A/N I still have the Epilogue to finish and this story will be done. Also I wanted to specially thank the people who voted for my stories, Xander Begins and Son of Sparda on the Sunnydale Memorial site.

Xander Begins Year One, won Best Plot and Son of Sparda won best alternate universe.

Chapter 14

End of Days

Sunnydale High

The school sat abandoned, papers strewn across the grass, with a car crashed into a tree on the main quad. The group strided purposefully toward the front entrance, led by Robin Wood and as they entered the school they made their way through the ransacked corridors.

"Welcome to Sunnydale High. There's no running in the halls, no yelling, no gum-chewing. Apart from that, there's only one rule: if they move, kill them." Wood said as Kendra joined him at the head of the group.

"Okay, potentials in de basement. Follow Akin." she said as he pointed the way and led them off down the hall.

"If you have to go to the bathroom, it's to your left. If you don't have to go to the bathroom, picture what you're about to face. Better to go now." Xander half joked.

"Willow, my office is straight through there." Wood said as he pointed over to a door a little ways down the hall. She had to be over the hellmouth to amplify her spell.

"I'll...umm...I'll get you set up." Kennedy said as she took the duffle bag out of Willow's hand and quickly walked down to Wood's office. With a growl, Faith was about to follow until Kendra grabbed her by the arm. Turning around, Kendra gave Faith a look that clearly told her to let it go, at least for now.

Nodding her head, Faith calmed down and walked away in the direction of where the potentials went in.

"We'll leave you two alone." Wood said as he and Willow walked down the hall. Looking over her shoulder, Willow smiled at Kendra and Xander. Just that one gesture seemed to sum up everything that she wanted or needed to say, before she walked into the office to start the spell to send Blade home.

Upon further research of Tara's original work, she found out that Blade had to be sent back home at a certain time frame or he was gonna be stuck in their dimension forever. How convenient, that the last day was today.

"Why do I feel like this is gonna be the end?" Xander asked, after he and Kendra were finally alone.

"Don't talk like dat." Kendra said as she lightly slapped him on the chest and leaned into his embrace.

"I didn't mean to scare you, I just meant...never mind." he said changing what he was about to say. "I just want you to know that whatever happens...I love you."

"I love you too." Kendra replied back as she got on her tip toes and kissed him on the lips.

"I...I have to go." he said as he stepped away from her. "But before I do I have to ask you something."

"What's dat?" she asked as he got down on one knee and took the engagement ring he had given her years before out of his pocket.

"I know this is a bad time to ask but..."

"Yes...yes..." Kendra cried out as he stood up and hugged her.

"I promised you a long time ago, that we were gonna have a beautiful wedding." he said as he broke their hug. "And I always keep my promises."

"You had better stay alive." Kendra warned him as he walked down the hall backwards, staring at her.

"Whatever you say, Mrs. Harris." he said as he dissappeared around the corner and out of sight.


"What took you so long?" Faith asked as Kendra joined her at the Seal of Danthazar. "And why does it seem like you're glowing?"

"I'll tell you later." Kendra said as Faith took out a Tawarick knife and handed it to her sister Slayer.

"You first, Ken." snapping out of her musings and going back into Slayer mode Kendra extended her hand and slashed her palm with the knife, drawing blood.

One by one, everyone else did the same, then they all extended their arms outward, letting their blood drip onto the Seal. It pooled in the groove on its surface and was instantly absorbed like a sponge.

The Seal then began to glow from within and the pointed tips of the pentagram at its center folded up, forming a pyramid which sank into its center. Kendra stared down into the dark hole, finding her center, then with a glance at Faith and Dierdre, she stepped into the Hellmouth. Giving the others a look Faith followed right behind.

Walking down a series of steps, Kendra emerged into a shadowy cave with Faith and the others right behind her. As everyone spreaded out Faith stepped up to Kendra and spoke softly to her so the others wouldn't hear.

"It's not like I'm worried or anything, but do you think we're gonna get out of this alive?"

