"The Many Loves of Xander Harris."
Disclaimer: I still own nothing.
Category: ???
Author's Note: Thanks to all of you who continue to read this story.
Quote: "How about no, you crazy Dutch bastard?" Dr. Evil
Giles sat staring at the now complete translation.
"The White Knight is in danger," he repeated to himself.
He searched his memory trying to figure why the term "White Knight" sounded familiar. Then he suddenly remembered.
"This is not good. This is not good at all," he said to himself.
Xander sat at the bar in the Bronze when much to his surprise Giles walked in. Xander, seeing his chance to torture Giles a bit, walked up to him.
"Hey, G-Man," he greeted.
Giles whirled around obviously surprised to see Xander.
"Xander! Do you know where Buffy and Angel are?"
Xander shook his head. "No. Why do you do want know?"
The older man motioned for the younger one to follow him out. "Listen, I have reason to suspect that Angel's life, or rather unlife, may be at risk."
Xander looked at the watcher puzzled. "Why?"
Giles told him about the call and the voice. "So are you sure you don't know where they are?"
Xander nodded. "But I think I know something you'd like to know."
"What?" asked the librarian.
Xander gave him a lopsided grin. "The real identity of the White Knight."
"Who is it?" asked Giles, clearly interested.
"Me."
Benji woke up from his slumber when someone started pounding on his door. "Who the bloody hell is it?" he asked, while cursing Spike inside his head.
"It's me," came Xander's voice.
Benji, glad that his vampire roommate was gone, pulled on his pants and opened the door. Xander stood on the other with an unconscious Giles leaning on his back.
"What happened?" Benji asked as he stepped aside to let Xander in.
The young man set his older friend down before answering the demon's question.
"I told him that I was the White Knight," Xander said.
"You did what?" Benji hollered.
Xander winced and gave Benji a small look. "I had too. Anyway, when he wakes up you and me are going to tell him everything."
Benji shook his head. "First the werewolf, then the watcher. Honestly, no one knows the meaning of secret identity anymore."
Giles, Xander, Oz, and Benji entered Sunnydale High School's cafeteria. After explaining to Giles what had happened they picked up Oz and headed to the school to find out what could be after Xander. Now, however they were taking a break and stealing some food from the cafeteria.
"So how do we stand on demon threats?" asked Oz.
Giles shrugged. "There are so many enemies of the White Knight that it is almost impossible to find out which one is after him."
"The demons in this town are afraid of him," Benji cut in.
"How do you know?" asked Xander.
Benji looked at Xander. "Promise you won't hurt me?" the demon asked.
Xander nodded. "How do you know?"
"I've had Spike check out the town."
"Spike!" Xander and Giles shouted at the same time.
"Listen, Spike is Xander's virtue," said Benji.
"Virtue?" Oz asked.
"Yeah. He's sorta like Xander's sidekick."
Xander shook his head. "No way am I having that bloodsucking fiend as my sidekick," he protested.
"You have no choice. Just like you are the White Knight and Buffy is the Slayer, Spike is the virtue," Benji said.
"But why Spike?" Xander asked.
"Well virtue's are always vampires and this it just happened to be Spike. He's already given up being evil and who do you think was the that Giles heard?"
"That was Spike?" asked Giles.
"Yeah."
"But he tried to kidnap Giles," Oz said.
Giles looked at his feet. "Actually it would seem that Spike was trying to save me."
"What?" asked Xander.
"He tried to stop Fereck from killing or kidnapping me. Unfortunately Fereck and his vampires overpowered him."
Xander glanced at Benji who was grinning. "Trust him now?" the demon asked.
"Yeah. I guess," Xander admitted reluctantly.
Benji smiled. "Good. Now we can focus on the problem at hand. Who the hell wants Xander dead."
"And scaring the other demons," Oz added.
"Well, lets get started," Giles, said.
The next night Xander walked into the library hoping to get a head start on researching what was out to get him. However, for the second time in two days Xander had walked into the middle of a Scooby meeting that was taking place without him.
"What's going on?" asked Xander.
Giles looked at him. "Apparently last night you attacked Angel."
"What?"
"You heard him," Buffy said.
"Yeah, I did. But he and Oz can both tell you that I was here with them. Researching," Xander protested.
"Is this true?" Buffy asked.
Giles and Oz nodded. "We were about to tell you when Xander walked in," Oz said.
"So, what? Angel's a liar?" Buffy demanded.
"Buffy. We're not saying Angel is a liar. We are just saying that he was mistaken as to who attacked him," said Giles.
"Angel what time did Xander attack you?" Buffy asked the vampire.
