A/N Thanks for the reviews.

To J, I guess you're right that we have to agree to disagree then. As far as who knows about Xander and/or Faith, even though I didn't touch bases with it in the story, I would think that Jesse and Giles know. Of course you already know that Kendra knows who all of them are, but Selina only knows about Xander and has a few suspicions about who Faith and her mother are.

In season 1 Willow didn't seem too perceptive and seemed all to eager to follow up behind Buffy. Jesse would know because even though I've portrayed him as kind of a goofball in this fic, I've found that goofball's could be perceptive when need be. Kinda like Xander was in certain parts of the series. And I chose Giles to know because I wanted in a way to redeem him a little for the mistakes that he made on the show.

For example, even though he wasn't in charge over Willow, he knew that she was getting into or involved in magic. Given his own history and background with magic, I felt that he should have stepped in a guided her, so she wouldn't go down the same road he went down. By having him know who Faith and Xander really are, I felt that when another author picks this story up to continue it, that they would have Giles being more perceptive and use better common sense.

And thanks for the comment about Wesley and Dru. I always felt that Dru was talking about herself whenever she was referring to her doll telling and showing her things about the future.

And to Anthony1, thanks and I'll try to have the Epilogue up as soon as possible.

Finally to my new reviewer WriterChick1990, I'm glad you liked the story and what were your top five chapters that you liked? Also good luck in your creative writing course. If you need any help...

Chapter 24

Dust To Dust

The demons formed a loose circle around the Scooby Gang, all snarling, eyes glazed over with hunger. As the lighting crackled in the sky, a large winged dragon flew angrily in the sky.

"Get ready." Giles voiced outloud as he held his line back.

"Bat's are you okay enough too..."

"Just help the others." Batman said to Catwoman never taking his eyes off of Spike. "He's mine."

With that said he saw Spike walking into a building. Letting out a low wince, even as he ran, Batman unfolded his curved blade and charged into the building after him, only to come face to face with the murderer of his parents. Now the two warriors faced each other, eyes locked, their stances frozen. After a second they started to circle one another sizing each other up.

"So you chose a giant bat to be?" Spike asked as they continued to circle one another. "How neat. Is that how you get your power."

"I don't need this for power." Batman said as he took off his cowl and threw it to the ground. "Now let's go."

Finding an opening as a black sword materialized in his hand, Spike broke first, bringing his weapon over in less time than it took to blink an eye. No one could possibly deflect the blow, but yet Xander managed a counter-strike with almost super-human grace.

"How?" Spike seemed to growl out. Because of Cloak's power he was barely himself and seemed to get more animalistic by the second. He was almost a different beast all together.

"Let's just say my sister gave me a magic potion." Xander said as he smirked at him. The answer seemed to anger Spike even more and his snakes popped out of his back, before he ran full force towards the bat.

Xander locked weapons with him and for a moment, the two warriors were nose to nose.

The Scooby Gang and the demons stood in classic cowboy stance looking each other up and down. Wesley cocked his shotgun, Batwoman readied her batarangs, and the rest of them readied their assorted weapons as the demons came a little closer. Not being able to take it anymore they charged each other. There was an explosion of blasting from Wesley's shotgun, kicking, axeing, gouging, splitting throats, biting necks, as both sides collided in the utter and most horrible savagery.

'Keep it together old man.' Giles thought to himself as he punched a hell hound in the face and slashed out with his sword. Even though the fight had just started he was already feeling a bit fatigued. 'Maybe I should have a few more practice sessions with Buffy.'

Looking around the battlefield, even through the rain he could tell that the demons were pushing him and his children further and further apart. Making sure Willow was safely behind him, he pressed his attack on some approaching demons. Ignoring the ringing in his ear, caused by a demons punch, he turned in time to hear Willow scream.

Nervously clutching a sword, while standing behind Giles, Willow looked around at all the demons that threatened to tear apart her friends. She wasn't offering much help and she silently wondered why she came on this mission.

