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Chapter 25
The Finale Part 1

A/N :- Rollercoaster Chapter!! You'll see what I mean, but must warn you, two character deaths , One major character and one that will be deserved , kinda . * Hides from all the abuse*. Guess it means a sequel will have to follow then......................




Spike ran from the bedroom naked and ran back with the large glass of juice and an armful of cereal boxes and pop tarts, he dropped the boxes on the bed and put her juice on her bed side table and then jumped back in bed.
Buffy attacked the poptarts and groaned as Spike slid under the covers and licked his way down her torso. Buffy yelped and jumped as he yanked her legs further down the bed. Now in a reclining position ,Buffy tried to continue eating, so did Spike!

The poptart hit the floor as she screamed out from her third orgasm and her breathing shook the bed.

"What the hell did you just do to me?" she panted

Spike appeared above her and pulled the covers over his shoulders and smirked "You quittin' on me already? Thought Slayers had stamina? " he giggled as Buffy rolled her eyes and flopped back further into her pillows.
Spike shrugged " Seen as I obviously am too talented for you , I best stop now before you go completely ga ga ." He had the smirk on his face and the glint in his eyes , the ones that she found hard to resist.

"How you can lay there and still have energy for more is beyond me" she blew cool air up onto her forehead and sat up on her elbows "Just let me have the o.j and get my sugar levels back up and then I'll show you Slayer stamina."
Again he giggled.
"Okay precious, you do that an' I'll catch up on m'soaps yeah?" he turned the t.v on using the remote and then settled into her waiting arms.

"Do you think we'll always be like this?" she asked
"No idea pet, who knows what those buggers up there have in store for us, all I know is I'll try n' make every day like it for you" he kissed her hand and turned back to Passions.
"I think that this show is weird , I could never get into it when Mum watched it."

Spike huffed "Look, I don't watch much, an' I'm not gettin' to see much of this now , I love you pet but if you don't shut up an' let me , then you'll be payin' for it"

Buffy pouted . "Won't work luv" he said as he concentrated on the television. Buffy smirked and slid down and feigned a yawn. Spike looked out the corner of his eye and raised his brows , still paying most of his attention on the show he so desperately wanted to watch.
Buffy slid further under the covers and licked the tip of his semi hard cock, making him bring his ass off the mattress.

"Why you cheeky minx! That's not playing fair!"

He dived under the covers and grabbed at her, missing his mark and Buffy ha ha'd him before leaping off the bed and running into the front room.

The patio doors were open and the cool night air fluttered the the sheer voile around. Buffy saw him saunter into the room and narrow his eyes. He looked every inch the predator. Buffy stood still, waiting for him to mount his attack, she didn't have to wait long. She managed to dodge his lunge and run out onto the warm sand . He followed at speed and she splashed in the surf, kicking water up at the vampire and squealing as he grabbed her and forced her down into the surf. Waves broke over her as Spike crouched over her , her laughter slowed as she looked into his eyes.

"Well now vampire, looks like you got your third slayer caught, so question is, what you gonna do with her?"
Spike's eyes widened and then he licked the salt water off of her neck as he whispered " I thought I'd make her mine for all eternity"
"Always " she whispered back as Spike entered her , changing to the face of his alter ego and nibbling along her shoulder.

Buffy waited for the sensation that only his fangs could bring her. The wait drove her insane, the feeling of him filling her and the water breaking over them caused her to reach heights never before touched by her.

"Your mine, my mate, for eternity" he sunk his fangs into her soft skin and drank slowly.
"Yes, yours , always and forever baby" she whispered as she bit down on the scar that she had left previously "Mine"

They both cried out their release .


Angel woke up and saw that Darla was no longer in the bed beside him. He frowned and threw the covers off and sighed. The powers had a twisted way of keeping him on their side that was for sure.

