Chapter 1 : Final Battle

Disclaimer : Joss Whedon owns the characters. Atleast most of them. I'm continuing the story which didn't end when he finished. Just want to have an ending.

A/N : I got the quotes before the battle from Buffyworld website.

Angel looks at the approaching crowd. It's hundreds, if not thousands, of demons of all sorts, shapes and sizes. A huge winged dragon flies angrily toward them overhead.

"OK. You take the 30,000 on the left..." Gunn said holding back the pain.

"You're fading. You'll last 10 minutes at best." Illyria stated at Gunn's condition

Gunn standing "Then let's make 'em memorable."

Angel steps forward and Spike, Gunn and Illyria follow. Spike is standing off to Angel's right side. Angel is flanked a step behind by Gunn on the right and Illyria on the left. They stare at the horde of demons approaching them in the alley.

"In terms of a plan?" Spike asked his grand sire.

"We fight."

"Bit more specific."

Angel steps forward, "Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon."

The demon horde attacks them. "Let's go to work." He swings his sword fiercely.

Everyone charges at the demon army. There are so many of them. Illyria starts to destroy whatever comes in her way. She was smashing through all the heads and breaking any bones she could find with her hand. She is too quick for the demons to even give a single punch at her. She didn't need a weapon to fight with. She seemed like she was a weapon herself. Angel was slashing everything that is in front of him. He is covered with demon blood. He has been surrounded by the demons but he still keeps on fighting. Gunn keeps steady and hammers the axe through one of the big demon's head. He was struggling with the blood loss but he still keeps on fighting. Angel & Spike saw the big troll that came down the alley towards them. Angel was aiming for the dragon that was breathing fire now and he keeps on killing whatever is on his way. Spike was slashing through with the sword he has got hold of in his hand.

"OK Boys. Learn from the master. NEVER" Slash "EVER" Slash "THINK" Slash "OF" Slash "BEING" Slash "ME"

Takes a moment to look around the demons he killed. He has a smirk in his face.

"Ya. I'm the Big Bad. Remember that."

He seems to have injured his left shoulder but he doesn't seem to realize the pain. He looks around and sees Gunn giving up finally with all the blood loss and falls down to the floor. He was killed in an instant by one of the demons clawing his head off his body. he felt a moment of sadness running through his mind. Then with the vengeance, he started to attack the demon crowd even fiercely.

The demons started to maul Gunn's body when suddenly a powerful force shuttered them into dust instantly. Some of the demons looked ahead and saw a witch floating in the air coming towards them. She was murmuring something and suddenly she had a flow of fireballs coming towards them. It burned a lot of demons in its path.

"Looks like fire still hurts the demons" Willow gives a slight smile.

Then the army of the slayers came through the end of the alley. They started to fight the demons they saw on sight. Along came Buffy leading the army with Faith holding the scythe that she had in Sunnydale. She had fire in her eyes.

"Where did so much of demons come from in the first place?" Buffy murmured.

"Buff. Need to kill more demons" Willow said to Buffy and floated away.

"Ok. Back to work I guess." Buffy was killing the demons that came in towards her easily with a slice and their heads roll to the ground.

"Faith, you lead half of the girls and attack from the sides of the alley." Buffy ordered to Faith and watched her move from the incoming army of demons. Buffy got into the fighting stance with the rest of the girls she had with her.

She saw a blue demon fighting the other demons. The blue demon seemed strong and she was killing more & more with her hands. Buffy seemed impressed and also confused by what she saw.

'Why is there a demon fighting the other demons?' Then she saw around and saw the army of the demons in front of her.

'Oh Well... I can use all the help I can get at this moment.' She thought and started to kill the demons that came in her way. She sliced & diced towards the blue demon to make sure that it was a good demon and not a nutcase as Drusilla.

Illyria was killing the other demons by crushing their throats by her hand and smashing their heads to the wall and throwing them around like garbage. Buffy has now moved close to her and started to talk to her while fighting.

"Who are you? Why are you helping? Or are you helping the good guys in the first place?"

Illyria turned to look at the voice. She saw a blonde girl with an axe in her hand slashing the demons beside her. She saw the girl's face and knew she was not a threat for her. Illyria just ignored her and started to continue her battle. Something about the girl made her feel that she is not a normal human as she seems to be. So Illyria turned towards Buffy deciding to reply.

"I am Illyria, god-king of the primordium, shaper of things. I'm helping the mortals and the Half-Breeds to defend this planet" Illyria started to focus on the destruction she was causing and moves away from Buffy.

Buffy didn't understand a word Illyria said so she just nodded. Then the sudden thought came into her mind. She tried to question Illyria before she moved away from her.

"Where is Angel?" Buffy wanted to slay him by her own hands if he has turned into Angelus. Illyria nodded her head towards a demon group fighting someone far away. Buffy smiled noticing Angel must be fighting on the good side.

Then she realized something that Illyria said. 'Half-Breed means Vampire' she made a note in her head. Then something occurred to her. She remembered Illyria saying 'Half-Breeds' so there must be more than Angel fighting in this battle. She wondered who it could be.

She continued smashing the axe into the bodies of the demons on her way while she moved towards Illyria. She glanced back at the slayers she had with her to see that they are holding themselves against the demons they fought with. Buffy looked forward to see Faith & the rest of the slayers attacking the demons from the middle bringing a gap in-between the demon army. She saw Willow fighting with demons from the air and throwing magical thunders and fireballs at the army. She started to move back again towards Illyria and she got close to her.

"You said Half-Breeds. Who else is there to fight against evil beside Angel?" Buffy knew about Lorne, Wesley & Gunn and also a girl called Fred working beside Angel in W&H. But as far as she knows, none of them were half-breed. Lorne was a demon but not human. So she is lost in who it could be fighting beside Angel for the good side.

Before Illyria could answer, Buffy heard someone scream and also saw a big ball of fireball near the end of the alley and Angel shouting out loudly "SPIKE".

TBC…