Buffy's emotions run high after the tragic loss of her mother, but she still fights. She struggles with blood-starved vamps from another dimension and swarms of green demon children with a penchant for nibbling on faces, and, as barriers between alternate realities erode, nightmare versions of friends and long-dead enemies must be dealt with. Then

With the Scooby gang on runners, Buffy finds herself more and more alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in the "real world" problems (ie, nethe killing pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make their own choices, but that does not mean that it will not be necessary with a little hands on the way, Cue Spike forced to stand his best