Title: Deja vu
Disclaimer: The characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer belong to UPN, Joss, etc....
Distribution: Yeah! like you'd want this.
Summary: Xander gets a feeling of Deja vu.
Setting: Season 5, right before I was Made to Love you.
Feedback: Actually what I need is some dental insurance so that it won't cost me my fic writing hands to get my Wisdom teeth pulled, but I'll accept feedback.
Rating: PG-13
Part 1
Saturday Feb 17, 2001
Sunnydale Mall
Around 1:00 P.M.
"What do you think?" Willow said holding up a pair of black shoes.
"Huh." Xander said with his back turned.
"Xander." Willow said a little annoyed.
"What do you think?" Willow asked again as he turned around with a pair of silk, red stockings in his hands.
To Willow's look, Xander quickly threw the stockings behind him.
"Red, Huh."
"Uh...Anya said she needed some...umm...accessories." Xander said, his face turning almost as red as the stockings he had a minute ago.
Willow wanted to go to the mall and buy Buffy a pair of shoes and to her surprise, Xander said he wanted to come with her. She loved Xander's company, but right now she needed a girl's opinion, Buffy's opinion to be precise. She'd originally planned on taking Buffy herself, but she refused saying that she had to train, so Willow thought, {If I can't bring Buffy shopping, I'll bring the shopping to Buffy}.
Xander hesitated as he looked back and forth between Willow and the pair of shoes she held up,
"Uhh...they're nice?" he asked as if hoping it was the right answer.
"Nice?" Willow said in frustration.
At Willow's response, Xander panicked, "Uh...great...Yeah, they're great. Are they great?" he asked in a worried voice.
"Xanderrr...at least try." Willow said as she put the shoes back into the box.
"I am trying Will, but It's not as if I'm Joan Rivers."
"Well, its a good thing you're not because I don't think she'd be shopping at a place called, Shoes & Stuff." Willow said as they left the store.
"I'm sorry I'm not being all girlie with you Will, it's just...I'm not into shopping that much."
"Then why did you come?"
"Well, it was either this or train with Buffy." Xander said as he tugged at his pants a little.
"Still sore?" Willow asked as she sat down on a hard rock bench in the center of the mall.
Willow motioned for Xander to sit, but the only response she got was a How Dare You look.
"You want anything to drink?" Xander asked motioning behind him with his hand towards the Peanut Shack. Willow didn't have time to answer because Xander's hand landed on a blond haired woman walking behind him, who looked to be in her early thirties, dressed in a red blouse and black pants. Lets just say, Xander's hand landed were it shouldn't.
"Ahh...you perv!" the woman yelled.
Xander tried to apologize, but the only response he got was a knee to the groin, sending him to his knees as the woman scurried away muttering to herself out loud.
Willow kneeled beside him, "Oh...Xander."
"Where's**cough**a vampire when you need**cough**one." he said on the ground.
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The Magic Shop
about thirty minutes later
Giles was taking a break from his training session with Buffy as he sat down in one of the two EZ-chairs that Xander begged him to buy after Xander trained with Buffy about a week ago. As Giles leaned back, with a couple of ice packs to his knees and one by his groin. It seemed Buffy had been doing a lot of that lately, training and such. However, Giles was just glad for Buffy to be doing anything at all. The last few months had been hard on her with her mother fighting something that Buffy has no control over and then Riley leaving. However, the hardest obstacle was when Buffy found out that Dawn was probably the most dangerous fifteen year old in the world.
{Dawn}
His thoughts wondered as he sat there thinking about the slayer's sister. He couldn't believe that she has only been with them for the last eight months or so since the Monks created her. Giles stopped his train of thought as he refused to go down a road that he'd visited too many times.
{No!} he thought to himself, {she is a part of us as we are a part of her. She is our family} He smiled at his mental image of all of the gang with Dawn. Hearing Buffy in the back as she continued to train brought his thoughts back to his slayer. Some days seemed better than others for her and today seemed to be one of those days as he remembered how she had came into the shop eager to train this morning. However, just when Buffy was starting to get over the whole Riley ordeal and was trying to focus on Dawn something else popped up.
Something that no one had expected, especially Buffy. It seemed that Spike had confessed his love for the slayer just a few days ago to which Buffy didn't take very well. At least that's the conclusion Giles was drawing as he heard her land a kick to the punching bag that almost made him want to rescue it.
Giles' attention was shifted as the bell rang above the Magic Shop entrance. {Please don't let that be a customer, please don't let that be a customer}
Giles was happy to see that it was Xander and Willow, that is, he was happy until he saw Xander leaning on Willow as they came closer.
