Operation Slayers and Non Essentials, the Second Coming:

Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

"Ahhhhhh, how I love doing the 'out of nowhere' night service. Father Brently must have drank too much communion wine again. I should get Willow to see if there is an anti-alcoholic spell tomorrow." Father Gabriel told himself as he was making his way up the steps to the medium sized Catholic Church of Saint John Ogilvie.

Taking off his 'old country cap' as he entered the building, Father Gabriel opened his mouth to greet someone; but strangely, not a soul was in the church lobby. Furrowing his brow, the young paladin walked up to the main hall doors and opened them. Father Gabriel's face was then contorted in pure disgust and horror. For before his very eyes, bodies of men, women and children lay in a bloody heap all around the large room

"Giles! Rupert Giles! We need to talk!" Father Gabriel yelled until he saw Buffy and Giles coming out of Giles' office.

"What is it Father Gabriel?" Giles asked, soon turning his gaze to something Gabriel was carrying and wrapped in the man's coat.

Father Gabriel swiftly walked to the nearby library table and gently placed the object on the table surface with its legs dangling off the table's edge.

Gabriel then looked at the little girl and said in a soft voice, "Why don't you go in and have some cookies, eh?"

Getting a nod as a response, the young paladin took the girl's hand and led her to Giles' office and soon came back to his comrades.

"Gabriel? What happened?" Giles asked this time.

Looking around the man to see if the young girl was out of earshot, Father Gabriel started, "I went to the church to do an on-call service but when I got there….bodies Mr. Giles, all I found were bodies and her hiding under the altar. I imagine she was there the whole time."

"Good lord!" Giles gasped. "Were there any clues to what happened?"

Sighing, Father Gabriel thought for a moment before declaring before Buffy and Giles, "There's only one way to know for sure."

"Father Gabriel, you can't be suggesting-"

"Know any other way ?" the paladin asked, shutting Giles up.

"Hey there sweetie," Father Gabriel said as he looked past Giles and at the blonde girl. The man walked to the little blonde, crouched and then met her at eye level. "Do you think we can talk about what happened later?"

Chapter 14

"Ok G, I brought the Calvary, what up?" Faith asked the patriarch of Slayer Central as she walked into the library, Xander, Willow and all of team Kennedy and team Satsu noisily following.

Before Giles could answer the Slayer, Faith and everyone who just entered the room literally came to dead stop. Sitting atop a library table sat her lover, her life partner, her Buffy…holding a little girl…with blonde hair…and smiling while bouncing the girl in her arms and making the little girl laugh…and who looks slightly like Buffy when looking at the little girl's face while tilting your head.

"B…no, I don't care where you got her but you can't keep her." Faith sternly told the apparent momma bear.

"Oh my God! She's so cute!" Both Dawn and Willow squealed as they rushed to Buffy's side with hopes of playing with the little girl.

"Congratulations Faith," Xander spoke out as he placed a hand on Faith's left shoulder from behind her.

"You're gonna be a mommy," Kennedy said next as she placed her hand on Faith's right shoulder from behind her.

"You two are just lovin this ain't ya?" Faith asked while continuing to look straight ahead. The trio of Buffy, Dawn and Willow taking turns tickling the little girl and all smiling the whole time.

Kennedy and Xander simply turn their heads to look at each other and shared a smile before looking back at the girly laughter in front of them.

"You have no idea," Kennedy admitted.

"B, no way. Absolutely no-" Faith was suddenly cut off by Buffy's 'Giles let me do what I want' look and pout that the blonde Slayer perfected during her stay at Sunnydale High.

Shaking her head and the cobweb's loose, Faith continued. "B, you know as well as I do that this ain't no place for a kid. Besides, do I look like mommy material?" Faith asked as she gestured to herself.

"Mmm mmm mmm, Oh bella how I wished I had a mom like you…or an older sister….I'd even settle for an aunt or older cousin." Father Gabriel said out of nowhere, drying his hands with paper towel while walking away from the men's bathroom; a smile plaguing the man's face.

"You're such a perv," Kennedy spat at Gabriel while giving the man an annoyed look.

