Maui Beach, Hawaii
Xander looked out across the Pacific, enjoying the salty air, from Maui beach. It's been three months since Hogwarts and things have changed for the better, at least for him. He felt two arms encircle his neck and kiss him on the cheek.
"Faith, I thought you were napping." He said as he enjoyed the feel of her hands on his body.
"I was I woke up." She said while nibbling on his neck.
Turning he grabs her and swings her around and then starts kissing her. After a few minutes he pulls away looking into her eyes. "If you told me five years ago that I'd be on a beach with a knockout slayer in Hawaii, I'd of said you were crazy."
Faith got up smiling and then pulled X-man up. He laid his hands on her hips and pulled her into another sensual kiss. Again after a moment they pulled away and Faith smiling said. "You know we could just stay here forever."
"And what do you think all those other slayers are going to say…huh! They'll say that we had our two month stay…and…and it's time to let some other watchers and slayers in on the action. Besides, there aren't many places to go here, you're already bored."
"True…I guess two months is pretty good. We'll just have to wait for the next rotation." She said as they gathered their towels, ice chest and other items. He watched her for a second as all the other guys on the beach did. He was amazed at how beautiful she was in a black string bikini with no tan lines. Her curled brown hair had lightened since playing in the sun. Her athletic tanned body, with no sign of any fat, made her a sight to behold. Shaking his head he still was amazed that any girl would even look at him, much less the slayer, Faith.
*He's watching me again,* she thought. *Probably thinking why anybody would want him. I wish sometimes he'd look around; most of the girls here noticed him as soon as we arrived on the beach. Xander doesn't think he's that good looking, but he's hardened up since Hogwarts. Working with that sword Excalibur has helped him a lot. With Buffy's and my tutoring he's come a long way from the geek I used to know. Besides,* she thinks. *Xander's hot in that swimsuit. The tanned muscles playing in his arms, I just want to…*
"So…ready to go back tomorrow?"
"I love it here, Xan, but we need to see the others, I got a feeling something is coming."
Concerned he looked into her eyes saying "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine it's just a hunch I have."
They had reached the car and loaded it, when Faith heard the cell phone ring and answered it. "Hey, dark slayer here. Los Angeles…why? Some book. O.K. will do see yah G-man." She hung up before he could tell her not to call him that. Grinning she turned to Xander and said "Remember that trip to Cleveland?...Well we're going to take a detour through L.A. first."
"The Fang Gang?"
"Yep!"
"Great."
"We'll discuss it on the way."
Los Angeles, California
Wolfram and Harts
After discussing their plan, during the flight, Faith and Xander hailed a taxi and made their way to Wolfram and Harts. When they entered the building, Xander noticed several security people watching them. As Faith came up to the reception desk she started to get a little nervous. Watching all the security forces, she asked to see Angel. The girl frowned, asked who they were and the reason. After answering she called up to Angel's secretary, who told them to go ahead.
They were shown to an elevator, which took them up to Angel's floor. When the door opened they walked to Angel's secretary. She was busy, facing away from them, when she turned and said, "Xander! It's so good to see you!" Before he could react she had reached out and gave him a big hug while Faith gave her a harsh glare.
"Har…Harmony, wha…what are you doing here?"
"Oh I'm Angel's secretary, what are you doing here?"
"We were sent by Giles to pick-up a book. Oh I'm sorry this is Faith, my…"
"The Slayer. Hi I'm Harmony." She said as she greeted a very suspicious slayer. Faith for her part was more interested in what Xander was going to say to Harmony.
"Nice meeting you Faith, you two can go in, just knock you'll surprise them!"
Faith and Xander gave each other a funny look, shrugged and walked down the hall to Angel's office. As they we're walking they almost ran into Lorne, who stopped and then said, "Hey people do you need me again…"
"Sorry Lorne we're here to talk to Angel and Wes. We gotta go so…later, bye."
Lorne looked and then yelled, "Wait! Guys! There's a problem…"
Knocking they heard a voice from the other side to enter. So they did. When they entered the conversation stopped period. Faith smiled, but got a cold look from the occupants of the room, Wesley, Gunn. Fred just looked lost and confused.