"Of course we will. I'm not worried." she replied as the group spreaded out further as the cave tunnel opened up and they approached the edge of a dizzying drop. The flickering light of burning fires and the snarling and bellowing of a vast multitude then could be heard coming from far below.

Upon hearing it Kendra and the potentials approached the edge of the precipice and looked down at a legion of Turok-han vampires, screaming, growling and readying for war: the army of The First. Kendra's eyes went wide at the sight, and the potentials stood rooted in place by fear Even Akin was awed by the sheer number and ferocity of the teeming throng below.

"I'm not worried." Kendra said nervously as her voice squeaked.

"Really?" Rona asked. " 'Cause I'm flashing back to Xander's whole bathroom speech."

"Kendra…"Dierdre whispered, not sure if she still wanted to be there.

"I'm not worried." Kendra repeated, more for her own sake then the others.

As she said that far below, the Turok-han army went silent as they all turned as one and looked up, directly at Kendra and the potentials. As if on cue, thousands of Turok-han raced toward them with a bellowing cry of rage. They began to scale the walls, climbing them with frightening speed. Seeing them charge Kendra's calm facade started to crack at the awesome sight.

"Let's give them hell!" Akin yelled over the growling, as he looked up to the ceiling. "I call upon the power of the Hunter!" as the fire started to engulf him, the potentials raised up a spear headed looking amulet from around their necks and they too were engulfed by an unholy fire. And as they emerged out of it, all of them were wearing the garb of the Hunter and were endowed with his strength.

It was just in time, because the Turok-han vampires then jumped up and over the chasm and attacked the group.


Willow sat on the floor before a semi-circle of lit candles and ritualistic totems, silently chanting. With a sword in her hand, Kennedy sat directly across from her, facing her and watching as she made the final preparations.

"It's started." Kennedy said under her breath as her Hunter amulet started to glow.

"Don't you think you should transform?" Willow asked as she looked up at her.

"I'll...I'll wait until I see some trouble." Kennedy said nervously. "Listen Will, can we talk?"

"Kennedy..."

"No...I... I wanted to apologize." she interrupted her. "I've...I've been acting like a bitch since I got here. I knew you and Tara were going out so I should have just counted my losses and left you alone."

"Faith scared you that much huh?" Willow asked, causing Kennedy to smile. "And your apology is accepted."

"So how does this spell work again?" Kennedy asked after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence.

"Oh, um...I studied Tara's original spell to send Blade home and instead of making it open at any time, I changed it a little."

"How?"

"Well everyone in every dimension has a unique power signature, so I set the spell so that when, the most dominate life force from Blade's dimension, which is Nomak, dies the portal opens. It does have a side effect though. When Blade get's home he won't remember anything of what happened to him here. It's finally done."

"Good." a familiar voice said, making both of them look up. "Because I really wanted to talk to you without a distraction."

"Tara?" Willow asked, her voice trembling. She didn't even hear the door open.

"Hunter Pow..." but Kennedy was cut off, from transforming as Tara pulled her head back swiftly, snapping her spine as her head hit the back of her legs.

"Don't worry baby." Tara said smiling at Willow. "I'll be with you in a minute." she said as the scar seam opened up in her chin.


In long black coats, Anne and Blade pushed through the side doors of the school. Blade was carrying a duffel bag full of his serum and Anne had a large sword strapped to her back. They cut across the cafeteria with their game faces on as several bringers tried to stop them. They were met by the loud retorts of a semi- automatic and the razored whistle of throwing stars. As the bodies, literally hit the floor Blade and Anne continued on not even breaking stride.

As they walked down another corridor Nomak suddenly stepped into the hallway, with a gang of snarling Hybrid Reapers behind him. Because of the lights above, there were alternating pools of light and shadow in the hall and as Nomak advanced towards them, his face came in and out of darkness.

With each pool of light, his awful smile seemed to distort further and further, until his mouth seemed to be widening all the way back to his ears.

"So we meet again, Blade." Nomak said stopping in front of the two, his army standing behind him. "Are you ready to end this?"

