Things were put on hold for a day or two as everybody rested up, and allowed themselves to heal and think. Buffy was not about to force everyone to come with her when she proposed her plan, so she gave everyone the space to think about what they had wanted to do with their lives. She was pretty certain that Willow and Xander would follow her, but in case they didn't, her resolve was certain. She was going to Europe, and she was going to help take care of all the new slayers of the world. She had created them, and they were her responsibility.

Willow and Kennedy kept to themselves, occasionally making the rounds and ensuring that everyone was comfortable and for those more severely hurt in the fight, bringing them drinks and pillows.

Xander stayed in his room, coming out only to eat. It worried Buffy that he had closed himself off so completely, but there was nothing she could do about it. The only person he would talk to was Andrew, and she suspected the reason for that was that he was the only one who had been there when Anya had died.

Dawn stuck to Buffy pretty closely, trying to cheer her out of her funk, but despite her best efforts, she resisted the attempts. It wasn't that she didn't appreciate Dawn's concern, but this was a hurt that Buffy was not ready to let go of yet. She needed it.

Faith and Robin Wood spent most of their time with the new slayers, as they were the ones with the least amount of post-battle emotional baggage. Buffy was grateful for Faith being that person. Once she had been jealous of Faith being able to make the slayers like her better. Now she was relieved that Faith had stepped in to be the likable older slayer. Buffy just didn't have the energy for it. Not yet.

Giles and Wesley had spent a lot of time with one another, Giles filling in on what had been happening in Sunnydale, and Wesley doing likewise for the L.A. gang. Buffy wasn't the only person who noticed the extreme change in Wesley, but he seemed to wear it well, even if there was something a little sinister about the man that hadn't been there before. Too much time in a place like this would harden anybody.

Fred, Gunn, and Lorne all did their best not to get in anybody's way. They weren't close to anybody in particular and there were too many (as Lorne had put it), emotional auras floating around.

Angel spoke to Buffy, but only briefly doing his best to keep his attitude casual, yet available if it became clear that she wanted to talk. She didn't.

After a while, Buffy called a meeting between the core group to discuss what was to be done. Robin, the slayers, and Kennedy were not told about it as she wanted the chance to run it by the original scoobys. Well, the mostly original Scoobys. Andrew had not been there from the beginning, but for some reason he was included.

Once everyone had arrived, she looked around the room preferring to stand as they all took their seats. She felt like a teacher on the first day of school, nervous and unsure of how to present her plan.

"Are we all here?" She closed the door as she asked the question, already knowing the answer.

"All of us that you asked, yea." Faith pointed out. "What's going on?"

"We have to decide what we're going to do." She started.

"From what I understand, you've already decided." Giles pointed out. She didn't like the tone in his voice. Frowning, she addressed him.

"I've decided what I'm going to do Giles. But I don't speak for everyone." He raised an eyebrow as if to say that he didn't believe her, but wisely said nothing. She turned to the others and continued. "Look, we did an amazing thing activating all those slayers, but we can't just leave it at that. Or rather, I can't. I'm the original slayer. I'm the source of their power and I can't just leave them to fend for themselves."

"I agree." Willow said softly. She turned and smiled at her.

"Thanks Will, but you might want to wait till after you've heard my plan." She took a deep breath. "I want to reform the Watcher's council."

"You…what?" Giles sounded shocked.

"Look Giles, I know they weren't exactly the greatest bunch of guys, but they weren't all bad. I mean, I wouldn't have traded you for the world. The organization itself was not a bad idea, just the way it was executed." She faced the others and gathered her thoughts. "I know that you guys are tired, and if you're not on board I understand, but this is what I think needs to be done, so hear me out."

"Before you convince yourself that we're all going to say no, why don't you finish what you were saying," Faith encouraged her. "Cause at the moment, what you're saying is makin' a lotta sense."

