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Chapter Twenty

The battle part one

Principal Robin Wood leads Dawn, Brooke, Lucas, and the others into the school.

"Welcome to Sunny Dale High," Robin announces, "There's no running in the halls, no yelling, no gum chewing."

Robin stops walking and turns to face the crowd.

"Apart from that there's only one rule. If they move, kill them," Robin finishes his speech.

"OK, potentials, in the basement. Follow Faith and Spike," Buffy announced.

Buffy stopped Brooke from following Faith and Spike.

"You stay with Lucas and Dawn."

Brooke nodded and joined Lucas and Dawn by Willow and Kennedy.

"If you have to go to the bathroom, it's to your left. If you don't have to go to the bathroom, picture what you're about to face. Better to go now," Xander instructed the potentials as they went by.

"Willow my office is straight through there," Robin points to a door.

"It should be directly over the hellmouth," Buffy adds.

Kennedy takes the bag from Willow.

"I'll start getting you set up."

"Thanks."

Kennedy disappears into the office.

"OK, civilians. The vampires get upstairs, we have 3 areas they could get through to another building and then down into the sewers. Down the hall in the atrium, the north hall here, and the primary target, through the lounge straight to the science building. Now odds are, most of them will head there," Robin explains pointing out each section.

"I suggest you and I take the lounge," Giles said.

"I concur," agrees Wood.

"Dawn I want you with Lucas and Brooke."

Lucas, Dawn, and Brooke agree.

"We'll check out the atrium," Dawn said.

"So that leaves me, the dungeon master, and the carpenter in the north hall," Anya explains.

"We will defend it with our very lives," Andrew adds.

"Yes we will defend it with his very life," Anya adds quickly.

"And don't be afraid to use him as a human shield," Xander suggests.

"Good, yes, thanks," Anya smiles at Xander.

"I just want to say how proud I am to die for this very special cause with you guys," Andrew takes out a piece of paper from his back pocket and reads from it, "There's some, um—there's people I'd like to thank, both good and evil. Um, a shout out to my brother Tucker, who gave me the inspiration to summon demons and also—"

"Nobody cares you little monkey," Anya pulls him in the direction of the north hall.

"We're going to go check out our field of engagement," Dawn announces.

Dawn walks down the hallway followed by Brooke and Lucas.

Buffy goes after Dawn.

"Dawn, wait," Buffy calls after her.

Dawn turns to face her with Willow's resolve face on.

"No. Everything you're going to say is going to sound like a Good bye."

Dawn turns around and runs to catch up with Brooke and Lucas. Buffy goes and joins Willow, Xander, and Giles. They stare at each other in heavy silence.

"So, what do you guys want to do tomorrow?" Buffy asks.

"Nothing strenuous," Willow said.

"Well mini golf is always the first thing that comes to mind," Xander suggests.

"I think we can do better then that," Giles argues.

"I was thinking about shopping. As per usual," Buffy suggests.

"Oh! There's an Arden B. in the new mall!" Willow exclaims.

"I could use a few items," Xander adds.

"Well, now aren't we gonna discuss this? Save the world to go to the mall?" Giles asks.

"I'm having a wicked shoe craving," Buffy exclaims like Giles hadn't said anything.

"Aren't you on the patch?" Xander asks.

"Those never work," Willow explains.

"Here I am. Invisible to the eye," Giles sighs.

Buffy, Willow, and Xander start to walk in the other direction away from Giles.

"See I need a new look. It's this eye patch thing," Xander exclaims.

"Oh, you could go with full black secret agent look," Buffy suggests.

"Or the puffy shirt, pirate slash—" Willow adds.

"The earth is definitely doomed," Giles announces.

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Willow is sitting in principal woods office with a semi circle of lit candles in front of her. Kennedy sits across from her, watching.

"They should be in place," Willow says sitting back with her hands on her knees, "OK, magic time. You ready to, heh heh, kill me?"

"Starting to be."

"Good. Fun. Great. Brace yourself."

"Come on red. Make it happen," Kennedy whispers.

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Buffy, Faith, Spike and the other girls have climbed through the seal into the hellmouth. Spike holds up the amulet he is wearing around his neck.

"Not to be a buzz kill, love, but my fabulous accessory isn't exactly tingling with power," explains Spike.

"I'm not worried," Buffy said.

"I'm getting zero juice here, and I look like Elizabeth Taylor," Spike adds.

"Cheer up, Liz. Willow's big spell doesn't work, it won't matter what you wear," Faith explains.

They all walk toward the cliff and look over.

"I'm not worried," Buffy repeats.

"Really. Cause I'm flashing back to Xanders whole bathroom speech," Rona said.

"Buffy—" Amanda says worriedly.

I'm not worried...as long as Willow can work her spell before they—" the Turok-Han look up at them, "see us."

"Willow," Buffy says under her breath.

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Willow is performing her spell. Speaking in a different language that Kennedy can't recognize. Suddenly Willow is overcome with power. She looks up and her and the scythe glow with a bright white light.

Brooke and the rest of the potentials close their eyes as power charges through them.

"Oh…my…goddess…" Willow exclaims.

"Willow?"

Willows hair is completely white. She's still glowing with the white light from the spell. Whey the scythe stops glowing so does Willow. Willow hands the scythe to Kennedy.

"You…are a goddess."

"And you're a slayer. Get this to Buffy."

Kennedy takes the scythe from Willow and runs out of the office. Willow falls on her side when Kennedy is gone.

"Ha. That was pretty nifty."

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Xander, Anya, and Andrew stand in the hall. Anya is terrified.

"I think they're coming," Andrew said.

"Oh God I'm terrified. I thought Xander would be quiet, Andrew would be terrified and I would be sarcastic about it."

"Picture happy things… a lake, cake, bunnies," Andrew suggests.

Bunnies! Floppy, hoppy..." Anya holds her sword up ready to attack, "Bunnies."

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Giles and Robin Wood are defending and exit together. Two Turok-Han flood the hallway. Wood gets into fighting stance. He's ready to fight. He takes the first one with ease. But he didn't see the one behind him until it was too late. Giles kills it and catches Wood before he falls to the ground.

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Dawn, Brooke, and Lucas stand in the hall. Five Turok-Han come to fight them. Brooke easily handles three of them. While Dawn and Lucas can hardly take one each. Dawn pulls a rope that lets in the sun.

"We call that the green house effect," Lucas said, "Very dangerous."

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Spike is fighting off a Turok-han when he steps back and looks at the amulet. He touches it and it burns his hand.

"Buffy, whatever this thing does—" Spike winces and yelps in pain.

"Keep the line together! Drive them to the edge! We can't let them do—"

Buffy looks down and finds that a Turok-han has stabbed her. She stumble forward and collapses on the floor. Faith notices Buffy lying on the floor.

"Buffy," Faith yells running over to her.

Faith kneels in front of her. Buffy weakly lifts her head and holds out the scythe.

"Hold the line."

Faith takes the scythe and goes back into battle. Faith is mad as hell and someone has to pay for stabbing her sister slayer.