Boone placed his hands on his knees and gasped for air. He had been running for awhile and he was deep inside the jungle. He had lost Ethan not to mention his way but that part didn't matter, all that mattered was that he found Ethan and made him pay for what he did. He closed his eyes and tried to focus his thoughts on the task at hand, calming his breathing, which was slightly ragged.

He stood up and looked around, trying to get his bearings. Everything was still. He sighed and that's when he heard a rustle behind him. Ethan jumped out of the bushes and tackled him to the ground. He proceeded to strangle Boone. Boone's hands grasped the ground frantically looking for any type of weapon. His hand grasped a rock just as his vision began to become blurry. He picked it up and slammed it into Ethan's head, drawing blood. Ethan yelled in pain and let go of Boone. Boone pushed Ethan forward and got on top of him. He held the rock poised ready to strike a fatal blow.

Buffy ran forward. She could see Boone hovering over Ethan's body. He had a rock in his hand and he was about to smash the guy's skull in.

Buffy sighed, "A slayer's work is never done."

She ran forward and pushed Boone off of Ethan. Boone just looked at her confused and shocked while Ethan took the opportunity to run away in to the jungle.

"I couldn't let you kill him," Buffy whispered.

"He took my daughter. He was going to kill me," Boone said, anger lacing his every word.

"That doesn't make it right."

"And who says you get to decide what's right Buffy? Last time I checked you're only what? 16. What do you know about right and wrong, about death and pain?"

"A lot more then you," Buffy said, "He's human. He may be scum but he's still human."

"So that gives him a get out of jail free card?"

"Society deals with these problems. We don't take them into our own hands."

"In case you haven't noticed we're on an island. No society here."

"If you had killed him, you would have been just as bad as them."

"No," Bonne shook his head, "I had a good reason."

"I'm sure they thought they had one too."

Boone looked at her, nodded his head, and began to head back towards the beach. Buffy walked with him.

Ethan ran back to the Others, his brethren. He would be met with open arms; he was sure of it. He would tell them what had happened; how that man, Boone was his name, had almost killed him and then they would go out and massacre them all. He smiled at the thought of the blood bath that would ensue. He would save Noelle but only her. He hated to admit it but he had grown close to the young girl in the 13 years they had spent in that hell dimension. He learned to love her as a daughter and he had protected her, that little piece of information he wouldn't share with his brethren. They would be angry that he helped her survive and he was prepared to avoid their wrath, as well as, his master's at all costs.

He walked towards the black rock and past some of his brethren. He offered them a smile and greeting of hello but all he got was scowls and looks of hatred in return.

"What's going on?" he asked someone but they dared not answer.

The monster, his master, spoke instead, "You have betrayed me."

"No, I haven't," Ethan begged, "I-I…"

"No excuses," the monster said and with that he ripped Ethan's head off, "Let this be a lesson to you all. Anyone who disobeys or betrays me will suffer the same fate."

"Are you hungry?" Clair asked her daughter. Noelle was sitting on the sand under a tree, her arms folded in obstinance.

"No," Noelle replied tersely.

Clair sat down next to her, "Where were you?"

Noelle looked at her dumbly before responding as though she was choosing the words carefully, "Hell," Clair looked shocked and appalled, "Well not really but if I had to imagine hell this place wouldn't be far off. Why do you care?"

Clair sighed, "Because I'm you're mother."

Noelle blinked, "Ethan didn't mention you."

"He's not your father…."

"I know but he was all I had……He told me what happened….the truth."

Clair nodded, "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Not saving you."

"I forgave you a long time ago for that."

"You hair's just like your father's," Clair said, pushing a strand behind the girl's ear.

"How long have I been gone?"

"A week. How long was it for you?"

"Thirteen years."

"I have a lot of lost time to make up for," Clair said, a small laugh escaping her lips.

Noelle smiled, "Yeah you do."

Buffy and Boone walked on to the beach and Clair ran up to him, hugging him. He smiled at her as Danielle walked over to Noelle.

"Noelle?" Danielle said.

"Yeah," she replied turning away from the reunion to face Danielle.

"There are some things we need to discuss."

"Like?"

"Your destiny, your gift…."

Noelle laughed at the thought, "My destiny?"

"Have you ever knew something was going to happen before it did?"

"Yeah, it's like déjà vu. How did you know?"

"It's your gift."

"Seeing people die and not being able to stop it is my gift? Can I return it?"

Danielle frowned at the teenager's snide remark, "Its part of your destiny."

"My destiny?"

"You are destined to slay the monster."

"What? Are you crazy?!"

"Do you know about the monster?"

"Yeah, Ethan told me but why would I want to slay it?"

"It killed all those girls."

"They deserved it!"

Danielle slapped her across the face.

"What's going on?" Buffy said coming over.

"They did," Noelle said, "They were evil. That's what Ethan told me. The monster was helping, purging the world of their kind!"

