AN- Hey guys! Well, it's been a LONG time hasn't it? I am so sorry it has taken me so long to actually write this. I had serious writer's block when it came to writing this chapter, and I think it's because this is THE LAST CHAPTER! Yea, it is the last chapter, and I was having serious problems figuring out how I was going to end it, but I finally figured it out. I am not sure how good it is, but I'll use it anyway and let you all decide what you think. Again, sorry it took me so long to update...but please read and review!

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Chapter 10

The door was slightly ajar when Angel reached it, so carefully and quietly, he pushed it open. There was no sense in alerting Knite to his presence just yet, not until he knew where Cordy was. He had to get her out of here and safe first. She'd need a hospital, if she were still alive.

The inside of the building was dark. Strands of dust hung in the air and shadows danced around the floor, ceiling and walls, making it seem that something was moving in every corner, preparing for an attack.

Angel crept inside slowly, gripping the hilt of his sword tightly, just in case anything were to leap at him from the shadows. He had to find Cordy. So where would Knite hide her? It would be a place that Angel would be sure to look, she wanted him to find Cordy, either dead or in so much pain it broke his heart, but Knite still wanted Angel to find her.

So still the question remained……..Where would Knite hide Cordy? Or the bigger question, where would Knite be hiding? Where would she be waiting to attack?

Suddenly, the thought occurred to him. Knite wanted Angel to find Cordy. It was the same building as he had thought he had destroyed Knite all those years ago, so why not the same room as he had thought he had destroyed her in. The small room on the east side of the building that the poured sunlight into it every day. The room where Knite should have died all those years ago.

He turned towards the direction of the small corner room slowly, letting his eyes wander through the moving and flickering shadows to try and pinpoint any signs of danger. Still, he saw none and hesitantly, started towards the room.

He made his way through the shadowy darkness and moved cautiously as though something would leap out at him any minute. And he knew that it would be something Knite would do take him by surprise.

Why did she have to be like some sort of super vampire? Why couldn't she have been like a normal demon or vampire, one Angel knew he could defeat.

Finally, he came to the closed door of the room he was looking for. The door was closed and no sounds leaked through it. As Angel reached out to turn the knob, he noticed with dismay and horror that there was blood, still wet, smeared across the knob.

His heart leaped in his chest. That was defiantly Cordy's blood…because the chances that Cordy had somehow caused Knite to bleed, was near impossible.

Slowly, his heart racing in his chest, Angel reached out and turned to knob. Ignoring the feel of the still warm blood o his hand, he pushed open the door.

The room was cast in even more shadows than the building outside its door. There were tiny slivers of light casting from the window on the east side of the room, a mixture of light from the full moon outside and the lights of the city around them.

There was a large form lying in the middle of the room. His heart leapt in his chest as he looked down at the unconscious form lying in the middle of the room. Even though he couldn't make out exactly whom it was, he knew it was Cordy. He could also see the dark puddle that spread all around and underneath her body.

He moved to her side and bent down beside her. Her long hair ran down, covering her face as so Angel still could not see whom it was. But he knew, from the extensive injuries he saw that were cast upon this fragile human body. The entire distance between her stomach and nearly to her neck was cut open violently, as was also her side and hip. Dried blood lay matted all over her along with the crimson puddle beneath.

With sick realization Angel realized that he was too late, that there was no way that she was alive. The injuries were too extensive…and too much blood was lost. His mind reeled from this sudden realization, but before he could really feel any kind of emotion, something hard and solid connected with the back of his head and darkness over took him.

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When Cordy opened her eyes, she was confused at the lack of pain she felt. She remembered everything so clearly. The torture that Knite had put her through, the same torture that had made her pass out.

But where was the pain?

Still not understanding, Cordy sat up and looked around her. Suddenly, she realized she was no longer in the same room she had been tortured in. Had Knite moved her…but…there was no pain, and no blood anywhere…

Where the hell was she?

" There is no name to this place," A soft, female voice came from somewhere around her.

Cordy turned around quickly. Standing there was a young woman, looking no older than Cordy herself, but for some reason bringing on the essence of an elder.

" Who…" Cory started to ask, but was silenced as the woman lifted her hand.

" I have no name, or at least not one you would understand," She said, taking a step closer to Cordy.

