Willow unlocked and opened the door to the large apartment building that Xander partly owned. Two twin girls followed behind, both with short raven hair and ice blue eyes. They had dark skin and serious expressions.
"Guys! We're back! We got the Slayers from Egypt!"
Buffy walked in and grinned.
"So there were two? Good job,Wil'! The more the merrier. Welcome to Slayer Headquarters. I'm Buffy, the original Slayer who got this mess started."
Willow whapped Buffy on the shoulder.
"With help from the most powerfull wicca in the world."
Willow blushed.
One girl smiled and nodded.
"Yes," She said in a silky voice with a sharp accent. "We felt the power within us as it blossomed. We could feel the presence of someone who had awoken such a power, and knew that this woman had done so. She explained to us everything, about you, and the other Slayers. Thank you, for granting us such power."
Buffy smiled and touched her arm.
"Don't thank me. Thank Willow. She pulled it off, it was just my idea. Anyway, what are your names?"
The one who had spoken first stepped forward.
"I am Nephrys. I am at your service."
She bows before her twin steps forward.
"I am Anestia."
She bowed a little, but didn't offer her service. The others started filing in, yawning and stretching, ready to get to bed.
Buffy grinned. "Xander will show you your room."
"Say huh?" He said, stopping, his eyepatch looking a bit weathered from the hot sun and sand.
"Show them to their room, Xand'."
He nodded after Willow had to restate it. "Okay,okay. Come on."
He led them up to their room, shared by Hisa from Japan and Svetlana from Ukraine.
"Hisa, 'Lana," Xander called as he knocked. "You guys decent?"
A pale girl with short black hair opened the door. "Yes. Who are these?"
Xander stepped aside and introduced the twins. "These are your new room mates, Nephrys and Anestia. Egypt. Play nice, okay Lana?"
Hisa giggled from behind her. "Xander-san, don't worry. We'll help them feel welcome, here."
Nephrys smiled. "Thank you. May we put our things away?"
Xander smiled and let Svetlana close the door. He could hear Nephrys and Hisa talking as he walked back downstairs.
"So! How're things here, Buff? Catch us any more?"
Buffy shook her head, running her hands through her hair and blowing a puff of air through her lips.
"No such luck. Willow's updating our database on who we have, where they're from, and where more are. She keeps sensing more and more of them. We're gonna need a bigger boat, Xand'."
"I know...I know... Hey, maybe we could ask-"
"No. We can't trust Angel now that he's working for Wolfram and Hart. Okay? No asking Angel for anything. We can find a way on our own."
"...I wasn't going to ask that, I swear."
"Uh huh."
"Okay, so, where else are we gonna put them all? Normally I'd say let's hole em up at the magic shop, but that's kinda gone now."
"I know, Xander. But still, Angel would be a last resort. All right?"
"Okay..."
Andrew came in, buttoning up a coat and adjusting his tie. He had changed into what he liked to call his "Watcher Suit".
"Mr.Giles is sending me on a mission of muy importante in LA. A Slayer's been discovered in an asylum. Apparently when she was a kid, someone killed her parents, kidnapped her, raped her, tortured her...she's kinda crazy now, and killing people. So Mr. Giles is sending me to retrieve her."
Xander gave him a thumbs up. "Good luck with that."
Andrew huffed. "Mock if you will, but he's also letting me bring a bunch of the girls along. I thought Hisa and Svetlana could come as well as a few others. If it comes to a fight...well, we'll want to have them handy. After all, Angel is still a Vampyre."
Buffy nodded. "Yep. With a soul. Didn't stop him from agreeing to run an evil law firm, though. Okay. Go as soon as you can, all right? Bring whoever you want, but not the new girls. They haven't been properly trained, as far as I can tell."
Andrew nodded. "You got it. I'll be off, now."
He left with what he hoped was an elegant flair, a good thirty girls waiting outside for him.
"What are we gonna do about him," asked Buffy.
"...A haircut? Manicure, pedicure? I dunno."
Buffy smiled and playfully whapped Xander on the arm.
"C'mon. We've all had a long couple of days. Time for bed."
"Yay. I'm sunburnt and crispy."
