A/N Thanks for the reviews. To Darklight, I'm not gonna turn Faith into a Slayer in this fanfic, so don't worry about that. So I guess that answers part of your question to Anthony1. Now for the other thing you said. In all of the other fanfics, I've read about Faith all of them talked a little about her past, but they never showed it. I wanted to do something a little different and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks to everyone else that reviewed and part of a fight scene in this chapter is based off of Batman Dead End, the fanfic movie. On another note, it might be awhile before I update this story, because I'm thinking about going back to some of my older fics, so I can finish them.

Chapter 17

Bring Me Back To Life

"What did you say?" Xander asked with wide eyes as he ran up to Diana.

"Buffy's...Buffy's been shot." she repeated slowly.

"Is she..."

"No not as far as I know." she interrupted. "I told Dawn to call and to ride with the ambulance and that we would meet her there."

Place Unknown

Sametime

"Ow, my chest." Buffy said with a wince as she sat up, off the ground.

Opening her eyes, she saw a delicate hand reaching out to help her to her feet. Excepting it she looked up and saw that it was somebody dressed in an all white robe that seemed to glow with supernatural shades of blue and white energy. The being also had a white cloak over their head and as Buffy struggled to see who it was, she found their face to be shrouded in darkness.

"Hello, Buffy." the being said in a strikingly familiar female voice. "Welcome to the meeting place." she said causing Buffy to look around. All she could see was an endless void of white and the faint sounds of childrens laughter in the background.

"Who are you?" Buffy asked as she looked at the woman up and down.

"A friend."

"So, I'm really dead?" Buffy asked as she touched where the Joker shot her and found that the wound was gone. With a grimace she took in the clouded void again. 'Well at least, I made it to heaven.'

"Yes." she replied with a shrug. "But it's up to you if you want to stay dead or not."

"What are you tal..."

"Buffy you were to be the most powerful Slayer of all time." she interrupted. "It was your destiny to die, but not to stay dead. Another Slayer has already been chosen, but it's not her destiny to defeat the powerful beings of darkness that's coming. It's yours."

"I...I don't understand." Buffy stuttered.

"You will." the being said as she raised up her arm. "Just take my hand."

Not knowing what else to do, she gripped her hand tightly and dissappeared in a burst of white lights.

Sunnydale Memorial

"Giles, how is she doing?" Xander hurriedly asked as he, Bruce, and Faith entered the waiting room. Diana, Alfred, and Selina stayed home.

"We haven't heard anything as of yet." Giles said as he, Jesse, Dawn, and Willow stood to their feet. "But, I've called her mother and she should be here within the hour."

"Who are you?" Jesse asked, taking in the beautiful vision that was Faith. Seeing that she and Xander were holding hands in a comfortable fashion he assumed... "Is she your girlfriend?"

"What...eewww." Xander said as he shared a look with Faith. "No...this is my little sister, Faith." he introduced them.

"Your sister?" Willow asked giving her a critical eye. It was something about the girl, she just didn't like. "You never told us you had a sister."

"And did you have to introduce me as your little sis?" Faith asked as she slapped him on the back of the head.

"Ummm... Faith Wayne, this is Giles, Willow, Jesse, and Buffy's sister Dawn." Xander said as he rubbed at his now sore head.

"It's...it's a pleasure to meet you, Faith." Giles said as he attempted to shake her hand.

"What's up G-man." she replied as she punched him lightly on the arm.

"And of course you know my father." Xander said as he pointed to Bruce.

"Yes. Hello Mr. Wayne." Giles said as the two shook hands. For a moment he thought the man was going to hit him on the arm as well.

"Excuse me but are you the family of..." the doctor stopped to consult his notes, as he walked into the room. "Miss, Buffy Summers?"

"Yes." Giles said as he, Dawn, and Xander ran up to him. "I'm her, her Uncle Giles. How is she..."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Summers." the doctor started sadly. He really hated this part of his job. "We did all we could but...but your niece is dead."

