"Ohmygod we're going to…?? …Where am I?" Giles looked around confused. He was standing in a beautifully decorated old mansion. The antiques would have gone for hundreds of thousands of dollars if not more.
"Oh bloody hell where did Amanda send me and what the hell is that noise?"
Turning about he saw a female form with a long dark braid doing flips on a couple of bungee cords supported from the rafters. He was thoroughly entranced with the beauty until he realized that she was flipping his way and she clobbered him in the mouth without knowing he was there. He thought to himself after flying through the air that he would be unconscious again, bloody hell.
He was…as soon as he hit the wall ten feet away.
Okay…he was in a passenger seat of a speeding car as the driver was leaning out the door firing a gun. Confused DeO looked around realizing that the buildings outside were familiar. Oh great New York. They were chasing a car with some men and women in it as they screeched around the corner.
Pulling back from shooting the man driving mumbled to him-self wishing that he had another loaded gun, when one was handed to him.
"Thanks…Jesus Christ! Where'd you come?"
Thinking quickly DeO said, "The back seat sleeping."
"Oh, sorry about taking you're car" He turned the wheel suddenly cutting through a park just missing several people who were eating. "It was the closest one available. By the way I hope you have a permit for this?" he said as he again made a hard right turn.
"Yeah, I have a permit," DeOgan said holding on for dear life. "What's going on?"
"Terrorists, Iraqian, caught them putting a dirty bomb near the water supply. They ran, I followed. By the way what's your name?"
"DeOgan, yours?" as he held on tight while the driver took a hard left.
"John…John McClane, detective New York Police Department."
"Cool."
"You any good, I've been trying to shoot the tires, but no luck."
DeOgan pulled out his 44 mag leaned out the window and fired two shots. Both shots took out the back tires causing the vehicle to swerve, hit another parked car and somersault over onto it's top.
"Way to go TEX! Those were great shots!"
"Well, guns are a lot easier to shoot then arrows."
"Did you take lessons from Harry? You know Det. Harry Callahan, San Francisco P.D."
"Umm…no… is he an Elf?"
"Elf? You sound like the girl I dated last week. Friend of mine by the name of Sara Pezzini. She's always asking me about weird things..."
Xander
He woke up. It was dark…no wait…he was in a bag? What the hell!?? He was going to struggle, but the bag was suddenly unzipped. He quickly played along closing his eyes, listening to the conversation.
"Umm…Davis who's this?" She asks looking down at Xander.
"Hell if I know, Tru. I put an empty bag there last night; today it's not empty. Must have been somebody on a earlier shift, and they forgot to put him away."
"Well at least he doesn't reek yet. Who do you have there?" Tru asked.
Unzipping the bag revealed a little girl, "Alexis…age about nine, ten…hit by a car, dead at the scene. The only reason we know her name is by her bracelet," Davis replied.
They both hated to touch dead bodies, but dead little kids, was even worse. Going through her personnel effects came up with nothing.
Well…," sighing, "I guess I better write this one up," as he turned to exit the morgue.
Xander from his point of view watched, Tru, through half closed eyes. What he saw next stunned him as the little girl turned to the woman and said, "Help me, I didn't want to die…" and then she looked in his direction saying, "She needs the help of a White Night…" And then it was as if it didn't happen. Something really weird happened after that…
Tru Davies Apartment
3:00 pm
He woke up, it was sunny, and he could still feel his sword, Excalibur on his back, which was really uncomfortable. He opened his eyes looked to his left and then he felt movement to his right he turned to watch as the young woman, Tru, rose up, stretched and said to nobody, "It happened again…" Then she looked down and saw Xander lying in her bed under the covers with his clothes on, "Hey you're dead!"
"Hey you're dead!" She exclaimed.
"What are you doing in my bed?" she asked in outrage.
"Errr…lying down." Xander said looking increasingly uncomfortable.
Grabbing the covers she physically pushed him onto the floor. Xander fell with a loud thump headfirst. "Ouch, why'd ya' do that for?"
"Get out or I'll call the police." She screamed.
"Okay, okay…but one question," she looked at him, "what was it with the little girl?" Tru just looked at him stunned.
"You…you saw that?"
"Hell yeah! I was in England at Hog…Hogs Haven Pub…I got up to go to the can and BAM I'm in the morgue listening to you and a guy named Davis talk. Then the little creepy dead girl turns her head and talks to you and then BAM! I'm in bed with you…
not that I'm complaining mind you…you look great in that little outfit. Tru flushed looking at the pink tank top and matching panty combo before covering herself back up. "You wanna tell me what the hell is going on and why do you look so much like my fiancé?"
Looking at him for the first time she notices his clothes were all black with a black trench coat and hood. His shirt was half opened revealing a trim form beneath. His black hair was a little long and unruly and he was definitely a handsome man. She was basically staring at him, very rude Tru, she told herself, "Okay…this has never happened before…well that's not true…it has happened before, but not with…"
At that minute Tru's half-wit brother, Harry, stepped into her bedroom saying, "Come on Tru you need to get…Arrgrr!" Xander moving on reflex grabbing the man's arm and flipped him. The man was looking up in terror from his position lying on his back on the floor as a long sword was at his throat.
It happened so quick Tru thought she was watching a movie in fast forward before she realized that he could actually kill her brother. And where the hell did the sword come from?
"Stop!…Don't kill him, he's my brother!"
"Your brother? Why's your brother come in to your bedroom?"
