Title: Coming Back Author: Windandsummer Rating: R for now, later it will go up!
Pairings: eventually Angel/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 with the way the story is going, that might take a while.
A/N: Read and Review and you might get your updates faster. ) This was betaed by the wonderful sublimatedangel.

xaxaxaxaxaxaxa Xander sighed as he thought back on how the night had gone. The new watcher, Lindsey, had stepped right into the mix of things, helping Wes research old tomes of prophesies. The girls had all gotten along rather splendidly once Cordy had been reassured that Bridget wasn't going to try and dethrone her. His only real worry was the fact that they weren't finding anything and Faith couldn't stay with Graham forever. At about three in the morning, he had come to the conclusion that they weren't going to find anything. With that thought in mind, he'd decided that tomorrow he would send Willow and Tara out to make a safe spot where they could introduce the slayers. The safe spot would insure that if anything did happen when the slayers met, it would stay inside the designated area. Hopefully if something big and scaly popped up, the two slayers would be able to handle it easily enough.

xaxaxaxaxaxaxa Faith smiled to herself. Secretly, she was extremely excited. While it was true that she loved her job, there were times when she would like a little more time to herself. And having another slayer around would mean that no one would really care if she snuck off to be with Graham more often. She just hoped that meeting the girl didn't cause the world to implode. Walking confidently into the area that the witches had declared safe ground, she waited for the other slayer to show up. Sooner than she would have thought, she saw the other girl approach. She was lovely, like every other slayer Faith had seen a picture of. She wondered if beauty was part of the slayer package; maybe it was a reward for all they had to give up.
"Hi," the girl said. "My name's Bridget, I'm the other slayer"
Faith smiled and moved to shake her hand. "I'm Faith." She was about to say more, but the moment their hands met a shock of energy ran up her arm and she was thrown back and away from the other girl.
Within seconds, the safe area was filled with vampires, witches, watchers, and friends, all ready to respond to whatever might happen. At first there was nothing and then an ear splitting shriek was heard as a portal appeared in their midst. The portal gleamed white and for a moment the noise died down and there was a thud. But before any of them could react the shrieking upped in intensity again, sending them all to their knees. And then as suddenly as it had happened, it stopped and they were left in blessed silence. Finally they stood and began to search the area, only to come up with a dead body. A shivering dead body. Gathering around the apparently nude vampire, they all waited for orders. Noticing that no one was moving, Xander stepped forward and moved towards the body. Reaching it, he kneeled down and placed a hand on the shaking shoulder. Steeling his nerves, he quickly turned him so he could see the vamp's face and jumped back in shock. "What is it? What's wrong?" Willow asked.
Xander looked back at her with widened eyes. "It's... it's Angel."

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