Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any of the characters.

Pairings: Buffy/Angel.....some Buffy/Spike (there comes an end to that in this chapter though), a little Cordy/Angel maybe...and maybe some other pairings.

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the great reviews! And sorry for once again not updating in quite a while.... Anyway, this'll be the last chapter that takes place in Sunnydale, because after this chapter the story is going to take place in L.A! With the Angel cast....and some of the Buffy cast, so it'll really become a Buffy/Angel crossover!

Enjoy!

And please review!

Then the whole place started to shake and rocks fell down all around them. Buffy turned around to Faith.

"Get everyone outta here!" she yelled.

Faith nodded.

"Everyone, this way!" she yelled to the Potentials.

She walked to the staircase and the Potentials ran towards her, trying to avoid the falling rocks. Faith now realised building would come down and that they didn't have a lot of time left. All the Potentials climbed the stairs. Buffy tried to get closer to Spike, who was trying his hardest not to scream because of the pain he felt. Angel stared at the scene going on in front of him. He wasn't sure what to do now. Suddenly they heard Faith scream. Buffy and Angel quickly turned around, trying to find out what was going on. Faith had fallen to the ground after she had been hit by a rock of some kind. It had hit her in the head and she collapsed onto the ground. Spike hadn't even noticed. Angel immediately ran towards Faith. Buffy had a concerned look on her face. More rocks started to fall down now.

"Faith..." Angel said when he had reached Faith.

Faith opened her eyes and looked around with a confused look on her face.

"You okay?" Angel asked, while he slowly helped her to get up on her feet again.

Faith nodded slowly and brought her hand to her forehead. Angel saw the huge cut above her eyebrow, but he didn't say anything. Blood rolled down her face and Faith saw the blood on her hand. She was still holding on to Angel, because she felt a little dizzy. Angel turned to Buffy.

"We have to get out of here. The whole place is gonna come down"

Buffy nodded.

"You take Faith. I'll be right there...."

And she turned back to Spike. Angel hesitated for a sec, then he made a decision and helped Faith up the stairs. Before he was upstairs, he took one last look at Buffy who was standing in front of Spike now, then he walked away with Faith.

A little while later they were walking through the hallway towards the exit of the school. Faith still couldn't really walk on her own yet and Angel was also a bit worried about the cut on her forehead. It looked pretty bad.

"Go back" Faith, suddenly said.

Angel looked at her.

"What?"

"Go get her" she said.

Angel looked away, trying to hide that he was indeed a bit worried about Buffy.

"She'll be fine" he said. It almost sounded convincing.

Faith smiled a little, but Angel didn't see it. He was always stubborn like this.

"Yeah, she probably will be fine, but I know you would feel a lot better if you could go and get her"

"Maybe....but I can't. You can barely walk"

"We're almost there. I'll be fine"

"Are you sure?" Angel asked. He really was concerned about Faith.

"Would I say that it if I wasn't? Hurry now....Before the whole place comes down"

Angel stared at Faith. She had that determined look on her face that he knew so well. They stopped walking and Angel slowly let go of her.

"See....I'm still standing" Faith said when she was standing on her own.

"I'm more worried about the walking" Angel confessed.

"I'll crawl to the exit if that is what it takes. I'll be fine! Go now...."

Angel hesitated for one more moment, then he walked back. Back to Buffy. Faith watched him going back into the basement, then she turned around and stumbled to the exit.

Angel walked down the stairs and was surprised to see what was going on down there. He saw Buffy standing in front of each other, just like when he had left, but they were holding hands....and their hands were on fire. That was new. How come it didn't seem to hurt any of them? They were staring into each others eyes, but neither of them said anything. Angel walked a little closer, but they didn't seem to notice. He saw the look on Buffy's face. A look of pain. Not physical pain, but something else....He saw the tears in her eyes. It hurt him to watch her like this. He didn't want her to hurt or get hurt and yet, he has seen her hurt so many times before. He saw how Spike opened his mouth and tried to say something. It took a while before sound came out.

