A/N Takes place instead of the episode Angel. Also thanks to Eckles for the killer dialogue between Buffy and Batman in the cemetery. Also I decided to have a little fun in this chapter.
Thanks for all the great reviews. Anthony1 Jesse will have a role to play in the next chapter. Also thanks to randllee, screaminheathen69, Mystiksnake, tdmasternl, VladtheImpish, Garg oyl, and hattenjc. And this is mostly a filler episode for a chapter I have coming up.
Also this is the revised version, because I changed a few things and added some new ones.
Chapter 11
The Waiting Graves
Thursday Afternoon
Wayne Manor
"Hiya!" Diana yelled out as she flipped Xander over her shoulder.
"I thought you said you only studied a little karate?" Xander asked with a wince as he stood to his feet.
"That and a little judo. Plus I was the junior champion in karate two years in a row in highschool." Diana replied with a shrug. "Did I forget to mention that?"
As the two bowed to each other again, in their white practice robes, Diana thought about her own abilities and the night of her husbands shooting. She was taught not to fear when she was a student, but that night she was frozen. She had seen the gun, even before the man pulled it out and in just a blink of an eye her husband was gone.
"You okay?" Xander asked, sensing her discomfort.
"Yeah...I...I was just thinking about some stuff." Diana replied as she came out of her daze.
"Well come on, I think you've wailed on me enough." he replied walking to the door. "I'll cook something for you and Selina for breakfast."
"Oh no, I'll cook." Diana said hurriedly. "I'm still trying to digest what you tried to make for dinner last week."
"Ha ha ha, very funny." Xander said sarcastically as he walked out of the door.
An hour later found the group in the kitchen, eating a bunch of Diana's pancakes. Even though she was just twenty six years old, Diana was still a good cook.
"Have you seen this morning's paper, from LA?" Diana whispered into Xander's ear so Selina wouldn't hear. As Xander picked it up, the front headline read 'Two teens missing and one mutilated body found.'
"God!" Xander whispered to himself as he continued to read. 'This is obviously a demon attack.' Xander thought to himself. 'But from the way they have this typed up they make it seem like a wild dog attack.' "Diana can I talk to you for a second?"
"Yeah." she replied as they walked into the hallway together.
"I have to go to LA and see if I can handle this." Xander said as he pointed at the headline on the paper.
"But what about the Joker?" Diana asked.
"He hasn't attacked all week. That's not neccessarily a good thing, but it also means that he might not attack anytime soon."
"So how long are you gonna be gone?"
"Probably just for this weekend." he informed her. "But I also need you to be Buffy's backup for me while, I'm gone."
"What!" Diana almost shouted.
"I don't think anything's gonna happen while I'm gone, but just in case I need someone to protect Sunnydale."
"But me? I...I..."
"You're almost better than me at fighting Diana." Xander assured her as he put his hands around her shoulder. "So stop worrying."
"Alright...I...I can do this." she replied hyping herself up.
"Good, now call Miss Summers and ask her if she can keep, Selina for the weekend. Tell her that you're going with me for the weekend."
"Why?"
"Because, you might have to become Batwoman at any time and I don't want Selina being here by herself." Xander told her. "The best way to avoid all of that is to just get her to babysit for you."
"So when are you leaving?" Diana asked as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Later on tonight." he replied, happy that there was no school on friday, so he would have more time to hunt the demon. "Right after I visit somebody."
Restfield Cemetery
Later that night
"Finally some action." Buffy muttered to herself as she spotted two vampires by a nearby crypt. She hadn't slayed anything in almost three days. Using her cat like grace, she stalked up behind the vamps unnoticed. "Ready to play?" she asked startling both of the vampires.
"Feuew." one of the vampires said relieved. "We thought you might have been the Bat."
"No, I'm the Slayer." Buffy said with a shrug.
"Never heard of ya." the other vamp commented as they shared a look.
"I'm the Slayer. As in vampire Slayer." Buffy clarified. "One girl born in each generation... You must have heard of me, been here about a few months. Me put stake in heart, then you die. I end you people!"
"Ahhh, see that's your problem." the first vampire spoke again. "You kill everybody."
"Kinda the point of being the Slayer. I slay, hence the word."
"But the Bat, you see, he always lets one of his victims live, or rather un-live." the other vampire put in. "So we can spread it around to everybody else."
"This isn't a popularity contest!" Buffy yelled angrily. "I'm mystically destined to off you blood-suckers."
