A/N Thanks for all the great reviews. To Anthony1, I'm glad you still like the story and Wesley will be a combination of the badass Wesley from Angel and the wuss from Buffy.

Thanks for the review Kuramalovergirl

To BAKAMAN, no Slade isn't behind the force about to take over. Don't just think in terms of Sunnydale because this thing wants to take over the whole world.

To Dilvish, I'm glad you're enjoying the story. And you'll see what Travers thinks of the Bat family and who he's really working for.

Chapter 20

The Missing Wayne pt. 2

"What the hell do you mean you saw, Kendra today?" Faith asked as Xander shut off the computer and sat down next to her.

"It was insane we almost killed each other." Xander replied with a wince. He was hurting all over.

"So you two weren't playing charades?"

"Faith this is serious." Xander replied, giving her a look. "Something was wrong with her. She was fast, super strong, and there was just this strange look in her eyes."

"So you think that she was a vampire?" Faith asked as he stood up and walked to the costume room to change into his regular clothes.

"I don't know." came his voice from the shadows. "She never vamped out and now that you mention it, she kinda looked like Buffy when she's in slay mode."

"Well maybe she's the opposite of a vampire." Faith figured as she thought about a few things.

"What's the opposite of a vampire?" he asked as he walked into the room wearing jeans and a black shirt.

"A Slayer." she replied as she met his gaze.

"She can't be a Slayer, I mean Buffy..."

"Is still alive." Faith cut him off. "But she died at the hospital remember? What if she died long enough to activate another Slayer."

"We might be getting a little ahead of ourselves." Xander replied with a yawn. "Let's talk to the G-man about it tomorrow and see if he's heard anything."

"Isn't he out of town for a few days?"

"Damn, I forgot about that. We'll just get in contact with him whenever he checks in."

Two Days Later

London, England

The Watcher's Council

Quintin Travers sat down heavily as the last of his Watcher's left out of the meeting room. It seemed his plan to keep Kendra a secret from them was working and only he and Wesley knew about her.

Pouring himself some scotch in a small glass, he didn't notice a shadow slip into the room, even as it dropped inexplicably behind him, from the ceiling. Reaching around Travers, Batman grabbed him around the lapels and lifted him off of his feet.

"You scream for help or say something I don't like, I'll toss you out of the window." Batman said as he glanced over at the large open window. "We're on the top floor and believe me it's a long way down."

"Ahh...Mr. Wayne." Travers squirmed in his grasp. "To what do I owe...the pleasure of seeing you again?"

"You know what I want."

Flashback

The Watcher's Council

1989

"So we're at an agreement, Mr. Thompson?" Travers asked an older white man with graying hair. It was unfortunate that Mr. Zabuto had died, because they had served in the field together, but business had to go on and Kendra needed a new Watcher.

"Yes sir, I'll be happy too...Ahhh! A giant bat." the old Watcher said as he looked up to the ceiling and saw a black apparition above them.

Letting go of the ceiling, Batman landed gracefully on the table in a crouch and stared hard at Quintin Travers. And to the head of the council's credit, he didn't even flinch from the look of cold hatred Batman gave him. Standing to his feet, Mr Thompson attempted to run out of the room, only to find a black ball that landed at his feet. Looking at it curiously, it emitted a cloud of gas that made him fall unconcious to the floor.

"There was a little girl taken from Jamaica and..."

"I see Ra's Al Ghul was right about you, Mr. Wayne." Travers said calmly as Batman stood up from his crouch. "You really have a gift for theatrics."

"How did you know..."

"Who you are?" Travers asked with a smile as he stood to his feet, walked over to a little table, and poured himself some tea. "Come now Mr. Wayne did you really think that Ra's Al Ghul and his cronies were the only chapter of the League of Shadows? No my friend the league goes farther then you can even imagine."

"How far?"

"Wouldn't you like to know." Quintin commented as he sat back down in his chair and sipped his tea. "Don't worry Bruce, I wouldn't dream of exposing your identity, because you're needed. I would actually like to say thank you for...getting rid of Ra's. He was a wild card that needed to be eliminated."