"What the hell are you two doing here?" Gunn demanded.
Xander replied as Faith retreated back to them, "Err…picking up a book for G-man." Unconsciously, Faith slipped her hand into Xander's, and watched the reactions.
Wesley spoke up first, "Why would we give you any book after what you people said and did to us?"
Giving a look at Faith, Xander replied, "What the hell are you talking about?" Then Wesley described what had happened a few months back, when Andrew came to help with a slayer. He continued with the story until he came to the end when several slayers circled them and took the slayer…
"So you two had no idea at all as to what had happened with Andrew?"
"Sorry, I was in Africa and Faith was in Cleveland at the time. It would have been nice to have known what we were walking into though, so I will have a conversation with Giles and Buffy about it. Where's Angel?"
"Well Xander I'm not sure we can help you." Gunn turned and walked away.
"Umm…Wheres Angel?" Xander asked again.
"Whoa… we are the good guys here, all of us, and if Giles needs that book, there must be something evil coming. So, come on man give the book and you won't see us around anymore."
"Shut up Faith you've already gone over to the other side!" Yelled Gunn.
Xander and Faith took two steps towards Gunn and just about clocked him along side the head. "What the hells you're problem."
"Who's the idiot Wesley?"
"I'm sorry guys this is Alexander Lavelle Harris." Faith was starting to give Wesley and Gunn a very pissed off look.
"Come on guys let..lets just get along," Fred said nervously, watching Xander and Faith starting to become real angry. Looking from one person to another she said, "O…o.k."
Xander just turned, and talked to Faith. "Why don't you wait outside, o.k."
As Faith left the room still glaring at Gunn and Wesley, Xander said "O.k. guys lets sit down and have a nice little conversation. Fred sighed, starting to relax, finally somebody trying to be reasonable.
She had just started to sit down, when Gunn got in Xander's face, "Listen we don't have to be civil to you, why don't you just leave."
Wesley and Fred both said in unison, "Gunn relax, he just wants to know what's going on and how to solve it." Xander in the mean time was getting a very big bad vibe.
Gunn shook his head. "Well maybe he and his slayer friend should have thought of that when they pulled that little stunt now didn't they?"
Xander smirked. "Well then Mr. Peashooter, what do you think we should do?"
Gunn looked at Xander with rage in his eyes. His fist was clenched and slowly pulled back, before anybody could stop it Xander was on the floor shaking his head and rubbing his jaw.
Fred and Wesley hurried over to help Alex up. "You know a few years ago I would have tried to talk some sense in yah, but now…" Xander pivoted kicking Charles in the stomach then kneeing him in the face…
"So you're not worried about your boyfriend?" Harmony asked. "He is Xander ya know."
Faith looked at Harmony and stated, "Xan can damn well take care of himself, besides he doesn't look for trouble. Their probably going to call me in any minute now and tell me that everything is gonna be five-by-five…
Wesley seeing that the two were beyond words jumped in and grabbed Xander around the shoulders. Seeing this Gunn smirked and said thanks Wes and then proceeded to pummel Xander in the stomach and face. "No! Gunn leave him alone!" Alex for his part was bleeding from the nose and lip he knew he'd have to step it up a bit. Using Wes as leverage jumped up and kicked Gunn back, while kicking his leg backwards and up into Wes's groin. Wes releasing him, Xander again focused on Charles doing a spin kick with Gunn falling to the floor.
Meanwhile, Fred had run out of the room and down the hall.
Outside Faith was starting to get suspicious as Harmony slowly came up behind her. "If I were you Vamp, I would back away real fast." Faith said without looking behind her.
"This is me backing up…see I'm all backed up." She then quickly called security.
Faith in the meantime rushed to the door opened it to see Xander finishing off Wesley, before sitting on one of the couches. Rushing over to him she grabbed a few tissues to try to staunch the flow of blood from his nose and lip.
"What the hell happened?"
"Hell if I know, I was talking trying to cool Gunn down and wham, I was on the floor. The next thing I know all hell breaks out. I feel a little sorry for Wes he was sort of sucked into the fight. Any way I'd like to know what the hell caused Charles to react like that."
