She coughs herself awake, wet and with aching ribs. Xander's crouched next to her, looking younger than she can remember, and Angel is lurking behind him.
It worked, then. She slowly sits up, while Xander babbles and Angel stares at her. She wonders if she smells different, if her heartbeat has changed.
She had been so scared, so angry, when this happened the first time. She died and came back, and it had been terrible.
Worse things have happened now. Sunnydale is rubble, Mom is dead, Dawnie is lost in the future and doesn't exist at the same time, and so many mistakes...
"Buffy?" Xander says. "Are... are you okay?"
The Master is waiting. Somewhere, Kendra just got Called.
There's so much she doesn't remember, but she's almost certain she cannot make anything worse than what actually happened, so she takes a deep breath and then breathes out before smiling at Xander. "We have to get to the Master," she says, and she thinks she almost sounds like that girl she hasn't been since the first time she died.
She coughs herself awake, wet and with aching ribs. Xander's crouched next to her, looking younger than she can remember, and Angel is lurking behind him.
It worked, then. She slowly sits up, while Xander babbles and Angel stares at her. She wonders if she smells different, if her heartbeat has changed.
She had been so scared, so angry, when this happened the first time. She died and came back, and it had been terrible.
Worse things have happened now. Sunnydale is rubble, Mom is dead, Dawnie is lost in the future and doesn't exist at the same time, and so many mistakes...
"Buffy?" Xander says. "Are... are you okay?"
The Master is waiting. Somewhere, Kendra just got Called.
There's so much she doesn't remember, but she's almost certain she cannot make anything worse than what actually happened, so she takes a deep breath and then breathes out before smiling at Xander. "We have to get to the Master," she says, and she thinks she almost sounds like that girl she hasn't been since the first time she died.
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Thank you!
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This is a promising start and could go some interesting places. :D
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I did actually write more here. Glad you like it!
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