"I'd say about three," the vampire answered.
"And what time did you stop researching?" the Slayer asked her Watcher.
"Four."
The cockiness in Buffy's voice disappeared as she said, "Oh."
Xander smiled. "See Buff, I couldn't have harmed Deadboy, even if I wanted too."
"Then who did?" Buffy asked him.
Xander shrugged. "I don't know. Deadboy, what did your attacker look like?"
"You."
"Well this seems to be getting nowhere pretty fast," Oz commented.
Giles nodded in agreement. "I believe that we should all take a breather and go about business as usual. Oz, Xander, and I will continue our research on how Angel walks in the day and is back and you all just go about your regular ways."
With that everyone, minus Oz and Xander, headed out.
"Good cover up, G-Man," Xander said.
"Who said anything about cover up? I need figuring out this whole Angel mess." With that the Watcher tossed Oz and Xander some books.
Gregory knew that his life was in danger. When his brother Jack had gone off and joined forces with that Fereck guy Gregory had refused to join him. When his brother had turned up dusted he thought that he was going to be all alone in the world. Then he met the boss.
The boss was a great guy and he let him have more responsibility than Jack ever did. As a matter of fact the boss had called him his 'right hand man'. Now he was leading a pack of vampires to make a dangerous deal for the boss. The plan was that once they knew whom they were dealing with they would kill them and tell the boss who had moved in on his territory.
Now Gregory found himself face to face with some nasty looking demons. "Do you have the stuff?" their leader asked.
Gregory nodded. He handed over the briefcase he had been carrying. The demon checked the contents and once he was satisfied that everything was in order he nodded to another demon, who brought a duffle bag forward. "That's your blood," the demon stated.
Gregory took the bag and handed it to the vamp behind him. "So why do you need those books?" he asked, hoping to sound casual.
"You'll soon find out," the demon answered.
Gregory turned to his followers. "All right boys, lets head out!"
As an afterthought he turned to the demon. "So who do you work for?"
The demon grinned. "I work for four guys not one you fucking asshole."
Gregory nodded. "Cool."
The demon shook his head. "Kill these jackasses," he commanded his group.
The next thing Gregory knew a fight had erupted. He dove for the briefcase but came up short. "Shit," he cursed under his breath. The demon stomped on his hand causing major pain.
The demon delivered a kick to his face and when Gregory began to clutch his face the demon ran off with the briefcase. Gregory dragged himself to cover of some bushes and hid there waiting for his face to heal. When it did he would report all he knew to the boss.
Benji entered the library to find Giles, Xander, and Oz in the middle of an intense research session. He tried to turn away without anyone noticing he was in there when Giles' voice said, "Don't even try it, Benji. Since you are here you might as well make yourself useful."
Benji sighed. "Goddamn you Giles and your super hearing," Benji whined.
"I smelled you," Oz said.
"Well that's because you're a werewolf," Benji said.
"Actually with the cologne you wear a person with almost no sense of smell could smell you," Xander quipped.
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. Frickin' comedian," Benji muttered under his breath.
The doors to the library opened up once again and a distraught Faith walked in. "Faith, what is the matter?" Giles asked her but the slayer kept on walking.
"What's wit' 'er?" Benji asked his voice slowly slipping into a cockney accent.
Xander and the others sent him a weird look. "Sorry," he apologized, now in his American accent.
"I don't know. But I'm going to find out," Xander said as ran up the stapes and into the rows of books following Faith's trail.
Xander rounded a corner and found Faith weeping. "Faith are you all right?" asked Xander.
"I'm fine," Faith lied.
"C'mon Faith I know better than that. Your sitting under a book called, 'The Art Of Vampires' by a guy called Dick Pennis and you haven't said a thing."
Faith laughed at Xander's joke until she realized that there really was a book like that above her head. "Holy shit. How'd I miss that one?" she joked.
Xander gave her a lopsided grin. "Hey you're upset, it's O.K., just don't start making a habit out of it."
Faith gave him a little smile. "So what's the matter?" he asked her.
Faith looked at the ground. "I've had my eye on this guy for awhile and I asked him if he wanted to dance and he, he said not with a girl that looks like you. I mean usually I wouldn't care but I've been looking at him for a while and I was scared to even ask him. Buffy and Willow and I ran out there before I had to here their it's all right bullshit."
Xander looked at her. "So all the water works is because some you really liked turned you down?" he asked.
"You don't get it. This was the first time in a long time that I felt like I could actually get emotionally attached to a guy and like always he goes and breaks my heart."
Xander gave her a weak smile and then pulled her into a hug. When they broke apart thy stared at each other for a few moments and then Xander said, "You are beautiful, no matter what they say, and words can't bring you down."
