The yellow school bus drove next to the beach, when the sunset began. The girls were exhausted, Willow fought against falling asleep and Buffy had lost so much blood that she was unconscious for almost an hour now. Dawn was sitting next to her and Xander was holding Buffy with her back to him so that she couldn't fall down. Giles decided it would be better if they'd stop t the next hospital and left the highway….
The potentials helped each other to get to the emergency room. Giles took Buffy in his arms and carried her. He hadn't seen her wounds before and wondered now, how she had been able to fight after one Turok-Han had cut her so badly. Buffy seemed so weak. Giles doesn't remember when he had seen her like this the last time.
The doctor sorted the ones who weren't injured that hard out, but when he saw Buffy he told the nurses to come immediately. Giles laid her on a bed on which she was brought to the operating room, while he stood in the middle of the floor. Alone.
Willow and Xander went from one side of the waiting room to the other, while one potential after the other returned. They all got bandages, but all of them seemed to be much better again. Everytime they asked the nurses how Buffy was doing or how long the operation would still take nobody could tell them anything.
" I'm going crazy!" Xander leaned against the wall while Willow was still continuing the circles in the waiting room. "Somebody has to know something! "
Giles finally said something since he joined the others. , It's better to stay calm. If we all get crazy it doesn't help Buffy at all…."
But before someone could add something some doctors finally came into their direction.
" Who belongs to Buffy Summers?"
Giles set himself upright. ,I ,…..uhm, we…all of us."
The doctor who had answered this looked around. , Ok, she will be fine again, but we had to react immediately. " Some girls sighed relieved. Although they had a lot of problems with her they were frightened about her to die.
"But we'll keep her here for some days to observe her state,." The doctor continued, but most didn't even listen anymore, because after all the fighting, pain and fear, everyone got tired after the last strain was gone….