"We better take off I think Fred went for security!"
"What about the book?"
"We work that out later, let's get out of here!" exiting the office they see Lorne waving to them.
After following him Lorne shows them to the security elevators. "These should get you to the ground floor, move it!"
Just as the doors were getting ready to shut Xander threw a piece of paper at Lorne with the name of the hotel their staying at.
Wolfram and Harts
"So…let me get this straight, you picked a fight with Xander! Then he proceeded to kick both your butts? He must have been given lessons by the slayers, because no way he could have beaten you a few years ago."
"Angel, I don't know,…I…I guess he pissed me off with his better than thou attitude."
Wesley jumped in and said, "What ATTITUDE! He was trying to calm you down! He even asked Faith to leave so she wouldn't start anything"
"Gunn you might have screwed it up for the slayers and us ever getting back together." Angel said shaking his head. "We'll have to see if I can find where their staying and salvage this mess."
"Fred do you think you can track them down?"
"I…I guess…"
"Err…Bubal a," the green skinned demon smiled and said. "Um…would you like the name of the hotel?" They all just looked at Lorne in amazement.
Los Angeles, California
Radisson Hotel
Faith had just stepped out of the shower dressed in just a white towel, when she noticed Xander sitting in a chair. He looked up to see his favorite slayer, hips swaying, plop down on his lap naked except for a towel. She smirked and then curled up in his lap, making him very uncomfortable.
"You know Angel and the rest of his gang will be here soon." Xander said smiling.
"Yep!" She grinned then started nibbling on his ear with her lips and tongue. Then she caressed his face with her hands and proceeded to kiss him passionately. For his part Xander was becoming more and more uncomfortable as time went by. He was just about to wave the white flag and give in to her, when somebody knocked at the door. They both groaned real loud while they ended the kiss and other fun.
"You going to get off?"
"Nope!...Com'on in!" she yelled while grinning.
As Angel, Fred, Gunn, Lorne, Harmony and Wesley entered they found a very naked slayer, wrapped in a towel, curled up on Xander's lap with her arms around her neck. Xander who was smiling widely indicated a seat on the couch. Faith leaned forward whispering in Xander's ear who coughed out of control for a minute, and then a smiling Faith uncurled in a very sensuous fashion. She then sashayed into the hotel's bathroom to dress.
While all the guys were still entranced Harmony and Fred noticed that Xander's blue button up shirt was open showing some very nice tanned muscular type action himself. He was dressed in a pair of black jean shorts and no shoes. Then they looked at the boys shaking their heads. "Hello guys, you there." Harmony yelled.
Angel shook his head, looked at Xander and said "I had no idea you and Faith were an item. I thought she was with some guy by the name of Robin?"
"Things change." He said smiling.
Wesley still looking at the door said "lucky guy." While Gunn shook his head in agreement.
Lorne thought to himself *if only she was green and had horns.*
Angel looked at Alex again before saying, "you lost an eye."
"Yep" a voice came from the bathroom door opening; "he lost it battlin' the First. Saved a couple of SIT's too." Faith said with a big grin, before making herself comfortable again on Xan's lap. She was now dressed in a pair of very short cut-off jean shorts and a black top with the words "Kitty's Got Claws" written on the front. She threw her tanned legs up onto the arm of the chair while she wrapped her arms around Xander's neck smiling all the while. "you know we expected ya' an hour earlier."
"It took some of us a little longer to decide…"
Getting up Charles Gunn said, "Hey look Alex, Faith I have no idea what made me go off like that, but I'd like to apologize."
Xander got up lifting a very satisfied slayer in his arms and shook his hand saying, "Don't worry about it, and let's just go on." They all nodded and got on with business. The girls sighed finally after Xander sat back down with Faith.
"So Xander you say you want to look at one of the books, right."
"Yep, Giles needs it to figure out a certain prophesy. So is it a go?"
"No, he caused a lot of heartache between us and until he apologizes then no."
Everybody just looked at Angel in a confused silence except for Xander who just smiled.
"Well Angel I called Giles and reamed him a new one for not making us aware of the situation. Buffy was called next and I made sure that she knew Faith and I was not happy about what happened. Then after all the yelling was done we had a nice conversation about the problem. When that was all finished Faith and I sat down to discuss it."
