Title: Coming Back
Author: Windandsummer
Rating: R for now later it will go up!
Pairings: eventually Angle/Xander among others
Disclaimer: I only own what my own imagination produces, that includes Natalie and Bridget so hands off, unless you ask. -)
Warning: This story will eventually be slash although the way the story is going that might take a while.
A/N: Read and Review and you might get your updates faster. -)
This update is dedicated to StephM for her wonderful review, which made me happy enough to finish this chapter for you! Thanks Luv!
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Sunny Dale, Head Quarters for the Slayer and team.
Xander looked up for the book he was reading when Spike walked in with a pretty looking girl. At first he thought that it was one of Spike and Dru's many minions, but then he noticed they way she moved. She was graceful and yet still powerful. This was no minion, another master vampire maybe? Spike seemed to be enchanted with her and Xander began to pray that it wasn't another succubus.
Just last month they had a run in with a male succubus who had decided to make the hell mouth its home. It had taken them three weeks to get fully rid of the dreadful thing. Xander was about to jump out of his seat so that he was in a better stance to take on whatever she might be. When he remembered that the wards around the warehouse had been finished two weeks ago, and that they had a number of minions stationed outside who would have warned him if they thought the girl and Spike were off in any way. So having decided that the girl wasn't a threat Xander felt that it was a waist of perfectly good energy to get out of his seat and decided to remain seated.
Spike brought Bridget to stand in front of Xander. Knowing that even if the girl hadn't asked to see him that he would still have brought her here first for the simple matter of asking Xander's permission to show her around and introduce her to the others.
"Hey Xan, I was doing a run by in area 4-B when I came across Bridget here. Didn't see her at first and I thought it was Faith doing a last minute check up with solider boy." Spike said.
Xander got up out of his seat looking down at Bridget. He knew exactly what Spike was trying to tell him without out right telling everyone in hearing distance, which could be pretty damn far when working with slayers, vamps, and witches. The only thing he couldn't understand was how in the hell it was possible.
Two slayers was defiantly one two many, and he had no clue as to what might happen should they come together. Maybe nothing, but then again maybe something and he wasn't about to risk his team like that. Nodding at Spike to show his understanding, Xander turned to the rest of the room.
"Nadia, get Faith on the phone. Tell her to bunk with Graham tonight. Greg, page Wes tell him he needs to come in eminently. Andrea ,take Lexis and go and get the girls I want them here for this." With that he turned back to Spike and Bridget. Smiling he offered them a seat and sat down again in his own chair.
"Sorry about that, So Bridget is it? Its nice to meet you, I'm Xander." He said holding out his hand.
With a smile Bridget grasped his hand and shook it. She was really rather impressed on his handling of the situation. He had been quick and precise, he also seemed rather calm.
"It's nice to meet you Xander. I have to say that I'm rather shocked by your system of operations here. I never expected there to be another slayer let alone one with so much back up."
"Yeah I can understand finding out there's another slayer out there would be shocking. And I know that we aren't a normal base for a slayer. But we do get the job done rather well."
" I'm sure you do, do you mind however if I ask why they call you the Guardian?" Bridget pushed hoping to learn something more.
Xander looked at her a moment then at Spike before he broke out laughing. Finally easing up Xander saw confusion in her eyes.
" Sorry, it's just so funny that you took the nickname Spike gave me a while back so seriously. I don't really have any powers or anything if that's what you're thinking. I just happen to be the guy who comes up with the plans and make sure everyone's ok. I guess it started after Faith got hurt by some wares. It was the first time I took a good look at how we were operating and decided that we could do better. Everyone that's with us has their part to do, there own special place in the group."
"Wes is the watcher so of course he heads up research. Faith is our slayer, and she loves the slay so we make sure she sees as much action as possible. Spike here is a master vampire who seems to love the fight as much as Faith does, so for the most part him and his minions are on patrol as well. Dru, Spike's sire is not only a master vampire but she's also a seer so we watch her for information. Willow and her girlfriend Tara are witches so they hold up the magic side of things. Cordelia an ex actress who's a friend of ours is great about taking charge, so for the most part she stays here at the base where everyone reports back to her. Then you have me, I come up with the plans and make sure they get fallowed through. My main concern though is that everyone comes out on top and that's why I got the nickname the Guardian." Xander said with a smile.