Cordy almost gasped as she could now clearly see the woman. She had to be the most perfect looking human being that Cordy had ever seen. Her face and body was flawless. Her eyes were the clearest blue imaginable, and just seemed to hold of life's mysteries in them. There was something so familiar about her face…

And then it came to Cordy so suddenly that it felt that she had been hit with a brick. Despite the fact that this woman had silvery colored hair, her face was exactly the same as Knite's.

" Yes, I do hold the same looks as the vampire queen. The reason is that we are of the same essence. As I'm sure the vampire Angel has told you, Knite was made by the first out of the evil of the world. But with evil comes good, and you cannot have a soul without both good and evil within them. As Knite was created out of all evil, I came fourth out of good,"

Cordy tried to understand all of what this woman was saying, but many of the words were lost to her. But she understood the jist of it. When Knite was made, this woman was made too, but she was a good guy.

" Why am I here?" Cordy asked, not understanding why this woman was telling her all of this.

" Because mortal, you're dead,"

This time it felt as though Cody had been thrown into a brick wall. It was as though time had stopped all around her. The inside of her mind was spinning with confusion and terror.
Oh God…she was dead, Knite had killed her…oh God…
" What…" Cody choked out, trying to stop her head from feeling like it was going to explode.

" It is not hard to understand my words" the woman spoke again, " Knite has killed you. Or, she made your death come sooner. It was not the actual injuries that killed you, but the blood loss from them,"

" Then is this heaven…or hell…or limbo or whatever other places there are?" Cordy asked slowly, still not fully understanding what she was being told.

" It is none of the places that you speak of. This is not a final resting place for any soul. This is a place where souls who have passed before their time stay until…until they are again called upon,"

" Called upon?"

" You have heard of people coming back to life hours after they were pronounced dead. This is because they were dead before their time. This is your case. You were not meant to die this day by this hand. Knite was not supposed to live after that day the vampire Angel locked her into the room. But she has, and your life was the cost. But still, you must live again or the balance of the world will be thrown out of balance,"

Cordy understood the words, but they still confused her.

" In order for you to live again," the woman spoke, looking Cordy straight in the eyes, " Knite must die,"

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Groggily, Angel's hazel eyes opened. At first, there were only blurred shapes everywhere, and then finally, the shapes became walls and shelves.

The back of his head throbbed and the crane of his skull was tender and sore. He sat up with a groan, rubbing the back of his head tenderly.

At first, he didn't remember what had happened, or even why he was here. It felt as though he had a bad hangover.

" It's about time you woke up," A voice Angel recognized all too well spoke from somewhere behind him.

He turned around, attempting to jump to his feet but finding himself a little woozy and almost falling back down.

" Oh give it up Angel," Knite spoke, sounding a little agitated, " I hit you on the back of the head with a slab of concrete, you're not going to be able just to jump up suddenly and not fell dizzy,"

" How the hell are you still alive," Angel asked, clenching his teeth against the need to sit back down and turning around to face Knite.

" By the grace of the dark gods," Knite smiled a bit, cocking her head to one side as in remembering a good memory.

" I know you by know Knite, you bow to no god, evil or good,"

Knite let out a small laugh and shook her head. " But of course Angel, I bow to no one. I am but a goddess am I not? When I called them my gods, it was only a figure of speech. Anyway, I really don't know how I survived," with this, Knite sat down at the opposite end of the room, and gave Angel a smirk when he looked at her confused, " I still have some time until I can kill you, so why don't we have a little heart to heart before you die? So…what can we talk about for the next few minutes…? Oh, I know, what did it feel like walking in and finding your whore dead? Or have you forgotten about that all ready?"

In fact he had…he had pretty much blanked that out when he awoke…

Oh god, Cordy was dead…she was dead…Knite had killed her, killed her…

" Aww, poor little Angel, lost the one he loved. But it's really not the first time is it? I know all about the whole slayer bit, much to my disgust, so you must be so used to loss by now…"

" Shut up bitch!" Angel growled, somewhere in between unbearable grief and heated anger.

" Oh, lippy are we?" Knite smirked, taking in all of Angel's anger and suffering and enjoying every moment of his pain. This was what she lived for…pain.

" Why didn't you just die when you were supposed to?! YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was no way out of that damn room! You should have turned to dust when the sunlight flooded this room! WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD!?"