"It's a fault in his genes…"
"Oh…I can understand that." Xander said as he removed the katana and placed it back in its sheath. It was interesting to him that he had pulled the sword instead of his 44 magnum he had under his arm in a shoulder harness.
Harry just looked at the two and asked kindly if he could get up. Xander smiling, Tru thinking he has a nice smile, lent a hand pulling the man up to his feet.
"If I may be so bold, what the hell is going on here and why are you in my sister's bedroom?" Harry asked not to subtly.
"Err…well…" Tru started out, but Xander finished.
"Now what do you think happened in her bedroom?" Xander said with an evil grin.
Taking in the rumpled sheets and his sister's sudden flush, "Oooh…did little sis get lucky last night?" he grinned.
"WHAT!…no, no…he's lying, I never saw him before…" she stammered, when Xander sat down and put his arm around her waist. She really kind of liked that idea… Wait! What the hell was she thinking?
Pushing him away she again asked, "Who the hell are you?" Looking serious at the two of them Xander decided it was time for the truth.
"Okay, get dressed, I'll get the coffee," he said as he left the room. Harry and Tru just looked at each other and then Harry turned leaving the room and shut the door.
As she entered the kitchen Harry and Xander were sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. They both looked up and smiled at her. Grabbing a cup, Tru made her way from the kitchen to the table and sat down.
Xander smiled, which made her tummy do several flips, and started off, "Hi, my name's Alexander Lavell Harris. Please call me Xander."
She took a sip of coffee and said, "My name is Tru Davies and this is my brother, Harry and I'm not married." Ohmygod, whythehelldidIsaythat!!!"
Smirking, Xander just shook his head looking at the embarrassed girl and said, "That's nice. Now what's going on?"
"Well…it's like this…" as she continued with her explanation of what happens to her.
"So…this has happened several times before?" Both nod. "Then why the hell was I sucked into this?"
"I don't know, unless you're supposed to protect her. She did call you a 'White Night', didn't she?"
He smiled wider and said, "Caught that huh."
"Yep!" Tru grinned. "I wondered why she looked away from me at the time, now I know."
"So what happens now?" Harry asked watching the two.
"We figure out what's going to happen and we fix it as always…with your help." Tru stated watching Xander.
"Okay I was busy, but obviously somebody wants me to help out. You are in charge. What's first?" He said looking at Tru.
"First we need to find out what the girl's last name is and then we locate her." Tru said. "Can you come down to the morgue with me?"
"You're drivin'."
"I need to make a phone call first," Xander said. "Can I use your phone?"
"Sure, it's in the kitchen."
After a minute he came in and sat down looking perplexed.
Harry was first to break and asked Xander, "What's up?"
"Ummm…she wouldn't listen to me when I told her who I was."
"Why's that?" they both asked.
"Ummm…you ain't gonna' believe this, but…" Xander said.
"But…"
"Faith wouldn't talk to me, cause I was standing across the room from her!"
"What!?"
"Yeah…you figure it out." Xander said. "Come on, let's go."
Downtown Los Angelus
4:30 pm
Walking into the dark morgue, why is a morgue always dark? Anyway Xander and Tru made their way to Davis's office.
"Hey Davis, it happened again," Davis looked up smiling until he saw Harry's face behind her. "Ummm…I brought a little help this time…Davis meet Xander, Xander meet Davis." Davis went shake the man's hand, but Xander just smiled and nodded his head.
"We need to find this little girl," showing the picture that conveniently was laid down on Tru's night table. Taking the picture, Davis studied the picture and then gave it back. "Have you ever seen her before?" Tru asked.
"No, do we have a name?"
Harry spoke up saying "Alexis."
"Last name?"
Looking away, Tru shook her head, "unfortunately no."
"How the hell are we supposed to find her then, Tru?" He said raising hands and waving them. "We only have a computer, it could take months…"
"Ahem," everyone looked up at Xander. Smiling he said, "I have an idea."
Downtown Los Angelus
5:10 pm
Tru and Xander walked through the doors of Wolfram and Hart's bypassing the reception desk and continuing on to the elevators.
As they entered the elevator, Tru said why the hell did I have to change into these leather pants, black boots and black t-shirt? Couldn't I have just gone in the clothes I was wearing?"
"If I let you dress the way you were, we might not have gotten this far. Now remember how I told you to act, okay?"
"Why do I have to act like this, it's not me. I mean who is this comfortable with their sexuality. I've only seen movie stars act like this…"
"My fiancé."
"Ohhh…you're fiancé acts like this? Sure, like anyone can act like that," Tru mumbled while scowling at him.
He just smiled saying, "She's one of a kind all right." For her part she just glared at him. When the elevator stopped, Xander walked past Angel's stand-in secretary and down the corridor to Wes's office. Knocking, he opened the door and into the arms of Fred. Well…she looked like Fred…but no, it wasn't. She had a tight black outfit on with dark black and blue hair. She also pushed him back and growled at him.
"How dare you touch me," she said, as she grabbed him by the throat and hurled him across the room. Stunned, Xander slowly got up off the floor, as she started to walk towards him. Looking back he noticed the dent that he made in the wall.
"My.Name.Is.Illeria." she said as she made a grab for Xander again. She was then whacked across the head with a lamp. She turned and grabbed the girl's throat; pulling her towards her own face saying, "Don't.do.that."
At about that time Xander had pulled Excalibur and had laid it across the back of her neck.
"Alexander…Faith?! What are you doing here…and why?" Wesley asked as he entered the room. "Illeria…its okay…their friends."
"You wish me to stop all violence towards these two?"
