Chapter 13
Giles, Xander, Willow, Finch, and Faith waited at the library. Buffy would come here soon, hopefully. But as the sun rose these five feared the worst. What if the spell hadn't worked. What if Spike and the Mayor killed Buffy? Giles didn't say outloud but he feared Buffy could've taken her own life out of guilt. The more minutes passed the more likely that was becoming. Then Buffy walked into the library. She was alive, sort of. There was an awkward silence. They were relieved she was alive, but they knew what she was, and what she had done. Buffy wasn't sure what to say. There were no words to describe her guilt, nothing she could say to take back what she had done. But she could help them now. Buffy told the group about the ascencion. The mayor needed the box of gavarok. Whatever this did the mayor couldn't ascend without it. And Buffy knew where it was being kept, how to destroy it.