For a moment, the three girls stared at each other, while Bruce and Clark waited with expectation "I guess you guys deserve to know the truth" Buffy told them. Dawn looked at her and said "Buffy, we just learned that Clark is an alien. I don't think they will find our story that much interesting" Willow added "I don't know Dawn" Then he looked at Cark and the Batman and said "Promise you will not freak out?" Cark and Bruce exchanged looks and Bruce then said "I Just learned that we are not alone in the universe, that there is life outside earth and I didn't freak out. You seemed as surprised as me, so I guess you are not aliens. The only logical conclusion for your abilities is that you were affected by some something. Perhaps radiation?".
Buffy looked at him and then Clark and said "You are right, we are not aliens, we are humans" Willow continued "We were not affected by any sort of radiation, or any other natural cause as both of you suppose" Bruce asked "then what?" His question was answered by Dawn, who reached to take his hands into hers and brought them to where her heart was supposed to be "There is no life in this body" Dawn told him. Bruce stared at her, surprise on his face. He remembered that the Tibetan monks taught him to control his body functions to a level where he could actually lower his heartbeat to a point where it was almost imperceptible, but this girl had no heartbeat at all. He backed away from her "What do you mean? You are standing there. Maybe the thing that affected you made it possible for your body to function without a heart" Willow approached him and said "Is that so hard to accept that we are in fact dead humans" Clark said with surprise "That's why I never hear a heartbeat coming from any of you when I first meet you" they all stared surprised at him "You knew we were not exactly normal before any of this happened" Clark smiled and said "Yes, at first I thought you were meteor mutants" he took a breath before he continued "But Bruce is right… what do you mean you are not alive" Bruce asked them "What are you?" Buffy answered slowly "We have many names… some call us the undead, others Nosferatu, the damned, children of the Night. But I prefer the name Vampire".
Bruce and Clark reacted in a different way. While Clark remained where he was standing, eyes wide open but no worry on his face, Bruce tensed his body, as if anything was going to happen, and a frown on his face "That can't be true" he said.
Buffy noticed his worry and said "Calm dawn, we mean you, or anyone, no harm at all" Willow asked "Why can't you believe us? You believed Clark's story" Bruce replied "It's different. The universe is big, and I can accept the idea that there is life outside Earth. But Vampires…that's something of a supernatural nature. I don't believe in the supernatural world" Clark also added "Bruce is right, I have faced many strange things in Smallville, but they all had a natural origin and could be explained scientifically. What you are saying simply goes beyond the laws that govern the universe". Dawn smiled and then her eyes glowed and her fangs extended as she took off "Do you believe us now?" she said as she floated above them for a while.
When she landed, Clark asked "Shouldn't you all be in some dark castle in Eastern Europe, drinking the blood of poor helpless peasants, instead of living in a place called Sunnydale California" Willow laughed and said "You have seen to many pictures. I have never been in Europe, and I don't think my mommy would let me go" Bruce asked "Mommy? even if I believed you are all vampires, to which I still have my doubts, you live with your mother?… Is she also a… V…Vampire?". Willow laughed and said "No, she is not. I was brought across nine years ago and I still live with my mortal parents. Buffy and Dawn live with their mother, Buffy was brought across at the same moment I was, and Dawn only two weeks ago".
Clark, now smiling said "Perhaps our parents should meet sometime, they would have plenty to talk about it" Dawn replied "tell me about it" Dawn laughed but then she remembered Batman's tale. She turned to him and said "Oh, I'm really sorry I said that" Bruce said "Don't be, their deaths gave a purpose and a meaning to my life". Clark suddenly remembered something "Is Drusilla also a Vampire" Buffy replied "Yes, but a different Kind. She is a demon vampire, but don't worry, she now has a soul". Bruce said a simple word "Demon?". Dawn told him "I don't think you are going to believe this
They explained to them the events in Sunnydale for the past nine years, also about the slayers, the council, demons, the hellmouth, vampires and their souls, Dawn being the key, their trip to Toronto and being brought across.
When they finished their tale, Clark said "And I thought Smallville was the center of weird in the world" Bruce remained silent and Buffy asked him "You don't believe us?" Bruce answered "What you just said is incredible, but.." Willow asked "but?" Bruce said "I'm just worried to see normal people involved in it, they could get hurt" Buffy replied "When I was alive, the thing that helped me the most in slaying were the support I received from my friends, and the new slayer has been able to defeat evil and survive thanks to the slayerettes"
Clark added "I understand perfectly well what you are saying, all my life I have had these powers, but my family and friends have been my support all this time".
Willow turned her attention to the Batman "Clark's story and ours are incredible, but somehow yours is much more interesting and… sad" Buffy added "Willow is right, despite the occasional demon, or mutant in Clark's case, we all live a normal life with our friends and families" she approached him and continued "You on the other hand, don't have anything that resembles a normal life. Training and preparing yourself all around the world since you were a child, wearing a mask to the rest of the world of who you really are during the day, and being the batman at night… to do all this…. Alone" Dawn added "And without any special power and abilities" Bruce stared at them all and said "We all have our own way to combat evil… In my case I have my tricks" then he added before turning his back on them "As I said before, I don't have the luxury of friends" then before he jumped he said "It was very interesting in meeting you….Don't get in trouble while you are in Gotham" then he jumped off the roof. Clark and the three girls ran towards the edge, but the Batman was out of sight "W.. Where did he go?" asked Willow. Buffy replied "I guess He does have his tricks". Clark then remembered something "My God, I forgot about Lex. He must be really worried by now" Buffy smiled and said "Don't worry, Drusilla has certain abilities" Clark asked worried "Abilities?" Willow answered "Don't worry Clark".
"Still we should get back to the restaurant" Buffy said. She saw Dawn still staring at the edge of the roof, where Batman had jumped and asked "Dawn, is there something wrong" Dawn just replied "I think I'm in love", Willow sighed "He was really dreamy… so dark and mysterious". Buffy then said to Clark "Are you ready to g." but before she finished, he was already gone. Willow said in surprise "That was fast, real fast. Even for us" Dawn replied "I didn't even see him move" then she asked her sister with a smirk on her face "Do you think I could have two boyfriends at the same time?". Buffy laughed and said "I don't know Dawn, Clark is very shy, and Batman, well, I don't think he is a relations type of guy"