"Err…yes actually," Wesley said, and then turning to Xander he asked again, "Xander, I repeat why are you here?"
"Umm…" rubbing his neck, he said, while showing him the picture "We need to find this little girl. Her name's…"
"Alexis Cavanaw. Yes I know."
"You know her Wes?"
"Yes, her mother and father are one of our clients…is everything all right?"
"Well…the little girl Alexis will die tonight if we don't get to her soon."
"Oh my, that isn't good…how do you know Xander?"
"Umm…it's complicated. Could we get her mother's address?"
" Of course…Illeria could you get my friends some coffee?"
"No," she said and left.
"Umm…okay, nice lady, why does she look like Fred, Wes?"
Sitting down with a far away look Wesley answered, "Illeria took over Fred's body, which…umm killed her…"
"Then why is she still alive?"
"It wasn't her fault Xander…please…please just let it drop."
Seeing how the conversation affected Wesley, Xander said, "the umm, address?"
"Here you are Xander, and might I be forward enough to congratulate you two on your engagement."
Moving towards Tru, Xander put his arm around her and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Thanks Wes and as soon as things settle down we'll have to get together and do some celebratin', okay?"
Looking at what seemed to be a very embarrassed Faith, Wesley frowned but replied, "Most assuredly."
"Well we have to go before security arrives…by the way you did get that book back didn't you?"
"Errr…yes, about that, how did it ever get in my office in the middle of the day…?"
"Whoops gotta go, see yah' later, bye."
"Bye Mr. Wesley," said Tru.
Turning from the door Wesley still perplexed walked back to his desk, looked up and then back to the door 'Mr. Wesley'!? Shaking his head he again started to concentrate on the problems at hand.
6:01 pm
Looking at the address and then back at Xander, Tru said, "Well…according to the address, this is the place." The lights were already on and there seemed to be a crowd out in front, which was weird they were mostly women.
When they got to the door Xander asked the bouncer for two passes to enter the club. Tru immediately asked why couldn't she go in, when he reminded her what type of club it was. She backed down right away. Harry, Tru's brother, snickered and went to purchase the tickets when the bouncer asked if they were gay and then pointed to the sign which read 'Male stripper night'. Tru smiled, and shoved both out of the way to purchase her ticket.
Inside it was dark and moody, with a stage in the back that had some guy gyrating on. She made her way to the bar, ordered a drink and made small talk with some of the female patrons.
She began to walk around the club, when she noticed a few girls off to the left. There cheering and doing a little dance with the rest of her group was her sister, Meredith. Meredith looked up and saw Tru walking towards her with a smile on her face.
"Tru, hows are yoush?"
"I'm fine Meredith, how are you?…Drunk I see."
"I's not drunk yet, getting there though…hic." Meredith said. "Whys yoush here?" Then she turned and told her friends that her sister was here, none noticed, none cared.
"I'm looking for Mary Cavanaw."
"Mary…she's in the backs with Alexish, her daughtersh." Turning back again to wave and cheer the next male stripper.
Tru started to find her way to the back, when she bumped into someone and mumbled a sorry. She had just about made to the back, when she curiously looked up at the stripper on stage. He was definitely in good shape for this kind of thing and the girls started to crowd around the stage more. The guy had a great physique and bod to match. Great muscle tone and he definitely filled out the…black briefs. What was different about him though was that he had scars all over his body. This must have somehow influenced the girls and turned them on somehow, because they forced her to the very edge of the stage. Girls lined up with tens, fives and ones to help his dance along. And the guy just kept on smiling. The ruggedly handsome face with the black mane of hair and the brown eyes…hey wait a minute?
"Xander??" Tru said stunned as he knelt down and she rushed to get a five from her purse.
"Hey Tru," he said as she moved closer to put the money in place. "Did you get the info?"
Grinning she shook her self and said, "Yeah, she's in the back. I'm going there now. Meet me at the car." Taking one last look at him, she sighed, as he collected loads of cash, she again ran into some girl spilling her drink. After muttering an apology she moved on to the back of the stage.
After dodging the bouncers she finally was behind the stage. Looking for a certain door she passed several semi-clad strippers and found the door she was looking for. It read manager's office. She opened it and walked in. There was no one in the room at all, but looking in the back behind the desk was a door. She moved cautiously to the door and opened it to find an older woman and…and Alexis.
The older woman looked up when the door opened and asked who Tru was and how did she get in here? Tru answered asking for Mary Cavanaw, when the door burst open and a female all in black appeared and shot the older woman. Tru being behind the door at the time quickly pushed on it causing the gun to be jarred from the killer's hand. After a brief scuffle Tru was on the business end of a silenced pistol.
6:06 pm
Xander frustrated looked at Harry and took a walk around to the back. When he got there he noticed several males talking and smoking amongst the litter, old boxes and garbage cans in the alley. One who was sick puking in a garbage can told a bouncer that he couldn't make it. Holding his stomach he staggered home with a friend.
The Bouncer just cussed up a storm mumbling to him self as to how he was going to fill his spot. Xander looked again at Harry and told him to stay at the car. Then Xander approached the bouncer and talked to with him. Harry watched as they both entered the back door to the club. Harry started back to the car just shaking his head.
She had been in the club since about five, bored out of her wits, when a woman entered. The woman was about her height and build, in fact…no…no way. She smirked and moved closer to her close enough to bump into the other girl. Moving back to a darker corner, she glanced around noticing the woman stopping and talking to another woman, a little older and drunker. She opened the wallet she had pilfered and examined the contents passing all the money and credit cards to find what she really wanted, her driver's license.
