Buffy’s wish world is now the reality for Annie, good thing that Buffy can fall back to her experience of her own hell to prepare her for the harsh reality they find themselves in. Spike as ever is resilient adjusting to whatever is thrown his way. Now that they have a small reprieve from being a chew toy from demons, can Buffy come up with a plan to perhaps close the hell mouth to keep it from spurting out more demons? Seems like the TPTB have again place this Buffy in a situation they want to have handled. Too bad that she doesn’t have her scythe in this world but maybe she can go looking for it to use to fight back the demon horde. Who knows, she could find a way to use the scythe to call forward any potentials left alive with the help of Warren and Andrew who is no strangers to magic or technology. Dawn is comatose, something prevalent in the Summer’s DNA when it comes to coping with reality overload. Anyways, grim circumstances all around, your muse is probably sharpening his tools of torture for future chapters. Update soon.

Author's Response: Hi Vette! Very prophetic of you to mention the scythe! Buffy will go to retrieve it in the next chapter. Whether she can find a way to 'fix' things here for them remains to be seen. Yes, my muse is definitely sharpening his torture devices - his favorite being the tear-jerker.... heehee! I'll let you know when the angst actually starts ... just in case you think it might've already. Thanks much - love your reviews!

What a lovely, sad chapter. This Spike is so sad and lonely. It is painful to watch but impossible to not to.

Author's Response: Hi Sibb - I know, isn't he just heartbreaking??? Just makes you want to cuddle him! Thanks so much for reading through the pain.