"Go now....We don't want both of the heroes to die in this battle"

Buffy didn't react to what he said. Angel knew it was selfish of him to think like this, but he wondered who Spike meant when he said 'two heroes'. Angel wasn't sure if Spike had noticed him, but Angel would be surprised if he hadn't, so....who did he mean? Did he mean himself and Buffy? Or Angel and Buffy? Angel smiled to himself. Why does he even care about that? Angel looked at Buffy. He could see that she really didn't want to let go. His gaze moved to the hands again. They're still on fire.

"Buffy...." Angel said.

Buffy's startled and quickly turned around, letting go of Spike's hand. The second she did that, bigger rocks started to fall down and Angel was getting a little worried. They didn't have much time left. Buffy looked at Angel. Then she turned back to Spike.

"Hurry luv. Before it's too late" Spike whispered.

Buffy nodded. She brought her hand to his face, but didn't really touch his cheek. Spike closed his eyes as if he could really feel her touch. Then Buffy took her hand back and took a few steps away from him, still looking at him. Spike opened his eyes again and saw how Buffy was slowly walking away from him. Then he yelled:

"Go!"

Buffy immediately turned around and started running away. When she passed Angel, her hand brushed against his. Angel looked at Spike, but Spike was caught up in his own world, staring down at the amulet. Then Angel followed Buffy. Together they ran up the stairs, through the hallway. Now the entire place was coming down and they all know it it's only a matter of minutes before there would be nothing left of the school building. They stop walking when they're near the exit. The entire exit was blocked, because the ceiling had come down over there. Buffy hesitated for one sec, then she turned around and walked back towards a staircase that led them upstairs. Of course Angel followed.

"Where are we going?!" Angel yelled to her.

"The roof" Buffy simply answered.

They ran up the stairs and Buffy led him to the roof. Angel felt the wind against his face and it felt good. Really good. They ran over the buildings, while the buildings behind them collapsed to the ground. Angel didn't know how fast they were running, but he doubted that he had ever run this fast before. Suddenly they saw a big yellow school bus driving next to the buildings. Buffy turned around and looked at Angel. Angel nodded. Then Buffy jumped off the building and landed on the bus. Angel waited a few more seconds before jumping after her, landing next to her on the bus. The bus kept driving for several more minutes, leaving Sunnydale, although there wasn't much left of it anymore, behind them. Angel and Buffy didn't speak. They just let the feeling of making it through this battle slowly take over them. Then the bus stopped. Angel heard how the door opened and people came out of the bus. Angel slowly got up and jumped off the bus. Buffy got up too and Angel held out his hand. Buffy grabbed his hand and jumped off the bus. Buffy looked around and saw her sister. Dawn immediately came up to her and gave her a big hug, but Buffy didn't let go of Angel's hand. Angel saw Faith getting off the bus, holding something against the cut on her head. Faith saw Angel and she smiled at him. Dawn let go of Buffy again. Everyone had gotten off the bus now, except for those who were too badly injured. Xander looked around.

"Where's Anya?" he asked.

Andrew stepped up to Xander and placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Uh.......she....uh...she was really brave" Andrew stuttered.

Xander looked down at the ground. Anya, the love of his life, hadn't made it through. Buffy looked at Xander and for a few seconds, a feeling of guilt went through her. It quickly disappeared though, because she knew it wasn't her fault. Xander looked up at Andrew again.

"How did it happen?"

Andrew wasn't sure how to answer this. He didn't want Xander to know how it really happened.

"I didn't see it...but I'm sure it happened really fast and wasn't painful at all" Andrew tried to comfort Xander, but obviously didn't really succeed.

Buffy and Angel looked at each other, still holding hands. Buffy smiled a little and Angel tried to smile back. Then Willow opened her mouth. Kennedy was helping her to stand up, because Willow was still incredibly tired from the spell she had done.

"We made it" she said.

A smile appeared on Buffy's face. And for the first time ever, she really felt like she had won. She had made sacrifices, just as Spike had told her, just as she had made in every battle, but this time something was different. Maybe it was, because she didn't just stop evil this time, but stopped the First Evil. The thing that was mainly responsible for all the evil in the world. For most of the horrible things she had to go through. And knowing that they had stopped it, felt good. Really good.

