It was ten thirty by the time the slayers reached their final destination for their night's patrol, which consisted of three different cemeteries. They had gone out as soon as the sun had set and hadn't bumped into any vampires what so ever, something that had them all a little ticked off now.

"Some lucky night this turned out to be" said Kennedy as she walked along side her fellow slayers through Shady Hill.

"I don't know about you two but this is really starting to piss me off." Faith said coming to a halt not too far from the cemetery gates.

"Tell me about it, two weeks and not one vampire," Buffy said.

"We're gonna have to order some in over Ebay or something 'coz I'm too young to retire." Kennedy said.

"Funny Brat very funny." said Faith.

"Do I have to seperate you two?" Buffy asked.

"You're right I really should learn to respect my elders," Kennedy replied.

Taking one last look around them and seeing that they were wasting their time they began to head towards the entrance when Faith spotted something. A young girl came running through the entrance with about twelve vampires behind her. The girl had light brown hair about the same length as her own and was dressed in all black with a leather duster that looked similar to the one spike wore. In her left hand the girl held something that was rapped in old rags.

"Guess we know where they've been all this time, she's been hoggin' 'em all." Faith said pointing towards the girl who had stopped running now and was turning to face the vamps.

"Think now would be a good time to jump in?" asked Kennedy.

Just then the vamps began to surround the girl who had dropped what she was carrying so it was lying in front of her, she had no way to escape, but it didn't stay this way for long as the girl began to deliver a series of quick punches into the vamps closest to her, puching one so hard that he landed at Buffy's feet.

"Something tells me she's got it covered." said Buffy as she staked the vampire.

Two of the vampires that had recovered were running towards her from either side, she shot her arms out and with a quick jolt two stakes extended from each wrist which dusted both vamps as they ran into them.

"New Slayer?" asked Kennedy.

"New Slayer." replied Buffy and Faith in unison.

They watched as the girl set to work on the remaining vampires, laying into them like there was no tomorrow, with most of the vamps on their asses she pulled something out from behind her coat, something which shocked them all.

"The Scythe, how did she get the scythe?" asked Kennedy.

"Guess we'll have to ask." replied Buffy.

The girl immediately set to work on dusting the vampires, staking some beheading others, so that only two were left, seeing that this wasn't going to end well for them the vamps began to run for it.

Taking aim with crossbow she had been wearing on her back Kennedy pulled the trigger and the vampire was dusted mid stride.

"Score" Kennedy said as she reloaded the crossbow.

"No way did she just bag a vamp before me" Faith muttered as she made a move for the remaining vampire.

She didn't get chance to dust the remaining vamp as the girl threw the scythe at his retreating form which sliced the vampires head clean off and left the scythe embedded in the side of a near by tree.

"You have gotta be kiddin' me." Faith said as she turned around to face the others who trying not to laugh and failing very badly.

Picking up whatever it was she had dropped the girl walked over to the tree the girl retrieved the scythe and hid it underneath her coat, turning around she started to walk back the way she came when her path was blocked by the three slayers.

"Ok first you bag all the vamps and you steal for us too" said Faith who was a little pissed she hadn't got a stake in.

This didn't phase the girl at all, taking a step closer to them she gave them the once over.

"You're the Slayers right, I've been looking for you all night, and I didn't steal anything the scythe was given to me," the girl told them.

"Given by who." asked Buffy a little confused now

"Listen I'll explain everything I promise but first I need you to call your friends, have them meet at you're house, because it's a pretty big story and I don't want to repeat it." she told them.

"How ..." Buffy began to ask.

"My watcher sent me here to help you, I'm from the future, my name is Hope." she told them.