Without a word, Blade dropped his bag and took out his sword and plunged it deep into Nomak's upper torso.

"I guess, I get you guys then." Anne said with a shrug, as she took her sword out and ran with a scream at the Reapers.

With a kick across the face, Blade drove his sword in even further making Nomak laugh and back-hand him across the face, sending him sailing through the air. While he landed, skidding across the floor, Nomak stumbled backwards into the wall, still laughing.

The sword had sunk so deep that the tip was actually protruding out his back, scraping a gash across the wall as Nomak slide towards the floor. With little effort, he reached for the pomeel with his ring hand and snapped the sword-blade in half. Then he slammed against the wall, forcing the half of the broken blade that's still embedded in him out back through the front of his chest. As Nomak rose to his feet -- Blade was on him again, snap-kicking the Reaper in the chest. As Nomak retaliated with a viscious kick Blade somersaulted out of the way, then sprung back again, kicking him in the face, breaking his neck. Nomak's head lolled unnaturally sideways for a heartbeat and then he swung his head around, somehow righting his neck vertebrae with a snap of his head.

"You're forgetting about the Gem of Amara." Nomak said as he raised his hand up.

"No, I'm not." Blade growled as they traded a series of blows, a brutal death-match that seemed to defy gravity.

Blade moved in for a round-house punch, but Nomak caught his fist, holding it for a split-second, then bent his hand at an unnatural angle, snapping his wrist bones. The pain was enormous but Blade held on. With a hearty chuckle Nomak started beating the living shit out of Blade, pummeling him with his fists, gripped by an uncontrollable rage. Picking him up he smashed Blade against a wall, cracking it. Then he flung Blade against one of the locker columns- so hard that Blade's body actually left an indentation. Before Blade could recover, Nomak was in front of him, launching another kick.

With alot of effort Blade rolled his head out of the way, barely avoiding Nomak's boot heel which dented the wall. Nomak kicked a second time, and Blade avoided Nomak, but third time's the charm and Nomak landed one squarely in Blade's gut. Blade then fell beneath a flurry of blows, unable to defend himself any longer. Blood stained his eyes, obscuring his vision. He struck out blindly, but Nomak had already forced him to the ground, pinning him there. As Blade struggled to free himself -- Nomak lowered his head towards Blade's face.

The scar/seam in Nomak's chin split open and his lower jaw flared apart, distending and widening to reveal the awful, glistening hell maw -- the hollow inner fangs and striated cartilage which were closing about Blade's face. Blade twisted his head violently to the right, then glimpsed the broken tip of his sword resting a few feet away. He reached for it in desperation, plunging it up into Nomak's chest, making Nomak howl. Ignoring his own pain, he drove it in deeper and deeper -- until, suddenly, it penetrated the cartilaginous shell around Nomak's heart.

"How?" Nomak asked, his eyes widening. "The Gem..."

"Is right here." Blade finished as he showed him the ring in his hand, before plunging the sword deeper into him. With another scream of outrage, Nomak disentegrated into fiery ash.

Breathing a little easier and shrugging off the pain, Blade stood to his feet and looked around to see Anne in mid-spin chopping off the head of the last Reaper. Before the dust even hit the ground, she sheated her sword and was at his side.

"Are you okay?" she asked as she looked him in his eyes. They were something else -- emerald green, laced with swirling flecks of red.

"Yeah kid." he said bending down, to pick up his shades that he had dropped. As he was about to put them on, he had second thoughts and put them on Anne instead.

With a smile on her face, a large silver vortex opened up behind Blade, it's wind blowing the strewn paper around that littered the floor. Dropping something in Anne's hand, Blade picked up his bag of serum and ran for the portal.

"Goodbye Blade!" Anne yelled over the roar of the open portal.

"Goodbye Dawn." Blade mumbled under his breath, as he allowed himself a smile. As he emerged on the other side of the portal, which closed behind him, he looked around and wondered three things. One where the hell was he, two why did he have a duffle bag across his shoulders, and three where the hell were his shades.

