CHAPTER 9

Buffy looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She liked what she saw. Her hair tied up in a nice pony tale. A soft purplish top and a brown long skirt covered her entire body. She turned herself to check out her back when she noticed Giles standing there. "Hey", she said.

"If you were wondering…", Giles started. "Kat seems to be one of us".

"I know", Buffy said as she placed her dirty clothes in her bag. "But there is more on your mind".

"What do you mean?", Giles asked crossing his arms.

"Come on", Buffy said. "You just want to scream it out. Something is in the back of your head".

"Well", Giles started. "I do not feel comfortable in knowing what is to come".

"But you wanted to know", Buffy pressed.

"That is not the point", Giles said. "The point is that now, we have to worry about making things come out the way they are suppose to".

"Good", Buffy said touching her chest. "I thought it was something we had never done before. Come on Giles. Relax. We've done things like this before".

Giles grabbed his glasses and started cleaning them. "I just wish I could be so sure as you are".

*****

"It is the middle of August", Kat said. "Why are people in school".

"It is college life", Xander said. "Extra courses. More credit".

"Oh", Kat said with a smile. "Than this is going to be easier than I thought".

"What?", Xander said. "Who are we looking for?"

"You will know when we see him", Kat said as she eyed the students entering and exiting one of the buildings. That is when she saw him. The dark haired man. He was talking to a girl sitting on a bench. "Found him", Kat said as she walked towards him.

"Who?", Xander said looking at the direction the girl was going. "Parker?. You wanted that guy".

"Parker", Kat called. "I have been looking all over for you".

Parker looked at the girl with confused eyes. "Excuse me?", he said.

"I just wanted to tell you that I went to the clinic and the tests came out positive", Kat said. "And since you were the last guy I slept with, I wanted to be frank with you".

Parker panicked as he looked at the girl he had been hitting on. "I guess you guys have got some issues", the girl said as she stood up and left the awkward scene.

"What was that?", Parker asked. "Do I know you?".

"No", Kat said. "Thank god. If you knew me, I would probably kill myself"

"Than…", Parker started.

"That scene", Kat concluded. "That is just one example on how my family failed to teach me true values like forgive and forget or not to do what you wouldn't want to be done on yourself. The other example is this". Finishing the sentence Kat fired a rock solid right at the young gigolo's jaw. The man fell with a thud. "Thanks to you I have this disease!", Kat said quite loud with crocodile tears coming out of her eyes. "I have to give up everything now because of you!". Than, the brown haired girl ran off from the place.

Xander flinched just like everyone else who had witnessed the scene. He did it for a different reason though. He followed the path the brown haired girl had taken. I guess Parker will be getting some lonely nights for a while Xander thought to himself.

*****

Buffy put down her crossbow and headed towards the door. She opened it and in front of her stood Willow with a worried frown on her forehead. "What?", Buffy asked.

"Why didn't you call?", Willow asked the slayer.

Buffy thought for a moment. She than slapped herself on the forehead. "Will", Buffy said. "I am so sorry. I just got tied up".

"I bet", Willow said as she sat on the couch. "Vampires?"

"Something like that", Buffy said. "This vampire wants to cause some trouble".

"I guess nothing is new", Willow said.

"Actually there is", Buffy said. "A friend has dropped by and needs some help".

"Help?", Willow asked. "What kind of help?"

"The kind that involves witchcraft and two qualified witches", Buffy answered.

"You mean Tara too", Willow said.

"Can you contact her?", Buffy asked. "It is not an emergency thing, but my friend said that she needs you two and I wondered how fast I can put two and two together".

"Who is this friend?", Willow asked.

"It is a long story", Buffy said.

"She is a slayer from the future", Giles said as he entered the room. "She is here to help Buffy fight a vampire who is here to kill her before she can stop the apocalypse".

Buffy rubbed her temples in desperation. If there is anything she really hates is for somebody to do a truly short summary of a long story. Willow looked at her friend. "Apparently the story wasn't that long", Willow said.

"Can you contact Tara?", Buffy asked again.

"I believe I can", Willow said. "So this slayer is from the future. She is not evil right?".

"We don't think so", Giles said.

"Oh good", Willow said. "Another evil slayer is something we can do with out in our time of hiatus".

"She is a good guy", Buffy said. "She told me she needed two witches to take her back to the right time".

"Good as done", Willow said nodding her head. "So, what do we know about our future?"

Giles coughed rather loudly. Buffy looked at him and than looked at Willow. "Great things", Buffy said with a smile. "All we have to do is survive five more years and we are home free".

Willow groaned a bit. "At least we are relieved", Willow said. "What about this apocalypse. How do we stop it?"

"The girl didn't say", Buffy said. "But she did say that we win".

"Good", Willow said. "That will show evil. Where is the girl?"

"Out with Xander", Buffy said. "They will be here in a minute".

*****

Athena looked at the hellhounds one of her loyal followers had brought. They were savage and ready to strike. "Why do we need these?", she asked Galgamesh who was busy examining the beasts.

"Reinforcements", the evil vampire said. "I need every available card on this".

"The way we are going", Athena started. "If we fail, our numbers will be totally lowered".

"That is not going to happen", the evil one said. "Trust me. It will be worth it. Without the slayer, no one will be able to protect what is rightfully ours".

"You will lead the attack than?", Athena asked

"Yes", Galgamesh answered. "And your clan will go into the history books for being the ones that destroyed the keystone in good's master plan. Remember this day. For what is good and pure will be forgotten. We will occupy our rightful spot in the survivor chain. From this day on look at the slayer and make sure you remember her. You will see her no more".