Sorry for taking so long to post anything.
I'll try to be better from now on.
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Nine months.
He had managed to keep it secret for nine months.
He still remembered waking up the night of Halloween holding a screaming Spike around the neck as the vampire's flesh hissed and sizzled from the contact while he beat the vampire's face to a pulp with a bone incrusted fist.
After dusting the vampire he had hidden out for that night and most of the next day as he stared in fascination while the bone spikes and spurs had slowly sunk back into his flesh.
By the next night he was more or less, normal.
It had taken a lot of fast talking to get the gang to believe he was fine but in the end, the night of Halloween was shuffled into the back recesses of the mind as the gang tried to figure out what had happened to Spike and Drucilla.
It seemed the master vampires had simply disappeared off the face of the earth.
And then Angelus had risen.
It should have been so simple really, all they had to do was keep Buffy and Angel away from each other.
Janna had confessed to being sent by her clan to watch over Angel and the complete details of the soul curse.
Most of the gang had abandoned her then and there until he and Jesse smacked some sense into the group. After all, Giles and Buffy of all people should know about keeping their secondary jobs a secret.
Angel had finally said that it was too hard and decided to leave for LA, there had been an emotional goodbye.
And Buffy had kissed him.
That was it, goodbye Angel hello Angelus.
Even after stopping the two minor apocalypses that Angelus had started Buffy still refused to take action against the monster.
Xander had managed to keep his powers a secret through this all.
And then it came down to the wire.
Angelus had managed to get a hold of Acathla and he stormed the library with a horde of demons to kidnap Giles.
Willow was hurt, Oz was in a coma, Jesse had a broken arm and both Giles and Jenny were MIA. And Buffy, Buffy was home crying her eyes out over something Angelus had said.
He had stopped by the library for some weapons and made his way to the mansion.
Fortunately it seems someone was on the ball as Kendra was fighting Angelus to keep him away from the freaky stone statue while Jenny and Giles stood in the background with a glowing glass orb.
The fight had been ferocious; Kendra had been slashed by Angelus and was currently out of the fight as Jenny continued to cast whatever spell she was working on.
And Xander went toe to toe with a two hundred plus year old master vampire.
One minute in Xander's skin and bones had solidified to the consistency of steel. Two minutes in his speed was on par with a slayer. Three minutes and his bone claws started to rip the flesh from the master vampire's bones. Three minutes and thirty seconds into the fight, Xander threw Angelus against the stone demon and stared in shock as the sword punched through the vampire and he stared at the sword through his heart before looking up. "Xander?" he asked in confusion as Jenny's spell took effect forcing the human's soul back into possession moments before he dusted.
Leaving Xander to stare at the slowly opening portal as the two greatest mentors in his life stared at the monster that stood in place of their young charge.
Xander really couldn't blame them. He did look more then a little… off.
His skin had taken on a dark Grey hue as bone plates had started growing out to cover the most sensitive parts of his anatomy while four bone spikes were still dripping blood off of each knuckle.
"X-Xander" Giles stuttered out as he stared at the boy he had been afraid of being hurt not three hours earlier.
Turning to the older man Xander blinked before looking back at the portal "How do we stop this Giles." He asked in shock as the portal continued to grow.
Finally looking at the portal Giles winced. "Angels blood, it opened the portal and only it could close it." He said as he realized the dust pile before the statue heralded the end of their world.
Looking at his hands for a moment Xander realized what he had to do.
Stepping forward he thrust both hands into the swirling vortex.
And promptly disappeared from this plane of existence.
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The two figures laughed in almost maniacal fashion as they stared at the faces of the so called 'Powers the Be' while there plans took over and completely threw them to the wind.
Janus had originally been against this change, but his companion had managed to convince him that this would cause more Chaos than nearly anything else.
Looking over at his companion he wondered once again why he kept taking Mxyzptlk's ideas before shaking the thought off. /I Take his ideas because they amuse me almost as much as they amuse him./ He decided again before looking at the floating form of Alexander 'Doomsday' Harris.
"As you thought this up Mxyptlk tell me where he should go now?" Janus said as the outraged Powers continued to rant about their interference. "Not the hell dimension that Angelus was to be sent surely."
As the white haired Gnome continued to mock the 'PTB' he considered what to do with the young man that had given them so much enjoyment.
"No no no, not hell, of course not Jano old boy... eer" he said looking at the two faced god before shaking off the thought of what to call him. "Of course while the thought of him rampaging from one side of that dimension to the other for the next couple hundred years is amusing, I think I have a better idea." He said as he brought up an image and showed it to the elder being. "Lets send him to my old 'Pal' Supes."
Janus considered the idea for a moment before nodding at the small imp. "You managed to amuse me when I thought no one could." He said as he sent the young man on his way. "Let's see if you can make me laugh again."
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Xander blinked as the world finally righted itself and he looked around carefully.
"Is that him Maggie?" a gruff voiced yelled from behind him.
Turning around he stared in shock at the silver haired man in a bowler hat as he pointed an absolutely monstrous gun at him.
Not that the other guns around him didn't draw Xander's attention as well but his was bigger than most.
Opening his mouth to shout his innocence failed as a huge form crashed to the ground.
Xander stared in shock as a monster from his nightmares for the last nine-month's slowly rose like the unstoppable behemoth he was.
He didn't even blink as the Metropolis police opened fire, he knew they didn't stand a chance.
Nothing could stop Doomsday.