The Vineyard

"It shouldn't be long now. Prophesies say one thing, brute strength says another. We'll get it out." Caleb said as he and Kendra/First walked down an aisle of barrels toward a staircase.

"I heard you, Caleb."

"We're almost there."

"Yes. That's true. Now rouse the Bringers, get them back to work…" something then suddenly thumped its way down the stairs, interrupting the First. As they looked up they saw that it was a Bringer that landed at their feet, stabbed to death. Looking up from it's corspe Caleb and The First saw Xander staring down at them, a look of cold steel in his eyes.

"Well, if it ain't the one that see's." Caleb said as he put her hands behind his back as Xander charged down the stairs and faced off with him. He was tense, taut while Caleb stayed casually menacing. "And I see you brought a bit of company?" he said as Duncan, Giles, Wood, and Sheila walked down the stairs carrying swords.

"That's right padre. And right now I see me kicking your ass."

"Is that right?" Caleb asked as some Bringers emerged out of the shadows.

"You guys take the Bringers." Xander said, not taking his eyes off of Caleb. "I got the preacher man."

"You know I'm curious. Just how was it that you were able to find me?" Caleb asked, causing Xander to smile.

"Let's just say a witchy girl told me." he replied, holding up a folded piece of paper.

FlashBack

Three Days Before

Kendra let out a low wince as she climbed onto Faith's Harley and gripped the handle bars. She couldn't believe that Tara had just kicked her ass.

"Hey what's this?" Faith asked as she picked up a piece of paper off of a headstone and opened it. "What the..."

"What is it?" Kendra asked as she took the paper from her. Inside was where Caleb was hiding and a few of the First's plans.

"Who wrote that?" Faith asked.

"Tara." Kendra said in awe, as she recognized her hand writing. 'Maybe dares something human left in her after all?'

End Flashback

"That little whore. I'll kill her." Caleb said infuriated, as he heard the bangs and clangs of swords and knives as Xander's group engaged the Bringers.

"Not if I kill you first."

"I lay one hand on you and you're just a dead little boy."

"Lay a hand on me then. If you can." Xander said with a smile as he activated his Hunter power. As he transformed, Caleb's fist pistoned forward, making Hunter X lean backward, almost impossibly far, and just watch as the blow sailed right over his head.

X pivoted and turned as Caleb staggered forward, his momentum unchecked. He swung again and this time X ducked and dived past him like a ballplayer making a headfirst slide. Caleb's genial demeanor was gone now as he rounded on him, anger boiling in his eyes. Frustrated he charged X, crouched low, aiming for his gut… but X leaped up, landing atop a wine barrel.

"I'm tired of playing games." Hunter X said as his eyes glowed white. With a flip, he jumped off of the wine barrels and came up with a fast series of blows. Punching Caleb hard in the face, he did a spin and flashed out his sword, ready to take the villians head off, only for Caleb to catch the sword.

"Luckily, I'm tired of playing games too." Caleb said as he sent out a punch that sent X flying. Going into a roll X stood to his feet, only to have the sword raised at his head. With only a split second to react, Hunter X kicked up sending the sword twisting free from Caleb's grasp, spinning upward into the air.

Caleb stumbled backwards from the force of the blow, just as X caught the sword on its way down, swinging it around in one fluid motion, slicing Caleb's torso in half, along with a diagonal axis. Looking up at him Caleb laughed as he sank to his knees. With the full dawning of what just happened to him, became apparent the two halves split apart, as they hit the floor.

"It's finally over." Duncan said as he ran up to him. Looking around, Xander saw the dead bodies of the Bringers littering the ground.

"Where's the First?" X asked.

"It, blinked away during de fight." Sheila said as, she and Giles walked over with blood stained swords.

"Power down." Xander said as the Hunter power finally left his body. For a minute he felt cold and alone, as the power faded, but then a new source screamed to get his attention. The power felt like nothing he had ever felt before, but in the back of his mind it seemed a little familiar. As he was about to walk over to a trap door on the floor, the ground started to violently shake, nearly knocking him off of his feet.

"What's happening?" Giles asked, as the roof started to cave in.

