Chapter 5 - Melissa on the hunt
2 months had passed since Melissa found out she was a Vampire Slayer. Bruce was taking a sample of Melissa's blood for testing. To see how fast she can heal. "There you go." Bruce said to Melissa and he put a plaster on her shoulder. "So when will up be able to tell me how quick I can heal?" Melissa asked Bruce. "24 hours." Bruce said, Buffy's little sister was helping Bruce as an intern. "Hey Dawn." Dawn smiled at her, "Hey Melissa, how's life as a slayer?" Dawn asked her, "OK so far." Melissa said, "You can go now." Bruce said, "OK I'll see you later Dawn." Melissa said, and Dawn nodded. Melissa left Bruce's lab and saw Faith, "Hey M." Faith said, "Hey F, wanna train?" Melissa asked her, "Actually, I found a Vampire Nest and you're coming with me." Melissa looks at Faith and says, "Err Faith it's day time." Faith looked at her, "Good for us bad for them." Faith said to her, Melissa smiled, "What are we waiting for then." Melissa said. Melissa and Faith's relationship grew over the 2 months after the slayer joining the Avengers.
The vampires were sleeping in their nest, when suddenly Faith and Melissa jumped through the window and some vampires set on fire. "Hey guys time for your wake up call." Faith said, to them, her and Melissa pulled out their stakes and went to work. After killing everyone in the nest, Faith and Melissa made their way back to Stark Towers. It was getting late, "So you gonna go out later?" Faith asked Melissa, "Na I'm pretty bet." Melissa said to Faith, Faith nodded "Ok well I'm pretty wired I'll see you tomorrow, M." Faith said to her, "Later F." Melissa said. Melissa was trying to get comfortable in bed but she could sleep. So she got up, got dressed and went out to hunt for her first vampire. She was running after a vampire in central park, Melissa was gaining on him. She jumped on to a park bench and took him down. They got up and she kicked him in the head which sent him spinning down to the ground. The vamp got up and tried a spinning roundhouse kick but missed Melissa swiped one of his legs out from under him. She pulled out a wooden stake noticed he was getting up and cartwheeled kick him in the head then staked him in the heart. She caught her breath and she made her way back to Stark Towers. She was into her room and got into to bed and fell asleep.
Buffy walking around Stark Towers Buffy ran into Clint, "Hey Clint right?" Clint nodded, "Ya Buffy right?" she nodded. "So I heard that you told Melissa that she isn't for you." Buffy said to Clint. "Ya why don't you think she is?" Clint asked Buffy, "She is a perfect fit for you Clint whatever you do don't let her go." Buffy said to him. Clint looked at Buffy, "Really?" "Yes really, when she found the necklace in your jacket she was happy she put it on. It was luck because if she didn't tap into her slayer powers she might be dead now." Buffy said. "Hey guys what's the result?" Melissa asked Bruce and Dawn. "Well it looks like you can heal quicker than the other slayer can." Bruce said, "How is that possible?" Melissa asked, "Your power is stronger than Buffy's and Faith's." Dawn said to her, "Really? I'm stronger. That will explain why I can lift Thor's hammer and they can't." Melissa said to them. "That's true. I was shocked that Buffy couldn't lift his hammer." Dawn said to Melissa, "You up for tonight?" Dawn asked Melissa, "Ya totally, I'll see you later." Melissa said to Dawn.
"Thanks Dawn everything was yummy." Melissa said after eating. "You have to go now." Dawn asked her. "That's the funny thing about vamps. Darkness equals dinner bell." Melissa said to him, he nods "I'm sorry. Duty calls Dawn." Melissa said and hugged her.
She was punching a vamp in the face over and over. She goes to spin kick him in the face but he blocks her picks her up and throws her to the ground. Melissa gets up and charges at the vampire. She gets up on to his shoulders and does a head-scissors to take down to the ground; the she pulls the stake out and drives it into his heart. Melissa put the stake back in her back pocket and started to walk away when a tall dark man said, "Impressive hunt." Melissa turned around and said, "That was no hunt that was just another day on the job. Wanna step up for some over time." he said to her, "I'm not going to fight you." she just looked at and said, "Do you know what a slayer is?" he asked her, "Do you?" she crossed her arms and asked him, "Who are you?" "Sorry I'm assumed you knew. I'm Angel." Melissa faced went from puzzled to shocked. "Get out!" Tony and Willow walking in central park, "Tony, what if somebody had a secret and that somebody promised them that they wouldn't tell anybody?" Tony looked at her, "Newsflash, Will. Everybody knows." Tony said to her while grinning. "No this isn't about me and Kennedy." Willow told him, "Oh, not that I wouldn't be all ears, if you wanted to tell me a secret about you two." Tony said smiling at her. "Sorry this is non-naughty variety and anyway I'm not telling you." Willow said to him grinning, "Ok you wanna see if Melissa is hung out around here?" Tony asked her, "Sure." Willow said and Willow and Tony went off looking for Melissa.