'Because I chose too.' she silently reminded herself. 'So I could help make a difference.' suddenly her body started to shimmer as familiar power started to go inside of her. Closing her eyes to embrace the power, she suddenly let out a scream.

Leaning close to a wall of a building, to keep his enemy away from his back, Jesse slashed out with his sword and watched as bodies fell around him. It still amazed him that some of his ancestors skills stuck with him and that every time he would wield his sword, he was reminded of how sharp it was because of it's metallic whisper. Taking his mind off of such thoughts, he thrusted the Shadow Sabre into one attacker, removed it with a foot and stabbed another.

Seeing a group of demons heading towards Wesley, Jesse ran down the line like a madman slashing and hacking killing anything that dared to get between them.

"Keep your guard up, Mr. McNally." Wesley said as he clucthed the bite wound on his neck and fired off another round of his shotgun into a large demon with horns. Seeing that the beast went down under fire, he continued. "Because these animals are pushing us further and further apart."

Suddenly a scream permeated the air.

"Willow!" Jesse realized as he frantically looked around through the horde of demons for her.

"She's over by, Mr. Giles." Wesley said as he saw another gang of demons headed their way. "Don't worry about me." Wesley said as he saw Jesse take up a defensive stance. "Just go to your girl."

Still wanting to stay and help the older man, Jesse looked over at the demons and snarled. Unsheathing his sword again, he twisted it slowly around into a full circle until a volley ball sized energy ball appeared.

"Energy orb!" he yelled as the red ball pulsated and crackled with more electrical energy. "Full Power!" as he released the power ball it ripped through the demons sending all colors of blood and gore to splatter all over the walls and ground. "I'm just giving you a fighting chance." Jesse said to him before running off to find his girl.

"Thank you, Mr...Jesse." Wesley whispered as three demons replaced the first horde and headed for him. Lifting up his shotgun once again, it clicked empty. "Oh bugger." he said as he dropped the gun down by his feet.

Buffy was taking the brunt of the action, because over fifteen demons surrounded and attacked her. She almost dissappeared under a flurry of punches and kicks by her assailants until they parted as they saw something behind her.

Scurrying off to face other opponents, Buffy turned to see what they ran from and her eyes widened at who she saw.

"Hello, Buffy." Lothos said as he walked around her, spinning his silver gentleman's cane in one hand. "Long time no see."

"My sentiments exactly." The Master said as he stepped away from behind him. "Now come here." he commanded of her as he twisted his arms around, using his hypnotic power. Helpless against his mind control, Buffy could do nothing but walk closer.

"Alright Kendra, it's time for you to start on your new destiny." Cloak said as she stood on top of a high building and watched the battle.

Throwing her axe high into the air, Kendra unfurled the hidden stakes she had under her sleeves and staked the two vampires that ran on either side of her. As they dusted, she plucked the axe out of the air, did a spin and chopped off the head of a demon that ran towards her.

Taking a look around at all of the carnage before her, she saw Buffy being attacked by two vampires and then her Watcher being held down on his knees by two demons. Quickly trying to decide who to help, she saw Giles and Jesse, who was holding onto Willow's hand, running to help Buffy, so her decision made she ran towards her Watcher. As she looked at him, she noted that his eyes had widened as if he saw something behind her.

"Kendra watch..." but it was too late for Wesley's warning as a huge demon with the face of a rhino and body armor, came up behind her and brought down his huge axe weapon in an attempt to cut off her head. Before it could make contact with her flesh however, Kendra vanished, without fanfare, into thin air.

As soon as Batwoman engaged some ubervamps she immediately took out the new retractable whip weapon Xander made for her. As she began to spin with the weapon in hand, the bladed whip flew out and slashed into a vampire immediately cutting off the things head. As she continued to spin, she made her fight seem like a sexy yet deadly ballet as she continued to kill demons left and right. But to her dismay more only came.

