TITLE: Slayer's Knight 2 AUTHOR: STEPHEN HOWE
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DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss!
He created everything! Set in season
6.Some spoilers but mostly AU. Xander has discovered his destiny only to have
it ripped away from him. Dawn is still here .Set just after the battle with
Glory , with a flashback at the beginning to events after Joyce's funeral. BUFFY'S PLACE``````````` Buffy glared at her. " Dawn! I
don't know what it is. I've had this feeling deep down inside that if I even whisper
his name he'll runaway like Riley or turn evil like Angel." "
Hah! Do the words fat and chance mean anything to ya?" She sits next to
Buffy. " Go to the bank find out what's going on then we can confront him,
assuming it is him." "
Then what? if it is him just what do we do?" Buffy runs a hand through her
hair. " I mean we can't let him continue to bankrupt himself and sleep on
Giles's couch just so we can live here?" Dawn grins.
" I have an idea!" She glares at her. " But he's still mine so
hands off the merchandise!" Buffy places a hand over hers. "
Believe me when I say... If I even see him look at you like he wants to kiss
you he'll be in jail worrying about being Mrs. Mass murderer before he gets
within a foot of you !" 6:45
pm- THE MAGIC BOX. Giles
is watching Xander as he trains and he is impressed to say the least."
You're still not watching your left Xander." Xander
grins then picks up the metal arm pads and slips them on. " Pick up a pig
sticker and show me then." Giles takes off
his jacket and goes to the armory and comes back with his favorite sword, he
salutes Xander and they begin to fight. After half an hour Giles holds up his
hand and falls to his knees panting for his life while Xander is still twirling
the blade like Conan the Barbarian. A
fact that Buffy notes. " So 'Conan' are you finished with the pensioners?
Are you up for the next level?" Xander
grins and salutes her with the sword. " Ready to see your sister's ass get
kicked Dawn?" Dawn
had her arms crossed as she glared at Xander. " Depends are you ready to
tell the truth?" Xander hesitated and his
mask slipped. " What are you talking about?" Dawn left the
doorway and returned with a gym bag throwing it on to the floor. " So
what's this? Your laundry? And just why don't you invite us to your apartment
anymore?" Xander stuttered. "
Wwell Since Anya left it got to big for me so I let the lease slip." Buffy tapped him on the
shoulder with the tip of her sword. " Ready to rumble? Or are you going to
spill?" Xander looked to
Giles who shrugged. " I.. I can't tell you so it looks like we
rumble." Buffy gave him
everything she had until he was pinned to the floor by the point of her sword.
She huffed. " So do you yield?" Xander
held his hand up and waited till he caught his breath then pointed down to his
sword hand. Buffy looked down and followed the blade till the end touched just
under her shirt. " It's called stale mate Buffster. You move we both
go." She eased up and let him stand then attacked him again this time she knocked
the sword from his hands. She
grinned, expecting him to surrender but instead he went on the attack. The
metal arm pieces taking the force of her strikes till he managed to trip her
landing on top of her .He pinned her arms behind her head and lowered his face
to hers. " So do you yield my lady?" All
during the fight she couldn't help but notice that something was changing in
the man she knew but as soon as he grinned at her and moved his face close her
heart jumped and she used her slayer muscle to throw him off. She
glared at him. " Okay dog boy just how long have you had it back?" Xander laughed as he grabbed a towel and
proceeded to dry himself off. " Relax Buff it's under control." Giles looks
between them. " Sorry did I just miss something?" "
Hyena boy is back Giles! " Xander
held up his hands. " Whoa! Wait just a freaking' minute there. It's not
back Cuz it never left ... Well that's what ... Oh to hell with you!"
Xander ran from the room just as Willow and Tara came into the shop. Willow ran
into the training room. " Why did Xander just do the Jessie Owens on
us?" Dawn
slumped into a chair. " We were just going to find out about him when
Buffy went all creepazoid on him." Buffy glares at her. " Well you
did! So what if you think he's acting like a dog? I wanted to find out what
he'd say about the payments!" Willow
smiles at Dawn. " A dog?" Buffy
looks at Willow. " Hyena boys back." Willow
begins to freak. " Holly shit no!" She runs over and locks the door
then comes back. " He didn't ... You know ... Do anything to you?" " What? No! " Buffy
exclaims Dawn sidles
up to Willow." Did he ... What?" Willow
tells her. " Well when he was possessed he tried to .... I'm trying to
find a kind way of saying rape but there is none. " Dawn looks at Buffy
then before Willow finishes. " Then he tried to eat me." " How
come he's still alive?" "
Because he was possessed!" Buffy and Willow answered her at the same time.
Giles
walks over to the phone. " I think we need someone to talk to this
Host!" He picks the phone up and dials Angel's number. " Meanwhile I
think the rest of you should find Xander before something else happens. THE RUINS OF SUNNYDALE HIGH.
Willow
found Xander sitting on the remains of the school steps staring off into the
night. " Hey you. " Willow said to him. " Hey yourself."
Xander replied as she sat next to him. " Don't Ya know it's dangerous out
here at night?" Xander grinned at her.
" Haven't you heard I'm the next big bad?" Willow
rested her head on his shoulder. " Oh I somehow doubt that Xander. You
forget I'm a witch." " So?" Xander
asked. Willow
blushed. " I caste a spell so I could hear what the Host told you...almost
all of it Xander." Xander
turned to her. " Again. So?" " I know he told you
something about your destiny. I didn't get that much but I did hear him say
your inner selves would come forth before your destiny came." She grips
his hand. " I take it your inner selves were the Hyena and?
...." "
Soldier boy is back too. " Xander smiled." In fact the 'Sarg'is
keeping dog boy in check." Xander stiffened and looked into the night.
" Shit! Willow run ... Now!" Willow
looked into the night. " Why? I don't see... Crap!" Xander stood as three Vamps
made their way into the light. " Hey kids don't you know this building's
condemned?" Xander shook his head. "
Why don't we cut the chit chat and get on with the dance?" He saw them
look at each other before they Vamped out and faced him. " There we go..
That wasn't hard now was it?" Xander turned his neck till it popped and he
smiled at them. " Sarge says it's playtime!" END OF 2