Buffy and Willow came back into the room to find that Kennedy was no longer there, and that Giles and Xander had been knocked unconscious. Dawn was putting ice on their heads.
"What happened? Where's Faith and Spike?" Buffy asked.
"Went after Kennedy. She freaked, knocked them out and then left." Dawn answered.
"I'm going after them!" Buffy said.
Willow nodded and let Buffy go after her girlfriend while she helped Dawn and tears silently slid down her face.
North side of graveyard
Faith and Spike were running through it calling out Kennedy's name. Spike stopped for a second.
"What?" Faith asked impatiently slowing up too. "I smell her blood." Spike whispered.
"No!" cried Faith. "We have to find her." With that they ran off again.
West side of graveyard
Kennedy/Werewolf was fighting 4 big orange demons and was losing. She limped to the side, her back leg broken, shattered. There was blood running down from where her shoulder met her neck from a sword sticking out of it.
A demon came at her and she dove back but it was too late, the sword delved into Kennedy's chest. She howled loud enough for Spike and Faith to hear her and come.
Kennedy fell backwards into a stone grave cracking the cement with her skull. She fainted while the sword sank deeper into her chest.
Spike and Faith saw this and got so mad, they jumped on the demons. Faith broke one of their necks and stabbed the other with their own sword. Spike tore one of their heads off and cut the other ones' heart out. They immediately went back to Kennedy who changed back into a human. They feared the worst (because when a werewolf dies it reverts to human form). But they noticed that the sun was up or coming up.
Kennedy's face was pale and her body cold. Faith lifted the sword out then picked her up and bolted to the nearest hospital, while Spike ran home.
Home
Spike burst through the door, his hand smoking. He went upstairs to tell the others what happened.
Hospital
Faith ran through the doors, "I need help! Please someone help me!" she shouted. 3 doctors and 2 nurses came and took her through the double doors and out of sight. Faith tried to go after them but a nurse stopped her. "I'm sorry miss but you can't go any further. Please have a seat over there."
"Fine." was all Faith said as she walked over and sat down.
Hospital (2 hours later)
A doctor came out looking grave, "I'm sorry ma'am but she didn't make it. We tried everything. She just lost too much blood." Faith sank to her knees and stared at the floor, her mouth a little open.
Same time
Willow and Buffy burst through the door and ran over to see Faith on the floor the doctor standing over her talking. Faith, they noticed as they neared, was crying.
No, thought Buffy. Not again. She looked at Willow who looked shocked and thought not another one of Willows lovers dead.
They got over to Faith in time to hear the doctor "Well you can come and say goodbye if you would like."
"NO!!" Willow shouted, crying and fell to the floor. She started crying harder. "She can't be dead, no no NO!" She ran upstairs, Buffy following close behind and into room after room until they found Kennedy's room. The sight before them made them freeze in the doorway.
Kennedy was pale with an enormous bruised slash on her forehead by her temple. She had 3 IV monitors, a life support monitor and about 6 other machines hooked up to her frail body.
The monitor that told whether she lived or died was turned off. Kennedy looked so peaceful, so vulnerable. Buffy couldn't stand the sight, it made her feel sick.
Willow ran over to Kennedy and flung her arms around her crying. She completely broke down right then and there.
"Dammit, no!" cried Buffy as she ran to Kennedy, shoving Willow out of the way. Willow was shocked and glared at Buffy in amazement.
Buffy pounded her fist on Kennedy's chest, not on her wound but beside it. She did that once or twice while Willow tried desperately to get her to stop.
Same time in Kennedy's mind
"Coming back, coming back….."
"AHHHHH!" cried Kennedy as Buffy pounded her chest once more. Buffy stared frozen as Kennedy cried out and leaned over in agony, spitting blood up as she did so.
"Kennedy!!" Willow shrieked, throwing herself on her girlfriend, hugging her oblivious to Kennedy's pain.
"W…W…Willow?" Kennedy choked out. The doctor and Faith came charging into the room. "Oh my, your awake! Unbelievable." Said Faith as she threw her arms around Kennedy.
Kennedy grunted in pain. "Sorry." Faith muttered embarrassed.
"No biggy!" Kenn replied, smiling.
She glanced around at Buffy as the doctor plugged everything back in and left to get another doctor and a nurse.
"Well?" she said, opening her arms and gesturing that she wanted a hug. Buffy smiled sheepishly and walked forward to hug her.
"Thanks!" Kennedy said into Buffy's shoulder. "I guess the shock woke me up."
"I love slayer strength." Buffy replied smiling.
Willow went to Kennedy and kissed her deeply and full of passion.
"Mmmm," Kennedy said as Willow pulled back. "So glad I'm back." She smiled as Willow held her hand and sat next to her, also smiling.
"Yeah, me too. I thought I'd lost you." A smiling Willow said.
"Well, I'm here so no need to worry." Kenn replied.
At that moment the doctors and nurse came back. "I'm sorry but your going to have to leave. We need to run some more tests to make sure nothing more is damaged." the nurse said.
"When will she be released?" Buffy asked. Willow was wondering the same thing.
"Maybe two, three days tops." The doctor said.
"Alright, well we'll leave I guess." Buffy said. "Come on Will."
"Umm alright. I love you so much Kenn." she said, kissing Kennedy's hand then left.
"I just don't get how she is a werewolf. She has no bite." Willow said, realizing what she had said and that everyone was staring at her. She blushed. "What I meant was she would've told me." she mumbled.
"Not necessarily." corrected Buffy.
"Yeah, remember Oz?" said Xander. "He didn't tell you until you accidentally found out."
Willow's face paled. "Do you really think she wouldn't have told anyone?"
"Maybe…." was all Giles got out before he slammed on the brakes of Willow's car and the car swerved a little bit. It tipped onto it's side and everyone screamed. As the car was thrown over on it's side, Buffy felt the glass of the window beside her bust. She winced as glass shot up her left arm. When it was all over, everyone struggled to get out of the car.