Getting deeper into the fight a towering red demon suddenly threw aside a fellow minion like a rag doll and rushed her, lunge punching for her face. At the last moment, Batwoman sidestepped and the creatures punch went up to his elbow through a car windshield she was standing in front of, ripping the fist to shreds. With a growl it pulled it's mangled hand out and looked at it, it's fury growing. Sheathing her new weapon, Batwoman stood in front of a 14-foot U-Haul truck and waited as the beast charged again with his good hand. At the last moment, she sidestepped again and it's fist crumbled against the truck side, making it scream in agony and anger. Eyes glazing over in fury the monster turned to face her cradling both it's hands.

As if by magic Batwoman was right there and delivered a short undercut to it's stomach, making it double over. Then she's on him, hitting him on the back of the neck with an elbow with enough force that it sent it to his knees. Pulling his head up she exposed his throat and took out a curved blade like Batman's. As Batwoman's smile died, her eyes turned to stone, even as she cocked her fist back slowly, and ended the beasts life with a quick jab of her weapon. Before she knew what was going on, something banged her on the back of the head, knocking her unconcious.

Catwoman ducked a roundhouse kick from a vamp, and the momentum of the kick without a hit made him keep spinning before he landed. Doing a side-kick to his side, he staggered into the side of a truck dazed. With a smirk, she came at him with her stake and plunged it home as he turned around to attack again.

But before she could celebrate her victory, a shovel sized fist smacked her on the side of the head nearly knocking her unconcious. Before she knew what was going on, she found herself being held down on her knees next to all of her friends. And as she looked closer she saw that it was demons holding them all down. The group looked a little worse for wear, but overall okay. It was only Willow softly whimpering and Wesley looking as though he was about to cry, that got her attention however.

"No..."

"Wesley what's the matter?" Giles asked, beside his fellow Watcher, with a grunt as a demon pushed him further down.

"It's Kendra." Wesley replied his eyes blazing. "She's gone."

"I'm sorry." Giles said as he closed his eyes to take in her memory. "What got h..."

"She's not dead." Wes cut him off. "She's just...she's just gone." he said as he looked up to the heavens, fogging his glasses up with rain water.

"Willow are you hurt?" Jesse asked misinterpreting her whimpering.

"Quiet!" the Master growled as he pushed Jesse down even further.

"For once, I'm in agreement with the Master." Lothos said as he looked up from where he was holding down Buffy and looked at them. "The final battle is about to take place." he said with a glance towards a building just ahead of them.

'If I could just get my sword.' Jesse thought to himself as he saw it laying only a mere fifteen feet away. As if in answer to his thought, the sword started to shake and flung itself over his head. Hearing a slight grunt, he looked up in time to see that the sword was protruding from the Master's chest.

Before the age old vampire crumbled to dust, he loosened his grip enough for Jesse to stand to his feet. Ripping the Shadow Sabre out of the now dusting Master, Jesse swung hard and chopped off the head of Lothos. Now free, Buffy stood to her feet and smiled at the demons that were still holding down her friends.

The demons instantly recognized that she was giving them the "don't fuck with me smile" before running off.

"What the hell happened?" Batwoman asked as she stood to her feet. "How did you get your sword?"

"I gave it to him." Willow informed them all as she eyed her hands. And for the first time in her life, her voice was full of confidence. "My ancestor visited me one last time and gave me her power."

"Where's Kendra?" Catwoman asked Wesley as she took a look around. To her surprise the rest of the demons didn't make any sudden moves to try to attack them again.

"I'll have to tell you later." he replied as he looked over her shoulder.

"No you're gonna tell me now!" she demanded as she grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt. But he didn't flinch from her tone or her close proximity, he only stared over her shoulder. Following his line of vision, her eyes widened aswell as she saw a large dragon swooping down from the sky. "Fuck!"

As the beast opened it's mouth, a volley of fire shot down towards them. Running in front of the group, Willow spread her arms out wide and a sheild of energy blocked the fire off.

