Kendra blinked as the world slowly came back into focus, she was lying in a comfortable box with a strange humming sound surrounding her. After a moment's pause to calm the spike of intense fear, the Jamaican slayer pushed against the ceiling of the box and sighed when it easily opened at her touch.

Quickly getting out of the not a coffin-like box, Kendra took a second to calm her racing heart before looking around at the massive building the Iron Knight had shown her. She finally spotted the young man where he sat at a computer screen arguing with the redhead she had met the day before. Ignoring the slight growling her stomach made in request for food, Kendra headed towards the duo.

"I'm telling you it will work, the energy source you managed to acquire allows for precise energy flow throughout the system," Xander said while Willow shook her head and pointed at the screen.

"I know that Xander, but while the energy field is better the magnetic fields you're asking for are impossible for that level of control within the set environment," She complained before noticing the approaching slayer.

"Ooh, Kendra, right?" Willow asked and smiled as the dark skinned girl nodded. "I hope we didn't wake you up. Xander said you needed to rest and then we got kind of distracted by him claiming impossible theories about new armor and magnetic fields and such so we've been arguing about that and completely lost track of time," Willow explained hurriedly as she checked her watch and realized the entire Saturday morning was gone.

Snickering at his oldest friend's rant, Xander spun around in the chair and smiled at the young slayer. "Hey Kendra, Willow and I lost track of time, you hungry?" he asked as he tried to remember what was edible in the place. "We have a fine selection of Pop Tarts, toast, and waffles," he offered as Willow brightened considerably.

"You have waffles?" Willow asked and bolted for the kitchen area at Xander's nod.

Watching her go, he chuckled before turning back to his guest "Willow recommends the waffles, but you may need to fight her for them," he said as the slayer tried not to laugh.

"I'm fine sir, I-" She was cut off as her stomach growled in protest.

"Well it looks like you're out voted today, if you don't like anything I have here, I have a few bucks I can spend at the Burger Barn for you," Xander offered as he led the protesting Slayer towards the cooking area where Willow was intently watching the toaster for her waffles to be ready.

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Kendra stared at the small mountain of food Xander had set in front of her and tried not to blush as he urged her to eat. Cutting up a waffle, Kendra cleared her throat before looking at the other two at the small table, "Sir, if you don't mind me asking, what were you arguing about earlier?" Kendra asked carefully before starting in on her food.

Smiling, Xander set his own food aside and leaned forward before Willow could, "Well, the original Idea was to find a new type of metal for my armor. The steel plate has been affective so far, but the inherent flaws in that design have been glaringly obvious since I first put it together," Xander explained before continuing, "The problem is that steel is, simply enough, the best compromise between strength and availability I've had to work with until Willow here, best friend that she is, brought me that new power supply. In doing so, I'm now able to fabricate better armor through magnetic compression and electronic bonding," he said before looking at the slayer "You with me so far?" he asked as she swallowed and nodded.

"You were looking for better armor and the new power supply should let you do that. Right, sir?" Kendra asked as Xander smiled.

"Pretty much, now the idea was to use a composite of different materials to make the armor stronger and lighter. The main battle tanks for most countries use multiple paper thin layers of metal and ceramic to make their armor; my idea was to capture monofilament strands of each metal, ceramic and plastic and then 'weave' them together and layer the weave patterns one over the other until I get what I need," he said and glared at the disbelieving snort from Willow.

Kendra looked at the two for a moment before nodding, "You want to make chainmail instead of plate," She said as Xander nodded at the simplification of his plan.

"Exactly! Using magnetic fields, I can weave the different elements together and then fuse them to each other." Xander nodded happily as at least one person understood his plan.

Willow, for her part, had finally listened long enough as she launched into a rant on the flaws of his plan.

Kendra simply finished eating as she tried in vain to keep up with the conversation.

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Tony Stark rubbed his eyes as he walked out into the bright California sunlight, he had another two days before he absolutely had to return to L.A. and he had yet to catch so much as a glimpse of the armored vigilante the small town had produced.

With a sigh, the Man behind the Iron leaned against the side of the warehouse and tried to work through the puzzle he'd found.

He didn't know what he was going to do when he found the armor; it definitely had elements that could be considered Iron Tech, but then again it could simply be based off a Cylon and end up looking about the same.

Running his hand through his hair, Tony walked down the street towards the center of the small town.

He needed to think.

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Angel thoughtfully stared at the small device that had crippled him the night before; the electrical current had been effective in incapacitating him and it was something he didn't want to experience a second time.

He was confused as to why the armored form hadn't pressed the attack, instead of simply abducting a girl from the club he had attacked and fleeing.

In the dark apartment, Angel started to work on a plan to beat the guy.

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(A/N) Sorry it took so long, I am still trying to write this.

Hope you all enjoy it.

-Tjin