Checking it out she again placed it back in the wallet and scanned the room to find Ms. Davies. She was up at the stage talking to a stripper and placing a five in his briefs. They seemed to talk a second and the girl turned and headed for backstage. That's when she bumped into her again and put the wallet back in place.
She watched carefully and followed close behind as the other woman, Tru, entered the manager's office. She was waiting around the corner, when another woman, older, entered. She heard two whuff sounds and instantly knew what they were. She then heard a scuffle and entered behind the other older woman to see Tru and a young girl being held at gunpoint. By the way the way the woman in the red dress and pumps was acting, she watched as she aimed the gun.
She acted fast. She grabbed the gun hand deflecting it up and chopped the woman in the dress against her throat with the edge of her hand. The woman grabbed her own throat trying to catch any breath at all. Knowing the angle wasn't right for a killing blow the attacker swung around and decked the other woman. That's when the lights went out and she was grabbed from behind and rushed to a door leading to the alley, she hoped.
Just about getting ready to attack whoever grabbed her she heard Tru's voice ask if it was Xander. A reply said yeah and lets get the hell out of here. She decided to go along for the ride noticing the guy was running with no shoes on and no shirt?? He was packing a 44 Magnum and a Katana? A Katana? What is this 'Kill Bill'!?
They moved on fast when she looked back and noticed several people with guns following them. They had just turned the corner when she had again heard the sounds of the silencers going off. Looking over, she notices that her escort was hit with a flesh wound on the upper arm. Blood was flowing down it as they turned another corner. There in front of them a car stopped and opened its doors. This was the first time that she noticed the little girl holding Tru's hand. They all entered the vehicle and tires squealing took off keeping their heads down.
The shirtless guy named Xander said something to the driver, Harry, she thought she overheard. They quickly cut down some alleys and then Xander told Harry to slow down. That's when Tru turned and asked for her name.
"Hi…the name's Tasker, Dana Tasker," she said.
Tru immediately said, "Thanks back there, if it wasn't for you…well."
"Not a problem, not a problem at all," she stated. Then she turned to the frightened little girl and asked, "how you doin' sweetie?"
The girl looked at her with large tear filled eyes saying, "I want mommy."
Dana said smiling, "Well at least you're here with friends."
Alexis looked at her and replied, "I've ner' seen these people before."
Alexis looked at her and replied, "I've ner' seen these people before."
The next thing that happened was Harry was driving and felt a gun stuck in his neck.
"Listen dirtbag, pull over at the next police station and let the girl and me off. Do you hear me? And stud why don't you hand me those guns nice and slowly."
"Yep…I…I hear yah'. Xander give up the guns…please," Harry said nervously.
"Umm…lady…"
"Yeah Tru?"
"Their back!"
Dana looked back and saw the blue van jack knife around the corner. She was almost thrown in the trunk when Harry gunned the engine and sped down the road weaving in and out of traffic. Xander turned around drawing his gun and fired at the van. They all ducked at return fire from the van. Driving was not Harry's forte, but he did the best that he could. He saw an opening and weaved between crossing traffic without hitting anybody. They all rejoiced when the blue van bounced off a truck and came to a stop after hitting a pole. That's when…they ran out of gas a block away.
Tru screamed at Harry, "Don't you ever get gas!"
Harry screamed back, "Gee I'm sorry Tru, I didn't think today was the day for me to get shot at and chased through L.A."
"Both of you knock it off, this way."
They hurried through a Chinese restaurant running at high speed Xander noticed the little girl starting to get tired and picked her up still running. They moved a lot faster after that.
Both Tru and Dana watched in amazement as the man, Xander, ran through the alley behind the restaurant picking up speed even after being shot and carrying a nine year old little girl.
The little girl looked up at the man running and then noticed blood running down his arm.
"Hey mister you're bleedin'."
Smiling while trying to take in oxygen Xander said, "Thanks Alexis." He then stopped and turned to Harry saying, "Harry I need you to take off, get to Wolfram and Harts. Talk to somebody in charge and tell…huff…tell them Alexander Lavelle Harris is on his way there…go now."
Harry sped off in one direction as Xander and the rest took off in the other direction. They looked behind them to find that the cloaked figures were right behind them. Running through an alley Xander took a detour through a door by breaking it down with his shoulder (putting the girl down first, of course). Running past several people the four hurried through the club sometimes knocking people over.
Several people commented on this. "Hey, get that guy! What the hell? Since when do they let shirtless guys in here with kids no less."
Two bouncers blocked they're path to the front door, where the four could see a red carpet and some woman talking to some people.
When they reached the front both bouncers tried to stop them. Dana tried to make it around Tru and Alexis, when her mouth dropped open. Xander set his feet and did a round house kick to the first bouncer's head, knocking him back. The second bouncer lunged forward and received a punch to the face.
Dana watched as all this developed, not noticing the big burly guy coming up behind. She squawked hard when she was enveloped in a bear hug. Taking matters in her own hands, she through her head back colliding the back of her head into the front of the bouncer's nose breaking it. When he dropped her she grabbed his hand in a wristlock and flipped him. Then swiftly kicked him into unconsciousness.
Being dark in the club Xander turned around to find the third bouncer on the ground oblivious to all. Turning to Tru he said, "Whoa, way to go Tru!"
"But…but I didn't do…"
"Whatever…we gotta exit now!" Xander exclaimed after hearing some commotion in the back of the club.
