A/N - Wow, there are no words to say how sorry i am for the extremely late update. (Sad face) Anyway i still hope you like it.

-Hyperion - Lobby-

It had felt like hours but it had only been minutes as the anger filled staring contest continued. Buffy finally shook her head and sighed, "So that's it huh Cordy? This is where the prom queen ended up?"

Cordelia actually smiled, "I was doing fine until you waltzed in here. My life was finally coming together. Of course I was dead for a while and then in an entire different world but even when i was back i had everything. It's always been you Buffy. You have always taken what's mine."

Buffy shook her head not believing what she was hearing, "Are you serious? I never took anything from you. I actually watched you all of high school and admired parts of you. That used to be me. I used to be a queen but that went downhill and I had to watch you take all of it away from me."

"You don't think you took anything from me?" Buffy shook her head but Cordy continued before Buffy could interrupt, "What about Owen? Angel? Homecoming? Xander? I mean I actually thought I loved that dweeb but he can't love anybody but you Buffy. You're the centre of attention everywhere you go."

Buffy shook her head, "There is no way you're putting your relationship problems on me. You never had owen Cordy or Angel for that matter. Also try to remember that niether of us won Homecoming. Xander loved you Cordy, more then he loved me. You were the one who made the choice not to forgive him and you were the one who made the choice to stop speaking to him. For once in your life Cordelia stop blaming everyone for your screw-ups."

Cordelia looked even more angry if possible, "I don't blame anyone but you Buffy. If it weren't for you..."

Buffy cut her off, "You'd probably be dead a few hundred times. Don't sit there Cordy and blame me for everything when we both know there's only one thing you're mad about. There's only one thing you're obsessing over and that's the fact you failed in splitting Angel and me up."

Cordelia went silent for a few seconds before she spoke, "You can't have everything Buffy. You can't have both Angel and the world. We've all known that from the beginning and we're just waiting for you to wake up and see it." Cordy smiled at the fact buffy looked pained by her words and continued, "I love him you know. We could of been happy, he could of been happy. If it weren't for you we wouldn't be in this mess." Buffy shook her head and Cordy softened her voice, "Why couldn't you just have fallen in love with Spike?"

Little did buffy know that Spike, Faith and Angel were standing at the top of the stairs. Buffy answered honestly meaning she was caught up in the moment, "I couldn't fall in love with him because I don't deserve him, either of them."

Cordy actually looked taken back, "What do you mean you don't deserve them? If you don't deserve them then why the hell would you lead them on for so god damn long. You should of walked away a long time ago."

Buffy was barely listening as she stared into space and sat down on the sofa, "I know. The most amazing guys in this world both love me and I know I don't deserve it. I've been playing with Spike's mind for so long now that I think I just confused him. I tried to convince myself that if I didn't love him then he wouldn't love me. I used him, I betrayed him and when we're finally equal he goes and dies to save the world. How could I deserve someone who cares that much about me?"

Cordelia looked totally unphased as she shook her head. Spike on the other hand was glaring at the slayer with pain evident in his eyes. After all this time the truth finally came out. Cordelia smiled, "What about Angel? What makes you think you deserve him?"

Buffy shrugged, "I don't." She stood up and started pacing now, "I sent the love of my life to hell and when he comes back he still wants to be with me. I've convinced myself though Cordy, I know we belong together. You want to know how I know?" Cordelia looked away disgusted which caused Buffy to smile and continue, "I know what love is. I know what passion is. You have absolutely no clue what either of them mean in a real relationship. You think kidnapping Angel's son was gonna get him back?"

Cordelia shot her head back towards buffy, "They were suppossed to kill you and only you. It wasn't suppossed to go this far."

Buffy let a tear fall down as she stared at the ground, "You know, when i found out about how much Angel cared for you I cried for a long time but I moved on. I even went a step further to find a way to secure his soul so he could be with you. Being in love is about making the love of your life happy. It sure as hell isn't about making you happy."

Cordelia actually paused for a few seconds unsure of what to say. "You know I think this was more about you. I have always hated you so much more then anyone would ever know. You get everything..."

Buffy nodded and started yelling, "But it comes with a price Cordy. I want to save the world and when i do i die, I have Angel now but I'm going to die...The only thing I want now and don't have is you dead. That's not going to happen though Cordy because I can feel him inside me, I can feel how much he still cares for who you are or who you used to be. You are so lucky someone cares for you enough still."

Cordy actually smiled and looked up at the railing towards Angel, "You still care about me?"

Buffy froze instantly knowing who she was probably talking to. When she did slowly turn around she was proved right when Spike, Faith and Angel started to decend the stairs. Buffy shut her eyes, "How long have you guys been there?"

