3rd Person's POV

Laney moves back as Xander and Angel help Buffy up.

Xander frowns, "Easy. Easy."

Buffy looks around standing now, "The Master?"

Angel nods towards the ceiling, "He's gone up."

Buffy starts to leave until Xander holds her arm.

"No. You're still weak."

Buffy shakes her head, "No. No, I feel strong. I feel different. Let's go!"

Buffy marches determinedly toward the school with Xander and Angel close behind and Laney behind them.

"So, how do you know where the Master's going?"

Buffy shrugs glancing at Xander, "I just know."

A vampire tries to block their way into the school.

Buffy smirks, "Oh, look, a bad guy."

She punches him on her way by, and he falls flat on his back. They walk inside to the stairs leading to the roof. Buffy comes around the corner in the hall.

"Okay, you two wait here, keep the rest of the vampires off me. Laney you go find Giles and Ms. Calendar."

Xander nods, "Right."

"Angel, better put on your game face."

Angel looks up all vamped out, "I'm ready."

Buffy nods stiffly, "One way or another, this won't take long."

She looks at them both once more and then heads up to the roof. Laney watches Xander's eyes follow Buffy's figure until she is out of sight. Sighing she shakes her head and cracks her neck. She walks off without saying a word to the guys. Angel turns around to see Laney leaving.

"Hey..."

Laney freezes and looks behind her in question.

"... be careful..."

Laney eyebrows furrow for a second before she nods, "You too..."

With one glance at Xander, their eyes connect. Frowning slightly, Laney crack her knuckles and spins around quickly. As she turns the corner Xander opens his mouth to say something but suddenly closes it.

In the library, the rest of the gang are trapped inside. They thought all the vamps and the Master would be heading towards the Bronze but it turns out they wanted to get inside the library. Cordelia tried to push the door closed with Ms. Calendar and Willow but a group of vamps try to get in. Giles is in his office finding weapons. Cordy screams as the window by her head breaks open. She hits a vampire's hand and then bites it. The vampire screams and pulls his hand back through the window.

"See how you like it!"

Willow shakes her head looking in worry, "This won't keep 'em out for long!"

She looks down and sees the tentacle wrap itself around her ankle and screams loudly. Ms. Calendar grabs hold of her.

"GILES! GILES!"

Giles comes running out of his office in time to see a huge, green, multi-headed and tentacled demon burst through the floor.

"The Hellmouth!"

Cordelia can't believe what she's seeing. The creature has three heads and reaches all the way to the ceiling.

Willow screams as the Hellmouth creature tries to drag her away from Ms. Calendar.

"GILES!"

An ax is brought down and cuts through the tentacle holding Willow's ankle. Then the ax is swung into one of the creatures heads, making it roar in agony. Willow looks up gratefully at the hand being held out to her. Grabbing the hand, the person pulls her up and pulls her into a hug.

Willow frowns as she pulls away and looks into Laney's red eyes, "You okay?"

Laney smiles through her teary eyes, "I'll let you know after we stop the Master."

Giles takes the ax from the now dead creatures head and swings again with the ax and hits other heads of the creature. He tries again, but this time it knocks him off of the mezzanine and onto the large table below. It breaks when Giles hits it, and one side falls over onto its end, leaving a huge spike pointing upward.

Out of nowhere the Master falls through the skylight. He falls down and is impaled on the table. He slowly turns to ash until only his skeleton is left. Buffy watches from above. Giles gets up and walks over to the others.

The Hellmouth creature quickly disappears back into the floor. The vampires are all gone. Cordelia pushes the last of the junk away from them and pulls the door open for Buffy, Angel and Xander. They all walk over to the Master.

"The vampires?"

Cordelia shrugs at Giles, "Gone."

Angel stands beside Laney, "The Master?"

"Dead. The Hellmouth is closed. Buffy... Buffy?"

Buffy smiles, "Oh, sorry. It's just been a really weird day."

Xander nods, "Yeah! Buffy died, and everything!"

Willow frowns, "Wow! Harsh."

Giles smiles with a gleam in his eyes, "I should have known that wouldn't stop you."

Buffy smiles up at him again.

Ms. Calendar frowns, "Well, what do we do now?"

Laney crosses her arms over her chest, "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd like to get out of this place. I don't like the library very much anymore."

Xander holds up a hand, "Hey! I hear there's a dance at the Bronze tonight. Could be fun."

Cordelia cheers holding onto Laney's hand, "Yeah! Let's go!"

Laney smiles lightly then looks down at the ground. Angel frowns and nudges Laney lightly. Laney holds her head up to look at Angel in confusion.

"You okay?" He whispers.

"No but I will be."

Willow glances at Buffy, "Buffy dance?"

Buffy nods, "Sure! We saved the world. I say we party!" She looks down at her dress, "I mean, I got all pretty."

Ms. Calendar glances down at the table at the Master, "And what about him?"

Buffy looks at the Master and glares, "He's not going anywhere. Loser."

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦'𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟?

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑋𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟? 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟? 𝑂𝑟 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟?

𝑊𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡... 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛/𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 2? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒?

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𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 {𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌} 𝑰𝑰