"Xander I believe you just quoted Christina Aguilera," Benji's voice said.
Xander and Faith turned to see Benji standing in the middle of the stacks. "What?" they both asked at the same time.
A weird look passed over Benji's face and then he said, "No never mind. Not for a couple of years."
Xander and Faith looked at each other and then back at the demon. "What are you doing here?" Xander asked.
"Giles sent me to get a book," he explained.
"What book?" Faith asked.
"The Art of Vampires," Benji said.
Faith arched an eyebrow at Xander. "Your cousin knows?' she asked. Xander nodded meekly.
"Can I have it?" Benji asked.
Xander pulled it off the shelf and handed it over to the balance demon. "Thank you."
Xander turned to Faith. "Please don't tell Buffy," he begged.
Faith nodded. "O.K. But you're gonna have to become my sex slave," she said.
Xander and Faith then both looked at each other and slowly leaned in until they heard Benji say, "Holy shit, Giles did you see this guy's name?"
Snapped out f the moment Faith and Xander felt awkward. "See you later," the Slayer said hastily.
She than ran from the stacks and to of the library. "Bye, Faith," Xander muttered under his breath.
Gregory nervously entered the office of his boss. "Boss you in here?" he asked.
"Gregory come on in, have a seat," was his response.
The vampire did as he was instructed. "So how did it go?" the boss asked.
Gregory immediately launched into his story. When he was finished he thought he saw the tinniest bit of anger in his bosses eyes. "Well that certainly isn't good," he said.
Gregory nodded. "All we know I that it's four dudes and not one," said the vamp.
"Oh not necessarily," his boss said. Gregory looked at him. "Huh?"
His boss grinned. "We know that they are in town to kill the White Knight. Which might just work out for us."
Gregory nodded. "You can go," said his boss.
Once the vamp was gone the man called in one of his employees. "Martha will you make sure that Mr. Trick gets this message?" he asked as handed her a slip of paper. "Oh, and see that a Mr. Ethan Rayne is this payment," he said as he handed a large envelope over to her, "I'm sure he'll find it quite satisfying. There is a note inside so please be careful. That's his current address on the front."
"Anything else, sir?" Martha asked.
Richard Wilkins, Mayor of Sunnydale, smiled. "Nope. Not at this moment."
Disclaimer: I still own nothing.
Category: ???
Author's Note: Thanks to all of you who continue to read this story.
Quote: "How about no, you crazy Dutch bastard?" Dr. Evil
Giles sat staring at the now complete translation.
"The White Knight is in danger," he repeated to himself.
He searched his memory trying to figure why the term "White Knight" sounded familiar. Then he suddenly remembered.
"This is not good. This is not good at all," he said to himself.
Xander sat at the bar in the Bronze when much to his surprise Giles walked in. Xander, seeing his chance to torture Giles a bit, walked up to him.
"Hey, G-Man," he greeted.
Giles whirled around obviously surprised to see Xander.
"Xander! Do you know where Buffy and Angel are?"
Xander shook his head. "No. Why do you do want know?"
The older man motioned for the younger one to follow him out. "Listen, I have reason to suspect that Angel's life, or rather unlife, may be at risk."
Xander looked at the watcher puzzled. "Why?"
Giles told him about the call and the voice. "So are you sure you don't know where they are?"
Xander nodded. "But I think I know something you'd like to know."
"What?" asked the librarian.
Xander gave him a lopsided grin. "The real identity of the White Knight."
"Who is it?" asked Giles, clearly interested.
"Me."
Benji woke up from his slumber when someone started pounding on his door. "Who the bloody hell is it?" he asked, while cursing Spike inside his head.
"It's me," came Xander's voice.
Benji, glad that his vampire roommate was gone, pulled on his pants and opened the door. Xander stood on the other with an unconscious Giles leaning on his back.
"What happened?" Benji asked as he stepped aside to let Xander in.
The young man set his older friend down before answering the demon's question.
"I told him that I was the White Knight," Xander said.
"You did what?" Benji hollered.
Xander winced and gave Benji a small look. "I had too. Anyway, when he wakes up you and me are going to tell him everything."
Benji shook his head. "First the werewolf, then the watcher. Honestly, no one knows the meaning of secret identity anymore."
Giles, Xander, Oz, and Benji entered Sunnydale High School's cafeteria. After explaining to Giles what had happened they picked up Oz and headed to the school to find out what could be after Xander. Now, however they were taking a break and stealing some food from the cafeteria.
"So how do we stand on demon threats?" asked Oz.
