CHAPTER 5
"What do you mean your hair changes color from time to time?", Buffy asked.
"You are the one to talk", Kat retorted back. "Let me see. How many tones of blonde can there be?"
Buffy gasped. She than slumped back into the front seat of the car. Giles just looked at her disapprovingly.
"I always wanted to say that", Kat said to Xander who sat next to her.
"Ok", Xander said. "You have talked about us beating the many evils and living in a perfect world. Now let us move to more important things. What happens to me?"
"Xander…", Giles started.
"It's ok", Kat said. "I supposed Xander here should learn that he is the most sought out human after the slayers".
"Really?", Xander said with a smile.
"Slayers?", Buffy asked.
"With the New Watchers Council and all, we need a hand", Kat said.
The car abruptly stopped. "What?!", Giles exclaimed.
Kat looked at all staring back at her. "Ooops", she said softly. "Um… that… you weren't suppose to know".
"Explain yourself", Giles said.
"Ok", Kat said. "But of course you cannot do anything about it. Remember that. To end Apocalypse, you all, and I mean all head to NY, to pull of the deed. Meanwhile evil strikes London, destroying the watchers council"
"What happens afterwards?", Giles asks.
"I though you were doubtful about knowing to much about your future", Kat said. Giles was taken back by the answer. She was right. That was until she smiled at him. "It is ok", she said. "You have all demonstrated it cannot be changed. After the Apocalypse the sole survivors create a New Watcher's Council here. That is the new reformed council".
"How reformed?", Buffy asks.
"What would you change if you were in charge?", asked Kat.
Buffy thought for a moment. The Watcher's Council had always been a pain. Still, she had never thought in changing anything about it. She looked at Giles who was waiting for answer. "What?", Buffy asked. "I have no idea".
"Anyways", Kat said. "One of the things changed is that, a slayers period is conformed of 15 years in service".
"That is a pretty chunck of your life", Xander said.
"And", Kat continued. "The slayers start at the age of 15".
"Still", Buffy said. "Why slayers? It has always been one".
"To keep it safe", Kat said. "I am the last lone slayer".
"Which means?", Buffy asked.
"After her period is over, the council will activate a small number of the girls with the birthright", Giles concluded.
"What?", Buffy asked.
"And you people say you know nothing", Kat said.
"When I got used of becoming your watcher", Giles told Buffy. "I had the idea of activating all the girls with the birthright at the same time. Take all to the center of the problem, and not destroy their lives like others have".
"What is this birth right", Xander asked.
"During a certain time", Giles explained. "Few girls are born with slayer capacity. For some strange reason, only one is picked. When the chosen one dies, one of the others replaces her".
"That is no more", Kat said. "Thank god you put that idea in the suggestions box".
"Ok", Xander said. "We still haven't reached my part".
*****
"So", Galgamesh concluded. "If she dies now, nothing of that will happen".
All the vampires looked at him as if he had lost his mind. Athena smiled at him. "All I believe is that the slayer must die", she said. "How do you plan to succeed where others have failed".
"I have learned much of the slayers", the evil demon said. "Other vampires have failed because of the honor they have. Having the key of the slayer's destruction and not using it has been our downfall".
"Why?", one asked. "Why would we do that".
"Because smart vampires only want one thing of the slayer", Galgamesh answered. "Their blood. There has been and idea so old as this world, that involves the destruction of the slayer. The great vampire minds have known this all along".
"Why haven't they used this method", Athena asked.
"Because the method poisons the blood of the slayer", Galgamesh said. "It does not make it pure as we all desire it. The old vampires know the power of the blood. Because of this greed, they haven't used the method".
"Which is?", Athena asked.
Galgamesh smiled at the question. His smile grew as he answered the question. "The right of passage".
*****
"The right of passage", Faith said as she looked at the dark night. "I loved it".
"You went through it?", the young blonde six year old asked as she looked at the fresh graves.
"Hell yeah", Faith said. "They wanted to put it the reformed way, but I insisted in going through exactly what your mom went through".
"What happens exactly?", Kat asked.
"Well", Faith started. "When you turn 18, you take a small pill. It puts you in a weakened state for a while. Than, you are locked inside a house with a vampire. The cool part is how finding out how to kill him".
"Why would any slayer want to go through that?", Kat asked.
"Would you want to do it?", Faith asked. Kat shook her head. Just the thought of it would give her nightmares that night. "It is ok to say no", Faith continued. "Now, before you endure it, you will be asked if you want to go through it or not".
"I will say no", Kat said.
"Cool", Faith said. All of the sudden two vampires appeared in front of them. Faith only smiled. "The new or old fashioned way?", she asked.
"The old", Kat answered. "I have seen the new to many times now".
"Take a close look now", Faith said. "I ain't doing it again". After saying that, the brunette handed a small stake to the young girl. "Just in case", she said. She than stood in front of the demons. "Let us see if we remember. Ah yes". Saying this, the trained slayer smashed one of the vampire's kneecaps with a rapid kick. With the same leg, she kicked the other creature in the face snapping his head back.
Kat watched the action with curiosity. I could do that, she thought to herself as she sat on top of a large tombstone. Faith meanwhile, grabbed one of the vampire's arms and threw him against a tree. The vampire gasped for breath. It didn't do him any good, because what he felt next was a wooden object being rammed through his back. Faith turned back and smiled at the child. She than, slowly walked to the remaining demon. She picked him up and kneed him in the face. She than punched him on the chest, following the blow with an uppercut.
Kat smiled at the control the brunette had over the situation. All of the sudden, she heard a crumpling sound. She looked down and saw a vampire coming out of the grave. The young girl tensed and tightened her grip on her stake. The creature hadn't realized she was there. He just steeped out and looked at the violence in front of him. Than dust. Faith smiled at her deed and looked back at the little girl. Her smile faded though when she saw the vampire. "Um…", Faith started. The girl did not have a chance to finish the sentence, when the vampire screamed in pain and turned to ashes. As the dust cleared she saw little Kat trembling from what she had just done. Faith smiled warmly as she approached the young girl. She slowly stroke her head. "It is ok", Faith said. "Remember. Only demons. Not humans".