"No!" Dawn shouted. As she was about to collaspe to the floor, Xander caught her and pulled her close.

"It's gonna be alright, Dawn patrol." Xander said, even as he shed a tear himself.

"No...it's...it's not alright." Dawn cried as she looked into his eyes. "That clown...that stupid clown did this."

"What clown?" Xander asked as the others came up behind them.

"You know." Dawn started with a sniff. "The one from the tv show that tricked me and Selina into coming to his studio. I saw him skipping away from our house, after I heard the gunshot that killed Buffy."

'That son of a bitch.' Xander thought with murder in his eyes. "I...I have to get out of here." Xander said as he let Dawn go. "I have to get a breath of fresh air."

"Xand, wait!" Faith called out to him, even as he ran out of the room. She didn't know what this, Buffy meant to him, but she had never seen that look in her brother's eyes before.

"I'll go after him." Bruce said with a wince, as he quickly stood to his feet and hobbled after his son. Getting to him in time, before he got into his car, Bruce grabbed Xander from behind and spun him around.

"Don't try to stop me dad." Xander said forcefully as he pushed off Bruce's hand.

"I want." his father replied as he stared into his son's eyes. "Just as long as you don't do anything stupid."

"This is madness. We keep putting these creeps in jail and what do they do? As soon as they get out they prey on the innocents."

"So what do you have in mind of doing?" Bruce asked.

"I think you know, dad." Xander replied as he opened the door to his car.

"Before you go son, I want you to know one thing." Bruce said knowing full well that he couldn't take his son, because of his injuries. "Wayne's don't kill." 'Except that one time, when I let somebody die.' he thought to himself.

Letting out a breath, Xander looked at his father one last time, got in his car, and drove off into the night.

"I have faith that you'll do the right thing, son." Bruce muttered to himself as he walked back into the hospital.

"Where are we?" Buffy asked as she and the woman materialized into a dark room. As soon as she asked the question, a tall man, thing with a mismatched demon body, wearing commando fatigues, boots, and a wierd metallic plate covering where his heart should be, stepped out in front of her. "Whoa!" Buffy yelled as she took a step back.

"Don't worry he can't see, hear, or touch you." Cloak said as she looked at Buffy. "And to answer your question we're three years in the future."

Suddenly the double doors to the room, they were in exploded off of it's hinges. As Buffy looked up, she saw a slightly older version of herself strolling into the room.

"What's going on?" Buffy asked, as she watched her double fighting the tall demon cyborg.

"What's going on is that, Adam." Cloak said as she pointed at him. "Was created by a secret organization called the Initiative. But something went wrong with his programming and now he's trying to take over the world by trying to make everyone like him."

"Ewww...that's sick." Buffy said with a grimace.

"Quite." Cloak agreed. "You see Miss Summers if you live, you stop him in time before he does any real damage. If you stay dead, then this is what happens." she said as she waved her right hand out, making a shimmering distortion in the air, that caused Buffy's image to be changed to that of both Batmen and for Adam to have a partner at his side.

As Buffy looked closer at the man-thing that stood next to Adam, she saw that it was...

"Jesse?"

"Yes, it's him." Cloak confirmed. "It's a pity really, because he and Miss Rosenberg were supposed to have a little boy together in this year. I believe his name was supposed to be Dick Grayson Mcnally."

"What happened to him?" Buffy asked as she looked at her now half demon friend attack one of the Batmen. He looked just as equally nasty as Adam did, except the bottom part of his jawline was a wierd yellow, just like she assumed the rest of his body looked like.

"Without a Slayer around, Jesse was caught by Adam, earlier in this year and changed into what you see today."

"My God."

"It's time for us to go, Miss Summers." Cloak said as she waved her hand again, making both of them dissappear.

Sunnydale Street

"I guess that really was the killing joke." Joker muttered to himself with a laugh, as he drove towards the outskirts of town with his gold and money. "That blonde was just dying for me."

