Xander Harris and the Antediluvian Tome Ch. 4

Author: Lochar

Xander had learned a great deal about his grandfather, at least what the times were like back when he was married to his great great grandmother. Beyond saying he was checking up on his family, he didn't mention his reason for being in Sunnydale.

Grandpa Logan, as he finally broke down and allowed Xander to call him, learned just as much about Xander. He'd told him stories about his school, or at least as much as he could that was normal. He might have been a mutant, but Xander didn't want to mention too much about the Hellmouth, even if it appeared he did know about demons and such.

Xander got up the next morning and made his way downstairs, to find Logan camped out on the couch. The place looked to be a lot cleaner than normal after one of his dad's nights of drinking. Heh, Grandpa must have kicked him out early to go to sleep.

"Hiya gramps." Xander waved to him as he walked into the kitchen to see about finding some breakfast.

Chuckling, Logan got up off the couch as well, nodding to Xander. "Morning yourself, brat."

Xander walked out of the kitchen, holding a poptart. "Brat I might be, but at least I finally know which family member started it."

Logan laughed again.

His mother picked this time to appear from upstairs. "Shouldn't you be leaving for school soon, Alexander?"

Looking at the time on the VCR, he shook his head. "Nah, I've got five more minutes."

"Alright, but don't be late." She told him. She walked into the kitchen, where they could hear her making coffee.

Xander looked at Logan. "Whatcha gonna do today, Grandpa?"

Logan thought for a moment. "Not sure, probably amble around town, see the sights. Know of anything good in town?"

"Besides the Bronze? You might be able to catch a movie, but that's about it." Xander replied without hesitation.

"The Bronze?"

"It's a club. I don't really think you'd like it, and it doesn't open up until the evening anyways." Xander explained. "It's down off Eighth if you really want to go see it."

There was a knock on the door.

Xander looked at his grandfather quizzically as his mother's voice rose from the kitchen. "Answer that, would you, Alexander?"

Shrugging, Xander stood up to answer the door. Opening the door, he found Faith standing there.

"Ready to go, X?"

Xander looked at her oddly. "Why are you here, Faith?"

"B said to grab you last night. She's gonna stop by Red's and pick her up." Faith looked into the house. "Who're you? You don't look like X's old man."

Logan laughed. "No, I'm related to his mother."

Xander caught her eye. "He's actually a mutant."

Faith's face closed up. Her fists clenched as she stared at Logan. "What?"

"So far he doesn't seem as bad as some of the stuff we've heard about, Faith." Xander said. "Just wanted to get that out of the way, alright?" He said, looking back to Logan.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Just tell me next time you're going to spring my secret on someone, okay?" Logan grumbled.

Faith relaxed slightly, then looked at Xander. "You sure?"

Xander nodded, then grabbed his backpack from next to the door. "Yeah. Come on, we'll talk on the way to class."

As Xander walked out of the house and closed the door, Logan watched the two leave. "Heh, wonder how they hooked up. He doesn't seem to be her type."

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"X, I can't believe you. Why didn't you call B or Jeeves when you found out he was a mutant. He's probably working with that shapeshifting one." Faith ranted at him as soon as they were out of eyesight of the house.

"Because I thought he was a vamp at first." Xander calmly said.

Faith stopped for a moment, staring at him. "And that's any better?"

"Well, after a stake wouldn't even do more than scratch his chest, what else was I supposed to do? If he was going to kill me, it really wouldn't have been too hard with those metal claws in his hands."

"Metal claws. You sure he's a mutant and not a demon then?" Faith pressed. "I'll go back there and slay him."

"Nah, my mom knew him. He's actually my great-great-grandfather." Xander laughed.

"Dude looks good for being that old."

"Yeah, that's his mutant thing supposedly. He heals so fast that he doesn't age." Xander looked at the sky. "Still, I wonder if G-man knows him. He knew the first one."

They walked the rest of the way to the school in silence. Once they got to the school, Faith veered off towards the library.

"I'm gonna go tell Jeeves about that mutant at your house. Enjoy your school, X."

Xander called out to her. "Hey Faith, what classes do you have? I've never seen you in any."

Faith paused and turned around. "Classes? Nah, not for this girl. Soon as I tell Jeeves, I'm outta here. I'm gonna go see if I can't go find that Raven chick."

Xander shrugged. "I don't know whether or not to call you lucky. No school, but you have to go try to find someone who can be anyone. Enjoy."

They split up, Xander going to class.

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It was the middle of his English class when Xander found himself in trouble. Having trouble staying awake after the long talk with his grandfather the night before, Xander finally gave up and put his head on his desk and went to sleep.

He was quickly woken by a tapping on his shoulder. Looking up, he groaned to see the teacher staring at him.

"Mr. Harris. That's over a dozen times you've fallen asleep in my class. I think I'll take you to explain to the principal why you think English is a class you can just sleep through. Your grades definitely don't say you can."

Grabbing him by the arm, she pulled him out of the chair and marched him to the front of the class and to the door. Turning around, she looked at the rest of the students. "Keep studying. If I return and find a party happening, you all will serve detention until you're thirty."

With that, she marched him out of the classroom.

After a few minutes, they reached the front of the school, where the administrative staff were. Slowing down to turn into the office, Xander was startled to hear the voice behind him growl.

"Keep moving brat. You've been checked out."

Xander turned, gasping to see his mother's face behind him. "Shit, Raven."

She grinned evilly at him. "Exactly. And without any friends to protect you, you're coming with me."

Xander groaned, but calmly walked out of the school, keeping an eye out for a chance to run.

"Ya know, I could have sworn X's momma was taking her granddad out for a tour of the town. And what do I find, but her checking X outta school? Don't think so." A voice said.

Xander grinned. "Faith!"

The raven haired Slayer was leaning up against a wall, watching them.

"You know X, you're going to owe me once I kick her ass. Jeeves said she'd probably try something like this, so I knew watching the school might give me a chance for some exercise." Faith calmly walked towards them, cracking her knuckles.

Xander felt his arm get jerked, as he was thrown behind the shapeshifting mutant.

"Oh, I doubt you'll enjoy this exercise. I'm not leaving without him this time." Raven said darkly. She shifted again, this time into a much larger, only semi-humanoid form. "And you know what? I think I will enjoy this myself."

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