Knights, Werewolves, Vampires OH MY!!!!

Chapter 11

Buffy barged into her house with Willow right behind, she knew her mother and sister were not there because of the passing car, and it infuriated her to know end that they would leave like that, not stopping for her and Willow when she had tried to wave them down.

“Giles must have called and warned them,” Buffy told Willow.

“That traitorous old man, how day he not side with US,” snarled Willow. Her quest for power and need for had warped her inside, and it was finally coming out now that she was so close to getting her powers back. But to be stopped like that by Angel and then Giles, it was too much for the frantic young Witch.

Buffy was growing concern, this was not the Willow that she knew, and it was starting to scare her.

“Willow, you need to get a hold of yourself, you acting way wacky, and it is started to bother me, quite a bit,” Buffy ordered Willow.

“Listen Slayer you still have your powers and abilities, I have none. I want my powers back, and that BITCH Cordelia is standing in my way as usual,” snarled Willow.

Backing up and nodding at the young witch, Buffy grew more concerned about the mental stability of her young companion.

Seeing how Buffy was acting Willow attempted to re-assure her, “Oh don’t worry Buffy without my powers your perfectly safe, I can’t even cause the wind to blow without my powers. But once I do , watch out Sunnydale, I am taking out everyone who has the ability to take my powers away. I will never again be without them.”

Nodding her head, and settling down on the couch, Buffy began to ponder what had happened tonight over at Giles, and what they had said to them about Tempest.

“Willow, do you think that Giles was telling the truth about Tempest, I mean it wouldn’t be the first time we were tricked by a demon,” Buffy asked.

“No, they have to lying, Tempest promised us our men and the safety of our powers, all they want to do is keep me away from mine, strip yours, and keep the boys together for ever. We have to trust Tempest, and that is all there is to it,” Willow said pleading with the Slayer.

“Your right of course, they would stoop to lying to us after they tricked you with taking you powers and all,” Buffy said now convinced, more than ever, that they and Tempest were in the right, and Giles and the others were in the wrong.

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After making sleeping arrangements for the three women, Giles ended up on the couch with Joyce in his bed, and Dawn and Cordy sharing the guest room. The three men decided to do a patrol, and then head home for a nights sleep, they were really to tired for anything else. Today had been an emotionally trying day for them all.

After the patrol they, headed back to the apartment, wishing more so than ever that the mansion was livable. There they could house everyone, and keep them safe, instead of being in two different places, it made defending everyone much more difficult.

Sighing, all three men got ready for bed, and snuggled together with Angel in the middle to take advantage of both boys warmth.

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Sunday morning, Giles was awakened from the couch with a banging on the door, quickly straightening he clothes, he went to move the things blocking the door, and answered it. It was a young, tall brunet, looking around 18 years of age. After noticing that she was standing in the sun, Giles knew she wasn’t a vampire, so he started asking polite but insistent questions.

“Yes, may I help you? And who are you? If I may ask,” Giles began.

“Geeves, the name is Faith Williams, and you asked the council for the next slayer, well I am here, pops,” Faith said cheekily.

“Well yes, I did, but I didn’t expect you this quickly, I didn’t think you would show up until after the Council team got here to remove Buffy’s powers,” Giles explained, moving to one side of the door to allow Faith to enter without an invite. Never hurt to make sure, he thought.

Smiling at his caution, Faith stepped through the doorway, and went to sit on one of the chairs in the living room. Sighing Giles just went into the kitchen to make some tea and start some coffee for Joyce and them when they got up.

“Actually I was supposed to arrive with the Council dweebs, but something told me in a dream that I was needed here quicker than that,” Faith said from where she sat.

“Ah, yes, the slayer prophetic dreams, I should have realized that when Buffy stopped having them then someone else would have been called to take them over,” muttered Giles out loud.

“No problems there, though they did scare me at first, thought I was loosing my freaking mind,” Faith replied.

“If I may, where is your watcher?” inquired Giles.

“Oh she is at some Watcher Retreat over in merry old England, she sent a word she would arrive with the team, if she can make it, if not then on a later flight, in the mean time you’re my watcher until she shows up, that is if you up to the task,” smirked Faith.

Letting go of his other self, “Oh my dear you have no idea what I am up too,” Ripper smirked back at her. Startling Faith a bit, but then she smiled, maybe this won’t be a bad gig after all, she thought.

Just then Xander, Angel, and Oz walked in.

Faith sensing a vampire attacked Angel, only to be held back by Xander in hyena mode, and Oz in a slightly wolfed out fashion.