"Oh you love it"

"She does," Satsu admitted from Kennedy's side. "Ouch! Kidding, kidding!" Satsu yelped out as she was now rubbing her ass cheek.

"Anybody feel like Chinese? Faith? Ken? Someone- uuuh...something thing tells me you love sweet and sour sauce" Father Gabriel replied with an almost Faith like shit eating grin on his Face.

"YOU SON OF A-"

"KENNEDY!" Willow, Dawn and Buffy all yelled at the Latina Slayer with anger all at once, Dawn covering the little girl's ears.

"But!...He!-"

"Children enough! Can we get on with the meeting please? This is very serious." Giles intervened with a loud voice.

As if on queue, the key members of Slayer central took their seats while Father Gabriel stood near the little blonde girl; Olivia getting Microsoft Word ready on the laptop.

"Ok sweetheart, can you tell us all what happened? I promise as soon as we know what happened, we will make the bad things go away. It's what we do." The young paladin asked the young girl in Buffy's arms with soothing affection, lightly stroking the back of her head while wearing a heart-warming smile.

At first the little girl looked shy, then sad and then almost miserable as she
un-doubtedly started to recall the incident at the church.

"It's ok sweetie, take your time. Why don't you start with your name?" Buffy asked the little blonde while looking at her in the eye and stroking the young one's cheek with her thumb.

After a few seconds, the little blonde girl in Buffy's arm's looked at everyone and started to meekly speak. "M..mm, my name is Emily and I'm 8 years old."

"…AWWWWWWWW!" Almost every single female in the room squealed….almost every single female.

"Emily dear, could you tell us what happened at church? We want to help you get back to your family as soon as we can, but we need to know what happened first." Giles asked little Emily with a smile and a cookie, looking exactly like Grandpa Giles.

Little Emily's toothy smile soon vanished as she held the cookie, thinking about what happened some time ago. The little blonde then started crying aloud and soon into Buffy's chest as she mumbled something, "mmmm..mmmmm mommmmy…dddaddddy."

All the beings in the room, save the eldest Summers sister, shared a look that could only mean one thing…death to scum that killed this poor little child's parents. Hearing about parents and family members being murdered on the news just doesn't compare when seeing people morning in the flesh…especially children. Finally, as the little girl's sobs started to cease, Buffy looked up at HER family and gave them all a look she saved only for the 'big bad's' that she and she alone destroyed.

"Guys, Not…One…More," Buffy said with enough determination to make her look like a prophet with events that will come to pass; all of the people in the room nodding with understanding.

*sob….sniffle…*, "I went to church with my mommy and daddy", *sniffle*,"And we were pwaying and then the bad men in bwack came and killed everyone and took a…a…pweist." Emily told the room, still clinging to Buffy with her face buried in the eldest Slayer's chest.

"Emily, I found you under the altar. How did you get there?" Father Gabriel asked as softly as he could.

"The…the bad men tried to take me but daddy hit him. Mommy told me to hide and I did. And when all the noise stopped…ev-we-one…."

"Shhhhh, it's ok Emily," Buffy cooed as she gave the little girl a kiss on the temple and hugged her.

After a few moments, Giles asked another question while Father Gabriel snuck close to Faith and whispered something which caused Faith to leave the library. "My dear did you see the bad men's faces? Do you remember anything about them? Their clothes? Anything at all?"

After taking a bite of her cookie and chewing with her mouth open for what seemed like an eternity, little Emily spoke. "The...the bad men didn't open their eyes and they had big sharp metal things…and they had mommy's bath time clothes on."

"Bringers." Everyone in the room said aloud.

"Ok my dear, we promise you we will stop these bad men. But for now can you tell us where you live? Or your phone number? Or if you have anyone that can see you? An aunt or uncle?" Giles asked.

"Adam."

"I'm sorry sweetie, who?" Buffy asked.

"I want Adam…bwother." Emily replied.

"Ok Emily, we will get you Adam. Do you know your house address or phone number?" Giles asked the little girl.

"ummm…..421…882…31..umm….I don't wemember the west." Emily answered with a pout.

