Chapter 8
The night was dark and still as the mayor with hundreds of vampires and demons gathered round him dumped the last of the ingredients into a boiling pot. He then waved a hand and the earth began to tremble. "Faithie, I so didn't want to have to do this."
Buffy and Faith patrolled the unusually quiet cemeteries in silence. Both women had, just the night before, began their new lives with people they never imagined they'd be with.
The slayers were happy but fearful; both knowing something bad was on the horizon with no inkling of how to fix it. "B?" Faith asked feeling the earth shake.
"Yeah I feel it and unfortunately that's never just an earthquake around here." Buffy said turning on her heels racing for the house.
As they entered the streets of the town they were both shocked to see it, what looked like an army of vampires and demons knocking down everything in their path to get to a would be dinner of blood. "Faith, we're so in trouble!" Buffy shouted lunging at a few of the ugly creatures.
The women began to fight furiously against the ever growing number of creatures of the night but it seemed to be a downhill battle.
Xander and Willow made their way through the crowd, both bloodied a bit. "Anya has the answer, let them go for now!" Xander shouted as a vampire grabbed him round the neck but Willow was able to stake it.
"We can't just leave these things out here to destroy the town!" Buffy shouted feeling the scythe zing over her head as it landed on its mark, two vampires decapitated.
"It has to do with that scythe, now come on!" Willow shouted barely able to stand now.
Faith seeing Willow's predicament quickly disposed of a demon she'd been fighting with and ran to her. She scooped the redhead up in her arms and began fighting her way down the street. "B they're right, we've got to go." She said as a reluctant slayer fought her way behind them.
"It's a mad house out there." Giles said sipping his tea and going over the book one last time wondering what would happen to these women after this but knowing it had to be done.
"They'd better hurry before we all get slaughtered." Dawn said nervously as Tara's hands lit up shooting a bright light out the window and up the street.
"Finally got it done," she said looking very tired.
"Yes this should clear a path for them." Giles added.
A short time later the group entered the house all looking very wary and beaten down. "This better be good!" Buffy hissed then softening her voice. "Thanks for the help Tara."
"This is all to strange for me," Dawn said somberly looking at the newly formed couples wishing things were as before. She loved Willow and Tara together, Faith ruined it all with Willow's help is what was on her mind as Giles stood.
"Anya got us this valuable information and I'm going to run through it as quickly as possible." He began as everyone leaned back grumbling not in the mood for his intellectual drawn out explanations. "The fact is, the prophecy of the ascension proclaimed that the chosen one kill the mayor in his demon form or he could resurrect. Obviously, at that time, Faith was indeed the chosen one who was to have found the scythe to get rid of him. Buffy got rid of him and did not find the scythe. Now being as Faith went evil and Buffy was reborn we must see who the chosen one is. This will result in the other one losing all power thus restoring the slayer line to as it should have always been."
Everyone looked at the slayers trying to find some sort of reaction but getting none. They both steeled their faces but inside were worried that the only thing they have come to know was being taken away forever.
Buffy looked at Tara remembering the funny feeling that something was wrong which she'd told Tara of and got a loving look in return as Willow placed her hand on Faith's knee.
"Lets do it," Faith said ready for everything to be stripped away from her.
"Very well then," Anya said taking the scythe in her hands.
"Willow, Xander, you must come help me, the mob is growing outside." Giles said rising hoping to keep the demons out till this was complete. "Tara?" He looked at her and she stood following them.
"Hurry the hell up," Faith growled not liking the idea of Willow being in that mob with no protection.
"You know Angel chose me to pass along this big revelation," Anya began triumphantly. She'd always felt she never was fully accepted and now it was pay back time.
"Anya we don't have time for this!" Buffy shouted angrily watching the fight through the window in which no one was doing so well. If not for Tara's magic light show the creatures would have done been inside she knew. She felt bad that willow wasn't helping but knew it was best this way.
"Place your right hands on here," both women did so. "Bring back the full power of the slayer," Anya uttered in Latin as a window shattered, the house shook and it was quickly deduced it was Willow as she stood outside eyes black as the night.