"Oh! Oh!...slow down, slow down." Xander said with a grimace.
"What happened?" Giles asked, still reclined in the chair.
"This big!...big!" Xander said trying to explain with his hands, but the sudden hand movement made the pain worse.
"Big What? Demon? Dear Lord, was it Glory?" Giles asked as he actually almost moved a piece of his body when he mentioned her name.
"No, not Glory." Willow answered as she helped Xander down into the other EZ-chair across from Giles.
"It might as well had been, though." Xander said as he slowly leaned back into the chair with a grimace.
"A woman at the mall kicked him in the..." Willow stopped as she saw Giles' state, "Did she come here too?" Willow asked.
Giles nodded his head towards the training room as much as possible without moving.
"Oh." Willow said as she heard the punching bag screaming for help.
Willow looked at Xander, who nodded his head, "Thank you." he said trying to stay as still as possible.
Just when Xander was feeling like he could actually have children one day, Buffy came out of the training room and yelled, "Catch." as she threw a pair of boxing gloves towards him.
Xander caught one, but the other one hit him below the belt.
All eyes turned to Xander as Willow tried to get his attention. The only response she got was a look on his face that made Giles look like he was doing gymnastics.
"What's wrong with him?" Buffy asked Willow.
"Well, we were at the mall and this woma..." Willow stopped her explanation when she saw Xander shaking his head no, but it was too late.
"The Mall?" Buffy asked.
"Uhhh..." Willow said looking at Xander and then Giles for his help.
"I thought you said you were working today." Buffy said looking at Xander.
"Uhh...I-I was working. I was...uhh...helping paint the new store in the mall before it opened up." Xander said with a smile of triumph.
"And what's the name of this new store?" Buffy asked.
Xander looked at her in horror before closing his eyes with a cringe, "Make it quick."
Buffy smiled inwardly as she grabbed a bottle of water off of the counter and headed back for the training room.
Willow was about to say she was sorry to Xander until Buffy cut her off, "Will, could you come give me a hand with the punching bag? It doesn't seem to want to stand still."
Willow looked at Buffy in the same manner Xander looked at her a minute ago, then she looked at Xander, who had a smile on his face, "Uhh...I would Buffy, but I...'ve got to...uhh...meet Tara at the...tanning place...yeah! You know, got to look good for the guys!" She said a little to excited, then realising what she said she made a dash for the door, leaving Xander and Giles alone at Buffy's mercy.
"Where's a vampire when you need one." Giles heard Xander mutter.
......................................
Magic Shop
Around 8:00 P.M.
Buffy had called it a night about three hours ago when Dawn came by after school. Ever since then Giles and Xander had been alone in the shop. They had not moved from their respective EZ-chairs since waving bye to Dawn and Buffy.
It was safe to say that this was one of the worst days of Xander's life. Sure it wasn't hellmouthy bad, but it still had been one of his worst. Xander just sat there and used the only part of his body that was currently working at the moment...his mind, as he started remembering some of the day's events.
Xander's apartment, that morning
6:00 A.M.
Xander was awakened by a knocking at his door as he fell out of bed and landed on the floor with a thud.
"Who is it?" Xander asked, dragging himself to the door in a stupor.
"It's me." Buffy said through the door, changing Xander's face from one of sleepy, groggy to panick as he suddenly remembered that he'd promised Buffy that he would help her train today. However, he was still sore from the last time he'd trained with her and that was just two days ago. So he hurried to his closet to find some clothes as he yelled back in panick, "Just a minute!" {OH GOD! OH GOD! Think, how can I get out of this} then it hit him. After a few minutes passed he went to the door and opened it.
There was Buffy dressed in one of her grey tank tops and her black sweats as she leaned against the door, "What's this?" she said looking at his stained blue jeans and his white shirt, "Do I get to train with Carl the plummer today?"
Xander brushed off Buffy's comment, "I'm sorry Buff, but I forgot that I have to work today." After saying sorry a million times she finally left.
Xander went to lie back down only to have the phone ring.
After letting out a breath of frustration, he reached over to the nightstand and answered it, "Yeah."
[Xander, what are you doing]
"Well, I was trying to sleep, but it seems that isn't going to happen." Xander said.
[Good, then you can meet me for breakfast. It'll be fun!]
"Anya, I told you that I wanted to sleep in today. Remember, I said we would go out tonight and eat. You know, tonight as in the opposite of day."
