AN: Thanks to my reviewers! And I realized how much I hated season 7 so I will take liberties as I would like and you all can just go with it. I finished part of this chapter a long time ago and lost contact with writing since my muses are usually so busy. However, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 is one of the greatest games ever. That and Episode 3 coming out soon has inspired me again. So, reviews please and I will be forced to write some more and hopefully finish this atrocity to the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

Disclaimer- I own nothing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is owned by Joss Whedon. Star Wars is owned by George Lucas. #Waving hand around# "You do not need to sue this one. He is not the one you are looking for"

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End of the Line

Chapter 2

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Buffy paced the room as Willow tried the locator spell for the umpteenth time in 7 weeks. As all of her hopes began to drain out, she heard her best friend cry, "Oh, oh, oh!!!!"

"We have contact" Willow gushed excitedly hopping around in her still seated position.

"What? Where?" demanded Buffy.

"Here," Xander said and bowed when Buffy turned to see him, mouth agape at his much changed appearance.

"Xander!!!!" she cried and leapt at him, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him for all she was worth. Willow was only a heartbeat behind in following suit.

After the hug session ended, they all stepped back from each other with the same question in mind. Where do we go from here?

Willow broke the awkward silence and asked the most obvious question, "Where have you been?"

Xander indicated the couch with his hand and took a seat opposite the two girls on the floor.

"This may be hard to grasp but here goes. I am the last in a long line of people who have great ability to interact with what is called the Force. It is far more powerful and primal than magic since it flows through and around everything. It is what we know as the Powers. I have been called upon to take up my mantle, so to speak, and bring balance back to the Force," Xander said. "The First has returned"

"The First… I…" Buffy started then stopped. She just shook her head.

"What is more, is that what we have supposedly known about this dimension and this reality has all been false. Humans and aliens all lived here eons before. What we call demons are nothing more than remaining species of creatures from all over this galaxy. Some are intelligent. Some are not. Some are evil. Some are not," Xander continued.

"But what is most important is not our past, but the here and now. While our past defines our present; only what we do in the present matters now. In our case, our present decisions affect the future of all" Xander said with much conviction. "The First is here and must be destroyed."

Buffy and Willow just stared for a moment then Buffy got up. She dragged Willow into the dining room where Xander could hear intense whispering.

He smiled lazily and relaxed into a pose of meditation. Several minutes later he came to as Buffy and Willow walked quietly back into the room. Buffy stopped and folded her arms over her chest and looked at him concerned.

"Xander, you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, Buff. Just meditating," he replied and got up with an ease that not even Buffy could pull off. "Well, what's the consensus?"

Willow was the one to answer. "It's not that we don't believe you, but you've been missing for 7 weeks. Then you just reappear with long hair and looking very tough and some weird story about aliens and the Council being wrong. Which that last part I have no problem believing but I just did a quick little peek at your aura and you are Xander but different. More awake and alive and I can tell that you have access to things I do but don't. And we're… we're…." she trailed off.

Xander smiled softly and asked jokingly, "What was the consensus then?"

Buffy answered by launching into another hug with Xander saying "We're just glad to have you back, you big lug."

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The form of Buffy Summers paced the underground cavern. Snarling at nothing she paced angrily about. The Ubervamp cowered.

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Xander swept through his forms with ease. The Jedi was no stranger to unarmed combat though preferring the elegant and deadly lightsaber. Buffy and Willow watched appreciatively and then clapped politely when he finished. He turned to them and smiled, then bowed from the waist to his audience.

"So Xan," Buffy began as she walked up to him. "What's next? Any wigginess in the Force about the First? Giles was supposed to call and I am starting to get worried about him. He mumbled something about the girls being in trouble. And I don't think he meant us."

"Yeah, he said my training was important but then he just left one afternoon with hardly a word. It's so un-Gilesey" Willow said in her usual manner.

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Giles ducked the blow he knew was coming. Feeling the air wash over him as the arm with the knife passed by he firmly planted himself on his back and kicked out. The eyeless bringer was knocked backwards then writhed in pain as it died on the ceremonial pike that had fallen down from its mount.

Breathing heavily he shook his head, got up and dusted himself off. Standing still for a moment he waited for any other attacks that might come; he then shook his head once more and put his glasses back on. Sighing, he turned to the sight that had greeted him when he opened the already open door; his friend James and his young Slayer potential, Kennedy, dead from a very violent beheading by the Bringers.

"Damn," Giles cursed.

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Two days later

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Giles stepped out of the airport and then stopped as he saw the drive in front of the terminal all but deserted. One lone cabbie sat nervously in his taxi that was covered in crosses and seemed to be covered in a constant mist from some jets on top of the car. Shrugging, Giles hailed him and the cabbie waved him over.

"Hey buddy, no offense but I am NOT getting out of this car until you touch one of those crosses there," the driver said in an obvious Brooklyn accent.

Nodding once, Giles did as he was asked and the driver feeling satisfied unlocked the car and let the only passenger he had all night in.

"Holy water?" Giles asked.

"Yer damn right," the driver said vehemently. "Where to buddy?"

"Revello Drive," was the reply.

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Buffy tensed as Xander paused mid-form and switched off his lightsaber. She relaxed when he turned and grinned.

"Giles is here," he said.

The doorbell rang and Buffy just shook her head as she jogged to the door and opened it.

"Hi Giles," she beamed at him and left the door open.

"Hello," he stammered and walked inside confused.

"We have our own Giles detector," she called back over her shoulder.

"What are you talking about?" he questioned as he set his bags down at the entrance to the living room.

"That would be me, Giles" Xander said with a lopsided grin and a short bow.

Giles just stood with his mouth open, staring at the transformation in the young man.

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"Bringers? Like those guys that tried to bring out the First Evil?" asked Buffy. "I guess it's back to the tree lot."

"Yes, I would recommend that we investigate the tunnels immediately" Giles answered.

"You may consider the resident Jedi on the case," Xander replied and lent his arm to Buffy, who giggled, taking his arm as they walked to the door.

Giles just rolled his eyes while Willow grinned.

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Authors note: Next chapter, someone dies!!! And Kennedy was worthless.