Suddenly he heard a thump on the top of his van. Ignoring it WHAM! A black shape landed on the hood, making his eyes go wide. Seeing the symbol of the bat on the dark things chest, he tried to swerve off the road when SMASH! A black gloved fist shattered the windshield and grabbed his neck. Losing control over the vehicle, the hand let go of the Joker's neck, as the van ran into a light pole, smashing the front of it on impact.

Landing on his feet, Batman looked back, saw smoke billowing from underneath the hood of the van, and then a moment later saw the Joker stumbling out of the wrecked vehicle. Upon seeing the bat, Joker lost his smile, got to his feet, and started to slowly run down a neighboring alley. Unfolding a larger, razor sharp version of the batarang out of his utility belt, Batman slowly followed him. As if to commence the act that he was going to commit, the heavens opened up and it started pouring down raining.

"Where are we now?" Buffy asked as she looked around. The place seemed like some sort of construction site, with a tower that looked like it had been built by crazy people. Taking another look, she knew it was built by crazy people, because she saw an army of them talking and murmuring to themselves.

"We're a year further in the future." Cloak informed her. "Had you had of lived, you would have been able to stop her." she said as she pointed to an attractive blonde woman in a red ceremonial robe.

"Granted, she's wearing the hell out of the pumps." Buffy commented, looking Glory up and down. "But she doesn't look so tough."

"Don't let her appearance fool you, Miss Summers." Cloak said as she walked on the other side of Glory. "She's a Goddess."

"Still, she doesn't look so tough." Buffy commented, as she watched her double smack Glory on the side of the head with a large hammer.

"I'll put it this way." Cloak said as she walked back to Buffy. "Do you remember that part in the bible when it said that Lucifer rebelled against God?"

"Yeah. Lucifer was an Archangel right?" Buffy asked, trying to remember her sunday school lessons from when she was a little girl.

"Yes, but you see the story ended in a different way. Glory or Glorificus was also there reeking havoc along side Lucifer. So when God came back to heaven, after sealing all the hellmouth's, sealing the Old One's in tomb's and helping to recreate mankind, he found his place in shambles."

"There's more then one, hellmouth?" Buffy asked in awe of the story.

"Yes, but that's not all. The war in heaven lasted for a very long time and in that time Lucifer lost trust in Glorificus and sided with God for a short period of time to get rid of her. Shortly after that, he was banished from heaven himself."

"So why is she on earth and why, if God himself had trouble with her, am I kicking her butt?"

"She's on earth to get the key to send her back to heaven, so she can take over." Cloak said as the scene changed, to show Batman and even Superman trying to fight back against Glory. "If she succeeds, every hell dimension that exist's will bleed into this one and the demons will take over."

"Before, Lucifer was banished from heaven, he stole the key to the earth realm and the realm to all other dimensions, but before he could take it to hell with him, it fell out of his hands and unto earth. And as far as you beating her, she's actually only at 2 percent strength on the mortal plane. If she were at full strength, she would've squashed you and your friends like bugs."

"So the key landed in, Sunnydale?" Buffy asked, as Superman punched Glory high into the air.

"Not, exactly. It landed in a place that's known as rome in today's time. That's where some monks found it and kept it safe. When Glory found out about it and started searching, they sent the key to you in human form."

"Me? Who..."

"Your sister, Dawn." Cloak informed her. "She's not really your sister. And she's actually older then you. I'm talking beginning of time old."

"But..."

"I have to show you a few more things, Buffy." Cloak said as she extended her hand. "Now come along."

If Buffy had of stayed only, a moment longer she would have seen Willow and a blonde girl, still holding hands under a pile of debris, with their necks twisted at an impossible angle.

Buffy looked around the dark cave and saw about two dozen teen girls, fighting off thousands upon thousands of ancient looking beasts.

"If you had of stayed alive, your friend Willow would have did a spell to activate every potential Slayer into a real Slayer." Cloak said as Buffy's older self appeared carrying a shiny red axe weapon, slicing and dicing every demon that got in her way.

