"Test what I have told you. Do the spells I suggested. Consult the Oracles. You will find, I have lied about nothing. It is too late for the Guardian Ritual to be used to save any of them. But Xander-W and Cordelia-W both still each have an unactivated mystical potential that can be safely activated. Doing so would save them from that fate. Whether you like it or not, Buffy Summers, you're not meant to be in charge of anything. You're meant to be dead. Faith Lehane is also your Slayer, Rupert Giles, and yet, you don't even know her last name or anything about her. She needs you to do your job. If you can't or won't, then step aside and let someone else do it for you. Because what your doing to her now is destroying her as well. She deserves better."

"Find a way to fix what has gone wrong, before you lose everything you're fighting for."

"Jesse, I will need your help to open a portal back. That took a lot of energy from me."

"Jesse, man, your alive?"Xander-W asked.

"Yeah, man, and not a vampire. Thanks for staking that thing, by the way. I'd have hated it, if I was looking down from Heaven and some demon that was walking around in my corpse was hurting people."

"Giles told us to remember, it wasn't you, it was what killed you. So what have you been up to?"

"Oh, Grandma here is training me to be a Medicine Man and Magic user and trust me, I respect the Magic. Also, I've got a girlfriend. Her name is Sarah Andrews, she's Chumash and lives here in town. She's a kickboxer. It is so much fun to watch her workout. As long she's not trying to kick me."

"That's how they met, he was enjoying watching her and didn't even realize he was walking right towards her. She spun around just as he walked up. Knocked him clean out." Xander-P said.

"So Willow using Magic on that Xander is why she stinks of lies and guilt?" Cordelia-P asked. "I wondered. Plus, she's still in denial about being gay."

"Come on Jesse, let's get the portal opened." Grandma reaching for his hands. There was a bright flash of light and they were gone. Leaving a thoughtful group behind to deal with the fallout of the revelations made by Abigail.

Once back, Xander looked at his grandmother. "So that's why you pushed for the creation of new Protectors. To stop all that from happening. And to save us."

"Well, stopping it was the priority, but if I could save you in the process, I was sure as the Hellmouth is under our feet, going to try. If I could have saved Buffy, I would have, but once the Master fed on her, it was too late. There was already another. Unlike with Protectors, there really can be only one Slayer or it damages or could even destroy the essence all together."

"You said that Faith was in trouble, why?" Faith asked.

"That Giles, is nearly obsessed with his Buffy, having her die, then losing his Jenny when that Buffy was unable to do anything about the demon wearing her lover's face, it all made him cling to her. He's essentially a parent and is spoiling his two favorite kids. The rest of the kids are suffering from neglect. If he doesn't change his ways, that Faith will break apart. Eventually, she'll recover but it would be a long hard road. And she'd never completely recover. You are in no such danger, my dear. You're surrounded by people who love you. You will never be alone."

Ii was a quiet, thoughtful group that began cleaning up the debris from the battle with the Jhe Sisterhood, each thinking about the revelations Abigail had made. Wondering about their counterparts and whether they'd be alright. After finishing, they each went home.

Faith went to her apartment, the one that Jenny had helped her to find. That Abigail, Grandma, as Faith had taken to calling her, along with rest, had blessed and warded for her. That the girls had helped her to decorate and the boys had painted for her. It was a small, one bedroom, with a nice view from the third floor balcony. Faith sat on the balcony sipping a pop and watching as the sun set. 'I have friends, I have a home, I have a job. I hope that other me gets to have these things too. It's a good life.'

To be continued in The Protectors and a Baby. Let's just see how over protective Xander and Cordelia and the Pack and extended family can be when a hell goddess comes looking for a key.