Potential in Smallville
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon, while Smallville belongs to Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and whoever I forgot to mention. I do not own these characters.
Timeline: Post "Chosen" but takes place during the end of Chloe's junior year. The season finale did not happen, although Pete did leave. No one will be brought back from the dead.
Full Summary: BtVS/Smallville crossover. When Willow activated the potentials around the world, Chloe Sullivan started to experience certain changes within her. "Why do these dreams seem so real?" "How was I able to heal myself so quickly?" "Where did all this strength come from?" She keeps her new changes to herself, until the scoobies come to town offering her guidance. She is taken to the new and improved Watcher's Council where she trains for the entire summer. When she finally goes back to Smallville for the start of her senior year, she will see that a lot of things have happened that will need to go on her, now deserted, "Wall of Weird."
Pairings: There will be no pairings in this story, only mentions of past couples. (Ex: Angel/Buffy or Buffy/Spike or something along those lines)
This fic is based off the challenged proposed from by JadeHunter.
Reviewers:
Buffy-CrazyaboutAngel: The character is someone you know, though, it isn't Anya! You will find out in this chapter, so don't worry about having to wait long to find out!
MercuryGoddess: Glad that you liked the story, even though it isn't your forté. The roommates are all made up from my mind, so you shouldn't have to worry about remembering other characters from either show.
And many thanks to the other reviewers: CT Malone, Mae (glad you are backand to my wonderful new beta: MercuryGoddess, who will only help with grammar and such. I need to find someone who can keep my story canon to both storylines! HINT HINT!
A/N: Me putting my notes in this story will be rare, but when I do, watch out! JK! I decided to have Willow, seeing as she is my favorite character, have a bigger part in this story! This means that she will probably be in Smallville more than the Scooby gang and such.
"Blah" means speech
'Halb' means thoughts
Chapter Six: Discussion
Court Yard (July 19, 2004)
"Oomph," Dana groaned as she hit the cement. She was rubbing her neck where Chloe had clotheslined her. When Chloe had told her friends about her problem of holding back against other slayers, they decided to help her out. Alicia's method was talking to her, much like Faith had, about how tough her fellow slayers were and to not worry. Dana and Bianca had settled on yelling things at Chloe to make her angry and fight them.
Dana's taunting had succeeded, and Chloe started the fight. Soon enough, she had forgotten her apprehension against other slayers and was fighting as if Dana was a vampire.
"Are you alright down there?" Chloe asked laughing.
"Ha ha," Dana replied angrily.
She jumped up, expecting to throw her leg out and get Chloe in the stomach, but Chloe flipped backwards, anticipating the move Dana had done. With Dana's leg still up, Chloe was able to grab it and throw it higher into the air. Dana wound up flipping forward and landing on her feet, much to Chloe's chagrin. Dana turned and threw a punch, at the same time as Chloe, and their fists connected. The knuckles cracked, unlike for an ordinary human, which could have broken a couple of fingers.
"I think we've proved that you don't need to be afraid about not holding back," Dana said blowing on her fist.
"The mail is here!" Alicia yelled coming into the courtyard. She looked from Chloe and Dana, who were both rubbing their hands. "Did I miss something?"
"Just Chloe getting over her fears," Bianca said. When Dana had gotten Chloe to fight, she went off to the side and practiced using her knife.
"Are we allowed to use weapons yet?" Chloe asked.
"It's only against the rules if she gets caught," Dana said. Bianca started laughing, though she kept making jabbing moves with her weapon.
"Well anyway," Alicia said, "I've got mail from Jesse, Bianca from your parents, Chloe from Clark and Lana, of course, and for Dana, you have mail from Riley and, this is surprising, from David."
"That cheating loser sent me mail?" Dana asked. She grabbed her letters from Alicia's hand and ripped David's open. "This is gonna be good."
The others quickly read their letters and waited for Dana to start the reading the letter from her ex-boyfriend. As they watched her read, her expression changed from angry to hysterical laughter in a heartbeat.