"So, Willow becomes a witch?" Buffy asked. "Cool."

"Buffy, what this battle is, is your final bout on the hellmouth. These girls are your army and without you to lead them against the First evil, the world will be finished and evil wins." she said as a bloody teenaged girl fell at their feet, dead. It looked like her throat had been ripped out.

"She, doesn't even look as though she's older then me." Buffy said, with tears in her eyes as she looked down at the dead girl. "How can I lead these girls, when I can't even keep them alive?"

"Think of all of the people, who will loose their lives if you don't lead these girls." Cloak ordered her to think. "Compared to the six billion people on earth, this girls death was nothing."

"Take me to my friends." Buffy said as she wiped away a tear. "I want to see what they're doing."

"As you wish." Cloak said as they faded away and into the hospital. Looking from face to face, Buffy saw everybody crying and in mourning of her. All except Xander's father and the pretty raven haired girl, he was talking to.

"Dawn." Buffy said as she got on her knees and tried to hug her sister. To her dismay, her hand passed right through her.

"As, I told you before, Buffy no one can see, hear, or touch us." Cloak said as she walked up next to her.

"But, she's so sad." Buffy replied as she stood to her feet. Then a thought occured to her. "Hey, where's Xander?"

Dark Alleyway

"Did you really think that you could get away with what you did?" Batman asked the Joker as he cornered him down the alley.

"Get, away with what exactly?" Joker asked, nonchalantly only for the Batman to hit him hard in the ribs.

"AWAY WITH MURDER!" Batman yelled, spitting out rain water as it fell out of his mouth.

"Oh, that." Joker said, as Batman tossed him to the wet concrete.

"You think you can joke your way out of this?" Batman asked, increduously. "A young girl died tonight because of you."

"Oooooo, she she did die?" Joker asked, proud of himself. "Then, I guess you have to take me to jail, only for me to get out and do it all over again." he said as he reached his hands out, so the caped crusader could put some handcuffs on him.

"Not this time." Batman replied as he croched beside, the clown prince and brought his large batarang up high for the death blow.

"What are you doing?" Joker asked. 'This isn't part of the game.'

"Ending you." Batman replied, as his father's words hit him, along with something else. Hearing a growl, he looked up, and a shovel sized fist exploded on the side of his head, taking him off of his feet and making him splash into a huge puddle of water. Standing to his feet, the Joker saw that it was a large reptillian looking demon, with strange body armour and a face only...well no one could love.

"I'm getting out of here." Joker said as he ran down the opposite side of the alley. "You people are crazy."

"Who or what the hell are you?" Batman demanded, as he stood to his feet and stared hard at the demon. 'Maybe it was just fate, so I wouldn't...' he didn't even want to think about what he had just done.

"I am Grogmoth Nehal." the demon hissed out proudly, in a deep voice. "And I am here to devour you, for killing my master, Wilkins."

"If you were dumb enough to serve him." Batman said as he spun his batarang weapon around, as they started to circle one another. "Then you deserve to die."

With a growl, the beast kicked a wooden box and swung a heavy fist at the Dark Knight. Going under the move, Batman came strong with two stiff kicks and a punch to the monsters chest. Having little effect, Grogmoth punched Batman in the face, making him drop his batarang, and picked him up off of his feet. With another beastial growl, the monster hurled Batman, hard into the opposite wall, where he bounced off of it and hit the wet ground.

Only being able to get to his knees, the bat tried to take out the towering monsters legs, with a few punches to his leg, only for the monster to kick him hard in the ribs. Going with the move, Batman rolled up to his feet and picked up a nearby steel pipe. Swinging it as hard as he could, he managed to knock the creature off balance and away from him.

Annoyed, Grogmoth jumped back, to avoid another swing, and lowered his arm activating a claw like weapon in his arm gaunlet. Seeing the new threat, Batman tossed aside the steel pipe and quickly bent down to retrieve his large batarang. Not even standing fully erect, the demon slashed out, cutting deeply through Batman's armour and into his skin, making him yelp in pain.

