Chapter 32. Final chapter. (It's Long. Get a pillow for you computer chair and some popcorn too.)

The next day, Dawn and Connor open their eyes to each other. They are both happy that they are close once again.

"Good morning," says Connor and he pulls her hand over to kiss it. Dawn smiles and blushes as Connor uses his gentlemen moves on her. Then someone enters the room, without knocking and quickly tries to turn back.

"Tara, come back," says Dawn. "We're fully clothed."

"I should hope so," says Tara as she turns around and walks over to the bed. "Connor, they need you in the training room."

"Alright," says Connor. "I'll see you later." Connor turns to Dawn and is ready to jump off the bed.

"Yes," says Dawn. She then pulls him over to her and kisses him passionately on the lips. Connor takes a deep breath, then looks at Tara.

"I'm going to go now. Bye."

Both Tara and Dawn watch him as he exits the room and closes the door. Tara looks at Dawn, who has a big smile on her face.

"You talked," says Tara.

"We're good," says Dawn.

"I'm so happy for you, Dawn."

"Everything is going to be okay, I know it now."

Then someone knocks at the door. Dawn says to come in and in comes Wesley, with a couple of papers in his hands.

"Dawn, I've calculated a dozen times at what point the dark warriors will land on the Earth," Wesley begins to explain. "And it comes out to be tonight."

"I thought you said we had three days," says Dawn.

"They accelerated."

"We don't have all of the Jedi's here."

"Giles said that only one group is missing," says Tara. "The ones from the south. I'm sure they'll make it here in time."

"I hope so."

In the training room, the whole room is filled completely. Connor walks over to the entrance and the Jedi's make way for him. He is confused at why they are doing this, but decides to ignore it. Connor sees Giles instructing the knights on tactical strategies and heads over to Spike's side.

"So, what did I miss?" asks Connor.

"Just Giles rambling on," says Spike. "Stuff we heard like a billion times."

"Oh, good, didn't miss anything."

Later that day, plans are made and set into motion as night approaches. Dawn walks out to one of the large balconies of the palace. She looks up and to sees if she can catch the first sight of the first dark warrior spaceships.

Connor enters the room and walks over to the balcony where Dawn is. He grabs her by the arm and pulls her inside. Dawn is surprised at how he grabs her and pulls him away from her.

"What are you doing?" asks Dawn.

"Dawn, I can't have this," says Connor. "This battle is too dangerous. I don't want you here."

"I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here and fighting these monsters."

"Is that what you think of me?"

"No. You're not like them. I know that."

"Yes, I am. It's where I come from. I'm a monster to you."

"Connor, you're twisting my words."

"You don't even want our children because they'll turn out to be like me, right? You don't care about them at all."

"That's not true. I do care, but I care about my home, too."

"I'm your husband. Dawn, just please do what I tell you." Connor grabs her from the arm tightly and pulls her away from the balcony.

"No!" Dawn pushes him away. She then pulls out her saber and points it at Connor. Connor grins at her. His grin scared Dawn. He walks up to her, getting two inches away from Dawn's saber.

"Why don't you just do it? Kill me. Kill the monster." Dawn starts to tremble with her saber. She doesn't want to kill him. She doesn't want any of this to happen. Connor catches her by surprise. He swings his sword around making Dawn back off with her saber. Dawn reacts quickly and makes a complete turn and hits his sword twice as hard.

"Don't make me do this."

Connor ignores her and starts fencing with her. The swords collide and they both move over to the balcony. Connor has some strong blows, but aren't equally match to that of Dawn even with her being pregnant. She had been taught by the best, Giles, and she had his genes as well. Connor was lacking since, he'd been missing many of his training. Dawn hits his sword down to the ground and faces him.

"I love you, Connor. I don't want to lose you to him. You know he only put those things in your head to put you against us, but you have to fight it."

"Stop blaming him. He was right about everything." Connor pushes out of Dawn's grip and steps off. "He's been right all along. You've never trusted me. When you thought you were losing hold of me, you decided to tell me some stupid story that I was the one."

"But you are." Dawn's eyes start to swell up. "You are the one."

"No, I'm not. It was all your lies." Connor holds his head and begins to feel an intense pain.

"I never lied to you, Connor. I know what Tara meant that you're the one."

Connor's pain subsides and he looks straight into Dawn's eyes. She walks up to him.

"You're the one for me." Dawn caresses his face and Connor is in complete shock.

"No." Connor grabs on to his head again. Dawn doesn't know what to do. He then starts to swing his sword. Dawn gets into fence mode and attacks back. She leads him to the edge of the balcony and in one small hit to his sword, Connor goes over the balcony.

"NO! Connor!"

Suddenly something distracts her from looking down. It's the dark warriors. The ships have already landed without her noticing. They begin to shoot from ships and one shot almost hits her. It breaks part of the balcony and she runs into the room. She looks back, but someone pulls her in.

The ships begin to shoot at the balcony, but by some miracle, Dawn is not even touched by them. She looks at who has pulled her and sees that it's Tara. Tara had used her magic's and created a force shield. The two move over to the exit of the room and Tara releases the force shield. Dawn looks at her and hugs her, crying into her belly.

