A/N thanks for the reviews. And to answer your question Abuhin, the last chapter actually wasn't a Blade reference but I was thinking about doing one though. Stay tuned to read my other fic problems with the soul. I'll have a power ranger's reference coming up in that one though. And thanks for the complement kinetic-kid, that means alot.
Also thanks to everyone who read the Hunter. That was the first story that made a hundred reviews for me. So thanks. I really hope that this chapter doesn't suck though. I still haven't found my creative flow for this story yet, but I'm trying. i hope it doesn't suck.
Chapter 2
Bring on the night
STREET IN SUNNYDALE - NIGHT
With a sigh of relief Akin had finally made it to Sunnydale. It had taken him about three days but he had finally arrived. As he looked out of his window, he saw that he was in downtown Sunnydale. In the industrial part of town to be exact. As he rounds a corner, he see's a young girl being choked to death by a monster.
It's bald with a distinct vampire forehead and brows and trademark fanged teeth. It looks gaunt and has a horrible disfigured face, with extremely hollow cheekbones. Forgetting about the old legends of such creature's and not having enough time to grab a weapon, he slips on his mask, gets out of the car and runs up to them.
Annabelle is running down a street, looking over her shoulder. She's run into an industrial manufacturing complex, and as she runs past a dumpster, a UberVamp jumps out and grabs her by the throat, growling and lifting her off the ground.
As if sensing something behind him, the Turok-Han turns only to be punched in the face. The force of which made him drop Annabelle and made it drop to the ground. Annabelle gasps as she see's a figure stepping into the light from the over head street lamp. It's almost like a shadow.
The figure was tall, wore all black, and had a mask with three red lines running down the face of it.
"Get in my car!" The figure ordered as the Uber-vamp started to get to it's feet. Not one to argue, Annabelle stood to her feet and ran to the black fire-bird.
"So you're the new creature of the night?" The Hunter asked as the uber-vamp started to circle him. "I must say I'm not impressed." he said as his eye's started to glow a milky white.
With a growl the Turok-Han comes for The Hunter. He's able to hold his own against it for a moment, but soon he's being beaten back. Annabelle grimace's as the Turok-Han deals harsh blows to the man that saved her life. Still, he manages to get in an offensive move here and there, punching and kicking it between its own moves.
Seeing a crossbow in the back seat of the firebird, Annabelle picks it up and get's out of the car.
The Uber-vamp punches The Hunter to the ground, but he gets back up to fight more. It throws The Hunter about 20 feet away, and he lands next to his car, knocking the crossbow out of Annabelle's hands. The Hunter picks up the weapon and aims it at the Turok-Han and fires as it runs toward him, hitting it right in the heart. It only pauses for a moment, then comes at him again.
The Hunter grabs a nearby pipe from the the ground and uses it as a staff. He then uses it to propel himself away from the fight, but the Turok-Han is right behind him. Using the pipe like a baseball bat he swings it at the Turok-Han, but it ducks and pushes him into the wall of manufacturing building.
The Hunter falls to the ground, and the Turok-Han disarms him before throwing him back toward the center of the open area. It punches him again and again. He falls into a pile of cinder blocks, but picks one up to throw at the Turok-Han - but it crushes it before he can throw it. It punches him again, and kicks him onto a dumpster, before throwing him a dozen feet into the air, where he lands on top of a car. Crushing the windshield with the impact of his body. The Hunter manages to stay on the car, and the Turok-Han jumps on top of it to get to him. He grabs The Hunter by the throat, lifts him off the ground and starts choking him as he struggles against it.
The Hunter reaches down, grabs the arrow in the Turok-Han's chest, pulls it out, and jabs its eye. It roars and drops him. While it's dealing with its injury, The Hunter starts punching it, and kicks it to the ground, where it lands in a pile of cinder blocks and boards. Weakly, it tries to punch him back, but he keeps punching and kicking it until finally he can bang its head into the car. Putting head sized dent's into it. Reaching into his duster sleeve he grabs a strangle wire and slips it around the Turok-Han's throat. It falls to the ground, and The Hunter pulls on it hard enough to sever its head. The Turok-Han explodes in a cloud of dust in front of him.
"Are you okay?" Annabelle asked as she ran up to him.
"Yes my child." The Hunter said panting, as his eyes changed back to liquid brown. "Now get back into my car so I can take you home."
"So why were you out this late at night?" The Hunter asked as they started to drive away from the industrial district.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Annabelle replied as she looked up at him.
"My dear, I just killed, what I think was an ancient vampire, trust me I'll believe anything you tell me."
"Well I'm a Slayer... well a potential Slayer anyway's." she said meekly. "I just found out about it a couple of month's ago when my Watcher found me. When he was killed some old guy came and got me and sent me here. He said I would be safe here with the Slayer but people keep dying..." she said as she started to cry. "I...I just can't take the pressure. I tried to be strong for the other potentials but I can't...It's just so hard..."
"It's okay my child." The Hunter said as he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Buffy wouldn't let anything happen to you."
"Buffy." Annabelle said as she looked up at him. "You mean the other Slayer?" The Hunter only nodded.
"I'm sorry to tell you but she died about two years ago." The Hunter was heart broken by this news but he still listened to what she had to say. "Johnathon told me that she died fighting a hell god named Glorby... Glory, something like that."
