Epilogue

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Cleveland, USA

March 2018

The one and true slayer, Buffy Summers, had left the remains of London fifty three days ago.

The city had already been under labor of reconstruction, and the slayer had been delighted to hear a new prime minister elected. A name she recognized from the time she'd been in the middle of a crazed battle.

Joseph Hallenbeck would be a great Prime Minister to New London.

In order to regain the control lost, the slayer had seized the opportunities that had randomly appeared. She found herself having the means to avoid having a new reign of power by the Senior Partners in her hands. She had two former members of the Circle of the Black Thorn within her reach.

A seriously deranged Angel and Wesley managed to find a way to work together, under Buffy's secret control. The new Circle added new members, asking Drusilla and Illyria to join them, two insane creatures who only wanted to belong somewhere. Drusilla's temporary bouts of sanity made her a valuable associate, and Illyria's newfound humanity balanced the equations.

Wesley even began to smile again.

Rupert Giles had been thoroughly opposed to such an event, but the slayer had been certain in thinking she could exert some sort of good if she was in control of it.

Wesley had warned her about the trials and manipulations inherent in joining or recreating such a machine, but the slayer had already thought about every angle possible.

Since the Partners only focused on destruction and manipulation, they wouldn't care about who was on the receiving end of such actions. The targets were soon revealed to be the old masterminds behind previous Circles.

Heeding Wesley's advice and warnings, the slayer found the perfect way to trick the partners into supporting the new Circle. The sudden disappearance of the Key was attributed to the slayer.

Fake memories and realities were created, and the slayer became the shadow controller of the most evil organization in the world. Since the slayer herself had a dark background, Buffy Summers believed in using them to her advantage.

Rupert Giles watched all hidden in shadows, knowing he couldn't be seen ever again, the world wanting him and his family for crimes against humanity.

Knowing he was a wanted man, he reorganized his forces. Xander Giles and Willow Rosenberg had followed, as well as the remaining watchers and the depowered slayers in order to form a new brotherhood of watchers, looking over the sisterhood of fighters.

He was no longer the leader of a wealthy and powerful organization, but the head of an underground force whose goals were noble, untouched by years of hypocrisy and politics that had once polluted the Council of Watchers.

Thus the slayer picked up her one woman war against darkness in the world, hoping she'd find a way to restore sanity to her ex husband and distract herself until the time came when her family would return.

On a different plane of reality, Annie, Dawn and Spike fought the good fight, not knowing when it would end, merely enjoying their time together, in a place where no one judges and they accept their love for what it is.

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