Spike waited until he got to the main floor, "Since you didn't deserve me apparently."

Buffy shook her head, "You guys weren't suppossed to hear any of that."

Angel and Faith finally made it to the lobby and Angel walked closer towards buffy, "You and Cordy scream pretty loud so we let everyone get the Potentials and we came to check on you two."

Cordelia giggled, "I'm touched."

Spike was actually the one to turn towards the once seer, "Don't be. See us people with souls actually have morals now and as much as we'd like to see you dead none of us can do it. We were worried about buffy."

Cordelia shook her head and stared at faith while answering Spike, "So not true. We could always hand a stake to faith and Buffy. You know make it look like an accident and then you won't have to worry about me doing anything anymore."

Faith shook her head and was about to run at Cordelia in the chair when Angel stopped her. He finally looked towards his once potential lover, "I think you know exactly why we were worried and why we can't kill you. I think you should also know Cordelia that if you ever EVER come near anyone in this hotel again I will have to resort to killing you."

Cordelia finally felt how much she had hurt Angel, the man she thought she would ahve a future with. It was the first time she regretted ever going to Wolfram And Hart. She stared down and was about to speak but Buffy shook her head, "You are so not going to apologize."

Cordelia looked up in anger, "I say what I want."

Buffy shook her head, "Lose the attitude Cordy. The wannabe queen smile only works on people who love you."

Cordelia couldn't believe what she was hearing so she glared at the slayer for a few seconds before speaking, "Yeah well the strong slayer act only works for those who actually have a future as a leader. How is that whole you're going to be evil scenario coming?"

It was buffy's turn to run at Cordelia but she was stopped by a voice at the top of the stairs. Rona spoke for the bunch of girls behind her, "You said you wanted to see us."

Buffy shook her head at Cordelia and turned towards the girls, "I do. All slayers down to the lobby. Everyone not a slayer and Faith there's a meeting in the kitchen."

Spike walked beside her, "Buffy."

Buffy shook her head, "Go Spike. It's time to save the world."

Buffy's tone actually scared him as Angel, Spike, and faith started their walk towards the kitchen with extremely saddened or confused faces. Willow, Oz, Xander, Wesley, Illyria and Gunn walked down the stairs and followed the heroes into the kitchen. Buffy glared at Cordelia before she took her stand to talk to all the slayers. Rona started walking down the stairs and was followed by the rest of them.

When they were all comfortable and sitting down buffy took a deep breath, "I think you guys know something happened this morning because I felt it too. I should of warned you guys long before now."

Rona looked around confused, "What happened Buffy?"

Buffy sighed, "You all lost your slayer abilities this morning." Chatter and whispering went around the room until buffy cleared her throat, "I think you all deserve to know what's really going on now and then you can make your own choices for once."

Vi stood up, "What choices?"

Buffy looked into her eyes, "To stay or to go."

-Kitchen-

As everyone started sitting down and getting settled for research Xander walked in and looked directly into Angel's eyes, "What happened?"

Faith sat Xander down beside her, "Slayer had a run in with Cordelia and they said a lot of things. No worries."

Xander nodded and then looked around at everyone else. Spike broke the awkward silence though, "Well, we have no army of slayers with the exception of an emotional one and a violent one, we have no scythe, Cordelia's evil, Dawnie and Conner are kidnapped, Buffy's going to lose her soul tonight, the end of days is here and so far our only hope is a werewolf who hasn't been in the mix for almost four or five years now. Whatever shall we do?"

Angel glared at Spike and tried to calm everyone in the room down, "I'm sure if we work this out one step at a time we can figure this out."

Willow shook her head, "We don't have time to work it out step by step Angel. We have to come up with an actual plan before sunset tonight or buffy could be gone and you might have to kill her. I saw what happened to her when she killed you Angel and there is no way any one of us in this room are strong enough to go through that."

Angel nodded and tried to hide the pain he was feeling because he knew Willow was right. He knew if it did come down to him and buffy then he wouldn't be able to live with himself afterwards. He stood up, "Fine then. What do we have?"

Oz finally spoke up, "So if I get my part done we don't really have to worry about anything else right?"

Spike shook his head, "We have to be prepared if that doesn't work."

Illyria looked towards Angel, "If you can not I am sure i could kill her for you."

Angel shook his head, "It's alright illyria. We're kind of hoping it doesn't come down to that."

Illyria nodded but Wesley finally spoke up, "Okay well, even if Oz does succeed in his mission Buffy's soul will still be taken from her."

Gunn nodded, "I'm thinking that means we run." Spike was about to speak up but he continued, "Not from this fight but to a safe location. Think about it. This end of days war thing can't happen if we're not around."