Dana muttering to no one in particular, "Why does Tru get all the thanks hey, right here you know! Mom and dad Tasker are not going to believe this. All I had to do was get some information on some assassins called Terakins, but noooo, I get sucked in to this…"
Xander ran out the door past several people coming in, when he heard, "Hi there," As he was grabbed around the arm and pulled in front of this woman. He turned back to see Tru, Alexis and Dana come running out the door behind him. "Hi that certainly was some nice entertainment, really. We should all give you a big hand of applause." Applause was heard around them as people cheered for the three. "Now tell me, what was your motivation."
Looking at the insane woman Xander said, "huh!"
"Well look at you," slipping her arm around his, "that was some stunt. Do you do this at club openings often?"
"What??? Look Ms."
"River's, Joan Rivers." Turning from him she talks to the young woman at her side and says with a hint of humor, "So Melissa what do you think of his outfit?"
"…"
Xander was standing there looking dirty, sweaty, and barefoot from running without a shirt on in a pair of old blue jeans. His hair was unruly and sweat was pouring down his front and back. He was a mess. When he looked to the other woman she just smiled shyly and blushed.
"Well it looks like Melissa approves." Applause and laughter follows, as Xander looks perplexed, while Melissa just looked embarrassed. Loosening her hold on him Xander shrugged her arm off, turned and almost ran into…Buffy!!??
From behind him came "Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddy Prinze what is you're next movie going to be, by the way Sarah you look incredible…"
Smiling at Xander, Sarah turned to face the cameras and talked with Joan, "Well Joan I recently got this script sent through the mail. It's about this girl who is a 'Slayer'. What's a Slayer, well…"
Xander walked backwards through the crowd trying to listen to what Sarah was saying, when he was grabbed from behind by Tru and pushed through people. Up ahead he saw the dark haired girl, Dana, opening a door to one of the limousines and helping the little girl in. He then saw Dana enter. Tru just looked at him and said, "Drive!"
He hurried around to the front, knocked on the window and punched the driver out. Pushing him over he dropped down into his seat and started the car and was off. Looking back in his mirror, he checked to make sure everything was okay. Being dark he just decided to call back there.
"Okay, we got everybody back there?"
"Right here," Tru called.
"Okay," came from a tiny voice from Alexis.
"Here too," came from Dana.
"Who are you people?"
"…"
Sighing Xander looked back and said, "Okay, who are you?"
"Well since I rented this limo, who are you?" a feminine voice shot back.
After everyone informed her of whom they were they waited patiently for her to introduce herself.
"The name is Eliza Dishku, I'm an actress and where the hell are you taking me?"
"Oh boy!! Will this day ever end? What the hell are they doin' back at the club?"
Dana replied, "It looks like the Terakins are getting autographs!!??"
"Terakins …Why me?" Xander said to no one in particular. He just raced down the street to Wolframs and Harts. He didn't even think to question Dana about her knowledge of Terakins.
"What do you mean you sent them away?" growled Faith, while sticking her face in front of Amanda's.
Cringing back, Buffy stepped between the two before anything could happen to Amanda and told Faith to back off. She then turned to Amanda, smiled encouragingly and said very slowly, "Now Amanda, what exactly did you do to DeOgan, Xander and
Giles?"
"Umm…well…I had to get them out of there so I…uhh…teleported them away," while backing away from both girls.
Willow burst through the crowd of Slayers, witches and wizards to rescue Amanda from Slayer retribution. Turning to Amanda, the senior witch looked at Amanda and said, "You teleported them away…Amanda…you just learned that spell yesterday. Where did you send them?"
"Umm…away." She said in a meek voice, smiling hoping they'd all see the
humor in it…pretty soon at least. Her hopes were dashed though when several Slayers growled at her.
Willow scowled at the Slayers forcing them back, when Willow's cell phone started to ring. Answering it, she said into it, "Giles! Where are you?… London…Croft Manor," looking up at Sarah, Willow nodded and said into the phone, "Sarah's on her way…Ohh! That's great Giles…You got financial backing from her too! Uhh Giles Lirio's staring a hole in me…This Lara Croft, she isn't good looking, is she…stop cleaning you're glasses and …What do you mean there's something wrong with the connection?…He hung up on me!"
Lirio growled, mumbled something and walked away. That's when Willow's phone rung again. Willow again answered it to find DeOgan on the line. "Hi DeO…
what…you're in New York City…You're fine. Dropped in on a nice Police Detective's car while he was on a chase…helped capture some terrorists'…commendation. Wow you've been busy…not all," Buffy and the other Slayers crowded around. "Talked to John McClane…the detective, about troubled teens…located five Slayers, maybe more. John said what…oh! Wanted you to talk to another detective that John dated a few times…a Sara Pessimistic? No,…Sara Pezzini…strong magic…should check her out…Why? Is she good lookin'?" Willow joked. "Oh, she is!" Willow frowned getting a nasty glare from Buffy. "You want me to send…no! Come myself…Okay."
"Bye guys, I got work to do. Amanda, Lirio with me please." They were gone a second after.
Everybody paused looking at the destruction of the castle once called Hogwarts, when a small voice said, "Where's Xander?"
They sped down the street while the four females in back complained or whined…loudly. Finally Xander pulled up in front of Wolfram and Hart's, stopped the car and got out. Opening the limousine's back door, he watched as all the occupants exited. The last wearing a very expensive evening gown.
Leading the four into the Law firm Xander walked past the front desk and up the stairs, to the front desk's consternation. Entering the Elevator they all waited patiently until the doors opened.
