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Chapter 2

A Few Months Earlier

When Alex walked into her house to see a young British guy standing there waiting for her she knew she was not about to get good news. She had been training with the Scoobies since she was 12 in Los Angeles, in order to help Angel and the other Potentials stationed there fight against Twilight. Of all the things she had learned, and since being told she was a slayer there was a lot on the list, the one rule she never forgot was that when mysterious British men showed up it mean life was about to change.

She was 5 when she felt the power and realized she was different. She was on the playground and was crying because a boy she wanted to hangout with had pushed her to the ground and thrown dirt in her eyes. She was a girl and he didn't want to play with her. She felt so ashamed and embarrassed with the tears streaming down her face, and then it happened. She felt a strength and power course through her whole body, and it caused her anger to flare. Before the five year old Alex realized what was happening she had punched the mean boy in the stomach and he had flown back six feet. That was when the teacher decided to turn around, and despite Alex's attempt to tell her what had happened and that she didn't mean to hurt the boy so bad, she was punished severely. After that she was labeled an outcast by her classmates, a troublemaker by her teachers, and gained the concern of her parents.

After she was labeled by her peers and advisors, Alex spent the next few years of her life learning how to reign in this strength that she had somehow got without wanting. Most of the time, if she was careful, she could keep her strength hidden, keep everything under control and not bringing any attention to herself. But other times her strength would catch up to her and she would do amazing but crazy things. Like the time when she was eight years old and was beaned by the pitcher in a softball game. The next time at bat she hit a line drive so hard and fast back at the pitcher that, despite the fact that the girl had automatically dropped to try and avoid the hit, the ball connected with her head and she fell the rest of the way unconscious (Alex was banned from playing after that). There was the time playing volleyball where she accidentally hit the ball 200 ft in the air (the other girls banned her from playing with them). The final straw was during the school play when she did a kick in the air during a dance and knocked down half the sets (she had to stand in one spot for every scene so it wouldn't happen again). Needless to say by the time Alex was 12 years old she was the definition of awkward teenager, braces and glasses included. She had learned how to be on her own and not need others. She had just accepted the fact that something was wrong with her.

She had gotten into a fight with her parents that night. They lived in a small quiet suburb, next to a park so when Alex needed to get away she just left her house to go for a walk. The neighborhood was safe so it was perfectly fine for a twelve year old to walk in the dark. When Alex saw the man across the street heading towards her the hair on the back of her neck started standing on end. She had no clue why but she felt her body go on full alert. She continued walking towards the man, too pissed off at her parents to head back to the safety of her house, when her senses started going into full on overdrive.

'What the fuck?' she thought, and she looked around her to see if she could see anything unusual. The only thing strange was the man who continued walking towards her on the opposite side of the street. He noticed her watching him and then, to Alex's horror, he began to cross the street towards her side. She stopped and waited, her body slowly tensing as this stranger got closer. When he walked under a streetlamp, she realized why her senses were going off. His eyes were a mustard yellow with green and black around the pupil. He face looked contorted and scarred but what really scared her were the bared teeth. They were sharp, long, pure white, and looked like they could bite into her no problem. Then to her horror the strange man growled, and without any other warning, he charged at her.

Alex let out a scream and began to run the other way, running faster then she ever had in her life, but the man still caught up to her and grabbed her shoulder to wheel her around. Not knowing what else to do Alex went into her self defense training and kicked her attacker in the crotch and then punched his face, sending him flying back ten feet. Despite her shock she continued running away. And when the vampire caught up with her again he wasn't so kind. He threw his arm around her neck cutting off her air supply then took his other arm and punched her in the kidneys and ribs repeatedly. As her body slowly began to shut down, due to the pain or the lack of oxygen she wasn't sure, but she slowly collapsed into her attackers arms. He released her throat and instead moved his hand to her forehead to tilt her head so he could bite her neck. Her last thought was 'Oh My God, he's a vampire.' Not the most poetic thought but that was her last memory before she passed out.

