The next night, Giles was waiting outside the school building for the others to come. "The last few days had been really strange" he thought to himself "Now that Willow and Buffy are back, I just hope they will be able to stay". He was distracted when he heard a familiar voice "Hello Giles" He turned around and saw Drusilla approaching him "Hello Drusilla" he noticed that she looked a little bit tired "Are you ok?" he asked her gently and she answered "Well, after I left the library last night, I didn't sleep for to long during the day". Giles stared at her and smiled, over the past few months he had come to appreciate her; she would always be ready to help and was a constant companion in the library. Drusilla smiled back but he noticed that there was something that was bothering her "Is there something wrong?" he asked her and Drusilla stared at him in the eyes and said "I… Giles" then she lowered her head and said "Nothing Giles, Is just that I'm a little bit tired"
He was about to continue the conversation, but at that moment Buffy Willow and Dawn landed in front of them, startling both the watcher and the vampire, "Hi guys, what's up?" Willow asked, then she noticed the looks on their faces and said "Oh, sorry If we surprised you. I guess people are not used to see other people flying and landing in front of them", Dawn continued "That was so cool Giles, you should ask them to take you flying sometime" Buffy asked "No one else has come yet?" and Giles answered "I'm afraid not" then he asked "How did everything go in your families?" Buffy smiled and said "Oh Giles, My mother kept my room intact, as if I had never left. She was so happy Giles" she thought for a moment and then continued "I haven't told this to Nicholas or Natalie, but Willow and I have talked about it and We have decided to stay here. We can study at night to finish high school and also we can help you guys in saving the world". Giles looked at both of them with disbelief and happiness in his face and said "You will stay?" Buffy hugged him and said "Did you really think your favorite slayer was going to leave you?" she smiled "And beside, Who else than me can help you with your fashion style" Giles laughed.
At that moment a van and two cars stopped in front of them and out of it came Anya, Tara, Faith, Cordelia, Oz, Xander, Spike and Angel and at the same time Nicholas, Natalie, Jeannette, Vachon and Divia Landed "Well I'm glad to see that all arrived at the same time. Is there anyone missing" Dawn looked around and said "I don't think so Giles" Willow said "Buffy, aren't you excited? Our first mission after nine years" Buffy answered "Yeah, but I don't remember ever having so many companions as a Slayer" Giles laughed "In fact this is the biggest group I have ever been with. Not only you came back to sunnydale recently" Willow asked with curiosity "What do you mean by that Giles and he answered "Last year we were only Faith, Spike, Xander, Anya, Dawn and Myself" then six months ago Oz returned after 5 years of absence. Two months later Angel, Cordelia and Drusilla came from L.A. And finally both of you have returned to us". Dawn intervened "You forgot to mention Riley" Buffy asked "Riley?" and Faith answered with some sadness "He was involved in the initiative five years ago, and he was also my boyfriend for one year. He left sunnydale to join back the army four years ago, but came back just last month." Buffy asked Giles "Do you think all this is a coincidence?" Giles just answered "That could be so, or maybe something big is going to happen" he said the last words with a worried face" Then with a resolved face he said "Let's focus on what is happening tonight. Apparently, if the information is correct, the master is planning something big at the bronze" As they talked, they decided that the hand to hand combat would be done by the Slayer the ten vampires and the werewolf "Oz had the ability to change at will and had complete control of his actions". Anya, Tara, Dawn, and Cordelia would support them from a safe distance with their magic while the only "normal humans" Giles and Xander would use bows and holy water as weapons.
As the group approached the bronze, Buffy said "I don't feel any presence near" Faith stared at her in surprise and said "Me neither.. You haven't lost your abilities?" Buffy answered "Apparently not". As the group awaited patiently at the entrance of the bronze, Willow noticed a very handsome man looking at them with a strange expression "Giles, that man is staring at us" Giles fallowed the direction she was pointing and saw him "That man is Riley" Buffy also looked at him and said "He is very handsome".
Riley approached the small group and asked "Hi Guys what's up?" he avoided to look into faith. Giles answered "We may need your help tonight. Apparently something is about to happen soon here at the bronze" Riley asked "What do you want me to do?" Giles answered "If something happens, I want you to take out of the bronze as many people as you can, and take care of any vampire that gets in". Riley nodded and then asked "Who are all these people Giles, You know that civilians shouldn't get involved in these kind of things." Before Giles could answer Buffy approached him and said to him "Riley right? It's a pleasure to meet you." After Giles introduced Riley to the rest of the group, Riley asked Buffy and Willow in disbelief "So you were the slayer before faith arrived, Xander and Giles told me many things about you and Willow" Willow answered "I hope they didn't say anything bad" Willow really felt sympathy for him, after Xander told her and Buffy his story while they were walking to the bronze. At that moment Buffy tensed and as she said "Guys, I can feel them. They are coming"