"Hey, don't get your panties in a bunch because his press and rep is better then yours."
"I've probably killed ten-times as many of you creeps then that --- that, flying rodent ever has." she replied in a huff.
"Yeah, but who knows?" the first vamp said with a shrug. "You said so yourself, you kill everything that could vouch for it. The Bat's got cred, you ain't."
"Are you telling me that you'd rather be ashed by a guy who dresses up as a bat, then a bonified and destinely ordained doer-awayer of evil things?" she asked.
"What's your name?" the other vamp asked curiously.
"Buffy." she replied as the other vamps looked at each other with a disgusted expression on their faces.
"Batman."
"Yep, definitely the Bat." the second vamp confirmed.
"Because of my name?" Buffy asked increduously. "You chose him because my name is BUFFY!"
"Hey, don't take it personally. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let someone called 'Buffy' dust me."
"Yeah, the Bat dusting us would give us excellent status with the guys."
"You do realise that - YOU'D BE DEAD!"
"There is always a downside to popularity, everybody knows that. But the Bat would do it so much cooler then just a normal staking of the heart."
"I heard that with Mitch, you know that asshole from crypt 16, that the Bat used some kung-fu style crap, reached in and pulled Mitch's dead heart out of his body and showed it to him before he became ash." the first vampire said as he turned to look at the other one.
"Man, that's cool. No wonder every vamp and demon in town knows and are scared shitless by him. Muffy here wouldn't stand a chance, she's pure second string."
"That's BUFFY!" Buffy screeched angrily. "Aww forget this." she said as she staked both vamps and walked away angrily.
"Oh the Batman's so tough! Oh the Batman is so Awesome! Oh the Batman is so sexy!" she muttered to herself.
"So I'm tough, awesome and sexy, huh?" a voice asked out of the darkness.
"Gaah! Will you stop doing that." Buffy said as she turned to look at him.
"Doing what?"
"Sneaking up on me, it's not funny."
"Sure it is, just not to you." he said with a shrug. "And you didn't answer my question."
"What question is that?" she asked as they fell into step with one another.
"That you think I'm tough, awesome and sexy?" Batman said with an uncharacteristic grin.
"Buy a magazine and use a bathroom." Buffy said in a huff. "I got no interests in guys who hide behind masks, or do the stalker thing."
"Then what guys are you interested in?"
"Not you, and that's all that matters"
"Hmm. 'Not you', that would imply that there is someone you're interested in."
"None of your business."
"Someone you go to school with?"
"Shut-up, this isn't funny. That's a violation of my privacy."
"I'm a detective, I detect things, it's what I do very well - ahem, one of the things I do very well." Batman teased. "So, who is he?"
"I did say 'none of your business, right?" Buffy asked. "You're not selectively deaf or anything are you?"
"No, just insanely jealous." Batman muttered to himself.
"What did you say?" Buffy asked, not really hearing him.
"I said I have to take a trip." he lied, but suddenly got all business like. "Have you seen this morning's paper?" he asked as he reached under his cape and handed it to her.
"I can't believe this." Buffy said as she started to read the frontpage. "Those kids were so young."
"Which is exactly why I must go there and end this madness." Batman spoke up. "I realize that I would be leaving you without any help, so I've informed Batwoman..."
"Batwoman?" Buffy asked. "You mean that bitch that kicked me in the stomach a few weeks ago?"
"She was only acting under my orders." he told her. "She didn't have any other choice."
"So this is who this slap should go to then." Buffy said as she slapped Batman hard on the face.
"You know, today you've really showed me your age." Batman said thinking that Buffy was a little more mature than that. "Goodbye Miss Summers." he said as he melted into the night.
Buffy looked after him, until he dissappeared, and couldn't figure out why, she felt so dissappointed in herself. It almost felt like she had hurt a friend's feelings.
The Master's Lair
an hour later
"Sire, Thomas and Lucas never reported back to us." one of the Master's minions said as he bowed down before him and took his hand.
"The Slayer." the Master stated more than asked.
"Yes Master." the vampire said as he stood to his feet.
"She has taken too much of my family as there is." he said thinking of Darla and Luke. "I want you to send for the Three."
"The Three?" his minion asked with wide eyes. Seeing the look of anger flash across the Master's face he quickly relented. "Yes Sire, I'll send for them immediately." he said as he scrambled out of the room.