The doors opened to reveal several security men in uniforms holding lethal looking guns that were aimed at them. In the back Wesley looked and called the guards off. Then escorted Xander and the rest back to his office. Upon entering the office Xander fainted from blood loss. All four girls crowded around him as Wesley called for an emergency team that was stationed at the law firm. He then looked at the occupants of the room, "OHMYGOD! Faith!"
The other girls minus Alexis looked at each other, finally noticing the resemblance.
Tru said right away, "Hey! You two are wearing my face!"
Dana came back with, "Ohmygod, mom and dad are going to freak. It's like looking in a freakin' mirror."
Eliza just said, "Who are you people?"
They then turned as one to Wesley and said in unison, as if it was rehearsed, "Who's Faith?"
After the shock and the emergency team taking Xander to the infirmary, the group settled outside of Xander's room. Wesley took the time to make a call to a cell phone number he had.
In a couple of seconds Wesley got someone to answer, "Oh hi Faith," giving puzzled glances at the other three. "Umm…are you looking for Xander…yeah he's here at Wolfram and Hart's…Is he okay…well…a little blood loss."
Moving the phone from his ear, everyone heard, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, A LITTLE BLOOD LOSS?"
"Umm…he was kind of shot…but don't worry, he'll be fine…What you're on your way with Dawn, Buffy and Sarah…who's Sarah?…Look it's okay, we have… hello…hello."
Wesley shrieked when a hand grabbed his shoulder and a very perturbed Faith stood behind him with an equally peeved Dawn, Buffy and a dark eyed girl that he could only presume to be Sarah. Lifting him up effortlessly by the lapels Wesley just squeaked out two words, "In there," he said pointing to the room where three dark haired girls were crowded around with one little girl. He then thought to himself 'how'd they get here that fast?'
Dropping him the three girls followed Faith as she shoved and pushed her way to the front and into the room.
"Hey Boytoy you okay?" Faith said concerned as she sat down next to her fiancé.
Shaking his head a bit he smiled, sat up and embraced Faith in a large hug and gave her one hell of a kiss. They didn't quite hear the moans of displeasure from the group behind them.
Dawn had left at this time to go back to pick up Lorne, Spike and Harmony.
Buffy and Sarah herded the three women and the little girl into the waiting room.
"Okay, now what the hell is th…Ohmygod!"
"What Buffy? What's the…holy Sh…are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Sarah exclaimed.
"Are you seeing three Faith wanna be's?" Buffy said.
"Yeah Buffy."
The three, Tru, Dana and Eliza looked at the Witch and Slayer and said in unison, "Who's Faith?"
At this point Faith entered with Xander sitting in a wheel chair and a just returned Dawn, Harmony, Lorne and Spike. A secretary led the little girl, Alexis, out of the room before the yelling and screaming began.
"Okay, what happened?" Faith growled.
"Ummm, I guess it started with me…" as Tru went ahead and told them how Xander got hurt.
"So, let me get this straight Xander has been running around town in just a pair of pants and no shirt." The three girls nodded their heads.
"And he was shot at by Terakins?" Faith asked.
"Yes," they replied.
"One more thing," Buffy asked grinning. "He was stripping?"
Two of the girls, Dana and Tru, grinned and nodded vigorously, while Xander tried to wheel himself out of the room, but was stopped by a grinning Dawn.
Spike laughed, "Couldn't of been much to look at."
The rest of the girls glared at Spike, when Buffy replied, "Any thing's more than what you've got, Spike."
Spike growled and left the room.
"He stripped, damn I missed that one!" Eliza looked appraisingly at Xander while he just blushed a lot. "I think."
"I only did it undercover…" Xander began.
"Not much," Dana smirked, while Buffy and Willow held a hissing Faith in check (Sorry didn't know Buffy already said this in one of the episodes).
"I did it in case there was any trouble, okay."
Buffy looked up and grinned with mischief saying, "Xander, didn't you tell me after you're little trip, that when you're car broke down you did a little stripping in Oxnard?" Xander dropped his head in his hands and sighed loudly.
Faith looked up smirking and said, "he did?"
"Cool" Sarah said grinning.
"Okay, okay is there any female in this room that has not seen me Naked?"
Harmony raised her hand, but Xander corrected his statement by adding, "females with heart beats only, please."
Two hands went up, one was Eliza's, the other's was Sarah.
Eliza remarked, "I'm pretty sure that…wait did you say Oxnard's…never mind."
"You would have been under age?"
"False I.D."
"Woman after my own heart." Faith smirked.
"I still haven't seen him naked," remarked Sarah.
Dawn replied to Sarah, "You haven't been here that long…just wait." They both grinned, while Xander frowned.
"Tru, why are you here?" Willow asked.
"I told you, I started it all."
"Dana."
"I work for the Federal Government, I'm an agent looking into the Terakan Assassin guild. And all you people should be under arrest!"
Ignoring her, which pissed her off even more, Willow said, "Eliza."
"I'm an actress, I was clubbing to get some work, when they took my limo."
"How'd you get here then?"
"I was in it at the time."
"Oh."
"Hey," Tru asked. "Didn't I see you in 'Wrong Turn' the movie?"
"Yeah that was me. What I'm really looking for is a series though." She turned to stare at Buffy, "Can I ask a question, why is Sarah Michelle Gellar here?" Eliza said pointing at Buffy.
"Who's Sarah Michelle Cellar?" Buffy said.
"Gellar!!" Everyone yelled.
"Whatever. Who is she?"