"Dawn, what's wrong?" asks Tara.

"I killed him," says Dawn. "I killed him."

"Who did you kill?" Tara is confused, but tries to sooth her. Then Wesley calls them up from the hallway.

"Come on," says Wesley. Tara grabs hold of Dawn and the two follow Wesley through a secret doorway. "It's hell out there. Are you two alright?"

"Yes, we're fine," replies Tara for the both of them. They meet up with Fred and Lorne, who are already on the ship. Fred is turning on the spaceship they have underground. It's enormous and could carry a whole civilization. "What's going on out there?"

"Those dark warriors hit hard on us the minute they entered the atmosphere. It's a good thing we have the Wicca's to shield our Jedi's."

"There is just too many," says Fred. "I couldn't imagine this. I mean, I was scared when I saw it was a hundred ships, but not this."

"Are we evacuating?" asks Tara, still keeping a hold on Dawn.

"It's Dawn's decision, but I do suggest we do," says Wesley as he looks at Dawn. He realizes that she's been crying.

"Dawn is not feeling well. I say we evacuate."

"What's wrong, kitten?" asks Lorne as he approaches her. Dawn pulls away from Tara and looks at Lorne. Her face is full with tears and she goes and hugs Lorne. "Oh, kitten, what's the matter?" Dawn just keeps crying unable to speak.

Outside, the Jedi's are fighting for their dear lives against Raptors, Hounds, blasters from flying ships, and a raid of dark warriors. The Jedi's fare well, killing a half dozen of the dark warriors and the Hounds, but the ships and Raptors were pushing them back. They took evasive actions and began to pull back.

The Wicca's held their shields, so that the other Jedi's can get into the palace without getting splattered. As soon as the Jedi's are inside, the Wicca's that were not holding the shield closed the doors tightly and pushed them with force. This gives lee way to the Wicca's holding the shield letting them release the sheild, so that the dark warriors army would not force in so quickly.

The Jedi's, who had survived the battle beaten and brutally injured, made their way to plan B of Giles. Evacuation. They headed for the underground spaceships. There were two huge ships that could carry them all. The hard part is how to get out and away from the aims of the blasters from the dark warriors ships.

Big metal doors close as all the remaining Jedi knights and their apprentices walk over to the dock area of the two ships. Giles made his way to the ship, where he sees Tara coming out of it. He rushes over to her and kisses her passionately.

"Where's Dawn?" asks Giles. "Is she here?" Tara nods her head. Giles runs inside and sees Lorne holding Dawn close to him. "Dawn."

When Dawn hears Giles' voice, she stops crying for a second and pulls away from Lorne. She looks up at Giles, who rushes over to her side. He grabs her hand and Dawn hugs him tightly.

"He's dead," says Dawn, finally speaking.

"Who's dead?" asks Giles.

"Connor. I killed him." Dawn begins to cry even harder. Giles looks at the others, who are equally in shock at Dawn's words.

"When are we leaving?" asks Angel as he enters the ship with Cordy and Spike.

"Everyone is on board?" asks Giles as he turns around to face him, with Dawn in his arms. Angel nods his head.

"Dawn, what's wrong?" He notices Dawn has been crying.

"Where's Connor?" asks Cordy a little concerned that he's not comforting Dawn.

"Secure everything, Angel," says Giles.

"There is just one thing," says Spike. "The blasters out there from the ships. They'll blast us all out of the sky. What do we do about them?"

"A shield," suggests Tara.

"It's too much," says Wood, the leader who brought the Wicca's. "They're too weak."

"What about just one big blast?" asks Fred. "Then at that moment, we can full blast the thrusters and be too far away for them to shoot at us."

"That sounds like a good idea," says Wood. "What about the ships shield? Can they hold, too?"

"It does have shields. They won't have to use all their powers. They can use it gradually."

"So, that they can still replenish the strength as the shields of the ship protect us for a bit," says Tara. "It could work."

"Alright, make it so," says Giles. "I'm going to make Dawn more comfortable. Fred, where are the beds?"

"Down that way," replies Fred as she points in the direction of the beds.

"Lorne, could you help me with her?"

"Sure," replies Lorne as he and Giles help Dawn over to the beds.

"We need an even amount of Wicca's in both ships," says Tara. "Count Lorne and me as two."

"I'm on it," says Wood as he leaves the ship.

Everything is set and they are ready to go. As they are closing the ships main door, the metal door is being hit hard. The dark warriors have made it inside and found the secret doorways. The top part of the building holding the ships open and the first ship hovers above the ground, then maneuvers its way through the tunnel. The second ship follows and at that instant, the metal door is blasted open.

The ships make it to the opening and they put on the shields from the ship. The Wicca's get ready to do their duty as they stand near the sides of the ships. The dark warriors blast at the ships the instant they see them, but the shield is holding well.

"We're ready," says Tara as she looks at Fred. "Hold on everyone. Fred, tell them in five." Fred communicates with the second ship and tells them to be ready in five. "Five, four, three, two…" The first ship gets blasted and Tara almost falls, but she holds herself against the wall. "ONE!"

