As Vergil and Buffy come to the London offices they see an army of vampires attacking some of the young potentials. Vergil unsheathes his sword and gives Buffy a knife to use.
Vergil: Ill take them all, just rescue the potentials.
Buffy: Are you sure you can handle all of the vampires?
Vergil: Ive handled much worse.
Buffy: Ok.
Vampires converge all around Vergil, and he turns in a circle looking at them all. One jumps to him and he slams his sword into its heart dusting it. He swings the sword back down to the ground and another vampire charges him. He brings the sword up and cuts the vampire in half and it turns to dust. Then they all jump at him at once and he starts throwing knives in every vampires heart, making a huge dust storm in the process. Meanwhile Buffy is on the ground helping a young potential to her feet, but a vampire jumps next to her and she looks over.
Buffy: Damn!
Then the vampire is turned to dust and Vergil's sword hits the ground from where the vampire once stood.
Buffy: You just have a talent for saving my ass huh?
Vergil shrugs his shoulders and dusts a vampire right next to him. Buffy scrambles to her feet and she starts helping other potentials up until the vampire threat is finally gone. Buffy walks over to Vergil holding one of the potentials.
Buffy: Well that was fun.
Vergil: Yea.
He walks over to his sword and sheaths it and helps Buffy support the potential. They walk into the front doors and Vergil is met with women with crossbows pointed at him from everywhere in the room. Then Willow walks up and sees Buffy and Vergil.
Willow: Who is this? More importantly what is he?
Vergil looks around at all the crossbows being pointed at him and he keeps his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Buffy: This is Vergil Cross and he's a slayer.
Willow: How can that be, slayers are only supposed to be women?
Buffy: I don't know, but he's a good one. He took all the vampires in the courtyard out easily.
Willow: Well, I guess well have to bring him up to the main office where everyone is waiting.
Buffy lets the potential go to one of the women holding the crossbow and they start following Willow down the hall to an elevator, then Willow pushes the tenth floor button and they start to rise. After a short trip up they exit the elevator and walk down another long hall until they come to a set of double doors and enters. Faith, Xander, Giles, Andrew, and Dawn are sitting at a long table.
Xander: Hey look everyone, Buffys back, and she brought a friend.
Everyone turns around and sees Buffy, Vergil, and Willow.
Andrew: I see you brought the new slayer.
Faith gets up and walks over to him and she inspects him.
Faith: A male slayer, it's sexy. So Buff how good is he?
Buffy: Well he killed mostly all the vampires on our little onslaught in the courtyard.
Xander: And look, he's carrying a sword.
Faith is still inspecting him.
Faith: I want to see how he fights. Can we arrange that or something?
Giles: Faith, uh, we need to make Mr. Cross feel welcome here first.
Vergil: Well everyone pointing crossbows isn't such a great welcoming party.
Faith runs her hand down his arm.
Faith: He's got spunk too.
Dawn: He's cute too.
Everyone looks at Dawn in a weird way.
Dawn: Well I think he's cute.
Andrew gets up and moves toward Vergil:
Andrew: Anyway, the fact of the matter is, that we now have three fully trained slayers on our side. So the vampires are gonna have a hard time getting to us.
Vergil leans over and whispers to Buffy.
Vergil: I really don't like him that much.
Buffy whispers back to him.
Buffy: I don't blame you.
Giles gets up holding a book and he looks at Vergil and starts reading something.
Giles: Vergil, was your last name Algernon?
Vergil: Yes it was why?
Giles: That clearly explains why you are a slayer.
Giles starts looking at everyone else other than Vergil.
Giles: His family has an extremely famous lineage of vampire hunters. They fought famous vampires and won, and when one of his family members were to die, they would declare who would take their place. But Vergil was chosen by the council and not by his family to be the new slayer.
Giles looks toward Vergil.
Giles: So why is your last name Cross?
Vergil: My family didn't want me to fight demons and vampires. It was supposed to end with my mother and father, but they thought that if they changed my last name the council wouldn't find me. So that's how I became Vergil Cross, but I kept my last name as my middle.
Buffy: So that's why you told me your name was Vergil Algernon Cross?
Vergil: Right.
Giles: Anyway, we have a problem at hand. A strong vampire is going to be resurrected tonight, and I want someone to go and stop this ritual. Vergil, Buffy, and Faith, I want you to go and stop the ritual.