“Giles what the fuck is she doing attacking Angel? Who and what is she?” demanded Xander as they struggled to control the girl. Faith was trying her best to get to the vampire, but she wondered about the two boys, they had a bestial look about, and she wondered if they were human or demonic creatures.
Either way they were in her way to do her sacred duty, and that was not of the good in her book.

Finally gathering her strength she thrust them away, and charged Angel, only to have the Watcher step in the way.

“Faith, calm down and sit down. This people are the ones we have to protect, not attack,” demanded Giles. While he couldn’t fault the girl for attacking, she needed to learn control her baser instincts. After all Angel was an strong ally to have incase of trouble. And the way the two boys held onto her, both Xander and Oz have picked something up beside telepathy as well.

Giles had saw glimpses of it the other night at the hospital, but apparently it was a lot strong than he thought. If fact judging from the way Faith was rubbing her wrist and arms, both boys were a lot stronger as well.

Seeing to Faith first to make sure was okay, he turned to the three men who were still on guard for more attacks.

“Gentleman, the is Faith, apparently she got called after Kendra was killed, and I am dreadfully sorry that I didn’t warn her about Angel, it was an oversight, that I will now correct,” explained Giles.

Turning towards the new Slayer, Giles began explain the long convoluted history of the Scoobies, and what has transpired recently.

“Let me get this straight, you are allied with a vampire, and he is a former boy toy of this Buffy, who is slayer. And now you have both her and a power hungry Witch trying to kill two of your group in order to get her powers, and both of their boyfriends back?” asked an incredulous Faith.

All four men nodded at her, only to hear her mutter, “And I thought I would miss my Boston soaps.”

Meanwhile the three ladies came running from their respective bedrooms to see what the commotion was all about. All three were afraid that Buffy and Willow were attacking again. They all stopped in the hallway entrance when they saw the new girl in town.

Seeing the half undressed ladies of Sunnydale, Faith asked, ”Whoa, what’s up with the harem, Geeves?!?!”

With that statement, Dawn started giggling, Cordy look slightly embarrassed, and Joyce just turned red in the face, as the three lovers started to laugh with Dawn, and Giles just looked pale and started stuttering……

“These ladies are not my harem, and I would like you to give them and ME some respect. The two dark blondes are Joyce and Dawn Summers, Buffy’s mother and sister, and the young lady is Cordelia Chase, Buffy’s latest victim/

“And my former, or not so former girlfriend, we haven’t worked out all the details yet,” supplied Xander.

Wow, two studs and babe, way to go boytoy, if I need any “stress” relief can I come a calling,” smirked Faith.

Which got three growls one from each of his male lovers, and the third from Cordelia, which surprised them all.

Ms, Chase just marched up to the new slayer, and promptly let her have it, “Listen, bimbet, you keep your sluttish hands off my Xander, I may have to share him with the rest of them group, but that doesn’t include you.”

“Whoa, back off sister, I was just joking,“ Faith said.

“Yea, well just remember what I said, I am tired of bimbo trying to take away what is mine,” Cordy said as she stormed over to Xander, and laid claim to his mouth, which at first surprised Xander, but he soon go into the motions. Angel and Oz just stood guard over the duo, and the others watched on.”

“Oh, looks like pom-pom girl has her game on today,” murmured Faith.

Giving the slayer a sharp look, the other two ladies, Joyce and Dawn, went to get dressed. Once they came back, Joyce evicted Giles from his kitchen, and began making breakfast for everyone there.

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Meanwhile Buffy and Willow were on their way over to Giles place when a light blue Desoto almost ran them over, going the same way as their were to Giles.

“Oh, my God, I recognized that car, it belongs to Spike. If we can get there before he has a chance to get with Xander and company, we can stop the prophecy from happening after all,” exclaimed Buffy, and she started to run after the car, forgetting the Willow didn’t have Slayer speed.

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Spike muttered at missing the two girls, he was hoping to get another slayer under his belt. But the need to get to his Sire was to demanding, when he was this close. He had lucked out, catching a plane to the coast, and then an over night flight into LA. He picked up his car from storage, and sped into Sunnydale, daylight or not, he had to answer that damn summons. There was something else pulling him but he couldn’t put his finger on it, not at this time. But he was sure it has to do with Dru’s damn riddle.

Pulling as close as he could to the apartment that he felt his Sire in, recognized it as the bloody Watcher’s place. Grumbling at the continuing association that his Sire had with the slayer, Spike, with his leather coat over his head, ran from the car to the doorway, which was in enough shadow to allow him to drop the coat back into place and knock.


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Faith felt another vampire coming up to the door, but just sat there, gripping the arms of the chair making the creak and almost break.

