Spike has heard rumblings. Someone, or something, is coming for Buffy--and now, after she recklessly slipped out of police custody, the SFPD is certainly looking. When Buffy's family and friends deny her refuge from the cops, she turns to the streets and slaying, where she discovers there's a new kind of vampire slayer in town . . .

• Buffy stakes her way into a new kind of trouble!