"I don't know but I got to get to Kendra!" Xander yelled over the noise. Before he could run for the stairs, Akin's voice spoke in his mind telling him to leave town and that Kendra was going to be safe. Before he could argue, Akin told him goodbye.

"Xander do you hear me!" Duncan yelled as he grabbed his arm. "We got to get out of here." he said as he took off running with the others.

Looking back towards the trap door, then at the retreating form of his friends, he let out a frustrated sigh and ran up the stairs. Whatever was down there wasn't worth his life.


Watching as the swirling vortex closed, Anne opened up her hand and saw that Blade had handed her the Gem of Amara.

"I hope you enjoy this present, Angel." she whispered to herself as she pocketed said ring. Even though she was in Dawn's body, her love for Angel was still overwhelming. As she turned around she saw a group of Reapers headed her way. "There's no rest for the wicked."

And with that the Reapers lunged at her but every part of her body was a deadly weapon moving with impossible speed. It seemed she was going to fight her way out when she threw a spinning back fist that was caught by Kendra.

"Ken, what are you..." she stopped talking as she looked deeper in Kendra's eyes and saw something that wasn't loving, something that wasn't human. "The First? But how?"

"Thank Akin." The First said as she let go of Anne's arm. They then exchanged a furious serious of blows that was witnessed but not believed by the surrounding Reapers.

Ducking low, The First caught Anne with a hard punch that sent her flying into a wall. The force of the blow sent the wall crumbling, where Anne landed on top of a teachers desk on the other side of the room.

"That was easy." the First said as she strolled into the room, smiling at her work. Noticing that the Reapers were behind her she frowned at them. "Follow me to the basement. We have some work to do."


Kendra, Faith and the others fought for all they were worth, but it still didn't seem as if it were enough. For every Turk they took out five more took their place. And what was worse five potentials had already lost their lives.

Suddenly a deafening boom sounded in the cavern, throwing hero and villian alike to the floor. As they looked up they saw that smoke was billowing out of the entrance of the hellmouth and out of that smoke came some Reapers along with Kendra dressed all in black.

"What the fuck." Faith mouthed to the Kendra she was fighting along side.

"I know alot of you have alot of questions." the Kendra in black started. "Well, I'll just start at the beginning. I'm the First and all of you are about to be dead."

Instantly Akin unsheathed his sword, rushing at the First, making the others start fighting all over again. WHAP! The First trapped the Hunter's forearm, pivoting, planting a boot in his ribcage. With a growl the two of them went at it, unleashing a flurry of kicks, blocks, and punches. Jumping up the First got Akin in a back-choke, which he twisted out of , throwing her over his shoulder. She neatly cartwheeled and sprung back off of a cavern wall and was on Akin again.

Akin ducked beneath one of her kicks, then trapped her foot, giving it a savage twist. CRACK! He then backhanded the First with a blow so strong that it knocked her to her knees. Seeing a weapon that one of her minions dropped, she reached for a short sword. In a heartbeat, the sword was out and against Akin's throat. Just as Akin's sword was against the First's. It was a stalemate.

"How is it possible that you are corporeal?" Akin asked as they strained on either side of their weapons.

"Your little spell allowed me to do this." she said as she smiled at him. "That's why you get the honor of dying first."

"I...I... don't think so." Akin managed to get out as the amulet, Angel had given them, started to flare with power. As the First jumped back a beam of light came out of it, hitting her in the chest.

"No...Nooooo!" The First screamed out as she started to be consumed by fire. 'I was so close.' were her last thoughts as she fell over into the darkness of the vast chasm. With a scream himself more power poured out of Akin and sweeped through the cave, killing the Reapers and the Turks.

The vampire creatures screamed in agony as they were cut down and annihilated by the hundreds, then by the thousands as the light extended down into the chasm. Taking off her mask Annabelle and Kendra ran to his side as the cavern around them began to shake and tremble. Chunks of rock and pointed stalactites tumbled from the ceiling as the ground lurched beneath their feet.

