Buffy was worried about Spike; the Spike she knew would never pass up patrolling or to spend time with her. He'd only been in Italy three weeks and he still was acting strange. The first week he was real quite but Angel had told her what went down everyone that was lost. The second week he seemed better, talking more and smiling, he even went out with Buffy and joked about the vampires there how they were all different and that you had to fight them in Italian style…they kissed at dinner that night, held hands on the way home, almost shared their first night together in over two years which Spike stopped after taking her dress off then went to his room. The third week was when she noticed he hadn't been sleeping and it made her restless, lying in her bed staring at the wall that separated them and wondered if he was doing the same. Now he was just flat out lying to her, something Spike was just not capable of doing it was then that Buffy knew it was bad.

Buffy was coming up on the cemetery, they all had the same name "Cimitero" which was just cemetery in Italian, this one was Cimitero 33, they had numbers after them which Buffy liked because with out it there was just too many cemeteries she could be in if she was in trouble.

She had patrolled here several times and knew about the great view in the back; all the lights from the city glowed and lit up the sky. Buffy sat on a tombstone and watched over Rome. It looked like it was going to be a quite night, which meant she was going to be bored for the next hour.

"God, what am I even doing here?" She asked herself.

"You're here to die." A female voice with a British accent said from behind her.

Buffy had her stake out and was in her fight stance.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Your murderer." The woman had long black hair that flowed down her shoulders, and bright blue eyes. She wore a leather corset and leather pants tucked in her knee high boots.

"Wow, well that's new, I mean a vamp never told me that they were going to kill me before, they just went for it, and guess what, not a one has knocked me down yet. Well unless you count that time I drowned and when I jumped off a really unstable building into a giant energy ball." She remembered. "So you got a name? It's always nice to know who I'm killing."

The vamp looked at her in shock. "You don't know who I am?"

"Would I have asked if I did?"

"You could be stalling."

"I don't stall."

"We'll see about that." The vamp jumped over three headstones and landed in front of Buffy.

Buffy was holding her own blocking every punch sent yet the vamp was doing the same. She stopped Buffy's roundhouse and threw her against a tree. Buffy hit her back so hard she heard a crack. Air seemed to hurt as it entered her lungs. But she still got up.

"That all you got, cause I could stand to go a few more rounds."

"It's only the beginning my dear." She was on Buffy with in seconds, Buffy had never seen a vampire move this fast.

The vamp went in for a high kick but was caught. Buffy grabbed her leg and used it to turn her on her stomach, she went for her stake that she dropped but was kicked in the face. She rolled a few times settling on her side. Once again the vamp was on top of her.

"Come on Buffy, you're not even putting up a fight. I thought you were the original Slayer? What happened, sharing your mojo weaken you?" She kicked her in the stomach then grabbed hold of her shirt with one hand and pulled her up. "Bit of a light weight aren't you?"

"I'm stronger then I look." She responded. She karate chopped the vamps arm and she dropped her, but the vamp didn't miss a beat. While Buffy tried to run away the vampire kicked her behind the knee sending Buffy face first in the dirt.

"You know what, I'm thinking you aren't worth fight now. So I'll hit you a few more times then let you go." She pistol-whipped her with nothing but her hand. Buffy's vision blurred. One final blow across the face put Buffy back on the ground.

"Soon, Slayer…soon." The vamp took off and Buffy blacked out.

When she came to Buffy was still in the cemetery. She sat up and pain rushed down her spine. It felt like her body was going numb but she brushed it off and continued getting up.

The walk home seemed like it took forever. She was pushing her body to the max her breathing was heavy and she still couldn't see straight. When she reached the elevator she hit the button and it opened, she pushed eight and sank to the floor. It was a challenge to stay awake.

The elevator opened and she crawled out. She was two doors away from her apartment. She slapped the door twice before she couldn't continue.

Dawn heard the noise and opened the door to see who it was, when she looked down she saw her beaten sister laying still.

"Buffy!" She cried kneeling down next to her to pull her in. "Spike, help!" She called when no one answered she screamed again. "Spike, hurry!" this time Spike's bedroom down flew open and he came running next to Dawn.

"What happened?" He asked as he picked her up

"I don't know."

"Lets get her on the couch."

Dawn sprung ahead of Spike and pulled everything off the couch leaving only a pillow.

Spike laid her down, and opened her eyes they weren't there.

"Buffy, Buffy can you hear me?"

"Dawn, call Giles and the others…quick."

Dawn left the room and began making the routine calls while Spike sat with Buffy.

"Buffy?" He asked again

This time her eyes opened and she spoke softly. "Spike, watch out…she's stronger…the…n she…s…seems…" She then slipped out of it.

Buffy woke to the sounds of her friends. Her eyes were clearing up and the throbbing was subsiding. Everyone was in the kitchen sitting at the table. She sat up and looked over the couch at them. Xander was the first to see her.

"Hey Buff." He said and everyone else looked over. In a big rush they all got up and crowed her.

"How are you feeling?" Giles asked.

"Better, but that's the least of are problems."

Buffy filled them in on what happened at the graveyard and they were all shocked.

"I don't know who she is but she was impressively strong." Buffy said.

Spike was getting the feeling of familiarity from the description of her. He hesitated to say anything, but then he looked at Buffy her face a mess he couldn't begin to believe the damage underneath.

"Anna Court…its Anna Court." Spike spoke up among the crowd.

"Anna Court, are you sure?" Giles questioned.

"Positive."

"Who's Anna Court?" Willow asked.

"One of the most notorious vampires of all time. No one knows anything about her Sire except that it was her lover when she was a human; she's driven by rage and vengeance. In her existences she has killed six Slayers. The last one was in Chicago 1991."

"I know who her Sire is." Spike informed them.

"You do, who is it?" Giles wondered.

"It's me."