Darla stood at the french doors and looked out towards the horizon. She stroked her protruding bump and sighed, knowing that he was there .
"You think that I would be able to count my blessings and would be grateful for the chance to live again wouldn't you?"
"Darla, fate has a way of screwing with me, this was one of those times and I'm sorry you were their pawn"
"I'm not" she looked over her shoulder at him " I was human when they bought me back. After a month it was clear that I was ill. Lindsay ran test after test and found out I has syphilis " she laughed
Angel frowned at her, tears stung his eyes
"I was dying of the disease that I had as a human so many many years ago" she looked down at her hands cradling the swell of her abdomen " Dru was bought in and she sired me again . I was confused and I hated it, being nothing more than a fledgling after all those years, after all that power"
"Your still Darla, the same woman that sired me"
"My boy, my darling boy " she turned and cupped his face "I'm not her now, I'm not sure what I am. I can't be her, she was vicious and cruel, strong and unfaltering in power. I can't stand to remember all the things I did, that we did together and as a family , as the Scourge. "Tears fell from her face " How can I be good for a child, a mother to a human child? I'm scared Angel, what if I can't love it once I give birth? What if all I see is the babies that I fed on? I won't have a soul to keep it safe Angel" she leant on his chest and cried.
"I'll be there, I'll keep the baby safe" he wrapped his arms around her, his emotions reeking havoc on his soul. "I'll stop you from hurting our child Darla"

She shook her head and wiped her tears away and then looked into his eyes. She could see the depth of feeling in them and could see his soul , she wondered if the soul she shared was so easy to see in her eyes.
"No, I'll go, once the baby is born I'll leave"
"I won't let you Darla, you might be carrying my child, but that won't stop me from killing you again if you attempt to feed. Maybe Willow can give you your soul back"
Darla laughed maniacally
"My soul is burning in hell . Wolfram and Hart hold it now, part of the deal I guess"
"How do you know?" he asked
"Lindsay told me, showed me the contract, of course I didn't care for it much then , why would I?"
"Willows a powerful witch, she'll find a way"

They stood watching the night give way to a scarlet sunrise and moved away once the suns rays were too lethal to them.


Dawn moved her room into Buffy's old one. The closet was full, her nik naks were strewn all over the room and the boxes from under Buffy's bed had been moved to the basement. Once alone and locked in her new room, Dawn pulled out Buffy's old diary. She flopped back on the bed and started to read it.

Joyce was clearing the last of the wedding party mess and Willow hlped her. Giles sat at the table contacting the Watchers Council to see if there had been any developements and hung up, he ran his hands through his hair and walked into the kitchen.
"You have oh oh face" Willow said " I take it the news wasn't good then"
"No , I'm afraid it wasn't. They want me to return to London, not just that but they have been alerted to a dark force being resurrected soon "
Joyce, Willow and Giles sat down , he continued "There's a disruption in time mentioned and a dark power rising here soon" he took off his glasses and wiped the lens' in a harsh way " A 'Holtz ' is mentioned"
"So, we call up the gang, round up troops and research and kick undead booty just like always"

Giles smiled at Willow, she wasn't fooled.
"Giles. what's wrong? There's more isn't there?"
"The warrior must die to protect the Destroyer"
Willow frowned "Huh?"

Spike finally got out of the shower, Buffy whipped his bare ass with the towel and then flopped onto the bed
"I can't believe we have been married a day already"
"Feel like a visit back to Mum's , see if she has any left over cake?" he threw his blue turtle neck top on and did his belt up
"Mmm yeah, you can drive, I don't think the neighbours want to meet us for the first time over a fender bender"
Buffy brushed her hair and put on her favourite sun dress


Xander yawned and shook his head in a bid to wake himself up a bit. Anya sat huffing at the book that she was looking through.
"It's pointless, How do we know the destroyer doesn't deserve it's ass kicked and how are we going to find out about this 'Holtz' " Anya slammed the book shut and pushed it to the pile in the centre of the table
Giles looked up and smiled sarcastically "If you are going to do nothing to help then at least make tea, I'm sure that you know how to do that?"
Anya pouted and muttered under her breath. She walked into the kitchen and sat on a stool against the island.
Joyce smiled, and put a cup in front of her "Drink this, it helps aid concentration"
Anya pulled a face at the cup "What I need is a cup of tea that can stop stuffy old Watchers from turning into bossy men, not that I don't mind a man that takes charge, so long as they're sexy. Mr Giles is definitely not sexy"
Joyce smiled "You don't think so?"
"Joyce ? Do you have the hots for the Watcher?"
"No.. oh no.... " Joyce denied it
Anya leant forward "I bet he could give you lots of orgasms, I mean he looks like he keeps in shape for a man of his age, and he looks like he hasn't had any for a long time"
Joyce was shocked yet she couldn't help but laugh at the young girl.