When she woke up a tall, dark haired man in a leather jacket stood over her with a tablet by her nose. She was very groggy, and looked into his black eyes before she realized what had happened. She jerked up looking around for the man who was about to bite her. He was nowhere to be seen. Instead she saw three new people looking at her, the man who had used the ammonia bullet to wake her up, a shaggy white man, about 40 with glasses, and a tough looking 25 year old red head woman. The next thing she noticed was the pile of dust next to the woman. The man with the glasses looked at her and then startled her by saying, "Alex, are you ok?"

Alex decided to ignore the fact that this stranger just happened to know her name and instead asked what she felt was the most pertinent question at the time. "What the fuck just happened?" was the only response she could think of to solve her confusion.

It took Angel and Wesley a long time to make Alex realize and comprehend what just happened. They explained the events that happened in Sunnydale seven years earlier to make her powers activate. They explained that she was a potential slayer and when the final battle of the Hellmouth happen the powers of all the Slayers in the world were activated. They said they had been looking for her for two weeks because the battle in Los Angeles was beginning to build and they were recruiting. They confirmed her realization that the man that had almost killed her was in fact a vampire and that there were many other dark monsters out there like him. Alex took in what they had to say, and eventually calmed down enough to realize everything was true. Of all the things that happened that night Alex mostly remembers looking at the Slayer who was with them and finally realizing that she wasn't alone. She realized that the exile that others had been putting her through was because they didn't understand her. Instead of being scared of her fate, she was excited to finally have a sense of purpose and a place to belong. It was as if all those years of being on her own made her ready to find and meet other girls like herself.

Angel and the Slayer left after that, and Wesley walked her home. He came the next day to talk to Alex's parents saying that Alex had received a full ride to a local school. He claimed that Alex had a unique type of thinking that his school knew how to deal with. At the end of their rope Alex's parents immediately agreed. In Alex's mind she felt like a mutant being rescued by Professor X. She was excited yet nervous for the change in her life.

The next thing Alex knew she was taken out of her school and "transferred" to a school in Los Angeles. The new school, which was named St. Genesius (the patron saint of actors) because the school was constantly covering for itself, was actually a combination of real school and Slayer training camp. Saint Genesius ran like a normal middle school and high school, although after school curricular activities included fight training and studies on Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies. Alex finally made friends, and began to grow out of her awkwardness. Her eyes finally adjusted and she didn't need her glasses. She eventually got her braces off. She soon learned how to control her body and fully function in it. Alex grew very adept at fighting, slowly going to the top of her class in grades and skills.

When she was fifteen Alex began to realize that when strange British men showed up, her life was about to change. As a "Potential" (which not meant Slayer in training), Alex was not assigned a watcher since she was part of the army. When watchers came it meant a new assignment. When she was fifteen, Alex was asked to stop her training and instead help the others in Los Angeles with the fight against Twilight. This new watcher's name was Quarmby, and although he wasn't specifically assigned to her, he did represent an important change. He was older then Wesley, and had much more power and wisdom. He was impressed with Alex's progress, her ability at fighting and felt that she was ready for the real thing. The next thing Alex knew she and a small batch of her friends no longer had to train after school. Instead they started doing nightly patrols and ambushes, and actually had to fight what they had been learning about and training for.

Alex's first fight did not go as smoothly as she wanted. Despite all of her training, she was not ready for the strength that vampires had. She broke her nose in the first fight and had stomach cut by her own stake. Not a mortal wound but she was definitely embarrassed. She was thankful for her healing ability. After that her injuries became few and far between. She broke a finger when a vampire dodged a hit and she punched a wall. A zombie dislocated her shoulder and a werewolf broke her arm when he stepped on it. But she still grew and learned. She became the leading slayer against werewolves, and soon became on of the most seasoned warriors in the LA area. Alex finally felt like she had a purpose. She got along with her family (because she had an outlet for her strength, and had friends). She hated how the fight was escalating in LA but she was happy to have comrades to share the fight with. That was until she came home to the new British man.