"Willow!" Buffy shouted as she watched her friend literally holding back the flames.

"I got this, Buffy." Willow told her with a hint of strain in her voice. "Go and help Batman."

"But..."

"It's alright Buffy." Giles assured her. "Willow seems fully capable of handling herself. Now go, you have to make sure that Batman wins this."

"Jess?"

"Go ahead Buff." Jesse said with a smile as he held up Shadow Sabre. "I kinda wanna slay the dragon." with a smile to her friends, Buffy ran towards the building Lothos told them about. "Shadow Sabre, full power!"

Not being able to go through the front door, Buffy ran around the building and saw a fire escape ladder. Going up it, she came to a huge window and climbed in. Hearing a ring and a ding sound of metal clashing, she looked over the catwalk and saw Batman and Spike engaging in mortal combat.

Adjusting his grip Xander twisted his weapon around, cutting open Spike's cheek

Spike growled, back-flipping away from him and touched his fingertips to the cut, then tasted his own blood. As he smiled Xander heard the sounds of snakes hissing and they seemed to be coming from Spike. For a brief moment, Xander realised that Spike wasn't just a regular vampire anymore. He was something else entirely.

As his anger increased, Spike dropped his sword and dove at Xander, howling, raking his claws at Xander's face. Fully landing he struck out, knocking Xander across the warehouse. In the same motion he sprung forward, dragging Xander up by his throat, sinking his fangs through his armor and into his shoulder, making him scream.

Getting pleasure from hearing the boys screams he dug his fangs into Xander's shoulder harder. Xander struggled, but managed to slip a stake from his arm guanlet only for Spike to grab it and pull it off of his arm. But all that did was drive Spike into a berserker rage. He swung his fist, but Xander ducked, watching as his fist went through the wall, puncturing a steam pipe. Steam started to vent and Spike reached in, ripped an eight-foot section of the pipe from the wall, bringing a sparkling nest of electrical cables along with it. He swung the pipe section around, whacking Xander in his shoulder. He was a one man demolition crew, decimating everything in his path. He smashed holes in the floor, the walls, plowing through partitions of glass and steel.

Seeing his enemy come towards him Spike pummeled Xander, flinging his body about like a ragdoll. He then grabbed him by his ankle and swung him upwards some thirty feet making him collide with the underside of a massive hanging glass chandelier/lighting fixture. With a grunt Xander fell back to the ground, coughing up blood. With a growl seeing his prey wounded, Spike pounced on him. Strength almost gone, Xander could barely fend off the vampire's blows anymore. In desperation he dug into his utility belt and threw a smoke bomb into his demonic eyes. Eyes blazing, Spike swung both fists downward, Hulk-style, shattering an entire section of the dusty flooring. A shock-wave rippled out from the point of impact, sending waves of two-foot stone tiles flipping up into the air, knocking Xander off his feet.

With a startled gasp he sank downward against a wall. Seeing Spike coming he got on his knees , in shock. Still mad with hatred Spike roared again, conjuring up a century and a half of violence and predation. Dropping the pipe, Spike swung his sword overhead, ready to decapitate Xander and just as the sword reached the top of its arc, summoning the last of his reserves, Xander pitched his body forward, managing to activate his left wrist stake launcher. And before Spike even realized what was happening, Xander sank the stake deep into his chest. With a look of disbelief Spike dropped the sword, turned back to face Xander and then crumbled into dust. The snakes that were in his body slithered out and they too turned into ash.

Finally the Slayer of Slayer's and the murderer of his parent's was no more.

"Mom, dad..." Xander started as he wobbled on his feet. "Rest in peace." not being able to keep himself erect, he was just about to fall over when a pair of small hands grabbed him. Looking up he saw that it was... "Buffy?"

"Yeah." she replied as she smiled down at him, before helping him stand back up. "Now put this on." she said as she handed him his cowl.

"Buff, I didn't want you to find out this way." Xander started as he put on his mask. "I..."

