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Chapter 4

The Slayer and Knight pt.2

Batman could have sworn that the hulk of a vampire heard the batarang as it flew through the air. At least he suspected as much, when the brute turned around to look at him. Not having enough time to dodge out of the way, the razor sharp weapon plunged through his right shoulder blade, making him howl.

"Batman." Luke growled out as he ripped the batarang out of his shoulder. Blood oozed out of the wound as he tossed the weapon, with a metallic clank, to the ground.

"My reputation proceeds me." Batman said still in attack position.

"As mine will when I kill you." Luke retorted as he ran towards Batman.

Feigning to the right, Batman dodged the attack and felt some sort of trigger in his arm guard. Clicking it a small stake popped out of a hidden wrist stake launcher. As soon as Luke turned back around, Batman ducked under a clumsy right and stabbed the stake through his unprotected chest.

"Looks like you need a bigger stake." Luke said with a grin as he looked down at the stake sticking in his chest. Picking up Batman by his neck, he let out a low growl and prepared to sink his fangs into his neck.

"No...I just need to push it in further." Batman wheezed out as he pushed the stake all the way into the vampires heart.

"A human." Luke said in shock and then crumbled into dust. Batman just watched in amazement as the big goon, was reduced to ash at his feet. Then suddenly remembering what the vamp was doing he walked over to the open coffin and peered inside. Seeing Buffy inside, he was about to ask if she needed any help until she screamed.

Seeing that the demon was reaching into the coffin to grab her, Buffy kicked up with her leg and hit it in the head, making it instantly stumble back. Jumping out of the coffin, Buffy immediately looked around and spotted the demon thing. It was tall, all black, and had wings and large horns sticking out of her head.

Buffy was scared stupid when she saw the imposing figure, but she stood in an attack position.

"Why did you hit me?" the thing asked Buffy, as it rubbed at it's jaw.

'It spoke, oh my God.' Buffy thought to herself. 'Okay girl play it cool.' "Because, I'm the Slayer and it's kind of my job to kill you." Buffy retorted. 'Then why the hell am I talking to it?' Buffy asked herself, as she made up her mind and charged him.

'Great she thinks I'm a demon.' Batman thought to himself as he saw the Slayer charging him. 'I don't have time for this, I have to get Jesse to the hospital before he dies.' Feeling around in his utility belt, he found what he was looking for.

'I'm sorry Buffy, I really am.' he thought to himself as he pulled out his taser. As soon as Buffy was close enough, he pulled the trigger. The vaults of electricity surged throughout her, making her body violently shake. After a few seconds, they died out and Buffy pitched forward unconcious on her feet. Scooping her up before she could hit the floor, Batman cradled her in his arms and ran for the door.

"What happened to Buffy?" Willow asked as Batman opened the Tumbler hatch and gently put the unconcious form of Buffy in the passenger seat.

"No time to explain." Batman replied guiltily as he jumped into the drivers seat. "Computer, pull up the map of Sunnydale, California."

"Scanning." a cool female voice responded. "Done, what is your destination?"

"The closet Sunnydale hospital." Once the computer displayed it on the map, he pushed a button to close the hatch and then the turbines kicked into life. Quickly putting on Buffy's seatbelt for her, the car bucked and sped off into the night.

The Master's cave

"So you mean to tell me that you didn't bring any sacrifices?" a tall, bald, and very ugly demon asked of his minions as he paced around in his cave.

"It wasn't our fault, Master." Darla groveled at his feet. "The Batman..."

"The Batman?" The Master asked cutting her off as he whirled around. Even though he had spent many years stuck in this cave, he had still heard of him. He had thought of him of nothing more than a myth, but now... "The Harvest is tomorrow night and now Luke..." he stopped for a moment to remember his faithful servant. He had sired him long ago and he felt that connection was gone, Luke must have been slayed. "My vessel is gone."

"I pledge my life to you, Master." Darla pleaded again. "I will be your vessel."

"And that..." The Master started as he sat down on a throne like chair. "...is exceptable."

Summer's Residence

Early morning

Light flooded Buffy's eye's as she tried to open them. Quickly closing them again she felt around herself and felt a very comfortable bed. Then the nights activities came to her like a ton of bricks. Opening her eyes again she saw that she was in her own room.

"What the..." Buffy said as she sat up and immediately winced as her hand shot up to the back of her head.

"Buffy! Mom said hurry up and get ready for school!" Dawn shouted out as she barged into the room. "What happened to you? You look terrible."