When Alex walked in the door and saw the new person her whole body stiffened, not because she sensed danger but because she knew that she was not going to like what he was going to say. He turned to look at her and simply said, "Alex Heart?"

The last thing Alex wanted to do was answer him back, but she knew she had to. "Yeah," she simply replied.

The British man smiled. "My name is Liam. I am your watcher."

Liam was very young, in his mid twenties, with dark blonde hair, green eyes, and a caring smile. He also gave off a young nerdy librarian feel. Although he gave off a trusting vibe Alex decided she was going to hate him for now.

"Why do I all of a sudden need a watcher?" she shot back, "I thought since there are so many of us that they aren't handing you guys out anymore." She saw Liam's smile flicker. Obviously he was not used to handling moody teenagers. He quickly replaced the smile and began to answer her questions.

"Quarmby sent me. He told me that you are now my charge. He has been very impressed with your abilities since you were moved to active duty and feels that you are one of the few who are prepared and responsible enough for a new assignment." Alex sniggered back at him.

"Wow, nice speech. Have you been practicing that a lot?"

For the first time, Liam showed his full inexperience. "Well actually yes, how did you know?"

"You have trained me well," Alex sarcastically replied. "But I will stop you now. I don't want the assignment. Give it to someone else." Alex walked decidedly over to the door and opened it, motioning for Liam to leave. He instead stared at her incredulously.

"Are you not even going to let me pitch it to you?" He stammered kind of shocked.

"Why would I if I'm not interested?" Alex immediately shot back. Liam then paused and gave her a look that almost scared her.

"I have been preparing this assignment for weeks, and looked forward to meeting you. Now I am not going to throw all my preparation away. Now sit down and let me pitch this to you and then we are going to pack, because to be frank Alex, you are the only person prepared to do this right now." Liam the walked over to the shocked Alex, shut the door, and lead her over to the couch, where she waited for Liam to set up a projector, screen, and laptop.

"Did you just graduate from watcher school or whatever? This seems a bit amateurish," Alex goaded.

All it got her was a dirty glare from Liam followed by a "Shut up and let me do this my way." Alex sighed and leaned back in the chair.

"So you know that the Scoobies lead by Buffy have outposts over different Hellmouths all over the world trying to battle Twilig"—

Alex cut him off quickly. "I have been working with the Scoobies for four years. Please just cut to the chase Liam."

"Ok well we think we have located another Hellmouth in the United States and we, you and I, need to go and keep an eye on it for a while until we can set up another outpost there." Liam looked up expectantly.

"What?" She responded confused, "I feel a 'but' coming on or something so please just continue and give me the whole story."

"Ok well there is one other slayer there already, but the situation is rather delicate."

Alex tilted her head a bit. "Meaning?"

"The Slayer there has no idea that there are other Slayers out there. She and her watchers have been holding down the front on their own, but since we realized that she is in a town with a Hellmouth we felt the need to get at least some back up there fast."

"Ok makes sense so far I guess. Why doesn't she know about all the Slayers?"

"The town is a little isolated, so they are working off of old myths and books, so they have no idea about what happened in Sunnydale."

"Ok, so far so good. Keep giving me the scoop Li." Alex grinned at him to see how he would react to her new nickname.

"Please don't call me that," he shot back. Liam then quickly too a breath, brought a picture of a beautiful, tan, black haired Hispanic beauty and continued.

"The Slayer's name is Santana Lopez. She is 5'5", Latina and known as the head bitch on campus. Her father is a doctor, Mother a Lawyer. Santana used to be on the Cheerios but quit last year when, I'm assuming, her slayer duties became too taxing. She is an average student, fluent in Spanish, knows how to kick butt. Oh and she's on the Glee Club."

Alex snorted very loudly at this point, but Liam gave her a dirty look and continued.

