Dawn, Buffy and Jennifer(a slayer) were walking down a street as Dawn and Buffy were walk side by side. "Look Dawn, I know you are made at me but I never had a thing to do with whatever happens to Greg. I mean it, even if I don't trust, I wouldn'... no I couldn't set up like this." Buffy said as Dawn still looked piss at Buffy.
"Look it doesn't matter if you meant to or not but you are always treating him like he is some type of demon or something. I mean I know that you are worried about me but he doesn't seem all that into me. He barely says two words to me you know." Dawn said as she was trying to make her sister see if from Greg's point of view.
"Well I actually think that is kinda my fault. He did kinda said something about not wanting to cause me any trouble and staying out of your way. haha" Buffy nervous laughed as Dawn just stared at her.
"Buffy, I don't think you have any high ground on the people that I want to be friends with, hello you went out with the two most infamous vampires of all time and well both of who tried to kill you at some point and you still took them back." Dawn replied
"Well that was different Dawnie, I mean it wasn't the..." Buffy said before dawn cut her off
"Yeah yeah yeah, not their fault cause they never had a soul blah blah blah. Well I don't know if you have seen but Greg actually has a soul as I know Willow has told you. Yeah I guess you thought I never found out about that little spell that you had Will do. Look lets just try to find Greg." Dawn crossed her arms as she walked a little hard.
"Now Jeniffer you will need to stay close, Jeniffer." Buffy turned around and saw that Jeniffer was no where in sight "Dawn get close." Buffy grabbed Dawn's arms as she pulled her close "I think it's close, you need to stay with me now, Jeniffer is missing. stay behind me a little." Dawn gets behind her with a sword as Buffy takes the lead. Buffy gets to an allyway and signals Dawn to stay here. Buffy walks up to the ally when suddenly Buffy goes flying over Dawn's head and into the building behind her. Dawn looks scared as The beast appears with a girn on his face.
"Oh Poor Dawnie is left helpless now. Buffy no fun maybe little sis will be." The beast begins to walk towards Dawn slowly at first. Dawn Screams as she backs up a little. Just as it was about to jump it seems like it's catch on something as he can't move forward.
"Whoa there, I never said I was done with you yet, big red." Greg, bloodied and bruised, was holding on the tail of the beast as it turned around looking a little shocked but then smiles. "Come on big boy, you want a tough fight, don't you?"
Greg yanks on the tail to bring the beast closes to him. The beast goes for a right hand but Greg blocks and counters with a left followed by a right and another left. The beast was now on the back foot as Dawn rushed over to check on Buffy. Greg got caught by the beast's tail and was knocked down. The beast tried to stomp on him but he rolled out of the way. The beast kept trying as Greg kept rolling. Greg grabbed a peice of wood from a crate and blocks one of the stomp long enough to get back to his feet. The beast knocks Greg into a building before he looks at Buffy and Dawn the races over to them. Greg kips up and races before to the beast and spears it away from Dawn and Buffy. Greg stood in the way of the beast and Dawn and Buffy. He was clearly in a lot of pain but the beast seemed to just walk away.
Greg stayed the way in case the beast returned as Faith, Giles, Xander, Willow, Kennedy and some of the slayers arrive on the scene to see the choas. "Looks like someone staged a little smackdown here." Said Xander trying to lighten the mood again. Buffy wakes up and gets to her feet holding her head. "How's the head Buffy?" Xander asked
"Okay, although the street seems to be spinning a lot." said Buffy. "How is Greg?"
Greg was still standing but barely, he was more bent over then before as he held his ribs. Dawn walked over but when she always got close to Greg, he passed out. "WE NEED HELP HERE." Dawn yelled as Faith, Giles and Kennedy went over to Greg to see if he's okay.
"He's still got a pluse but it looks like he has took some beating. Actually given the beating, I am shocked he even fought off the beast." Giles pointed out.
"We need to get him to the hospital." Buffy said.
A lot of the slayers had returned to the school but the scoobies were waiting in the hopsital waiting room to see how Greg was. Dawn looked really worried as did all of them. The doctor came into the room with a chat. "Well given the fact he is no slayer, I am shocked that you even saw him winning a fight against a eight foot beast. Almost every single one of his ribs has been broken. His right shoulder was dislocated as well as his right knee, both of which he has tried to knock back in. Also how he punched anything with that left hand is just amazing. As for his face, his jaw seemed to have cracked and his right optical bone as well. Lastly, his left eye was almost completed closed. I'll be amazed if he wakes up within the next six months."
"Can we see him?" Dawn stands up and asks.
"Well yes but only two at a time at the moment." Doc said before he leaves them.
"Well I'll take Dawnie in to see Greg first. Buffy you really need to get yourself checked. Don't worry I'll make sure that Dawn is a-okay." Willow said as she tried to make Buffy see a doctor of her own. Dawn and Willow leave the waiting room and head to a private room as Greg was hooked up to a few machines.
