Buffy closed the door to the basement and walked over to the counter to sit down. She breathed in sharply and placed her head in her hands, she wiped away the few tears that had fallen from her conversation with Spike. Xander walked into the room and sat across from Buffy at the counter.

"So Buff…what are we going to do about Spike?" He said quietly. Buffy looked down at the counter and folded her arms.

"I'm not sure yet Xander."

"Well Buffy you better think quickly because we can't risk him going all evil on us again, next time it could be worse than just a little bite." Xander said starting to raise his voice slightly.

"What do you want me to do Xander? You know I can't kill him, I have a lot to deal with right now and I'm not sure how we are going to deal with Spike…if he does try to attack again those chains won't hold him for long." Xander got up and started pacing back and forth he turned to say something but was interrupted but the loud sound of glass being broken and Buffy got up quickly and ran to the front room closely followed by Xander. They found Dawn laying on the ground and Buffy rushed over to her side.

"Dawn, what happened?" Buffy asked concerned. Dawn sat up and placed her hand over the bleeding cut on her forehead.

"Uh…some guys…I couldn't make out their faces though, about seven of them I think, most of them went upstairs I think I saw a few head towards the basement though." Buffy got up and turned to Xander.

"Xander look after her I am gonna go and kick some ass." Xander nodded and moved to pick up Dawn. By the time Xander had picked up Dawn, Buffy was already half way up the stairs. Buffy ran into one of the bedroom and found Andrew cornered on the ground by one of the men who was holding a small knife.

"Hey!" Buffy shouted. The guy turned around and Buffy saw the marks over his eyes. "No way…not you guys again, I'd say it's nice to see you again but hey why start lying now." Buffy moved over and lifted her foot to kick him in the stomach, he grabbed her foot and twisted it making her spin around and fall to the floor. Buffy grunted when she hit the floor and swerved her foot around and kicked his feet out from under him and made him fall to the ground. She quickly climbed over and grabbed the knife from his hand, she had the knife to his heart and he grabbed her hands and struggled to keep it from going into his skin. He used all of his force to push him off of her and into the dresser across the room. Buffy screamed as the knife pierced into her leg, she quickly pulled it out of her and rammed it into his heart. Buffy shook off the pain and took the knife out of his chest and quickly headed downstairs. She looked in the living room and saw three of the mysterious guys laying on the floor and Xander holding a bloody knife in his hand and his face was smeared with blood. Dawn was looking around and started shaking her head.

"Buffy, there was more of them than this…" Buffy stood there for a few seconds thinking about it and she looked up with fear in her eyes.

"Spike…" Buffy ran towards the basement door and ripped it open, she quickly went down the stairs and saw the chains against the wall and a small blood trail leading towards the window. Buffy screamed and punched the wall, "They were after Spike…the others were just a distraction for us…" Buffy went over and sat on the small cot against the wall and sighed…Xander walked over and stood in front of her.

"So what now Buffy?" Buffy didn't say a word just stared at the ground…