"Wait your Angel?" Melissa asked him, he nodded, "Does Buffy knows that you're in town." She asked him, "No. You're stronger than the other slayers; your strength has darkness to it." He said to her, "You have to help me find Buffy." Angel asked Melissa. Faith saw Melissa talking to a vampire. Faith run up behind him went to jump him but Illyria attacked Faith. "Hey F you ok?" Melissa asked her as she got up. Faith nodded, "Faith, what are you doing here?" Angel asked her, "I'm here working with the Avengers and doing my job." Faith said. "Who are the Avengers?" Angel asked Faith and Melissa. They both looked at each other, and Tony was behind Angel, "Hey Melissa. Hey Faith." Tony said, "Tony get out of here." Melissa said to him, "Find but I was gonna give you a sip of my double mint mocha…" Faith said to Tony, "Stark, behind you." Faith said to him, "Well look who has taste of Dark Prince in him." Tony said to Angel, "Tony, that's Angel." Melissa said to him, "What really?" Tony said to her, "Hey, I'm sorry man." Willow stood next to Faith, "Hi Angel, we still can't trust you. You chose Wolfharm & Hart over good." Willow said to him, "Who is that blue chick?" Tony asked standing behind Melissa. "It's Illyria she took over Fred's body. It killed her from the inside out." Wesley said to everyone, "Hi Wes." Melissa said to him, "I thought you were on protol?" Wesley asked Melissa, "I was until he should up." Wesley looked at Angel and Illyria. "Back from the dead?" Illyria asked Wesley, "Yes. Willow brought me back." Wesley said, he continued on to say to them, "We'll take you to Buffy but you have five minutes to tell her what you want Angel. OK?" Wesley told them, Melissa, Faith, Willow and Tony didn't like the idea but they knew that they could trust Wesley he was teaching Melissa after all.
Tony pulled out his smart phone and called Pepper. "Pep set up a meeting now with all of the Avengers, Slayers and Slayerttes?" Tony asked her nicely. "Ok will do boss." Tony put the phone down. "You ok sweet cakes?" Tony asked Melissa, "You know, I'm five by five. But for some reason I don't trust Angel and Illyria." She said to him, he nudged her, "Everything will be ok, trust me." Tony said to her, Melissa looked at him and he winked at her, she smiled and shook her head. We all arrived back at Stark Towers; there was an awkward silence in the lift. The lift doors opened and Buffy saw Angel. She walked up to him and punched him in the face. "Wesley what is he doing here?" Buffy asked him, "He has something to tell you." Wesley said to her, Angel got up and fixed his long black coat. "Glory's back, she's working with a woman named Amora." Melissa's jaw dropped, Tony put his hand on Melissa arm and mouthed to her, "You OK sweet cakes." Melissa shook her head. "No I'm gonna kill Fury, lying bastard." Melissa said to Tony, she walked out of the room. Tony followed her aswell as the rest of The Avengers.
"What's going on?" Clint asked her, "Fury told me that he had secured Amora, It just proves that he is a lying bastard." Melissa told them she continued on to say, "I'm so stupid to believe him. I'm gonna kill him." She said to everyone. Loki could hear the hate in her voice he knows what it feels like he felt the exact feeling when he found out that Odin wasn't his father. "Look killing fury won't solve anything Melissa." Loki said to her, she rolled her eyes at him, "This coming from the man you tried to take over the world." Bruce said to Loki, Melissa tilted her head in agreement. "Glory is a god, guys." Dawn said to them, Melissa turned around, "What she's a God? Ok that makes thing much worst." Melissa said, "How? We have Loki and Thor." Clint asked Melissa, "There Demi-Gods. Glory is a full fletched God." Dawn said to them, "How do you know so much about Glory?" Bruce asked her. "I was a magical key which Glory needed to open a portal to get back to her home." Melissa looked at Dawn, "Do you think she could come after you again?" Melissa asked Dawn. Dawn looked and all of the Avengers and nodded. The Avengers looked at each other, "It seems like it's quiet now." Dawn said to Melissa. She walked back into the room with the rest of the Slayers, Buffy, Faith, Willow, Wesley and Xander. Melissa followed her but the Avengers didn't.
"Is Angel gone?" Melissa asked Buffy, she nodded. "You and the Avengers need to take care of Dawn now." Buffy said to her, "So Glory is after Dawn again?" Buffy nodded, Buffy handed Melissa a bag. "This is a Slayer keep safe. It belongs to you I hope it helps you. I'll lead Glory away so you and the Avengers have time to prepare for her." Buffy said to her, Melissa took the bag and nodded. "I'll protect Dawn until the end of the world Buffy you have my word." Melissa said to her, Buffy hugged Dawn then she hugged Melissa. "Thank you Buffy, you have taught me a lot." Melissa was holding back the tears trying to show strength not weakness. "Plus Faith and Xander are staying here with you." Wesley said to her, "You're going to?" Dawn asked, "Yes, I need to be a watcher to the girls how needs me. Melissa you have done me proud." Wesley said to her, Melissa smiled at him. The Slayers, Willow and Wesley left Stark Towers. "So it's just us now?" Xander asked to Melissa, "Plus the Avengers." Melissa said to him, Tony walked back into the room, "What the hell happened?" he asked Melissa, "Buffy is leading glory away for a while. Until we figure out what's in this keep safe." Melissa said to him, Loki, Thor, Clint, Bruce and Steve walked back into the room. "I'm opening this." Melissa dropped the bag on the floor and opened the keep safe. It was filled with weapons and a big un-open able box, "What is this?" Clint asked Melissa, "I dunno Clint." Melissa tried to open the box but it wasn't opening. She grabbed the axe that was in the bag. "OK listen stabbing the box isn't going to help." Tony said sarcastically, Melissa just looked at Tony. And sung the axe and the box and the lock broke off it. "It's open now." Melissa said. She put the axe down on the floor and opened the lid on the box; there was a book and shelve shadow puppets. "Dawn can you read this?" Melissa asked her, Dawn opened the book. "It's Latin." Dawn said to her, "Let me guess you didn't take Latin." Melissa asked her, Dawn shook her head. "But I did." Melissa looked up and saw Natasha, "Nat?".