Giles shrugged. "There are so many enemies of the White Knight that it is almost impossible to find out which one is after him."
"The demons in this town are afraid of him," Benji cut in.
"How do you know?" asked Xander.
Benji looked at Xander. "Promise you won't hurt me?" the demon asked.
Xander nodded. "How do you know?"
"I've had Spike check out the town."
"Spike!" Xander and Giles shouted at the same time.
"Listen, Spike is Xander's virtue," said Benji.
"Virtue?" Oz asked.
"Yeah. He's sorta like Xander's sidekick."
Xander shook his head. "No way am I having that bloodsucking fiend as my sidekick," he protested.
"You have no choice. Just like you are the White Knight and Buffy is the Slayer, Spike is the virtue," Benji said.
"But why Spike?" Xander asked.
"Well virtue's are always vampires and this it just happened to be Spike. He's already given up being evil and who do you think was the that Giles heard?"
"That was Spike?" asked Giles.
"Yeah."
"But he tried to kidnap Giles," Oz said.
Giles looked at his feet. "Actually it would seem that Spike was trying to save me."
"What?" asked Xander.
"He tried to stop Fereck from killing or kidnapping me. Unfortunately Fereck and his vampires overpowered him."
Xander glanced at Benji who was grinning. "Trust him now?" the demon asked.
"Yeah. I guess," Xander admitted reluctantly.
Benji smiled. "Good. Now we can focus on the problem at hand. Who the hell wants Xander dead."
"And scaring the other demons," Oz added.
"Well, lets get started," Giles, said.
The next night Xander walked into the library hoping to get a head start on researching what was out to get him. However, for the second time in two days Xander had walked into the middle of a Scooby meeting that was taking place without him.
"What's going on?" asked Xander.
Giles looked at him. "Apparently last night you attacked Angel."
"What?"
"You heard him," Buffy said.
"Yeah, I did. But he and Oz can both tell you that I was here with them. Researching," Xander protested.
"Is this true?" Buffy asked.
Giles and Oz nodded. "We were about to tell you when Xander walked in," Oz said.
"So, what? Angel's a liar?" Buffy demanded.
"Buffy. We're not saying Angel is a liar. We are just saying that he was mistaken as to who attacked him," said Giles.
"Angel what time did Xander attack you?" Buffy asked the vampire.
"I'd say about three," the vampire answered.
"And what time did you stop researching?" the Slayer asked her Watcher.
"Four."
The cockiness in Buffy's voice disappeared as she said, "Oh."
Xander smiled. "See Buff, I couldn't have harmed Deadboy, even if I wanted too."
"Then who did?" Buffy asked him.
Xander shrugged. "I don't know. Deadboy, what did your attacker look like?"
"You."
"Well this seems to be getting nowhere pretty fast," Oz commented.
Giles nodded in agreement. "I believe that we should all take a breather and go about business as usual. Oz, Xander, and I will continue our research on how Angel walks in the day and is back and you all just go about your regular ways."
With that everyone, minus Oz and Xander, headed out.
"Good cover up, G-Man," Xander said.
"Who said anything about cover up? I need figuring out this whole Angel mess." With that the Watcher tossed Oz and Xander some books.
Gregory knew that his life was in danger. When his brother Jack had gone off and joined forces with that Fereck guy Gregory had refused to join him. When his brother had turned up dusted he thought that he was going to be all alone in the world. Then he met the boss.
The boss was a great guy and he let him have more responsibility than Jack ever did. As a matter of fact the boss had called him his 'right hand man'. Now he was leading a pack of vampires to make a dangerous deal for the boss. The plan was that once they knew whom they were dealing with they would kill them and tell the boss who had moved in on his territory.
Now Gregory found himself face to face with some nasty looking demons. "Do you have the stuff?" their leader asked.
Gregory nodded. He handed over the briefcase he had been carrying. The demon checked the contents and once he was satisfied that everything was in order he nodded to another demon, who brought a duffle bag forward. "That's your blood," the demon stated.
Gregory took the bag and handed it to the vamp behind him. "So why do you need those books?" he asked, hoping to sound casual.
"You'll soon find out," the demon answered.
Gregory turned to his followers. "All right boys, lets head out!"
As an afterthought he turned to the demon. "So who do you work for?"
The demon grinned. "I work for four guys not one you fucking asshole."
Gregory nodded. "Cool."
The demon shook his head. "Kill these jackasses," he commanded his group.
The next thing Gregory knew a fight had erupted. He dove for the briefcase but came up short. "Shit," he cursed under his breath. The demon stomped on his hand causing major pain.
