The next morning Faith dressed the part of smart business woman. Black pencil skirt, burgundy ruffled blouse and black heels. Her make-up was minimal as she rarely wore make-up anymore...not really seeing a need to do so. But now that she was working at Wolfram and Hart, Faith knew she'd need to make more of an effort to look professional, at least for outward appearance sake.

Everyone had been welcoming in the morning meeting. Micah had introduced her to her small staff of co-workers in her department. There was Amy, an Asian woman in her early thirties who brokered weapons transactions for Wolfram and Hart worldwide. She was smaller than Faith, and wore large black rimmed eye glasses which Faith thought made her look much younger than she was. Then there was Mason, her administrative assistant who would be responsible for scheduling any outside verifications from interested parties. He was tall, lanky and wore wire-rimmed glasses.

Her last staff member was Doyle, a Seer, who from time to time received prophetic visions from the Powers that Be...usually of people in peril. Doyle was a half-Brachen Demon and a shapeshifter that could appear either in his human or demon form. He had a heightened sense of smell, speed, stamina and dexterity...the last one was a little disconcerting to Faith...watching the half-Demon twist his head completely around 360 degrees.

Doyle had perished in Los Angeles some years prior working with Angel, according to Micah, and was brought back a year ago by supernatural means. Faith didn't ask for details and Doyle didn't really seem inclined to offer them. It was just as well.

Mason had given Faith her new schedule for the next few weeks and sure enough, the Museum gala the following Saturday was listed. There were some other less formal meetings, mostly with existing clients of Wolfram and Hart who were familiar with the firms supernatural ties.

Faith's first day had gone by swiftly and around four she left the office and headed to the corner market to grab some food for her kitchen. Angel had most of the necessities stocked, but there were a few items that Faith preferred...so she grabbed those items quickly and headed back to her apartment to get ready to go on her first patrol of Gotham later that night.

Once night fell, Faith dressed in her new Slayer gear. The harness she wore over her fitted leather bodysuit held two katanas firmly placed on her back and positioned for easy access should she need them. She had a silver knife in her left boot and a slim wooden stake that slid into a harness on the outside of her right boot. Grabbing a few smaller items, Faith looked at the Gotham map and decided to head for the cemetery in the east part of town just a few mikes outside the Narrows. Heading down the elevator, Faith made her way to the entrance gate underneath the parking structure and jumped down into the large sewer network below the city.

Faith allowed her Slayer senses to take over and soon she found herself where she needed to be. Climbing up a steel ladder, Faith popped out in a deserted alleyway a block from the south side of Gotham cemetery.

Bruce had decided to do a bit of patrolling himself tonight. He hadn't been out in the last few nights because he had been doing research on vampires. Alfred had made inroads to get in touch with his former circle of contacts, and had promised Master Wayne that he would hopefully have some answers soon.

Batman moved stealthily through the east side of town...he was about a mile from the Narrows, a few blocks from Gotham Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in the State. As he moved from rooftop to rooftop, he perched on a building that gave him a perfect vantage point of the south side of the cemetery and the large iron gate that barred intruders from disturbing the dead.

Batman was about to move to another vantage point when he was stopped by the site of someone walking through the graveyard. From here, he could make out a lithe form, fitted in leather...possibly black but it was hard to tell in the darkness surrounding the cemetery. The person wasn't much taller than mid five feet and had two katanas strapped to their back. Batman could also see the hilt of a knife attached to one of the boots. The person looked like they were ready to engage in battle.

Intrigued as he was, he almost missed it when another vampire came out of no where and attacked the leather clad intruder. Batman watched in awe as the person moved with a stealth and grace that he hadn't seen since his days with the League of Shadows. A roundhouse kick to the chest of the vampire creature and the thing flew across the cemetery, landing with a loud crack against a mausoleum wall. It barely fazed the thing, as it was up and fighting with a speed and strength that made Batman wary.

But the warrior was just as formidable, if not more so. Just as strong and fast, soon one of the katana blades came out in a wide arch and cut off the vampires head, turning the creature to ash.

Just as the first had been dusted, two more vampires joined the fray, but instead of running the warrior took them both on simultaneously. Batman watched in awe as the warrior dusted both vampires within the space of a minute.

As the warrior moved further into the cemetery, Batman nearly lost sight of...her? Definitely a woman. But how was that possible? He had barely survived the attack of one of these vampires, so how could a mere slip of a woman have the strength and skill to defend herself against these creatures?

Moving off his vantage point, Batman moved inside the cemetery and started stalking the warrior woman. He kept himself back and out of her line of sight and downwind...not wanting to alert her to his presence.

Faith had dusted three vampires rather quickly when she entered the cemetery and her Slayer senses told her there was one more within the confines of the graveyard. Slowly making her way north, she didn't have long until she spotted the vamp running towards the northern gate trying to get out into the city. Wasting no time, she took off after the vamp, utilizing her Slayer speed to try and catch up with the vampire.

Batman was shocked when he saw the woman take off in a sprint after what he could only assume was another vampire. The reaction time and speed in which she sprinted was astonishing and he did his best to keep up. When he finally saw the vampire, it had reached the northern gate, which was nearly twenty feet tall. The vampire vaulted himself over the gate like it was nothing but that wasn't what made Batman pause in shock. When the woman reached the gate, she didn't stop either but launched herself over the barrier like it was a mere nuisance, landing on her feet on the other side and taking off after the vampire.

Batman took to the skies again, launching himself up onto the nearest rooftop to try and get a better vantage of the chase. Sure enough, he was able to see the woman chase the vampire through several streets until the vamp jumped up onto a dumpster and then proceeded to vault himself up and over several obstacles until he landed on the roof of a five story apartment building.

The warrior followed effortlessly. She jumped, twisted and vaulted her body into mid-air, landing with grace on top of the roof and from there, a chase across the rooftops of Gotham took place as the Dark Knight watched on in astonishment.

Rooftop to rooftop they went, and it wasn't until several buildings later that the vamp realized there was simply no where left to go...so he turned to face his quarry. He never stood a chance. As the warrior vaulted herself head first into a jump, she tucked her body inward and rolled onto the final rooftop, coming up immediately in a crouched position with both katanas at the ready. The scuffle lasted 30 seconds if that, before the vampire was decapitated and dust flew through the air.

The warrior looked around, almost as if she could feel Batman's eyes on her. When she looked over her shoulder, her gaze locked with his. Batman realized he couldn't see her face, it was completely hidden by some kind of mask. Before he could move to intercept the woman, she turned and jumped off the rooftop over six stories down. When Batman made his way to the spot where she had jumped and looked over into the alleyway on the far side of the building, the warrior woman was gone. How could she have survived a jump from that height without severely injuring herself?

Batman stood there for a few moments processing what had just happened. This woman clearly had experience fighting vampires, and what's more, she was a master swordsman. Her style rivaled that of Ra's al Ghul himself and if Batman was honest, she was far superior in her skills. It was like she had been born to be a fighter and the thought gave him pause. Just who was she and why was she here in Gotham? Deciding to head back to the Bat Cave, Batman realized he had more research to do if he was ever going to find out just who and what this woman was.