Giles sighed without even looking backwards towards his love while saying, "Olivia"

"On it Rupert," the doctor of Slayer Central replied before getting up and going into Giles' office.

"Perhaps it would be best of young Emily got some fluid's in her and some rest? Maybe a bath?" Giles spoke.

"mmmmmmm! No!" Emily shouted, earning her a room full of chuckles.

"How about some milk to go with your cookie?" Willow asked the little girl who was soon nodding her head.

However, before Buffy let the little girl down to her feet, Faith re-entered the library with Dante in tow. "Who wants to play with the doggie?" Faith asked in Emily's direction as she and Dante walked farther into the library.

"DOGGIE!" Emily excitedly shouted as she tried to wiggle free out of Buffy's grasp.

"Thank you again, all of you for bringing me back Emily. If you ever need ANYTHING, never be afraid to ask." Adam told the main Scoobies at Slayer Central's door step.

"We will keep that in mind, and again, our condolences." Giles replied to Emily's older brother with a hardy handshake.

"Can we come back and visit?" Emily asked as she looked up at her older brother from her spot beside him.

"You better come back sweetie! We have too many cookies here and Dante will get lonely without you around." Buffy told the little girl as she knelt down and engulfed Emily in a warm hug, soon followed by Dante licking both their faces.

"Alright, we better go Emily. The rest of the family will be coming over later. Thank you once more." Adam told Giles and again offered the man his hand. However this time, as Giles shook, Adam closed the gap between them and whispered something to Giles. "If you find the bastards that killed my parents, or if the police find them and contact you, please let me know. I want revenge."

As the two separated Giles only nodded in understanding, an understanding that could only be understood by the patriarch of a family.

"Alright everyone I will keep this brief." Giles told the group in the library's second meeting of the day.

"Going by what Father Gabriel and Emily told us, the First is up to something that involves the members of the Catholic Church. I will notify the Vatican and all of the Council's around the globe and see if their cities have experienced any similar tragedies. In the meantime I would appreciate volunteers to help research any rituals or spells that require a priest of any religion and then take it from there." Giles announced from his seat.

"Giles, not for anything…but why do you ask for volunteer's when you know which of us will be doing the research?" Willow asked.

"Well truth be told I was hoping Xander would take this opportunity to extend his vocabulary." Giles mused.

"Hey! I'll have you know that constantly maintaining everything that doesn't have a pulse around here while looking this good, and stopping the younger super powered girls of this place from raping me after Slaying, isn't as easy or appealing as it sounds." Xander retorted.

"Pimpin ain't easy!" Faith cheered with a smile and gave Xander a fist bump, both Willow and Buffy rolling their eyes just after.

"You know….as the oldest and non-greyest man of this place…maybe I should considered pim-" Xander suddenly cut himself off as he received death glares from Willow, Buffy and the rest of the girls…minus Kennedy and Faith of course.

"If you are quite finished Xander, perhaps we can all go about our business?" Giles asked.

(Hours later)

"So" *grunt* "how much you wanna bet your sister will have a little Buffy running around here within 2 months?" *grunt*. Kennedy asked her best friend as they were both lifting free weights in the new and vastly improved training room.

"I'll make that bet" *grunt* "As soon as I start seeing baby magic books on Willow's desk." Dawn replied with a smirk.

"How did you get out of research duty anyways?" Kennedy asked as she moved over to use the butterfly chest exercising machine.

"Well", *grunt*, "I elegantly told Giles that as a Slayer I need to" *grunt*, "Get myself in the best physical condition possible and", *grunt*, "I need to study the material Willow gave me to help me use magic." *Bong*.Dawn replied as she placed the weights back into the weight rack.

"So in other words, you gave Giles the 'Buffy dog eyes and pout'?" Vi asked while doing bench presses, Rona spotting her.

"Pretty much." Dawn replied with a grin.

After another 15 minutes of a work out, team Kennedy, team Satsu and the rest of the younger Slayers and two watchers that were using Slayer Central's work out facilities started to do stretches.

