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Episode 8

Motel Outside of Sunnydale:

            The figure brought the axe down. The girl screamed in horror. This looked like the end for her. Everything seemed like it was in slow motion. Suddenly, the girl was pushed out of the way and to the ground. The axe came down and got stuck in the door.

            "Are you okay?" the woman who tackled her asked.

            "I think so," Danielle replied.

            The woman kicked the figure and it fell off the balcony. The woman stood up and helped her up.

            "Thank you," Danielle said.

            "It's all in a day's work," the woman replied.

            "Who are you?"

            "My name is Buffy and you must be Danielle."

            "You're Buffy? The slayer?"

            "That's right. We should get out of here now."

            Buffy lead the girl down the steps and to the street, where Xander was waiting in his car. She opened the back-left door for Danielle to get in.

            "Buffy, watch out!" Xander shouted.

            Buffy spun around and came face to face with a Bringer, wielding two daggers. She ducked and the daggers smashed the window. She gave it a side-kick in the head, causing it to stumble to the side. It quickly regained its balance and slashed the daggers at Buffy. She dodged the first one, but the second sliced her arm. Luckily it wasn't that deep.

            She kicked the Bringer in the chest and it fell backwards to the ground. She opened the passenger door and got in.

            "Let's go, Xander!" she exclaimed.

            Xander pushed down the gas pedal and the car sped away into the night.

Buffy's House:

            "Jake, is Buffy home yet?" Willow called from the kitchen.

            "Not yet!" he answered.

            It was pretty late out and all the four potential slayers were all lying on the living room floor talking. Jake was lying on the couch, covering his head with the pillow.

            "I don't know about you slayer trainees, but I know I need my sleep," he said, taking the pillow off of his head.

            "Do you think the Ubervamp got Buffy and Xander?" Annabelle asked.

            "No," Kennedy replied, "Buffy is smarter than that vampire. I mean even if it beat her twice, she can still run from it."

            Julia put in, "And besides, they took the car so they can easily outrun anything."

            Willow emerged from the kitchen holding a glass of water.

            "You four really need to get some sleep. You're all gonna be exhausted tomorrow," Willow told them.

            "Alright, I guess we'll go to bed now," Molly said.

            "What?" Jake questioned, "How come they listen to you?"

            "It's because I'm a girl, that's why," Willow smirked.

            "Yeah, whatever," Jake said.

            Just then the front door opened and Xander walked in, followed by Buffy and another blonde girl.

            "How'd it go?" Willow asked.

            "Not good," Buffy told her, "She almost got killed. I got to her just before her head got personal with an axe."

            "Well at least she's safe," Willow replied.

            "Danielle, this is Willow," Buffy introduced, "That's Jake, Molly, Kennedy, Julia, and Annabelle."

            "Hi Danielle," Annabelle welcomed.

            "Hello," Molly said.

            Danielle walked over and sat down in between the circle of sleeping bags. The five girls began to share stories.

            "Where's Anya?" Xander asked.

            "I think she's upstairs, asleep," Willow replied.

            "At least someone is getting sleep," Jake added.

The Next Day:

            "Alright girls," Buffy began, "I guess that you could call this your first official day of training. Now this training area is for your use whenever you'd like. That's why it was set up."

            The five potential slayers all stood in a line facing Buffy. They all had their attention focused on her.

            "How many of you have ever seen a vampire?" she asked.

            Kennedy, Annabelle, Danielle, and Molly all raised their hands.

            "Ok, who has ever fought a vampire?"

            None of them raised their hands.

            "My watcher wanted me to stay away from vampires because she thought I wasn't ready," Molly spoke up.

            "That's ok. At least you're all on the same track here," Buffy said, "Who has used a crossbow or any other weapon besides a stake?"

            Kennedy, Molly, and Annabelle raised their hands.

            "Ok, so this won't be too hard," she said.

            "Buffy!" Willow called from upstairs, "Another one is here in Sunnydale."

            "We'll have to resume this training later," Buffy said and headed up the stairs.

She stopped and turned at the top, "Feel free to use any of the equipment," she said and then opened the door.

Sunnydale High School:

            "I really don't think that this is the safest place for a potential to be," Xander said as he drove her to the front parking lot, "This place has every source of evil possible."

            "I don't think Bringers would go to a place like a school in the middle of the day even if the school is located on the hellmouth," Buffy reassured.

            "Oh really," Xander pointed, "You wanna change your mind."

            Buffy looked up and saw about five Bringers sneaking around the building and climbing in a window. Buffy didn't wait around. She opened the door and headed into the school.

            She ran towards the room where the Bringers were entering the school. She hoped that she could take on five of them without getting caught. She turned the corner and ran smack into her boss, Principle Wood. They both fell to the ground.

            "Buffy?" he questioned, "What are you doing here on your day off?"

            "Oh, Principal Wood," Buffy stuttered, "I'm sorry. I left something here yesterday."

            "Well why don't you wait here and I'll go get it," he told her.

            "No that's really okay," she said, standing up, "I really don't know where it is. I forget where I left it."

            "Alright, suit yourself," he said and continued walking the way he was going.

            Buffy continued her race down the hall. She burst into the classroom where the Bringers entered. It was completely empty. Buffy caught her breath. She was really puzzled.

            "There's no way that all five of them could have gotten in the school that quickly and gotten out of this room without me seeing them," she wondered aloud.

            That's when she heard all this yelling outside of the room. She pushed open the door and saw a whole crowd of students come running down the hall, chased by Bringers. She slid back into the room and waited for the crowd to pass. Just as the Bringers came running by, she jumped out at them, knocking the five of them over.

            Buffy quickly rolled out from between them and stood up. The Bringers began swinging their weapons blindly. She grabbed an axe out of one of their hands and brought it down on three of their heads. The other two stood up and slashed their daggers at her. She quickly disposed of them by removing their heads also.