"Did he… die?" Alicia asked knowing Dana's dark sense of humor.
"No," Dana answered wiping the tears that were starting to form in her eyes. "He broke up with the girl that he was cheating with, and he wants me back."
"You can't be serious?" Chloe asked.
"Yep, he supports my decision to be here and will wait for me to come home. I needed a good laugh; what does your say, Chloe?"
Chloe opened her letters and began reading aloud. She began reading Lana's first, fearing the news Clark might have to say.
Dear Chloe,
I would be more than happy to have your new friends come for a visit. It could be a great girl's week in Paris. And what's this news that you have to tell me? Did you find someone there that I should know about or did your article win some big award? Can't wait to meet you and remember, I'll be waiting in the station at 11, my time.
Too excited,
Lana
"Forgot about that time zone difference again," Dana whined.
"France is only an hour ahead, or at least, Paris is," Alicia said.
"Read Clark's!" Dana yelled.
Dear Chloe,
Would I ever go head first into anything? It looks like I'm gonna have to though, more disappearances are happening. Except, something even stranger is happening. People say they see the others who have gone missing, but when we look for them, they leave. I might need some help here.
"So are the vampires turning into dust during the day because they are stupid or what?" Bianca asked.
"Maybe whenever someone sees them during the day, they flee whatever hideout they have," Alicia said trying to think of a logical reason.
When is your next break going to be? Or will you be done in time to come back to Smallville for the school year? Well, I hope to see you very soon because everyone misses you and your snooping dearly, even Lex!
Clark
"Boo!" Dana yelled. Everyone had stared at her, curiosity in their eyes.
"I was waiting for Clark to confess his love for you and plead with you to go back to Smallville to be with him."
"I don't think that will happen, but I do think I can send someone there to help with his problems since she needs a vacation," Chloe said smiling. She immediately began writing a letter to this person, asking for their help in Smallville.
Airport Hotel (July 20, 2004)
"Would you just sit down and stop pacing, already?" Xander groaned.
"Not until we visit the Council, I need to talk to them," a voice said.
Xander's eye just kept following the person in front of him, who would block the television. He picked the person up last night from the airport, with an angry look on his face. Xander's face had changed once he saw them getting off the plane. They didn't hug or anything, but it was a nice greeting.
After they greeted and got into the car, the newcomer kept pestering Xander about when they could see the Scooby gang and talk about what happened. Xander had told the person soon and went to spend the night at a hotel. The person told Xander about their experience and where they had been the entire time.
'I can't keep 'em away from the Council forever,' Xander thought to himself. 'I'll have to do it tomorrow.'
Slayer Floor (July 21, 2004)
"I wouldn't walk in there if I were you," a voice said to Alicia. She turned around to see Dana sitting across from their room, studying.
"Is it not safe to go in there or something?" Alicia asked.
"Chloe's got the Blackout playing and is reminiscing about the farm boy," Dana said, rolling her eyes.
"Oh," Alicia said. She sat next to Dana and waited for Chloe to finish with her music.
Inside the room, Chloe sat in bed with her laptop. She was doing an assignment for her class, but would get distracted by thinking about Smallville. Her mind would also turn to Clark and how things would be when she returned. She questioned if things would still be the same between them. 'Maybe if I distance myself from him for this amount of time, he'll finally stand up and say something… that is, if he feels the same way.'
Another thought had popped into her head about her current situation. If she really enjoyed being a slayer, then maybe she should stay at the Council and get reassigned to another place. 'I wouldn't have the constant reminder of Clark finding my secret out if I decide not to tell him. Not to mention that when I'm fighting I wouldn't be sidetracked by thinking about him.'
'But of course, I'll wind up going back because I can never escape that place. Whatever is happening to that town, they're gonna need a slayer to help fight and it's gonna be me who does it.'
"Hmm, an empowering song and I didn't even realize it!" Chloe said loudly.