Going on the defensive, Batman slashed out with a few swings of his own, but to no avail, as the creature sent him tumbling to the ground with a viscious punch. Looking through the sheet of rain, Batman saw the creature coming to deal his death blow and as it was about to end his life with it's weapon, Batman lifted up his own and blocked the move.

Straining against the demons superior strength, Batman did a circle motion with his weapon that cut the demons claw weapon in half. With a battle cry, Batman did a short run forward, slicing the demon through the gut as he went. Ignoring the demons cry of pain and the green blood oozing out of it's stomach, Batman stabbed it again in the back and finally along the base of it's neck, where he ended it's life.

"Damnit!" Batman yelled in outrage, as he scanned the alley and saw that the Joker was long gone. Suddenly, he heard someone laughing, a very deep and menacing laugh behind him. Turning he saw that it was three more demons, just like the first, standing at the mouth of the alley.

He knew it was easy for him to get away, either by running down the opposite way or shooting a grappling hook line to the Batjet that was silently hovering above him. But something in his mind, at that moment snapped.

"Fuck it!" Batman yelled as he took another large curved batarang out of his utility belt and unfolded it. Spreading his arms out wide, the rain slowly dripped off of him, as the demons prepared an attack.

"Why did you send me here?" Buffy asked Cloak, as they stood on a high building overlooking the fight. "I thought you were gonna take me to see, Xander?"

"Come now, Miss Summers." Cloak said as she crouched down to get a better look at the fight. "Haven't you figured out, Xander's little secret by now?"

Taking another look at the Dark Knight, Buffy finally thought about Cloaks words.

"Ooooo, I was right the whole time. Xander is Batman." Buffy said happily, but then she frowned. "But, what is he doing?"

"Mourning your death." Cloak said as she stood to her feet and looked at Buffy. "When he found out you died, he went searching for the Jack Napier so he could kill him. Needless to say he ran into a little trouble."

"Is there anyway, I can stop this?" Buffy asked, as she watched a demon pounce on Batman.

"This is already happening." Cloak informed her. "So there's nothing that can be done about this, but everything else you saw of the future can be changed."

"Alright send me back."

"As you wish" Cloak said as they materialized in the morgue. If Buffy wasn't a ghost then she would have literally vomited upon seeing her on body laying on a table in front of her. She thought that the bullet hole would've been a little bigger, but it was just so small. So tiny. It was just so wierd to her that a little piece of metal could do what demons three times her size couldn't do.

"Before...before you put me back, I have a few more questions." Buffy said slowly. "It's been awhile since I've been dead. Want my brain be...I don't know, not right anymore?"

'It's not like that's gonna make, that much of a difference.' Cloak thought to herself. "Don't worry, you're covered."

"Okay, one more thing.Why didn't I see the other slayer in any of those flashes of the future?" Buffy asked the being.

"Like I said, she has another destiny to follow. And wierdly enough the way she's going to end her destiny the slayer line will be no more." Cloak replied as she looked back at her charge. "That's why you must be the one to defeat those forces of evil. Because if you don't, this world is finished."

"Alright, I'm ready."

"One more thing. I can't let you remember anything that you saw of the future."

"What? Why?"

"Because, everything must play out as it should." Cloak said as she lifted up her hand making a bright light appear out of it. "If I let you keep these memories and you defeat all of your enemies before it's supposed to happen, then other threats, more powerful then the last will appear."

"Okay, I understand." Buffy said as she took another look at her body. "I...I don't know who you are but, I wanted to say thank you."

"Consider it and this a gift from the Powers That Be." Cloak said as she touched Buffy's forehead, making her ghostly image dissappear. Looking down at Buffy's body, she watched as there was an intake of air in her lungs and then her eyes popped wide open. Seeing that her job was done, Cloak dissappeared in a puff of white lights.

Minutes Later

"Mr. Summers, you want believe this." an orderly said to Giles as he ran up to the group. "It's your niece."

