Xander looked around the store gathering everything he needed pants, gun, knife, and a nice leather jacket. He has money this year and he plans to use it.
Xander looked at the school and saw his kids get in line see that the coat makes the guy apparently. He looked over and saw Cordy dressed up in a beautiful red dress. He then saw Snyder come in and started giving her a hard time.
Snyder looked her over. "Ms. Chase, I'll have you know that this is far from appropriate attire for tonight's festivities."
Cordy looked at him she saw this red number at party town and wasn't willing to give it up. "It's a dress principal Snyder it's not like it's a thong. Besides it's important to my costume..."
Snyder eyed her over and sensed her lie with a smug smile. "Really then describe to me what this costume is."
Xander watched the scene this isn't his problem. Just walk away. Turn around and walk away Cordelia is supposed to be the enemy her pain should bring him glee. Xander looked away before rolling his eyes god damn it. He walked over sliding his jacket off.
Xander approached Cordelia with a smile. "You left this at my house."
Cordy stood in confusion seeing the dweeb put his jacket on her. Why is she feeling like this since Daryl. "I did… right I did."
"Well the dress is nice but without the leather jacket you don't really look like Alice from Resident Evil." Xander added.
Cordy smiled catching on to his idea. "Yeah, nice job on the scars too for your costume."
"Thanks" Xander replied. "Principal Snyder what can we do for you?"
Snyder walked past the two ignoring them seeing Buffy come in giving him a brand new target.
Cordelia held her chest wondering what the hell this dweeb's jacket did to her. All she wanted was a nice dress. The soul that took over Cordelia looked around for a moment. And while there are monsters she's pretty sure this isn't the T-Virus.
Xander was walking down the block trying to wrap his head around this madness. Well not that mad but still not a typical day. He bumped into another guy with blond hair and a leather coat who just looked at him.
Spike took a moment looking this man over. There's something familiar about him but he can't quite place it. He's not the slayer he thinks he's one of her people as far as he knows but much taller. But he's familiar and dear god is his face messed up it looks like he went face first into a lawnmower. "Bloke. what the hell happened to you."
"I fell down some stairs." Xander replied.
Spike looked at him as he turned to game face and growled at seven feet this should be a fun warmup to the weakened Buffy. "Was there a wood chipper at the bottom of them?"
Xander looked at Spike and smiled he can always tell the psychotic ones. "That there is one damn fine coat you're wearin".
Cordelia's costume was exploring the streets knocking down demons that crossed her path she doesn't want to kill any unnecessary demons and unlike the zombies she doesn't know if these can become human again.
She hears a woman scream and quickly runs out to help the girl. To her surprise she sees someone else with a brutal face but faces don't really mean that much to her. Cordelia sees the hulking man beating the hell out of a pirate by smashing his head into a car door. She also sees a noblewoman pulling up her dress and covering up.
Cordelia kneels down next to the girl and helps her with her dress. "What's your name?"
"Elizabeth Anna O' Conner" The noblewoman replied.
"That's a mouthful. My name is Alice." Alice replied watching the beating. "Any idea who the big guy is?"
"He's a monster." Elizabeth replied.
Alice walked over to the hulking man and damn. That's a nice coat. "I think it's over."
The man pulled out a knife as the pirate shook in fear. "Not yet."
Alice rolled her eyes. "You're just supposed to scare guys like this."
"Blood is scary." The man pointed out.
Alice sighed in frustration she's using her powers to pop the blood vessels in his head in thirty seconds. She grabbed the knife and informed him. "It's enough as is."
Xander looked at the girls and saw he was scaring the other one. The one in the fancy dress wouldn't last a day where he's from. "Sorry I get lost, confused, and nothing pisses me off more then a rude lug attacking a woman."
Alice nodded in understanding and she thought guys like this were dead. "It's OK my name is Alice. What's your name?"
"Marv" Xander replied taking a moment to look her over in the red dress clinging off her curves and given the muscles on her she probably fights as good as she looks. He looks at her and smiles girl like that would never touch him. "That is one fine coat you're wearing."
Alice looked at her clothes and can only laugh seeing she's back into what she wore in the hive. "Not really, belonged to an asshole."
"Can't be that bad if you're wearing his coat." Marv pointed out.
Alice rolled her eyes and explained her 'husband' in a very blunt matter. "He fucked me and then he fucked the whole world over all in the name of money."
Marv looked at her now who would screw over such a beautiful woman. "You got an address for this guy?"
"That's kind of you, but I already split his skull with an ax." Alice replied.
Marv let out a smile that to his surprise didn't frighten her away. "Lady, you're my kind of crazy."
They both laugh until they see a redhead run up to them and then literally through a car. "Oh thank god you guys found Buffy. Come on we have to get inside right now."