"Finally, everything will be set as it should." the Master said as he leaned back into the darkness of the room. Little did he know but the Joker had a few plans of his own for that day.
"Hey mom, I'm home." Buffy called out as she entered her house.
"I'm in the kitchen." she heard her moms muffled reply. And as Buffy entered the kitchen, she saw Diana and her mom sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee.
"Oh...um hi." Buffy said as she spotted the slightly older blonde.
"Nice to meet you again." Diana replied.
"Buffy, Diana's daughter Selina is going to be staying with us for the weekend." Joyce informed her oldest daughter. "It seems that Xander and Diana are going out of town for the weekend."
"Just for business." Diana said quickly as she stood to her feet. "Thanks for the coffee and agreeing to keep Selina."
"Not a problem." Joyce said as the two shook hands.
"We should be back late sunday night, so I'll pick her up monday morning before school."
"That sounds like a plan." Joyce said with a smile.
"I'll see you all later then." Diana replied as she walked to the door.
"Wait." Buffy called out as she ran up behind her.
"Yeah?" Diana said as blue eyes met green.
"Where are you and Xander going?"
"To LA. Why?" Diana asked.
"No reason." Buffy said with a fake smile. "Enjoy your trip."
LA
Midnight
Batman sat crouched on top of a high building overlooking the city. He didn't waste anytime when he got to LA. He immediately found a local nest of vampires and killed all of them but one, because he needed information. The vampire cowered with fear, but he told Batman that he believed the creature to be some kind of a werewolf, it hanged out mostly downtown, and that if he needed more help to go to a local demon bar.
And that's what led the Batman to where he was now. A silent gargoyle of the night, keeping a watchful eye over the city of Angel's. As he was about to move off into another position, his ears suddenly perked up from a noise behind him. Turning, he heard a animalistic growl and saw a huge white paw as it hit him across the face and knocked him over the edge of the building.
The mind numbing pain almost blinded him as he struggled to spread out the wings of his cape. Barely getting them open, it cushioned his fall as he plummeted down into an alley, hitting one wall to the next, the side of a dumpster, and then finally the cold concrete on the ground. Hearing voices, he opened his eyes and saw some black youth's coming in his direction and then nothing as he fell into darkness.
The next day
Summers Residence
"So what do you want to do now?" Selina asked as she and Dawn sat on her bed.
"I don't know let's just watch some tv." Dawn suggested as she switched it on. Flipping through the channels she stopped when she saw a strange looking clown, wearing a purple suit, dancing around and smiling widely.
"Hello boys and girls." the clown said as he stopped dancing around. "Joker here. Are you kids suffering from extreme boredom?"
"Yeah!" Selina and Dawn yelled out at the same time.
"Well come on down to WPTV." the Joker said if answering their yell. "See the producer is happy." he said as the camera switched over to show a very dead white faced man with red lips and a extremely big and unnatural smile on his face. Little did the kids know, but the Joker had hit him with the same kind of toxin that he had given Buffy. And that was the sick and twisted result. "So all you kiddies, come on down to the Joker's playground and don't tell your parents." he said in a whisper.
"So do you want to go?" Dawn asked as she cut off the television set.
"Dawn..."
"Oh just come on." Dawn said as she grabbed her arm.
WPTV
"I just don't understand, Mister J." Harley said as she sat on the Joker's lap. "Why do you want all those little brat's here?"
"Because, I'm gonna ransom them all off." Joker informed her. "Thanks to the magic I used on the video camera's the adults of this town have no idea that their little toddlers are coming here. They'll only find out when I'm ready for them too." (think about that smiletime episode on Angel. The adults couldn't see the hidden message that the puppets had, only the children could.)
"Since when are you into magic?" Harley asked.
"I'm not." Joker said as he started to laugh. "It's just a gift from our honorable mayor."
Sametime
LA
Xander groggily opened his eyes and found only darkness as he tried to see. Quickly dismissing that he was as blind as a bat, he found that it was only a sheet draped over his head. Fully sitting up in the little cot he was laying in, after taking the sheet off of his head, he looked around the room he was in.
As his eyes adjusted to the darkness he saw that he was in what appeared to be a warehouse. Hearing voices he was about to get up, when he noticed that his cowl and upper part of his costume was missing. Frantically looking around himself, he saw his mask and body armour laying in a bundle beside him on the floor. Quickly putting on his cowl, he stood up out of the bed and stepped back into the shadows.