"If you really wanted to thank me, then give me the girl."

"Oh, yes Kendra Ann Young. I'm sorry Mr. Wayne, but I can't turn her over to your custody. She and every other potential Slayer are the property of the Council."

"She's not a damn sunday morning dress!" Batman growled out as he picked Quintin up by the neck. "Kendra's a little girl that needs a home."

"And she...she has it with the Council." Travers gasped out. "And if I were you, I would worry about your own children."

"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Batman asked as he tightened his grip.

"It means that...that if...if you don't stay out of Council business then I'll have your children killed." the Council head replied as Batman loosened his grip. "Yes Mr. Wayne I know about your children Alexander and Faith."

'Damnit.' Batman thought to himself as he walked over to the window. He wanted to get Kendra, but he couldn't risk the lives of his children.

"Oh, don't go, Mr. Wayne. Stay for a spot of tea." Travers said causing Batman to literally growl.

"I only want to know one thing, you old windbag." Batman said as he hopped on the window ledge in a crouch. "Is Kendra alright?"

"But of course, she's with the Council remember?"

"One last thing, Travers. I'll be back for my daughter one day." he said as he jumped out of the window, dissappearing into the night.

"I'm counting on it." Travers said lowly into the wind, as he took a sip of tea and sat back down.

End Flashback

"You want, Miss Kendra am I correct?" Quintin asked as Batman sat him back down, hard in his seat.

"I already know that she's in Sunnydale." Batman replied as he paced around the old man. "My question is why?"

"To slay demons of course." Travers replied as he took a sip of tea. "One Slayer has died, now another must take her place."

'Interesting. He doesn't know that Buffy's alive.'

"Of course she's also there to get rid of a giant bat problem."

"You set her up too..."

"Kill your son. Yes, she thinks that he's a demon. You know it's funny how a Slayer will believe anything that the Council tells her."

"No, what I find funny is how much you seem to know about me."

"Well, Mr. Wayne I have an entire team devoted to knowing about your life. More importantly about the Batman's life."

"I thought you would say something like that." Batman said as he reached into his utility belt and tossed a scroll of paper on the table. "That's why I've conducted a little research on you, of my own."

"What is the meaning of this!" Quinton asked in outrage as he read off his offences. It seemed like every bad or unseemly thing he had ever done Batman knew about. "How did you find this out about me?"

"I'm a detective. It's my job to detect things." Batman replied with a smug smile. "I wouldn't dare try to uproot your precious Council because it's needed, but you however are expendable. Not even your resources will be able to keep you out of jail. And if you think you can kill me so I want talk, think again. The moment it's found that I'm dead or missing that list of what you've done will be sent to every branch of british government."

'You stupid...' "Name your terms." Travers said outwardly. Leaning in Batman told him what he wanted him to know, before walking over to the window.

"Before I leave there are two more things I wanted to talk to you about." Batman said as he jumped on the window seal. "The first thing is you really should look into getting better security."

"And the second?" Quintin dared to ask.

"The second thing is stay out of bat business." Batman replied as he jumped out of the window, allowing the night to swallow him.

"So I see he fell for my ruse?" ?/Cloak asked as she materialized into the room.

"Hook, line, and sinker." Travers replied as he gathered himself back together. "I just wish that you would tell me what your plans are."

"That's for me alone to know." ? commented as she looked over Travers shoulders and onto the scroll Batman had given him. "You truly are a very disgusting man." she informed him as she read some of the things he had done.

Giles Apartment

Days Later

"I've, I've called Quintin Travers and he has confirmed that there is indeed another, Slayer." Giles said as he walked into his living room, carrying a silver platter of tea and cookies. Before he could even sit down, the entire Scooby Gang started to devour what he had.

"Me and Xand have been trying to find her all week." Faith said as she grabbed a hand full of cookies.

"And you want find her." a voice said making them all jump.

"Batman?" Giles asked as he looked up and saw him walking through the front door.

"You really should start locking your door, Mr. Giles."

"What did you mean by we wouldn't find her?" Buffy asked.

