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Chapter 8

CEMETARY

Buffy had just left the mansion and decided to do a quick patrol seeing as Faith was sedated and in the capable hands of Willow and Xander. There had been no sign of the vampires since the night of Faith's attack, and Buffy found this unnerving. She didn't know if they where still in Sunnydale or if they had gone back to Boston. Either way it wasn't good. They where obviously planning something and Buffy felt the burden all too well. The truth was she was scared, terrified even, she could barely fight one of these vamps and Giles was saying that there could be more of them, maybe hundreds, even thousands.

She knew she could rely on her friends to help her, but the fact that she, as the slayer found it hard, she had no idea how well her friends would cope. They were just ordinary people with no super powers to speak of, she knew that they wouldn't stand a chance. Willow was optimistic, and was already looking at spells and trying to get support of some of the members of her coven. I mean maybe there are only a few of these 'Daywalker' vamps she thought optimistically. Sighing Buffy knew that this would be too good to be true and at the end of the day she was their best fighter, what with Faith temporarily out of the picture. The only known weakness that these vamps have is the blood of a Garou and Buffy was going to be damned if they suggested using Faith's.

Buffy was distracted from her thoughts by the sounds of a fight in the distance. Pulling out her stake, she ran, leaping over headstones and dodging trees. Rounding the side of a crypt she saw a young dark haired girl fighting a couple of vampires, she was about to jump into the fray when both the vamps disappeared simultaneously in a cloud of dust. The dark haired girl spun to face a shocked Buffy, stake poised in the air. "uh…..hey I'm Buf-" Buffy started, recovering from her shock, before she was cut off by the newcomer.

"Buffy, yeah I know, I'm Kennedy the vampire slayer." she said bluntly.

Buffy looked at her blinking, she turned as she heard scrabbling coming from inside the crypt, the door opened to reveal a man, who by the looks of him was a watcher. "That's Wesley my watcher." Buffy looked at the man who was dusting himself off. "anyway can't stand around her all day, so c'mon take us to your watcher we need to speak to him." Buffy barely knew the girl and hated her already.

"Nice to meet you too" she mumbled under her breath so that the other girl couldn't here her. She plastered a fake smile on her face before leading them towards Giles' house.

MANSION

Willow and Xander were currently on wolf watch, as they called it. Tonight was a full moon and Giles had suggested that Oz be brought to the mansion instead of the library, that way an eye could be kept on both him and Faith. They were both chained in separate corners of the room well away from each other as nobody knew how they would react to one another's presence. Willow and Xander where both armed with tranquilliser guns, should anything go wrong, but so far nothing exciting had happened, Faith was still sedated from her earlier outburst when she'd tried to attack Giles, and Oz was pacing up and down on his side of the room, the wolf in him was more interested in his new environment than the Garou in the corner.

"He seems quiet tonight" Xander stated.

"Yeah could be cause it's a different environment for him, you know, new smells and stuff." willow replied, Xander nodded his head sagely.

"It's better doing this wolf watch thing with another person, I mean we can keep each other awake, or we could you know…..take it in turns."

"I think we both need to be on the ball Xander, we don't know how Faith will react to Oz when she comes round. Anyway I think Buffy's coming round after patrol, if she ends up staying the night you could probably go home." she could see Xander's face brighten at this, she knew he had drawn the short straw and hated staying up late. She herself didn't mind, she felt responsible for Oz and this was the least she could do for him, after all he was her boyfriend. She liked the peace and quiet of night, when you knew that everyone else was asleep, plus it gave her time to revise for any tests or learn new spells. She was desperate to learn anything that could help in the battle against these super vamps, she wanted to help Buffy anyway she could.

"Willow look!" Xander whispered pointing towards Oz. He had stopped pacing up and down and was sitting looking towards Faith. Looking over at Faith, Willow could see that she was waking up.

GILES' HOUSE

Buffy had never been so glad to see Giles' house in all her life. The short walk to his house had seemed to take hours. Any attempt Buffy had made at small talk had been shot down by Kennedy, who must have been the rudest person that Buffy had ever met and her watcher the most annoying. He had quizzed her on the slayer handbook along the way and made it clear that he wasn't happy with the way that things where run here. Between the pair of them they where running neck and neck for the spoilt brat award. Buffy didn't even bother knocking on Giles' door, she simply threw it open and stomped in, Kennedy and Wesley following closely behind. Seeing the questioning look on Giles' face when he glanced at the newcomers she replied gruffly "New slayer." before throwing herself onto the sofa and crossing her arms over her chest.

He held out his hand to Wesley introducing himself "I'm Rupert Giles, Buffy's watcher." Wesley merely looked at the offered hand before sniffing in disdain. Giles slowly lowered his hand, feeling awkward.

"Wesley Windham Pryce." he replied. Gesturing to the girl beside him he proudly introduced her "and this is my slayer, Kennedy." Giles smiled at Kennedy, who just glared at him. "I have to say Mr Giles that I have heard a great deal about you and your slayer. And I have to say that not all of it is good."