He let all his anger out, knowing he was going to die anyway. Knite would kill him. Cordy was already dead, and that was just as bad as driving a stake through his heart…he would have actually preferred it to this…

He tried to block the thoughts of Cordy from his mind, but it wouldn't work. He couldn't not think of her, of her being dead…

" Because," Knite replied calmly, " the First protected me that day. I lay in the room all those years ago, knowing I was going to die, and that someone had finally destroyed me. ME! The almighty queen of the vampires, the goddess of darkness herself. Then, just as I could feel the sun's rays start to flood through the window, a shadow appeared before me. I opened my eyes again and there, there was a dark shadow above me. I didn't know what, or who it was…but it didn't move…it protected me as I lay in this room, knowing that I was going to die. But do you know what, it was the First who kept me alive that day…and I vowed to destroy you the same way as you tried to destroy me. Speaking of, the sun is going to be up soon…and guess where you're going to be when it comes up and the light over flows this room?"

This fact didn't surprise Angel in the least. Nor did he really seem to find himself caring. The only fact he felt like fighting for was the thinking about how the world would suffer if Knite lived. She'd kill all the others Angel cared about…and wouldn't stop there…

Angel got to his feet and glared at Knite. If he was going to die anyway, he was at least going to try and bring her down with him.

" Oh goodie!" Knite smiled evilly, looking at Angel with gleaming eyes, " you're actually going to put up a fight! That this makes my life so much funnier, but it'll have to go by quick, the sun will be up any minute now.

Angel turned his head to look at the window, seeing the bright rays starting to appear in the room. In the seconds that his head was turned, Knite launched herself from across the room and hurled herself into Angel's midsection.

Both of them flew across the room, unable to stop their falling bodies from crashing into a wall. The wood of the building was worn and cracked from yeas of abandonment. The whole wall cracked and gave way and both Knite and Angel flew out into the rays of the sun.

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Cordy's eyes slowly opened, life being breathed back into her body. The last words of the woman who had just been with her only moments ago still rung in her ears. It was time, she had said, to reclaim your life and save that of the souled vampire.

She sat up, looking around in confusion. Her body wasn't throbbing like it should be. She looked down at the injuries that Knite had inflicted upon her earlier. With a gasp, she realized that though her clothes were ripped and dried blood still matted all over her, the wounds were not there. They…they were healed…just like that.

See heard two separate cries, one of Angel and one of Knite. Cordy looked up and saw as Angel and Knite, tangled up and flying through the wall at the far end of the small room. At first she didn't realize how the sun was streaming in through the now broken wall. And when it did finally register to her, her eyes grew wide in horror and she bounded to her feet and dashed across the room.

Somehow, Cordy had speed that she had never before, and she reached the end of the room. Desperately, she reached out and grabbed on to what ever she could. Thankfully, she latched on to the back of Angel's shirt.

Cordy felt herself being pulled forward, and with all her might, pulled backwards. By some miracle, Cordy somehow managed to pull Angel back into the shadowed building while Knite flew out into the sunlight.

Angel felt himself being pulled backwards and didn't understand how he wasn't burnt to a crisp. He felt someone wrap their arms around him protectively as Knite continued to fly out of the building.

Knite gave a scream of both horror and hate as she flew and hit the pavement forcefully. Her head whipped up and glared at Angel before the sunlight caused her to burst into flames. She screamed in agony and withered in pain as her skin slowly burned and turned to dust.

Angel looked out as Knite burned in sick fascination. This was what should have happened all those years ago…

After a few more seconds, Knite's body was nothing but a pile of dust.

Knite, the mighty queen of vampires, was dead.

"Is she really dead?"

The small voice came from behind Angel. He almost jumped, forgetting that someone was still behind him. He turned and stopped dead when he realized who was behind him.

It was Cody, who had been very dead when he first arrived, was now very much alive.

" You were dead!" Angel cried suddenly, embracing her tightly, " I saw you…you were dead! How…how can you be alive again…"

" Let's not even talk about it right now," she laughed a little, hugging Angel back tightly, " let's just go home!"

THE END

An- So, it ended very cheesy and all sappy like, but hey, it's FINALLY over! WA HO! It only took me forever to finish, but it finally is! Thanks to all the reviewers who reviewed this story in it's entirety. Thanks again guys, couldn't have done this without y'all! Much love! See in the next story!