"Soap star, actress, played Daphne on the 'Scooby Doo' movie. You could be her twin." Eliza said, dumbfounded.
Smiling Buffy replied, "So she looks that good, huh?"
Groaning the others turned back to the conversation at hand.
"There was a 'Scooby Doo' movie?" Xander asked questioningly.
"Hey! These girls all look like me!" growled Faith. "Well…except for her, Dana, their all tryin', doesn't work though. If you girls hang with me awhile, maybe I'll share some secrets with yah'." The others just scowled at her; all realized though that she was very intimidating.
Except Dana, she sauntered up to Faith after pulling her gun and snarled, "Maybe you look like us BIT…argg."
The others watched as Faith had Dana by the throat and had lifted her off the floor a good two feet, while simultaneously disarming Dana of all her weapons. Faith then dropped Dana on her can, while the other girls stared at her dumbfounded.
"I missed the ''Scooby Doo' movie." Xander whined, ignoring what his fiancé was doing to Dana.
"That movie was a couple of years back, 'Scooby Doo Two' came out a couple of months ago." Said Eliza, looking concerned for Dana.
Buffy leaned over patting Eliza on the back saying, "Hey, its alright, I doubt Faith did any damage…really."
"There's another MOVIE! My life is ruined!" Xander quoted.
Buffy and Sarah stepped over and patted their friend, Xander on the shoulder and promising to get him the videos.
Dana staggered to her feet shaking her head and rubbing her neck. Looking to Tru and Eliza she whispered, "Don't get the Dark haired one pissed off." They all nodded quickly after that.
Another girl entered the room she had dark bluish hair and was all attitude. She wore an outfit seemingly made out of leather. Wesley gave a moan right away as the individual made her presence known.
"You are here again." She said looking at Xander who was seated in the wheel chair. "Do you not think that you are a fool for returning?"
Just as she was about to grab Xander around the throat, Faith stepped in front and blocked her.
Xander looked around Ileria and said, "Ileria this is Faith, she's feelin' a little irritated. Not a good time for a confrontation…"
Ileria went to push Faith out of the way, when…
Outside the room a very upset Angel walked with Spike and Lorne.
"I don't understand Lorne, you're saying Xander is here with three girls that could be Faith's sisters? And Spike is saying Buffy is here, with Dawn? Now you're telling me Ileria was walking in this direction, so you ran to get me?" Nodding the two, Spike and Lorne just grinned at each other. "Great just great, I hope Ileria doesn't hurt any…"
WHAM!!
The three rushed to whoever had been knocked through the heavy wooden door, they all watched as Angel turned the body over and found a very unconscious Ileria limp in his arms.
"Oly sh…that's it, I'm outta 'ere." Cried Spike.
Glancing at Spike's back as he quickly disappeared down the hall, Angel mumbled, "Who could do this to Ileria?"
"Umm…maybe a very pissed off Slayer." Lorne said looking at a scowling Faith through the damaged door.
Getting up Angel walked towards the room and entered with Lorne right behind. The room was crowded with several people. There was apparently four Faith's, Buffy, Wesley, Dawn, a witch named Sarah, Xander in a wheel chair, Harmony and somebody named Harry.
Sighing Angel said, "Okay what the hell is going on?"
After about an hour of explanation and moving to one of the larger conference rooms, Angel finally thought that he understood the situation and had Harmony call up the Cavanaw's. He then noticed Xander giving Harmony a very nasty look.
"Xander what's the matter with Harmony?" The other girls giggled.
"Hey, lay off me Deadboy! I had to kiss her okay!" Xander replied.
"Ummm…what's wrong with that." Deadb…err…Angel asked.
"She's dead you idi…oh yeah…never mind."
"Xander it's okay…" Buffy stammered.
"Shut up Buffy, you never had a…a…cold slimy tongue forced down you're throat before…Oh yeah…you have." Xander mumbled as he got cold looks from Buffy and Angel.
"What does he mean a cold slimy tongue…?" asked a very confused Eliza.
Ignoring the question, Buffy asked Angel if anyone was tracking these Terakins, when…
That's when the door burst open and Terakin assassins entered and quickly tripped over Xander's wheel chair dropping their guns and weapons and Xander to the floor.
"I knew there was a reason why I let him help me," remarked a smiling Tru.
It took only a second for the group in the room to confiscate the weapons and incapacitate the assassins. After the security team had escorted four of the five out of the room, and they had picked up a battered Xander, who chose to sit at the table instead of near the door this time, things seemed to settle down quickly.
Mr. and Mrs. Cavanaw along with Frank they're eldest were shown into the room and took a seat at the other end of the table. When the assassin in charge woke up, he refused to talk, so Sarah was employed to do a truth spell on him. Once the spell took effect they asked him several questions.
"Who's you're employer?" Asked Tru.
"I…I don't know…I was not given a name, only a promise. When the deed was complete my men and I were to receive a million dollars each, after he inherits the money."
"So this person was a 'he'?" The man nodded in his dream-like state.
"When did this call come?" Xander asked.
"A…a month ago, at about 1:00 in the afternoon."
"Do you remember hearing any sounds at the time?…'remember'…" Sarah said.
"Nice job Sarah, I wouldn't of thought of that." Xander said. She smiled brightly.
"A…a…bell."
"A bell?" Buffy looked confused at the other occupants of the room.
"A…a…school bell."
The group looked as one at the sixteen year old boy, Frank, while he stammered, "Mom…I didn't do it…please I…love my sister." Tears flowing down Frank's face, Xander quickly asked one more question of the assassin.