Buffy: Where is the ritual supposed to be taking place?
Just then the doors busted open and a potential shambled through, but Vergil threw a knife at her heart before she got farther into the room and she turned to dust.
Faith: Damn, didn't see that coming at all.
Buffy: Told you he was good.
Giles: Anyway, the ritual is being performed at the docks, so you must hurry, time is of the essence.
Buffy and Faith walked over to a closet and opened it revealing weapons of all kinds. Buffy took an axe and some stakes and Faith took the same. They closed the doors and Faith looked at Vergil standing by the door.
Faith: Aren't you gonna take anything?
Vergil: I got everything I need right here.
He pointed to his sword and some knives he hand in his hand.
Buffy: Well lets get going.
Vergil opened the door for the two ladies as the exited the room and he followed after.
Faith: Such a gentleman too.
The slaying trio walks out of the building and come to a garage on the perimeter.
Buffy: Should we take the car or walk?
Faith: Let's take the car.
Buffy looked toward Vergil.
Buffy: So what's your vote?
Vergil: Id rather walk. No one would hear us coming.
Buffy: That's a good point.
Faith walks over to Vergil and runs her hand down his arm again.
Faith: Don't you want to feel some wheel power?
Vergil: Never drove before.
Buffy: Well let's pick something, time is short.
Vergil: Let's take the car then.
Faith: Good.
They go into the garage and enter and black SUV and they drive off after the garage doors open. They drive until they reach the docks and are met with a dozen vampires outside of the car.
Faith: We could run them over.
Buffy: Or we could get out and fight.
Vergil: You guys drive and Ill fight.
They sped off and Vergil jumped out of the moonroof in the car and landed on his feet in-between all the vampires.
Vergil: This is gonna be fun.
A vampire runs toward him and he grabs its neck and twists it, and it doesn't hit the ground before it turns to dust. Another one came up behind him and he slammed the sword behind him and dusted him.
Vergil: Anyone else wanna try? Come on, Ill only use on hand.
The vampires stood there and stared at each other and Vergil started to look at all of them.
Vergil: Don't make me pick a volunteer.
A vampire finally stepped up to the occasion and ran towards Vergil. Vergil poked the sword right through its head, with one hand, like he promised, and the vampire dusted. Meanwhile, Buffy and Faith have fought through some vampires and have arrived at the ritual. They see a vampire in a cloak reciting something that they can't understand.
Faith: Should we just kill him now or what?
Buffy: I think we should wait for Vergil.
Vampire: Did you think I wasn't going to notice you until you killed me?
The cloaked vampire is turned around and he is looking at Buffy and Faith.
Buffy: Well that was kinda the plan.
Vampire: Its too late, Alastor is summoned, and he will kill you all.
Just then the cloaked vampire is killed and we see a man in a gray robe enter the room.
Man: It seems that you couldn't stop my ritual.
Faith: Let's kill him now.
Alastor: You will not kill me!
Buffy: Let's go get him!
Buffy and Faith charge Alastor with their axes held high, and they swing at his arms, but he catches them and forces Buffy and Faith back. He walks over to the girls on the ground and swings the axes downward, but they are met by Vergil's sword.
Vergil: Got you!
Vergil swings the sword up and it makes Alastor stumble backwards but only for a moment. He charges the sword to Alastor's heart, but Alastor swings an axe up and it blocks the attack, and throws Vergil off balance. Alastor swings the other axe at him and Vergil throws a knife at it to stop the attack, and the knife hits making the axe kick back.
Alastor: I would have expected more from an Algernon.
Vergil puts the sword by his side and looks straight at Alastor.
Vergil: That's a lucky guess vampire.
Vergil charges Alastor with his sword and as soon as he gets close to his body, Alastor slams his palm into Vergil's stomach, which makes him spin up into the air, but on his first spin, Vergil swings his sword and cuts Alastor's palm, and blood shoots out.
Alastor: Minor cut no big deal.
Vergil hits the ground and Buffy and Faith get up and charge Alastor. Faith gets close first and swings a punch to him, but he catches her arm with his left hand and forces his right palm into her elbow making a loud cracking sound.
Faith: Ahhhh!
