Although no one could see it, Buffy was restored and happier and more powerful than ever before.
Suddenly a voice cut in.
"Hey! How come nobody told me that party was over! Come on! I mean, the fun's only just begun!"
Everyone turned and looked up to see Buffy standing there smiling, as though she had just been elected Prom queen.
"What the-? " shouted Dupris. "You were immortal. I chopped off your head just now, you should be bloody dead!"
"Tut tut. Watch your language Mr Dupris" Buffy laughed merrily "Anyway, when do I ever go by the rules?" Everyone was still standing in shock watching her.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" she asked worriedly looking around. Then she noticed Angel, sitting on the ground on the other side of the room with red, puffy eyes.
Buffy ran full speed leaping off the stage and landing about a metre in front of Angel. She dropped to her knees and hugged him ""
What's wrong my little Angel? Its okay, Buffy's here now.
She said soothingly as though talking to a child.
"Are you real?" asked Angel, hesitantly touched her cheek.
"What do you think?" She leaned forward and kissed him passionately.
"Whoops! I forgot that we weren't alone. Well anyway. I'd better go kick some vampire butt. Love you!" she said kissing him quickly on the nose.
She walked quickly onto the stage again. Then shouted "Hey, turn up the music! Dupris com up and dance with me"
No one moved. "Come on! Don't be a chicken. I don't bite Remember?" she giggled to herself. "That was a good one! I'll have to remember that."
Dupris marched onto the stage enraged. "You little blonde bitch! How did you do it? How did you survive?"
"I don't know? Why don't you tell me?"
then at the exact same time Dupris picked up some stakes and Buffy the axe. He threw them at her and she jumped high to avoid them, landing to the ground and slicing the axe down his centre, killing him. Buffy dropped the axe and brushed her hands together, then looking at the headless man said: "Eww! Gross! Cordy, come and look at this."
She looked around the room while everyone stood staring at her figure transfixed.
"What! Oh come on people. Show's over! Get going – get a life!" She began to giggle again and everyone started to turn away. "Sorry. Only kidding - the parties not over yet!" Shouting now she said: "Okay, get to work all you slayerettes and archangels. Have some fun and kick some serious vampire arse!"
Angel stood smiling again. "That's my girlfriend" he stated proudly. Buffy overhearing him turned around to look his way. "and don't you forget it!"
The fight began. After watching Buffy the gang had somehow gotten their strength and spirit back. And the vampires were all killed in less than one hour. Until there was only one vampire left. Everyone watched as Xander approached him.
Buffy walked up to Xander and said quietly: "Let me have him." Buffy walked up to the vampire. She spoke to him bitterly. "I came to this town to escape all of you. I didn't want to be the slayer, but I eventually accepted my calling - which turned out to be a good thing because I gained many new friends." She turned to smile at them sadly. "I have had to give up so much of my life because of you bastards. I risk my friends lives all the time and what, I've died twice now!" she starts to advance on the vampire, who in turn looked terrified and began to back away.
"I guess I can't hate you as much as I'd like to, because otherwise I wouldn't have met all these great friends. But I can still hate you" she punched and kicked him in the stomach. "I hate you for being vampires!" Punches and kicks him again. "And…" she lunged at him, beating him until he was unconscious. "For…" while still whacking him "taking my life!" Buffy struck out against the vampire again and again, while tears rolled down her face.
Everyone watches on, silently crying for Buffy. Angel walks up to her and pulls her off the vampire. He hugs her and she crumples to the ground, no energy left, sobbing into his shoulder. Angel rocked her slowly back and forth, comforting her. He looked up and saw the vampire, beaten but still alive, although every bone in his body was broken. He leant over and put a stake through his chest.
Then standing up, he picked up Buffy and said to the others.
"Let's go home."