Flashback
"Dawnie were leaving in 5! Are you ready?" yelled Buffy up the top of the stairs.
She watched as her sulking sister made her way, down the stairs. Not even bothering to pick up her over-night bag, but dragging it along beside her. It made quite the scene for teenage rebellion. "And stop scowling at me, your going to go to LA whether or not you like it, your going to have FUN, and your going to get to know your FATHER, is that clear?"
"You don't even want to 'get to know your father' why do I have to!" Whined Dawn dropping the sulking act immediately.
"We talked about this! Dawnie if dad wants to at least be a part of your life wouldn't that be better?"
"Better for you, you mean. So tell me big sis. Exactly how much is 'daddy dearest' giving you to force me into going to LA?" Dawn replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Dawnie, yeah its true were low on money, but the counseling job helps a lot. So I'm going to say this for the last time. Im not sending you to spend the weekend with your dad so I could collect money. Im sending you to spend the weekend with your dad, so you could spend the weekend with your DAD!"Yelled Buffy starting to get irritated with the scowl that once again marred Dawns pretty features.
"Whatever, hypocrite" Dawn muttered under her breath.
"I heard that!"
"YOU WERE MEANT TO!" Dawn replied slamming the passenger door closed.
"Why that little.." Buffy started to head down the stairs but was stopped by her long time friend.
"Just let her win this one Buffinator, I mean how would you feel if... youroldersistershippedyouawayatthefirstsignofdangertoamanwhohasn'tbeenifyourlifefor6years?"Said Xander picking up Dawns forgot bag at the foot of the stairs.
"Its only a weekend! I mean it... itcan't be that bad?" Xander stopped walking to turn and stare at her, "right?" she added.
"Riiiiggghhhht,"Xander replied "oh well" he shrugged heading for the car once more. "all aboard the angst-mobile, next stop Sunnydale Bus-station, home of the blood-sucking tourists."
Buffy let out a laugh, maybe everything was going to turn out all-right after all.
DAWN
"Stupid Buffy, and her stupid Ideas" Dawn muttered under her breath as she got of the 'Sunnydale to LA' bus, dragging her bag behind her once more..
"Ho-ly crap!" she exclaimed looking around."What the hell happened hear."
The ground had black spots every 3-4 feet, as if someone had gone around and burnt circles into it. All the stores surrounding the station had been broken. Glass shattered, objects stolen. A man on the corner stood wearing a sign that read 'THE END IS NEAR! WE ARE BEING PUNISHED FOR OUR SINS!'
"Ooookkkaay, Sunnydale is starting to look safe compared to this"she laughed mentally at the irony of the whole situation. After seeing Chloe hung by a sheet the 2 nights ago. Dawn had been having nightmares. After the second day Buffy had 'freaked' and just her luck, their dad had called at that moment and asked if his daughters wanted to spend the weekend with them. After getting an outright refusal from Buffy, he had turned to Dawn. Not that she had had any choice in the final decision. And hence bringing us back to her present situation.
The sky was getting dark and sunset was only a couple minuets ago. Dawn looked at her watch. 'Late again' she thought 'I bet he sent on of his lackeys to pick me up anyways, so it doesn't even matt..." Her train of thought stopped when she saw a familiar tall dark man walking non-challently down the road across the station, holding a book in his hand. She paused for a moment, weighed her options then ran across the road calling out the his name.
"ANGEL!"