A/N: A new character is going to be introduced. You can vote for him at the end of the chapter as well.

Disclaimer: See previous chapters.

Timeline: The gang in Sunnydale gets the pictures Buffy sent them from Christmas. They begin to come to terms with the fact that Buffy is happy with her new life, but they continue to try to find her. Amy starts working with the Mayor (in none rat form).

Votes: Lindsey - 1 Doyle - 1

Chapter 10:

"Run!" Buffy yelled at the top of her lungs at the small street gang fighting a couple of vamps. They acted as if they did not hear her and continued fighting.

Getting annoyed Buffy jumped into the battle. Kick, punch, stake. Kick, punch, stake. She quickly adopted that rhythm and took out half of the vamps. She stopped for a second and watches as one of the people, a black male, take out the last one.

"Who the hell are you?" He yells at her after staking the vamp.

"Buffy Summers." Buffy replied, "Longest living Vampire Slayer. Who are you?"

"Gunn." He replied, "Why the hell should I believe you, Slayer?"

"Okay, let's get one thing straight before we go any further on this matter." Buffy said angrily, "Ex-slayer. I am retired from that gig. I was dead just long enough for the next slayer to be called, and when she died I quiet. I work of the big cheese now, maybe you heard of them, the Powers that Be. Okay."

"What?" Gunn asked her confused.

"Just believe me when I say that the only thing that connects my name with Slayer is my powers and the fact that I am the longest living one." Buffy told him.

"Okay." Gunn replied still unsure of what to make of the 'ex-slayer', "Still, why the hell should we trust you?"

"Because I was sent by the PtB, to help you and your friends with your vampire problems." Buffy told him before walking passed him to his sister, "Hi, you heard what I said right?" she asked Alonna Gunn.

Alonna just nodded.

"Good, I'm going to give you one chance to run before you and Mr. Pointy, here, have a heart to heart." Buffy told her.

"I don't think so." Alonna replied before vamp-ing out.

"Alonna!" Gunn cried out in shock, surprise, and horror.

"What is it big bro?" Alonna asked him, "Don't you still love me?"

"How…?" He simply managed to get out.

"You want to do it?" Buffy asked him offering him her stake, "Because from personal experience I find it's a form of closer and acceptance."

Gunn shakily took the stake from Buffy.

"Now, remember, you put the pointy end in her heart." Buffy reminded him.

He nodded lamely at her words.

"Oh, you could never do that. We could be together forever now, Gunn." Alonna told him.

Gunn let her go to hug him knowing she would try to bite him. Just as he felt her fangs brush, his neck he let the stake push in enough to reach her heart.

Alonna pulled back, "How could you Gunn?" She managed to ask as she became a pile of dust.

"It is okay." Buffy told him.

"How will it be okay?" Gunn finally asked her after about five minutes. All of Gunn's gang had left just after Gunn had dusted his sister.

"I don't know." Buffy told him truthfully, "It will haunt you, but you learn to live with it. How about you come with me." She said pulling him gently by the arm in the direction of her apartment, "My friends and I will help you."

Buffy had managed to get Gunn to her apartment without any troubles. They entered and Buffy was assaulted with questions from her friends.

"Enough!" Buffy finally yelled abruptly stopping the flow of questions from Kate, Doyle, and Lindsey, as well as Dennis, "This is Gunn. He just had to dust his sister; can we show him how we work around here?"

With that everyone, including Dennis much to Lindsey's distaste welcomed Gunn warmly. After making Gunn feel comfortably, everyone settled down.

"So, you guys just wait around for something to do everyday?" Gunn asked them curious.

"We usually have a lot of things to do." Doyle replied, "Lindsey here works at the law firm that wants to kill Buffy."

"I'm not trying to kill her!" Lindsey said at the look Gunn gave him.

"It is true; he lets us know what the place is up too." Buffy supplied.

"Hay, Dennis." Lindsey said suddenly, "Why did you not try to kill Gunn, when he got here, but you tried to kill me?"

Dennis wrote back, "I didn't like you."

Everyone laughed but stopped at the glare Lindsey sent in there direction.

"Gunn." Kate said suddenly, "We can always use some more hands around here; you want to join the team?"

"Sure, why not."