SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - 2022
Maple Rosenberg looks out over the city from her hotel room. It has been five years since she left them, and now at the age of 21, she had explored much of the world. She has been to Germany, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Australia, and now the United States. She plays with Kennedy's locket that now hangs around her neck. She turns and looks at the bed, which is covered in dust. Maple remembers the girl she picked up that night at the bar. Very beutiful, but slighty on the dead side. Maple knew she was a vampire, and as they took each others clothes off, she staked her. Maple puts her clothes back on, and walks to the wall panel.
MAPLE-
"Spaceline tickets. Seattle, USA to London, England. Non-stop."
WALL PANEL-
"Confirmed. One way or round trip." Maple hestited for a moment, does she really want to do this.
MAPLE-
"One way."
BATHE, ENGLAND
Xander Harris is having trouble. His son Alex, home from college, is trying to help.
ALEX-
"Don't be such a baby."
XANDER-
"I'm not. It just I've never done this before."
ALEX-
"Well, we should have just waited." Alex looks at his father, grins and shakes his head. Last month, Xander finally got feed up with the eye patch, and had a transplant done. The only eye available at the time was a light colored blue eye. Xander was now trying to do one of the hardest things in his life: he was trying to put a contact lense in for the first time. The lense had a brown eye color, to match his real eye.
XANDER-
"You loving this."
ALEX-
"No....okay, a little....yeah, I am."
Rupert Giles sits in his study playing his guitar. Most people in this world hate the very idea of retirement, but not Giles. Of course, most people didn't fight demons and vampires for a living. He had retired just six months ago, and the new Head of the Council was doing fine. She should, Giles taught her everything he knows. Almost everything.
LONDON, ENGLAND
A woman pushes open the heavy oak doors into the huge office. She sets a report down on the desk.
WOMAN-
"Here is the reports on the current Slayer Training courses and a report of the nest that was destroyd in Hamburg, Germany. Will there be anything else, Dr. Summers." Dawn looks at the reports, and glance back at the woman. As the Head of the Council, Dawn oversaw every aspect in their fight against evil. Plus, she was now Buffy's boss.
DAWN-
"Anymore sightings?" The woman knew she was talking about Maple Rosenberg. Over the last five years, unconfirmed reports of Maple beening in Egypt and even Iraq have been coming in. Dawn, of course, took it away from the normal investigators and was determined to handle it herself.
WOMAN-
"No, ma'am. Not since Tokyo, four months ago." Suddenly, a buzz sounds from Dawn's desk. She looks down at the screen. A message flashes across.
SCREEN:
"Rosenberg, Maple. One way ticket Spacelines. Seattle, USA to London, England."
DAWN-
"She's coming home."
Buffy was still in bed, very pregnant. Her vampire husband, Spike, was lying next to her. She still remembers when Gia worked the mojo so Spike and Buffy could have a baby together. Kendra was delighted, especially after a trip to the doctor's office when it was announced that twins were on their way. A boy and a girl, named William and Kennedy.
SPIKE-
"Love, are we awake?"
BUFFY-
"Yeah...."
SPIKE-
"What's wrong?"
BUFFY-
"Nothing. I was just thinking...will the twins have to go to night school."
SPIKE-
"You're nervous about them being half-vampires? I'm a full vampire and you have handled me alright. Gia and Dawn both said that they will probably have vampire strength but they will age and grow old like everyone else."
BUFFY-
"Uh...vampire strength. If there anything like me and Dawn were, I can image the condition of the house when they fight." The vidphone sounds and Buffy rolls over to answer, the screen lites up and it's a video picture of Dawn.
BUFFY-
"Hey, 'boss', what's up?"
DAWN-
"Buffy....it's Maple....she's on her way here."
Willow Rosenberg is reading for some of the Slayer's essays about the lecture she have at the school. She reputation for being a humorless, ice queen and bitch from hell has gotten around. Even her own daughter, Gia, noticed and sometimes tried to stay out of her way. Her mother changed some much since that terrible night five years ago. Willow doesn't smile, or laugh at Uncle Xander's jokes, or date.
Gia Rosenberg lost so much that night, too. Her step-mother and her sister. Willow was no help, but thankfully Buffy was. Gia normal hangs out at her place. It makes Gia sad too think that Willow and Buffy weren't friends anymore. But maybe, someday that will change.
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