"I'm telling you man, he should've woken up by now." Rondale was saying as he and two others entered the room.
"Yeah well..."
"He's gone!" the girl of the group yelled as she noticed the empty cot.
"He couldn't have gotten far, because his body armour is still here." the taller youth said as he walked to the bed and picked it up.
"Actually, I'm still here." Batman announced as he stepped out of the shadows, startling the trio.
"Fuck!" the tallest youth growled out.
"How did you do that?" the girl asked.
"Never mind that." Batman said as he stepped back in the shadows a little. "How and why am I here?"
"We found you unconcious down an alley." the girl piped up. "It looked like you were hurt. So we checked you out and your ribs were bruised, so we brought you here." she said causing him to look down at his body and sure enough his ribs were bandaged up.
"So you know who I am then?" Batman asked.
"Naw dog, we know you wear a mask for a reason." Rondale informed him. "That's why when we took off your mask and body armor, to check you for injuries, we draped a sheet over your head first."
"Why do you care about my privacy?" Batman asked suspiciously. If they only knew the reward they could get for...
"Because, you actually come down to the bad parts of town and actually try to help out." the tall bald man spoke up. "The cops and all them don't give a damn about us, but from what I read about you as a kid..."
"Actually, I'm...nevermind." Batman said, not wanting to correct the slightly older man.
"So what are you doing here?" Rondale asked.
"Haven't you seen yesterday's newspaper?" Batman asked. "Some thing is out there killing innocent children."
"Yeah, we thought it was some vamps." the black girl spoke up. "But after what we saw last night, I guess not."
"What did you see exactly?" Batman asked. He was going to ask, how they knew about vampires but he didn't have a lot of time to get into all of that.
"Well it looked sort of like..."
"A werewolf." the bald guy cut in. "A big, white, freakin'...werewolf."
"That's impossible." Batman said as he walked into the light. "The full moon wasn't out last night, so it must've been a different form of Lycan."
"You really are a good detective." Rondale said with a big smile. Batman was one of his favorite super heroes.
"I have to go." Batman said not answering his question as he picked up his body armor. "By the way, what's all of your names?"
"Well this is Rondale." the girl said as she pointed at the black guy that spoke first. "My name is Alonna and this is my big brother Gunn." she said as she pointed to the angry looking black youth.
"Gunn?" Batman asked with raised eyebrows.
"Charles Gunn." Gunn informed him. "And that's with two N's so don't forget it."
"I want." Batman told him seriously. "I want forget any of you for what you've done." he said as he walked back into the darkness, took off his cowl and changed back into his armor, and finally put back on his mask.
Seeing a large skylight above him, he took out his grappling hook gun and fired up to it.
"Before, I leave I wanted to know what this place is?" Batman asked as he looked at them. "Are you guy's runaway's?"
"More like we lost homes that we can't go back to." Gunn told him. "And we ain't the only one's. Theres about thirty of us here that's lost homes because of vamps and demons."
"I'll see if I can change that." Batman said mysteriously as he dissappeared through the skylight.
"What do you think he meant by that?" Alonna asked her brother.
"He was just talking out of his ass." Gunn replied as she gave him a look. "He's probably just some rich white dude. He doesn't give a damn about us." Gunn just didn't know how wrong he was.
Summers residence
late afternoon
"Buffy." Joyce said as she opened her daughters bedroom door.
"Yeah, mom?" Buffy looked up concerned as she cut the volume down low on her tv.
"Have you seen, Dawn and Selina?" she asked urgently, causing Buffy to frown.
"No..."
"God...I..I think they ran away." Joyce said with a tear in her eye.
"Don't worry about them mom, I'll find them." Buffy said as she stood to her feet and pulled her mom into a hug. "Just call the police and...oh my God!" she almost yelled out as she saw who was on tv. Turning up the volume, her and her mom listened to what the Clown Prince was saying.
"Joker here." he said with an even wider grin. "Are you...the parents of Sunnydale missing something? Namely your little brats?" he asked with a sudden creul snarl. "Well you'll never see them again unless..."
"Mom he has to be at a tv station." Buffy said getting her attention. "I'm gonna go check all of them until, I can find the one that he has Dawn at."
"Buffy no." Joyce said as she grabbed her daughters arm. "Leave this up to the police."
"You mean the same guys that let all these vam...gang members on PCP run loose in the city?" she asked.
