A mind is a terrible thing: Coming un-done
by always angel
A/n: I want to thank all of you that have continued to read this and give us your support. Since this is under Peaches Girl's name I can't respond to your reviews so i wanted to make sure you knew I appreciated you guys. You know how you are :)***********************************************************
Buffy opened her eyes to find herself in the school library with Giles, Willow, and Xander staring at her in concern. “ What?” She asked a little un-nerved by their stares. “ Are you feeling alright Buffy?” Giles asked her. “ Yea why?” “ Because you were just staring at nothing with a glazed look in your eyes Buff.” “ Sorry I must've spaced out for a minute there. I've been a real space cadet lately.” Xander and Willow nodded in understanding.


“ Buffy, can we please get back to the matter at hand?” “ Sure G-man.” Xander pipped up. “ Xander I told you to never call me that again!” Giles snapped annoyed. “ Uh-what were we talking about again?” He asked embarrassed. “ my run in with the mysterious Angel yesterday afternoon when I went to...” She trailed off. She didn't want to mention Jesse. She felt guilty not having been able to save him. She knew it upset Willow and Xander and she didn't want to do that. They had just met her a few days ago and already they were jumping on the bandwagon to help her.


“ Right. And you said he mentioned something called the Harvest?” “ Yes but this isn't the first time he mentioned it. He talked about it the night I met him.” “ Ok. I think I might have seen mention of something called the Harvest in one of my books. I just can't remember which one.”


They spent the next two hours searching through Giles' books desperately looking for information. Suddenly Giles looked up in excitement. “ I think I've found something!” He looked down and continued reading. “ Oh dear.” “ Don't say that. That can't be good G-man.” “ Giles what does it say?”


Giles looked at Buffy concerned. “ It says here: For they will gather and be gathered. All that is theirs shall be his.....From the vessel pours life.” He showed them the picture of a vampire with a star with three points on its head. He began reading again. “ On the night of the crescent moon, the first past the solstice, it will come. Thats tonight!” “ Umm Giles I hate to interrupt but that still doesn't explain what exactly the Harvest is.”


“ I was getting to that!” He snapped. “ Some sixty years ago, a very old, very powerful vampire came to this shore and not just to feed.” “ He came 'cause this town is a mystical whoosit?” Buffy asked. “ Yes. The Spanish who first settled here called it Boco Del infierno. Roughly translated : Hell-mouth. A sort of portal from this reality to the next. This vampire hoped to open it.” “ Bring the demons back.” “ End of the world.” Xander stated.


Willow picked up where Giles left off. “ But he blew it. There was an earthquake that swallowed about half the town. And him too. Or at least there were no more vampire type killings afterwards.” “ And this Harvest thing is to get him out?” “ Yes. Like I said before he can draw power from the Vessel as it feeds.”


“ So I dust any vamp sporting the symbol in that picture and no Harvest.” “ Simply put, yes.” “ Any idea where this little get together is being held?” “ They're going to the Bronze.” Xander answered for Giles. “ Are you sure?” “ All those young tasty morsels. How could they pass them up?” “ Well since thats settled I'm going home.” “ For what?” “ Supplies.” She said smiling as she walked out the door.


Buffy silently made her way across the balcony in the Bronze. She almost didn't make it here tonight thanks to her mom suddenly growing a back bone. Thank god there was a tree outside her bedroom window. She looked down and saw Luke with a three-pointed star on his forehead. “ The vessel.” She mumered. The vampire on duty heard her. He grabbed her and pulled her to the middle of the balcony. But he was distracted by Luke's actions and Buffy used that to her advantage. She slipped from his grasp and threw him over the balcony where he landed in front of the stage. The room went silent.


“ I'm sorry, were you in the middle of something?” Luke looked up at her full of rage. “YOU!” “ You didn't think I'd miss this, did you?” Luke's face broke out into a dangerous smile. “ I hoped you'd come.” She did a back-flip over the balcony and landed on a pool table. She grabbed a cue and staked a vampire as it rushed at her.


“ Ok vessel-boy. You want blood?” “ I want yours. Only yours.” “ Then come and get it.” She leaped at him and slammed her fist in his face. He stumbled back in pain but in an instant he rushed at her again. She met his face again with a roundhouse kick. She pulled out her stake but he blocked her with a blow to the face. She skidded in a corner, badly hurt.


Luke closed in. She kicked him fiercely in the chest, into a wall. She saw her chance and went in for the kill. Just then she saw a vampire grab Xander. She grabbed a cymbal and threw it at the vamp,beheading it. She barely turned around before Luke grabbed her in a crushing bear hug. She twisted in his grasp to no avail. Everything was going black.
''I've always wanted to kill a slayer." he told her.


She went limp in his arms. Luke looked down at her and smiled. “ Master taste of this and be free.” He said leaning in for the kill. She hit him so hard he didn't realize what happened. “ How'd it taste?” She grabbed a cymbal stand and held it as a weapon. Just then she noticed a window. She looked at the window then looked back at Luke.


As he advanced she swung the cymbal stand. “ You forgot. Metal can't hurt me.” He sneered. “ You forgot something too.” She saw a flicker of doubt cross his face. “Sunrise.” She swung the stand and busted out the window. Luke screamed and ducked down. “ Its in about nine hours moron.” She grabbed her stake and slammed it through his heart. It was over.


She walked outside to the others. “ I take it its over?” Giles asked. She nodded. They started to walk away and as Buffy followed them she thought she heard somebody calling her name. She shook it off as just her imagination and followed the others.


“Buffy can you hear me? Buffy?” Dr. Pryce turned and looked at Joyce and Hank. As soon as Buffy passed out he had called them. “ I'm sorry Mr. And Mrs. Summers, I'm afraid I can't wake her.”

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