Chapter 30. Earth Bound.

Meanwhile, in the dark planet a meeting is taking place without Lindsay. A tall man by the name of Hamilton is seated in the chair, where Lindsay normally sits. He grins at his fellow comrades.

"We have a decision to make," says Hamilton. "Earth should have been ours for the taking. We could be living in luxury, but Lindsay has a soft heart."

"You tell them, sweetheart," says a small blonde sitting on his lap.

"I'm taking over. We will have our new world, even if we have to kill every single being there. I'm sending all of you at once. Show no mercy. Take the hounds and the raptors, too. I don't want a single being alive."

"Yes, sir," his comrades say. They all head out of the meeting to do their task.

"You are so sexy when you take charge," says the blonde girl.

"I like being in charge. I guess it's a calling, wouldn't you say, my sweet?" Hamilton leans over to the blonde.

"Definitely. And it kind of turns me on." The blonde gives Hamilton a smirk.

"We'll have time for this later Harm," says Hamilton. "We have more pressing matters at hand. Our new home." Hamilton looks out the window and can see Earth from a distance.

"I want a castle of my very own."

"You'll have everything. Don't worry about that." Hamilton grins as he continues to look at the Earth.

Meanwhile on Earth, Wesley is running down the corridor towards Dawn's room. He knocks on her door desperately. One of Dawn's maids answers it and Wesley goes right past them as they open the door.

"Wesley, what's wrong?" asks Dawn as she sees him walk up to her, with a paper in his hands and a desperate look on his face.

"Remember when the dark warriors first entered our atmosphere for the first time?" says Wesley.

"Yes, it was a long time ago, but…"

"Before they came, the tech people from my department had installed a device connected with the satellites in space that will warn us of any spaceship within a thousand miles from Earth. Even if the spaceship is heavily shielded or with other things, it will still detect something."

"Alright. Has it detected something?"

"Yes." Wesley walks over to Dawn and shows her the paper. "You see all these dots?"

"Yes."

"This is what it has detected."

"That's more than a hundred."

"Yes, that's why I wanted to inform you about this. I believe this is an army, perhaps lead by Connor's father."

"Tell everyone that there is an emergency meeting. Hurry."

"Alright."

Dawn turns around and looks at herself in a mirror. She has a frightened expression on her face, but brushes it off as she changes out of her night gown.

It is 11:15PM and the meeting starts the moment that Dawn sits down. Angel, Spike, and Cordy are closest to Dawn as are Tara and Giles. Lorne is there in his PJ's, which are green, red, and yellow. Wesley installs a projector and shows the mapped area in space where the satellites have detected spacecrafts heading to Earth.

"Thank you all for coming," says Dawn as she looks around at all of their faces. She is searching for Connor, but does not see him. Dawn decides to ignore it and continues on. "I'm sorry to wake you and have this meeting so late, but it is important. Wesley has detected spacecrafts, about more than a hundred heading our way. They are a thousand miles away from us and we assume it's the dark warriors. They are sending an army here."

"I didn't think they would come," says Lorne. "I mean, we haven't seen their army since our last battle about a year ago, I think. They have been holding back for some reason."

"I know, Lorne, but we have to take precaution. They are dangerous and will stop at nothing to get what they want. I'm ordering a full evacuation of the kingdom by tomorrow night. I'll make the announcement early tomorrow morning."

"Are we going to let them win?" says Spike. "Sorry, Dawn, but I'd like to take them on. They are not kicking me out of my home."

"Those are not my intentions, Spike," says Dawn. "I plan to kick some ass."

Giles looks at Dawn and is surprised at her language. He then gives her a smile as she smiles back at him.

"Giles, I want you to contact every Jedi Knight in the world," says Dawn as she faces him. "Get them all here. Earth is not going down without a fight."

"Alright, that's what I'm talking about," says Spike. Angel and Cordy smile at him. "What? You know you were thinking the same thing, too." Angel nods his head.

"Yeah, but I have manners," says Angel.

"Tara, I'd like to speak to you after the meeting," says Dawn. Tara nods her head. "Alright, does anyone have any questions?" The room stays quiet. "Good. Meeting is adjourn." Everyone begins to leave the room. Tara walks over to Dawn. The two walk down the hallway towards Dawn's room.

"What is it you wanted to ask me?" asks Tara in her low voice.

"I was wondering why Connor wasn't at the meeting?" asks Dawn.

"Oh, I guess we forgot about him. Maybe we thought it would be best to let him rest. He has been struggling the last couple of days."

"I haven't seen him the last couple of days." They enter Dawn's room and head over to the bed. "I miss him."

"I know you do, but you need to be strong right now."

"But we need him. I need him."

"He'll come around."

"I'll talk to him tomorrow morning before the announcement. I'll tell him everything."

"Alright, now get some sleep. You have a long day ahead of you." Dawn lies back on her bed and Tara covers her up.

"You're going to be a great mom."

"Thanks." Tara smiles at that and touches Dawn's belly. "So are you."

The next day, Dawn is dressed up in her Queen attire and heads over first to Connor's room. As she approaches the door, she could hear him pacing back and forth across the room. She knocks lightly and Connor turns his head to the door quickly. He walks over and opens it.

"You had a meeting without me," says Connor as he stares at her.

"How did…" Dawn tries to say.

"I saw it." Connor walks away from her, leaving the door open. Dawn enters the room.

"I'm sorry. It was last minute. I wanted you to be there."

"Yeah, right." Connor is still facing away from her.

"Do you know what it was about?"

"Yeah. You think that my dad is out to get all of your people killed." Connor turns to face Dawn.

"I didn't say that."

"I know you're thinking that. You think that all dark warriors are evil and should all be killed. Then kill me, Dawn. Why don't you?" Connor is screaming at her this time.

"You don't understand." Dawn closes her eyes, trying to hold in her tears. She opens them again and continues. "You know from experience firsthand that they don't want to make peace or anything with us. They want our planet and that is something that I will not bargain for." Dawn is raising her voice up. "As Queen of…"

"Bull shit! You're not a Queen."

Dawn stares at him, angry at him for cursing at her and screaming at her. "Why are you being this way? What happened to the guy I married?"

"He opened his eyes and saw all the lies. I know. You're not of royal blood. You're the daughter of a Jedi Knight, Giles."

"You know about this? How?"

"I heard them talking. Were you even going to tell me?"

"I didn't know until a while ago. It was something that was kept from me. You think I'd treat Giles the way I treated him if I knew I was his daughter?"

"It could have been all an act to cover up."

"It wasn't. You can't tell anyone. Please, Connor."

"Now you want me to continue your lies? No thanks."

"I'm through with this argument. I don't want to see you here."

"I'm not through." He is yelling at her and Dawn is really frightened of what he might do to her. "Why can't you be honest with me? Why do you have to make your father's words true?"

Dawn then takes a chance and slaps Connor in the face, real hard. He is caught by surprise by this and pulls back away from Dawn. She begins to feel a little sorry for slapping him, but decides not speak.