Chapter 10

Everybody was gathered in a conference room, Spike slouched in a chair near the door still a shaken by Buffy's words. Dawn, Andrew and Willow were sitting on one side of the table.

Faith was leaning against Angel's sun proof windows, Baby Williamin her arms,with Giles and Xander sitting at the other side of the table.

Angel starred out the window, 'Fred has been watching Buffy's blood samples, she says that Buffy is getting worse and fast."

Dawn held back tears, "Worse?"

Angel faced the group, "Yes, The only good thing is that Because of Buffy's Slayer powers and healing, she has been able to survive this long. But her powers are dying quickly as is she. A normal human would never be able to survive without some of the organs that have begun to turn up missing or dead."

Dawn fled from the room, Willow followed her out, "I'd better go keep her company, One of you can fill me in later." She let the door slam as she left.

Giles cleared his throat, "Are you and this Fred, certain ?" Angel nodded, "Then my research should be helpful. I was able to dig up some ancient texts on the Amulet, and from what you have said, I can assume that my information is correct."

"What have you found?"

" The function of the Amulet is to bring demons tothe hell dimension where they belong. The wearer of the Amulet as you know must besomeone ensouled but stronger than human. A champion.Such as yourself and Spike or possibly an ensouled Demon that has chosen to fight for the side of Good. But it was never meant to be worn by a Slayer. And As for its reaction to being worn by Buffy, the Amulet is still doing it s job. Its taking Buffy's demon to hell."

Xander frowned, "How is that possible?"

Angel growled, "Buffy is not a demon."

"Always were a bloody pillock weren't you Angelus?"

Everyone turned as Spike walked along the edge of the wall opposite the window.

"While you were off prancing about with Darla and Dru, little William the Bloody was doing his homework." He took out a cigarette and lit it up, "The thing is , a bunch of stuffy, poofters had nasties terrorizing 'em. And since they were such Nancy boy, wanker's they said, "Oi lets take this bint here and make 'er kill 'em all. Lucky for the girl, they weren't about to make her do all the work without a bit of help. So they use their mojo to inject her with characteristics of certain demons. Vampires mainly, few other demons were thrown into the mix as well. It worked alright at first and soon the girl wasable to defend'erself againstthenasties.But that wasn't enough cause the girl had a hard time killin' the demons at first, not knowing the proper way and all. So the wankers went through a few girls taking notes and what not before they knew what they needed to do in order for the demons to die. The first Slayer and her Watchers."

Faith watched as the Vampire paced, "So a bunch of scared old dudes did this?"

Giles was pale, "It is quite unfortunate how the Slayers and Watchers came about, I haven't heard that story since I had begun my training as a Watcher."

"So Buffster is part demon?" Questioned Xander.

Giles Nodded, "Yes, Buffy is part demon, all women are part demon, it is because the first watchers did it to so many women mostly young girls, some who ran away to escape fighting the demons. The world is made up of Girls who aren't fit to be Slayers and Potentials, girls who are quite capable of defeating the demons, the ones who are fit. And then there are the Slayers, the best of the group. This is of course no longer the case, all the potentials have received their slayer powers and their demons have been upgraded. But they don't have enough demon in them to be actual monsters mind you. They are still humans. And the demon does not give Slayers the potential to become evil themselves either."

Angel sat down, "So you think that the amulet is taking Buffy's demon half to hell, why is she dying then?"

"Because after it takes her demon to hell, Buffy will become like the first woman."

Everyone turned to see who had spoken, and it was Wesley who stood in the doorway holding open a book.

Angel nodded to a seat at the table, "I didn't think you would be joining us."

Wesley shrugged and flipped a page in the book, "Fred filled me in last night and I began research immediately, before getting kicked out of the Watcher's Council I forgot to return a few texts that I had borrowed."

Giles glanced at Wesley, "And you seem to have found some additional information I presume?"

"Yes I have, this is the book written by the right hand of God, before he fell from heaven, more commonly known as 'The Devil's Book' or If you prefer its original name ' Lucifer's Journal'. It has accounts of many things not written in the Bible or in any other text for that matter. The devil himself wrote this book, telling his account of the world before he fell from heaven and the others of occurrences during the time he became the Devil.

Giles's eyes nearly popped out of his head and he cleaned his glasses furiously, "Lucifer's Journal. That's it? Good Lord Wesley have you any idea how priceless that book is? The only copy as well. Found by King Solomon and kept inside of a sacred temple. Protected by High priests. That is the second oldest book in the world.! " He put his glasses back on, "What does it say concerning Buffy?"

Wesley flipped a few pages, "The first woman was not like those of today, before the original Watcher's made them part demon, woman were much weaker than they are today. They were never meant to carry such loads. Or do strenuous work, they were merely to be protected, care for the children and be treated as precious jewels. Buffy will die, but she will be reborn without her demon half. She will be like the first woman."

Xander shook his hear, "What do you mean by Reborn?"

Now it was Andrew's turn to talk, after listening intently and soaking up the facts, he was finally ready to speak, "Buffy will die and then after a few days, will reappear as a female from Biblical times or pre-Biblical, that's right isn't it Mr. Giles?"

"You are quite right Andrew, yes. Buffy will be a new person, without memories or knowledge of her previous life."

Xander slumped in his seat sadly, "So our Buffy really is dying, and permanently this time."

Silence filled the room as everyone let that fact sink in.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dead for good.