"Because she was specifically ordered to kill the Batman of Sunnydale, so she's not going to be out trying to kill regular demons."

"How would you know something like that?" Giles asked curiously.

"Let's just say that me and Quintin Travers have an assorted history." The Dark Knight replied as he turned to leave the room.

"Wait, where are you going?" Faith asked as she stood to her feet.

"I'm going to prepare myself, Miss Wayne." Batman said as he opened the door. "If the Slayer wants a bat demon then, I'm going to give it to her."

As soon as Batman walked out of the room, Buffy silently stepped to her feet and walked out herself. Giving each other curious glances at Buffy's sad looks, Xander stood to his feet and followed her.

"Hey, Buff." Xander said as he put his hand on her shoulder, making her jump. She didn't really go any further than the front gate and all she did was look up at the son.

"Oh, Xander it's just you." Buffy said as she turned around to look at him.

"You look sad for some reason. Are you okay?"

"Yeah...yeah, I was just thinking about something." Buffy said trying to clear her head. "Xander can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"Why does it seem like you know this new Slayer?"

"Because, I do." he replied thinking of memories past. "We met the day after she was supposed to be taken by the Watcher's Council. We didn't know it at the time but me and Faith had seen our first vampire that night and it attacked Kendra and her Watcher. Dad got Kendra away safely but her Watcher didn't make it."

"Oh, my God. Why didn't your dad take Kendra with you guys?"

"Believe me, my dad tried. Kendra should have been brought up as a Wayne but as soon as we were about to leave, some goons from the Council came and took her. They would have killed us all if we didn't hand over Kendra, so my dad didn't have much of a choice."

"That's the saddest story, I've ever heard."

"Yeah." Xander said with a sad smile. "Now Buffy, what's really bothering you? It's just not like you to be so quiet."

Letting out a sigh, Buffy began to explain to him how she felt. It wasn't that she was feeling that Kendra was going to take her place as Slayer, but rather everytime she would see the new Slayer, she would serve as a reminder that she died.

"Well, I can say this with perfect clarity Buff." Xander said as he pulled her into a hug. "Nobody can replace you and you'll always be the Slayer to me."

Wayne Manor

Later That Day

"Uncle Xander, Grandpa is here!" Selina yelled happily as Xander and Faith walked in through the front door.

"I already know babe." Xander said as he picked her up into his arms. "Now where is he?"

As Faith and Xander entered his bedroom, they saw Bruce softly snoring on the bed. Not wanting to disturb him, they were about to leave, until Bruce sat up.

"What took you kids so long to get home?" Bruce asked with a yawn as he got up out of bed.

"We were getting the Bronze together for a party." Xander informed his father as he handed him a plate of food.

"A party?" Bruce asked increduously as he dug into the food. He hadn't eaten in a day and a half and flying in the batjet for days at a time, from England to California, wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world.

"Yeah, it's going to be a home coming party for Kendra." Xander replied, making Bruce smile.

"I think she'd like that. But I want you kids to realize that you have to take it slow with Kendra." Bruce warned. "She didn't have a normal childhood, so she want understand certain things."

"That is if she even wants to join our family." Faith said as she crossed her arms over her chest. "The way we let those goons take her away, she probably thought that we forgot about her."

"I'll find that out tonight." her father replied as he sat his empty plate down on the dresser and yawned again.

"Come on Faith, let's let dad get some sleep." Xander said as he grabbed his sister's arm and led her out of the room.

Restfield Cemetery

Night

Kendra moved stealthfully through the dark graveyard, ducking and weaving behind bushes and grave markers. When she had awoken that morning, her Watcher had found a note on their apartment door, from the bat demon telling her to meet up with it at this cemetery. She knew that it was a trap, so her Watcher was lurking in the shadows just in case something got hairy.

Spotting the acursed demon ten feet ahead of her, with his back turned, in front of a mausoleum she hefted up her sword and prepared to bring it down on him until it spoke.

"You're even more beautiful then I imagined you to be." it said in a distinctly familiar voice as it turned around. And as Kendra looked into it's gentle eyes, she dropped her sword as she realized who it was.