All the Wicca's, including Lorne and Tara, close their eyes and concentrate to build a huge force field that will transform into an explosive blast. The shield is working its way around the ships. Soon the blast weren't too hard on them and Fred and the other ships pilot got ready to pull on the thrusters.

"Thrusters now!" Wesley shouts.

"Thrusters," says Fred to the other ship as she turns on her thrusters. The ships quickly make a rough jerk and they zoom out of the Earth atmosphere.

Meanwhile on another spaceship that was near the Earth, but now is almost light years away an unconscious Connor lays on a bed. Surrounding him is his mother, Darla, and his father, Lindsay.

"What happened to him?" asks Darla.

"He was fighting with that girl," says Lindsay. "I saved him from falling to his death. He fell off a balcony. She pushed him."

"She would never do that."

"Well, she did. I was right. They were using him."

"I don't believe that. Don't you ever tell him that she almost killed him."

"Alright."

Back on the ship, Tara comes over to Giles. He is with Dawn, who has fallen asleep. She sits down next to Giles and sighs.

"How is she?" asks Tara.

"She cried a lot," says Giles. "I don't think I've ever seen her cry this much. Not even as a child. Did you see what happened?"

"No, I didn't. I just saw her run from the balcony and I just pulled her over to me and shielded her. Then the balcony was shot and broke off. I didn't see where Connor was."

Dawn suddenly wakes up abruptly. She is breathing heavily and closes her eyes. Dawn grabs her belly and tries to endure the pain. Giles and Tara turn to her.

"Dawn, what's wrong?" asks Giles.

"I think my water broke," says Dawn. They see her sheets begin to get wet.

"Giles, get Wesley now," says Tara. Giles runs to get Wesley and tells him that Dawn is going into labor. "Relax, Dawn. Take some deep breaths." Tara helps get into position. She knew what to do; after all, she was at Dawn's birth. She saw everything that they did at that time.

"Oh, it hurts," says Dawn. "I can't."

"Yes, you can."

Wesley comes running over to the room, with a medic bag that was on board the ship. He takes all the items out, then Giles comes over and gives him some towels that he told him to bring.

"Why is she in so much pain?" asks Tara.

"It's the stress," says Wesley.

"What's all the commotion?" asks Spike, he walks over to them.

"Dawn is going to have the babies."

"Oh. What can I do to help?"

"Take her hand," says Tara, trying to pry her hand out of Dawn's grip.

"Where are you going?" asks Spike to Tara as he goes to Dawn's side.

"I'm going to try to get the feeling of my hand back."

Dawn grabs Spike's hand and squeezes real hard.

"Bloody hell, woman," says Spike, feeling the tighten of Dawn's hand. Giles wipes Dawn's forehead with a wet cloth. She begins to take some deep breaths, but the pain never goes away. Tears start to form in her eyes.

"Dawn, look at me," says Wesley. "This is not going to be easy, but just keep up with the breathing and when I tell you to push, you push, okay?" Dawn nods her head. "Just listen to my voice and do what I tell you."

"Dad," says Dawn as she looks for Giles' hand. Spike and Wesley look at her and think she's delirious.

"What is it?" asks Giles, not caring that Dawn just called him dad. He takes her hand.

"I have to tell you something I kept from you."

"What?"

"Connor and I are married. Were married." She pulls out the ring from her pocket. Giles takes it and is surprised that Dawn would do something so spontaneous. He then puts the ring onto her ring finger and holds her hand close.

"Dawn, it's now time," says Wesley. "You need to push."

Dawn starts to push and holds on tight to both Giles and Spike's hand. She screams, for the pain is almost unbearable for her.

"Come on, Dawn, just a little more."

"I can't. It hurts too much," says Dawn in tears.

"You have to," says Wesley. "I can see the first head."

"Sweetheart, I know you can do it," says Giles. "I'm right here with you."

"Push," says Wesley.

Dawn pushes real hard once again. She screams and then starts to take some large breaths. Then she hears a baby cry. Dawn tries to see the baby. Wesley cuts the umbilical cord and hands the baby to Tara, who has a towel and wraps him up. She hands the boy to Giles, who shows him to Dawn.

"He's so beautiful," says Dawn, tears streaming down her cheek.

"Dawn, one down, one to go," says Wesley. "Now push."

Giles gives the boy back to Tara as Dawn continues to push her second baby out. He holds her hand tight as she does the same.

"Come on, Dawn. One more push."

Dawn pushes again with all of her strength. She tightens her grip on both Spike and Giles. Dawn isn't the only one that is screaming in pain now. Another baby cry is heard. Lorne comes over with a towel to get the baby girl.

"She's as cute as a kitten," says Lorne with a smile. "Just like her mom." Lorne goes over to Dawn's side. Dawn has both her babies at her sides and she is happy for only a second. She is thinking of Connor. He's not here to see her babies, their babies. She only wishes that things could have been different, but they weren't. Her children will be fatherless, just like she was once until she found out her real father was Giles.

"Alexander, Buffy," says Dawn. "Welcome to the world."

TO BE CONTINUED…

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