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chapter 1
Spoilers for season 5.
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Angel- Its Buffy.
Willow starts to cry.
Willow- She’s dead.
Cordy- What?
Gunn- (to Wesley) This is his Slayer she’s talking about, right?
Wes- (to Gunn) Yes.
Angel- (in shock, doesn’t move) How?
Willow breaks down crying. Can’t speak. Cordelia runs up to her and holds her.
Cordelia- (to them, dotingly) We need to do something.
Tara comes in from outside carrying a bag filled with food.
Tara- (seeing what is going on) Willow?
Gunn- Who are you?
Tara- (a bit frightened by him) Uh… (runs to Willow) Baby…
Cordy sees Tara wrap Willow in her arms. She realizes who this is.
Cordelia- (mouths to Wesley while pointing at the girls) Girlfriend.
Gunn- (to Wes) What?
Wesley- I don’t understand either.
They see Tara reach for Willow’s face and kiss her lips. She’s keeping her calm.
Gunn- Oh.
Wesley- (understanding) Yes. (sounds wrong) I mean, right. I get it.
Next scene.
Tara slowly and quietly walks out of a room. Fred is there.
Fred- How is she?
Tara- Sleeping. We’ve been up for days.
Fred- Aren’t you tired?
Tara- I have to take care of her.
With the rest. Angel is present but not talking.
Wes- I cant believe this.
Tara- None of us do. Dawn is destroyed. She’s with Giles but- Everybody’s a mess. No one knows what to do.
Cordy - There’s nothing to do.
Gunn- Will another Slayer be called? I mean- (he looks over to Angel, he’s not even flinched)
Wes- I’m not sure. Kendra was called, then Faith. Faith is still the Slayer. I think.
Angel- Get out.
Wes- What?
Angel- GET OUT!
Everyone scampers off.
Cordy- (pointing a finger at Wesley) If he goes insane-
Wes- He’s mourning.
Cordy- Remember what happened last time he mourned a loved one?
Gunn- We were fired.
Tara- What?
Cordy- (to T) Nothing.
Fred- Can I go get a taco now?
Cordy- Hello, Fred. A friend of ours just died. (suddenly it hits her) Oh my god. Buffy’s dead? Wes- She cant- We… (breaks down crying, Wesley comforts her)
Tara- (is starting to tear up) But everyone else is fine… Dawn is still alive and things are ok in Sunnydale. Xander and Anya are engaged.
Cordy- What? Xander? He’s getting married?
Tara- (oops) I mean-
Cordy- To Anya? That demon?! (cries more)
Fred- (to Tara) Honey, maybe you should stop talking.
Tara nods.
Next.
Willow slowly wakes up. The room is a bit dark but she knows someone is there.
Willow- Angel?
Angel- (he’s lurking by the window) Yeah... Did I ever tell you I was sorry for killing your fish?
Willow- What?
Angel- I’m sorry. About your fish.
Willow- (about to tear up again) I don’t remember. But thank you. I got new ones.
Angel- That’s how it goes doesn’t it? When something dies you just get a new one.
Willow- I didn’t mean-
Angel- Life is like that. You love, you lose, you love again. You die, you come back, you live again.
Willow- Angel.
Angel- But she’s not coming back, is she?
Willow- (starts to cry) No.
The rest are sitting about. Wes and Gunn are around Cordy. She’s a bit better from earlier. Tara and Fred are sitting off talking, the outsiders.
Tara- You were in this Pylea for five years?
Fred- Yeah.
Tara- That must have been horrible.
Fred- I felt like I had lost my mind.
Tara- I know the feeling.
Wes- How are you feeling?
Cordy- At least I’m not getting a vision.
At that, duh, she gets a vision.
Cordy- AHHHHH!!!
The gather around her. Tara and Fred run up.
Gunn- I got you.
Fred- (awed) Is the princess having a vision?
Tara- Princess?
Wes- Are you all right?
Cordy- Obvioulsy not. Eww!
Wes- What?
