Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel or any of the characters.
Spoilers: Only if you haven't seen the last couple of episodes of Buffy...
Pairings: B/A! Some Spuffy, very little C/A, some Connor/Cordy, maybe a little Fred/Wesley/Gunn (you know about their love triangle)
Okay, I feel incredibly guilty right now! I haven't updated in about 3 weeks! That's bad, isn't it? But I really can't help it....It's just that I've been really busy with school lately and I've been sick for a couple of days, so....I know, they're all just lame excuses, but it's really true. But now I'm back....
So, this is the chapter with the first part of the final battle in it. It's very similar to the show. The dialogue is a little different, but I did use some phrases that were used on the show....and of course Angel is there, so I guess it is kinda different from the show. Well, just read it and tell me what you think!
Oh....I almost forgot: Thanks for the great reviews! I love all of them!
Chapter 4
When Buffy saw the school coming closer she couldn't believe how scared she was. She knew what was inside there and she knew she had no choice but to fear it, but at the same time she knew they actually stood a chance against it. Robin was leading the group to the school and Buffy was walking behind him. Angel walked next to Buffy and the rest followed. Spike and Dawn were last in line. They had almost reached the school now. Buffy stared at her axe, but it didn't exactly make her feel better or more superior....She was just scared.
"You okay?" Angel suddenly asked her.
Buffy looked up at him and slowly nodded.
"Yeah....just great" she softly said.
"This is gonna work" Angel tried to assure her.
"It better...." she said.
They had reached the school now and they were going in. Robin opened the door and they all walked into the school trough the hallway.
"Welcome to Sunnydale High. There's no running in the halls, no yelling, no gum chewing. Apart from that, there's only one rule. If they move, kill them" Robin told the rest of the group.
Somewhere in the middle of the hallway, they stopped walking. Buffy sighed. This was it. It was really gonna start now. She took a deep breath.
"Angel, you and Spike take the girls to the basement. I'll be right there. Faith go with them...make sure they won't scratch each others eyes out.....No offense, Xand"
"About the eyescratching....Did you mean Spike and Angel or the girls?" Faith asked, with a smile on her face.
"Just keep an eye on all of them" Buffy honestly said.
Faith smiled. Spike and Angel looked at each other. Without saying anything Spike and Faith walked into the direction of the seal. The girls followed them and after Angel gave Buffy one more look, he walked after them. Buffy turned to the rest of the group.
"I'll go and make everything ready for you, okay?" Kennedy told Willow.
Willow smiled at Kennedy and handed her the bag. Kennedy walked away. Buffy turned to Robin. He turned to the rest of the group and started to talk.
"If the ubervamps get out of the seal, there are three ways they can go. Down the hall that way, the North Hall over there and most importantly: through the lounge straight to the science building."
Buffy nodded.
"Robin and Giles take the the lounge....I think most vamps will go through there....Xander, I want you with Dawn....You two take the North Hall..." Buffy said.
"That leaves me with little mr fake supervillain!" Anya complained, looking at Andrew.
"We feel your pain" Xander told Anya.
Buffy turned to Dawn.
"Dawn...."
"I know. You love me, you're sorry for putting me through all of this, you want me to move on in case you won't make it.....did I leave anything out?" Dawn asked.
"Yes...be careful"
Dawn looked at her sister for one more sec, then she turned to Xander.
"I'll be right back....Need some alone time"
Xander nodded, then Dawn walked away.
"I'll walk you there" Robin said, because he was getting the feeling they didn't need him here anymore.
Dawn gave him a weird look.
"You're walking me to my alone time?"
"Just walk" Robin quickly said and Dawn and Robin walked away.
Xander and Anya looked at each other.
"So, it will be just me and mr fake supervillain now, huh?" Anya said.
"I personally think the term supervillian is way underrated. People don't realize how hard it is to stay at the top as a well-known supervillain" Andrew said to no one in particular, but they all just ignored him.
"No, it will be all of us against Mr First.....You might not see us, but we'll be there" Xander tried to reassure the woman he loved.
"Well, now...that makes me feel better.........or not!"