"Maaaa-dooooon!" A familiar voice rang out in the gym, a sharp whistle being heard before the voice as the Slayers were bent over and stretching their calves…in their tight workout sports bras and shorts.

Getting back to a vertical base and looking towards the exit/entrance, all eyes were on Father Gabriel and the Chosen Two walking into the giant room. Buffy and Faith wearing sports bras and sweat pants while Father Gabriel sported cargo shorts and a tank top which revealed his broad shoulders and thick chest.

"Oh Jesu Christo, be still my beating…." Father Gabriel cut himself off as he just looked at Kennedy and then at some of the younger Slayers and wiggled his eyes brows, earning the man flushed faces and giggles.

"You really do get a kick out of being a perv, don't you Gabe?" Kennedy asked.

"Oh c'mon that's just not fair. Here I am, trying to train my body to make sure I can fight the good fight…and I walk into a room full of gorgeous and sexy young women in their prime, all bent over and on display…give me a break, I'm only human." Father Gabriel mused before looking at the snickering two male watchers to the left. "Guys, c'mon help me out here… am I right or what?"

About to answer the man, the two watcher's looked around the room at not only their charges, but at the rest of the women giving them glares and then looked at each other before turning around and walking out of the room.

"Wusses!" Father Gabriel shouted after them. "Some watcher's you people have around here. Men my hairy ass, I bet Dante has bigger cahonnes then the watchers here…literally and figuratively!" Father Gabriel spoke aloud in the general direction of Buffy and Faith, who both had smiles on their faces.

"Maybe they just know when to shut up and do what their Slayer's want," Kennedy replied to the man as she folded her arms over her chest and smirked.

"Maybe you and yours just need a dominant, assertive male to keep things straight around here…oh wait…that ship has sailed….think it will land in Asia?" Father Gabriel mused as he walked towards Kennedy, and then winking at Satsu after his last comment; also earning the man a bunch of hewt's and hollers from the rest of the girls, even Buffy and Faith seemed to be enjoying the floor show.

"Oh you know you're just jealous cause you can't get any of this," Kennedy replied as she gestured to herself while keeping eye contact with Gabe, Faith smiling at Kennedy's comment even while Buffy whispered to her. "You sure you two aren't sisters?"

"I am," Father Gabriel admitted to Kennedy and the rest of the Slayers. The room suddenly fell into a state of shock at the young man's serious response. Noticing this, the man continued. "What? You think just because we argue that I'm suddenly blind? You always hurt the ones you love Ken…and you mi amore," Father Gabriel then suddenly closed the distance between the two and placed a hand on the small of Kennedy's back and lightly stoked up and down her back with his fingertips as he spoke. "Mmmmmm, have all kinds of…curves to love."

after a few almost time frozen seconds, Kennedy quickly pushed Gabriel back a few feet and looked away.

"Oh my!-...Ken…. are you blushing?" Dawn asked.

"WHAT? No way! You nuts?"

"Wow, Jr. Padre's good." Faith mused, causing the room to start laugh and chant "wooooooooo".

"Shut up! You all can go fuck yourselves!" A flustered Kennedy screamed above the taunts, her cheeks growing redder just after Gabriel sent her a wink and an air kiss.

"You son of a-!" Kennedy yelled as she swung her right hand in the air with hopes of giving her tormentor a fresh backhand….only to be stunned along with the rest of the room as Father Gabriel brought up his right arm and blocked the somewhat weak attack with the outside of his forearm.

"Hey Ken…remember when you said the next time were both in the training room my ass is grass?" Father Gabriel asked with a sly grin. "Care to make it interesting?"

"What do you have in mind padre?" Kennedy asked back, the outside of her forearm still locked in place against the young man's, the Slayer in her forcing out a fanged smile at the challenge.

Father Gabriel slowly let the pressure in his arm release before both him and Kennedy dropped their fists before the man spoke. "If I win, you have to…" Father Gabriel then slowly leaned in and whispered to Kennedy before pulling back seconds later…for some reason causing Satsu to smile.

"But!..I-"

"Look…at….her!" Father Gabriel replied as he raised his voice, causing Kennedy to not move her head but only her eyes in the direction of a smiling Satsu.