“There seems to be something at the door, and I believe it’s for your pet vampire,” seethed Faith.

~KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK~

Angel, felling through his Sire’s link, knew that it was Spike, and he quickly ran to the door to let him in, but Spike couldn’t not until Giles invited him.

Giles walked over to the door, “Spike I need you to promise not to attack anyone in the room, ever. No matter what happens, you are to be on your best behavior, or I will have Angel stake you, prophecy or no.”

“Fine fine, you have my word, now let me in before I burst into flames already,” complained the blonde vampire.

“Spike, I invite you in,” Giles said solemnly. Ignoring the growling that came from Faith.

Upon entering the room and noticing Faith, Spike vamped out, and with a growling hiss said, “Slayer!!!”

Turning towards his Sire, “What happened to blonde chit that I almost ran over, she loose her place in the pecking order?” asked Spike.

“No, you dim wit, there are two of us now, double your pleasure, double your trouble,” snarled Faith, while she played with her stake.
Snarling at the other Slayer, Spike was getting ready to attack when Xander smacked him up side the head, “You will not attack anyone you gave your word,” snapped a green eyed Xander.

Stepping back because of the green eyes, “What the hell is going on? When I left you were the normal one, there was one Slayer, one witch, and Poof here. Now you are all green eyes, there is a werewolf, and Poof seems to be acting all Sirish, and I don’t like it,” Spike complained.

Grabbing the collar of Spike’s coat, Angel pulled him over to the couch and threw him on it. “Listen William, Angelus may be gone, but I still have the ability to make your life a living hell,” warned Angel.

“Fine Fine, no need to be come all Sirish on me, I said I would be have and I meant it,” Spike said, crossing his arms and sulking on the couch.

“See that you do, or I will stake myself,” warned Giles.

“And I will help him,” growled Oz flashing yellow eyes at the vampire.

“So why did you call me here for Sire,” Spike wanted to know.

Giles sighed, and once again explained about the prophecy, what was happening with Buffy and Willow, and Spike’s apparent part in the whole thing.

“That sorta goes along with my Princess’s prediction,” said a pondering Spike.

“What did Dru have to say this time,” Angel wanted to know.

“She said something like, “Daddy has been wedded to the Dark Kitten and the Playful Wolf. The stars race into alignment, and you have a part to play. Time is against Daddy, and the Storm controls midnight, you must hurry, you must scurry my dear one. You must stop the bad Slay and the Witchie Tree from doing their deeds, or we all will fall down like blades of grass”…. What ever all that gibberish means,” Spike told them all.

“It means that we are in a world of hurt is what it means,” said Xander.

“You’re right Xander, it means Tempest will try to repeat the next 24 hours at midnight in order to give Buffy and Willow an chance to get at us, now that Spike is here,” said Angel. “He has to do in the next day or so because of the planetary alignment that is going to happen. If he can repeat that over and over again before the ringing of midnight, he can have us killed, but if we can make him last until that moment in time, then he will die because of his powers will turn on him.”

“You’re right Peaches, this wanker will make life a living hell of repeats, we have to stop him, and that means stopping your Slayer girl, and her pet Witch,” Spike said, just itching to take out a slayer.

“Wait, that has to be a way to stop the girls without killing them, I understand they might get hurt, but we don’t have to kill them, do we?” pleaded Joyce. No matter what she did Buffy was still her daughter, and she had to speak up to try to save her.

Getting off the phone where he had placed a call to the Council to see when the team would arrive, Giles replied, ”Joyce, we will do out best, but right now Buffy has turned Rogue, and only Faith her is really her match. She already has defeated both Spike and Angel in a fight, and really, to be truthful, there is nothing we can do to her without the Council team, which will arrive to late.”

“I thought you said they would be here tomorrow,” ask Xander.

“The phone I just placed was to the council, and yes they will be here, but later than we thought, something to do with trouble getting some of their stuff through customs.”

“That means the mages and wizards required to strip Buffy of her powers, can’t get here in time for the prophecy timeline.” Giles said sadly.

“That means we are on our own,” Oz said from where he sat.

“I am afraid Oz is correct,” Angel said. He was sad that it had come to this with Buffy and Willow. But Angel also knew that the girls have brought this on themselves.

Don’t worry about them, they will be alright, in the end, I am sure, Xander sent to him.

Smiling at the confidence shown by his younger lover, Angel just shrugged his shoulders at him. It was his nature to brood over things like this.

Faith suddenly sat up, “There is someone here, and its not a demon, but it making my senses go all hay wire,” she said looking around in aggravation.

Both Spike and Angel sat up as well, looking at each other they only said one word together, “Buffy!!!”