"What the hell is going on today?" Buffy asked herself shaking her head. "And what do you want?" She asked not even bothering to turn around.
"It's not what I want, it's about keeping you from taking what you want." Bianca replied.
"Your kidding,": Buffy said rolling her eyes. "I didn't come twenty years into the future to fight over a guy."
"Really?" Bianca said sarcastically. "Well, nothing personal but, I have a job to do." She finished throwing a dagger.
"Well, let's make it personal." Buffy said spinning around and grabbing the dagger just before it hit her head. "You really think you can take me?"
"Only one way to find out." Bianca replied as she attacked.
"You know, I'm really trying to figure out what your deal is." Buffy said as she blocked a punch. "I mean, what do you have to gain by fighting me?"
"A lot." Bianca replied kicking her.
"Your just pissing me off." Buffy declared standing.
"I'm terrified." Bianca said sarcastically.
"You should be." Buffy replied decking her. "And I was holding back."
"That the best you got?" Bianca asked recovering.
"Not even close." Buffy smirked blocking another kick. "I could do this all night." She said throwing her into a building. "You on the other hand, well, I don't think you'd lat that long."
"You think your so tough." Bianca spat getting up. "The infamous Buffy Summers, well, that wont help you now."
"It's gotten me this far, I'm not the one bleeding." Buffy replied gesturing to the gash on her head.
"No your not, but thank you for that." Bianca replied smugly.
"Um, I think you hit your head pretty hard." Buffy replied confused.
"No, just hard enough." Bianca smirked. "Chris!" She shrieked panicked.
"What the hell." Buffy shouted. "Oh you've got to be kidding me." She said throwing her hands up.
"Bianca, what's wrong?" Chris asked orbing in concerned.
"She.. She attacked me." Bianca cried. "I didn't do anything." She said tearfully.
"What, who attacked you." Chris asked spinning around. "You!"
"Nice to see you too." Buffy said rolling her eyes at Bianca's display. "I didn't attack her, she attacked me."
"And Why should I believe you?" Chris demanded furiously.
"Why would I lie?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know, why did you lie about everything else?" He demanded.
"I never lied." Buffy began confused.
"Save it." He cut her off bitterly. "I know, I know everything." He said helping Bianca up. "My family isn't the best at keeping secrets."
"She kept tell me she wouldn't let me have you." Bianca said whimpering. "I didn't understand."
"I know," Chris began comfortingly. "It's not your fault."
"Bravo." Buffy said mockingly clapping her hands.
"Shut up." Chris spat furiously. "How dare you hurt her."
"How dare I." Buffy asked disbelievingly. "She attacked me, I defended myself."
"Why would I attack her, she's Buffy Summers, it would be suicide." Bianca declared smugly.
"Yeah, why would she attack you?" He demanded.
"Oh, I don't know, because she's evil maybe." Buffy replied. "You think you know everything well, here's a little tid bit for you, She betrayed you before, and she'll do it again. But, then again I'm a liar so don't believe me."
"Don't worry, I don't." Chris replied.
"You know about a half hour ago, you weren't so sure you believed her." Buffy reminded him. "You need to learn to make up your mind."
"I may have been confused before, but now I see everything clearly. You and my so called Family can go to hell, I'm with her." he said.
"Well, good luck with that. Just don't expect me to bail you out when you realize how messed up she is." Buffy shot back.
"She's not the one who's been lying to me my entire life." Chris shouted furiously.
"I'm sorry, but I haven't, I never lied to you." Buffy replied.
"Oh, you just omitted the truth." He said rolling his eyes.
"What did you want me to say?" Buffy asked frustratedly. "And why would I have any reason to expect you'd have believed me."
"So that makes it all ok, because I didn't trust you." He asked furiously.
"What do you want from me?" Buffy asked frustrated.
"The truth." He replied simply.
"You want the truth." Buffy sighed. "It was my fault, I didn't react fast enough." She began regretfully. "It was my fault you died. I watched you fade away into nothing, literally nothing. And the truth is everything I've done, everything you seem so impressed by, the reason everyone suffers the delusion that I'm the 'most powerful slayer ever' I did to make it up to you. To give you the future you wanted so badly. The one you deserved. One where you have a chance to be happy. She makes you happy so, go be with her, or not, whatever I don't care. You got a second chance Chris, don't waste it." She finished turning and walking away.
"Where are you going?" He demanded.
"Once again, I have bigger problems than this to deal with." She replied not bothering to turn around.
"Does it have something to do with the elder" He asked causing her to stop in her tracks.
"What elder?" She asked.
"The one that tried to kill Wyatt." he replied.
"Gideon?" She said stunned spinning around to face him. "What about him?"
"Apparently he's back." Chris shrugged. "And wants revenge for something I can't even remember I did."
"It's not what you did." Buffy said nervously. "It's what I did. How do you know he's back?" She demanded.
"My mom told me." He said studying her carefully.
"He, he can't be," Buffy rambled. "I mean he can be but, why now, oh god. We have to go."
"Go where?" Chris asked confused. "What the hell is going on?"
"We're not safe here." She explained nervously. "You need to go home, your family will protect you."
"And what about you?" Chris asked confused why he felt concerned for her.
"I'll be fine, this is my mess to clean up." She replied.
"Oh, so I should just sit at home and wait for him to attack me?" Chris asked furiously.
"No, but if he does attack, I thought you'd want to be there to help your family." Buffy shot back.
"What about you? Who's going to protect you." He asked.
"I can take care of myself." She replied.
"So can I." he said.
"God you can never make anything easy can you." She said frustrated. "Just go home."
"So I can be lied to again, I don't think so." He said angerly.
"You pissed, I get that but, I know you. If something happens to them you'll never forgive yourself." She said sadly.
"My Mom's a Charmed one, and Wyatt's well, he's Wyatt, they'll be fine." Chris stated. "They don't need my protection."
"Really?" Buffy asked. "Because in the future Gideon almost caused last time, your mom was dead, so were your aunts. Wyatt was the ruler of all evil and you, you were the only one who could fix it."
"What." Chris said stunned. "She was...dead."
"Yes, they need you so, just go home." Buffy replied.
"What are you going to do?" He asked.
"Go find Gideon." She replied.
"She's crazy, Chris let's just go." Bianca said holding out her hand. "We'll be ok as long as were together."
"I, I don't know what to do." Chris said confused glancing between the two women.
"Yes you do." Buffy replied.
"Chris." Bianca insisted.
"I...Their my family." Chris replied giving her one last look before orbing away.
"You think you've won." Bianca said smirking. "But, you haven't."
"Get a life." Buffy said rolling her eyes. "He didn't choose me over you, he choose his family, and he always will."
"I wouldn't bet on that." Bianca replied smugly.
"I would, I'd bet my life on it." Buffy replied shrugging. "He's a mama's boy, always has been always will be."
"In the end he'll pick me." Bianca said confidently. "He'll have to."
"And why is that?" Buffy asked.
"Because." Bianca began smirking. "The last one standing wins." She finished shimmering away.
"If that's how you want to play it." Buffy shrugged walking silently down the darkened alley.