"What about her?" Giles asked as he grabbed the man hard around the shoulders.

"Just come with me, sir." he said, as the whole group, except Bruce and Faith who had left for home, followed the orderly out of the room.

Wayne Manor

"I think it's time for me to tell you why, I sent you away along time ago." Bruce said to Faith as he opened the door to Xander's home. Buffy's death made him realize that if something happened to him and his children found out that he was the bat, that way then his whole life would have been a lie.

"Dad, we already talked about this." Faith said as she gave him a look. She had never shown anyone that side of her before and she didn't like talking about her emotions. "Just leave it alone, okay."

"No, Faith we haven't talked about this before." Bruce said as he grabbed, her by the arm. "This is something serious, that I've kept from you for a long time. I need to tell you that..."

"Grandpa!" Selina yelled urgently, as she ran into the room.

"Grandpa?" Faith repeated with a throaty chuckle, only for Bruce to give her an annoyed look.

"What is it, sweetheart?" Bruce asked his Grand-daughter as he looked down at her.

"Come, quick it's uncle Xander." she said as she ran out of the room. Shooting each other confused and troubled looks, Faith and Bruce followed and as they walked into the other room they saw that the side walkthru door was busted open and glass shards littered the floor. Along with something else. It was Xander laying prone on the living room floor, bleeding from a dozen places as his chest heaved from the exertion. His blood smeared on the beige carpet, even though Alfred had placed a sheet over him.

"He arrived in this condition a few moments ago, Bruce." Alfred told him, at his position beside Xander. "Diana is in the other room calling the ambulance."

"What happened to him?" Faith asked as she tried to touch her brother's forehead, but Alfred held her back. Then she noticed a black cloth by her brother's side. Picking it up, to feel the fabric, she noticed it to be some kind of kevlar. Making sure nobody was looking, she put it in her jacket pocket.

"Don't touch him, Faith." Alfred said as he looked up at her. "I don't think it's wise to try to move him until, the ambulance arrives."

"Is...is uncle Xander going to die?" Selina asked as tears filled her eyes. She had already lost her father and...

"Of course not." Faith said as she gave Selina's hand a gentle squeeze. "We Wayne's are strong. Nothing's going to happen to him." she said wanting to believe her own words.

"Selina, this is your aunt Faith." Bruce said introducing the two. "Could you show her where her room is?"

"But dad..." Faith was about to say, until she saw the look in his eyes. He just didn't want Selina to see any of this. Nodding her head in understanding, she let Selina lead her upstairs.

"Dad..." Xander said sluggishly as he attempted to sit up.

"Stay still son, you'll be alright." Bruce said as he crouched down with a wince and held him down.

"Dad, I didn't kill him...Wayne's...Wayne's don't kill..." Xander said as he closed his eyes. His father's voice was the only thing he heard, as darkness claimed him.

Sunnydale Hospital

Xander opened his eyes, still groggy, his face beaded with sweat. Feverish. As he slowly looked around, he saw all of his friends gathered around his bed staring at him.

"What...what's going on?" Xander asked hoarsely.

"We were hoping you would tell us." Giles said as he walked over to him. "What happened to you?"

"Yeah, Xand-man you scared us half to death." Jesse said as he patted him on the shoulder, making him wince. "Sorry."

"Oh..ummm..." Xander stopped to think up a convincing lie. Especially since his sister, Dawn, Joyce, and Selina were also in the room. "When I heard about Buffy dying, I went out to blow off some steam and some gang members on PCP beat me up."

"Who died?" a voice asked beside him, stopping him cold. Looking over, he saw that it was Buffy in the neighboring bed beside him.

"But...but how?" Xander said still groggily and looking down at his arm, he saw why. It was because, the IV drip that was hooked up to his arm was pumping out morphine.

"I don't...I don't remember." Buffy replied, confused herself.

"We'll talk about this all tomorrow." Bruce said getting everybodies attention. "That's let our kids get some sleep. It's been a hard day."

"Dad, about what I said earlier..."