"Everybody out now!" Faith shouted as the rest of the girls followed Dierdre's lead and dashed up the stairs and into the school basement. Faith stayed behind, helping the injured to safety as Ken and Annabelle stood before Akin, who is still pinned in place, illuminated by a crimson glow. They wanted to help him but were unsure of what to do.

"Akin, what are you waiting for? Come on."

"I can't." he wheezed out as he looked up at Kendra. "Tell Xander, I'm sorry that I can't be his best man."

"How did you know... Akin just retink dis... you can still..."

"Ken come on!" Faith yelled out as she ran up the stairs. Kendra looked around desperately as the last of the girls climbed up and out of the Hellmouth, before she looked back at Akin.

"This has to end Kendra. This hellmouth... the First... all of it."

"Goodbye." was all Kendra could say, tears forming in her eyes as she ran up the stairs.

"So we're not gonna get our fairy tale ending?" Annabelle asked, as she swallowed a lump in her throat.

"No, I'm sorry. Now get out of here now!" Akin all but screamed.

"But I still have so much to say..."

"I know." Akin replied as behind them a vast section of the cavern ceiling collapsed inward, millions of tons of rock crashing into the abyss. The light emanating from the amulet flared even brighter and Annabelle reached out and took his hand in her own, entwining her fingers with his. A moment, then both of their hands burst into flame.

She ignored the fire and held his gaze with her own.

"I love you." she said as he looked at her, a flood of emotions pouring through him.

"I...promise me that you'll find someone worthy of you. Now please go...now."

They shared one last look between them, two souls came together as one at last, then the ground heaved beneath their feet and chunks of stone slammed down like bombs around them.

Letting go of his hand, she ran up through the Seal, her heart broken. Akin trembled with the intensity of the energy pouring through him and he stared at the maelstrom of destruction in front of him. "Finally it ends."


The Huntress' ran through the school, heading for the exit, as the building trembled beneath them. Chunks of the ceiling rained down and the walls cracked and swayed. As the girls rounded the corner, the motion of the building rolled bricks off of a desk and they saw Anne laying on it. Running past them, Faith picked her unconcious form up in her arms and ran for all she was worth.

Vi and another Huntress emerged from the school, supporting Rona between them. As they looked across the quad they saw that the whole city was falling apart and that they had nowhere to go.

"Get to the bus!" Dierdre yelled as she pointed to a parked school bus.

"Everybody! This way!" Faith yelled from behind her. 'Damn, I'm gonna miss my bike.' she thought to herself ackwardly as she ran towards the others.


Catching up with Kendra, Annabelle ran out of the hellmouth and followed the Slayer to go get Willow and Kennedy. Only when they got there they found the office door ajar. Going to open it, Kendra jumped back as Tara stepped out of it with blood smearing her lips.

"I'm sorry, but it had to be done." Tara said as she opened the door all the way up to show Willow and Kennedy on the floor dead.

"No!" Kendra cried out.

"Goodbye." Tara said as she took Kendra's already bloody sword from her hands and impaled herself with it. With a slight cry, Kendra looked into Tara's eyes one more time, and saw the sweet innocent Tara she had first met, before she crumbled into dust.

The front of the school suddenly exploded in a shower of dust and debris. From within the hellish storm of flying brick and masonry, two figures emerged, running for thier lives.

Looking around, Kendra saw that all of the others were gone and that the ground before them was crumbling inward.

"Kendra what are we gonna do!" Annabelle yelled as she struggled to keep her balance. Before she replied she looked around and saw something that she considered a miracle. Grabbing Annabelle's hand, she dashed across the parking lot and leaped onto Faith's motorcycle. Turning the key, she speed off down the road.


Akin winced as the magickal energy coursing through him reached a fever pitch. His face began to blacken in spots which rapidly joined together as he's consumed from within by the power of the sun. Putting two fingers on his forehead, he dissappeared even as the amulet fell to the ground along with the rest of the hellmouth.