Before her mom answered, the tv screen suddenly flashed on the children that were standing behind the Joker. Joyce nearly cried when she saw Dawn and Selina, holding each other and crying softly in terror. Ripping her stare away from the tv, she looked around the room and saw that Buffy was gone.
Sunnydale Street
Later that night
Buffy let out a heavy sigh as she continued her walk. After informing Giles of what was going on, she went to over four news stations, but didn't find anything. Walking to where the last one was she suddenly sensed something and stopped to look behind herself. Nothing. With a shrug, she continued on and walked past an alley and heard a breath making her stop again.
"It's late, I'm tired, and I don't wanna play games." Buffy informed whoever it was. "Show yourself."
One of the Three then roared and dropped down to the sidewalk behind her. With wide eyes she reached into her coat, pulled out a stake and quickly spun around to stake him. But as luck would have it, another of the Three grabbed her arm as she went to swing.
"Wuh!" she said in surprise. And finally the third member came up on her other side and grabbed her other arm. "Ooo! Okay, okay, nice..." was all Buffy could get out as two of them pulled her into the alley and up against a fence, while the last one pulled up the rear and slowly advanced on her.
"Okay, okay... Look, I really don't wanna fight all three of you... unless I have to." Buffy said summoning up her courage as she snap kicked the one in front of her in the crotch, elbowed the third, and went for a punch to the second.
He blocked her swing and thrusted his knee into her gut, slamming her into the fence. The other two recovered and grabbed her again, just as the second one slowly approached her with death in his eyes. Buffy was to terrified to try to fight again, but rather struggled to get away.
The second member of the Three grabbed her head and moved in to bite her neck, just as a shadow came up behind him, grabbed him by the hair and pulled him off of her.
"Is this a foursome or can any girl join in?" Batwoman asked as she punched the vampire in the face.
Buffy was surprised by the help, but quickly regained her head. Using the support of the two vampires holding onto her arms, she kicked up with both feet and hit them both in the face with a straddle kick. One of them grabbed her again and held her against the fence, just as Batwoman continued to fight the other two, punching one and snap kicking the second. Enraged at being beaten by a woman, one of the Three pulled a piece of iron bar off of a window.
"Batwoman, watch out!" Buffy yelled as she saw the vampires swing.
Batwoman turned around, just in time to avoid being sliced in the chest with the bar. Buffy shoved an open palm into her assailant's chin, pushing him off of her, punched him once in the gut and then slammed both fists into his head. Seeing that Batwoman was about to be stabbed, Buffy quickly side kicked her attacker in the face, making him fall back and away from her.
"I think we should get out of here." Buffy said as she helped Batwoman to her feet.
"I'm way ahead of you." Batwoman commented as she reached into her utility belt and threw something at the Three. As they were ready to pounce on the Slayer and the Bat, the gas grenade hissed out a yellow substance sending the Three down to their knees coughing and gagging.
"What the hell was that?" Buffy asked as they ran out of the alley.
"A garlic gas grenade." Batwoman said as she looked back at Buffy. "Now come on, it want last for long." she said as she ran over to a sleek black motorcycle and got on. "Coming miss Summers?"
Not having to be asked twice, Buffy hopped on the motorcycle, and they took off just as the Three exploded out of the alley, roaring loudly.
"Not that I mind the help." Buffy said as they sped down and into the street. "But what are you doing here?"
"The same as you, I suppose." Batwoman informed her. "Didn't you see the Joker's broadcast? He does have your little sister doesn't he?"
"How did you know she was..."
"Batman isn't the only detective, Miss Summers. Now, I've checked four broadcast studios and I wasn't able to find them, but there's only one left."
"Yeah, I know." Buffy said getting her point. "Wanna bust a bad guy?"
"Let's." Batwoman said with a smile as she revved the engine louder and increased the speed of the bike.
LA
Sametime
As Batman walked through the haze of ciggarette smoke and into the underground club, he saw an assortment of demons laughing and having a good time. With a sneer of controlled contempt, he walked through the mass of demons and sat down at an empty table.
Even as he sat down for that first second, he could already feel some of the demons eyes roaming on him.
"We don't get many of your kind around here." a female voice said as she approached him. Looking up he saw a drop dead gorgeous redhead, eyeing him expectantly. As he looked away from her curvacious body and up at her face, he saw her beautiful green eyes flash red. "See something you like bat demon?" she asked, after noticing his look.
