Chapter 8

Halloween Pt. 2

"Is this another one of your games, Ethan?" Giles asked as he stood to his feet.

"As I said before..." Ethan/Lucifer said as a red light emanted out of his hand, making an invisible force lift Giles off of his feet. "the names Lucifer."

"What...what do you want?" Giles gasped out as he's lifted higher off of his feet.

"Oh I don't know." Ethan/Lucifer said as he walked up closer to Giles. " You and your daughter's horrible death's, total world domination." Lucifer said with a shrug. "You know that kind of thing."

"Kendra," Giles moaned out as his muscles started to strain. "what have you done to her?"

Lucifer only gave him a feral grin as he walked up to Giles with a huge dagger, that seemed to appear out of no where. As he walked closer to him, Lucifer was suddenly punched in the face. The force of the blow sent him sprawling across the library floor.

With the power gone, Giles feel bonelessly to the floor. As he looked up he saw Kendra staring down at him.

"Are you alright?" Xena asked as she helped the older man to his feet.

"My word Kendra, you're alright." Giles said as he pulled her into a hug. Remembering himself, he quickly let her go. "Sorry." he apologized.

"Don't worry about it." Xena said with a shrug. "I'm just borrowing your daughter's body for tonight."

Before Giles could ask her what she meant, Xena whipped around, sword raised and put it up to the chest of Lucifer/Ethan.

"Ahhh... Xena long time no see." he said to her with a smirk.

"Who are you?" Xena asked through narrowed eyes.

"I'm hurt." Lucifer said as he put his hand on his chest. "Don't you remember your old friend Lucifer?"

"That's impossible." Xena said with wide eyes. "I closed the door to hell."

"Yet here I am." he said with a smile, that quickly faded from his face. "Time to die." he said as he jumped back and prepared a fireball in his hand. Sensing someone behind him, he whipped around and threw his fireball. Leaping out of the way, Gabrielle was barely able to avoid the hell fire.

"Oh and hello Gabrielle." Lucifer said as he smiled back at her. As he saw Xena try to charge him, he sent a red wave through the room, that made everybody fall to their feet. Then he sensed something disturbing in the force.

"Oh, no you don't knight." he said as he snapped his fingers.


A mugging and three vampire attacks later, a very bruised and battered Batman looked across the street at Ethan's costume Shop. That Cordelia girl was right about him, he really wasn't Batman.

For one his fighting techniques were sloppy and his stamina was way low. But still the body he possessed pushed on. The willpower, the desire to keep fighting, Batman could feel it emanting off the boy.

Snapping out of his musings, he moved quiet as a whisper into the back alley. Pulling out some lock picks, he went to work on the back door. A few minutes and a soft click later he was in.

Batman looked around, trying to find what could be the focus of the costume spell. He saw several candidates. A small statue of some god, a full length mirror, a tome of spells, and a few other items that could be it but it was unlikely. Then he looked back at the statue again. It seemed to radiate a demonic aura.

"That must be it." he muttered to himself.

Batman staggered painfully over to the head of Janus and lifted it up to smash it on the ground. As he tried to , a wave of dizziness struck him. As he opened his eye's he found that he was in a library.

"Hello Knight." Ethan/Lucifer said as he looked over at him, with dark demonic eyes. "I've been expecting you."

With a groan, Batman went inside of his utility belt and grabbed his last batarang. As he hurled the viscious weapon, the self proclaimed prince of darkness merely raised his hand and the batarang melted in place.

"Now that was pathetic." he said only for Batman to run at him and punch him in the face.


"Damn, he's stronger than I remember." Xena said as she stood to her feet.

"Xena are you alright?" Gabrielle asked as she ran up to her.

"Yeah I'm fine." she said as she looks down at Giles. "Watch over him." she say's as she literally jumped into the fray.

Lucifer punches Batman in the face, sending him across a table. Books and a cup of coffee Giles was drinking earlier, fall to the floor with him. Then Xena runs in the fight, for her turn.

"Hey Lucy!" Xena says as she swings her sword at him, but he ducks. They begin to fight, and Batman joins in, with a sword of his own in hand. Lucifer throws Xena across the room, then spins around and punches Batman in the chest, knocking him into the opposite wall.

Xena gets to her feet and starts swinging her sword at him, but he outmaneuvers her, ducking her blows and kicking her across the floor again. Batman comes at him next, swinging his sword, but Lucifer avoids his swings as well. Xena gets to her feet and comes at Lucifer, who is now fighting them both off. When they swing at him, he grabs both blades simultaneously with his bare hands, and he swings both heroes off the end of the swords, flinging them against opposite walls.