The school bus raced through the deserted town at full speed, barely staying ahead of the onrushing destruction. Dierdre and Caridad tended to the injured, applying bandages where necessary. Rona sat in the back in bad shape and fading fast. As blood streamed down her own face, Vi shook Rona, yelling at her, bringing her back to consciousness.

"Look at me! This is nothing!" she yelled. "Stay awake! This is nothing!"

"Kendra!" Anne suddenly yelled out as she came back to conciousness. Rubbing her eyes, she ran to the back of the bus, looking out of the window for her friend.


Finally seeing the bus up ahead, racing down the street, a section of the road opened up cutting off Kendra's path. Quickly turning the motorcycle, she drove it up the stairs of a tall building and onto a roof.

"What are you gonna do?" Annabelle asked nervously, as Kendra paced it on the rooftops of the adjacent building above where the bus was.

Not saying a word she revved the bike and speed off, for all it was worth, even gaining on the bus as it dropped down on another roof top going at 70+ miles an hour. Behind her, the buildings started to fall away as the town was slowly sucked into the Hellmouth. As the ground beneath them started to collapse into rubble, she revved it even more increasing her speed.


Looking out the back window of the bus, Anne spotted Kendra just as she made one last desperate jump. She sailed past the Sun Cinema marquee and landed the bike hard on the street right next to the bus, shooting up sparks. Taking a nervous glance back Kendra turned around and watched the town she had called home for the last few years disappear into an abyss, leaving nothing but a vast gaping hole in its place.

Faith watched from the rear view mirror as the destructive radius of the sink hole slowed, then stopped, before pulling the bus over.

When the bus stopped, Kendra immediately pulled over beside it and leaped off the motorcycle and stared in shock at the smoking black crater before her. As the back door to the bus opened Anne and Dierdre leaped out and into her arms. The three sisters shared a silent beat of joy and thanks in each other's embrace as Xander and his group walked up to them.

"Thank, God you guys got out of town." Xander said relieved as he went over and hugged his fiancee. "Akin told us to get out of the city and..."

"Xander..."

"Where is Akin anyway?" he asked as he looked around.

"He's...he's gone." Kendra said as she lowered her head in sadness. "He gave his life to close de hellmouth."

"I...I..." Xander said speechless. 'No wonder he told me goodbye.' "But what about Willow?" he asked already, somehow knowing the answer. The two had been friends forever and they never told anyone but they had a special kind of connection. A connection that was broken that day.

Not saying a word, Kendra just rested her head on his chest feeling his heart beat.After a few moments she released him as she and the others disembark and gather around, staring in awed disbelief at the total destruction of Sunnydale.

As Kendra walked forward toward the edge of the pit, she noticed a green sign balanced precariously on the very edge and bearing the logo Welcome to Sunnydale! Enjoy your stay The sign sways in the wind, then fell backward into the hole, a final coda to the town's history.

"Look's like the hellmouth is closed for business." Faith said leaning against her bike.

"Not to spoil the moment but there's another one in Cleveland." Giles spoke up, causing everyone to glare at him. "Sorry."

"So what do we do now?" Anne asked.

"We start a new beginning." Wood said as he squeezed Sheila on the shoulders, causing her to smile up at him.

"Yes we have a lot of work ahead of us." Giles said, already thinking of how to rebuild the Council.

"Can I push him in?" Faith asked the others as she playfully shoved him. "I just want to get back to the hotel and sleep, yo. For like a week."

"I guess we all could. If we wanted to." Anne mused, as she thought about how Angel would react to seeing her. "The First is scrunched so… what do you think we should do?

"Yeah, Ken. Where do we go from here?" Faith asked. Looking off into the future, a satisfied smile spread across Kendra's face.

"I'm gonna get married."

Deep Inside The Rubble Of Sunnydale

Sametime

A figure, wearing a white cloak walked through what was left of the vineyard with a smile on her face. Seeing a silver and red axe stuck in a boulder, she violently yanked it out sending blue ripples of magic to shoot up in the air.

"This is really going to come in handy." she said to herself as she twirled the Slayer's Scythe around, before flashing away.

A/N If you have any questions about this storyfeel free to ask them.

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