Thankfully Spike barrelled through the front door, smouldering blanket over his shoulders and swearing like a trooper, closely followed by Buffy.
"Helloooo, honeymooners have come home to gorge on wedding cake" Buffy called out and then noticed the pile of books and Xander with his head buried in one.
"Quick, if we grab the whole cake and get out quickly then they won't spot us and....."
"Ah, good timing Buffy, Spike" Giles said as he rounded the lounge doorway, interrupting her
"........rope us in to research the next bad guy" her voice slowed as he looked down at her.

Spike smirked "I'll be in the kitchen pet, have fun" he went to make his get away
"Oh no you don't, your now officially one of us buster, now grab a book and find out what Giles is going anal about now"

Spikes shoulders slumped and muttered a string of obscenities.

Giles gave them a quick recap on the information he had. At the mention of Holtz, Spike stiffened and stood up and began pacing the floor.He lit up a fag and toyed with his zippo lighter.

"Holtz was a demon hunter way back when. He tailed Darla and the Poof , they killed his family and turned his daughter, leaving her to kill him, but the child couldn't, Holtz threw her into the sun, killing his only daughter. He vowed vengeance on them"
He stared at the cherry red end of his cigarette
"Looks like he's found a way" he continued . So, it says that he will rise again and that he's a dark power? Can't see it, he wasn't one for dark magic or the like"
"Maybe he made a deal with a dark power" Xander offered to the conversation

Giles nodded "Yes maybe, but that doesn't help us at all, we could do with talking to Darla and Angel , find out if this demon hunter has any known associates"
"Why now?" Buffy said "I mean, Darla was alive for a long time , so why now? "
"Her baby" Spike said nonchalantly "An eye for an eye or in this case a kid for a kid"
"We have to warn them now!" Buffy exclaimed as she headed for the door.

Spike called after her and she spun round at the door, still holding the knob
"Wait love!, she's still a vamp pet, if she decided to , she could still take you out"
"She's a newby now, not that four hundred year old she was before, plus pregnant and the size of a beached whale"
"Good point " He kissed her tenderly and backed away from the suns rays that poured through the doorway and inched their way across the wooden floor.


Spike sighed and paced the room . If this Holtz is the dark power , or connected to the dark power and he wants the Destroyer, and Buffy is s'posed to die protecting it, then I wanna know why she dies protecting the Poofs kid"
"A question we all want an answer to now" Giles said as he rubbed at his eye sockets.


Buffy walked up the sloping driveway to the Mansion and took in a deep breath. She hated the huge building and the memories it had as it's ghosts. She released the breath once she was stood in front of the main doors. Angel must have felt her coming as the door swung open and he stood back from the offending daylight.
"Come in. I didn't expect you"
"No, I don't suppose you did" Buffy said as she stepped inside.
"I thought you would be with Spike, so what's so bad your here now?"
"Who's Holtz?"

Angel's head snapped round so fast it was a wonder he didn't have whiplash, Darla appeared with the mention of that name.

"How do you know of him?" she asked
"Cos an interesting call from London has got Giles up to his neck in musty old books"
"Prophecy?" Angel asked and Buffy nodded
"Lots of them going around at the moment , you think that a demon would have developed a vaccine against them by now " she quipped
"I found a scroll while I was in Wolfram and Hart and Wes was working on it, maybe they have something in common with each other"
"Where is Wes?" she asked
"I thought it best if they all stayed in a motel, the one just outside Sunnydale"
"Right" , Buffy said, "Get them over here pronto, let's not waste time on this"
"There's something your not telling me" Angel caught her elbow and pulled her to face him, Buffy stared at his hand
" You always did know " she smiled at him "Just be at Giles' soon after sunset, and we'll need to make sure Darla is kept safe"

Darla looked up at Buffy and almost laughed "Your going to take care of me?"
"I'm not going to be your nurse maid so get that idea out of your twisted brain, I'm just not going to let the big nasty get your baby. If it wasn't Angels I wouldn't give a flying crap" she looked at the vampire apologetically.

"We'll be there soon" he answered softly before he closed the door behind Buffy.

Spike had read all that he could find and he was still in the bloody dark. If Buffy was pegged to die, then he would in her place, no bloody way was his girl going to sacrifice herself for a member of his family, as twisted as it was, or for that Poof of an ex of hers.

