Author's notes: I don't own anything but the plot and any characters you might later see that you don't recognize.

Willow Rosenberg was busily looking through Giles old books hoping for some type of lead on dealing with the Firsts Minion Caleb. She sighed in frustration having been researching for hours and finding nothing of any worth outside of some extremely dark spells to rip his soul apart. She couldn't help thinking 'Just one little spell and he goes away,' she sighed. In babble mode to herself "Not really much I can do about the stupid nasty preacher he just moves too fast and is too strong, and has something that reacts badly with Buffy's slayer powers."

Xander leaning against the door jam watching his old friend read through books and mumble too herself for a while. After a few minutes of watching he did the typical Xander thing and blurted out the first thing that came to him. "What we need is someone that is faster and stronger then the slayer but isn't the slayer with that whole mystic thing going on."

Willow jumps in spite of herself and looks slightly scared. "Oh Xander no scaring the Willow. Maybe we can find a spell or something that would help make Buffy faster or something."

Xander raises his eyebrows, "Not that I don't trust you Willow but you think a spell is going to make any difference? What we need is some unstoppable Juggernaut or something to break that nut case."

Willow frowns in thought before smiling, "I think I might have an idea and it doesn't even involve magic. Just involves a phone, not sure why I didn't think about this sooner. Can you go get some lunch while I make a phone call?"

Xander looks at Willow a bit nervously not sure he wants to know who she is going to call but sort of curious. After a bit of protesting he steps out the door and turns to have a smirking Willow shut it not quite on his face.

He shakes his head as he steps out thinking 'I know I'm going to get blamed for that. Only thing to do now is to get a sandwich maybe she will tell me later.'

He heads off towards the kitchen to get a sandwich avoiding crashing into any of the many extra potential slayers running around, opens the fridge to find some questionable meat products and one last pickle with ketchup and mustard in the fridge. Xander looks at the label before sniffing the meat products; sighing Xander tosses together a sandwich with the questionable meat.

Meanwhile Willow "Aunt Martha glad I could get a hold of you, I'm doing okay, sort of seeing someone again, no not that serious yet. So is Clark there sort of need a favor from my favorite cousin, no we aren't going to light any fireworks this time, yes I know we lit a few too many last time." Willow smiles as she listens to her favorite aunt update her on life in the small town. "Oh great put him on. Hey, Clark how are things going in your neck of the woods?" She listens for a few seconds as Clark talks. "Lana that's cute the girl you like right? Any chance she is? No well hey a girl has to ask. So magic eh well that's interesting well maybe once things blow over here I'll have to go lend a hand, speaking of lending a hand, we have a little bit of a problem."

Willow shifting to babble mode "We gotthis big nasty priestthingy that is kicking the tar out of a friend of mine can you please help." "Okay taking a breath."

Willow listens for a bit. "Yeah sort of like one of those meteor rock people you are always talking about and no he doesn't have one, just like it. So you think you could help your favorite cousin out with her problem?" Willow listens to the phone for a few seconds. "You will great when can I expect you? I didn't know Lex was going to a conference in near here. So you think you can catch a ride with him on his jet?" She listens to Clark for a few more seconds while reaching for a pen and sticky note to write down times. "You can great. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon then." Willow smiles as she hangs up the phone.

Willow opens the door and heads out to the living room with a big smile on her face. Dawn "What's up Willow you look like you are a cat sitting in cream haven." Willow smiles "Well I think I found out something that might work on that freak Caleb; my cousin should be out here tomorrow with the solution to our problems."

Dawn looks at Willow with a hopeful look on her face, "Wow that's great Willow, using magic again and are you going to let me help?"

"I'll tell you what Dawn after this whole first thing is dealt with we can take a trip and start with the magic training, provided your sister agrees."

Dawn frowns, "Buffy's not going to agree too worried about Dark Dawnie or something, and magic kleptomaniac Dawn probably."

"Well we can work on her after the first gets taken care of."

Dawn rubs her hands together, "Great so much planning to do."

Dawn runs up stairs smiling Willow turns to Xander as he finishes dusting the crumbles off his clothes. "I've created a monster haven't I?"

Xander "Oh most definitely but that's okay we have to live through this hole thing first."

"Well as to that I think I found something else that might help. According to one of Gile's books there is a good chance that the Vineyard is where a mystical weapon of the slayer's is hidden. Sort of makes Caleb guarding the Vineyard make more sense as well." Willow frowns at the look of doubt on Xander's face. "Should I tell Giles that you doubt his books?"

