THE REINCARNATED VAMPIRE SLAYER

AN: See previous two chapters for disclaimer.

Chapter 3

Meeting the Scooby's

Cordelia and Fred watched as Giles and Xander carried in several large suitcases. Cordelia shook her head. Anyone would think that all the girls that followed them in were extremely weak instead of some of the strongest people in the world. Buffy and Faith came in with Xander and Giles. They also carried several suitcases with them. Cordelia noticed that they had a strange look on their faces. It looked as though they were trying to figure something very important out. Willow walked in with Dawn and a girl with long, dark hair. Cordelia quickly figured out that that had to be Kennedy, Willow's girlfriend. Dawn looked as though she was about to kill Kennedy with the nearest stake. Dawn looked up when Cordelia and Fred walked around the counter.

"Cordelia!" Dawn yelled as loud as she could. All of the new Slayers covered their ears. Buffy and Faith smiled as they saw Dawn run toward Cordy. Nobody noticed that Dawn had dropped the bags she was carrying, except Kennedy. It was then that Cordelia figured out what had upset Dawn. Kennedy had obviously made Dawn carry her bags. That made Cordelia mad.

"Dawn, it's good to see you too," Cordelia said as she caught Dawn in her arms. Willow was right behind Dawn. Kennedy's death glare was turned toward Cordelia when she hugged Willow. Most people would have been frightened, but Cordelia knew that if Kennedy even touched her wrong, Angel and Kim would be there to protect Cordelia from the spoiled little brat.

Faith and Xander were the next two to come towards Cordelia. Xander didn't say anything to her, he just gave her a quick hug before letting Faith have a chance. Faith, on the other hand, whispered to her that all of the new Slayers were in for a shock when they finally met Angel. Cordelia was giggling when Faith stepped back to let Buffy and Giles come forward. Buffy was a bit shocked when Cordelia suddenly hugged her back. Cordy knew that something was seriously wrong.

"What's wrong?" Cordy asked Buffy.

"The Slayers axe won't let any of the Slayers use it. It was meant for us. Willow even used it to activate all of the Slayers. Willow can't explain it either. Faith and I can still feel the power emanating from it, but not even the two of us can use it. If the two oldest Slayers can't use it, than what's going to happen."

"The two of you have been Slayers longer, but you're no longer the oldest Slayers. Kim is a year older than you, and she became a Slayer when the spell that Willow cast activated all of the potentials. Maybe she can use it."

"The Slayer that Angel told Giles about? How can she be older than me? From what Giles told me, unless a potential is activated before her eighteenth birthday, she loses all ability to become a Slayer. The only Slayers should be under the age of eighteen." Cordelia shrugged as Giles came up to hug her.

"I don't know. It could be because of her past experiences that I told you about. They may have caused her body to hold onto the mystical energy of the potentials." Cordy looked at Giles for confirmation.

"I don't see how anything she did in her past could have enough power for that." Giles said thoughtfully.

"You would be surprised."

"Where is Angel now Cordelia?" That was Giles always getting straight to business.

"He's downstairs with Wesley and Gunn watching Kim work out. Since none of them are willing to spar with her at the moment, they either watch or train with her. Although it's mostly Angel training with her, Gunn and Wesley join in occasionally."

"Why won't they spar with her if they are already training with her? I mean Angel's a vampire, he should be able to hold his own against her." Xander, Willow, Dawn, and Faith nodded at Giles's question. Buffy, Cordelia, and Fred all smiled.

"Kim has a lot more strength and speed than any of the other Slayers, Buffy and Faith included. When I first told Kim about Buffy being the Slayer, I told Buffy everything about Kim. Kim felt that if it was okay for her to know Buffy's secret, than it was okay for Buffy to know Kim's. They had a lot more in common than Buffy and I did. It gave them someone to talk to who could understand what they had to sacrifice." Cordelia explained when she saw the confused looks they shot Buffy.

"Cordelia and I were the first two in the library one day. Giles was on the phone, and Xander and Willow were late in getting there. I noticed a letter on the table and took a quick peek. I was able to read a few of the lines when Cordelia put the letter win her bag with the one she had just written. The lines that I was able to read said that Cordelia had permission to tell me something. That was as far as I got, so I asked Cordelia why she needed permission to tell me something."

"When I told her that it was about my cousin, she asked me what it was. I immediately told her what my cousin's secret was, since I had just told my cousin Buffy's secret. Buffy agreed with my cousin about it only being fair that if she knew my cousin's secret that my cousin should know hers."

"A couple weeks later Cordelia and I found out that Kim was a potential Slayer. In fact she should have been called before me."

"Than why wasn't she?" Willow asked.

"Because I had been chosen to save the world in a different way when I was fourteen." Kim said from behind the counter. She was reaching for a bottle of water in the refrigerator that was located there. Angel, Wesley, and Gunn were standing off the side watching everything that was going on.

"Everyone, this is my cousin Kimberly Hart. Kim this is Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Faith, and Giles."

"Hello." Kim started toward the staircase.

"Where is she going?" Giles asked.

"I'm going to take a shower. My workout lasted longer than I thought it would, so if you will excuse me."

"I don't think so. In fact, I think you should explain what you were talking about just now."

"I would move if I was you." Kim stared at the girl that was trying to block her way. Cordelia was giggling.

"Well you're not me, are you?"

"You're right, I don't have your 'get me and my friends killed' attitude."

"Kennedy, no!" Buffy yelled across the lobby of the hotel.

The girl that Buffy called Kennedy threw a punch at Kim. Kim was able to dodge that one and all the other punches and kicks Kennedy threw her way. Kim watched as Kennedy became more and more frustrated, which in turn made Kennedy angrier and angrier. It didn't help that everyone was laughing. Kim could hear Buffy, Cordelia, and several others laughing up a storm. Angel had a smirk on his face, and Wesley and Giles were grinning. Kim finally had enough. She crouched down and leapt into the air, flipping over Kennedy's head. Everyone, except the Angel Investigations group, was in shock.

"Angel, Delia, I think you guys should show everyone to their rooms. Don't start the discussions start without me. If any of the Slayers in this room want to challenge me tomorrow, I'll be willing to spar with you downstairs in the basement. Until then I suggest you all rest up, because not even your healing abilities will be able to help you recover tomorrow." Kim went to her room to shower and change.

Cordelia noticed that everyone had their mouths hanging open. Kim's take charge attitude seemed to surprise everyone. Cordelia was amazed that these people could fight the forces of evil, but they were easily shocked that a 5' 3" woman was giving them order. She started shaking her head. Angel noticed Cordy shaking her head. It still amazed him that Kim could be so bossy sometimes. Everyone turned toward him when he started to laugh. Angel followed Cordelia when she grabbed Wesley and Giles by the hand and started leading them to the office. Angel nodded his head at Fred and Gunn when they looked at him. They told everyone to grab their own bags and to follow them. That seemed to snap everyone out of the trances that they were in.