Alastor punches Faith in the stomach and sends her flying into Vergil, and knocks him back down. Buffy jumps on a crate and does a roundhouse kick to Alastor's head, but he catches her foot, and throws her into Vergil and Faith.
Alastor: Three slayers down in less than five minutes. I am truly the strongest vampire.
Vergil gets up on one knee and throws a knife at Alastor's heart, but he catches it. Alastor laughs and throws the knife back at Vergil's head but he catches it, inches away from his left eye. Alastor runs toward them and somehow gets behind them all and he performs a kick that knocks all three of them into separate places in the room.
Alastor: I would love to stay, but Im going to be busy.
Alastor starts to walk out of the building, but he notices Vergil's sword and picks it up.
Alastor: I will be taking this too.
Alastor walks out of the building and we see Vergil, Buffy, and Faith in different places in the room.
Buffy: Anyone lose anything body related?
Faith: My arm is broken.
Vergil: I think everything is here.
Faith: How about you B?
Buffy: I think Im good, for the most of it.
Vergil: That bastard took my sword.
We hear Alastor laugh in the background and then the black SUV is thrown through the building by Alastor.
Vergil gets up and rushes over to Buffy, and helps get her up, then they go to Faith and get her up. As the car comes crashing through, they escape through a door in the building.
Faith: That guy doesn't quit.
Buffy: We have to get back to HQ.
Vergil: Well if we drove through, I think we could have stopped the ritual.
They all laughed shortly and then Vergil and Buffy support Faith for walking. Meanwhile Alastor is looking at the piles of dust that were once vampires.
Alastor: Rise my vampire brethren, rise from your ashes and serve as my slaves.
The dust turns back into vampires and all of them looked dazed and confused.
Vampire 1: Where are we?
Vampire 2: Weren't we just dust?
They all look at Alastor and bow down on one knee.
Vampire 1: We will serve you forever my master.
Alastor: Stand up. What is your name?
The vampire stands up.
Vampire 1: My name is Michael.
Alastor: Michael, you will be my trusted guard. Don't worry, I know what killed you, and he isn't in the picture anymore.
Michael bowed to Alastor.
Alastor: Now come with me, my followers. Recruit any and all vampires to help our cause, and if they don't agree, kill them.
All of the vampires leave except Michael who is standing next to Alastor.
Alastor: The fun is just beginning Michael. When everything goes according to plan, something amazing will happen.
After an hour of walking, Buffy, Faith, and Vergil make it back to HQ. They walk into the main office and they all sit down.
Giles: Did you stop the ritual?
Buffy: We got there too late, he was already summoned.
Faith: Anyone wanna get me some medical attention?
Two slayers come in and escort Faith to the medical station.
Vergil: He took my sword.
Andrew: Its going to be hard to kill him.
Giles: Yes, um, right. We will have to do research on him to find out how to stop him, and find out his plans.
Buffy: I thought you already had information on him.
Giles: That information was only for the ritual. Okay everyone, let's get to it.
As everyone gets up to get the books, Buffy is standing by the doorway with it open and nods her head to Vergil. Vergil follows her out of there.
Buff: Im guessing you have never done the research aspect of slaying.
Vergil: Well I really never had a chance to. It was just find and kill for me, but I guess the researching aspect thing can work.
Buffy leaned over and kissed Vergil on the cheek.
Vergil: What was that for?
Buffy: Saving me again. None of the guys I worked with had reflexes like that.
Vergil: Like Giles said, I'm an Algernon. I practice a lot too.
They walk into a big library filled with books on demons and other things.
Buffy: Well I guess we should do this then.
Vergil: Yea I guess. Have you ever fallen asleep reading one of these?
Buffy: Countless times, I never did like researching, I just liked the slaying.
Vergil: Lets have a bet. Ill give you one of my good knives if you can find out what Alastor wants first.
Buffy: I already have one, remember?
Vergil: Oh yea, well Ill give you another one then.
Buffy: Ok, well what do you want if you win?
Vergil: Ill think about it, usually Ill end up not wanting anything, but Ill consider it.
They go off in separate directions and start reading different books. After about ten minutes Vergil finds something important.
Vergil: Listen to this. It says Alastor will infect anyone he chooses to go after a certain target. Only a slayer can be protected against his spell.
Buffy: Does it say how he's going to do it?
Vergil: With a slayers weapon. Shit!