"Wilfred run!" yelled Emma entering the warehouse, seeing the boys at each others throats she pulled Will away and pushed him back and got into a fighting stance. "RUN!" she screamed.

"Emma I-"

"You can sense you brother go to him now!" she yells.

"Be careful." he said gesturing to William whom was in a fighting stance, bruised and beaten, some burn marks on his skin.

"I've be waiting a long time to do this." they both said at the same exact time.


"How is he?" asked Wilfred as he came into the hospital.

"The doctor's say he has had a lot of blood loss." said Dawn.

"But he'll make it through." Robin said in relief.

"They also say, his medical history is quite interesting." Nick said matter of factly.

"Also they had seen him this bad a few times before." Dawn said slightly sadly.

"What have you been doing these last 7 years big brother?" said Wilfred to no one in particular. It was more like questioning himself.


Emma ducked and punched him square in the face as William ducks and she missed. He hit her with a lighting ball which she hissed yet when he does magic he must stand still for a moment afterwards and so she hit him square in the face as she got hit. He then fell to the ground and did a flip up.

"Impressive slayer." he hissed.

"You haven't seen the half of it."

"Your right, I've seen all of it." and they both charged at each other.

"Where's Emma?" whispered Wesley as Wilfred entered the hospital room.

"She told me to get out...what the hell did she do to you Wesley."

"Nothing I haven't experienced before." he joked. Yet when Mark wasn't even grinning he knew something was wrong.

"Whats on your mind little brother?"

"What happened to you Matthew?" he said using his old name. Wesley suddenly became silence. "What have you gone through?"

"I need to get to sleep."

"Wes I-"

"I've been through hell...that's all you will ever need to know." he said darkly before closing his eyes and going to sleep quickly because of the pills.

Emma ran straight into a wall and walked up it and did a flip getting behind Will and punching him square in the face as he started to turn.

"Will you have to listen to me."

"No, your hate for him may have gone away but mine hasn't!"

"William he still loves you!" Will paused for a second yet only for a second.

"He does not!" he growled before shooting two fireballs right at her yet she did a front handspring and dodged them.

"I tortured him Will and he still loved me." she weakly trying to convince the youngest Pryce brother.

"I've gone to far it doesn't matter!" he screamed before sending bolts of electricity at her yet she did a front tumble and got up close to him.

"It's never to late." she whispered as he raised his hand to her face she looked at him, nothing but pity in her eyes. "Let it go Will."

"N-No...I can't...."

"let it go, Will, let it go." she whispered cupping his cheek.

"If I do I-I-"

"you'll what?"

Yet she didn't get a response just a fist in the face. The battle was on once more. Emma punched him yet he ducked which he did a punch at her gut yet she blocked grabbed his wrist and flipped him in the air yet he continued the motion and did a front flip and landed on his feet gracefully. Yet now he was at a distance and at an advantage. He grinned darkly and started throwing electric balls and flaming balls at her which she had to duck and dodge yet he was unaware she was getting closer and closer, until she slammed him square in the face sending him to the ground. He winced as she came down as if to strike, yet then again she cupped his cheek,

"You'll what?" she whispered.

"I'll feel." he said looking up at her with those amazing Wyndam Pryce blue eyes

"Whats wrong with feeling?" whispered Emma.

"Because if I feel...I feel nothing but..."

"Regret, grief?" she whispered back his hand now at her side. Yet as his eyes started to water up and his lower lip started to tremble slightly.

"Pain...nothing but pain."

"Oh William." she whispered as she wrapped her arms around the ex-killer.


Emma and William made it through the day, not quite ready to go to the hospital yet...they made it through in thier apartment. William would lie thier and for the first time in so very long they where good friends again.

"Remember that time we went fishing?" he asked lying on the couch and speaking almost wishfully.

"Which time?" she replied.

"The first time, how Liz said that we should be careful."

"Yeh, and Wren told us about the sharks that lived in the lake." she laughed, sitting on the floor her back to the couch.

"Why can't we go back Emma?"

"I don't know." she replied honestly. "But I wish I did."


On Sunday, Emma and William entered the hospital to see everyone sleeping in Wesley's room. Wilfred's head was on the bed as was Dawn's, both sitting in a chair. Nick and Robin where sitting in a sort of love seat of some kind, Nicks head was on Robin's shoulder. Yet in the middle of all this Wesley was awake reading a book. He looked up from his book and a smile came to his lips.

"William, Emma." he smiled. He looked around and slipped out of bed careful not to disturb the others. Every time he limped Emma winced. She had caused that. "I' knew you'd come." he said smiling bright as the trio walked down the hospital hall. Yet neither replied.

"I'm sorry." whispered William out of the blue after a comfortable silence for about 3 minutes. Wesley stopped walking.

"Emma, maybe you should go wake the others, get them breakfast."

"Yeh sure." she nodded before leaving the youngest Pryce brother alone with his eldest brother.

"I'm so sorry." he mumbled as they went out to the small courtyard.

"It's ok really, compared to all the times people have tried to kill me your was nothing."

"Stop it." he said intensely. "Stop joking, because it isn't helping." Wesley became serious as he sat down on the stone bench. He took his baby brothers hands in his and looked at him in the eyes.

"William I don't blame you for what happened, "

"Who do you blame?"

"Well who ever did the explosion. Who ever separated us. Who ever made those phone calls saying that the others where dead." he said honestly and gently.

"How do you do that?" he whispered and looked at his eldest brother, and searched his eyes.

"Do what?"

'Make everything ok?"

"A talent I just recently picked up again." he shrugged. "and I actually have some good news.

"What?" he asked raising an eye brow. Wesley grinned as he took out a piece of paper.

"I had a friend in LA get me the legal work." he showed it to William. "I have legal custody of you untill your 18."

"Matt I-"

"I want you back in my life William...your my brother...and nothing you can say or do will ever change that." he said his eyes twinkling as he looked up at him.William looked back at him as he cried and held his older brother. He had to learn again, William had to learn was love was again, and the only person who could teach him was Shadow. no Wesley...no Matthew no wait...his brother.

Elizabeth Wattson watched from an alternate dimension in her apartment, Cordelia one of her best friends next to her.

"He doing it...he coming back.." said Cordy a smile on her face.

"Yeh...he is." smiled Liz

"Wooo English what the hell happened to you?" asked Gunn as he came in monday morning.

"Just a minor car accident I'm fine really." he said. He really was, turns out Wilfred picked up a thing or two on healing and most of his cuts weren't so servere now.

"Well English how's your family?" Wesley stopped at this comment. Gunn had hear rumors about Wesley and his father and expected him to be somewhat upset. Yet no, he turned to him his eyes full of joy.

"Wonderful, my families just wonderful." Gunn guessed there was a double meaning but didn't say a word..

Yet the dangers are not over because as this happened a god watched from above.

"Shadow is coming back onto the path, maybe killing him is not needed." said one of the voice's.

"No, the deaths of the others are still needed." and the face's of the Fang Gang and the Scooby's flashed in thier crystal ball.