"You stupid lost little girl," Danielle said, "It is your destiny whether you accept it or not and destiny always catches up with you. It's not a matter of if; it's a matter of when."

Noelle walked off, away from the group and Danielle just looked blankly after her. Buffy grabbed her arm and spun her around, "What do you think you're doing?!"

"She needs to know."

"What is with you watchers and destiny?! She just came back from a hell dimension and you're already dropping the weight of the world on her shoulders!"

"It's her destiny."

"She's a thirteen year old girl. She should be thinking about boys and makeup. Not about death and destruction!"

"I was trying to help her. If she doesn't kill the monster it will kill her. It's in the prophecy."

"Of course. You and your stupid prophecy. That's all you people care about. You're willing to tell a young girl she's destined to save the world but you don't have the guts to tell her she'll most likely die doing it! You don't even give her a choice!"

"We are duty bound. She is, I am, and you are. But we're bound all the same."

"No, that's where you're wrong. You chose this but I didn't I never wanted it and neither did she," Buffy said and with that she stormed off and Danielle left as well walking off into the jungle.

"Noelle!" Boone yelled as he walked down the beach. He had gone into her tent to bring her some food and she had been gone, "Noelle! Where are you?!"

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked, walking over to him.

"Noelle's gone."

"Do you have any idea where?"

"No," Boone said, rubbing his face. He was obviously worried.

"I'll go look for her," Buffy said and she walked off to gather some supplies and then headed into the jungle to look for Noelle.

Buffy walked into the hatch to find Hurley sitting at the computer. Noise could be heard in the background, "Hey, have you seen Noelle? Clair and Boone's daughter?"

"Yeah, she's in there," he replied, indicating the room Buffy heard noises coming from.

She walked inside and saw that Noelle was watching a movie on the projector. Buffy smiled the movie was Young Frankenstein. Xander had made her and Willow watch it so many times. It was his favorite after Apocalypse Now.

Buffy noticed Gene Wilder tossing and turning on the screen pretending to have a bad dream. He playing the character of Fredrick Frankenstein, "I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it………All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!"

Buffy smiled at the irony of the scene and what she had to discuss with Noelle, "Mind if I join you?"

Noelle shrugged and Buffy sat down next to her, "If you're going to try and convince me to kill that demon because it's my destiny or whatever just save your breath."

"I didn't come because of that."

"Then why did you?"

"I get it, what you're going through."

"How could anyone?"

"Because when I was little older then you some guy came up to me and told me it was my destiny to save the world."

"What'd you do?"

"I told him he was crazy and then I allowed him to show me proof that it was real. Then I freaked out and he died and then I set my school gym on fire……to save the world or at least L.A."

"And then what?"

"Then my mom and I moved and I met someone else who told me it was destiny and I couldn't escape it. Actually I met a few people," Buffy smiled, "And I accepted it. It took me a little while but I realized this is who I am and I can't change that."

"What'll happen if I don't kill this thing?"

"According to the prophecy?"

Noelle nodded.

"It'll kill you."

"Having a destiny sucks."

"Tell me about it," Buffy said, thinking about what she had done for hers, "So what are you going to do?"

Noelle sighed, "Well seeing as I have this urge not to die I guess I'm going to go kill a monster. Are you sure there's not like a choice C where I hide out until this thing goes away and gets bored."

Buffy laughed, "Sadly no."

"Just thought I'd ask. Might as well weigh my options."

"Where are we going?" Noelle asked Buffy as she followed her through the jungle.

"To find Danielle…."

"The creepy French lady?"

Buffy turned around and frowned at her, "She's the only one who knows where the monster is besides she could be worse."

"How?"

"She could be stuck up and British," Buffy said with a smile. She had met some watchers from the council and except for Giles and her old watcher back in L.A. they were pretty much stuck up and British.

"You need my help?" Danielle asked the pair as they stood in the shelter Danielle had been living in for so long.

"We need to find this monster," Buffy said.

"Can you fight?" Danielle asked Noelle.

"Well I have lived in a hell dimension for practically my entire life."

"Was it very bad there?" Danielle asked, finally showing a bit of sympathy for the girl.

"What do you think? It had hell in its name so yeah it was pretty….hell like."

"Alright let's go," Danielle said, grabbing a bag and placing some weapons inside.

"Where are we going?" Buffy asked.

"To the black rock."

"This is it?" Buffy asked, when the reached the black rock, "It's not black or anything it's just a big rock."

"Disappointed?" Noelle asked.

Buffy shrugged, "So where is this monster anyway?"

"Right here," the monster said, grabbing Buffy from behind and throwing her against a tree, which cracked with the impact.

Danielle ran over to Buffy as Noelle slowly backed away from the monster.

"Don't help me, help her!" Buffy yelled.

"I can't. We can't help her. It's not allowed."

"Is that part of your stupid prophecy?!"

"Yes."

"Okay well then how come they can help him?" Buffy asked, indicating the others that were gathering around for the ensuing fight.

"They can't. They just came here to watch."