"Does this mean we can come in now?" Bianca yelled through the door. She had joined Alicia and Dana on the floor, but got agitated and went to the door when she heard Chloe exclaim about the song.
"You could have come in long ago, I wouldn't have minded," Chloe said.
"Well, I just came to deliver this to you," Bianca said. She was with her Watcher when Willow had found her and asked her to give a letter to Chloe.
Chloe looked worried as she took the letter from Bianca's hand. Did Willow have any information on the vampire attacks in Smallville? She opened the letter and her expression cooled.
Chloe,
After seeing your aptitude with magic, I had decided on something of great importance. Look at me sounding like Giles! Before I start to babble on how wrong that would be for me, come to my room as soon as you get this message. I should be there since I'm searching for more slayers, which is a grueling task, by the way.
Willow
"What do you think she wants to talk to you about?" Alicia asked.
"She probably wants to talk to Chloe about the magical incident she caused in the Magicks Library," Dana reasoned.
Willow's Room
"You wanted to see me, Willow?" Chloe asked as she made her way into the bright room. She didn't get a reply and saw the reason why. Willow was sitting on her bed, with her legs crossed, deep in meditation.
She waited patiently, not wanting to wake Willow from her reverie. She spoke too soon as Willow's left eye opened and focused on Chloe. She opened the other and smiled at her. Chloe sat on the edge of Willow's bed and waited for the Wicca to say something.
"Well, I have met with your Watcher, and we discussed your sessions of slayer training and your Wiccan training. We have decided to give you two Watchers', like other slayers here that show great magical abilities. Fortunately, you will have your slaying Watcher for yourself, instead of having to share like other slayers."
"Wow, but who's gonna be my Watcher for my magic?" Chloe asked.
A smile appeared on Willow's face. "It's gonna be me, of course," Willow said proudly. "We will have our sessions together, whenever we find a decent time for the both of us, and I'll take you under my wing."
"Are you serious?" Chloe asked. She didn't think that Willow would do this for her. 'She must have seen some potential when I lit the table on fire!'
"And don't worry," Willow started, "we will take as much time as you need and one day, you'll be able to put your own fires out without breaking a sweat. Well, actually, you shouldn't be starting random fires to begin with. And even then, you'll probably begin to sweat from the sheer heat of the flames, and feel free to stop me from talking right now!"
Chloe began laughing as Willow kept babbling about anything that popped into her head. After Willow settled down, they decided to do a mini lesson. Chloe had happily agreed, until Willow told her that it was going to be on control. "I've learned so much on control that I'm going to explode," Chloe said.
"Just don't burn the building the down," Willow said smiling, "you slayers have a knack for doing that." With a curious look from Chloe, Willow just kept going with the lesson, not wanting Chloe to know about Buffy's destructive behavior. "We're going to be working on controlling how much power you are taking from the Earth or other Gods and Goddesses."
After an excruciating hour of practice, Chloe hadn't gotten much done, but Willow very happy at her determination. "I can't even get a higher power to let me use any of their magic," Chloe said breathless. Trying to control the magic inside her was a little hard to do. How she managed to set the table on fire was beyond her. "The table incident must have been just that - an accident."
"When you got that angry, someone heard your plea for that fire to light and they let it happen," Willow said. "Of course, they were probably hoping you would use it for something evil and that's why it probably happened, but it was something, at least!"
"So you're telling me that the only way any of this is going to work is if I battle it out with whomever I'm borrowing the magic from?" Chloe asked confused.
"Well, it won't be a magical battle or anything," Willow said, "just an argument where you will have to show no fear and never back down. Keep in mind; these are for the heavy spells."
"Oh good," Chloe said sarcastically, "I guess we better keep practicing then."
