Summary: Post-Chosen Buffy, and the rest of the gang leave for L.A. To find a new place to establish their home. Willow doesn't show it, but the Tara's death slowly killed her on the inside, but what is to happen when the powers that be bring her back?

Pairings: W/T ((My fave )) B/F, D/A, (Others to come)

Rating: Pg13

Chapter Summary: The gang get used to life on an active hellmouth again. Just when things start to look up everything comes crashing down again.

Special thanks: Lauren for Betaing, and helping me do some character placements.

((Thoughts in Italics))

CHAPTER FOUR – Those In Evil

In England Kennedy was smiling over the new slayers watching they're pre-training sessions.

"You think they'll figure it out?" She asked turning around.

"Sooner, or later yes" The blonde responded.

"Lets just hope everything is set up before they do. I have slayer strength now, but Buffy is THE slayer I can't compete with that alone. Plus she has Willow and the other slayer bitch." Kennedy thought out loud.

"Don't worry Ken, hun we will take care of them. The slayers will soon be on our side" The young lady responded.

"Soon then… Soon" Kennedy replied taking the girl into her arms and kissing her.

Buffy walked through the door into her house and was suddenly in her sisters arms calming her crying.

"Shhhh Dawn" Buffy whispered in her sisters ear.

Faith and Xander walked through the door behind her.

After a couple of minutes everyone was in the living room lost in thoughts of there own. Dawn was in Andrews lap Buffy had her head laid on Faith's shoulder Xander, and Willow where in separate chairs.

"The losses won't stop" Willow thought harshly "First it was Tara, then we lost both Anya and Spike, and now we lose Giles…" She continued wondering which of the scoobies would die next.

"We have a little more data on where the hellmouth could be. The activity is centered around the north-center area of the town. It gives a smaller area to search, and is good because we live the perfect distance from that part of town." Willow said trying to start a conversation. She didn't think she or anyone else for that matter wanted this deathly silence to continue.

"Good job red" Faith spoke up. "Couldn't you like us a locator spell to find the exact location?" She added as an after thought.

"No we need to symbolize what we are searching for, and since none of us have any hellmouth on us we can't find it with a spell." Willow said depressed.

"Well I'll go collect more data for you then" Buffy said wanting to go kill something.

"I'm coming with" Faith added as they rushed through the door.

"Buffy if there is something wrong let me help" Faith said as they were walking down the street.

"What?" Buffy was surprised at the random outburst.

"I mean you don't have to be all tough chick around me you know. I can be there for you." Faith added in.

"I know it's just…" Buffy wandered off.

"It's the slayer isolationist thing. Buffy I know I am a slayer to. No one else you have been with has understood that. I do, and I also believe I can be here for you better than anyone else as well." Faith smiled at the thought. For some reason whenever she was around Buffy she let all her guard down. Ever since she met Buffy all she has wanted was for her to accept her, and when she didn't she went off the deep end. Now so much has changed and the girl that she tried to kill now is sleeping in the same room as her, the same bed as her.

"I know it's just I got caught off guard after losing spike. I didn't expect to lose anyone else so close. I mean we also lost Anya in that fight." Buffy frowned.

"We're at war with the forces of darkness Buffy. People are going to die. Now that the first is crushed you know there is going to be another world threatening evil soon to appear. And if we beat the Evil that created all evil I don't think that much more can stand against us." Faith replied. "Point is even though we are powerful there will always be losses and we have to be prepared for them"

Faith and Buffy continued on talking as a vampire crept through the shadows following them then soon disappearing afterwards.

"Was that them?" Another bleach blonde vampire asked in a very British accent.

"That's them." The tall brown-haired vampire responded.

"Wonder if they know yet?" The British one asked.

"Not likely we only got the information because of our status. There is no way they could know about it yet." The brown-haired vampire continued

"Ah the good old WR and H. It actually came in use for something." The blonde said lighting a cigarette.

"That why we joined them. Inside information on impending evil" The brown-haired vampire responded.

"Lets just get back to the others we need to move soon." The blonde said as he walked away

Back at the slayers residence it was night and sleep came hard for the members who were still at the house. The four of them were flipping through channels trying to find something they could agree on. Dawn was fine with what ever Andrew wanted, but Xander didn't want to watch any nerdy stuff because he didn't want them to think he was a nerd. Willow was to busy researching to really care.

Eventually the night crept onto them along with exhaustion so they headed off for they're separate rooms minus Willow who was still researching local myths and legends. Every night the scoobies have been haunted by pictures of the people they have lost. Willow wanted to delay that as much as possible tonight. She knew she was being childish but she kept thinking some how that everything could be right again. That she could find something useful in the books she's read through twenty times.

Up in the bedroom Dawn laid on her back thinking about the people in her life. Andrew who she was quickly coming to like more and more every day. Xander who was her father figure at the moment. Willow who helped her through as more of a friend. Buffy who had to be the mother and strict. And Faith whom she had always liked and looked up to.

Ever since she got the news about Giles she had been sick to her stomach. She lost her mom, Tara, Buffy, her dad, and now Giles. She had really at one point lost anyone she thought of as a grown-up figure. Slowly reality started to sink and she realized that Giles isn't a phone call away anymore, Giles is dead and he isn't coming back.

