Buffy walked to the hospital. If what Spike said was true, then going to the library would be pointless. But if the only one they'd needed was Giles, then the others might still be alive. And if they were, they were probably in the hospital.
She pushed open the bottom doors. She seemed to spend way too much time here.... And it was almost always for someone else.
She walked in. Xander was in the waiting area. He had bruises on one side of his face, and part of his shirt was ripped, showing what would become a scar.
"Where are the rest of them?"
"Willow's in the.... Willow's in a coma. Oz is with her. He has a broken arm, but he'll be fine. It's already in a sling. He's waiting.... Waiting for her to wake up. Cordy ran. She was the smartest one. I don't know what we're going to do--and I don't know where Giles is. I blacked out for a few seconds, but I think they were taking him."
"I already know they did."
"How--"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," she cut him off.
"Fine. Buff--even if you'd been there, you couldn't have done anything. You'd just be in the hospital, too. It was Drusilla and Darla. You've said yourself how hard it is to get past any of them." He recognized the guilt-ridden look in her eyes too well.
"Is Willow--I mean, is she going to--"
"The doctors say that the longer she's out, the less likely she is to wake up." His face was serious, and she didn't push the issue. "I think we now agree that Angel has no hope left. There's no question who was behind this."
"No, none...." she muttered distractedly. Angelus already had Giles. There was no telling how long it was going to be before he was ready for the ritual.
"Willow found a way to stop him, even if he's already started the ritual. It was in one of the books; she found it right after you and Kendra left. It's something about a sword--a sword blessed by the knight who locked up Acathla in the first place. And Giles has it at the library. It should be in his weapons closet. She tore it out of the book it was in when they attacked...." His voice trailed off again.
"Okay. Do we have this paper?"
"I got it from her pocket." With that, he fished it out of one of his own pockets, and handed it to her.
"Good. I'll go, find this sword, and finish with a conversation."
"With Angel? You're going to solve this by talking?"
"I'm going to yell at him before I chop off his head with it."
"You have to--Giles said something about having to know how to use the sword."
"I'll figure it out."
"It was in one of his books, one of the ones at his apartment. That's what he told us."
"I'm good, then. Tell Oz.... And I don't want to leave without seeing her. But if I see her, it's just going to be longer. I've got to stop him now--while I still can."
"How are you going to? Even if you find things out, you've still got to deal with hell on wheels, psycho vampire, and Darla and Angel."
"I've got a plan."
"How do you know it's going to work?"
"Trust me." She hugged him, expressing everything--her worry, her gratitude, and her fear, along with all of the unexplainable emotions he had whirling around in her head.
"I'll see you later. When she wakes up, call my house. Tell mom to tell me that Willow's awake."
"Okay. Good luck. And, Buffy?"
She turned back to him.
"Kick his ass."
She froze for a moment, nodded, smiled a little, then turned and walked away.
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