"You don't have to explain anything." she silenced him. "I finally see why you kept this a secret from me." she said as she looked down at Spike's dust.

"But what does this mean for us?" he asked, only for her to get on her tiptoes and kiss him passionately on the mouth.

"Does that answer things for you?" she asked with a chuckle at his look. "Now come on let's help the others."

As they made it outside, they saw that all of the demons were gone and that Jesse stood proud over the dragon with his sword sticking through it's heart.

"Buffy!" he yelled excitedly as he drug his sword out and ran to her. "I slayed a dragon." at everyone else's look he ammended. "With some help of course."

"And Spike?" Giles asked.

"Is no more." Batman told them.

"So what do we do now?" Willow dared to ask.

"I don't know about you, but I say we party." Jesse responded as he walked over and gave her a kiss.

"Wait a minute." Batman said taking a look around. "Where is Kendra?" he asked only for Wesley to look down guiltily. He was given one job to protect his charge and he had failed. Bruce would probably kill him for this.

"I don't know." he answered.

Wayne Manor

Later That Night

Xander sat alone in his room, writing a letter, with a sad look on his face. His life's mission finally ended tonight and he finally found the girl of his dreams only to lose a member of his family.

"How are you feeling?" Diana asked as she put her hand on his shoulder, startling him. "Sorry."

"It's okay." he replied as he took a breath. "What did you ask me again?"

"I asked how are you feeling." at his look she added. "About Spike, I mean."

"It feels like I finally lifted a heavy burden off of my heart."

"But?"

"But it doesn't seem like enough." he admitted. "Dad warned me about this. He told me that this life would be like an addiction."

"Is that such a bad thing?" Diana asked as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Don't you realize all the good that you've done. Not just for me and Selina, but for the people here in Sunnydale and in LA. How many people owe you their life because of this...addiction?"

"I guess you're right." he said as he leaned back in his seat some more and popped a pain killer. "But I want to have a family one day, I don't want to be what dad told me he was. I don't want to be consumed by darkness."

"And you want." she said as she took his hand in hers. "You have me, your sister, and Selina here to make sure that you never go down that road. And as for having a family, aren't you and Buffy dating now?" she asked suggestively, causing him to blush. Looking over his shoulder, she saw a little of what he was writing.

"Xander what are you doing?"

"I was just writing out what I wanted to tell dad about Kendra." Xander said as he followed her line of vision. "He's been looking for her, for almost eight years and he's gonna go ballistic when he finds out that she's gone again."

"You know she's not dead right?" Diana asked as she sat down on his desk.

"I'm not all that sure on that." he replied as he put his pencil down. "I just can't feel our connection anymore. Like when me and Faith are apart we can sort of tell if the other is hurt or not."

"You know why you can't feel her?" Diana asked. At his confused look she explained. "It's because you don't have any faith." she said as she took a little silver cross from around her neck and put it around his. "I and everybody else believe that she's alive and well. So it's time for you to do the same."

"Yes ma'am." Xander said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes as she stood to her feet and walked to the door. "Diana."

"Yeah?" she asked as she turned around to look at him.

"You know I love you right?" he had to let her know that, because he never got a chance to tell Kendra that.

"Good night, Xander." she said with a wink as she walked out of the door.

Putting his pencil down after a few minutes of writing, Xander stood to his feet and walked through his house. Seeing that everyone was asleep and that he was restless, he walked down to the batcave. There was just a couple more things he had to do.

Summers Residence

"You seem awfully cheerful, honey." Joyce commented as she opened Buffy's door. "I heard you singing, when I was in the hallway."

"Shhh..." Buffy replied as she put her finger to her lips. As Joyce came fully into the room, she saw that Selina was asleep and laying in Buffy's lap. Putting the little girl all the way on the bed, she watched as she stuggled into the pillow, before joining her mom in the hallway.

"You two seem to be getting along." Joyce said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, can we trade Dawn in for Selina?"