Watcher' Floor (July 23, 2004)
"It's not too late to run away, y'know," Dana said. She was currently looking out of the window of one of the Watcher's classrooms. Today was the day that Chloe would meet hers and they were to meet in the room. Chloe brought Dana along for support, and a good laugh, if the Watcher was too much for Chloe to handle. Dana had glued her face to the window, trying to keep lookout if Chloe wanted to bolt.
"I'm not running away from him," Chloe said laughing at Dana's antics, "they could probably track me down since we're a floor below them."
"We could hide you from this guy," Dana said, "and if he doesn't give up, we can make him disappear, is all I'm saying."
"Kinda scaring me, there," Chloe said giving Dana an uneasy look.
Dana turned to look a Chloe, with a smile on her face. She didn't mean what she said, but she was serious about running away. Neither of them noticed that a man had stuck his face on the opposite side of the window to look into the classroom. His view was being blocked by Dana's head, so he knocked on the door. Dana turned her head around and saw the man's eyes looking right at her. She screamed very loudly.
"Would you please never do that again?" Chloe asked Dana, fingers in her ears. The man stepped through the threshold and agreed with Chloe. "It kinda hurts having a slayer scream at another slayer, knowing they have enhanced hearing."
"Sorry, but he scared me half to death," Dana said pointing at the man who was now standing next to Chloe.
"I did knock," the man said.
Dana looked him up and down. Before he even spoke, she knew he was British. The accent only confirmed it.
"Well, you still shouldn't surprise a slayer like that." Dana took her seat next to Chloe and waited for him to say his spiel.
"Aren't we trained to know when a person is that close to us?" Chloe asked sweetly. That comment had Dana trying to attack Chloe, but the man had put himself between the two slayers.
"Enough!" the man yelled, getting the attention of both the girls.
"Sir, yes sir!" Dana saluted.
The man groaned, defeated, and turned to Chloe. "My name is Matthew Howard and you must be Chloe Sullivan. I will be your Watcher from now on." He stuck his hand out and Chloe accepted it without hesitation. "I'm very glad to have you as a charge. I hear that you won't let me down. And you are?" Matthew turned to the other slayer.
"Dana," she hesitated for a moment, "just Dana."
"Right, then."
"Uh, I guess you heard right," Chloe said nervously. 'I guess Willow must have said something to him. Either that or he's lying through those shiny, white teeth.'
"I don't want to jump into anything too strenuous, so we'll begin with some exercises," Matthew said.
"Not to be a downer or anything, Matt, but exercising in this room would not be good," Dana said looking around the room. Their desks were everywhere and no room to spread out.
Chloe could see the line that crossed Matthew's forehead. She had seen that line plenty of time with her own father. It was usually visible when he was upset.
"If you could," Matthew said turning to Dana, "can you just call me Matthew? And I planned on taking Chloe to the slayer floor and start there."
The words of Matthew had a force about them that silenced Dana. They had also put a smile on Chloe's face since not many people could get Dana to keep her mouth shut.
After the trio left the room, Dana had parted from them. She didn't want to be by Matthew any longer. He didn't seem to mind very much and Chloe was just stuck in the middle, laughing her head off. They had reached the slayer training floor, talking about their past and what led them to the Council. Chloe's story was obvious, her being a slayer and everything, but she learned a lot about Matthew and how his family members of the past were also Watchers.
"Becoming a Watcher wasn't something I could run away from, even if I wanted to," Matthew told her. My father, my grandfather, my great-grandmother, and even some of my uncles and aunts were Watchers. It was in my blood and only a matter of time before I embraced my destiny."
"Do any of them still work here?" Chloe asked interested.
"No," Matthew said, his expression turning sad. "My father and my aunt were the only ones left, but they were killed in the explosion of the old Council. I decided to keep the tradition going, and I plan on my children to carry on the very same tradition as well."