"Fine! And if I win, you have to use whatever money the Vatican pays you to take all of the legal aged people in this place out for drinks…and you can't bring your whore along either...and no cutting us off. We get to drink until we can't drink anymore."

"KENNNNNYYYY! WE WANT KENNEDY!" *Clap, clap….Clap, clap, clap*
"WE WANT KENNEDY!" *Clap, clap….Clap, clap,clap. Faith cheered and clapped as she was definitely on Kennedy's side.

"Alright fine, but here are the stipulations: No training weapons that are in here, you have to hold enough Slayer strength and speed back so that you won't break me in half and I want Buffy to ref the match in case I kick your sweet ass to hard, deal?" Gabriel agreed.

"Wait…what? You two shouldn't even be-"

Kennedy brought her arm up and then waved her fingers forwards and then backwards as if inviting the man to come closer as she cut Buffy off and spoke, "Just….Bring it".

And that's all it took for the room full of Slayer's to cheer, clear the mat's and take their spectator position either along the walls or on the benches. While Kennedy and the young paladin were circling each other, Dawn noticed Satsu beside her and decided that she just had to know. "Satz…" Dawn began, getting Satsu to look at her.

"I know you and Ken are a couple. She's my best friend so don't go nuts or anything, I haven't told anyone…but how can you be ok with Gabriel doing what he does…you know…flirting with Ken and stuff?" Dawn asked.

Smiling, Satsu answered the youngest Summers sister. "Because I asked him to," Satsu replied to a stunned Dawn. "You ever have angry sex before Dawn?"

Dawn suddenly found herself smiling and slightly blushing as she remembered when she accidently broke one of Andrew's Star Wars figurines. "Nevermind then," Dawn replied as she put her attention back to the heated sparring session.

"You gonna come and get some big boy or you just like ogling?" Kennedy asked as she continued to circle, Buffy awaiting the first strike.

Father Gabriel suddenly just utterly let his guard down and raised his eyebrow at his opponent after her comment.

"Ok forget I asked…Rahh!" Kennedy replied before she let forth a grunt and charged at Gabriel fist first, attempting to connect with what is called a 'Superman Punch' in MMA.

Father Gabriel's plan to make Kennedy make the first move worked and he knew what Kennedy was going to do. As the Slayer extended her arm to punch the man, Gabriel raised his arms to catch Kennedy's forearm, turned his back to the woman and Judo threw Kennedy to the ground; quickly following up by dropping to a knee and giving the woman an arm bar. "You gonna say paladin yet or is a certain Asian gonna have to play nurse tonight?" The man teased Kennedy, Buffy leaning in to hear if Kennedy would give up.

"Owwww! Fuck Gabe, you're really hurting me!" Kennedy screamed out in pain.

"Oh shit Ken, I'm-"

The young man was suddenly cut off as Kennedy brought both of her legs in the air, wrapped her opponent's head in-between her thighs and brought the man to the mat as she now held the submission hold; squeezing tightly in hopes of winning. Buffy quickly hopped over Kennedy and lied on her stomach, trying to make sure that Kennedy wasn't going to kill Father Gabriel with a choke hold…or possible pop the young paladin's head off his shoulders.

"Bet you never thought you'd get this close to heaven, eh padre?" Kennedy taunted as she looked down at a teeth clenched and eye shut paladin of the Vatican.

"Yeeeaaah Ken! Make him tap so we can go get tanked and make fun of him after!" Faith quickly shouted.

Kennedy smiled after Faith's cheer…but soon stopped as Father Gabriel's eyes shot open and his face wore a mask of pure rage. The man screamed a Vi like battle cry before lifting his legs in the air and then doing a kip up to escape Kennedy's hold, Kennedy herself rushing to her feet to meet her now vertical opponent. However, no sooner did Kennedy get to her feet, did her opponent backhand her in the mouth….and very, very hard. Hard enough to draw blood and snap the woman's head to the side.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FUCKING DID THAT! I THOUGHT I REALLY HURT YOU KEN! DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Father Gabriel roared as he open hand slapped his opponent in the opposite direction of the backhand blow.