"Buffy!" her mother admonished.

"I was just joking mom." Buffy said with a wide smile and a chuckle.

"Like I was about to say, every since you came home tonight you've been overly cheerful. What's going on?"

"How do...how do you know when you're in love?"

'So that's what it is.' Joyce thought to herself. "Well when you see him, does your heart beat a little faster?"

"Oh yeah." Buffy said loosely as she leaned up against the wall.

"And when you wake up in the morning, do you find yourself just thinking about him?"

"I have the love bug don't I ?" Buffy realized.

"I'm afraid so." Joyce said with a smile at her daughters expense. "But just make sure that I meet this boy before you fall all the way in love." Joyce advised as she walked away. She really didn't like Buffy's choice in men, especially last year when she dated that boy Pike.

Shaking her head at the departing form of her mother, Buffy walked into the room and immediately felt a chill.

"I don't remember leaving that window open." she said aloud as she went over to close it.

"You didn't." a voice said behind her. Turning she saw Batman step out of the shadows.

"You know you're the only person who can sneak up on me like that." she informed him as she pulled him into a hug.

"It's just a little thing I do." he replied with a shrug.

"So why are you here?"

"I just came to tell you that I'll pick Selina up tomorrow." Batman informed her as he broke their hug.

"Is that all you came for?" Buffy asked shyly.

"No." he replied with a grin as he leaned down and started to kiss her passionately. Little did they know but Selina had woken up and saw the two kissing. Deciding to give them a little privacy, she closed her eyes back up and pretended to be asleep.

"Now I have to go." he said breaking their kiss.

"Go?" Buffy asked wiping her mouth. "Go where?"

"To my night job." Batman said with a hint of amusement as he started to climb out of the window. "Good night, Miss Summers."

Watching as Batman dissappeared into the night, Buffy turned around and looked at Selina's sleeping form.

"Alright, how much did you see and hear?" she asked as Selina opened her eyes and started to burst out laughing. Chuckling herself, Buffy jumped on her bed and started to tickle the little girl unmercifully.

On top of a high building

Later That Night

Batman stood on top of a building overlooking the city with a curious glance, his cape bellowing behind him by an unseen wind.

"After tonight, I finally figured out what my father told me about. Being Batman wasn't about revenge, it was about righting wrongs and to help the hopeless." he said to himself as he crouched low to drink in the night.

"Before I came to Sunnydale, I thought that after I killed Spike, that my journey as Batman would be over. Now I see that it's at it's beginning. I still haven't figured out what happened to my sister Kendra, but I'll find her. Thanks to a friend I now feel in my heart that she's not dead, but in a strange way I feel that she's out there somewhere finding her own destiny."

Suddenly a woman's scream could be heard in the distance.

"Now all I can do is keep a watchful eye over this city." he said as he shot out a grappling hook line. "And let the criminal and demonic world know that they themselves will now fear the night." with that said he swung off the building and allowed the darkness to swallow him.

DC verse/ Wishverse

Sametime

"Ow me head." Kendra said to herself as she wobbled unsteadily on her feet. Putting her hand to her temple to ease the throbbing pain, she looked up and saw a giant clay like fist, heading for her face.

Before she could move a black blur swept her off of her feet and got her out of harms way.

"Miss are you alright?" a familiar voice asked her. Opening her eyes back up, she saw that it was Batman who had rescued her.

"Bruce?" she asked, before passing out. With a frown, Batman gave the girl a look, before he ran back deeper into the mall to engage Clayface. After the fight, he knew he had to take the girl with him to figure out how she knew who he was.

A/N A year and a half later Buffy had her one and only child with Xander. Her name was Eliza Wayne. And after graduating they married. Sometime after that, Willow and Jesse had their own child Dick Grayson McNally. If you want to know the futures of any other character just ask and all that's left now is going to be an epilogue. It'll give you a brief glimpse of the future.

Oh and Xander told Buffy that Selina knew about his secret identitiy.

TBC...

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