Cordy- Not another sewer demon.
Gunn- What’s it look like?
Cordy- Like- Alf?
Wes- What?
Gunn- I don’t know.
Tara- The alien? From TV?
Cordy- Jackpot for Willow’s girlfriend.
Tara- Um, Tara is just fine.
Cordy- (screams again) AHHHHH!
Wes- What?!
Angel and Willow run down.
Angel- What is going on?
Willow- Is Cordy all right?
Angel- She has visions.
Willow- Visions?
Angel- Long story. (to them) What?
Wes- Demon in the sewer.
Angel- What’s it look like?
Wes- Alf.
Angel- Alf?
Willow- The alien from TV?
Fred- (to Willow) Can you guys read each others mind? (she points back and forth from Willow and Tara)
Willow- (looks to Tara) What? (tara shakes her head and smirks)
Angel- What does this thing look like? You know what, it doesn’t matter. I’ll go look for it.
Wes- Angel, the sun will be up in a few. Let Gunn take it.
Angel- It’s in the sewer. No sunlight.
He takes off. The rest look at each other uncomfortable.
Gunn- I’d want to kill something too if I was him.
Later.
Willow and Tara in the room. Tara walks up to Willow who’s on her side staring off into nothing. Tara sits by her.
Tara- How are you? (willow sighs, keeps staring off) Oh, darling. (starts to stroke her hair) Is there anything I can do?
Willow- (sniffles and looks at her) Make love to me.
Tara- Willow…
Willow- I feel like a part of me is dead.
Tara- (kisses her) No, honey, no.
Fred and Cordy.
Fred- So, you grew up with these girls?
Cordy- (with an ice pack at her head) With the redhead. She was in love with *my* boyfriend, well until he cheated on me with *her*, and now he’s getting married to a vengeance demon *I* summoned. I can’t do anything right except have these blinding visions.
Fred- But, she and Tara seem-
Cordy- Yeah, well, you never know. My best friend Harmony turned into a vampire and tried to kill me. People from Sunnydale are weird.
Fred- You’re from Sunnydale.
Cordy- Yeah and I got visions, baby.
Wesley knocks on a door but doesn’t wait for an answer. He enters. Tara jumps off Willow, and falls to the floor with a loud thump.
Wes- AHH!!!
Willow- Wesley!
Tara- Ow…
Wes- (covers his eyes with his hand) Dreadfully sorry. Didn’t see a thing. Sorry. (backs out)
Wesley sighs after shutting the door. Gunn is outside smiling.
Gunn- Not even a little peek?
Wes rolls his eyes.
Willow reaches down to Tara.
Willow- Are you ok?
Tara- Rug burn. (Willow starts to laugh re: her smile and laughter) I love that. I love you.
Willow- (tearing up again) I love you, Tara. In this world and beyond.
Gunn and Wesley. Walking down the stairs.
Wes- I guess I’ll have to go talk to Faith alone.
Gunn- Faith? The other Slayer? Isn’t she in jail?
Wes- Yes.
Gunn- Then why talk to her?
Wes- She’s the final Slayer.
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chapter 2
notes: waring! cliffhanger. as usal... hehe... i’m a weevil faerie otter princess and i do what i wish.
Dedicated to Ruth. I don’t know ya that well but I know you love Faith. so here ya go, just a taste of what's to come....
At the prison.
Faith enters the cubicle. Sees Wesley and Gunn standing stoically behind him.
Faith- (grabs phone) Way to go, Wes. Finally got a boyfriend, huh?
Wesley- Faith...
Faith- Sorry. Just a little nervous. Mid-night rondevouz. Must be important.
Wesley- I’m afraid it is.
Faith- So, spill. (worried) Is it Angel?
Wesley- No, its not.
Faith- So? Come man I’m growing old here.
Wesley- I don’t know how to say this-
Faith- (sternly) Just say it.
Wesley- Buffy... (he can’t finish, can’t look at her either)
Faith- (beat, takes this in) No. You’re lying.
Wesley- I wish I were.