Spike looked at Xander curiously wondering why he choice to trust this slayer with so much information. He knew Xander wasn't the trusting type and was normally an great judge of character. So he had to have seen something good in this girl, almost how he had seen that him and his Dru were truly willing to help and not trying to kill them all. Spike then decided that he would get to know this girl better, he had come to trust Xander's judgment while working alongside him. Just as he was about to say something to Xander about the girl's watcher, the witches his sire and the ex actress arrived.
Cordelia who was the first to come in saw the new girl right away and knew she was going to be trouble. Faith loved the slay to much to care about Cordelia and Xander's control on the group, and besides Spike and Dru who were content with there roles as well no one else was leader material. But she could sense the power of this girl and she didn't think she was the type to just hand over control. Deciding to get it out of the way before this whole thing got going she spoke up.
"Who's she." She said addressing Spike knowing that he'd be quicker to answer.
"The bits a slayer I stumbled across while I was making a quick run." Spike answered knowing what had Cordelia all in a bunch. That girl knew two things at first glance and that was whether you had either money or power. He knew she saw the power in Bridget and didn't like the threat to her own spot in the group. It was times like these he wondered how she would take the fact that his sire had plans to capture her for her own.
Cordelia gasped. Another slayer wasn't possible, everyone knew you only got one slayer at a time. Did that mean that something happened to Faith, no Xander would have told them already. He knew that she and Faith were best friends and he wouldn't hold that kind of information to himself. So if Faith was all right were did this bit come from, and what was she doing here?
Seeing that question in Cordy's eyes he nodded at her assuring her that he would tell her as much as he knew as soon as Dru and the witches made there way over to them. Willow, Tara, and Dru finally came to sit on a couch by were they were all seated and Xander stood to make introductions.
"Girls, this is Bridget. Bridget, this is Cordelia, Dru, Willow, and Tara." He said pointing out the girls as he said their name. Each of them nodded they're welcome before turning back to Xander.
"Bridget here is a slayer, and before you say anything no I don't know how that's possible other than she must have been called when Faith died for a short time in the hospital the day the weres attacked. I do know however that this is very uncommon and most likely dangerous so for the time being I'd like to keep Bridget and Faith apart. Wes had yet to arrive and I'll explain to him again when he comes. But for now I'd like to get things rolling."
" Willow I want you and Tara to do a couple of simple spells on Bridget just to make sure everything's on the up and up. Cordelia I want you to contact some one or two of our British contacts and see why the council never made us aware of the arrival of a new slayer. Dru I want you to take the potion that the girls made for you and see if you can get any visions concerning what's going on. Spike I want you to send out some of your minions to patrol the town, see if they can come up with anything. Then I want you to talk to Bridget and get the location of her watcher, before going and bringing him her. Were there's a slayer there's a watcher and he might have more information. As usual when you're finished with all that I want you to answer back to Cordy. I believe that by the time you're done I'll have talked to Wes and we can regroup." At that Xander nodded to show that he was finished and the group split up.
Willow and Tara took Bridget of to do a couple of x-ray spell that would show them if she truly was who they thought. Cordelia went to her office to see if Craven, her London contact still had an ear in the council. Dru and one of her minions went off to see about getting a vision on what was to come, thanks to a potion Willow and Tara had made for her she could now control a good deal of the when and where of her visions. Spike left to fill in his minions on their new assignments, and Xander sat back down to his book waiting patiently for Wes to show up.
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Looking down on the group of do gooders in Sunny Dale, a particular male power practically gleamed. His plan was coming together perfectly. Now all they needed was a few more characters added to the pot, a few tides of revelation and it would be complete. Another master piece if he did say so himself, which of course he did.
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A/n: Another chapter completed, I hope you Enjoy. And great news for all, I finally got word and now all chapters have been checked for spelling!