"We'll talk about it later, son." Bruce said as he and the others walked to the door.

"Bye bro." Jesse and Faith said at the same time, making the both of them smile at one another. Seeing that, made Willow realize that she really wasn't going to like the new girl.

"So what really happened?" Xander asked Buffy as everyone left the room.

Not getting a response, he looked over and saw Buffy silently sleeping. With a lopsided grin, he cut off the lamp that sat on the little desk between his and Buffy's bed, pitching the room in darkness. Sitting back in his bed, he thought about what new adventures life would take him on.

Jamaica

Sametime

With all the strength she could muster, Kendra flung the two vampires off of her, sending them flying almost ten feet away. With super human speed she dropped to the ground and did a leg sweep on the lead vampire, sending him tumbling to the ground. With one swing of the sword she dropped earlier, she chopped off the surprised vampire leaders head.

Sensing something demonic approaching her from behind she snapped out a sidekick. While avoiding a punch, she charged and impaled the second vamp in the stomach with her sword. Using her superior upper body strentgh, she sent the sword slicing through the vamp, cleaving him cleanly in half.

As his body crumbled into dust, a fist came out of the cloud, punching her hard and rocking her head back. Dropping her sword, she blocked another punch and suddenly, the vampire found a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest. With wide eyes he exploded and as his dust cleared, it was revealed that Wesley was behind them.

"You're getting a whole lot better, Kendra." Wesley said as he put his mini crossbow in his side bag and started to right some notes. "You're still a bit stiff, but we'll work on that."

"Tank, you for de help, sir." Kendra said as she picked up her sword. As she did so, a necklace fell out from around her neck. It was on a gold chain and the pendent on it was of a half of a heart. Making sure her Watcher wasn't looking, she placed it back under her shirt. It was forbidden for a Slayer to carry something over from their past and she was afraid that her Watcher would take it from her.

"Yes, yes. Now I have some news." Wesley said as he looked up at her. "It was confirmed, just today that the Slayer Buffy Summers is indeed dead. Having said that, Quinton Travers, the head of the council, called me himself and said that he wanted us to take her place in Sunnydale."

"Sunnydale?" Kendra asked. "Why would vampires, nest in a place called dat?"

"I'm inclined to agree." Wesley said as he started to walk the way towards home, Kendra only a step behind him. "However, he said that for the meantime we shouldn't worry about the vampires of Sunnydale at this time. He mentioned something about wanting you to slay a giant bat first."

"A giant bat?" Kendra asked confused. "Dat sounds interesting."

Place Unknown

The being with the white robe, Buffy nicknamed Cloak, walked deeper into the voids of white clouds and with each step she took the room changed. Dark shadows replaced the light and as she sat down on a throne, the room changed to only fire and brimstone.

"Sire." a large green demon snake spoke, as it slithered it's way up to her. "I am but a servant, but may I ask why you helped the Slayer."

"Because, if I can't achieve my Ascension on earth one way." the being started as it removed it hood, revealing her to be ?. "Then I'll have to do it, another way."

"Very wise, my master." the serpent said as it turned back to the darkness.

"Just a few more years Miss Summers." ? said as it sat deeply in it's throne and smiled. "Just a few more years and finally the present I gave you will come to fruitation and I will be free."

A/N I decided to skip the years of what happens in seasons 2 and 3 just incase someone wanted to take over my story, after I'm finished with it. Also because the mayor is dead and, the next author after me can be creative on who that seasons villian is gonna be.

Also I know it was confusing about the scenes with Buffy. Basically the first part of the scenes of the future was what she was supposed to have been doing if she was still alive at that point. When I describe the scene as being changed to show Batman or somebody else, then that's what's happening because of her not being around. Also, I'm sorry for not having that much Faith action in this chapter but I just had to get this part of the storyline out. You'll get the Scoobies reaction to her in the next chapter.

And on a final note, Batman will face Catwoman in the next chapter and it will also start the Summers Interlude.

TBC...

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