"Are you sure about this Will?" It wasn't the first time Buffy had asked that question.

"Yeah, I can do it…I think." Willow had once caught her bed on fire in high school, but she had been trying to transform ice into fire and it worked a little too well. Besides restoring Angel's soul she had never tried anything quite this big before.

Graham stood next to the door, "Just let me know when you're ready and I'll open the door."

Chris stood behind Willow with his gun drawn. He wasn't sure about this plan, but it was the only one they had. It was his job to protect Willow until she could release her spell and then he would guard the landing long enough to get everyone into the elevator that Riley had described.

There was a pooling of energy that had the hair on everyone's arms standing on end. The air felt dry and was heating up very quickly. Willow was shaking slightly, but it was becoming more pronounced. One of the girls that was in there offered Willow her hand. All of a sudden Willow stopped shaking and she nodded to Graham who pulled the door open. Several of the infected Coeds fell into the room and were met by Buffy's sword.

Chris heard Willow whisper, "Incindio" and a fireball erupted from her outstretched hands and flew down the hall incinerating all in its path. The only things left standing were those few infected who had moved down the hall toward the room Chris and Buffy had originally entered.

Buffy leapt from the room removing the head of two of the infected with one swipe. She was immediately joined by Chris who opted for the machete in order to save the few bullets he had left. They made short work of those in front of them and raced to the other end of the hall that led to the downstairs. Riley was standing in front of the mirror that held the entrance while Forrest and the others grabbed any weapon they could find. Graham was supporting a very ragged looking Willow with the help of the girl who had given Willow her hand.

They were immediately greeted by a swarm of infected people. Buffy blanched when she recognized one of them as Anya, who she didn't really care for, but knew that it would break Xander's heart because he had become attached to her. Chris saved her from having to kill Anya by doing it himself. At least she knew Anya didn't suffer (at least not from the beheading).

It seemed like they were there longer than a minute due to the overwhelming number of dead people trying to kill them. When Riley finally called for them to get in the elevator she rushed at the chance to be away from all of these zombies. Chris was the last one to enter the elevator, but when he did the doors closed with an ominous thud.

Chris was on edge from the moment he got into the elevator. Who knew what was waiting for them when they got to the bottom. Would it be humans or an army of infected people that greeted them? Would there be more infected vampires?

The scene that greeted them was one of chaos. Humans were standing next to demons, each of them fighting for their lives against the undead. Chris saw several infected humans feeding on the body of a wrinkly faced demon that had two foot horns sticking out of its head. There were several infected vampires and other creatures tearing through the ranks of the uninfected fighters who obviously didn't know how to kill them and were wasting bullets trying.

Those that weren't yet infected were trying to fight their way into a room marked 314, but the door was apparently locked and Chris could see a woman standing on the other side staring at the carnage with a detached look on her face. She had short, no nonsense blond hair and an almost pleased smirk on her face which incited an overwhelming urge to smash her head in.

Riley and Forrest led the way to the weapons cage while Buffy and Chris handled anything that got too close. They were fending off a group of infected humans in military garb when one of the infected demons grabbed Forrest and took a chunk out of his neck. Riley smashed his bat on its head but the demon didn't let go. Chris fired one well placed shot into the creature's brain and it dropped dead. Chris turned his gun on Forrest and put the man out of his misery.

They reached the weapons cage and Riley began loading everyone up. Chris was given a pump action shot gun and ammunition for his pistol as well as the shot gun. He also grabbed a few grenades. Turning, he threw a grenade into the throng and watched as it exploded, sending body parts flying.

They began clearing a path to the remaining survivors whose numbers were dwindling at an alarming rate. Buffy seemed to be making it her own personal goal to take out every single infected vampire. Chris trusted in her to take them out and focused on those he could take out with his gun. A scream from behind him caused him to turn. More of the undead had entered from a side passage and were tearing at two of the people he had come down here with.

Chris made fast work of the infected that had come in behind them and began rushing their little group forward to avoid being surprised again. It was then that Chris saw as the survivors that they were trying to reach were over run. Riley turned and motioned for them to follow him. He raced through a side door that led to what looked like glass cages.

Rather than stopping to bar the door, they continued on through several rooms which included an infirmary and a lab. They didn't run into anything on their way. It appeared as though all of these rooms had been devastated by the victims of the T virus. Riley stopped for a moment, "There should be a way to get to the security office from here, but we might have to crawl through the air ducts."

"Why do we wanna go to the security office?" Buffy asked.

"When umbrella created this facility they wanted to have a failsafe. That way if anything happened, they would be able to destroy the complex and deny all connection with it. They said it was because we were dealing with demons."

Chris reloaded his shot gun, "Which way? The faster we get there, the faster we can destroy this hell hole."

Riley nodded, "This way, follow me."