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Joss Whedon owns everything Buffy.
Rating: PG-13, Language, violence, and a little sexual innuendo.
Pairings: W/T, X/Anya, others later maybe
Time: about midseason of season 5
Summary: A new player arrives in Sunnydale with his own agenda concerning Dawn and Glory. Who is he and how will it affect the gangs future?
After some further discussion, Harry got up and headed for the door. "I'll keep in touch. If you all need my help I'll be around."
"How do we contact you if we need your help?" Giles asked.
"I wrote my cell number down on that note pad on the table. See you all later." He called over his shoulder as he exited the shop.
As soon as the door to the shop closed, Xander looked across the table at Giles and asked, "So, do you think he's on the level, G-Man?"
"I'm not sure, I'll have to research some things. And stop calling me that." He replied as he moved over to a bookshelf and began looking for something.
"Well, he was awfully strong, and fast too." Buffy piped up. "He dusted three vamps in about three seconds. And he threw another one about twenty feet."
"Wow! Anything else?" Willow asked.
"He has a cute little butt" Dawn noted.
"DAWN!" everyone shouted.
"Just an observation." Dawn pouted.
"What can you tell us about him, Anya?" Xander asked.
"Well, I ran up against him about 500 years ago. He hunted me down after I turned two brothers into snakes for having cheated on two sisters. He looked about the same tonight as he did then. I managed to get away just in time or he would have killed me, he was really strong." She replied thoughtfully. Something was nagging at the back of her mind, but she couldn't pin it down just yet.
"The name Kenzig was kind of a legend among Demons. It was kind of like the bogeyman for them. No one really believed he was real. I know I didn't until he beat me half to death" Anya visibly shuddered. "I knew then why they feared him, he didn't die. I eviscerated him and he laughed at me."
"Lovely visual there, Ahn." Xander said as he took her into his arms.
"What about you, Witchy-Woman? Did he give you the wiggins or anything?" Buffy asked Willow.
"No, I didn't get anything from him." Willow replied, "Which is kinda weird, usually I feel something from anybody. With him it was, well, like he wasn't really there. What about you, Tara?"
"He has a really bright aura, one of the brightest I've ever seen. But it was strange, I-I can't be sure but, it seemed to flicker a couple of times." Tara replied thoughtfully, "I've never seen that before."
Giles had returned to the table with a book in his hand and was reading from it, oblivious to everyone else. He finally looked up from the book and muttered, "Well, there is very little written about Kenzig. Mostly legends speaking of him as one of God's avenging angels."
"I suppose that would be the thought, considering that he was hunting Demons for fun." Anya said grumpily.
"So do we trust him?" Buffy asked.
"Well, any help he can give us against Glory would be welcome." Giles said.
"He is a formidable fighter. I think we could use his help." Anya said.
"I vote yes." Xander said.
"As long as he gives us no reason not to." Willow said.
"I think we should, at least for now." Tara said.
"Why not? He is kinda cute." Dawn said. She got an exasperated look from Buffy. "What?"
"Okay, so we accept his help for now." Buffy said firmly, "But we keep an eye on him just in case."
Across town in a cheap motel
A girl was sitting on the bed watching TV, actually, she was flipping through the channels with the remote more for something to do than anything. Inactivity was never her thing. She sighed in frustration and turned off the TV.
A knock came from the door and she got up and moved to the door. She peeked through the little lens in the door to confirm that it was the man she had been expecting, and opened the door. Harry Kenzie came in and took a seat in a well-used armchair.
"So how'd it go?" She asked him.
"Not well." Harry replied as he yawned, "I have to change the plan. Denali is already here."
"How do you know?"
"I saw him. Relax, he didn't see me." He said as she tensed up. "I followed him and saw what he was up too, so there won't be any surprises from him."
"So what is he up too?"
"Exactly what we thought, he's trying to find the key so he can turn it over to Glory."
"So he's out looking for the key?"
"Not exactly."
"What do you mean, not exactly?"
"The devious Bastard has got the Slayer and her friends doing it for him."
"How?"
"Simple, he told them he was me."
"So what do we do now? They think he's you and if you try to approach them they won't believe you. I can't go to them, they'll never believe anything I tell them."
"We don't approach them. We sit back and watch, when he makes his move, we'll make ours. My brother seems to have forgotten that I am capable of more than fighting, that is the weakness we will exploit."
"So, more waiting then. I don't do waiting so well."
"This is your chance for redemption, Faith, don't get antsy on me now. Help me stop Denali, and no one will be able to hold your past over your head anymore. You can finally go on with your life."
Faith didn't reply. She looked at the man before her and thought about the offer he had made her a few weeks ago. Saving the world would definitely go a long way toward evening up the balance sheet on her life. She couldn't afford not to help, and most surprisingly, she wanted to help.
"So what do you want to watch?" She said as she flopped onto the bed and picked up the remote.
"Anything but Weakest Link, Anne Robinson is a Demon."
"For real?"
"Yes, she got away from me about five thousand years ago. If I weren't busy right now, I'd pay her a little visit."
"I'll bet you would. So what does it feel like?"
"What does what feel like?"
"Being so old, I mean, you must've seen some real cool stuff."
"I am not discussing this with you right now."
"C'mon Old Man, spill."
"Faith!"
"Yeah?"
"Don't call me that."
