Part 5: Sunnydale

"Is that her?" Willow asked excitedly as she waved their sign reading 'Bri Morris' at another blonde teen that passed by them. When the girl paid them no attention, Willow deflated and dropped the sign to her side.

Buffy laughed light-heartedly at her friend's eagerness. Ever since they'd found out that the new slayer would be coming to live with Buffy and that she wasn't an evil psycho-slayer, everyone had gotten excited about her arrival. It was as if they were waiting for a new baby sister to arrive, instead of a new member of the Scooby gang.

But that's what she was and because of it, all the Scoobies had come to the airport to greet her. Buffy, Giles, Willow, Oz, Xander, Angel, and even Cordelia now stood in the airport terminal eagerly watching each passenger file out of the gate for flight 546. Finally, a blonde girl emerged, her arms full of luggage, and looked around the terminal. Buffy instantly recognized the power and strength emanating from the teen and rushed over to help her with her bags.

"Hi! You must be Bri. I'm Buffy and this is Giles, our watcher, and all the Scoobs- Xander, Willow, Oz, Angel, and Cordelia." Buffy introduced them quickly as she took several bags from her sister slayer. Everyone exchanged polite greetings, Willow even rushed forward and hugged Bri in her excitement. "We're going to drop your stuff off at home and then, if you're not too tired, we can do a quick sweep."

"Sure, I'm up for it." Bri said. "I really wanna go patrolling ASAP. You know, get the lay of the land, see exactly what I'm up against, establish a reputation for myself and all that good stuff."

"Great, then let's get going." Buffy said, leading the way to the parking deck.

"So were there a lot of demons in Virginia?" Buffy asked as she, Angel, and Bri scoured the cemetery.

"Yeah, but from what I've heard, this town will make Richmond seem like Sesame Street." Bri said as she scanned the area to her right.

Buffy nodded. "Hellmouths tend to be somewhat demon infested."

"Speaking of…" Angel said as he spotted a large slime-covered creature a few yards away.

Buffy and Bri dropped into defensive positions immediately, their eyes fixated intensely on the monster looming before them. Bri grinned, twirling her axe in her hand as they began to charge the demon. When it noticed their presence, it let out a feral roar and turned on them with one enormous claw raised to strike.

"Why, Grandma, what big claws you have!" Buffy exclaimed in mock fright.

The demon grinned, showing long yellow teeth. "All the better to rip you to pieces with."

"Ok, a demon that knows nursery rhymes…is anyone else really disturbed at this point?." Bri asked as she swung her axe forward, embedding it in the creature's torso.

It wailed in pain, staggering backwards a few steps. As it did, one claw came crashing down towards the new slayer, slicing across her shoulder and down her arm. Bri didn't flinch. She instead leapt into the air and kicked the axe deeper into the demon's chest. As it collapsed to the ground, Buffy rushed forward, decapitating it to finish it off.

"You Ok?" she asked, hurrying over to where Bri stood clutching her wounded arm.

"Yeah. Had worse."

Angel stepped forward, taking Bri's arm into his hands and inspecting it. "It's not too deep. Should put a bandage on it or something though. Disinfect it." Bri nodded in agreement and as she did, the vampire spotted a scarred pair of twin puncture wounds at the base of the slayer's neck. "When did this happen?" he asked, motioning to the scars.

Bri blanched for a second, her hand coming up to trace the marks on her neck. "Oh…that…I uh, got a little careless one night and a vamp almost got the best of me." the slayer said casually.

Buffy seemed satisfied with her explanation, but Angel saw through the lie. He knew a vampire's claim when he saw one. Those marks had not been made unwillingly. Deciding to keep it to himself, though, Angel remained silent and walked the two slayers back to their home.