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"There will come a time when you believe that everything is finished.

That will be the beginning."

Chapter Twenty One: Beginning

There was a flash of bright light.

Immediately everyone's attention was on a certain vampire that was wearing a certain amulet.

"Spike!" Buffy shouted above the chaos.

Spike had stumbled back against the wall of the cavern, his amulet finally taking effect. A beam of light shot up out of it, and it blasted through the roof, showering the souled vampire in a circle of bright sunlight. The light shooting from the amulet vaporized all the Ubervamps, one after the other.

And it eventually began to destroy the cavern.

"Run!" Buffy screamed at the Slayers. They obliged cooperatively, dashing up the stone steps as fast as they could. Most of them were in tears as they cast distressed looks at their sisters who did not make it.

Faith was standing on the bottom step, glancing from Spike to Buffy, unable to make the decision of staying or leaving.

"Faith, go." Buffy said, appreciating her concern. "Look after the girls."

Faith hesitated. But then she nodded and darted up the stairs.

Buffy stayed with Spike until the last second, holding his hand as it caught fire. "Spike..." she said, tears welling up in her eyes. "Don't leave me..."

"I have to do this Buffy," he said. "I can feel it in my soul."

"I love you," Buffy choked out in midst of her tears.

Spike smiled a pained smile. "I love you too."

And with that, he disintegrated into the light.

"Max!" A breathless voice shouted from her elbow. It was Dalton. His usually spiky hair was disheveled and blood was trickling down his nose. He was clutching a rifle on his right hand, and he looked beyond panicked.

"Dalton, are you alright?"

"They—they've planted a bomb," he gasped out.

Max's eyes widened. "What?!"

"It's there," he pointed at a nearby building. The Command Center. "We've got about fifteen minutes before we get totally barbecued."

"But they've still got their men here!" Max spluttered.

"Collateral damage." Alec said, coming up to them, looking stricken at this news.

"Our worst nightmare," Max said with a tired sigh.

And sucking in a deep breath, she shouted at the top of her lungs. "RUN!"

The school had reached its doom, as it started to crumble before their very eyes. The Hellmouth was self-destructing, and it was taking the whole town with it. The whole of Sunnydale.

Buffy raced the ground as it started to fall in, chasing the school bus that was hauling everyone away.

With renewed speed she leapt from a building and landed loudly on the bus roof. She hung on tightly as the bus streaked for the highway, anxious to begin a new life.

Finally, they made it far away enough to stop and look back at the giant canyon that used to be their town. Buffy hopped down to the ground and stood beside her friends, tears staining her face.

Sunnydale was no longer on the map. It didn't exist anymore. It was all gone. Buffy let out a strangled sob as her whole life seemed to flash before her eyes. So many things had happened in that town. So many memories had been created there. Especially one that she would never ever forget...

Spike's gone.

"I wonder what destroyed the Hellmouth," Giles remarked from beside her, breaking the silence.

"Spike did," Buffy said quietly, unable to stop the tears from cascading down her face. "He saved us all."

"A true hero," Giles commented, nodding. Buffy was surprised to see that there were tears in his eyes as well. "The same goes for Anya as well."

Xander smiled. "I'm so proud of her."

Giles, Dawn, Willow, Faith, Xander and Buffy looked out on what was once Sunnydale.

She still couldn't believe that they actually saved the world and well, pretty much changed it, and now...they'll need to find the new Slayers. She wasn't the only Chosen One now, she was no longer alone.

And with the sun glinting in her eyes.

Buffy smiled.

Max's ninja sped through the driveway with Alec in the front seat. From either side of them, motorcycles carrying other transgenics were driving as fast as they could as well.

They had barely sped past Terminal City's front gates when the Command Center exploded with a loud bang, throwing more than a few cops down on their feet, and a few other transgenics from their vehicles.

The heat of the explosion reached them and, Max urged him to go faster.

Bullets flew past them, and he had to swerve from left to right to avoid getting hit. He snuck a glance behind him and saw the horrific image of Terminal City engulfed in angry flames.

Their home was officially destroyed. It was now nothing but a blazing inferno.

From behind him, Max was trembling.

"It's over," she said softly. "It's actually over."

Alec let out an ironic laugh. "We're genetically enhanced supersoldiers on the run from the government and Manticore. It's never over for us, Maxie."

Max blinked away her tears. "They won't stop hunting us, won't they?"

Alec smiled mirthlessly. "I'm afraid not." His eyes narrowed. "Our days of living are over."

"Our days of surviving have just begun."

THE END

A/N: Oh wow, it's finally over!!! Man, I had so much fun writing this fic, I'd like to thank EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED MY FIC!!! You guys know who you are and I just want you to know that I'm really, really thankful! (wipes at imaginary tears) So please, please, please review this last chapter, and watch out for the sequel...The title is "Judgment Day".