Xander looks around quickly to make sure that Giles isn't around. "No that's okay I trust the old books don't tell Giles he might go all ripper on me for doubting his books."

Willow smiles, "And come tomorrow night we should have the resources to take care of Caleb for good and get the weapon. But I'm going to go get some shut eye while I can with all of these girls around it's hard to catch some sleep."

Xander gives Willow a playful leer "Yeah right you just want some alone time with Kennedy."

Willow smirks "Well you and the ex-demon were keeping me awake last night with the bed springs so I figure it is fair game." Xander sputters and goes red as Willow leaves.

Clark hangs up the phone with Lex as he hears a car pull into the driveway and slam on the breaks screeching to a halt. Clark hears the car door slam and the sounds of running footsteps. Clark hurries over and opens the door to see a startled Chloe barrel into him and fall back wards to sit down hard on the ground.

Clark frowns down at Chloe "Where's the fire Chloe?" Chloe gasping for breath "I got attacked by some cult members or something like that outside the Talon."

"I know this is Smallville but cult members?" Chloe glares at Clark. "Hey guys with nasty pointed metal weapons and no eyes but can see well enough to chase me sort of sounds like something warped to me."

Clark looking down notices Chloe's bleeding arm. "Let's get your arm taken care of. And should we call the sheriff?"

Chloe glares at Clark. "Ah right she hates me and would ask too many questions." Clark is about to lead Chloe inside when Jonathan Kent comes outside carrying a shotgun.

Jonathan "I over heard you two talking you think that they might come here?"

Chloe nods "They seemed rather driven to kill me even chased the car for a while. So yeah I think there is a good chance they might show up."

Jonathan sighs, "Clark get her cleaned up and I'll go take a look around, how many did you see when they attacked you before?"

"There were two of them, creepy things and that's saying something for Smallville."

"Alright I'll just go take a look around." Jonathan heads off as Clark and Chloe make their way into the kitchen to take care of the small cut on Chloe's arm.

Clark has just managed to finish bandaging the cut on Chloe's arm when the blast of a shotgun can be heard followed quickly by another blast.

Jonathan shouts "Clark I could use some help out here!" Clark and Chloe run out to see Jonathan standing not too far from two bloody Bringers lying on the ground with shotgun blasts through them. He finishes reloading, as Clark and Chloe get close enough for Chloe to identify the bodies.

Chloe "Yeah that's them they don't really look human do they?"

Clark shakes his head, "No they don't hopefully there aren't any more of them though I think we should leave town for a while just in case."

Chloe looks at Clark with one of those yeah sure looks. "So what do you suggest we hitch a ride with Lex on his trip to California for that business meeting of his?"

Clark smiles "I can't get anything over on you and yeah why not I have to go visit my cousin anyways and you should be able to charm Lex into tagging along. Besides I don't really think you should be alone till we find out what brought those creatures out to kill you."

"I wasn't even working on a story this time. I think it would be nice to get the chance to go someplace else for a while though."

Jonathan "Well they seem like something Willow would talk about maybe you can ask her when you get there? I'm going to burry these guys out in the back. I don't really see a reason to call the sheriff about it I suspect it would just give her more cause to dislike us. Think you can drag the bodies into the back woods before you head out to catch Lex?" Chloe shivers "Some times I still wish I had my wall of weird."

Clark grabs one of the bodies while Jonathan grabs the other and drags the bodies out of sight. Clark looks around to make sure no one can see him before blasting the dead bringers with his heat vision until they burn to ashes. Clark comes back up to Chloe after getting rid of the cultists.

Clark, "You fit to drive or should I?"

"Well let's take your truck in case we have to run over any more of those things."

"Great glad I asked."

Chloe and Clark while driving to Lex's mansion, Chloe "So any ideas what those things were?"

Clark shakes his head "No but I might know someone that does. My cousin sort of deals with these types of things, she is a religion major at UCL Sunnydale. I was going to go see her anyways I figure you can come with me and get your story on what she thinks those things were."

"Well just as long as I don't get left alone I'll be happy."

The truck pulls up at Lex's place, just as Lex is leaving his house. Lex "You're late Clark and you brought Chloe, well okay I guess I'll excuse you being late on account of excellent taste. So get in the back of the sports car Clark the girl gets the front seat." Lex smiles at Chloe.

End Chapter 1