After answering the mother said that he had come home sick with the flu at about ten in the morning that day.
From the other end of the table a growl arose as Angel went flying through the air hitting the wall hard where Alexis, the little girl had thrown him.
In a deeper voice than any little girl had a right to have, she said, "You little bitch, Alexis, I knew you were holding back on me."
Tru asked Xander who she was talking too.
"The little girl Alexis, I believe."
Everyone got to they're feet, while Buffy and Faith ran to help Angel. After shaking off the affects of attack. Angel turned to Wesley saying "possession?" Wesley nodded.
With its escape cut-off by Faith, Buffy and Angel, it started babbling about its plan. It seems as if it had noticed Tru's destiny about two months ago when it got sucked into her 'time problem' on another case. So an inkling of a plan started, but needed the right subject to possess. That's when it was in another body it had walked into Cavanaw's and found some papers on the Cavanaw's worth to be in the millions. So it possessed the little girl in hope of framing the son, Frank. The plan would have worked perfectly if not for Xander being thrown into the mix.
Alexis smiled wickedly and crossed to the open window, telling everyone to step back or she'll jump. At that moment, Willow appeared and got the low down from Sarah. Willow just smiled at the little girl and said, "A Horath Demon, I thought you were extinct?"
The puzzled Demon little girl glanced at Willow and said, "Who are you?"
Willow returned, "A witch who knows how to deal with the demon."
The demon jumped…A mother screamed…Willow mouthed a spell…Dawn disappeared…Xander wondered where he could find Scooby Doo…
The Cavanaw's walked out holding onto their son and daughter smiling. Eliza had left a couple of hours earlier talking with a very happy Lorne. The conversation was a series about a mythical person called the Slayer.
Dana had left but not without having the last twenty-four hours being erased from her memory. Can't have Federal Agents running around with memories of demons, and Slayers in her head.
Tru thanked Xander for his help and kissed him lightly on the cheek, while Buffy and Dawn held back Faith. Xander walked back and waved to Tru as he looked into Faith's angry eyes and said, "She may look like you, but there's only one Faith that I fell in love with." Faith at that instant lost all hostility and embraced him in a hug.
Gunn walked up and notified Angel that that someone was on their way up. Angel turned to Xander whispered in his ear. Dawn waved bye to everyone and teleported the rest away just before a big man representing Wolfram and Hart's entered asking about what happened during the night.
"So, when the little girl jumped, Willow said a spell just as I teleported into the room, separating Alexis, the little girl, from the demon. The demon was disoriented and tried to jump into the next living organism."
"And that's when Ileria entered to take another whack at Faith. Unfortunately for Ileria the demon entered her body not knowing that Ileria already inhabited it. The fight took less than a second, when it was unceremoniously kicked out of Fred's body. That's when Sarah froze time enough for Xander to dispatch the demon with Excalibur. End of story." Dawn reviewed.
Exiting the room and building Xander and Faith walked out the front door and took a walk to one of the Taverns in Hogsmede. Faith glanced at him occasionally, while holding his hand in both of hers.
"Okay…what d'yah want to ask me?" Xander said without looking at her.
Smiling she said, "So you're a secret spy for Angel, huh?"
"Damn that Slayer hearing." He cussed out loud.
"You're the last one I expected. I thought you hated Angel?"
"I do, but that doesn't mean I don't trust him. He's been workin' towards takin' Wolfram and Fart's down since he got there. Yeah, I said it just the way I wanted. Now he's gotta plan and he'll need backup."
"You went behind Buffy and Giles back to do this. Aren't you worried about the consequences?"
"To be honest with yah', no. Giles was the one that set it up, after Angel left just after Graduation."
Entering the pub, Faith, stunned asked, "Wait a minute, you've been helping Angel since after he left Sunnydale?"
"Yep, someone had too. Besides if I hadn't a warned him that you were comin' he might not have…oops."
Faith turned him to face her rather quickly and easily (Slayer strength you know). The other occupants of the room moved away from the arguing pair trying to stay out of their way.
"Wait a minute, you KNEW I was headed for L.A., didn't you? Angel didn't help me, you did!"
After the emotional outburst, Xander settled down in a dark table at the rear of the pub and ordered two Wizard beers for Faith and himself. He then turned to Faith who was eyeing him questioningly.
"Yeah, I knew, where else would you go? So I warned Angel and even though it looked like you were a surprise, he was expecting you. Now…now hold on a minute. I tried to help you but he seemed to get to you on a level that I couldn't reach at the time, so…"
"You helped me…you were always there and I never knew it." Faith said gazing out the window. Tears started to slide down her eyes. "You were the one that sent the care packages to the Prison weren't you?"
He smiled patting her hand as she leaned up against him, "Angel, Giles and I, though it was Angel's idea."
She looked at him with renewed respect, but then that changed to confusion. "Why not tell Buffy?"
"She'd a ran to Angel in a heartbeat and after that immortal type dude she killed by cutting his little toe off…weird, his toe…killing him. We knew she would be back on the Angel express in no time. Anyway Angel did tell me that he was in Circle and it's all coming to a head."
"So what now?"
"We get ready for an all out assault on the Ministry of Magic and I hope we don't have to fight two wars on two fronts."
"The Ministry of Magic?"
"Yeah, they want to end this war once and for all, so they're going to have to hit that next."
Puzzled she asked, "You said two wars?"
"When we hit the Ministry, I hope we don't get the call from Angel…You get me?"
"If they do?" she asked concerned.
"I'm calling the Australian team."