"So, what are we gonna do now?" Xander asked.

Everyone looked at Buffy. Buffy just shrugged.

"Whatever we wanna do, I guess" she said.

"Well....we have to get those who are injured to the hospital." Giles started. "And have to find all the other Slayers out there"

Could you please not remind me of that for the next....decade?" Buffy joked. "Let's just enjoy this moment"

They all stood in silence for another while, staring at what once had been Sunnydale.

"Oh....does this 'enjoying the moment'-thing really has to take a decade, cos....well...." Willow started.

"What is it Will?" Buffy asked.

Then they all heard it. Someone's cell-phone was ringing. Everyone looked at each other. Then Angel realised it was his phone. He let go of Buffy's hand.

"Oh...that's mine. Sorry" he said, while he searched his pockets for his phone.

"You have a cell-phone? Since when?" Buffy asked in surprise.

"Ehh...it's kind of a Cordelia-thing." Angel explained. Then he took his cell-phone out of one of his pockets and answered it.

"Hello?....Hey Fred!...Calm down, I can't hear you....What?!....How? When?....Oh.....That sounds bad...............Yeah, absolutely. I'll be there as soon as I can.........Sewers?.....Oh, okay.....yes......Hang in there Fred. I'm on my way........."

Then he hung up the phone. Everyone stared at him.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked.

"There's kind of a situation in L.A. Hard to explain. Cordy had her baby and...."

"She was pregnant?" Buffy asked.

"Remind me to tell you that story later. Fact is, that she had her baby, but it turned out to be a mind controlling creature of some sort that has taken control over everybody in L.A. I don't know everything, but they really need me there...The situation sounded pretty....Apocalyptic"

"From one Apocalypse to the other" Dawn stated.

"The story of my life" Angel said.

"I'll come with you" Buffy said. "I might not be the only Slayer anymore, but that doesn't mean I can't stop the world from ending every once in a while"

"Yeah...I'll come too" Faith announced. "After a little stop at the hospital anyway..."

And she pointed at the cut on her forehead.

"I would come too, but....I think some people need to stay behind to take care of the Slayers...and track down the other Slayers." Willow said.

Kennedy nodded.

"I'll stay with Willow and Kennedy then" Giles said.

Buffy nodded and turned to Dawn.

"I want you to stay with them too. They could really use your help"

"You think?!" Dawn asked with a proud look on her face.

"Absolutely. Your researching skills are almost better than mine" Willow said.

Dawn smiled even more.

"And after we have dealt with whatever there is in L.A, we'll be back" Buffy assured her sister.

"I'll come with you, Buf" Xander suddenly said. "I know I can't really help, since walking without breaking any objects around me is already a mission impossible, but.........I just need to get away for a little while"

Buffy nodded. She got that. She actually couldn't wait to get away from here too. Just to get her mind off things that had happened here.....So she would be able to get over her loss. She had lost Spike and it hurt more than she thought it would.

"I'll just join Mr Giles and Willow......for those who wanted to know that" Andrew suddenly said.

"I don't think many people did, pal" Xander said.

"Ssshhh......I have a lot of fans among those Slayers. They have deep respect for me, since I managed to turn away from the dark side." Andrew whispered to Xander.

Xander just gave Andrew his famous 'yeah, sure'-nod.

Buffy looked around.

"Well, let's get on the bus then. First stop: hospital. Second stop: L.A."

Everyone nodded and got back on the bus. Buffy and Angel were the only ones still standing outside the bus now.

"Are you okay?" Buffy asked, taking his hand again.

Angel nodded slowly.

"Are you worried about your friends?" she asked.

"Yeah.....it sounded really bad"

"Don't worry...It's gonna be fine. We're gonna make it fine"

Angel nodded and forced a smile on his face. Then the two of them stepped into the bus. The engine started and the bus started to drive away from the place once known as Sunnydale. Now nothing more than a big hole.