All of Sunnydale seems to be packing up and moving out of town. Buffy strolls among the many cars making their way out of town as she runs in to Clem who's in his car, leaving town as well. He can feel the tension rising in Sunnydale, and he knows that everyone can feel it as well. He urges her on to save the world but then mentions that maybe she should get out of town as well this time around. He takes off, leaving Buffy to meander among the vehicles by herself. Meanwhile at the police station, Willow is using her mind control magic on an officer there, and he hands over a great deal of files concerning Caleb and some ministries because he believes they're from Interpol. As Willow and Giles leave the station, a bunch of officers discuss the latest: a wanted fugitive, namely Faith, is in Sunnydale and their job is to capture her. Buffy and Willow meet up at the hospital and try to console Xander who's still a patient there, recovering after losing his left eye. Buffy heads off rather quickly, much to Willow and Xander's dismay, they were hoping to hang with her. Willow stays behind with Xander and they try to make jokes about him having one less eye, but it ends with Willow starting to cry, although Xander hopes she won't. Back at home, Anya is lecturing the potential slayers on how to kill Ubervamps; holy water doesn't work, but stakes will, so long as they get through their extremely resilient sternum. The potentials don't seem too eager about any of it though. Kennedy and Amanda head upstairs to join Faith, telling her that everyone feels pretty pointless down there. Buffy comes home with the info that Willow and Giles got from the police and she sets everyone to work reading through the paperwork. Dawn asks her about Xander, but Buffy avoids the issue. Buffy heads to the school to pick up the rest of her stuff while the others research.
The school is completely deserted and Buffy stares wistfully at a picture of her, Xander and Willow when they were much younger. Much to her surprise, she finds herself face to face with Caleb in her office. He taunts her about Xander and tells her to mind her manners, wondering why she would want to get in the First Evil's way. She tries to fight him but only ends up being thrown through a glass window and into a wall where she passes out unconscious while Caleb walks away. Dawn has discovered some news on Caleb involving a church north of Sunnydale. Giles sends Spike and Andrew off to the convent to try and discover what exactly happened there. However, once they've left, all the potentials are still desolate and Faith decides to take them out, and get their minds off this war. She takes them all to the Bronze where they all let loose and dance to their heart's content while Nerf Herder plays onstage. Buffy returns home to find a completely empty nest, save for Giles who informs her that Spike and Andrew are away on a mission (much to Buffy's distrust of Giles' intentions regarding Spike) and that Faith took all the potentials to the Bronze for a little down time. Buffy marches off to the Bronze to retrieve them. Meanwhile, at the Bronze, four cops tear Faith away from the dance floor and pull her outside. One stands guard by the door to prevent the potentials from following them outside. Outside, the cops all pull their guns on Faith and she immediately fights back. However, they have the advantage and start wailing on her. The potentials finally make their way outside and start wailing on the cops, helping Faith out. Just as they manage to knock all the cops out, Buffy appears on the scene less than pleased to see the potentials fighting. She orders all the potentials to go home and Faith and Buffy are left alone outside. Buffy begins to chew her out, but Faith thinks that the potential slayers needed a break from everything. Faith taunts Buffy after being repeatedly attacked verbally by her but Buffy merely punches her in the face and walks off.
Meanwhile, Spike and Andrew are on the road, headed north to the convent, discussing onion blossoms and how to make them. Once Andrew and Spike get to the convent they're confronted by a priest who shows them the room that Caleb discovered in the church. There's an inscription on the wall in Latin that reads "It is not for thee, it is for her alone to wield" that Caleb became enraged when he read it and killed all the other priests in the convent.
Back at the Summer's residence, Faith and Wood are talking outside on the porch. Faith tells him that she didn't fight back against Buffy because other things matter more. Xander is brought home and everyone is quietly very happy to see him, but less than two minutes into Xander's arrival, Buffy steps in, saying that she found something out involving the vineyard and Caleb. She tells them all that they're going back in to the vineyard. Despite obvious distaste for the idea from the others, Buffy pushes on and says that Caleb doesn't seem to be guarding the seal, which means that his power must be at the vineyard and she wants to go in and take it away from him. However, Faith steps in saying that she doesn't think it's a good idea, she wants more proof than Buffy's guessing games. Giles and Wood both speak out saying that they don't think it's a smart idea. Buffy can't believe that they're not trusting her because she's been protecting them for seven years. Kennedy steps in and Willow agrees with her; they're worried about Buffy's judgment after everything that's happened. Buffy tells them that they all need her to lead them, which is when Anya steps in saying that it's automatically Buffy that gets to lead. She points out that Buffy's powers were handed to her not given to her because she was deserving, and that doesn't make her better than them, just luckier than them. They suggest putting it to a vote, to see who wants Faith in charge as opposed to Buffy. Faith doesn't really want the job, she just thinks that Buffy needs to take a bit of a breather. Dawn goes up to Buffy and tells her that she can't stay with them if she's not going to agree with them, so they need her to leave. Buffy looks around for someone to stop her, but no one does. She storms out onto the porch, only to be follow by Faith who tells her that she didn't want it to end this way. Buffy tearfully tells her to not be afraid to lead them. Faith goes back into the house, leaving Buffy alone outside.
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Anya: "You still need to know this information. We can't stop just because something else is trying to kill you, too."
Kennedy: "You got enough to share?"
Faith: "Trade ya for a carton of cigarettes and some soap. Sorry. Habit. Shouldn't you be down at Hogwarts?"
Kennedy: "Probably."
Faith: "All right. Playin' hooky. Score one for the boarding school brat."
Caleb: "Fightin' back didn't do you much good last time, did it? And how is poor, sweet Xander? Let him know he's in my prayers, and any time he's willin', I'm ready to... finish the job."
Buffy: "Go near Xander again, and I will end you."
Kennedy: "What kind of band plays during an apocalypse?"
Dawn: "I think this band might actually be one of the signs."
Giles: "I did what I thought was right."
Buffy: "You sent away the one person that's been watching my back. Again."
Giles: "We're all watching your back."
Buffy: "Funny... that's not really what it feels like."
Amanda: "This is so cool. Buffy would never let us do this- you are so cool. This woman is so cool!"
Faith: "Hey, hey- how old are you?"
Amanda: "Seventeen."
Faith: "Yeah, we're gonna get you a real nice 7up, okay?"
Xander: "That's fine. Parties in this house, I usually end up having to... rebuild something."
Anya: "And it's automatically you. You really do think you're better than we are."
Buffy: "No, I..."
Anya: "But we don't know. We don't know if you're actually better. I mean, you came into the world with certain advantages, sure. I mean, that's the legacy."
Buffy: "I..."
Anya: "But you didn't earn it. You didn't work for it. You've never had anybody come up to you and say you deserve these things more than anyone else. They were just handed to you. So that doesn't make you better than us. It makes you luckier than us."
Xander: "I'm trying to see your point here, Buff. But I guess it must be a little bit to my left. 'Cause I just don't."
Dawn: "Buffy, I love you, but you were right. We have to be together on this. You can't be a part of it. So I need you to leave. I'm sorry, but this is my house, too."
Rona: "Ding dong, the witch is dead."
Dawn: "Shut. Your. Mouth."
Buffy: "Don't be afraid to lead them. Whether you wanted it or not, their lives are yours."
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