Buffy shot through the house, the door slammed shut as she entered the kitchen.

"They will be here as soon as the sun sets"
"Bloody great!" Spike spat "Sorry, just worked out a bit whilst you were visiting your in laws pet"
"Oh" she smiled at the in laws bit and then fell into Spikes arms " Is it that bad?"
Spike repressed the tears that threatened to fall and nodded. Buffy felt the sadness in him and looked up at him with puzzled eyes

"Giles said that you don't die, you go into another dimension.
"Like that one where we went?"
"Worse pet" he pulled her to the stool, lifting her at the waist and sitting her down ." The place is a baron landscape with fire marshes and burning pits, rivers scream and demons are rife. It's called Quort'oth"
"Where do you send a Slayer, who has her own hellmouth, on vacation?"
"Buffy!" he yelled at her "This isn't a fucking joke!!"
"I'm well aware of what it is!" she screamed back "It's me being sent to a dimension that guarantee's me a painful death, so don't lecture me or yell at me" she stood and paced "I think it entitles me to deal in my own way and if I wanna be funny I will be"
Spike looked up at the ceiling and counted to ten... best make it twenty , she's still scowling at me, he thought.

"Stop counting out your anger" she dug him in the ribs with a finger"
A low growl rumbled in his throat but never escaped

Giles slammed the book on the counter in front of the married couple. Spike looked at it and hummed and Buffy frowned.
"So that's the Destroyer, okay so how did the runt end up in a book that was in print well over a hundred and fifty years ago?"
"He was killed by a demon called Sahjhon, it is said that the Destroyer is a child that is a descendant of the powers that be, and they send the child back every one hundred and fifty years. He will stand beside the Slayer, the Ensouled One, The Champion , The Wicca and the Key"
"So we make a team then? But it says that Buffy dies"
"We assumed that Buffy was the warrior, but here, it states her as her true nature, that being the Slayer" Giles answered Spike.
"So I don't die?" Spike kissed her forehead
"Don' look like it love"


The research carried on , Buffy and Spike curled up together on the couch and read from the same book, or so it looked, they hadn't turned from the first page they had looked at. Spike whispered to her and occasionally Buffy would giggle or slap his arms playfully.

A knock at the door pulled their attention back and Spike groaned as Angel, Wesley, Cordy , Gunn and Darla came into the room.
Spike felt Buffy tense up and wrapped his arm protectively around her.Giles immediately started filling them all in with the break through's they had made.
Cordy sat down and coughed for attention "I know who the Warrior is"
Angel turned and then knelt before her "Who is it Cordy? "
"Vision and it's Groo" she smiled sheepishly "What?" she lost the smile as she looked at everyones faces.
"I'll send Gunn back to pick him up" Angel looked at the man in question, who nodded and pulled his car keys out of his pockets.
"Back with the ya soon" Gunn said as he walked out of the house . His pick up truck pulled away in a blaze of screeching tyres .

"Cordy, you do know that he won't return from there " Angel stroked her arms as he told her .
"Then how does your kid return?" she looked into his eyes, her own teared but she managed a half smile

"That is a good question, we haven't even given thought to that yet" Giles said as he once again hit the books.
Spike groaned again, Buffy rolled her eyes "Good one Cordelia, have you forgotten what he's like, cos believe me, he's getting worse"
"Sorry, I guess I'm just used to Mr Happy pants himself just barging in heavy handed and fighting his way through his unlife"
"Right, Angel and the fighty, not so stoic now then huh?" Buffy smiled
"Nope, but then my visions tend to give us most of the information we need"

Spike kissed Buffy and got up, he went into the kitchen and heated up some blood for himself and Angel, Dawn sat at the island and was eatinga bowl of some sugar loaded cereal. She heaped her spoon up and crammed it into her mouth as she spoke." Woll woo am Buffy be going frwew va portal too" she sprayed

Spike grimaced "Manners Niblet, an' no, looks like that is some other gits job, Cordys bloke I think"

Dawn swallowed the cereal and frowned , deep in thought.
"I thought she and Angel had a thing, my bad" she shrugged " Though not with the vamp ho being up the unno " she mimed a pregnant belly and bloated her cheeks out.
Spike laughed at her "Don' let the Poof see you do that, he's right funny bout it"
"I don't care, not like the forehead's gonna do anything to me with you or Buffy around"

Spike sighed and chuckled again , those Summers girls would be the death of him.