Kennedy slowly turned her head back to look at a heavily breathing Gabriel through the loose strands of hair that fell in front of her face. The Latina Slayer slid her tongue out and tasted the blood trickling down her lip and unknown to all because of the hair in front of her face…the Slayer in her forced an almost Angelus like smile out of the woman. Kennedy then made Buffy stop in her tracks before she could check on her by trashing her head back to get the strands of brown locks out of her face and showed her fanged smile to the room.

"There's my boy"

'God I swear she is like the Latin version of Faith…that's so creepy…maybe it's because she shares the same Slayer essence or because she was supposed to be the next Chosen One?' Buffy thought to herself, getting a knowing wink from Faith as she looked at her lover on the bench.

Hearing a female roar come from beside her, Buffy placed her attention back to the fight she was supposed to ref. When Buffy turned her head, she couldn't believe her eyes. Kennedy and Gabe were throwing punches and kicks at each other like when Goku first fought Vegita….'Stupid Andrew', Buffy quickly thought before rushing back to reality. What was even more frightening was that both combatants were actually smiling as the fight continued, shot for shot. Finally Kennedy went for a backhand punch and then tried a knee strike after Gabriel blocked her first attack with the outside of his forearm, but to no avail; The paladin pulling his own knee up to block the low strike with the outside of his thigh.

Once the two realized that neither would budge, they both leap backwards at the same time and stared each other down. Kennedy inhaling as she fluidly got into her Muay Thai stance while at the same time, Father Gabriel exhaled and readied himself into his Taekwondo stance…and the on looking crowd couldn't be happier. They even started to chant and cheer louder than before.

"Let's go Ken-Flow!" *Clap clap…clap clap clap*, some of the Slayers cheered and clapped for one of their own. Getting the name 'Ken-Flow' from a nick name given to a popular MMA fighter named Kenny Florian, a nick name in a sport that a large portion of the younger Slayer's loved to watch.

"Let's go Gabe-riel!" *Clap clap…clap clap clap*, some of the younger members of the audience cheered and clapped for the ire of their teenage crush.

As the two stared at each other, Kennedy couldn't help but smile. "You were holding out on me weren't you?"

"I'm just a sucker for a pretty face mi amore," the young man replied with a playful wink.

"Give momma some sugar," Kennedy told her opponent as she waved an almost seductive finger towards the man.

And just like that, Father Gabriel rushed at Kennedy and leap into the air about a metre before he could collide with the woman. At the very second Gabriel leapt, Giles, Xander, Willow, Olivia and Andrew came into the room to see what all the commotion was about.

"Dear lord," Giles gasped.

"Yeah, I guess short white man can jump," Xander quipped.

"Why do I have the feeling that I will be in the infirmary in a few minutes?" Olivia asked aloud.

Back on the mat and while spinning in mid-air, the crowd gasped in awe as Father Gabriel performed a reverse roundhouse kick aimed at the side of Kennedy's head. However the awe soon turned into loud cheers as Kennedy turned to the side at the last possible second, grabbed her attackers shin and knee, and then heaved the extremity forwards. Father Gabriel landed hard on the mat, yet he still rolled a few feet and bounced back to his feet with a smile.

"That's what I get for being fancy," the man exclaimed as he straightened his back up and cracked his back in several different places.

As the two combatants started to circle once more, Willow, Xander and Andrew were almost bouncing up and down, as if they had to go to the bathroom. As soon as they caught Giles's attention, he looked at the trio and rolled his eyes. "Alright, have at it then."

The trio squealed and quickly ran along the gym's walls and joined the others on the benches and started to cheer for Kennedy.

"I swear it's like they never left high school," Giles commented.

By the doorway Olivia leaned onto her lover's chest and scratched his torso with her nails as she looked up at Giles and smiled before she spoke. "You love it Ripper." Of course, Giles could only smile and look at his feet as Olivia was right, inwardly thinking that his family should have a bit of fun before he once again was forced to deliver dreadful news.