"I'll make you look terrible if you don't get out of my room." Buffy retorted as she stood up out of her bed. Instantly making Dawn run for the door.

"Mom, Buffy's threatning me again!" Dawn yelled as she ran down the hall.

"Buffy, what have I told you about threatning your little sister?" Came Joyce's voice as she yelled from the kitchen.

"Never to do it." Buffy replied as she walked to her closet to get ready. She had to find out what was going on.

"So how are you feeling honey?" Joyce asked as Buffy walked into the kitchen.

"Besides a headache, I'm fine." Buffy said as she again rubbed at the back of her head.

"What time did you get in last night?" Joyce asked as she handed her a plate. "I didn't even hear you come in."

"I...I..."

"Her boyfriend brought her home." Dawn said as she plopped down in a chair and put tons of syrup on her pancakes. "I saw him climbing in and out of Buffy's bedroom last night." 'Well I didn't see his face.' Dawn thought to herself. 'But whoever it was sure liked to wear alot of black.'

"Dawn, that's not a nice thing to say about your sister." Joyce repremanded. "You know Buffy wouldn't do a thing like that. Isn't that right Buffy? Buffy..." Joyce said as she looked around in the kitchen only to find, Buffy already gone.

Sunnydale High

Buffy walked up the school steps of the highschool and looked through the sea of highschool students in search of Willow. Hearing someone call her name, she turned around to see Jesse, with a gauze bandage on his neck and Willow walking up towards her.

"Buffy, we have to talk about last night." Willow said a little out of breath from her run.

"Yeah." replied. "Willow, after I saved you two from the crypt what happened?"

"We met, Batman." Jesse said a little too loudly, making several students look at them wierd and for Willow to glare at him. "Oops."

'So that's who that was.' Buffy thought to herself. 'Hey that son of a bitch shocked me.' she suddenly realized as she frowned.

"Let's go somewhere where we can talk freely." Willow suggested.

"Yeah, I know just the place." Buffy said with a sigh.

Sunnydale Library

"So you mean to tell me vampires are real?" Jesse asked at the end of Giles' long and very boring speech.

"Yes, Mr. McNally." Giles said as he took his glasses off to polish them. So much for the Slayer working in secrecy. "As well as other things that go bump in the night."

"And you're the slayer of these things?" Jesse asked.

"I am she." Buffy said with a grin.

"I need to sit down." Willow said nervously.

"You are sitting down." Buffy pointed out.

"Oh...good for me."

Suddenly the doors to the Library opened and in ran Xander.

"There you guys are." Xander said taking a look around. "I've been worried sick. What happened last night, Buffy said that you were in trouble Willow."

"Well, I was ...but you see... a little help guys?" Willow asked. Giles then looked at Buffy, at her nod he let out a sigh.

"Mr..."

"Wayne. Xander Wayne." Xander introduced himself.

"Very well, Mr. Wayne please have a seat. We have much to discuss."

after school

"I just feel like our whole lives have been a lie." Xander was saying, playing the dumb role. He had known about vampires and demons for weeks, but he didn't want his friends to know that.

"I know what you mean." Jesse agreed. "And what was up with that guy you said you met last night, Buffy? From what you said about him, he sounds creepy."

"Yeah, I met all kinds of strange men last night." Buffy said thinking of Batman. "But that one gave me the wiggins. He kept talking about something called the Harvest."

'The Harvest.' Xander thought to himself. 'I better check the occult database when I get home. And I got to find out who told Buffy about that in the first place.'

"Hey, I got an idea." Willow said interrupting Xander's thoughts. "Why don't we go to the Bronze tonight."

"Yeah, we never got to celebrate the return of our best bud." Jesse said as he put his arm on Xander's shoulder. "And new friends." he said as he looped his other arm around Buffy's shoulder.

"Okay. I'll be there kind of late, but I'll be there." Xander told him.

"Come on man forget about homework." Jesse said with a grin. "You can always just get Willow to do it." he said, causing Willow to jab him in the ribs with her elbow.

"Seriously though, I still have some unpacking to do." Xander replied. 'At least that wasn't a lie.'

"Okay, man." Jesse said rubbing his ribs. "We'll see you there."

"Hmmm, why don't I just drive you guys home?" Xander offered.

"Let me think." Jesse replied as he rubbed at his chin thoughtfully. "Walk home or drive in a cool convertible with my best bud? Yeah we'll take that ride."

"Alright, then." Xander said as he started to walk off. "Follow me."

Little did they know, but Cordelia Chase was standing right behind them and she had heard every word they said. As she looked up and saw Harmony, she decided to start a rumour.