A low growl erupted from Darla and she doubled over , she clutched at her abdomen and yelled for Angel. Angel strode in at speed and grabbed her, seeing her pain he got her to the couch and laid her down.

Wesley stepped forward and laid a hand on Angels shoulder "We need to move her out of sight and somewhere a little more private"
Angel nodded , gathering Darla in his arms and following Buffy into the basement. It wasn't where he imagined his baby being born but times were less than conducive for the perfect birth. Buffy handed Darla a cool wet cloth and smiled at her, somehow reaching some kind of female bond that came with witnessing labour and the birth. Angel sat on the edge of the put you up bed . Wesley took charge of the midwifery department.

"I'm beginning to think that maybe we could do with a few more items that could make Darla and the child more comfortable, Angel? would you fetch some water and blankets" he said, looking at Buffy for back up
"Ask Dawn to show you where they are kept.

Joyce ran downstairs and immediately took control of Darla, "You'll need to do some breathing exercises"
Darla looked at her as though she was crazy "You know my nature, I do not need to breath " she spat out with a growl. She morphed into her vampire visage and let out an inhumane yelp "Somethings wrong, I can feel it, his heart is slowing and I can barely feel the soul" Tears stung her eyes , she hated it, they made her feel human and weak, something Darla wasn't.

Angel appeared with an armful of blankets and some warm water, which he dumped on an old table that had been banished down here once Joyce had bought the new one.
"I can hear the change in the baby, we need to get it out now" he said through tears and extreme worry.

Darla raised her shaking hand up to Angels face, in a bid to calm him but to also say what she knew she had to.

"Angel, I can't let it out. I-I can't."
"Okay, not sure you have a lot of choice in the matter..." he said
"Look, I know. It wants to come out. I can feel it. It's ready. It's just - I can't let it. I can't let because... because..."
"You love it."
"Completely. I love it completely. I-I-I don't think I've ever loved anything as much as this life that's inside of me."
"Well - you've never loved anything, Darla."
"That's true. Four hundred years and I never did - till now. - I don't know what to do."
"Well, you-you'll do the only thing that you can do. - You'll have it. You'll have it and then..."
"What? We'll raise it?"
"Why not?"
"It's impossible.This whole thing is impossible, Darla, but it's happening."
"What do I have to offer a child, a human child, besides ugly death?" she grimaced as pain wracked her again
"Darla."
"You know it's true."
"No. What I do know is that you love this baby, our baby. You've bonded with it. You've spent nine months carrying it, nourishing it..."
"No. No, I haven't been nourishing it. I haven't given this baby a thing. I'm dead. It's been nourishing me. These feelings that I'm having, they're not mine. They're coming from it."
"You don't know that."
"Of course I do! We both do. Angel, I don't have a soul. It does. And right now that soul is inside of me, but soon, it won't be and then..."
"Darla..."
"I won't be able to love it. I won't even be able to remember that I loved it. I want to remember."

Angel pulled her against him."Shh..."Angel closed his eyes as he held a crying Darla.
"You won't let me hurt it, will you? You'll protect it, right? From me, I mean." she asked him
"The babies heartbeat is faint. Very faint." Angel whispered , tears fell down his face as he held her hand to his face ""This doesn't make any sense. I mean, this whole thing has been a miracle, right? You don't just get half a miracle, do you? - I mean, the powers - they brought her this far, they protected the baby all this time..."

Darla smiled weakly "My darling boy. - I told you I had nothing to offer this kid. Some mother ...." tears hang in Darla's eyes "...... can't even offer it life.This child - Angel, it's the one good thing we ever did together."

Angel lifted Darla's hand between both of his and pressed it against his lips.
"The only good thing." Darla repeated

Angel buried his face in his hands, still holding onto Darla's, and takes a sobbing breath.

"You make sure to tell him that."

Darla reached down and found a stray stake, holding the stake tightly , she smiled, Angel frowned and gave her the briefest of smiles, as Darla buried the sharpened wood in her chest, gasping. Angel lifted his head and stared as Darla turned to dust.Where Darla was, there is now a naked human infant lying on the bed, crying.
Angel carefully gathered up the baby.

The spectators all gasp, Buffy shocked that the vampire would sacrifice herself for her unborn child.