"We'll make it through this, An" Xander said.
Anya just nodded. She sighed.
"Come with me nerdy-boy" she said.
Andrew looked up and followed Anya as she walked away.
"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die" Andrew kept repeating softly, but just loud enough for everyone to hear it.
"And a lot sooner than you think if you don't shut up right now" Anya said.
When they couldn't hear either Anya or Andrew anymore, the other four looked at each other. Giles, Xander, Willow and Buffy.
"So, this is it, huh?" Willow said.
"Depends on your defenition of 'it'" Xander said.
"Well....the battle is gonna start soon, so....'it' would mean.....the battle" Willow explained.
"Good, cos for I minute there I thought by 'it' you meant 'the end'" Xander said.
When they heard the word 'end' everyone looked at Xander.
"What?! Everyone's thinking it, why can't I say it?" Xander said a little offended.
"No, you're right....it could be the end" Giles said.
"Yes and the Easter Bunny could marry Santa Claus" Buffy said sarcastically.
"Santa Claus is gay?!" Xander asked, a little shocked.
"Could be" Buffy said and she shrugged.
"The Easter Bunny is male?!" Now it was Willow's turn to act a little shocked.
The others looked at her.
"Yeah, Will. We kinda thought you knew that......" Buffy said.
"We kinda thought everyone knew that" Xander corrected Buffy.
"Well...you know me....always much for feminism" Willow defended herself.
"What does the Easter Bunny have to do with feminism?" Giles asked.
Now the group all looked at Giles.
"I'm just asking...." he said.
"Come on, Bookman....Gotta keep up with the conversation" Xander said.
They all smiled and looked at each other. This could be the end. They all knew it, but for a minute they forgot all about it. They thought back about certain memories of High School and all the crazy things they had gone through.
"Grouphug?" Willow suggested.
"Oh yeah" Xander agreed.
He put his arms around Willow and not much later Buffy joined them. Giles stared at the scene in front of him. The other three looked up and gave Giles a questioning look.
"Oh...what the hell..." and he joined the grouphug.
Buffy sighed when she walked down into the basement. Now it was really gonna start. She felt even more vulnerable now, because she had to give Willow her axe and she was completely unarmed now. When she entered the basement she saw all the girls standing around the seal. Faith, Spike and Angel were standing behind the girls. Everyone looked up when they heard Buffy coming in. Buffy stopped walking and stared at everyone.
"Let's do this" she eventually said and stepped forward.
She joined the girls around the seal and so did Faith. Buffy stared at Spike and Angel standing behind them. Angel nodded at her and Buffy was suddenly incredibly glad he was here. Spike just looked at her, but Buffy knew he believed in her. She took another deep breath and looked at Faith.
"Ready?" she asked her.
"Let's just get it over with, right?" Faith said.
Faith handed her the knife and Buffy made a little cut in the palm of her hand. She stared at it when she saw the blood. When she figured there was enough blood, she held it above the seal and drops of blood fell on the seal. The seal immediately reacted and a bright light came out of it. Buffy handed Faith the knife and Faith repeated Buffy's action. When all the girls had done the same, they felt how the earth beneath them started to move. It felt like an earthquake and bright light come from the seal. They all stepped back and covered their eyes from the light. Then the seal moved, but because of the light it was impossible for them to see what was going on. Suddenly the shaking stopped and the bright light dissapeared. They all looked at what had happened. The seal was gone and a staircase had been formed. Buffy stepped forward and looked down, but she couldn't see what was down there.
"We're not going in there, are we?" Rona said.
Buffy didn't answer her, but instead she walked down the stairs. Faith followed her.
"I guess we are" Another Potential, Vi, answered Rona's question.
The group of girls followed the two Slayers and so did Spike and Angel.
Buffy, Angel, Spike and Faith were standing on the edge of a huge cliff and they all looked down.
"Can I just say that this does not look good?" Faith commented.
Nobody reacted, they all just stared down. Then Buffy turned around to face the group of girls who were all standing in a straight line, holding their weapons, the expression on their faces told Buffy they were terrified.
"What's down there?" One of the girls, Amanda, asked.
