You start right off with the cool visual of The Slayer and her Scoobies marching down the street like "a small army". Buffy's thoughts of Faith as an ace or a joker were clever too.

"But he is a politician," Oz pointed out." HAHAHA!!!

Really liked their plan and Buffy doing the hero thing and heading in alone. She's such a badass here, although you ramp that up soon enough.

Hear that? That's the sound of me clapping because you've written the Mayor so damn perfectly. Every word out of his mouth rings true and it made me remember why I loved him so much as a Big Bad.

"Oh no, surely not. Not my Faith." Aww...I kind of have to feel for the bastard. He sure knows what buttons to push when it comes to "his" Slayer and I feel just awful for Faith. Geez, she's even tearing up! WAAHH!!!

Then he hits her with the Shard...Did I already call him a "bastard"?

It was awesome how Buffy reacted, kicking him away from Faith. I'm not exactly sure why, but I loved the image of the Mayor staggering back and fighting to stay on his feet. Maybe because he's always so tidy and in control(for the most part). Anyway, I loved it :)

It was also cool when Buffy rolled out of harm's way with Faith...and why does that sound kind of sexual now? LOL

It made me laugh that the mayor was so tickled by what the Shard could do. He sure is the villain I love to hate...or hate to love. We defintely have a love/hate relationship.

Faith countermanding Buffy's orders to Angel:

"Hey! Try and carry me out of here and I'll stake you myself. HAHAHA!!! And he looks to Buffy in the middle of the big fight because he doesn't have a clue what to do now. Faith is awesome, Slayer powers or not :) :) :)

 

 

 

Author's Response:

The Mayor was awesome. No other show has villains as interesting as the ones in Buffy and Angel. I kind of wish I hadn't stuck with Buffy PoV for a lot of this, and then I could have written in some scenes between Faith and the Mayor when Faith was still AWOL.

lol. That was probably the most asexual rolling ever (If there's even a scale for such a thing). Jeez, some people. :p

And yes, Faith is also awesome. More so, really. :D