Chapter 3: the Bronze, Cemetery, and Vampire Ashes.

"We need one of these." Said Raye, looking around the Bronze.

"Ya, totally." Agreed Mina. " I mean, look at the guys!"

"Ya! A lot look like my old boyfriends though." Said Lita.

Amy rolled her eyes and went back to her book.

"So you guys like this place?" asked Xander. He hadn't said much, but he was beginning to loosen up.

"Ya." They said in unison.

"I just have one question." Said Buffy. "How do you get your hair that long? Or that color?" she asked.

"We've been growing it all our lives." Said Raye.

"It's natural." Said Amy, her nose still in the book.

"Uh huh." said Buffy.

"Back to the books Buffy!" said Willow. "You should be more like Serena here, she hasn't said a word since we got here."

Raye choked on her drink, and Mina fell out of her chair. Lita just stared at Willow. There was a soft thump; Amy had dropped her book.

"What?" asked Willow, looking at them. Then there came a giggle from Serena. She saw everyone staring at her.

"Hmm?" she asked.

"Your, your studying!" cried Raye, still wiping her mouth.

"O, that." Said Serena. "Well, this universes history is like reading a comic book."

They stared at her,

"I mean it. It's because I know none of this ever happened in our world so I'm kind of reading a story." She said.

"How would you know meatball head? You don't even know our universes history." Said Raye.

"Hush!" said Amy. "Let her think that! Maybe she'll learn something."

Serena just looked at her then slammed the book shut. Then Buffy got up and began to head out the door. She walked past without saying where she was going, but Xander and Willow didn't seem to mind or notice. Lita looked after her and began to get up and go after her.

"Don't bother." Said Willow. "She's just going on patrol. If it was anything big she'd tell us."

When Willow went back to the history book, Lita just got up and walked after Buffy mumbling something about having to go to the bathroom.

After she was out of hearing distance she called to Buffy.

"Wait up!"

Buffy turned around and saw Lita coming towards her. "What do you want?" she asked.

"To help you." Said Lita. And to show you that I'm just as powerful, she thought to herself.

Lita followed Buffy in silence through the cold dark streets. Some punks ran laughing and screaming from the cops. She watched them, wondering what the heck they thought they were doing. Buffy had gotten ahead and Lita ran to catch up. A car alarm blasted and it sounded as if a widow was being smashed.

"What's with this town?" she asked aloud.

"It's sunnydale." Was all she got in reply.

When they reached the cemetery, Buffy just sat there and waited.

"What are you waiting for? Didn't you come here to kick some yo.. Vampire butt?" she asked.

"Ya I did." Said Buffy. "I wait for the creeps to crawl out of their graves then stake 'em."

"Graves?" asked Lita.

"Yes graves. Where did you think vampires came from?"

Lita just shrugged and waited. She was almost asleep when there was a deep growl that made her jump. Then she saw a man, yet he wasn't a man. Like the one who'd chased them from their own universe.

Buffy got up and got ready to fight, but the vampire ignored her and headed towards Lita.

Buffy was about to cry out for her to run, but Lita just took out a wand that looked like a harp without any strings a green crystal on top.

"Jupiter Crystal Power!" she called, raising the wand high into the air.

Buffy started to cover her eyes as Lita transformed, but as soon as she did, it was over.

The vampire wasn't at all phased, he just kept charging.

"Oak evolution!" she cried and hit the vamp with her shocking electric leaves.

The vamp screamed but was still coming. Lita tossed a small compact to Buffy as she began to fight the vamp.

"Call the others!" she called as she kicked the vampire in the stomach.

"What? And why?" asked Buffy.

"Because we need help." Was the reply.

Lita kicked the vampire hard again and he fell back. She called her attack again and hit him. The vampire fell to the ground, looking a lot like a pathetic human.

"On the other hand don't." she said. "They'll just say he's human and we can't hurt him."

She kicked him into the ground again as Buffy watched.

"This is your area, why don't you help?" she called as she punched the vampire in the face.

"O, right." Said Buffy.

She walked over to Lita and handed her a stake.

"What's this for?" she asked, but the moment she spent saying it the vampire jumped up and pushed her into the ground.

Buffy jumped him and began to punch,

"It goes. In the heart." She replied as she punched.

Lita guessed what she had to do and stabbed the vampire once. She missed.

"try again!" called Buffy.

So she did. This time the stake struck true and the vampire disapeared in a flash of ashes.

Lita coughed and sneezed as it fell into her face. Buffy rolled to Lita's side as she fell.

Lita stood up and dusted off her fuku. She saw Buffy watching her and asked, "what?"

"what kind of outfit is that?" she said.

" it's my fuku. My battle outfit." Lita said.

"you fight in that?"

"you just saw me didn't you?"

Buffy sighed and lita added. "lets just go back to the others and we'll try and explain.