"Vampires.....lots of them...."
"And with 'lots of them' you mean....." Rona started.
"I've never seen this many vampires" Buffy told the girls.
"Can we...." Amanda asked, pointing at the cliff.
"Knock yourself out" Buffy said, not believing she was still this calm.
The girls slowly came closer and looked down. When they saw all the ubervamps some of them stepped back. Down there were at least a thousand vampires. Probably thousands of thousands.
"We are so dead" Vi said and she was one of the few girls who hadn't stepped back.
"You think they've seen us?" Angel asked.
The minute Angel asked this, the ubervamps looked up and started growling, then they started to make their way up to Buffy and her army.
"....Never mind...." Angel murmured.
"How long will it take them to get up here?" Rona asked.
"Not long....but long enough" Faith said.
"Long enough for what?" Another Potential asked.
"For all of you to get strong" Buffy said.
The girls all looked at each other. It was really gonna happen. They were gonna become Slayers. Buffy looked at Spike and he nodded. He took the amulet out of his pocket and hung it around his neck.
"What does that do?" Faith asked, pointing at the amulet.
"Oh...you know....it could save the world and all" Spike answered.
"Oh.....okay" Faith responded like that explained it all.
Angel walked up to Buffy. He gave her a look and walked away from the group. Buffy walked up to him and gave him a questioned look.
"You gave him the amulet?" he asked.
Buffy sighed, but looked up at him. Did he really have to bring that up now?
"I didn't have a choice" Buffy answered.
Angel looked at Buffy in amazement and pointed at himself.
"Am I not standing here?"
"You're not wearing the amulet" Buffy decided.
Angel didn't say anything. He moved his gaze from Buffy to Spike who was staring down at the amulet around his neck.
"Why him?"
"Cos he wants to"
"And I don't want to?" Angel asked.
"We don't know what this amulet does to the person who wears it"
"I volunteered to find out!" Angel spoke up.
"It will very likely kill him....you know that" Buffy suddenly whispered.
Angel sighed and looked at Buffy. He knew this was not the time to fight over this. They could clearly hear the ubervamps now and they didn't exactly sound friendly.
"Does he know that?" Angel asked Buffy.
"Yeah"
Angel nodded and looked at Spike again. The expression on his face was determined. Angel knew he was jealous of Spike. Jealous of whatever it was that Spike and Buffy had, jealous of what Spike wanted to give up for Buffy. He loved Buffy and knowing they could probably never be together still hurt so much. He knew Buffy felt the same way, but somehow she managed to find somebody who could give her what he couldn't. And that hurt...He moved his gaze back to Buffy and looked at her. He recognized the look in her eyes. She had made up her mind and there was no way he could change that.
"I'm sorry.....for deciding to give you a chance to live" Buffy said, then she turned around and walked back to the group.
Angel sighed and stared at Buffy. He knew what she meant. She wanted him to live....And he knew he was being childish, but he really didn't want it to be Spike who ended up saving the world.....no matter how childish that sounded. And at the same time her words made him smile. It was some sort of sign that she still loved him. That she cared about him. He walked up to the group again. Suddenly Faith and Buffy looked at each other.
"You feel it?" Buffy asked.
Faith nodded. The girls formed a line again and they were all surprised when they felt the power going through their veins. Even Buffy and Faith could feel it.....The power they felt was indescribable and with the power came the confidence. Faith and Buffy exchanged looks.
"She did it. Willow did it" Buffy said and for the first time she was convinced that they were gonna win this.
Buffy turned around to face the girls one more time.
"This is it. You're all Slayers now....Use the power wisely..."
One of the girls handed Buffy a sword and when she turned back the sounds of the ubervamps became louder. They all knew they had almost reached them now. When the first ubervamp appeared, Buffy finished her sentence.
"..And whatever you do......Hold the line!"
A/N: Okay, now that was chapter 4....part 1 of the final battle. Please review and let me know what you think! And I'm sorry if I dissapointed all of you when it comes to the Angel/Spike action....There is gonna be a little Angel/Spike scene in the next chapter though!
Steffanie (a.k.a Nice-one)