Dawn little out a little cry as she saw Greg like that. She couldn't believe how badly he was hurt given that he was her protector not too long ago. Dawn was scared out of her mind when the beast attacked her and well he really came through for her and now he was at death's door if you believed the doctor. "It's not right, Wil. I mean not three hours ago, he was fighting to save mine and Buffy's life and now he is like this." Dawn broke down again as Willow hugs her "He was so brave as well, I mean I know that almost everyone I've been about is brave but he refused to back down from that thing." Dawn couldn't help but broke down again and this time there was no holding back.
"I had him beaten, just one more punch and nothing would have stop you master." the beast paced in a cave
"Well if I wanted him dead then he would be by now. Now I called you off for a reason. I told you only to hurt him and Buffy by attacking Dawn." The first appearing as Buffy appeared. "Now I know that you are bloodthristy but well I have BIG plans for Greg. That isn't the only reason I called you back. I have someone to help you arrive, think of her as me when I am not talking to you."
A women walked into the cave with a disgusted look on her face "Now are you seriously telling me that I am working with the first of all evil and this is where we are plotting. Having you ever heard of hotels, you know all the beds and nice things like heaters."
"Who is this women?" The beast slowly walks towards the women.
"The name's Victoria." The beast tries to poke her but she vamped up and flipped him "and I am not someone you want to mess with if I was you. Now as for Buffy, Greggy Boy and the rest, I think beating them down isn't doing what we hoped it would do, it's time to mess with their minds. I know just how to get to them as well" Victoria walks away from the beast "Are you coming or what? I am not staying here, it's icky." The beast follows Victoria as she walks out of the cave.
Giles was standing outside of the hospital as the doctor that is treating Greg walks over. "I am glad to see that you have left out some of the medical history, Doctor." Giles said
"Well you really didn't leave me much of a choice Rupert but next time try to give me fair warning. I had to rush over from the other side of town to make sure that none of the other school doctor seen him. I still don't understand why you never wanted this information to be given to Buffy but I trust you, Rupert." The doctor hands over some folders as Giles tosses them into a bin and sets them on fire.
"Well I know that it will be easier if they didn't know for the moment and I will tell them." Giles said as he walks back into the hospital "Anyway I better go and see how Buffy is."
Buffy and Faith were in another room waiting for a different doctor to come in with Buffy's test results. "God I hate these places, you know eight months in one kinda makes you want to stay out of all hospital, B" Faith said trying to relax herself but it didn't seem to work.
"Look it's me that is getting seen too so I don't know why you are being like this Faith. Also sorry about the whole coma thing but you did kinda ask for it. You know the whole evil thing really didn't suit you." Buffy said as Faith shurgged.
"Hey, you know I am the toughest baddie you ever faced B. Also you got luckly with that knife but it's all good, being on the good side and all, it has a health plan and everything B." Faith joked as the doctor walked into the room.
"Well Miss Summers, I don't see anything wrong, I am sure that the slayer healing has heal any damage that was happened." He said before he left the room.
"Well looks like you have a clean bill of health, B. Good news all around." Faith said with a smile.
"Well not really, I mean I haven't see Greg but the look on your and Dawn's faces sorta told me everything. I mean every just listening to the Doctors and the list of injuries. I have to say that I am feeling pretty luckly." Buffy said "I kinda feel like a bitch given the fact he is in a coma trying to protect me and Dawnie."
"Well you kinda were, B but I think he understood. I mean he doesn't share that much and well he is kinda like me or Spike in the way he fights which can't really always be a good thing. Also there is something in him that we both felt that first night. Despite all this I have to say that he has kinda earned a break." Faith said. "I don't know many evil people standing between the slayer and what looked to be certian death."
"Well I don't think that he was standing in the way because of me, Faith. I know he won't admit it but he seems to care about Dawn a lot." Buffy said as she tried not to let on that annoyed her. She didn't know why but she just felt like Greg was setting Dawn up for heartbreak, also the fact that no-one knows anything about him pre Cleveland worries Buffy.
Faith helped Buffy off the hospital bed before walking along side her "Well take it easy on the kid, I mean he has been with us and took a lot of beating without so much as a complain. Hell I know I am glad for him, B, I don't know how many more Newbies I could have let beat me without snapping." Faith said jokely.
"Well I suppost he has been a great help and Buffy no likey getting hurt either so yeah maybe I have just been a bitch. I just hope Dawn is okay, I know how much she cares for him. She always going on about how I should cut him a break and that." Buffy said as they left the room and went to the waiting room.
Greg was in a weird place that seemed like a park but the last thing he remember was fighting that massive beast, hell he wasn't sore or anything which he know likely meant that he was dead or at least dying. He began to walk about the area which never seemed to have much life in it but he had to admit that it was beautiful. He smiled as the sun beated down on him. Suddenly he heared movement before behind and quickly turned as he stared at a women. "Don't be scared. Greg is it now?"
Greg looked at the woman up and down and he knew that it wasn't the first because even in his dreams he could feel it if it was the first. "So what I am dead or something?"
"Far from it, Greg. In fact, I am here to tell you that you need to stop fighting what you truly are." The woman said as Greg looked at her with a lot of shock in his eyes.