"Hey Harmony, you'll never guess who's gonna be at the Bronze tonight..."

Later that night

The Bronze

"Life sure is good." the doorman of the Bronze muttered to himself as he counted his money.

Unknown to him, Darla came out of the shadows in a bouncy walk. Turning around and
walking backwards, she smiled while her army of vampires came into the light behind her.' Oh tonight is going to be delicious.' she thought to herself as she turned back again and approached the doorman. The rest of the vampires slipped into their vampiric visages as they headed in.

"Need ID." the doorman said as hey saw somebody walking past him. "Hey! Nobody gets inside until I get some sorta..." he trailed off as he saw Darla's beautiful face turn demonic.

"Get inside." Darla growled as she got in his face. Pushing him inside the last vampire shut the door and stood guard.

"There sure are alotta chicks here." Jesse commented to Buffy as they saved a table for Xander's arrival.

"And, I know why." Willow spoke up as she walked up to the table with her friends drinks. "They're all here to see Xander."

"You gotta be kidding me." Buffy said as Willow handed her a diet soft drink. She knew all to well how vein girls could be when it came to a rich guy. 'But this.' she thought to herself as she looked at the sea of girls in the Bronze. "How did they even know that Xander was going to show up tonight?"

"Two words." Willow said as she sat down in a seat. "Cordelia Chase."

"So ummm...Buffy would you like to ummmm..." Jesse stopped nervously, as Buffy looked at him with her beautiful green eyes.

"Do you want to dance?" Buffy asked cutting Jesse some slack. Seeing that the boy was still acting shocked, she took him by the hand and led him out on the dance floor.

'Damn, I'm so late.' Xander thought to himself as he pulled into the Bronze's parking lot. Walking up to the door, he saw a vampire already in game face standing gaurd.

"I'm sure the Master want mind if I have a little snack." the vamp said with a snarl as he lunged at Xander.

Dodging the lunge, Xander immediately launched into a full spinning hook kick. The force of the blow sent the vamp staggering into a pile of boxes. Xander then assumed a fighting position, as the vampire stood up and growled. The vamp came at him again and swung, but Xander ducked the punch and came up behind him. Annoyed he tried a backhand punch, but Xander blocked him, held onto his arm and gave him three roundhouse kicks to his stomach before he shook loose. Seeing that the vampire was still dazed, Xander took his stake out of his jacket and plunged it into the vamps heart, making him crumble into dust.

"A guy just can't go out and enjoy himself these days." Xander muttered as he straightened his jacket and put his stake back into it. Hearing a scream from inside, he stepped up to the door and saw some vampires through the peephole.

With a curse word on his lips, he ran to his car and drove off into the night.

One of Darla's vampires made his way to the upper level, of the Bronze to secure the area. Another one found the main power switch and shut it off. The people of the club started complaining and wondering what happened, just as Darla got up on the stage.

"Hey, I didn't know there was a band tonight." Jesse whispered to Buffy as they stopped dancing.

"That's because they're not a band." Buffy said as she immediately started to look around the club. "They're vampires."

"Ladies and gentlemen of the club, don't be alarmed." Darla said as she talked into the microphone. "Well, maybe you should be, because you're all gonna die." she said with a short laugh. "Bring me the first."

As she ordered, one of her minions brought the doorman to her.

"What do you guys want, lady, huh?" the doorman asked nervously. "You want money? Damn, what's wrong with your faces?"

"Watch me, people." Darla said as she grabbed him by the throat and wrapped her other arm around his head." For tonight, the Master will be set free."

With that said she bit into the doorman and fed on him, causing him to scream. While deep underground the Master raised his head as he felt the first of the souls that would be taken for him.

"Next!" Darla shouted as she dropped the, now dead doorman's body.

Suddenly the skylight exploded sending wood and glass showering on the occupants of the club. Before Darla, or anybody for that matter, could get her bearings, a small ball like object fell from the hole and started to admit some kind of gas.

"Buffy, what's going on?" Willow asked with a gag as she ran up to her and Jesse. "Who threw that gas in here?"

"It's not gas." Buffy realized as she inhaled it. "It's Garlic."

No sooner had she muttered those words, a dark figure dropped down from the newly made hole. Looking up Buffy saw that it was...

"Batman..?"

Landing in a crouch on the floor, Batman stood up slowly and regarded Darla.

"Nice to see you again." Batman said as he reached into his utility belt and pulled out a grappling hook gun.