"Bruce?" she asked as he grabbed her around the waist. As Wesley ran out of the shadows yelling her name, Batman fired off a grappling hook line and flew away as the batjet lifted them up and into the night.

Batcave

Minutes Later

"I always wanted to come and get you." Bruce explained as he walked out of the costume room wearing a tuxedo. He had already explained to Kendra what led him up to being the Batman, but he still wanted her to understand more then that. He wanted her to understand that she was needed to complete his family.

"It was probably best if you didn't." Kendra replied as she stood up from the batcomputer. "I was taught dat family, friends, and school distract from me calling."

"Kendra that's nonsense." Bruce said as he took her hands in his. "Some nights the only thing that kept me going as Batman was thinking about you kids."

"Except me." Kendra muttered to herself, as she looked down.

"Including you." Bruce replied as he made her look up at him. Reaching into his back pocket, he pulled out his wallet and handed her a folded piece of paper. Unfolding it she saw that it was actually a photo booth picture of her, Bruce, Alex, and Faith more then seven years ago. "Do you remember when that picture was taken?"

"From de carnival." Kendra said as she looked up at him with a smile. "It was de best time, I've had in me life."

"Do you realize that I've carried that picture with me, every since that day?" he asked. "I've never stopped thinking about you. Sometimes I layed awake at night, thinking about how you were doing."

"What do you want from me?" Kendra asked as she handed him the picture back.

"I want you to complete my...our family Kendra. I know all about that crap that the Council has been telling you too." Bruce informed her. "But you have something that all of those other Slayer's never had."

"What's dat?"

"A family. Something that the Slayer can have that makes life worth living." he said as he leaned up against the cave wall. "You see Kendra it's all about control and power with the Council. It's better for them that a Slayer dies young, so that she want realize how much power she has. That way they have a fresh generation of girls they can control."

"How do you know all of dese tings?"

"Let's just say that I have my sources." Bruce said with a gentle smile. "Kendra, I swear to you that you're gonna have a long healthy life. Even if I have to kill half the population of California to pull it off." he said causing both of them to chuckle. "So I just want to know from you. Do you want to be a Wayne?"

"Can..can I tink about it?"

"Yeah, oh and hey that reminds me." Bruce said as he reached into his jacket pocket. "I set up an account for you three days after we met. I've been playing in the stock and investing in your account over the years and it's worth over ten million dollars." Bruce said as he handed her the bank draft booklet. Kendra smiled to herself as she read the name on the book.

"Kendra Wayne."

"Come on we have a party to attend." Bruce said as he extended his arm.

"But what about me Watcher and de Council?" Kendra asked as she took his arm.

"Let me worry about them." he replied as he led them out of the batcave.

Restfield Cemetery

Wesley walked aimlessly through the cemetery in search of a clue to find Kendra. Even though it had been thirty minutes since she dissappeared he still felt...oh who was he kidding, he was afraid to phone the Council and tell them that he had lost his Slayer. Even more importantly he didn't want his father to find out and gloat about it. Roger Wyndam-Pryce had told him, even as a little boy that he would grow up to be a failure. Suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder.

"Kendra?" he asked as he turned around, only to see a man wearing a tuxedo.

"No, Bruce Wayne." the man replied as he extended his hand to shake his. "And I'm actually here to talk about Kendra."

"Is she al..."

"She's doing just fine." Bruce cut him off. "I'm just here to inform you of a few things. Firstly you no longer work for the Watcher's Council, you work for me now. Secondly Kendra is now and will forever be my daughter..."

"Now see here." Wesley started only for Bruce to grab him by the lapels of his suit.

"No you see here!" Bruce exploded as he lifted the man off of his feet. "I'm only allowing you to be Kendra's Watcher. I've already worked it out with Travers and you will no longer report anything to him, but only to me unless I say otherwise. And like I said Kendra is my daughter, so I'm holding you personally reponsible for her well being. So if anything...and I mean anything happens to her, the same will happen to you. Do you understand me?"

"Quite." Wesley said with wide eyes, as Bruce set him back down to his feet.