The statement left Chloe thinking about her own destiny. She was chosen, like other girls in the world, to fight against vampires. Even though there were more slayers in the world, she would protect over Smallville, alone. She would be able to have her friends to back her up, but would she be able to have a relationship? The thought of having a boyfriend or a husband dying because she couldn't protect them scared her. Having a child wouldn't be any better. She would have to stop slaying for when she was pregnant. Even after the birth, she wouldn't be able to handle the slaying; knowing her child is at home and she might not be there in the morning to see. She was going to die alone.
"Chloe, I'll wait here for you to change," Matthew said breaking Chloe out of her reverie. Chloe, still a little spaced out, nodded at Matthew and went to change into clothes that were more suitable for a workout. The clothes she wore, which were borrowed from Dana, were black pants, and a red t-shirt that read, in black letters, "bad girl."
Chloe walked over to Matthew, where he looked at her shirt and rolled his eyes. Maybe his charge was too similar to the other slayer, Dana.
"These clothes are Dana's, I swear it," Chloe said noticing Matthew's stares. He smiled, pleased to hear the news.
"We're first going to work on your concentration, since I hear you have done a lot of control workouts already," Matthew laughed. He pulled out a wooden block that didn't stand much higher than his shins. He stepped backwards, expecting Chloe to know what to do. She had recognized it, from one of her classes, and she immediately began to back down.
"I can't do what you're asking me do! I saw the demonstration that our special guest slayer gave us and she expected us to be able to do it. Trust me when I say, that when I tried, I was not able to stop in the air. I fell forward, very hard to the ground!"
Even though it was just a simple wooden block, it meant much more to the slayers at the Council. They all experienced it and most hated it. The task was to block out your surroundings and be able to do a handstand on the block, perfectly. Everything around the person was gone, and there was nothing left but them on the block. When Chloe had first tried, she had gotten the handstand part, but only for a second. She was balanced on the block, but the noises around her got the better of her and she fell forward.
"Do not worry, Chloe," Matthew reassured. "No other slayers are here and I'm here to help you block everything out."
With a little bit of uncertainty, Chloe put her hands on the vertical block. She closed her eyes and focused only on Matthew's voice. "No one is here except for you."
Chloe pushed all her thoughts away from her. She had trouble forcing the noises around her out of her mind, but she did.
"Concentrate on finding your center. The core of your being of what you are. When you find it, focus inward. Let the world fall away."
The words that Matthew spoke flowed deep in Chloe. With all her concentration, she pushed herself off the floor. Her legs that were apart now came together to form a handstand on the block. She was balanced, her body and the block, perfectly. Matthew stood and watched, with a smile on his face and the determination of Chloe's will.
Her confidence came out and she began to lift one arm off the block. She moved it slowly, pointing it, her arm now perpendicular to her body. She inwardly smiled at her move, but her confidence was broken as the screaming erupted.
"CHLOE!" Dana and Alicia screamed, coming into the room. Bianca was behind them, not yelling, but the smile on her face was enough to know that the three held good news.
When they screamed, Chloe's environment came crashing down around her. She fell forward, once again, landing on her back.
"Ow!" Chloe yelled, her body still on the ground facing upwards. Matthew's face contorted to an expression of pain, while her friends didn't seem to take notice. They hovered above her, smiles apparent.
"They are letting us patrol tonight," Dana said.
"With Buffy, too!" Alicia beamed.
"It's going to be great!" Bianca said.
Chloe was still in pain and glared at her friends. They had to do this same training and should have waiting patiently for her to finish. But once again, they stormed in without thinking and had caused Chloe to hurt herself. All because they were going sla—
"We're going to do what tonight?" Chloe attempted to yell from her spot on the floor. She put her hand in the air and Dana pulled her up in a bone-crushing hug. Dana began to jump around in a circle, not once releasing Chloe from her grasp.
"Buffy is taking us out for a patrol tonight?" She yelled excitedly. "Just the four of us, too!"
