3rd Person's POV

Without shifting her gaze from the Groom, Buffy swiftly extends her arm to the side, landing a stake in the heart of the Mom vampire who was sneaking up from behind.

Buffy rolls a wardrobe rack between herself and the Groom, then turns and faces the Old Man vampire. He lands a foot in her side. She doubles over.

"This old guy's still got some life in him."

He kicks her again, but Laney comes from behind him and holds his head twisting his neck. Hearing a snap, she stabs a stake into his chest then lets go and watches his body turn to dust.

"Famous last words."

The van driver Vampire runs towards Buffy from behind and leaps into the air. Buffy tosses a stake backwards over her shoulder. It sails through the air and sinks into the Van Driver's chest just as he's coming down.

Three down.

The Groom grabs Laney by her shoulders. He calls to the Bride.

"Honey, I have a gift for you."

He heaves Laney through the air. Laney slams into the wall and drops to the floor. The Bride pulls Laney up by the hair, and they struggle.

"You stupid bitch let go! It took forever to get my hair like this!"

Laney tries to trap the Bride against the wall, but the Bride grabs Laney's arms and pins them to her side.

The Bride holds Laney there, "I got her!"

The Groom pulls the stake from the van driver's heart and goes for Laney. He raises the stake and brings his arm down to bury it in Laney's back.

At the last second, Buffy runs over and punches the bride making her let go of Laney. The two move out the way quickly then watch as the Groom plants the stake in his wife's heart. He gasps as his Bride collapses dead in his arms.

Buffy smirks, "And you two made such a cute couple."

The Groom screams in rage, throws his wife to the floor, and charges at Buffy. She shoulders him in the mid-section and flips him straight up into the air.

Buffy kicks open a coffin, grabbing the stick which propped the lid up. The Groom flies into the coffin. Buffy plunges the stick through his heart and slams the lid closed.

And that is that.

Buffy looks around at the carnage, but her moment of victory is overshadows by the sight of Chambers' body heaped in a corner. She walks over to him and kneels down.

"Why did that stupid prophecy have to come true tonight?"

Giles puts a hand on her shoulder, "Evil does not like to wait."

"It waited three thousand years. It couldn't wait one more night?"

"Buffy, I know this may be a small consolation,
but you have done a great service to humankind.
You prevented the chosen one from freeing the Master."

"So what? Chambers is dead. All these other people are dead. And for what? Why does this kind of stuff have to happen?"

Giles frowns, "I gave up long ago trying to answer such questions."

"These people didn't do anything wrong.  They were just innocent victims. They didn't ask to be turned into vampires. They didn't know about any prophecy. I'll bet the chosen one didn't even know he was the chosen one."

There is a loud thud. They all turn to see the militia vampire rise.

He is shirtless, with bulging muscles, scars criss-crossing his torso-- think Robert Deniro in 'Cape Fear.' But with fangs.

Xander backs away slowly, "I think he knows."

Buffy rises to face her new challenger. She gives him the once over. There is a long beat.

"He's big."

"You can beat him, Buffy. Just remember your training. Don't try anything fancy. Stick with the fundamentals."

"Stay out of it, Giles. This is between me and him."

Buffy begins to circle him.

"You're the reason my date got killed."

Chambers eyelids begin to flutter as he comes to. Willow sees this.

"Buffy..."

Buffy and Militia are face-to-face, "By the time I'm done with you, you'll wish you were dead. Or, weren't dead. I mean--"

She leaps onto him. They crash into a table full of urns, which collapses beneath them, sending up a cloud of ashes.

Chambers quietly groans. He's moving now, trying to sit up.

Xander looks over, "Buffy, Chambers is--"

Giles puts up a hand to stop Xander, "Let's give her a minute."

Laney nods watching, "Yeah she's getting angry."

Buffy is on top of Militia, swinging wildly.

"Our first date--"

A left hook.

"--and I get the guy killed!"

A right hook.

"What am I going to tell his parents?"

She slams his head against the floor. Militia kicks Buffy off. She goes flying across the room. Militia charges her and leaps. Buffy rolls out of the way and flips upright as Militia crashes onto the floor.

Militia reaches for Buffy. She dives into a somersault, lands on his opposite side, and kicks him in the ribs. Before he can counter she does a back flip, vaults off the coffin behind her, and lands with the coffin between them.

Militia gets to his feet and lunges at Buffy. She opens the coffin lid towards him, smashing him in the face. He staggers backwards into the corner of the room.

Buffy's got him where she wants him. She cartwheels over to him, ending with a flip, and lands-- facing the wrong way. She's staring at the corner of the room. She turns around, Militia is towering over her.

"Oops."

He laughs maniacally. Buffy looks around. She's trapped.

"Uh, Giles? Help?"

Militia grabs Buffy, opens his mouth, and aims at her neck. She strains to keep him away.

"The book! It'll know what to do." Giles reaches into his bag and pulls out the large book.

"Now?"

Giles quickly stands leafing through books, "Looking, looking."

Buffy is still holding off Militia, who strains closer to her neck.

"Use the book!" Buffy yells.

Giles frowns, "I am."

"Oh for heavens sake!" Laney walks over to Giles and snatches the heavy book out his hands.

She struggles to raise the massive tome over her shoulder, closes her eyes and, with all her might, slams its heft into the back of Militia's head. Militia collapses.

Buffy grabs a nearby 'R.I.P.' wreath fastened to an easel and plunges one of the legs through Militia's heart.

He is finished.

Buffy dusts herself off and thanks Laney. She picks up the book and hands it to Giles.

"Good thing you didn't bring the Cliff's Notes."