After circling for a few seconds, Father Gabriel soon recognized Andrew's voice and dropped his guard to look for the boy. "Andrew? What the hell man? Bro's before Ho's!".

Sheepishly, Andrew avoided the other man's stare, earning him a laugh and pats on the back from the room. Faith even reached over and rustled Andrew's hair affectionately while Rona said something or other with the phrase 'home-boy' in it. After screaming to Andrew about not being one of the boys, Gabriel noticed the audience looking in his direction with awe. Gabriel quickly turned his attention back to his opponent who was in the air with her knee hanging back about a foot, getting ready to flying knee strike the man's face in. As quickly as he could, Father Gabriel jumped forwards towards Kennedy and took the blow to his chest. The group of on lookers thought that the paladin was crazy for actually running into Kennedy's attack, but quickly realized that the risk was calculated.

As the two landed on their feet, their fronts were flush against other. Father Gabriel had Kennedy in a bear hug with her arms locked at her sides and her knee wedged between her chest and Gabriel's. Father Gabriel then inhaled, lowered himself a bit and then quickly popped his hips upwards while beginning to spin to his right. Kennedy was now flying through the air still in the bear hug while the crowd was gasping in awe once again, Buffy and Faith both winced in anticipation for what they knew was coming next. With a sickening thud, Father Gabriel performed a belly to…knee...to belly Greco Roman slam on Kennedy and slammed the Slayer on her back while all of his weight landed on top of the woman; Luckily, as Kennedy landed on the mat, her knee slipped loose from the hold and fell back down, preventing a knee injury.

Now Kennedy being Kennedy wasn't one to take a loss laying down….but her efforts to move were futile as she inhaled and realized that she couldn't, the wind being knocked out of her as Father Gabriel landed on top of her. Buffy quickly noticed Kennedy gasping for air and guessed that she should step in and help end the match. The eldest Summers sister dove on the mat and started to slam her hand against the mat while counting.

"One!", *slap*, "Two!", *slap*, "Thr-"…just before Buffy was going to hit three and declare Father Gabriel the victor, the man rolled off of Kennedy onto his back. Gabriel than curled his stomach and heaved upwards like he was trying to do a sit up, and gripped his breast while gritting his teeth and wincing in pain. Buffy stood up and took a few seconds to access the situation. After 10 seconds past and neither combatant could even attempt to get to his or her feet, Buffy 'the ref' Summers turned to the crowd and made her announcement.

"I declare this match… a draw!"

Boo's and hollers quickly followed Buffy's announcement, as well as a towel that landed over Buffy's face. When Buffy removed the towel from her head with annoyance, she saw Faith smiling back at her while the younger Slayers were laughing their heads off and patting Faith on the back and on her newly mended shoulder.

Meanwhile, Giles and Olivia started to make their way to the Slayers of Slayer Central with purpose. While walking, Olivia stopped and knelt beside the two fighters who were now sitting and wincing…surprisingly back to back.

"So, enjoy the show?" Kennedy chuckled before she winced in pain and clutch her abdomen. Olivia could only smile as she tapped the Latina's stomach, checking for a hernia and thankfully finding that Kennedy merely pulled one of her abdomen muscles.

As Olivia was checking on the two warriors, Giles stood in full view of the spectators with a stern and serious look on his face. All of the original Scoobies knew immediately to shut up and pay attention when they saw that look on their father figure and started to motion for the youngin's to quiet down and pay attention as well.

"Thank You," Giles simply stated. The man then turned to look behind him and asked Olivia, "Do they need to go to the infirmary or can they stay and listen?"

"I think their trip can wait," Olivia answered as she helped Kennedy to her feet.

"…Ok…..Ooooowwwww!" Father Gabriel exclaimed as he stared wide eyed at the gymnasium ceiling while flat on his back after Kennedy moved to get up.

"Stop being such a puss padre pervert," Kennedy said before she offered her hand to her former opponent.

Smirking, Father Gabriel took the woman's hand and rose to his feet while closing his eyes and trying to hide his snarl.

"Gabriel, maybe I should take a look at-"

"No thank you doctore, I'm fine." Father Gabriel quickly spoke as he exhaled through his teeth.

