Fray and her sister Erin find that their sibling Harth, now a vampire, has allied himself with a mysterious, dark haired woman.

While supervising kidnap victims, said woman tells Harth that their actions 'now' will affect the past.

Meanwhile, back in the present, Willow has tamed the demon that switched places with Buffy during the time incident.

Fray and Buffy meet an ally, Gunther, a fish-like mutant in an attempt to gain more information about their enemies.

Elsewhere, Harth tells his partner that he wants to kill Fray for being the only thing he ever loved; her pain is his joy.

Buffy searches through the Watchers' diaries and is completely befuddled and upset because there are a few ambiguous references to her and absolutely nothing recorded about the Slayer army she created.

Fray refuses to listen and slays the vampires, leaving Buffy alone to drive the flying car.

In the present, Dawn, Xander and the forest creatures prepare to battle against the demons that invaded the castle.

As the fight starts, they are outnumbered until Xander's team of slayers appear with a group of Wiccans, who use magic to make the creatures corporeal, and easier to kill.

Riley reveals that Buffy secretly met up with him in New York and requested that he act as her inside man against Twilight.

In the future, Buffy has been kidnapped and tied up in Dark Willow's lair by Fray and Erin.

Fray tells Erin what Dark Willow showed her: that if Buffy goes back, she will "change the world" - Willow has told her that Buffy going back to the present will result in changes that will mean Fray's future will not come to pass.

Still wishing to save her world above all else, Buffy escapes and searches for the building where the extraction (caused by Willow in the present) is due to take place.

Confronted by Dark Willow, Buffy questions her true motives before reluctantly (but with emotional pain) stabbing her in the heart.

Penciller Karl Moline had previously worked with Whedon on the Buffy spin-off graphic novel Fray.