Chloe was shocked when the news had finally hit her. She had been at the Council for not even a whole month, and she was going to be thrown into a graveyard this soon. She had thought that maybe with a little more experience she would go on her first patrol with Buffy or another staff member. Maybe Buffy felt she could trust Chloe since she had helped research with them. Luckily, Buffy hadn't found out about Chloe's midnight patrol the week before because she wouldn't have let her out of the Council at all.
"That is if you are done with Chloe?" Dana asked Matthew.
"If Buffy sees fit that you are four are ready for what she has planned for you, then of course," Matthew said with a twinkle in his eye that Chloe didn't miss.
"Whatever is happening tonight aren't like her other patrols, is it?" Chloe asked suspiciously.
"About time someone figured it out," he answered. "What she has planned for you, she has done to other slayers before you, so don't worry about getting hurt. This is merely a test to see if you can handle certain situations that a slayer may come across." Matthew had left the room, leaving four confused slayers behind in his wake.
"We don't have time for the cryptic Brit," Dana complained. "We have to get ready for tonight!"
Council, First Floor Lobby (July 24, 2004, 12:00 AM)
"It's nice that you guys were on time," Buffy addressed the four slayers in front of her.
She had a feeling they were on time because they couldn't wait for this patrol. She knew they were excited, but it wasn't like this was any of their first times. They didn't think she knew about them sneaking out to watch her handle the vampires. She hadn't been the slayer for seven years for nothing, so she didn't understand why the girls didn't think she couldn't sense them a mile off. She had chosen these girls to test them on their ability to help one another out. What she had planned for them would make them help each other, whether they wanted to or not. The bond between them all was powerful, like hers with the Scoobies, so this mission should be an easy one.
"I should hope that you are armed for this patrol?" Buffy questioned them. With the confused looks, she rolled her eyes. "I meant stakes."
When realization hit them, they pulled their stakes out from various places on their bodies. When Buffy gave them her approval, they set out to the graveyard that she had picked. She walked confidently, knowing the girls behind them were anxious.
Chloe was too excited from everything that had happened that she didn't notice the place they were headed. When they stopped at the gate, she discovered that the graveyard they had come to was the exact one she followed Buffy to.
"I've decided that this one will do best since it is easy enough for us all to jump over and it's the closest one to the Council," Buffy added. She vaulted over the gate with perfect ease. The girls followed, not as gracefully as Buffy, but it didn't matter.
"I know you girls have gotten pretty good information in your classes, so I don't think I need to tell you that when you see a vampire, go with what your instincts are telling you." She was leading the way and pushing aside any branches along the way.
"Instincts, got it," Alicia took a mental note, which reminded Buffy of some of the girls back in Sunnydale. They were so eager to learn what to do, but none of that mattered in the end.
"Don't worry about taking notes," Buffy started, "just listen to what your heart is telling you and you'll make the right choice."
They continued walking until they came out of the trees. They stood in front of a crypt, where the trees just seemed to surround it.
"We're going in, aren't we?" Dana asked. With a nod, Buffy opened the door and led them in.
Chloe walked in slowly and looked around. Nothing was inside the place, so Chloe figured that the crypt was just built since no caskets were in it. But when she looked around the room, she noticed the windows were spray painted black. When she used her slayer senses, she was able to penetrate the darkness of the room. She noticed that there were, indeed, two caskets in the room, just pushed towards the far wall.
"Is this…a nest?" Chloe asked.
"Could be," Buffy smiled. Buffy's answer had sent Chloe back into time. She remembered something familiar about this situation. She found her herself remembering one of her defense lessons where one of the slayers who fought against the First spoke of her training with Buffy.
July 16, 2004 (Flashback)
"Before we get started, I've brought in a slayer that fought with Buffy when the Hellmouth was opened up," their teacher informed the class.
A woman walked in, who was no older than Chloe. She was an African-American woman, with brown eyes that had seen a lot of horror. She had braids that went down to the middle of her back and she wore blue overalls. "I'm Rona and I'm just here to let you know about my life and what I had to deal with being a potential."