Giles looked offended "what do you mean?"

"Well I have to say that you and your slayer both have a blatant disregard for the rules laid out by the council. Who are not happy."

"We may not abide by the councils rules the majority of the time Mr Pryce but we are protecting this hell mouth and have stopped a number of apocalypses. We may not play by the councils rules but we are doing our jobs sufficiently. And to be quite honest it doesn't matter what the council think, the majority of them have not faced what we do on a daily basis." Giles replied icily, glaring at the newcomers. Buffy looked between Wesley and Giles ready to step in should they start fighting. She sort of hoped they would, she'd take bets on Giles winning hands down. She risked a glance at Kennedy whilst their watchers where exchanging words. She was just standing there looking high and mighty. God I'd love to wipe that look off her face she thought. She turned back to look at Giles, judging by the look on his face he hated these people as much as she did.

"The council want Kennedy and myself to be based here until further notice. We are to give reports on your actions and behaviour to the council. If you are found to be inadequate then the pair of you will be dismissed from your duties on this hell mouth and will be relocated somewhere more appropriate, and we shall take over your responsibilities in Sunnydale." Wesley stated smugly. Buffy's jaw dropped. Oh my God could they do that! What about my mom, my friends. she looked over at Giles. His face had gone white and she could see that his fists where clenched tightly at his sides. She could see that he was trying hard not to hit Wesley. She could see Kennedy grinning next to Wesley. "I think I've said all that was needed, I shall meet with you tomorrow Mr Giles to discuss the training regime for our slayers and to work out a rota for patrols. I'll leave you two to talk things over. Come along Kennedy." With that said they both turned and walked out the door, Kennedy slamming it behind them.

Buffy sat there in shock, she jumped as Giles slammed his hand on the table. Turning to him she asked "Can they do that Giles? Send us away? What about the life I have here, my mom, my friends?" he could see the despair in her eyes.

"Don't worry Buffy, I won't let that happen." he said with conviction. "We will play by there rules for the time being. We can't let these bloody fools get in the way of what is already happening." he let out a long sigh. "I suggest you head home Buffy, I shall phone the council and find out what they really want. It may be that Wesley is pushing his weight around."

"I hope so Giles, I'll see you tomorrow when the real fun begins" she groaned thinking of having to meet them again tomorrow, she turned back round to face him. "Can't I just feed them to Oz and Faith?" she asked hopefully.

"As much fun as that would be for us, think of poor Oz and Faith, those two would probably give them indigestion." they both smirked and bid each other goodnight before Buffy head out the door.

Once outside she took a deep breath of cold air, before heading over to the mansion, she needed to see Faith and warn Willow and Xander that they had a new 'friend' in town.

MANSION

Willow and Xander's gaze flitted between Oz and Faith. Oz still hadn't moved from his spot on the other side of the room and was still sitting patiently watching Faith who had slowly climbed to her feet. She was still in human form but her presence was that of the wolf and Oz could sense this. Willow was amazed she had never seen Oz this still in his wolf form, this made her hope that Faith would be able to help him with his control when she recovered. They both watched as the haze cleared from Faith's mind and she became aware of her surroundings, she noticed the other wolf sitting in the corner staring at her. She let out a small growl and Oz lowered his head and crouched low to the ground. "Oh my God!" Willow stated causing Xander to jump.

"Do you have to do that!" he whispered harshly.

"Sorry it's just Oz is being submissive towards Faith." she replied

"And that means?" asked a bewildered Xander.

"It means that she's the dominant wolf, she's the alpha." Xander gave Willow a blank stare.

"Which means?"

"It means that Faith is like the leader, she can control Oz when he's in his wolf state. Whatever she says goes kind of thing." They both looked back at the two wolves when they heard a yelp. What they saw startled them, Faith was on the ground whining and writhing in pain, they could see that she was slowly beginning to change into her wolf and it looked as if she was trying to fight it.

"Oh God, Xander quick get the tranquilliser guns." Willow exclaimed looking at Faith in fear and concern. They both grabbed a gun and aimed them at Faith. It was at this moment that Buffy arrived.

"Hey guys what's up?" looking at the floor she saw Faith in pain, fighting the change. "Oh God, Faith!" she ran over to her and knelt down beside her, she cast a fearful glance up at Willow and Xander "How long has she been like this?"

"It just happened before you walked in, she came round from the sedative and then just collapsed." Willow replied quickly, watching Buffy as she cradled Faith's head in her lap. Willow cast a glance over at Oz and saw that he had began pacing agitatedly.

"Sssh Faith, it's okay baby," she whispered soothingly to Faith, stroking her brow. "Xander pass me one of the darts." she asked looking up at him. He took a dart out of the gun and past it to her. Buffy gently injected it into Faith's arm, and rocked her gently as it took effect. Her whimpers died down as she past out. "It's happening too quickly." she whispered to herself. Time was no longer on their side.

Tbc.