"My name isn't bat demon." he said to the demon waitress, a little loudly so others would here. "My name is Batman." with that said some of the demons in the bar started to murmur and whisper amongst themselves.
"And my name is Felecia and I'm out of here." the beautiful demon woman told him.
She barely had time to walk away, before more than a dozen demons set upon him from all angles with knives, clubs, bottles, and pool queues. Seeing that he had to do this the hard way, Batman jumped to his feet, sending his table and chair tumbling to the ground. A horned demon swung a pool queue baseball bat style, making Batman duck under it and come back up with a bone crunching knee into the things groin.
The next demon went down from an elbow to the nose. The third, fourth, and fifth demons moved in together, and Batman dropped those three with a series of vicious rabbit punches to their faces. But it was with numbers six through sixteen that he ran into trouble with. They, for once in their unlives, worked as a team and surrounded Batman. The first one smashed him with a chair. Then, another clocked him in the head with a whiskey bottle. And a third belted him in the jaw with brass knuckles, making Batman stagger back.
Seeing that they had the great Dark Knight on the ropes, the demons descended and beat him to the ground, making all the others present in the room, lose sight of Batman under a rain of kicks, punches, bottles, and swinging pool queues. Then suddenly with a growl, Batman exploded through his attackers, line-backer style, sending them sprawling.
As he was about to go into his utility belt, for something, they all heard someone singing in a loud key. Covering his ears, to avoid the pain, Batman watched as some of the demons curled up into a little ball and squirmed in pain on the floor. As the noise finally stopped, Batman and the others looked up onto the stage and saw a green demon, with red eyes and horns, wearing a loud yellow suit.
"What's going on in..." was all the green demon was able to get out as Batman ran on stage and lifted him off of his feet.
"So you must be the Host?" the Dark Knight asked. "I was told I would find you here."
"Batman, to what do I owe the pleasure of..."
"Shutup!" Batman growled out. "I was told that you were a soothsayer, am I correct?" he asked as the Host nodded. Oh he was so going to call the furies, so they could put up an anti violence spell in his club. "Well then tell me the truth, where is the Lycan that's been murdering innocent children?"
"You see Mr. man..." Lorne squeaked out. "It doesn't work like that."
"Like what!" Batman asked as he tightened his grip on the demons lapels.
"Well, I can only read peoples future if they..." he stopped as he pointed on stage at the microphone and the karaoke machine.
"No." Batman said lowly, as he let go of Lorne. This was truly going to be the hardest mission of his life. He was just glad that Bruce made him and his sister take singing lessons when they were younger.
five minutes later
Batman openly scowled at the other demons in the bar, as the spotlight shined down on him and as he leaned into the microphone as his song started. (Do to the fact that we can't post song lyrics on here, the name of the song Batman was gonna sing is called Am I Blue.)
"Frank Sinatra, eat your heart out." Lorne said as he and all the other demons, even the ones that were wailing on Batman earlier, in the bar applauded and shed a tear. "Batcakes you were wonderful."
"Never call me that." Batman growled as he grabbed Lorne by the arm and took him towards the backroom. It was already embarrassing enough for him to sing, but now he was being called pastries. "Well?"
"The demon you're looking for isn't your standard werewolf." Lorne said, becoming all business like. "It was born pure Lycan, theres no human in there."
"Good to know, now how do I kill it and where is it hiding?"
"You kill it, just like any other Lycan." Lorne said with a shrug. "As for finding it, it's nesting ground is the old McLouver cemetery."
"That's all I needed to know." Batman said as he ran for the door cape billowing, with over a dozen demons giving him a standing ovasion because of his song, as he went.
"Take care Mr. Wayne." Lorne said as he ordered another seabreeze. "You have a lot to overcome." he said, thinking about what he saw in the young man's future.
Sunnydale
sametime
"This is the place." Batwoman said as she and Buffy dismounted her motorcycle, across the street from the tv station.
"Yeah, but the Joker has some guards posted." Buffy commented as she saw some clown clothes wearing thugs blocking the entrances. "So how are we gonna get past them and get to the Joker before he hurts the kids?"
"When there's a will..." Batwoman said with a smile as she pointed up to the roof. "...there's a way. Now let's get a move on."
"Everythings set up, mister J." Harley said as she walked over to him. "As soon as we roll the camera's you can give your list of demands and tell the parents where they can transfer the money too."
