"How are you on the path to being a god?" Buffy asked.
"My Cordelia and I were created specifically to fulfill the terms of a prophecy. Specific warriors were needed who could handle special weapons that could be used to destroy a very old and very strong demon. We were created using the blood of gods. In my case, Thor and in Cordy's case, Artemis. Which basically made us clones to start out with. Then we were engineered to fit the parameters needed."
"But how does that make you our counterparts?" Alex asked.
"Because the soul that owns this body is the same soul that owns your body." Xander told her.
"And the same soul that owns my body, owns your body." Cordelia told Cord. "Physically there are a number of differences and I'm not referring to our genders. While we were on a quest to find the weapons needed for the battle, a demon that looked just like me, blended physically with me. She wanted to be human. She thought she could share my existence. She underestimated the fact that I have the blood of a god. She ended up having to blend everything about herself, body and personality into me. Physically, I'm now half human, half demon and the demon half will cease to exist when I come into my godhead. As a human I would have been a Seer. Kyra blending with me gives me full on premonitions and divinations. I'm also slightly telepathic. Kyra never killed a human, she just watched humans through her divining pool and wanted to be one herself. When she had the chance to be one, she took it. That she no longer exists as a separate personality is kind of sad really. But aside from the gifts she left me with, she also amped up my libido."
"Which was already pretty good as far as I'm concerned." For the first time that night, Xander actually looked cheerful. "And now it means we can't go long periods without any sex or she starts to overheat. As in go into heat. Trust me, I know what a lucky guy I am."
"Because Kyra was as locked on you as I am." Cordelia reminded him.
"The fact that she looked just like you, except for the larger chest size, was a bonus." Xander agreed.
"And you?" Faith asked Xander.
"Well, as I said before the gods didn't make Slayers, humans did. And Giles, if you want proof of that, do what our Giles did. There's an entrance to the Chamber of the Oracles, the messengers of the gods, under the post office a few blocks from the Hyperion Hotel in Los Angeles. Ask them."
"I shall." Giles assured him. "Continue with your story, please."
"Anyway, in our reality gods made immortals. Undying humans, both poisonous and immune to vampires to be their weapons of choice against vampires. There's roughly 10,000 of them worldwide at any given time. Giles, does the Watchers Council have a branch called the Council of Watchers in this reality?"
"Yes, it does and yes, I'm familiar with immortals and the Game."
"Cordelia and I ended the Game in our reality. That was the purpose we were made for. Does Duncan McCleod of the Clan McCleod exist here?"
"Immortal champion against Ahriman? Yes, he does. Wait, you changed your name to McCleod."
"Duncan McCleod trained me. I am Clan McCleod. We'll have to pay him a visit before we leave. The gods themselves in our reality came up with a plan to end the Game. I wonder if they've done something here too? Getting Duncan looking for information on it would be a good idea."
"It would." Cordelia agreed. "And our Duncan said fighting vampires and demons is a much nobler a cause then headhunting for a nebulous Prize."
"Giles, why didn't you ever tell me about immortals?" Buffy demanded to know.
"My first Watcher told me about them." Faith said.
"Buffy, you would know about them if you read the handbook or let me teach you about anything other then the demon of the week." Giles informed her.
"Any other differences between us?" Alex asked.
"Well, first off. Giles, you need to do an exam of Cord. You said he was the one who was possessed by the hyena. Why were you even there?"
"Back then I had a crush on Buffy, I was trying to impress her by stopping the bullies. Instead I became the Alpha of a hyena pack. I ate a pig and tried to mate with Buffy."
"So did I." Xander said. "And that affected me. It altered my DNA and made me a shape shifter. A piece of the Hyena's spirit remained with me. I have better hearing and to a certain extent, sight and sense of smell as well. I also have heightened instincts and am somewhat stronger then average. Animal possession tends to leave physical residues. Which Giles should have known and checked you for." Xander was back to being annoyed now. "And was the preying mantis lady here too?"
"Yes, Johnathan and Blaine were captured by her. We saved them." Buffy assured him.
"The Magic she used to enhance her pheromones left some of them clinging to me. You might want to check Johnathan and Blaine too. Just suggesting."
"Yes, well. Something to put on the to do list." Giles muttered.
"She went after virgin males." Cord said with a grin.
"I was barely sixteen. Give me break. And I lost it after Willow used Magic to break me and Cordy up, but before we found out about it and got back together. Which made Willow even more nuts and she tried to kill Cordy."
"Yes, you lost it to Faith." Cordy said dryly.
"Just like in this reality." Faith lobed her own bomb of revelation into the group.
Before anyone could deal with that revelation, Wesley pushed open the doors to the library. "I was able to find the necessary ingredients, we can do the depossession ritual on Ms. Rosenberg now." Everyone turned to stare at him.