Spike shook his head, "We can't run for long."

Angel agreed, "Buffy wanted to make sure that this was over as soon as possible."

Xander nodded, "Okay. So we get Dawnie and Conner and take off to the next city. Willow works her magic and we come back to find buffy all looking for us and everything."

Angel shook his head, "Some of us will have to stay behind."

Spike explained to the curious looking faces staring aimlessly, "Buffy's been around evil her whole life. She'll want our attention and I'm betting she'll know exactly how to get it."

Willow sighed as she realized what he was talking about, "If buffy doesn't see evidence of us around she'll start the whole violent act to make you come to her. So leaving L.A. would mean leaving a bunch of people as victims."

Angel nodded but faith stood up, "So that's the plan. We drop off Cordelia somewhere, They take her soul, Oz does his thing, Angel and Spike go do the whole bye thing, they bring Conner and Dawnie back here and then you guys all take off leaving Spike, Angel and me to pick up the dirty work."

Xander shook his head, "We can't just leave you guys. I mean what if that whole war thing does happen? We can't just leave Spike and faith to do the dying while Angel does the killing."

Angel shook his head, "There will be no demons, no war if it's just me and buffy on the field."

Xander sighed, "How do you know?"

Angel shrugged, "It's a feeling. I know long shot but I trust it. Plus I think Faith is right sort of."

Faith smiled until she realized he said sort of, "What do you mean sort of? How am I only sort of right?"

Angel looked down, "I don't think you should be here."

Before Faith could retaliate Spike agreed with Angel, "He's right Faith. If everyone takes off they're going to need someone super strong to protect them."

Angel nodded, "Plus you being here could easily give you the chance to do something you were told not to do."

Spike turned towards faith who was right next to him, "I know you don't like it but it's the safest thing right now. We can't find out if we have anything if we're all dead."

Faith sighed and looked away dramatically, "Fine, but you guys owe me."

Spike smiled, "Good, Good. We actually have plans now."

Oz sighed and went into his quiet thinking mood unil he finally spoke, "One question. How do we get me in there without anyone noticing?"

-Main Room-

It had been silent for a while since buffy had explained the recent problems and given them their ultimatum. She was actually the one to break the silence, "So what do you guys think?"

One girl stood up, "What do you mean what do we think?"

Rona nodded, "Yeah, you're asking us to decide wheather we want to live or die."

Buffy shook her head, "I'm not. Believe me, there is no shame in walking out now. You guys have done more then what ever I asked and I won't blame you if you quit now. Think about your families, your homes, your friends and your old lives. If you want to go and spend this time with them I'm not stopping you, in fact I'm encouraging you."

Another short silence went by until Cordelia finally blew, "Are you guys serious? You actually have to think about this? Run! She just told you that you were free. She just gave you a get out of death card and you're standing there and thinking about it?"

Vi stood up and stared at Cordelia with anger, "Unlike you we have hearts, we have honor and we have souls." She stared at buffy, "I've been through a lot with you and I'm not about to stop backing you up now."

Buffy smiled greatfull at her. She then looked around the room, "You don't have to single yourself out like that if you don't want to. here's the deal though. Those of you who stay I am more then grateful to you and those of you that leave i can't thank you enough and you should pack your bags. I'll arrange for your transportation back home."

Rona stood up, "What about Kennedy?"

Buffy nodded and looked down. She thought about it for a few seconds before looking at Vi, "Go into the kitchen. I want you to tell Willow to meet me upstairs in Kennedy's room and then I want you to get faith to watch Cordelia while you all pack."

Vi nodded and walked towards the kitchen as Buffy walked towards the stairs. Cordelia stopped Buffy halfway up the stairs, "Do you really think you're going to make it out of this one alive?"

Buffy looked down at her with a sincere look, "NoI don't but since when has that ever stopped me from saving my friends and the world?"

-Kitchen-

When Vi charged in everyone went quiet. She looked instantly to Willow, "Buffy wants you upstairs, I think it's time to bury kennedy."

Willow nodded and stood quietly. When Oz stood with her she put a hand on his shoulder, "I think i should do this alone."

Oz nodded and gave her a quick kiss before she walked out of the kitchen. Vi then turned to faith, "She wants you to watch Cordelia. Some of the slayers are packing and until we have who's staying and who's going sorted out she wants Cordelia on watch."

Faith nodded and stood up, "I'm on it."

Angel stared up at her with a completely serious look, "Don't kill her Faith."

Faith nodded and walked out of the kitchen. Vi was left to stare at a bunch of thinking faces around the table.