Marv looked at her this has been a weird night.
Alice asked the rational question. "Do you know what's going on?"
Willow nodded and explained everything and Alice listened to the story with more enthusiasm then Marv. But eventually both agreed to follow this Willow person.
Marv sat by the window watching the city burn from their house Alice is guarding downstairs which leaves him as lookout. He took a bottle of booze from the fridge for himself as company. He'd rather be using Gladys right now to find the person that killed Goldie but all things in time.
Marv watched the door open and saw the beauty of Old Town come into the room. "I'm going to kill everyone that had a hand in what happened to you Goldie. Just give me time."
Marv watched as Goldie emerged from the shadows revealing Alice. He really needs his meds. "Sorry… I-I get confused. Why aren't you watching the ground?"
"According to Willow Elizabeth's boyfriend showed up so it freed me up. So who's Goldie?" Alice asked.
Marv looked away. "Not your business."
Alice looked at him. Yeah, like she's really going to look the other way hearing him call her a completely different name. "She important to you, were you her bodyguard?"
Marv looked at her. "Way I look, Goldie was the only woman who'd ever look at me. Then add to that how I get confused."
"You ever see anyone about that confusion?" Alice asked. It can't possibly be healthy.
"Lucille tried to have her girl analyze me but I scared the hell out of her. Pills are just easier." Marv answered.
Alice rolled her eyes the joys of pharmaceuticals. "If you knew my life you'd doubt that. You really think there was only one person for you?"
"None of the girls trusted me because of how I looked not that I can blame them." Marv replied knowing full well even Goldie likely just wanted a bodyguard. "Goldie didn't I fell in love with her now I'm just working my way up to who killed her."
Alice frowned. Goldie sounded like a wonderful woman.
"So why are you being nice to me, most women would flee?" Marv asked.
Alice shrugged and gave what she thought looking at the tall man. "You remind me of Matt. A pharmaceutical company experimented on us and when they were done with him, he was as tall as you and ten times as ugly."
"He's dead?" Marv asked.
Alice nodded and fought off the tears. "The company tried to kill me with a helicopter gunner. Matt shot it down with a rocket and he was tough, damn near bulletproof, but having a helicopter crush you will probably kill anything."
Marv had a smile on his face. "Defiant to the end, that's how I'd go out."
Alice smiled sitting next to him. "That's what the blood on your jacket says."
Marv smiled seeing that must have been when he gouged the eyes out of the previous owner weird thing was he turned to dust when he died.
Alice smiled taking the bottle from him taking a swig. "To the people we lost."
Marv smiled as he took the bottle off her. "And making the ones responsible pay."
Alice nodded in agreement as he took a drink. Alice decided why not since Goldie is dead and gently kissed him as Marv was taken back by the initiative before deepening the kiss as the spell broke.
Xander and Cordelia broke apart the kiss coming to an abrupt halt.
"Well, that was unexpected." Xander quipped.
Cordelia nodded not moving. "We should really check on the oth…" Her last train of thought broken when they return to kissing. This must never reach word to the outside world.
Two months later
Xander stood there listening to the plan… this plan is bullshit. "Ok… who the hell came up with this?"
Buffy turns to him in the library like she's having a much better night. She lost Angel and they have a demonic mass murdering smurf to deal with this. "You did, remember?"
"As a joke" Xander replied. "Sending Cordelia against this guy was me making a joke."
Willow looked at him. "Probably upset we're just sending in his girlfriend."
Xander rolled his eyes. "You know, you brought a date for Buffy's birthday why am I on trial for this. And that's not the point anyway, the judge burns humanity and Cordelia, is very much human." As he learned from the past two months seeing far more from the cheerleader thanks to sharing Halloween trauma thier costumes had and her freaking out her friends by having a telekinetic episode in the girl's locker room when they grilled her about talking to Xander and sending all the girls half naked into the hall. Best… day… ever.
Cordelia squeezed her boyfriend's arm gently. Xander is an impressive seven foot which they just say gigantism and everyone brought it thanks to hellmouth cover. He's also one hell of a fighter now but he can very easily be burned and that scares her more then anything. "Look for whatever reason when the Judge held me at the factory nothing happened. So the T-Virus is protecting me from him and I am the only one that can stop him. I'm doing it get over it cave troll."
"And all of the sudden I'm missing dweeb." Xander finished. He wishes he knew how to steal a rocket launcher.
Buffy led everyone out. "OK you guys know the plan me and Xander will shoot him with crossbows and keep him distracted while Cordy cuts his damn head off. Let's get in Oz's van and get to the factory."
With that the group left ready to go out swinging in this last ditch effort to save the world.
Author's Notes
Sin City is owned by Frank Miller
Alice is owned by…. Maybe Capcom Maybe Paul WS Anderson but definitely not me.