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Chapter Two - Verbal Ping-Pong
Buffy stiffened as she felt four pair of eyes turn in her direction. Lita's were stone cold, Katarina's were shocked, Serenity's were frightened, and Luke's… Luke's were murderous. She almost flinched as she saw the rage bubbling up in them, the barely restrained fury.
"Show yourself, Slayer," he hissed, gripping the handle of his ax so tight that his knuckles turned white. "Come out and die."
Despite the intensity of the situation, Buffy almost laughed at that. It was the exact thing that Harmony had written on a piece of paper, taped to a rock, and thrown through her window. That hadn't ended too well, though, with Harmony getting an invite into her house and all. Plus, Xander almost get bitten.
She sighed and emerged from behind the wall, twirling her stake. "Really?" she asked Luke, whose eyes were literally bugging out of his head. Either he had some really nasty thoughts going around in there or she was a lot scarier then she remembered. "Cause I was planning on dying tomorrow." She stopped and pulled a dagger out of her sleeve. Since coming to Chester, she learned that demons weren't the only things that went bump in the night, and most purse snatchers generally ran away when you pulled a knife on them. "Or maybe it was next Wednesday…"
"Yeah, well, just consider it off your to-do list." The black haired girl stepped forward, also holding a stake.
"FYI, I'm not a vampire," Buffy stated, motioning at the pointed wooden object in Katarina's hand. Then she glanced over at Lita, who hadn't moved from her previous position and was still just staring at her. "Although you seem to know that."
Katarina smirked. "FYI," she countered, gesturing at Buffy's stake, "neither am I."
Buffy shrugged and pocketed Mr. Pointy, but kept a hold on her dagger. "Then what are you? Rogue demon hunters? People that fell into a toxic pool and got super powers?"
Katarina raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by an incredulous Luke. "You don't know who we are?"
Serenity, forgetting her initial fear as she listened to the verbal ping-pong, looked up at Lita with a question in her eyes. "I thought the Watchers had spread the news about us to all the Slayers?"
"This one is different," Lita murmured without taking her eyes off Buffy. With an unearthly grace, she strode towards her, stopping beside Luke and Katarina. "You're not like the other Slayers, are you?" She narrowed her eyes and tilted her head, reminding Buffy briefly of Spike. "You have more power then them, and much more experience. You were an original, before the curse that brought them all together. You've known love, yet you have a thirst for violence and bloodshed. You've found light in the darkest of places, in the darkest of beings." She gave a small smile. "You are unique."
Despite herself, Buffy smiled as well and rolled her eyes good-naturedly. "Took people long enough to figure that out back home."
Luke turned to Lita, his eyes still wide. "Does that mean she may accept us?"
Buffy raised her eyebrows. "Whoa, accept you? I just met you, plus you threatened to kill me. And you took out those three vamps without a second thought. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Come," Lita said, motioning with her hand. "We have much to talk about."
"Okay," Buffy put her hand up. "Did you not hear what I just said?" But the four had turned and were trudging up the hill into the deep forest beyond. Buffy put her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes skyward. "Nobody ever listens to me." But curiosity got the better of her, and she followed after the small group, muttering to herself.
A/N: Short chapter, I know. But I didn't want to get into the depths of their history and stuff until Chapter Three or Four at least. Because that'll take a while and I wanted this to be rather shortish. Please R&R, cause then you get to see who these kids really are.
Kudos to Gotta Have Faith13, my only reviewer. Glad you liked it!