"You do know that if I do that then I am putting everything and everyone at risk once again. I won't... I can't do it." Greg said, he looked about as the woman seemed to have a disappointed look on her face.
"If you don't then they will all die." She said.
"If I do then I may be the one to kill them, that something I can't allow to happen." Greg said as he looked at the woman thinking that she was crazy.
"Greg, she will never truly be with you, no matter how much you love her or even how much she loves you. You simply can't be loved the way you are." The woman said.
"Well leave me the fuck alone. I am done being a pawn in the games for the Powers and the first." Greg sat at the tree and relaxed.
Dawn was sitting by Greg's bed as Willow left the room, Dawn was in tears as she hear someone behind her. "Dawnie, it's not as bad as it looks. He is still fighting and he doesn't seem the type of guy to quit. So the docs don't seem to think he will be awake soon but I will make sure that he gets the best treatment from the doctor and I am sure there something in my bag of tricks to help him out." Dawn looks around to see that it was Buffy.
"I know but it isn't fair." Dawn said as she held Greg's hand. Dawn never told anyone how she felt but she kinda knew that everyone knew that she liked Greg, not just liked but like liked him. Dawn just didn't see why she was being punished like this.
"Well dying isn't that bad, I mean I have done it twice now and well look at me." Dawn's eyes widen as she knew that it wasn't actually Buffy in the room but the First. "In the end, Dawnie, we are all doing to die. Maybe it isn't fair that Greggy is going to miss out on all the fun but well that's life."
"Y-y-y-y-you're not Buffy" Dawn said as she held Greg's hand tighter. Even though she knew he wasn't going to be able to do anything just holding his hand seem to give Dawn some more strength. "You did this to him, you and your pet."
"Actually my pet as you call him was meant to kill you. You see I had plans for Greg but looks like he is out of the game now. This is your fault Dawnie, he wouldn't be here if you weren't bor... no wait you weren't actually born. Also if you knew what Greg is and what he has done don't, I doubt you would be holding his hand like that" The first said with a smirk on it's face.
Just like that it was gone as Buffy and Faith entered the room looking at Dawn. She was scared out of her wits as Buffy went over and hugged her. "Dawn, he's going to be fine, trust me." Buffy said as she tried to ressure her little sister.
"It's not that, t-t-t-the first was here. It wasn't after you or Greg, it said that it was after me and that's it's my fault that he was here." Dawn said, she thought about saying what the first said about Greg but she decided not too, after all he did save both Buffy and her. So he can't be all bad, can he?
Victoria and breast arrived at a house and Victoria smiled, "I think this one will do. I mean it's not a manson but then again we are in Cleveland. Anyway this is where you get to have fun, Luci, get rid of everyone in that building but leave me a snack, pretty please." Victoria pointed to the house as The breast smiled as he sent to work in the house.
Suddenly the first appear in the form of Buffy in front of Victoria "So Vickie was keeping a low pro a little too much to ask." The first said.
"I am, hence why Luci is doing all the work. Anyway you brought me in here to rattle one person cage and well I can't do that when he's in a coma, so I may as well have some luxley digs. Anyway it's not we are causing too much of a problem, I'll make sure no one will know about it." Victoria said even started to pout a little.
"I spoil you somethings, okay go ahead have fun but you need to pay someone a vist soon." The first said as it disappeared. Victoria smiled as she watching the beast destory everyone in and around the mansion. Victoria couldn't help but laugh as she show everyone trying to get away from the beast but it was clearly no use.
Greg was laying on the grass by the tree now as the women was still talking to me. Greg stop listening a while ago because it was the same thing over and over again. The only reason that he hasn't let go and use what he has in him is because of what it does to him. He couldn't risk everything he has managed to do in the past year or two for anything. "Are you even listening to me, Greg?" The women said.
"No, Joan." Greg replied, he had no reason to call her Joan but he was sick of not having a name to call her. "Anyway I have read the notes, accept what I am or blah blah blah. How do I know that you aren't the First. I mean yeah I am in a coma and all but I don't think that would stop it or you from messing with my mind"
"I can assure you that I am not that thing, I am part of the Powers To Be." She said as Greg looked at her, he saw that she was serious so he stood up tall. "I am trying to help you become what you are to save the entire world."
"Screw the world, this coma is kinda nice. Well minus the company but still we can't get everything we want, can we?" Greg looked the women in the eyes as he said that. He knew that he couldn't do anything to he, he didn't know why he knew that, he just did. "Also you need to learn that I am not going to be that forcomming from going back to that way. I didn't like it and I am not going to let it take me over again."
"Well it won't take over you again, you have learn to control everything about yourself and well given what happened to you. No-one can blame you from jumping over the edge like you did." She stated as if it was a fact.
"That's not true because I do" Greg stared at the women and finally she show everything in his eyes even though they were in his mind, he managed to keep the pain and suffering he hidden until now. She understand why he is like this now and she seems to just disappear as Greg sigh and stats "Finally peace at last." Greg lays back down as he knew it may be a while here.