"Then by all means, roll the cameras." and as soon as those words left his mouth a smoke bomb was thrown into the room, causing a blanket of smoke to quickly engulf the room and for the children to scream. "What the..." was all he got out as Batwoman emerged out of nowhere and punched him hard on the jaw, lifting him off of his feet.
"Game over." Batwoman said as she cracked her knuckles.
"Another bat?" Joker asked as he stood to his feet.
"Not for long." Harley said as she threw out a kick towards Batwoman.
"Come on kids, I'm gonna get you out of here." Buffy said as she ran over to Dawn, Selina, and the other kids.
"Buffy." Dawn asked as she looked through the haze of smoke.
"Yeah, now come on." Buffy replied with a smile as she led them to a back door.
Knocking on it, she hid on the opposite side and waited until the thug on the other side opened the door. With a simple punch in the gut and a knee to the face, she knocked him out cold.
"Dawn, I need you to lead these kids down this alley and wait for me."
"What are you gonna do?" Dawn asked as she looked up at her big sister.
"I have to help, Batwoman." Buffy said as she looked back at the older woman, who was holding the Joker and Harley at bay, and then back at her sister. "Now run."
Not seeing if her sister followed her order, Buffy turned and jumped in the fray.
LA
McLouver Cemetery
Batman nervously scanned the dark and gloomy cemetery, clutching an all silver dagger. He walked through the cemetery for almost half an hour and still hadn't found the Lycan. He knew, in his gut that the beast was there, because he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end.
As he was about to turn around and walk to another direction, to patrol a grave marker caught his eye. Removing some moss and dirt off of it, with his gloved hand, he saw that it belonged to a woman named Samantha Lockley. As he thought about that last name, he immediately thought about tha beautiful cop he met in LA called Kate. He wondered if the two were related.
A deep menacing growl, followed by a child's scream suddenly filled the air. Ripping his stare away from headstone he took off like a shot to where he thought the scream came from. As he turned around a corner, past a crypt, he saw a large white lycan hovering over a little girl ready to pounce on her. It stood almost eight feet tall, with red eyes, white fur, and with paws almost the size of Batman's head.
"Hey ugly!" Batman shouted getting the Lycan's attention. "Why don't you skip dessert and try to eat a real meal?"
Forgetting all about the little girl, the lycan pounced at Batman. Stepping back towards the crypt, he jumped back when the creature attacked, it's claws tearing through his costume exposing skin. Jumping back again, this time more successfully, the hell spawn hit the crypt sending pieces of brick to the ground. The move also caused it to loose it's footing and slightly shift off balance.
Using that second , Batman jumped forward, thrusting the dagger hilt-deep into the monster's throat. Blood spewed out of the newly made wound, and the lycan demon screeched as Batman pulled his dagger out, before keeling over on the ground.
Already tired from the brief fight, he was about to slump up against the wall, until he suddenly remembered the little girl. Running over to her, he tried to reach down and help her to her feet but she squirmed away.
"Please...please don't hurt me." the little girl begged as she scooted back on the dirty ground.
"I'm not gonna hurt you." Batman promised as he looked down at her. The girl didn't look as though she was even older then Selina. "I'm Batman."
"B...B...Batman?" the girl asked nervously.
"Yeah, I'm one of the good guys." he said as he cracked a grin. "Now come on, I'm gonna take you home."
Finally trusting him, he helped her to her feet.
"Come on my car is over..."
Aroooooooooo!
A horrible growl sounded off behind him. Pushing the girl safely to the ground, he merely turned around and stabbed the Lycan in the chest with the dagger. Leaving the dagger in the beasts chest, he watched as it slumped over on a grave, finally stopped breathing, and died.
'I'll deal with your body later.' Batman thought to himself. "It's finally over now." Batman said to the little girl, as she trembled on the wet ground. "I'm taking you home."
If Batman had been looking at the demon, instead of walking away, he would have seen two things. One, he would have seen that the Lycan landed on Kate's mother's grave. The second thing was that it's blood started to drip and then soak through the wet area of the soil. And as the powerful engine from the Tumbler sounded, the blood leaked into her coffin. Upon contact, with what was left of her deteriorating tissue, her eyes suddenly snapped open.
With a quick punch to Buffy's assailant, the last of the Jokers crew fell.
"Batwoman, where did the Joker go?" Buffy asked as she turned around to look at her.
"I don't know." she replied as she struggled to look through the now fading smoke. "They must've..."
"Joker this is the police!" they both heard a police officer yell on a bullhorn outside. "And we have you surrounded."
