gives her a weird look while Xander replies, "Uh, we love you too Buff." Xander says sarcastically with a smile.

Buffy finally lets go and smiles at the two as a tear slides down her cheek. "I'm just so glad that you guys are okay, I don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to you."

Angel stands next to Buffy, "Are you sure your okay?"

"How bout we take a break from the whole slaying thing for tonight and some crazy fun at the bronze." Xander suggests.

Buffy smiles in agreement. "You guys won't believe the dream I had," Buffy starts as the four begin to walk toward the bronze. "Except, it wasn't a dream at all, it was a premonition."

"Really?" Willow says in amazement.

"It was so weird. Luke attacked Willow and made her a vampire. Then she went all psycho with jealousy and made Xander a vampire." Buffy continues.

Xander turns his head sharply and looks at Buffy. "I was a vampire?! Whoa, way too weird." Xander smirks.

"Good thing you were able to stop it before it could happen." Angel remarks.

"I always assumed that if I was ever a vampire, the first person I would want to kill would be Cordelia." Willow says jokingly with a smile.

The group reaches the outside of the bronze as Angel opens the door for them.

Luke watches from a distance. "You may have defeated the master, but you won't be able to kill me!" he growls. "You can't get rid of me that easily!" he says aloud to himself. Luke begins to walk closer to the bronze deciding to make his move. Just then Luke is suddenly attacked from behind. He falls to the ground as the wolf thrashes at him wildly. Luke yells while the wolf continues to tear the vampire with its razor sharp claws, ripping him to shreds. The full moon glitters brightly in the night sky as the screams persist.

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Inside the bronze Buffy turns around and looks behind her. "Did you hear something?"

"Nope." Xander says with a smile. "But with the loud music it is hard to hear anything."

"It was probably nothing." Buffy smiles as Xander and her head to the table with the rest of the group.

"So, are you going to tell Giles about your premonition?" Willow asks.

"Tomorrow, but right now lets just have some fun and enjoy ourselves," Buffy says. "Life is short, we got to live it to the fullest."

Xander looks at her surprised, "Whoa, is this a new improved fun Buffy I see before me?"

End