Freefall, Part Four

"Freefall, Part Four " was the fourth story from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine.

''With the destruction of the seed, the fight against Twilight was brought to an end, and magic’s connection to our earth was severed. No more Slayers will be chosen. No more Slayer army. No more gang: Buffy is a waitress sin San Francisco; Dawn and Xander are attempting normal domesticity; Willow is struggling with the loss of her powers. It’s a new(ish) world, but there are still demons and vampires to slay – even as their popularity with the masses continues to grow – and Buffy is on point to do what she has always done…She is the Slayer. ''

Summary
The issue begins with a flashback 3 months ago. Severin is killing a vampire while asking it to tell him where Alessandra (the one who sired his girlfriend) is. Right when he kills the vampire, Simone comes and tells him to stop looking for vampires and start seeking for a slayer who is responsible for that. Her name is Buffy Summers.

Then we go back to the present. Severin attacks Buffy while she still can't understand what's happening and why he became the bad guy all of a sudden. He tells her that she destroyed the seed and that's the reason that he had to kill all those vampires and then informs her that she doesn't deserve her power and he's going to take it while Buffy surprised wonders if he can do that.

Severin continues telling her that when the cops find her amongst all those bodies they will blame her and we see a flashback at the police station receiving an anonymous call about where Buffy Summers was last seen and that she has killed hundreds of vampires.

The scene changes to the preview pages with Spike and Koh, trying to get to Buffy before it's too late. Koh understands there's a connection between Spike and the slayer and he wants to know more, but Spike refuses to say anything, only that they go way back and that he would do anything to keep her safe. He also admits to himself that after everything that Buffy went through, all she needs is normal which is something he's not. When they reach the land, they see the police cars and Spike understands that probably that is the reason why Buffy wasn't replying to his texts and we see the detective deciding to enter the warehouse where Buffy is.

We continue with Buffy and Severin who keep on fighting. Severin tells her that he'll take her mojo, something that will make his stronger that hundreds of vampires could make him. Buffy grabs a stake and stakes him but he gets self-healed. Nevertheless, Buffy understands that he healed because he was all charged up, so all she has to do is keep on fighting and hurting him until he uses all the power he has stored inside of him. But the floor breaks and both of them fall in the basement, where Severin has kept there alive dozens of alive vampires/zompires. So he can still charge up himself more to kill her.

We then see Dawn and Xander into their apartment watching the news that that police is at the warehouse trying to capture Buffy. Xander wonders how much the bail will be and Dawn decides to call Willow. In the meantime, Tumble watches the news as well, while Anaheed searches Buffy's rooms and finds all her weapons. At the same time, the detective enters into the warehouse while Severin and Buffy fight downstairs not with each other, but with the vampires. Buffy outnumbered comments that Severin won't be able to take her powers if she's dead so he decides to "present" his powers at her and how he can kill. While he touches a vampire's head killing him, he is still able to kill others by distance.

Spike and Koh enter the warehouse finding the detective. Spike tells him that he should go outside letting them handle the thing. They both hear the noise from downstairs and rush to help Buffy. Buffy is in a very bad position, Severin is already sucking her power commenting that "that sparks different".

Koh and Spike attack, but Severin repels them easily and knocks unconscious Koh. Spike turns his head and looks at Koh so Severin takes the opportunity and grabs Spike as well with his other hand. Right before he kills them, the detective comes and saves the day by shooting Severin 3 times in his chest.

Next we find Buffy and the detective outside of the warehouse. Ambulances have arrived collecting the corpses. The detective tells Buffy that she won't get a public apology, but they are not after her anymore and Buffy thanks him for shooting Severin. We then see Spike and Koh, both of them still alive. Koh says that Buffy would want to speak to Spike, since he risked his life to save her, but Spike doesn't want to. Next scene Buffy and the detective again and while he offers to give her a ride Willow shows up. She informs Buffy that Spike send group messages telling them about the warehouse, the fireworks and Siphon so Willow decided to go to the scene in case Buffy needed a shoulder to cry on when she would join the power-free club but Buffy says she's still a slayer. Willow also tells Buffy that she was never mad at her because he had still her powers and Willow not, and Buffy promises her that they will find a way to get her magic back.

The issue and the arc finishes with Severin at the hospital. Simone is also there. She is mad at him because he failed. Severin asks her to charge him a little bit so he can get healed, but Simone refuses saying that now that he has failed, she will need all the power in order to kill Buffy.

Individuals

 * Severin
 * Simone Doffler
 * Buffy Summers
 * Robert Dowling
 * Miranda Cheung
 * Spike
 * Eldre Koh
 * Tumble
 * Anaheed

Species

 * Vampire
 * Zompire
 * Unspecified Demon - Eldre Koh

Weapons and Objects

 * The Shipon
 * Stake
 * Gun

Deaths

 * Several Vampires

Collections

 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 1: Freefall

Quotes
"You don’t deserve the power you have. So I’m going to take it."

- Severin