As they all sat in the waiting room of the hospital, Buffy sat with Spike. The first time that Spike had shown up and comforted Buffy, no one had paid attention. All of them were wrapped up in their pain. But this time was different. Everyone one was on edge about Willow and they were all angry that someone so sweet had to be put through this. Spike was just sitting there and holding Buffy as she cried, when Xander walked into the room. He had rushed to the bathroom before returning to the waiting room and Spike had arrived while he was gone. As soon as Xander saw him, he flipped. "What the hell is he doing here?" Xander said.

"I got just as much right as you to be here." Spike said.

"Like hell you do."

Buffy stopped crying and looked up at Xander. "He isn't bothering anyone Xander. We are all upset but you have no right to take it out on Spike."

"You have no right to bring him here." Xander said.

"I didn't bring him here." Buffy said. "He came to help me get through this."

"Leave!" Xander said, ignoring Buffy's statement.

Spike let go of Buffy and stood up in Xander's face. "Make me." Xander threw a punch to Spike's face, but Spike easily dodged it. He spun around and stood behind Xander. Xander turned to face him. "Missed." Xander threw another punch, this time his fist connected with Spike's jaw. Spike hit him back, sending him flying across the room.

Buffy stood up and held Spike back from the now bleeding Xander, who was fast approaching. "Stop it!" Buffy yelled. Giles, Oz and Willow's parents watched them. "Willow is in there and she could be saying and all you care about is who's here to comfort me?" Buffy said, meaner then she meant to be.

"How dare you!" Xander said. "She was my best friend long before you ever came here." He said. "I am worried about her too. But I don't think it's respectful to have some evil, soulless vampire here."

"What makes you think that I don't care what happens to Red? If it affects Buffy then it affects me." Buffy shot a look at Spike as he said the sweet words. It pulled at her heart.

"You are pathetic." Xander spat.

Buffy turned on her heels suddenly. She felt the hairs of her neck step up, yet it wasn't anything supernatural. The doctor was heading towards them. Buffy, although reluctant to leave Xander and Spike alone, ran over to him. "Is she okay?" Buffy asked. Spike came over to her and took her hand. Xander, Giles, Oz, and Willow's parents were behind them.

"I'm sorry. She's had slipped back into a coma." He said. Buffy could feel the tears coming. "There is something more that you should know." The doctor said. "We lost Willow for several minutes. Although there was no brain damage, we have no idea how to tell what she went through. Some people come back from near-death experiences enlightened and more grateful for life. Others come back bitter and depressed. This is all depending on if she wakes up." The doctor said. "I'm terribly sorry." He said and walked away. None of them knew what to say; none of them could imagine what Willow had been through.

It was dark in here. She was scared but she knew that she had to keep walking. She had been wondering through this place for hours, unable to tell where it was that she walked. She thought it might be a dream, but it felt like so much more then that. She had seen Buffy once, then a bright light as if to tell her that she would be okay. But as she reached the light, she was pulled, back into the darkness. So here she was again, wondering through the darkness, unable to know where to go. She kept walking and wondering until suddenly the ground gave away and she was falling. Faster and faster she fell, gravity pulling her down towards something. Something bad. She couldn't see it but she could feel it. What waited down there for her, ready to eat and devour her? And there was nothing she could do. She wasn't like Buffy, the super girl who could get herself out of anything. She was just plain old Willow. Even though she knew magick, she was no where near strong enough to help herself. She was going to die and she knew it.

Suddenly it was light and she was on solid ground. She stood before Faith. "How ya doing Willow?" Faith said in her I'm-gonna-hurt-you voice. Willow backed away slowly, hoping that however she got in here she could get out that same way. But they were locked in, no doors or windows at all.

"Leave me alone Faith."

"See I can't do that." She said, walking around Willow like she was hunting her. "You got me in trouble and B had me all locked away."

"Good." Willow spat. "You deserve it."

"Now, now Willow." Faith said. "You should be a little nicer to the slayer that can kill you." She walked closer to Willow. "And I will you know." She whispered with hate in her voice. Faith walked away from her and turned to face her. "You know it would be better if I did." Faith said, sitting on a desk that suddenly appeared. "It'd make Buffy's job a lot better. Not having to watch you and make sure that you don't get hurt." Faith smiled. "She isn't doing a very good job."

"You were waiting for her weren't you?" Willow said.

"Yeah. Got you and pissed Buffy off. If it weren't for that damn vampire I would have won. She would have killed me and then felt what it was like." Faith jumped off the desk. "To feel that power, to know that you are so much better than everyone else is, it's something that you don't forget easily. B's to stuck-up to see that slayers are better then the rest." She smiled.

Buffy watched Willow toss and turn in her coma state. It was unsettling to her and she reached for Spike's hand. She didn't leave him in the waiting room this time, afraid of what would happen with him and Xander. Buffy stared at the redhead. In between the times that she whimpered or cried, she almost seemed at peace. But it was all the other times, when she whimpered, when she cried, when she tossed and turned, that seemed abnormal. Willow started whimpering again. Buffy grabbed her hand. "Willow?"

Deep down in her she felt that something was wrong. But she stood in front of two doors. She knew what they lead to... one lead to waking up and the other lead to her death. But she didn't know which one it was. Willow. She heard Buffy's voice, although it didn't come from the Buffy in front of the door. She felt a hand take hers, but there was none there. "You're in a coma." A figure appeared beside her. A leather-clad Faith was standing next to her.

"What?" She asked.

"I stabbed you. Do you remember?"

"Yes." Willow said.

"I put you in a coma." Faith said. "It's pretty funny." She said with a chuckle.

"Is that where the voice is coming from?" Willow asked. She heard Buffy say something else. Come on Willow. You gotta wake up. I miss you so much. Willow could feel herself tearing up. "I miss you too Buffy. I'm trying to wake up."

Faith laughed. "Don't get all teary on me now Will. You got some deciding to do."

"How can I hear her? Feel her?" Willow asked.

"You aren't dead." Faith said with a laugh. "When I was in a coma I could hear and feel some things while I was taking my trip."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"I thought it was obvious." Faith said, slightly annoyed.

"Pick a door." Willow said.

"It isn't just that Willow. One of those doors led to freedom, to lead to the people that you love." Faith said with a sad look on her face.

"He wasn't there when you woke up." Willow said, remembering that they had killed the only man that ever loved her.

"No he wasn't." She said.

"How do I choose?" Willow said.

"You look inside yourself." Faith said looking at her. "You have to trust that fate will help you choose." Faith smiled. "Have Faith." She said with laugh before disappearing. Willow looked right at the doors. She closed her eyes and spun around. Then she just walked over and opened the first knob that she felt.

A/N: Well I know that another cliffhanger is here. But I am so blank about what to write next... whether or not I should kill Willow off or not. So I'll update soon.