"I'm glad we could come to this understanding." Bruce said as he straigtened Wesley's tie and put a business card in his jacket pocket. "Good night Mr. Wyndam-Pryce." he said leaving a bewildered Wesley standing in the middle of the graveyard.

"What did me, Watcher say?" Kendra asked as Bruce got back into the limo.

"He was happy with the decision that you made." Bruce lied. "Driver to the Bronze."

With his hands covering Kendra's eyes, he led her into the Bronze. As soon as the occupants saw them enter the room, they sprang up from their positions and yelled together.

"SURPRISE!"

"What is dis?" Kendra asked, as Bruce released his hands and allowed her to scan the room. She saw balloons, food, people she didn't know (the Scooby Gang), a band called Dingoes Ate My Baby playing on stage, and a huge topper that read Welcome Home Kendra Wayne.

"It's a surprise party for your homecoming." Xander said as he and Faith walked up to her.

"Hey sis." Faith said with a smile as she walked over and gave her a hug. Xander right behind her. Caught off guard by the contact, she ackwardly hugged them back. Bruce stood back and just watched his children talk and interact.

"Wow are all, Slayer's babes?" Jesse asked from across the room as Buffy and Willow slapped him on the back of the head. "Ow! It was just a question."

"Come on, let's meet the new gal." Buffy suggested as she moved forward, only for Giles to block her path.

"I, I, think that we should hold off on that until later." Giles said with an even smile. "According to Xander, they haven't seen each other in a very long time. I think it would be prudent to let them have some alone time."

"Why does Xander get to have all the fun?" Jesse asked with a pout as he watched them dancing.

"Come on you big baby." Willow said as she took his hand and led him to the dance floor. Buffy couldn't help but feel a little jealous because she didn't have anybody, but looking over at Xander...maybe soon she would change her mind on that.

"Grandpa." Selina said, snapping Bruce out of his musings. "Is she my new aunt?" she asked as she pointed at Kendra. Before he could answer his phone started to ring in his pocket.

"Yeah." Bruce replied as he took the cellphone out of his pocket. "Go and say hello to her." as he moved over to the corner away from the others, he looked on the video display of the cellphone and saw Alfred's face.

"From the look on your face, Master Bruce am I to assume that your mission was a success?"

"Yes." Bruce told him as he looked up and saw Faith trying to make Kendra loosen up and dance. "My family is finally together. I should be back in Gotham by tomorrow night."

"Very good, sir." Alfred said as he hid a smile of his own. He knew Bruce had been waiting for this moment for a long time. "Do you want me to get your publisher together and announce Miss Kendra as being a Wayne?"

"No not yet." Bruce said as he again looked at his daughter. "Not until she's ready. Alfred I can't just help but feel that our lives are finally going for the better."

Oxnard

Sametime

A Two Days Drive From Sunnydale

A woman covered in blood scrambled out of a gas station with wide eyes. Falling to the ground, because of the sound of her friends last screams and the blood on the bottom of her shoes, she stood to her feet once again and ran into the night.

"That was fun." Spike said from inside the gas station, as he let the body drop of the the woman he was draining hit the floor.

Wiping the blood off his mouth with the sleeze of his leather duster, he looked over at his companion who was busy counting bodies on the floor. For some reason she was leading them across the country, killing people at random. Not to say that it wasn't fun, but he still wanted to know what the point of the whole thing was.

"Where to now, ducks?"

"Oh, Spike the journey isn't far now." Drusilla said as she stood to her feet and started to sway. "Our Dark Knight is ready for us now. We must go to him and be his new mummy and daddy."

"What ever you say, luv." Spike replied as he gave her a look. Drusilla could be so wierd at times.

A/N To anybody wondering, no Wesley doesn't know and want find out that Bruce is really Batman. Also Kendra doesn't know that she no longer works for the Council and Wesley want be telling anything. Also Kendra's second Watcher retired and for the last two years Wesley has been her Watcher.

As for the Council themselves they are affiliated with the League of Shadows, but only people who become the Council head actually know that. Every other member of the Council are just lackey's.

TBC...

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