"Go outside and get the kids to safety. I'll meet up with you in a minute."
"Why?" Buffy asked as Batwoman shot off her grappling hook line.
"I'm a vigilante, remember." the older woman replied with a wink as she dissappeared through the skylight.
Much later that night
Cresthill Cemetery
"So how is your sister and her friend doing?" Batwoman asked, as she and Buffy walked through the cemetery.
"They're doing just fine, but I'm gonna have to explain a few things to my mom, when I get home." she replied with a shrug. "I also wanted to apologize for grabbing you a few weeks ago. I just got so tired of Batman dissappearing on me all the time and..."
"No need to explain." Batwoman cut her off. "He told me about what went on before he left and believe me...he needs a good smack every now and then."
"So how did my girls do without me?" a voice asked out of the darkness, making both girls jump.
"See that's what I meant by, he needed a good smack everynow and then." Batwoman said as she looked up at the smirking Batman, who sat perched on top of a crypt, watching them.
"So did anything happen, while I was gone?" he asked, making both of them look at each other.
"No nothing happened."
"No, nothing at all." Batwoman concurred.
"And in further news..." Batman heard his mini- television say as he unclipped it from his belt.
"It seems that we have a new superhero in town. Earlier today, along with her blonde accomplice, Batwoman managed to foil the plans of the Joker. We go live now, to the video footage." as it showed the video, that was obviously still rolling in the studio, it showed Batwoman taking on some thugs, with a short blonde by her side. Luckily for her the camera never caught Buffy's face.
"You were saying?" Batman asked as he looked between Buffy and his new partner.
"Well..."
"Maybe we did get into a teensy weensy bit of trouble." Batwoman said as she smiled at him.
LA
the next night
"Hey Gunn, this black box was sitting outside for you." a white teen named Bobby, said as he handed the box over to him.
"What the hell." Gunn said as he examined it.
"Don't open it man, it might be a bomb." Rondale warned.
"Who the hell would send me a bomb?" Gunn asked as he glared at his friend. "And..."
"Just open the box!" Alonna yelled out as she ripped it out of her brothers hand, took a knife and opened it. "Oh, my God." she said as she saw what was inside.
"What? What is it?" Gunn asked as he walked up behind her.
"It's money. It's a box full of money." she said as Gunn reached in and pulled out a note.
"I always keep my promises, Batman." he said as he read the note and smiled. As they finished counting the money, they found it to be 500,000 dollars.
Somewhere else in LA
"Sorry, I haven't come to visit you sooner, Sammy." Trevor Lockley said with a heavy sigh and tired eyes as he walked up to his wifes grave sight and layed down a bundle of flowers. "But I was kinda...what the hell?" he said as he looked down and saw that her grave had been slightly disturbed.
Bending down to examine the dirt a delicate, yet dirty, hand suddenly popped out of the grave and started choking him. As he struggled to stand and breathe, his wife, who had somehow reverted back to her once beautiful self, suddenly sat up in her grave.
"Not to worry dear." his wife whispered into his ear. "Now we can be together forever." she said as she sank, her now apparant fangs into his neck.
Trevors screams filled the night air, as his wife feasted upon his flesh.
The Master's Lair
"Your deaths will bring me little joy." The Master was saying as he paced around the Three with a wooden pike in his hands, as they kneeled before him. "But sometimes a little is enough." he said as he started to stake them one by one, until they were nothing more then dust.
"I gotta say." the Joker said as he walked through the entrance of the cave. "I like your style."
"What are you doing here?" the Master asked in annoyance as he looked up at him.
"I thought I could hang out with the guys, you know get some pizza or something." Joker said, as the Master just stared at him. "Okay..okay, I failed my mission too."
"And you came all the way down here just to tell me that?" the Master asked as he sat down on his throne.
"Noooo...I also came to tell you that Batman has been doing some more recruiting. It seems like theres a Batwoman now."
"What!" the Master growled.
"Not to worry." the Clown Prince said as he showed him his cell phone. "I've already called for a little backup of my own."
A/N I got the song from a Justice League Unlimited episode. It was where a greek god turned Wonder Woman into an animal and the only way for her to turn back was for Batman to give up his pride. He was made to sing and that was the song he chose. He was actually very good. Also I know I'm rushing things with Diana, but this story isn't gonna be that long. And part of the fight scene, in lorne's bar, was from the script Batman year one.
TBC...
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