"Father, if your injured we should-" Olivia was suddenly cut off by her potential patient trying to stop Kennedy from lifting his shirt off to no avail.

"Ken! Ken stop! Would you…Urrrgh!" Father Gabriel quickly clutched at his sweaty bare breast in pain as Kennedy was now holding his shirt. All on lookers hissed and winced at what they saw. The young paladin's right breast was yellow, red and starting to turn purplish blue.

"SSSSSS, man that's gotta hurt like a mofo" Faith said after she hissed.

"Jeez Ken, remind me call you over the next time Xander won't stop hitting on me" Buffy mused.

"Hey that's not fair! I always hit on you….save me from the wee Kennedy!" Xander retorted while placing his hands over his boobies and ducked his upper half behind Willow.

Now as much of a badass, spoiled brat, and agent of death that Kennedy is…she was also human and also started to feel bad as she looked at her opponent's mark while being taunted.

"Kennedy! You didn't actually use your full Slayer abilities during your spar did you?" Giles sternly asked the woman.

Before Kennedy could open her mouth and answer, Father Gabriel stepped in. "Oh don't worry about me , she couldn't help it. Super powered women just can't control themselves around me." The young man then looked to Kennedy before speaking, "Just a love tap, isn't that right mi amore?" Gabriel asked Kennedy with a wink.

"Yeah…" Kennedy dead panned while looking at the mat below.

"Heyyyy," Father Gabriel almost cooed before putting his arm over Kennedy's shoulder and actually rubber her shoulder with his thumb. "You know you could always kiss it better," Gabriel told Kennedy with a wink when she finally looked at him in the eyes.

Smirking Kennedy slowly moved closer to the man, face first until her lips were but an inch from Gabriel's colored nipple. Just before the Latina Slayer was about to lay a tender kiss on the man's torso, she moved just her eyes to look up at Father Gabriel and smiled. "You wish."

At that instant, the crowd once again started to hewt and holler to Giles' disbelief. During the loud cheers and jeers, Kennedy mouthed a 'sorry' to the man she injured but just meant to humiliate. The smiling paladin then mouthed back a 'later' and wiggled his eyebrows at Kennedy, earning him a playful smile and wink from the woman he had under arm around. This of course took Father Gabriel completely by surprise and stunned the man, leaving him stuck in place while Kennedy was laughing her head off until she pulled him over to sit on the bench beside her and her team. Now anyone would be wondering what the hell just happened between the young paladin and Latina Slayer, as they were acting like friends now. Looks like there may be some truth to the little male stereotype of physical violence usually ends up bringing enemies closer together…apparently gorgeous Latina lesbian Slayer's applying to the stereotype as well.

As soon as Kennedy and Father Gabriel sat down all of the audience were conversing and laughing and commenting on the fight, with the exception of the Chosen Two. Buffy and Faith both shared another knowing smile, internally marveling at how fast enemies could become respected friends after a fight. Both Slayer's remembering how they would constantly fight as teenagers…that is until a loud whistling sound filled the room.

"I trust I have everyone's attention?" Giles asked the now silent crowd, a coaching whistle around his neck. "Olivia?"

"It doubt anything's broken, probably internal bruising and bleeding but nothing serious." The doctor of Slayer Central replied after kneeling and taking a quick look at the 'love tap' Kennedy gave Father Gabriel.

"Alright then, on the more pressing matters then a bloody street fight." Giles began as he sternly looked at the formally cheering younger Slayers, who suddenly found the gymnasium floor very interesting. "With Willow and Andrew's help, along with contacting Council's across the globe and the Vatican, I believe that we have discovered the intent of the First's plans." Giles started before he began to take his glasses off and reach into his pocket, which everyone knew was a bad omen. "The First is trying to force open a sealed Hellmouth here in Scotland-"

"And?" Buffy asked with her arms crossed over her chest, non nonchalantly.

"And all over the rest of the world."

"…Oh," Buffy managed to utter, the same word she spoke after she found out she had to go up against a Hell God after a few silent moments.