"We, we being Kennedy, Vi, Molly, myself and a few others stayed with Buffy and her friends at her house and she trained us," Rona said. "We formed a tight knit group, though the girls before me were still down at the lost of a potential before I came."
"The potential before me was Annabelle. I didn't know her because being a potential was too much for her. She ran away from her possible destiny and died at the hands by a Turok-Han." The slayers in the room looked shocked. None of them had faced a Turok-Han, but heard the gruesome tales from their other classes. Those vampires were the worst of the worst. They were stronger and faster than the regular vampire.
"We trained, but Buffy still didn't think we were ready to fight. We didn't believe we were ready, either. We weren't slayers, so why would we think we could take on a vampire and win. Buffy must have sensed our feelings about fighting, so she took us on a patrol with her. She, along with Spike, placed us in a crypt. Buffy gave us another speech about vampires."
Chloe sat listening to Rona talk about how Buffy warned them that vampires can either run in packs or alone. They can live anywhere and live any way they wanted to. That meant that a slayer must be able to spot a nest on sight because there is no telling how many vampires may have stood in the very same spot a slayer was standing on.
Rona kept talking, remembering the words of Buffy and how she spoke about not thinking too much. Reacting to the situation is much better. Reacting could be the deciding factor between staying alive and that other thing. Being a slayer meant having the ability to use any weapon, so knowing the environment around you, meant anything is a weapon. If a slayer, or anyone for that matter, makes a mistake, it only takes one vampire to kill them.
"After Buffy told us that, while fighting a vampire we thought was a dead human, she abandoned us. She locked the door to the crypt and left us four, helpless girls to defend ourselves. We obviously dusted him, but he really did believe us to be four, helpless little girls," Rona smiled at the memory of Vi yelling that at the vampire. "So, just remember, whenever Buffy takes you guys into a crypt of any kind, she's probably going to leave ya!"
Back to Present Day
"What do you see?" Buffy asked the group. They began to look around the crypt and poked and prodded random things. It was then that Buffy walked between the two caskets and opened them both. Two vampires jumped out and looked at the five women that invaded their space. They vamped out and hissed.
"Uh…" Alicia panicked.
Chloe turned to look at Buffy, who was silently walking to the door. "You're gonna leave us, aren't you?" she asked.
Buffy merely smiled at Chloe. "I see we have someone who actually paid attention in class. Good luck!" she called out and ran out the door. She shut and locked it.
"She is coming back, right?" Alicia asked.
"She wants us to do this because she knows we can win," Chloe said with confidence.
"Then lets do it," Dana said eyeing the vampires up and down. "Double team 'em, I guess."
"Alicia and Dana, Chloe and I," Bianca finally spoke. "Lets get it done."
Watcher's Council - Front Desk
"Has Xander come back yet?" Dawn asked Joanna. She knew he had to do some emergency assignment, but he never said how long he would be gone.
"He hasn't phoned, but, oh, there he is now," she pointed towards the revolving doors.
Dawn watched as Xander made his way through and could see someone behind him. He hadn't come inside, so the darkness outside still shaded him away from her view. When the mystery person walked in, Dawn's eyes went wide with shock. She ran toward the familiar face and attacked them with a hug.
"Bloody hell, Lil' Bit, I may not breathe but it still hurts!"
End Discussion
So it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the people who guessed Anya is wrong! I'll give you more guesses… I did say I would bring this character back since he was brought back on Ats. I took some lines from two Buffy shows from season 5 and 7. Props to Real Me and Potential! I also give props to Muse since the song was Blackout. And I didn't realize that this is an 11.5 page long chapter, so I lied about them being shorter… Sorry once more! And Matthew Howard is mine, although his name was taken from two people in the same band. It should be obvious as to who the two people are!
Next Chapter
-Fun times are had on the Eurostar
-The gang witnesses a murder
-The gang goes shopping
-Alicia gets injured
-Lana is just majorly confused
Until Next Time! Oh, please review, too!