"So you're the girl that's supposed to kill me," the demon laughed as he stalked towards Noelle, who was walking backwards on to the black rock, "I thought you'd be taller."

"Sorry to disappoint," Noelle said, dropping down to the floor and using her legs to try to sweep the demon's feet from under him but failing.

"This is going to be fun," he said, grabbing Noelle by her hair and hoisting her up in the air. He then proceeded to throw her into the outside rock wall of the cave. She fell to the floor, bleeding. Slowly she got up, "I'm sorry did I hurt you?...good."

He went to grab her again but this time Noelle dogged out of the way, rolling from his grasp and to her feet. She took out a long knife that she had secured at her ankle earlier. It had been a gift from Ethan. Quickly she moved forward and tried to stab the monster in the heart but he blocked her attack with his forearm.

"You have spunk. I like that in a girl, "the demon whispered to her as he held her there for a split second before sending her careening away in one direction and her knife in the other. The demon walked over to Noelle, who was coughing up blood on all fours. He placed his leg under her stomach and kicked her hard, causing her to fly through the air and hit the ground, where she rolled to a stop, "They told me you were suppose to be powerful but there's no real power here, only a weak lost little girl."

Slowly, Noelle got up, "That's what you think," she said resolve and determination in her voice and demeanor. She ran forward and kicked the demon hard in the stomach and then hit him with a few punches as well before rolling out of the way of one of his on coming blows and towards the knife she had dropped earlier. Before the demon could turn around Noelle plunged the knife into his back and into his heart. The monster screamed in pain and brought his arms back trying to remove the knife logged in his back as he fell to the ground dead.

"That was cool," Noelle said to Buffy and Danielle, who had walked over.

"Always is the first time," Buffy said.

"The first time?" Noelle gasped out, a hint of worry in her voice.

Buffy shrugged, a small smile playing across her lips.

"We have to go," Danielle said, decisively.

"What no congratulations," Noelle asked.

"We have to go."

"Why?" Noelle asked, "The demon's dead."

"Yup ding dong the demon's the dead," Buffy sing-songed.

"Huh?" Noelle and Danielle asked.

"Wizard of Oz," Buffy said, but only got blank stares, "You two are both pop culturally deprived."

Danielle shook her head, "The demon may be dead but the Others aren't."

"Yeah but I thought they couldn't fight cuz of the prophecy," Buffy said.

"The Prophecy is fulfilled," Danielle said, "So now…"

"Anything goes," Buffy said in realization as the Others began to move towards them.

"Will someone please explain what's going on," Noelle asked.

"Run," Buffy told her, grabbing the young girl's arm and pulling her through the jungle. Danielle ran right beside them and the Others followed close behind.

As they ran through the jungle Noelle tripped. Buffy turned around to help her and Danielle stopped the beach was close, she could see it but she turned back to help them.

"What's that?" Noelle asked as Buffy helped her off the ground and she squinted at the sky. The Others were only feet away from them.

"I don't know," Buffy replied.

"They're slayers, ghosts of slayer," Danielle said, a smile spreading across her face, "You freed them when you killed the monster and now they want revenge."

"On me?" Noelle asked as the ghosts of slayers past swooped down and began to attack the Others.

"No, them," Danielle replied.

"Wow what's that?" Hurley asked Jack and Charlie. They were all standing on the beach and other survivors began to join them. They all looked up at the sky and watched as the ghosts flew away from the island.

"This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder," Charlie said, shaking his head.

"Wow, pay back really is a bitch," Buffy said as they turned away from the spot where the dead Others now resided.

Noelle let out a scream of pain and grabbed her head as a vision began to take her over.

"What's going on?" Buffy asked, kneeling next to the girl, "Noelle."

"She's having a vision," Danielle explained.

Noelle groaned and got up, "What was that?"

"A vision," Danielle replied.

"Great, am I going to have these all the time?"

"For the rest of your life. You're a seer."

"Lucky me."

"What did you see?" Buffy asked.

"Umm," Noelle held her head trying to concentrate, "A rescue boat, come on," she said, running towards the beach.

"Noelle," Clair said, running over to her daughter and enveloping her in a hug. Boone ran over as well.

"Hi mom," Noelle replied with a smile.

Jack walked over to Buffy, "Gonna tell me what happened out there?"

"Someday," she said with a smile.

"I'll hold you to that."

"I know you will," Buffy said.

"Guys, someone's here!" Charlie yelled, "A boat."

Everyone looked out into the ocean and sure enough a ship moved towards them. When it docked everyone moved towards it hesitantly as a man wearing a navy uniform got off.

"Are you folks the survivors of Oceanic flight 815?" he asked.

"Yeah," Jack asked walking forward, "Who are you?"

"I'm the captain of the ship that was sent to rescue you."

Everyone began to yell and scream for joy, hugging and being grateful. They were finally rescued. Buffy smiled.

"Looks like we finally get to leave goldilocks," Sawyer said, walking over to Buffy.

"Looks like," she replied.