Okay people, you know the drill, review please!
Rating: PG-13, Language, violence, and a little sexual innuendo.
Pairings: W/T, X/Anya, others later maybe
Time: about midseason of season 5
Summary: A new player arrives in Sunnydale with his own agenda concerning Dawn and Glory. Who is he and how will it affect the gangs future?
After some further discussion, Harry got up and headed for the door. "I'll keep in touch. If you all need my help I'll be around."
"How do we contact you if we need your help?" Giles asked.
"I wrote my cell number down on that note pad on the table. See you all later." He called over his shoulder as he exited the shop.
As soon as the door to the shop closed, Xander looked across the table at Giles and asked, "So, do you think he's on the level, G-Man?"
"I'm not sure, I'll have to research some things. And stop calling me that." He replied as he moved over to a bookshelf and began looking for something.
"Well, he was awfully strong, and fast too." Buffy piped up. "He dusted three vamps in about three seconds. And he threw another one about twenty feet."
"Wow! Anything else?" Willow asked.
"He has a cute little butt" Dawn noted.
"DAWN!" everyone shouted.
"Just an observation." Dawn pouted.
"What can you tell us about him, Anya?" Xander asked.
"Well, I ran up against him about 500 years ago. He hunted me down after I turned two brothers into snakes for having cheated on two sisters. He looked about the same tonight as he did then. I managed to get away just in time or he would have killed me, he was really strong." She replied thoughtfully. Something was nagging at the back of her mind, but she couldn't pin it down just yet.
"The name Kenzig was kind of a legend among Demons. It was kind of like the bogeyman for them. No one really believed he was real. I know I didn't until he beat me half to death" Anya visibly shuddered. "I knew then why they feared him, he didn't die. I eviscerated him and he laughed at me."
"Lovely visual there, Ahn." Xander said as he took her into his arms.
"What about you, Witchy-Woman? Did he give you the wiggins or anything?" Buffy asked Willow.
"No, I didn't get anything from him." Willow replied, "Which is kinda weird, usually I feel something from anybody. With him it was, well, like he wasn't really there. What about you, Tara?"
"He has a really bright aura, one of the brightest I've ever seen. But it was strange, I-I can't be sure but, it seemed to flicker a couple of times." Tara replied thoughtfully, "I've never seen that before."
Giles had returned to the table with a book in his hand and was reading from it, oblivious to everyone else. He finally looked up from the book and muttered, "Well, there is very little written about Kenzig. Mostly legends speaking of him as one of God's avenging angels."
"I suppose that would be the thought, considering that he was hunting Demons for fun." Anya said grumpily.
"So do we trust him?" Buffy asked.
"Well, any help he can give us against Glory would be welcome." Giles said.
"He is a formidable fighter. I think we could use his help." Anya said.
"I vote yes." Xander said.
"As long as he gives us no reason not to." Willow said.
"I think we should, at least for now." Tara said.
"Why not? He is kinda cute." Dawn said. She got an exasperated look from Buffy. "What?"
"Okay, so we accept his help for now." Buffy said firmly, "But we keep an eye on him just in case."
Across town in a cheap motel
A girl was sitting on the bed watching TV, actually, she was flipping through the channels with the remote more for something to do than anything. Inactivity was never her thing. She sighed in frustration and turned off the TV.
A knock came from the door and she got up and moved to the door. She peeked through the little lens in the door to confirm that it was the man she had been expecting, and opened the door. Harry Kenzie came in and took a seat in a well-used armchair.
"So how'd it go?" She asked him.
"Not well." Harry replied as he yawned, "I have to change the plan. Denali is already here."
"How do you know?"
"I saw him. Relax, he didn't see me." He said as she tensed up. "I followed him and saw what he was up too, so there won't be any surprises from him."
"So what is he up too?"
"Exactly what we thought, he's trying to find the key so he can turn it over to Glory."
"So he's out looking for the key?"
"Not exactly."
"What do you mean, not exactly?"
"The devious Bastard has got the Slayer and her friends doing it for him."
"How?"
"Simple, he told them he was me."
"So what do we do now? They think he's you and if you try to approach them they won't believe you. I can't go to them, they'll never believe anything I tell them."
"We don't approach them. We sit back and watch, when he makes his move, we'll make ours. My brother seems to have forgotten that I am capable of more than fighting, that is the weakness we will exploit."
"So, more waiting then. I don't do waiting so well."
"This is your chance for redemption, Faith, don't get antsy on me now. Help me stop Denali, and no one will be able to hold your past over your head anymore. You can finally go on with your life."
Faith didn't reply. She looked at the man before her and thought about the offer he had made her a few weeks ago. Saving the world would definitely go a long way toward evening up the balance sheet on her life. She couldn't afford not to help, and most surprisingly, she wanted to help.
"So what do you want to watch?" She said as she flopped onto the bed and picked up the remote.
"Anything but Weakest Link, Anne Robinson is a Demon."
"For real?"
"Yes, she got away from me about five thousand years ago. If I weren't busy right now, I'd pay her a little visit."
"I'll bet you would. So what does it feel like?"
"What does what feel like?"
"Being so old, I mean, you must've seen some real cool stuff."
"I am not discussing this with you right now."
"C'mon Old Man, spill."
"Faith!"
"Yeah?"
"Don't call me that."
Okay people, you know the drill, review please!