Seeing that his sire was in danger, one of Darla's minions jumped in front of her as Batman pushed the button on the gun. As the steel wire wrapped around it's neck, Batman yanked on it instantly decapitating the demon.

"Get...get him." Darla said nervously to her remaining minions as she grabbed another teen.

Seeing that Batman had distracted the vamps, Buffy jumped up on a pool table. Watching her, a vampire attacked from her right. Avoiding her would-be attacker, Buffy did a front walkover off of the table, grabbing a pool cue on the way. When she landed she thrust it into her attacker and let go, even as he began to fall and burst into ashes.

Looking over at Batman taking on four vampires, Buffy watched as Darla grabbed Cordelia. Jumping up on stage Buffy spun around and landed a backhand punch on Darla's face, knocking her into a pile of music equipment, dazing her. Hearing a grunt Buffy turned to see a vampire grab Batman from behind. Looking for a weapon, she grabbed a cymbal from a drum set and threw it at the vampire like a Frisbee. Batman saw it coming and ducked, as the cymbal decapitated the vampire.

Sending a nod to Buffy in thanks, Batman ran off to engage the rest of the vampires. Watching his retreating form, she didn't have time to react, when Darla grabbed her from behind.

"Master! Taste of this... and be free!" Darla roared as she moved in to bite Buffy. Sensing her proximity, Buffy snapped her head back to land a headbutt on Darla's face, knocking her off of her and back to the wall.

"How'd it taste?" Buffy asked as she turned back to the vessel, slightly winded. Angered, Darla stood to her feet and ran towards Buffy. Spinning, Buffy took out her stake, stabbed Darla, and watched as she fell off the stage with a scream and dusted.

"It, seems that we make a good team, Miss Summers." Batman said from behind Buffy startling her.

"What is the matter with you?" Buffy asked as she turned to glare at him. "Wait, how did you know my name?"

"I know many things." Batman said in an even tone.

"Oh, that reminds me." Buffy said as she slapped him hard across the face.

"Hmmm, that's not the thanks I was looking for, for saving your life." Batman said as he turned his head and spit out some blood.

"That was for shocking me last night." Buffy said as she jabbed him in the chest with her finger. "Just who do you think..."

"Batman?" a girls voice asked, causing a whispering throughout the club. Looking around the club, Batman and Buffy saw the girls eyeing him with lust.

"Until we meet again, Miss Summers." Batman said as he raised his hand and fired off his grappling hook gun. As the girls started to surround him, he pushed the button on the gun and dissappeared through the broken skylight, melting into the night.

15 minutes later

"Man, this place is a wreck." Xander said as he ran into the club and up to his friends. "What happened?"

"Batman, happened man." Jesse told him excitedly. "You just missed him."

"Isn't Batman supposed to be in Gotham?" Xander asked confused.

"Well for the last two nights, he wasn't." Willow informed him.

"What did you just say?" an older woman asked as she walked up to Willow. "Did you just say that Batman has been here for two days?"

"Ummm, yeah." Willow said with raised eyebrows.

"You heard it here first folks." the woman said as a news camera suddenly was pointed at her. "Gotham's own protector, Batman has been sighted as being in Sunnydale. Is he leaving Gotham behind in order to protect Sunnydale? Well this reporter is yearning to find out. And wait, aren't you Alexander Wayne?" she asked as she looked at Xander.

"Ummm...ummm..."

"Why are you here in Sunnydale?" she asked as she thought about her own question. "More importantly how convenient is it that you're here the same time Batman showed up."

"Lady, what are you accusing me of?" Xander asked, his heart pumping. 'God, they can't find out like this.'

"I'm accusing you of being the legendary dark knight." the reporter fired back.

"Come on lady." Xander said with a nervous laugh. "Batman's been around for over nine years and as you can see I'm just sixteen years old."

"True, but what about your father?" she asked. "You see I did some research on the Wayne family a few years ago. It seems that your father went out of the country for a few years and when he came back Batman suddenly appeared. Now you do the same thing. Do you have a comment on that Mr. Wayne?"

Gotham

"Damnit, Xander." Bruce growled as he cut off the wide screen television. He had spent nine years of his life in secrecy of being the Batman and now that was all about to be destroyed in one night.

"What do you have planned to counter act this, sir?" Alfred asked as he walked up behind him.

"Get, Lucius Fox on the phone." Bruce said as he stood to his feet and sighed. "It seems that I have to go to Sunnydale."

A/N I originally planned to do this part of the chapter later in the series, but hey let's just say that I have a few plans for the story.

TBC...

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