Xander sat on his bed face hidden in his hands. "That's my girl always doing the stupid thing" He didn't mean it that day. He just wished she didn't do it. After the alter thing Xander always thought there was a chance that he could get back together with her and the past few days had risen his confidence so much. Losing Anya was to much for him then stacked on that he had to face Giles' death. He didn't think there was much left for him now. Sure there was the entire Buffy and Willow being alive but he realized he was no help to them. He was never super strong all he really had going for him is that he could use a Bow pretty good and he was also skilled with some weapons, but after the fight with Caleb he was no use to them anymore. Doing the same thing he did every night he slowly drifted off to sleep wondering what day will be his last.

Andrew is probably one of the only ones not so affected. He lost his mentor sure and he did morn his death, but at the moment he was much more worried about the girl that was coming to mean so much to him. Dawn… "With a smile that brightens a room" He knew it was true since the day he said it. Never in a thousand years did he ever think that she would come to accept him, and he's still not sure she has, but all he can do it trust her and try to take care of her as much as possible.

After Willow input the data from the slayers who had just gotten back she decided to head off to bed as well. She knew that she would be haunted by the very dreams she's had for about two years now. Back in that bedroom in that town. The gunshot the screaming and the crying. She saves her in her dream every night but never is it real after she wakes up. Nothing she could do would make things right. She loved that one person and only that one person and even if it would make Tara sad wherever she was she couldn't be with anyone else because no one could make her happy. She always though of trying to resurrect Tara again but is always faced with the fact it's impossible because her body and grave were destroyed along with Sunnydale.

After another night horrors they scoobies woke up one by one and ate whatever that one in particular felt like fixing so mostly cereal. Everyone was tormented by the fact of loss. They were literally coming apart at the seems it was to much for the group. They dealt with loss before but in the past year the losses stacked too quickly for them to face.

"What's on the agenda today?" Buffy asked when they were all in the living room.

"We kill things and find the hellmouth." Faith was quick to answer.

"This early nothing is going to attack I meant for the day." Buffy said in a very upsetting tone.

"We could go out for food or we could to the ever so enjoyable research" Faith said in the most sarcastic tone she could muster.

"We have to do research" Buffy was quick to reply. "Cause if we don't" She looked down at the ground. "No one else will…" There was a long moment before Buffy just couldn't be there anymore so she ran out the door.

"Buffy wait" Faith said as she chased after her.

The rest of them sat and watched while the fight went on. Not really wanting to interfere with that couple at the moment they all went about they're own business.

"Dawn" Andrew spoke up as quiet as he could. "I know this probably isn't the best of time, but you wanna like go out to the mall or something?" Andrew asked knowing it was more of giving her the opportunity to leave than anything date-like.

"Sure" Dawn was quick to answer it was just the excuse she needed to get out of that hell hole.

The two rushed out the door leaving Willow and Xander in there thoughts.

"Well" Willow was the first to speak up. "This isn't going as well as we had hoped." She said trying to smile though all that came out was a crooked sad smile.

"Something's happening isn't it?" Xander said looking up to her.

"Yea it's something only Buffy, Faith, and I talking about. We might know what killed Giles." Willow said with a sad look.

Xander's eye grew as wide as it could when he heard that. "What? Who?" Was the only thing he could manage to say.

"The first." Willow said looking directly at Xander.

"We killed him!" Xander said in surprise.

"No we didn't. He wasn't corporeal. We killed his army, and we think now that he has had time he is re-aligning himself for another attack on the hellmouth. THIS hellmouth." She said deathly serious. "We knew it was a possibility that is why we have been working hard to find the hellmouth we mustn't let the first find it before us, And if it was the first. Then the attack on Giles was only the beginning"

Xander stared in disbelief. "Can we win this time?"

Willow looked at the ground again. "With the Slayers in England we might have a chance, but this time Angel won't be making a second front. We are going to need a lot more firepower this time."

"Buffy wait!" Faith yelled as she ran down the street after her.

"What?" Buffy turned around with tears in her eyes.

"Please I'm really sorry I didn't mean it like that" Faith pleaded.

"Look it's just it's really hard ya know? We are losing the battle. What we did in Sunnydale was just a fake victory. It's not worth it if all that we love dies with the fight." Buffy broke down into Faith

"Look it'll be okay Buffy we will win this fight and finish him off for good." Faith reassured her.

"Can we?" Buffy asked hysterical "Can we really beat it this time?"

"Yes there isn't anything that can stop us and the slayer army. We are the chosen after all" Faith smiled.

"You aren't the only ones you know!" A brunette yelled from down the street standing next to a short blonde and a taller red head.

"Who are you" Faith asked looking at the bunch.

"Rogue slayers, Very dangerous" A brown haired man said coming out of the shadows followed by a blonde making sure to stay in the shadows of the buildings. "Hey Faith, Buffy" The man nodded.

Buffy's eyes grew in surprise. "Spike, Angel" She screamed "Who what how?"

A/N: Okay everyone re-apologizing for the delay in updating chapters… This story is going to be a lot shorter than my other so I am going to update this one till it's finished… Once that's done I will be updating my other one then following up with one of Four ideas I had for a new story.

Also I am sorry for the over-depression that I have been showing in the character I have just been trying to show how much the fights and losses have affected the remaining scoobies. And the arrival of the Ensouled vampire won't bring back happy moments either. Meaning we have about a chapter or two left before things get back on track.

I am sorry if you think I am going over-board with the depression and stuff .. I really am…and It will be getting to the point soon so just bare with me please?

Also the girl that Kennedy was with… We all know her from the series and I'm just practically daring you to think about who it is. If anyone figures it out feel free to say it cause it will be revealed in the next chapter.