Faith- (drops the phone and suddenly stands up, punches the bulletproof glass. it rips but doesn’t break) No! No! (keeps punching the glass as the guard tries to restrain her) Liar! (Faith starts to cry as she struggles with the guard. a second one tries to hold her back) No! Wesley!
Wesley places his hand on the glass, he’s reaching out to her. But they drag her off.
Gunn- So, that’s Faith huh? I thought Angel said she was doing better.
Wesley- This is better. She didn’t beat up the guards.
Gunn- (looking at the glass) One more punch and this thing is just about ready to shatter. (at that the window shatters) Or not.
Wesley- We need to speak to Angel at once.
Gunn- He’s with the tv alien demon thing.
Wesley- Let’s go find him.
At the hotel. Willow goes to Cordy. Cordy is by the front desk, at the computer station.
Willow- Cordelia?
Cordy- Willow.
W- How are you feeling?
Cordy- A little better. Thank you... How are you? (Willow shrugs her shoulders) I just want you to know that even though I hated all of you in high school, I really didn’t. (Willow nods and looks as if she’s about to cry) I didn’t take what you people were doing seriously and now that I fight the good fight- let’s just say I have a new respect for you Scoobies. And I’m really sorry for the hell I put you through. Let me just tell you all that bad karma is kicking me in the butt right now.
Willow- (smirks) How’d you get your visions?
C- Doyle. He was a half demon. Worked with us for a while and then... (gets lost in her memories)
W- Why are you dressed like Princess Leia?
C- Long, long story. Where’s Fred?
W- She and Tara went to get tacos. That Fred girl seems a bit obsessed with them.
C- I hope they don’t go to joint two blocks down.
W- Why not?
C- I didn’t see Gunn or Wesley for hours after they ate there once.
W- Oh.
Angel, Wesley and Gunn enter the hotel.
Wesley- That is impossible, Angel. Buffy was reinstated to the Watchers Council. Faith has not. She is not an official Slayer anymore.
Angel- She is the only Slayer they’ve got.
Wesley- Wrong. You know very well there are others in training right now. One is being called to her destiny as we speak.
Angel- The only way for a new Slayer to be called is if the last one dies. Faith is the last one.
C- Stop all the shouting! I haven’t fully recovered from my vision yet.
Wesley- Angel, I was a Watcher with the Council. I know the rules. Faith needs to be taken out.
Willow- (shocked) You cant kill her!
Wesley- (just as shocked) What?! (explaining) Out of prison, Willow.
W- Oh.
Angel- (concerned he doesn’t see Fred) Where’s Fred?
W- She’s with Tara.
Angel- Oh. Ok.
C- So, is anyone going to tell me what happened? What did she say?
Wesley- Well-
Gunn- Not much. Just punched out a bulletproof panel.
C- Wow. Guessing the Slayer strength still there.
W- But- What else?
Wesley- She didn’t believe me.
W- Maybe- I don’t know. Should I?
Angel- No. Definitely not. She’ll need a couple of days to digest.
Gunn- She’ll probably want to kill somethings too.
Wesley- She is ticking time bomb in there, Angel. You know that. We need to help her now.
Angel- Well, then maybe someone shouldn’t have told her just yet.
Wesley- Hey-
W- Stop! (separates them off like Xander and Spike)
C- (impressed) Go, Willow!
W- None of this is helping anyone.
Wesley- (a bit upset) Well what is it you suppose we do, Willow?
Gunn- Hey, man, don’t piss her off. She can probably turn you into a cockroach or something.
Willow- I think we all need to rest, Welsey. We’ll think of something in the morning.
Cordelia- (screams) No! (another vision grips her)
Gunn- (runs to her) Another one?
Angel- It’s too soon!
Cordy- (crying in pain) Willow!
Wesley- What? What is it?
Cordy- Tara and Fred.
TBC....
[This message has been edited by Rane (edited June 09, 2001).]
Geez, I love cliff hangers 
Don't take long please.
Well... thank you