“Giles was a cool guy,” Andrew began to give his speech at Giles’s funeral. Everyone who had been located so far was there, wearing black, even Spike because they had decided to hold the funeral just after sun set. Some were crying as they watched Andrew give his speech up at the podium, “He was brave…”
“Remind me again why we let Andrew give Giles’s eulogy,” Buffy whispered to Willow.
“Because he followed you around for 2 days straight, begging,” Willow replied.
“And smart and I liked him a lot,” Andrew continued, “even if he id yell at me that one time for doodling in one of his books,” Andrew began to run off on a tangent and everyone groaned, “I mean I didn’t freak out when he threw out my copy of Star Wars Magazine before I could get it out of the mail and read it or when he didn’t do anything when Faith ate my last hot pocket, which I clearly marked. Just because his book was like a thousand years old he flipped out.”
“I’ll take care of it,” Faith told Buffy before she headed towards Andrew.
“‘Andrew this is a rare artifact, not a coloring book.’ Gees you’d think it was the limited edition….” Andrew continued.
“Come on,” Faith said as she grabbed his arm and began to pull him away from the podium.
“But I’m not finished. I didn’t even get to talk about all the times he helped save the world,” Andrew yelled in protest as Faith dragged him off the stage and Buffy took his place.
She smiled uncomfortably at the crowd, “This is really hard. Giles was like a father to me and I don’t know what I’m going to do without. WE all know how special, brave, and smart he was. He was amazing,” Buffy said before she walked away and stood with her friends.
Willow but her arm around her, “That was nice,” she said as they began to lower Giles’s coffin into the ground.
Buffy smiled at her and put her arm around Dawn, pulling her close.
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“Buffy?” Spike said, knocking on her motel room door, ‘Buffy?”
He got no response. He touched the door and found it unlocked. He walked in and found the room empty. Buffy’s suitcase was thrown open and one of her weapons was missing, a knife. Spike was just putting 2 and 2 together when he heard Angel’s viper reve up. He ran outside just in time to see Buffy driving off, “Shit.”
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“Willow?” Spike said as he stepped into the red head’s room.
“Yeah.”
“Did you happen to find out where Rayne was staying?”
“Yeah, the Homestead Motel, room 14. I just told Buffy. Why?”
“No reason, Buffy wasn’t sure if you said room 14 or 13,” Spikes aid, leaving before Willow could respond.
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Ethan Rayne was sitting at the desk in his motel room, when Buffy kicked down the door and entered, “Buffy? What are you doing here?”
She shut the door and walked towards him as he quickly got up, “I know what you did. You killed Giles.”
“That was an accident.”
“Really?” Buffy said, not buying it for a second, “I’m sick and tired of you screwing up my life and my friends.”
“What are you going to do?”
“Give what you deserve,” Buffy said as she took out the knife she had hidden.
“Buffy, you don’t what you’re saying this is your grief talking. Besides I’m human.”
“And you’re point it?”
“Slayer’s don’t kill humans. They’re not allowed.”
“You should know me well enough to know I don’t follow the rules.”
“Yeah and know you’ve never killed a human and you won’t.”
“Wanna bet?” Buffy said before punching Ethan. She bent down close to him the knife raised, “You know what they say about payback. I’m the bitch.”
Buffy brought the knife towards his heart but at the last second she moved ad drove it into his upper arm. Ethan screamed in pain. She couldn’t do it. She knocked him unconscious and left.
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Spike ran towards the motel room and found Buffy sitting on the pavement outside. He knelled beside her.
“I couldn’t do it,” she whispered, “I just couldn’t.”
Spike only nodded and kissed her head. Then he got up and walked inside Ethan’s motel room, closing the door behind him.
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Ethan groaned as Spike walked over to him. The man was just coming to and blood was spreading across his shirt when Buffy had logged the knife earlier. Spike pulled out the knife and Ethan grunted in pain. Then Spike went into the bathroom, washed off the knife, and put it in the pocket of his duster. Ethan was conscious when he entered the room again form the bathroom.
“Who are you?” Ethan groaned.
Spike didn’t answer he just vamped out and broke Ethan’s neck. He turned his face back to human form, brushed his hands against one another and left the room, turning off the light and closing the door behind him.
“Come on,” Spike said as he knelled down next to Buffy again and helped her up. He got the car keys out of her pocket.
“What did you do?”
“What you couldn’t. What you shouldn’t have to do.”
“You killed him?”
Spike nodded.
“I was supposed to kill him,” Buffy said, tears of grief streaming down her face.
“I wouldn’t have let you.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re not a murderer its not who you are.”
“Maybe you don’t know me so well; I came here to kill him!”
“But you didn’t....You shouldn’t have to live with blood on your hands.”
“But you….”
“I’m already tainted.”
Buffy closed her eyes and moved closer to Spike. He wrapped his arms around and she began to sob softly.
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A few days later Buffy, Dawn, Andrew, Willow, and Faith stood in front of the ruble of the Summers’s School for the gifted. The sun was just beginning to peak over the horizon.
“Spike left?” Dawn asked.
“Yeah, last night,” Buffy responded.
“Where’d he go?” Faith asked.
“L.A.”
“He still loves you,” Faith told her as they all stood side by side.
“I know.”
“What are we going to do about Ethan?” Andrew asked.
“It’s taken care of. He wouldn’t be bothering us anymore.”
Willow looked over at her friend, “Now what?”
Buffy shrugged, “I guess we rebuild. Start over.”
“Well if you need a good construction worker,” a male voice aid behind them. They all turned around to find Xander, a little worse for wear but still alive, “I know a guy.”
“Xander?” Dawn yelled, running over to him and giving him a hug. All the others followed suit, except Buffy and Faith.
Buffy and Faith just watched the little reunion.
“I think we’re gonna be okay,” Buffy told her.
Faith nodded, “5 by 5.”
Buffy smiled as the others joined them and Xander gave Buffy and Faith each a hug.
“So what I miss?” Xander asked.
“Not much,” Dawn said.
“Yeah we just caught the bad guy,” Buffy said.
“Went to L.A. to talk to Angel,” Faith continued.
“Found out Spike’s alive,” Dawn said.
“Hacked a couple of computers, did some research,” Willow added.
“So the usual stuff?” Xander asked.
“Pretty much,” Buffy said, “We’ll tell you all about it over breakfast.”
“Oh can we go to I-Hop?” Andrew asked, hopefully.
“It’s good to know some things we’ll never change,” Xander said as everyone began to walk back to the car.
“Yeah,” Buffy said as she took one final glance at the place where the school had been located, before catching up with the others.
THE END
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