"So how were you able to fight like that?" she asked after a few minutes of uncomfortable silence.
"Well I've had over 200 years of practice." he replied. 'But something is wrong. I've been feeling my power slip away for the last couple of month's.' He thought to himself. 'I should have been able to annihilate that thing in less then a minute.'
"What did you say my child?" he asked as he noticed that she was still talking.
"I said what's up with the mask?"
"I use it to conceal my identity, is this better?" he asked as he slipped his mask off.
He looked totally different then what Annabelle thought he would be. She thought that he would look older and have a disfigured face, but he looked quite handsome. He looked as if he was in his early twenties, he had short dark hair and some of the most intense liquid brown eyes, she had ever seen.
"Yeah much better." she said with a husky voice, making Akin smile with Xander's lopsided grin.
"So where are you staying?" Akin's eye's widened when she told him. "Ahh, I know just how to get there."
"I'm sorry, after all of the craziness I've seemed to have forgotton my manners.My name is Annabelle and you are..."
"You can call me Alex." Akin told her. "Now can I ask you a question?"
"Sure."
"Are two girls named Kendra and Faith living with you?"
"I don't know anybody named Faith." Annabelle said with a shake of her head. "But Kendra is the Slayer who's training all of us at Sheila's house. So how do you know them?"
"So here's your stop." Akin announced, ignoring her question as he stopped in front of a house.
"So will I ever see you again?" Annabelle asked, forgetting her previous question.
"I'll be around." he said as he looked at her and smiled.
"Thanks again for saving me." she said as she gave him a hug. Surprised by the embrace, he gives her a nervous squeeze back.
"Bye." Annabelle said with a wave as she got out of the car.
"Goodbye my child." Akin said back to her as he drove off. With a nervous sigh Annabelle walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A second later a very furious looking Kendra opened the door.
"Annabelle I was worried sick about you." Kendra said as they walked into the living room. The rest of the potentials and Scoobies looked up as they came in. "I was just about to go and search for you."
"Where did you go?" Molly another potential asked.
"I made it to downtown Sunnydale and I got attacked by a Turok-Han."
"My word are you alright." Giles asked as he took off his glasses.
"I'm just fine." she said as she rubbed on a sore spot on her neck. "A man saved me."
"A man?" Giles asked. "What man?"
"Well he seemed to know all of you." she said thinking back to what he said. "He was tall, had short dark hair, brown eyes, a goofy grin, goes by the name Alex, and he had a black mask with three red streaks down the face of it."
This seemed to stop the Scooby gang cold.
"The Hunter?" Johnathon and Willow concluded at the same time.
"No, Xander!" Kendra screamed as she ran to the front porch and peered out into the night.
"Kendra...Kendra!" Giles yelled after her as he ran and grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Whomever this man is, it can't be Xander." he said sadly. As soon as the police said they couldn't find Xander's body in the destroyed school, Kendra made him do a locating spell. Once he did it however they couldn't find a trace of Xander anywhere on earth.
"Giles it has to be." she said as she turned back to him with tears in her eyes. "She discribed him perfectly. The brown eyes, the goofy grin, it has to be him."
"Kendra don't do this to yourself." Giles said as he pulled her close. Every since Xander turned up "missing" she would often lean on Giles for support. They almost developed a father and daughter relationship. "Xander is gone now...it's time for you to except that." he said in a fatherly tone.
"But Giles...Xander." she said as she openly weeped. Giles just pulled her into a hug and let her cry into his chest. Her tears soaked his shirt.
"It's going to be okay...shhhh." Giles whispered into her hair. " Now's not the time for tears. You have to be strong now, Kendra. Be strong for those girls in there, be strong for yourself and your friends, be strong for me."
As her tears subsided Kendra let go of Giles and looked up at him.
"You're right, I have to be strong." she said as she wiped her eye's clean and walked back into the house. "Oh and Giles..." she called over her shoulder. "Tank you."
"What's all de commotion about?" Sheila asked as she, Tara, Dawn, and Dierdre walked into the room.
"We tink dat de Hunter is back." Kendra informed them as she walked back into the room.
Meanwhile...
In a hotel room across town
Akin sits in a meditative stance on the floor, with his sheathed sword between his legs. He's drawing power from the earth to heal himself and to renew his strength. Then suddenly he see's a flash of something in his mind's eye.
Somewhere over the Atlantic ocean, a huge ship crosses the sea. On deck a man is being beaten by a man with a whip. Akin looks on intently even though he's just reliving his past. But as the man who's being beaten, looks up, Akin see's that it's...
"Xander." Akin said as he snaps his eyes open from his vision. "My God."
TBC...
Please review...
I couldn't make Akin stronger then a Slayer. If Buffy had a problem with them, I think Akin should to.
I forgot to put up a summary of events that lead up to season 7. You'll find out later in the fic where Faith is but, Buffy basically died the same way she did in season five. Her mom did too. Since Kendra became senior Slayer she took the threat of Warren and Andrew seriously and they went to jail. Which means Tara is still alive Also Dawn lives with Sheila and the others. If you have any other questions just review and ask away.
I'm still trying to figure out a way to make a love triangle with Tara, Willow, and Kennedy. Also the first will make an appearance in later chapters.