"Unimpressive." Lucifer say's as he throws both of the swords to the ground. "Rupert surely you've taught your children better then this?" Lucifer asks. Then he starts to feel something.

"No." he groans, holding his chest as if someone stabbed him. "I need more time."

Shaking with unnatural speed Ethan falls to the ground with a groan. As soon as his body hit's the floor a black shadow comes out of his body and disappears. At the same time the Statue of Janus, cracks and breaks on the other side of town.

"Are you, you?" Giles asked as he helped Kendra to her feet.

"I'm sorry Mr. Giles, but it's still me." Xena informed him. "But don't worry, I can feel the affects of the spell wearing off." she say's as she starts to have flashes of Kendra's life. "You really care about her don't you?" Xena asked.

"She's my daughter an...and my Slayer." Giles said trying to sound professional. But Xena could see right through that. She saw how Giles eye's twinkled when he referred to her as his daughter. Then she had a stray memory of what Kendra said earlier that day.

"Excuse me Mr. Giles." Xena said as she spotted a pencil and paper. "Maybe you should check on your friend." she said as she walked off with Gabrielle. Giles looked at her retreating form, shrugged and ran over to Xander.

"Are you alright, Xander?" Giles asked as he crouched down beside him.

"Just peachy." Xander said as he stood to his feet. He could feel every ache, every pain that had been inflicted upon Batman's body that night. Then he had a stray thought. "Oh man the kids." he said aloud as he thought about all of the scared trick or treaters they had left by themselves.

"Go ahead then and get the children." Giles said with a warm smile. "I'll take care of everything here." he said as he looked down to the unconcious form of Ethan.

"Alright, I'll be back in a few." Xander said as he was out the door. As Giles moved over to the weapon's cage Xena tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

"Give this to your daughter when I leave. I think she needs to understand this." Xena said as she handed him a letter. As Giles looked it over he saw that it was written in ancient Greek. Not wanting to invade Kendra's privacy he put it in his pocket and didn't read it.

"I can feel us slipping away, Xena." Gabrielle said as she smiled at her.

"Until I'll souls meet again." Xena said as she got very close to Gabrielle. As they got closer and closer to kissing one another on the lips both of them fell with a loud thud to the floor.

"What hit me?" Willow asked as she sat up and rubbed at her head.

"I was tinking de same ting." Kendra said as she opened her eyes. Giles extended his hands down to both of them and helped them to their feet.

"I'm glad to see that both of you are okay." Giles said with a warm smile.

"Giles what happened?" Willow asked as she looked about the room. Tables were over turned and books were littered about the room.

"I'm sure you'll remember everything in a few moments." Giles explained as he heard a soft groan behind him. " Now if you'll excuse me I have a pillock to tie up." he said as he indicated the rope and Ethan. "Oh and Kendra, Xena asked me to give you this." he said as he handed her the note and walked off.

Kendra looked at the note oddly and walked over to a nearby table, followed by Willow. Kendra was very happy that Mr. Zabuto had taught her greek or she would have never understood the letter.

Dear Kendra,

I never thought I would say this to another woman, but I had fun in your body. That was until I read one of your thoughts. I never got a chance to know my father well before he died. All I'm left with is just memories, but you have a living breathing man that loves and adores you. Don't throw that away. I saw it in his eyes when he looked at this body earlier. I saw someone who is willing and capable of dieing for you if need be.

And he's not even your blood. How many men do you know that would do that for you. I know that you have alot of enemies after you and you don't think you're going to live long, but just enjoy the life you have now. Because believe me kid, it might not come back around again.

P.S. Give your old man a hug for me. Xena.

Kendra read the note, and reread it again with tears in her eyes. As Giles finished tieing up Ethan, Kendra ran to him and engulfed him in a big bear hug.

Giles didn't say a word, he just hugged her back.

"I hate to spoil the father/daughter moment, mate." Ethan said as he finally came too. "But I have alot to tell you."

"Are you going to tell me that you're leaving and never coming back?" Giles asked as he turned to glare at him.

"I will after I tell you what I have to say." Ethan replied as he squirmed in his ropes.

"And what on earth do you have to tell me?" Giles asked again.

"The history of the world." Ethan said seriously.

TBC...

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A/N In the next chapter I'm going to try to explain, the true history of the world, the beginning of the Slayer line, why demon's are attracted to Xander, and what Kendra's presense as Slayer has caused.

Also I changed a few things around in the Xena universe as well. Instead of Xena sending Lucifer to hell, she helped to close the hellmouth to keep him from rising again.