The demon delivered a kick to his face and when Gregory began to clutch his face the demon ran off with the briefcase. Gregory dragged himself to cover of some bushes and hid there waiting for his face to heal. When it did he would report all he knew to the boss.
Benji entered the library to find Giles, Xander, and Oz in the middle of an intense research session. He tried to turn away without anyone noticing he was in there when Giles' voice said, "Don't even try it, Benji. Since you are here you might as well make yourself useful."
Benji sighed. "Goddamn you Giles and your super hearing," Benji whined.
"I smelled you," Oz said.
"Well that's because you're a werewolf," Benji said.
"Actually with the cologne you wear a person with almost no sense of smell could smell you," Xander quipped.
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny. Frickin' comedian," Benji muttered under his breath.
The doors to the library opened up once again and a distraught Faith walked in. "Faith, what is the matter?" Giles asked her but the slayer kept on walking.
"What's wit' 'er?" Benji asked his voice slowly slipping into a cockney accent.
Xander and the others sent him a weird look. "Sorry," he apologized, now in his American accent.
"I don't know. But I'm going to find out," Xander said as ran up the stapes and into the rows of books following Faith's trail.
Xander rounded a corner and found Faith weeping. "Faith are you all right?" asked Xander.
"I'm fine," Faith lied.
"C'mon Faith I know better than that. Your sitting under a book called, 'The Art Of Vampires' by a guy called Dick Pennis and you haven't said a thing."
Faith laughed at Xander's joke until she realized that there really was a book like that above her head. "Holy shit. How'd I miss that one?" she joked.
Xander gave her a lopsided grin. "Hey you're upset, it's O.K., just don't start making a habit out of it."
Faith gave him a little smile. "So what's the matter?" he asked her.
Faith looked at the ground. "I've had my eye on this guy for awhile and I asked him if he wanted to dance and he, he said not with a girl that looks like you. I mean usually I wouldn't care but I've been looking at him for a while and I was scared to even ask him. Buffy and Willow and I ran out there before I had to here their it's all right bullshit."
Xander looked at her. "So all the water works is because some you really liked turned you down?" he asked.
"You don't get it. This was the first time in a long time that I felt like I could actually get emotionally attached to a guy and like always he goes and breaks my heart."
Xander gave her a weak smile and then pulled her into a hug. When they broke apart thy stared at each other for a few moments and then Xander said, "You are beautiful, no matter what they say, and words can't bring you down."
"Xander I believe you just quoted Christina Aguilera," Benji's voice said.
Xander and Faith turned to see Benji standing in the middle of the stacks. "What?" they both asked at the same time.
A weird look passed over Benji's face and then he said, "No never mind. Not for a couple of years."
Xander and Faith looked at each other and then back at the demon. "What are you doing here?" Xander asked.
"Giles sent me to get a book," he explained.
"What book?" Faith asked.
"The Art of Vampires," Benji said.
Faith arched an eyebrow at Xander. "Your cousin knows?' she asked. Xander nodded meekly.
"Can I have it?" Benji asked.
Xander pulled it off the shelf and handed it over to the balance demon. "Thank you."
Xander turned to Faith. "Please don't tell Buffy," he begged.
Faith nodded. "O.K. But you're gonna have to become my sex slave," she said.
Xander and Faith then both looked at each other and slowly leaned in until they heard Benji say, "Holy shit, Giles did you see this guy's name?"
Snapped out f the moment Faith and Xander felt awkward. "See you later," the Slayer said hastily.
She than ran from the stacks and to of the library. "Bye, Faith," Xander muttered under his breath.
Gregory nervously entered the office of his boss. "Boss you in here?" he asked.
"Gregory come on in, have a seat," was his response.
The vampire did as he was instructed. "So how did it go?" the boss asked.
Gregory immediately launched into his story. When he was finished he thought he saw the tinniest bit of anger in his bosses eyes. "Well that certainly isn't good," he said.
Gregory nodded. "All we know I that it's four dudes and not one," said the vamp.
"Oh not necessarily," his boss said. Gregory looked at him. "Huh?"
His boss grinned. "We know that they are in town to kill the White Knight. Which might just work out for us."
Gregory nodded. "You can go," said his boss.
Once the vamp was gone the man called in one of his employees. "Martha will you make sure that Mr. Trick gets this message?" he asked as handed her a slip of paper. "Oh, and see that a Mr. Ethan Rayne is this payment," he said as he handed a large envelope over to her, "I'm sure he'll find it quite satisfying. There is a note inside so please be careful. That's his current address on the front."
"Anything else, sir?" Martha asked.
Richard Wilkins, Mayor of Sunnydale, smiled. "Nope. Not at this moment."