"I'm sorry Willow" Buffy said standing next to the bed where her best friend laid.
"Buffy I'm fine." Willow said trying to cheer up her friend.
"Yeah tis but a flesh wound right Will?" Xander said nervously.
"You shouldn't have been there it was my fault." Buffy explained.
"How could you have known that this would have happened? Don't blame yourself." Willow comforted her friend.
"Willow, I'm glad you're ok." Giles said walking into her hospital room.
"Giles, Hey." Willow said with a big smile on her face.
"Buffy may I speak with you for a moment?" Giles said as they walked out into the hall together.
"It was very rash of you to take Willow out patrolling with you. You're lucky she only has a broken leg." Giles said forcefully.
"You don't think I know that?" Buffy yelled.
"I'm just saying that in the future you should use better judgment." Giles stated.
"I have to make life and death choices almost everyday. I'm just a high school student and not a very good one at that. I can't do it anymore Giles, I just can't." Buffy yelled as she ran back into Willow's hospital room.
"I Quit. I'm not the slayer anymore. Get someone else." Buffy yelled with tears rolling down her eyes.
"Quit? Buffy you can't quit. Can she quit?" Xander asked Giles.
"Buffy you know that's not possible." Giles said.
"It isn't fair Giles." Buffy said.
"Life never is." Giles said as he tried to comfort his slayer.
"I have something that may help you deal with this. Back in the library I can help you. Your soul will travel to your own spirit world there you should be able to find some balance." Giles said.
Giles took Buffy back to the library and sat her down in front of a mystical stone.
"Just stare at the center and focus on your pain." Giles said as he sat down across from her.
Buffy stared at the stone waiting for anything to happen. She felt all the pain that she felt everyday, building up in her. It was so much she felt like she would burst any moment. The stone suddenly vanished and now there were only bright lights. The beams were blinding her as she tried to look at her surroundings.
"So you're her?" A voice said from behind her.
She spun around to see a demon standing before her.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked.
"Names Sahjhan. I'm your guide." He said.
"So Sweetheart where do you want to start? Did you have a happy childhood? Were your parents always too busy for you?" Sahjhan said.
"You're not my guide."
"Well that didn't take long. You are right, I'm not your guide. I'm your executioner." The demon said as he swung an ax right for Buffy's throat.