"Her watchers," He brought up too new pictures one of an older, mean looking, blonde woman in a red track suit, the other of a light brown haired man in his thirties with kind blue eyes and heavily gelled hair, "are Sue Sylvester the cheer coach, and Will Schuster the Spanish Teacher and Glee coach." Alex raised her hand at this point in order to interrupt Liam's spiel without him getting mad at her. "Yes, Alex?"

"Why does she have two watchers?" The questions seems rather obvious to her, but Liam rolls his eyes.

"In order to be a watcher you need to have the perfect balance of being firm and controling yet also be fully aware and understanding of your Slayers feeling and limits. There was no one in Lima who had that balance so when Santana was activated they picked the two people who, when combined, had that balance. From what I have heard they don't get along at all though." Liam smirked at this, but Alex cleared her throat to get him to continue. "Anyways, your assignment Alex is to transfer to Santana's High School, William McKinley. You will be enrolled in most of her classes and you are going to join the Glee Club"- Alex attempted to interrupt him at this point with a 'You gotta be kidding me!' but Liam raised his hand and cut her off to continue. "I have read in your file that you can sing and read music so you will have no problem doing it so shut your mouth."

Alex quickly quieted down, much to her dismay, and looked at Liam to finish his breakdown of her, apparently mandatory, mission. "You mission is to become friends with Santana, get her to trust you and then, when the time is right, let her know who you are. Then the five of us can adapt together and face what comes our way when the time comes until they can send us back up."

"Why can't I just go in and tell her who we are and start from there?" Alex questioned. She felt this plan was a little too complicated and elaborate for its own good.

"We need to gain their trust. We need to convince them that we are actually allies and that we are there to help them. If we just run in there with guns blazing and acting superior we will not be able to get far. If you thought you were the only slayer in the world and someone just showed up telling you otherwise would you trust them?" Liam made perfect sense and Alex hated him for it.

With nothing left to interrupt him with, Alex looked at Liam to see if he had anything else to say but he seemed about done. She sat there in silence for a few minutes, processing what Liam had just said, and then the full gravity of her assignment hit her. "Wait a minute, if an apocalypse happens, and the Scoobies are unable to send back-up, and we can't figure out what's going on then Santana and I are going to be on our own huh?"

Liam looked shocked when he realized how smart his new slayer was. He did not expect her to grasp the full danger of their assignment until much later. He looked Alex in the eye and just nodded, showing her that they were now on the same page. "And there is no way I can say no to this?" For the first time that night, Alex showed how scared she was of this change that Liam was presenting her with. She didn't want to be on her own again. But the look on Liam's face made her realized she better get used to this idea quick.

"It's just you and me girl," Liam replied lamely. "We are the only ones who can do this."

Alex's shoulders dropped in defeat as she let out a gust of air. Finally she made eye contact with Liam again. "Alright, let's do this. Where are we headed? Where is this amazing, important, apocalyptic, exciting city?"

The look on Liam's face made her realize that once again she was not going to like his answer. "Ummm, the new Hellmouth is in Lima, Ohio."

Alex shot up like a bullet and Liam realized he was about to be in big trouble with the super strong and moody teenager. "Liam, you have got to be fucking kidding me!"

The next thing Alex knew her dad got a great job offer from Ohio so the family packed up and moved. Liam magically got a job as the new Librarian at McKinley and she was all set to transfer. Her family moved in the middle of July but instead of being allowed to meet students and start fitting in, Liam ran her through tough training and briefing sessions to make her fully prepared for her first day. They both realized that the hardest part was going to get Santana Lopez to trust her and eventually be willing to work with her. Finally she was able to leave training and be a normal teenager again and start school.

And lo and behold, here she was face to face with the girl she thought would be impossible to meet. Santana was gorgeous (what is in the water in Ohio) with perfectly tanned skin, dark black hair, and deep chocolate eyes. Santana was very fit, and the light bruising around her knuckles made Alex realize she fought with a vampire the night before. She made a mental note to tell Liam because she should probably start patrolling to help out. Now, all she needed to do was get the Slayer to trust her.