            Xander came running into the hallway. He was out of breath.

            "Are you okay?" he asked.

            "I'll be fine," she replied, "We need to find this potential before more show up."

            "Where do we start?" he questioned.

            "Well a whole group of people came running down the hall," she began, "My guess is it was one of them."

            "Then off we go!" Xander exclaimed sarcastically.

            He and Buffy then set off down the hallway. After a few minutes of roaming the halls, they ended up in the gym.

            "Well, the tour is over," Xander said, "And no slayer wannabe."

            "Help!" someone yelled.

            Buffy spun around and burst into the girl's locker room. She dashed around rows of lockers until she came face to face with the Ubervamp.

            "Oh great," she muttered to herself.

            The Ubervamp punched Buffy in the chest, causing her to fly backwards into the lockers. It advanced on her before she could get up. It rammed her into the lockers again and again. She had several cuts all over her face and her clothing was torn.

            "Oh my god!" a girl yelled.

            The Ubervamp turned away from beating Buffy to face the girl. Buffy glanced up through her blood-covered eyes. The girl screamed as the ancient vampire headed for her. Buffy regained her senses and stood up. She rushed the Ubervamp, knocking it to the ground.

            "No more killing for you," she said to the vampire when they both fell to the floor.

            The Ubervamp tossed her back into the lockers. Then it turned to face the girl again. Buffy stood up and picked up a broken locker door. She ran at the vampire and swung the door at it.

            The vampire fell to the ground. Buffy continued beating it with the door. Blood began seeping from its skin. At least she knew that she could hurt it now. The Ubervamp reached out and grabbed her leg, tripping her. The door clattered to the ground. The vampire got to its feet and picked up the door. He brought the door down on Buffy. She cried out in pain. It continually hit her with the door.

            Suddenly the Ubervamp growled loudly in pain as it burst into flames. It ran to the windows of the locker room and crashed through into the gym, still on fire. Buffy peered up out of blood-covered eyes. Everything began to get dark and she passed out.

Buffy's House:

            Willow entered the house, followed by a younger girl and Xander, who was carrying Buffy on his shoulders.

            "What happened?" Anya questioned.

            She was seated on the couch, but rushed over to help when they came in.

            "Buffy had another encounter with the Ubervamp," Xander told her, "Luckily Willow showed up and torched the Ubervamp."

            "Is it dead?" Anya questioned.

            "I doubt it," Willow replied, "It crashed through the locker room windows though."

            "Is Buffy gonna be okay?" Kennedy asked, entering the room.

            "Yes, but if she had taken anymore hits from the Ubervamp, she would be dead," Xander said, "She took a few beatings with a locker door."

            "Ouch," Kennedy said.

            "But she should be okay," he informed.

            He went over to the couch and laid Buffy down. Willow came over and rubbed a wet cloth over her face, getting off the blood. Then she bandaged up Buffy's face. She was pretty beat up.

            There came a knock at the door just then. Willow got up to answer it, while Xander continued bandaging Buffy. She gripped the doorknob and pulled it open. Standing on the porch was Giles.

            "Oh my god, Giles!" Willow exclaimed, embracing him in a hug.

            "Hello Willow," he said, smiling, "It's good to see you again too."

            Just then, several girls shoved their way into the house.

            "Oh I almost forgot," he apologized, "Willow, this is Vi, Rona, Chloe, Eve, Amanda, and Chao-Ahn."

            "Nice to meet you all," she said.

            Apparently they didn't hear her because none of them replied. Xander came into the front hall as Giles stepped in and he and Willow moved into the hall.

            "What has happened here? Where is Buffy?" he asked.

            "Buffy had an encounter with the Ubervamp again," Willow informed, "She took a pretty bad beating."

            "Where is she?" Giles questioned, concerned.

            "She is out cold," Xander told him, "Willow saved her life."

            "I warned all of you to be careful while I was out but it seems you don't obey advice," he scolded.

            "Giles, she was going to get another potential at the school," Willow began, "She ran into the Ubervamp, who was harassing the girl."

            "Until we figure out how to beat this vampire," Giles informed, "Everyone will stay indoors."     

            Kennedy walked into the room and heard a lot of noise coming from the kitchen. She walked in and came face to face with six other girls.

            "Oh great," she muttered, "More roommates."

            Anya entered the hall and rushed over and hugged Giles when she saw him.

            "It's great to see you again, Giles," she said.

            It's great to see you too, Anya," Giles replied.

            "Willow, who is the potential that you guys brought back from the school?" Anya questioned.

            "Her name is Ashley," Willow replied.

            "How many potentials have you found while I was gone?" Giles questioned.

            "Only two," Willow replied, "Ashley and Danielle."

            Kennedy came into the front hall and looked upset.

            "What's wrong, Kennedy?" Willow asked.

            "Now I have seven more roommates," she replied, "How much more can this house fit?"

            "Apparently a lot more," Xander answered.

            "Don't worry Kennedy," Willow encouraged, "The five of you will get along well with the new potentials."

            "I'm not worried about that," she said, "It's just all the people that will be living here now. There's Buffy, you, Xander, Anya, Jake, me, Molly, Annabelle, Julia, Danielle, and now Giles and the seven new potentials. I mean that's a lot of people. That's eighteen people living in this small house."

            "It'll be fine," Willow reassured, "The living room can fit most of you in sleeping bags. Trust me everything will be okay."

            "I hope so," Kennedy replied, before disappearing into the basement where the other five were.

            "Well she doesn't seem to be too happy," Xander said.

            "You got that right," Willow agreed, "It's gonna be hard living with this many people."

            "Well, like she said," Xander began, "Eighteen people in one house and only one bathroom."