"What I'm saying is that these girls need watchers. Not the kind the council trained, but real watchers who care about their slayers and teach them. I can be that, but I can't be everywhere. Now, I want to go to Europe and reform the slayer branch of the council. I know some watchers there who are willing to help me do it. I would love it if you guys came too, but I will understand if you don't want to. You can have a normal life now and I wouldn't demand that anyone give that up, no matter how much I'd miss you."

"I don't know about you guys, but I feel that fighting evil is my true calling." Andrew said with an enthusiastic smile. "I'm in Buffy, wherever you go."

"Let's backup just a moment before we all start to pack." Giles suggested carefully. He looked curious. "What did you mean Buffy about the slayer 'branch' and about knowing watchers in Europe? Everybody died in that explosion."

"Everybody in the slayer branch." Buffy clarified. She sighed. She had been hoping Giles had knowledge of the other half of the council. "The watcher's council has two different branches. One was for slayer, but the other was for immortals."

"Immortals?" Xander echoed. "Like…vampires?"

"No, like…immortals." She sighed and proceeded to explain to the others about immortals, their watchers and the game. She even mentioned Methos in the explanation, though she didn't call him by that name. He had not given her permission to tell her friends of his true identity. When she had finished, Giles was looking at her with wide eyes.

"Buffy what you are proposing will change everything that the council has ever known."

"Yea, well I've already changed the slayers, why not the council too?" She didn't mean for it to sound sarcastic, but it had anyway.

"This is a huge undertaking Buffy, are you sure you and your friend Adam are up for it?" He still sounded skeptical.

"Adam isn't the only one who will be involved in this," she said tiredly. "I have more than enough help on the Europe front. What I need to know is if I have any here."

"You have me Buffy," Willow said softly. She smiled. "You know that."

"And me." Xander added, although his smile was a bit weaker. "You're the slayer and we're like the slayerettes."

Buffy smiled, feeling a lump form in her throat at the familiarity of those words. She looked to Giles apprehensively.

"You know I won't say no." He said quietly. "For one thing I'm too curious."

"Count me in as well B." Faith said.

"Good," she said, relaxing visibly. "Great. Thanks guys…for everything."

"So what now?" Xander wondered. "Do we saddle up?"

"We do," Buffy replied with a nod. "But we don't all go to the same place."

"Oh?" Faith raised an eyebrow.

"We're gonna need different people doing different things." Buffy told them, warming to the plan and hoping they would too. "I'll need some of you as field agents, but I want you to go in teams. Since you performed the spell Willow, my guess is you have the strongest connection and would be able to find them the easiest. You go wherever you can find slayers and you send them to me. You can take Kennedy with you. Faith, I'll need you in that capacity as well to cover more ground. You can take Robin with you. Giles I want you in England. I need you to gain access to a place we can use for Watcher's headquarters for the new slayer branch. I'll also need you to act as a liaison between the two branches. Andrew I want you to go with him. Xander I want you with Dawn and I. We'll be acting as ambassadors to the Immortal branch. Plus if any slayers need finding in that neck of the woods we'll be t here. We'll be sending the existing slayers with Giles to England to be trained at the new headquarters. How does that sound to everyone?"

She finally stopped to look around at the others who stared at her in what she hoped was awe.

"It sounds like you've thought it all through Buffy." Dawn finally spoke up. "But what's my job supposed to be?"

"Going to school," Buffy replied firmly. Before Dawn could protest she raised a hand. "I know you want to help Dawnie and you can, but I need you to finish high school. I think you have what it takes to be a first rate Watcher, but no slayer will pay attention to a Watcher without a high school diploma."

"Alright Buffy." Dawn agreed. Buffy was surprised it had been that easy, but said nothing.

"What about the rest of you? What do you think?" She was anxious, but tried not to let it show. So much of this being successful rested on her being able to pull this off.

"I think it's a solid plan Buffy." Giles finally replied. "And I think I speak for the rest of us."

The others nodded their agreement and Buffy felt the first real smile form on her face in a long time. She suddenly wanted to put the plan into action as soon as possible.

"Then let's get ready," she said. "We have a lot of work to do."