It was a cold night and that made Dawn feel uncomfortable "Are we still in California?" she joked with her fellow Scooby gang member Oz, He just looked at her and smiled "We must be careful tonight" he told her "Remember that there is a new master in town and we both haven't dealt with one of those yet" But Dawn only replied "Why do you worry, We have defeated worse things in the past. Remember that Angel, Giles, Xander and Faith defeated one without our help and I promise you that in my senior year at Sunnydale high nothing bad will happen".
Oz smiled and then replied "Well, still we should always be careful" then he added "Let's just hurry; I think the others are already waiting for us in the library" Dawn asked with curiosity "Why do you think Giles have called for a meeting? It must be really important" Oz was about to reply but suddenly they heard a scream coming from an alley "Someone is in trouble Oz, Let's go" she said while taking out a stake and a cross.
Oz hesitated for a moment, he was more experienced than her and knew that it was a great risk going there without any help from the others, but dawn was already running towards the alley and he had no choice but to fallow her.
When Oz entered the alley, what he saw almost made him lost his courage. Dawn was holding her cross high, a boy he knew was one of Dawn schoolmates was laying on the floor unconscious and bleeding, and they were surrounded by a group of about 20 Vampires "My God, there are so many of them" He Knew that vampires were now rarely seen in big groups, maybe the coming of the new master had changed things.
At that moment one of the vampires saw him and said with an evil smile "Another human? Well at least there is plenty of food for all of us now" Five of the vampires came to his way running, Oz simply raised his stake and cross and waited but then something happened that he didn't expect "Why did they stop in their tracks?" Oz Wondered but then he noticed that the vampires were not looking at him, they were staring at something that was behind him.
Oz turned his head hoping that he would see his friends but to his horror he only saw two girls, who looked to be two or three years younger than Dawn, standing there "Oh no" Oz thought "This will be a massacre". However when he saw the calm look in both girls' faces he was surprised "Well Well Did you guys miss me?" the blond haired girl said, and before Oz or any vampire could move the girl literally flew at them "What the?" Was the only thing Oz said and then he watched with his mouth open how the "little" girl dusted the five vampires.
When she stopped, the blond girl said with a smile "Willow, why didn't you join in the fun" the red haired girl replied "I don't know Buffy; I guess I am still not accustomed into fighting. Remember that I always helped in the research" she said shyly. When the rest of the vampires saw the fate of their comrades all of them ran away to the sewers, except one who took out a gun a shot the blond haired girl. She turned her face to the vampire, her eyes gold and her fangs fully extended "You should have run with the rest of your friends" and before he could even move she was right next to him "Say goodbye" then she drove a stake in his heart.
Oz and Dawn were speechless but Oz kept his calm and approached Dawn "Are you alright?" he asked her while crouching to check on the unconscious teen. Dawn didn't reply, she just watched the two girls who were now coming to them. Once they arrived, Dawn and Oz stared at them but said nothing out of fear. The red haired girl must have noticed this and said "Please don't be afraid, we are not going to hurt you" then she looked at the still unconscious teen and said "You should take him into a hospital, he is in no danger but still those wounds should be taken care of" but still she noticed that they were still staring at her with fear "Willow, your face" the blond haired girl said and the red haired realized what was going on "Sorry" she said as her eyes returned to normal and her fangs disappeared "Well Willow, I think we didn't follow Nicholas recommendations very well" then she turned her attention to the two strangers and said with a smile "Next time be more careful, There are things go bump in the night. It was a pleasure meeting the two of you" then she took off flying. The red haired girl said "I'm sorry if I scared you, it was not my intention" then she took off.
After a few seconds of silence the only thing Dawn said was "Did you see their clothes? They were so ten years ago".