"And…"
"We agree with Buffy, you sold your souls out to the devil." Angry and confused eyes looked at the two of them.
Faith continued, "You of all people should know that, Angel."
Another knocking came at the door, when Faith got up, Xander got up too, bringing everyone to their feet. Watching carefully Faith moved to open the door, when it was open in walked Spike, aka William the Bloody.
"Yo Faith, hey droopy. Whoa the whole gangs here."
"Spike! How the hell did you find us?"
"Followed yah mate, how else?" Sitting down he looked from Angel's crew to Faith and Xander. "Hey, you guys going to fight? Hey droopy Got any popcorn he said grinning."
"Say it again Spike and I'll be calling maid service to sweep you and Angel up."
"That was uncalled for Xander." Growled Angel and Spike taking a step closer,
"Besides how are you going to back it up? The slayer's good, but she couldn't take both of us at once, and you have no weapons on ya'."
Xander smiled with Faith moving into a fighting position. Before anything could happen a sword appeared in Xander's hand, and he moved into attack position. "Ladies and gentlemen let me introduce you to Excalibur pretty much capable of dusting you're rears." Faith looked in shock as the katana appeared out of nowhere right in Xander's hands. The rest of the people backed off a bit.
"No way that's Excalibur. Excalibur is just a myth."
"Umm…actually Spike its not."
"Wes, are you telling me that this could be the sword?"
"The sword Excalibur was capable of many things, the first being able to take the shape and fit to the soul of its carrier. So in other words if Xander was more used to fighting with a katana…"
"Then it became a katana…" they all just looked up to see a smiling Xander and Faith as he twirled the sword around. They all stepped back very fast.
"I wouldn't have attacked Angel unless you had done something stupid. But now all we are asking is to see the book and copy the page that's it?"
"O.k. but you will be watched carefully." Xander stuck out his hand, but Angel declined the offer and then he the others left except for Spike.
"Tha…That was close Xan. Not that I wouldn't of fought Angel and his crew but he helped me out, yah' know." Shaking his head Xander sat down and then looked at Spike. "how'd yah' get the sword to do that Xan?"
"I wish I knew? I just pictured the Excalibur and it appeared" Xander sighed as he laid it on the bed.
Boy Droo…Xander you grew a pair if you know what I mean. Hmm…sounds like something out of "Who's Line is it Anyway", well…so this is Excalibur…huh?" As Spike looked over the sword on the bed, he reached out to pick it up… "Hey…I can't pick it up! What's going on?"
"Hmm…it seems it won't let you I guess you're not worthy." Xander gave Spike a big grin, while Faith started laughing.
"Bloody hell, yah' fight the good fight and still nobody appreciates it. Well I got ta' go." Opening the door and without even saying goodbye Spike exits.
"So…boytoy, what next?" Faith asks looking at him through dark lashes.
"Well…girltoy," she smirks, "I think we get a hold of Dawn, don't ya' think?" he says smiling.
Walking over and embracing her she just lets out a big long sigh "Mmm…, Where were we?"
It was an hour later, when they realized that they hadn't called Dawn yet.
Wolfram and Harts
They arrived at Harmony's desk promptly at 9:00 am. Harmony escorted them to see Wesley, who with security, showed them to the vault where they kept the book of prophesies. Xander, noting all the camera locations, he asked Wesley if he could get a pad and notebook. Knowing that there was no way that they could go anywhere, with security outside, Wesley steps out for five minutes. Coming back he enters the vault to find it empty!
Scrambling Wesley calls the security forces and asks them what happened. They had no idea, they know only one thing, that no one came in or out of the vault. As he was going to check the security tapes he ran into Angel coming towards him. When Wes explained what happened, Angel followed him. Upon watching the tape they saw a grinning Faith bring out a cell phone and call someone, (they know she let the phone ring once only) and then she hung up. Xander meanwhile, took a piece of paper out and wrote a note and taped it to the front of camera with an extension wire. It read "Yo Deadboy, took book will return it later. Thanks Xander and Faith". The next moment they were gone!