[But Denny's is giving away things with their meals. I saw it on TV!]
Xander let out another breath, "Okay, give me forty five minutes to shower and clean up, then I'll come by and pick you up."
After hanging up the phone, Xander went and took a shower as he tried to get the sleep out of his eyes. However, because his hands were blocking his view he didn't see the drawer he'd left open. The same drawer that just about ten minutes ago he'd went rushing into for his old work clothes to use for an excuse to get out of training with Buffy. He walked right into it sending shocks of pain throughout his lower body, almost making him wish that he was training with Buffy at the moment.
After the pain went away, or at least went away enough so that he could move, Xander shut the drawer with enough force that would've rivalled Buffy's slayer strengh, before heading into the bathroom to take a shower. Just as Xander stepped into the shower and closed the door Mrs. Peterman across the hall heard a loud scream coming from Xander's apartment. That was the kind of day Xander was having and it wasn't even seven in the morning yet.
Xander let out a breath to let Giles know he was still alive.
"Hey G-Man." he mumbled.
When he got no answer he slightly craned his neck to see Giles.
"I told you I will never answer to that name." Giles said with a wet rag on his head before removing it and slowly pushing himself into an upright position.
"I think it's time we called it a night." Giles said getting out of the chair.
"I called it a night a couple of hours ago." Xander said still leaning back in the chair.
"You can't just sleep here all night."
"You wanna bet." Xander said closing his eyes.
Giles took the keys to the shop out of his pocket, "Yes, good. You could be here to let Buffy in when she gets here at six in the morning to train." Giles said walking to the door, but was beaten to it by Xander.
"See ya." Xander said as he ran past a smiling Giles and out the door.
................................................
11:00 P.M.
After he left the Magic shop Xander went by Anya's and took her out to eat. Well, actually they ordered a pizza, but he still paid for it. They ate their pizza and watched a little bit of TV at her place. Anya asked him to stay the night, but he told her that he was still sore from Buffy and him going at it, which didn't seem to go over too well with Anya, especially when he worded it that way. However, he put out the fire that was jealous Anya and kissed her goodnight as he left.
Now driving back to his place, he yawned as he tried to make it home without falling asleep. He turned the corner about a block from his place when he heard a girl's scream pierce through the night. Xander came to a stop with a screech from his brakes as he listened for where it had came from. When he heard the scream again he made a U-turn back the other way. It was coming from the park he had just passed a block ago.
{Of course, its always has to be in a park, or a cemetery} he thought as he brought the car to another screeching hault and got out. He reached into the back seat and pulled out a stake and a cross, "Never leave home without it." he muttered out loud as he ran towards the scream. Xander wasn't prepared for what he saw. It was almost as if they were a pack of wolves.
There was a dozen vamps feeding on what looked like a family. Three of them were feeding on what Xander guessed to be the father. While three others were feeding on what looked to be the mother. The worst, however, was when Xander saw two kids on the ground with four vampires hunkered over them. The vamps looked like cats licking themselves after a meal as they grinned from fang to fang. After seeing this something inside of Xander screamed out as he ran like a man possessed towards the only survivor, who looked to be the oldest daughter. She was backing up when she bumped into a bench as she stumbled to the ground while two vamps salivated over the possible meal. However, they didn't see Xander as he came up from behind and staked one of them. After hearing his comrade turn to ash, the other vamp turned around, only to get a stake in the heart for his troubles.
The sudden scuffle had seemed to get the other's attention as they all started making their way towards Xander and the girl on the ground.
"Get up!" Xander yelled, with his attention still on the approaching vamps.
"We have to... (he was cut off by a hand to the throat when he turned around)
"My Hero." the girl who Xander had saved said as she held him up by the throat smiling, before her face changed as she lowered her fangs into Xander's neck. As the dizziness overcame him from her bite, the last thing Xander saw was a flash of light as it engulfed his view.
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Xander woke with a jerk from bed at the sound of someone knocking at his door. Xander looked around his room as he tried to catch his bearings. The knocking, however, continued.
"Just a minute!" Xander yelled out loud as he got out of bed and threw on a white t-shirt.
"What the hel...Buffy." Xander said, adjusting as he opened the door.
"You ready?" she said in a chipper manner leaning up against his doorway.
"Ready, ready for what?" Xander asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"For training." she said making Xander wish he was still dreaming about being killed.
Disclaimer: The characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer belong to UPN, Joss, etc....
Distribution: Yeah! like you'd want this.
Summary: Xander gets a feeling of Deja vu.
Setting: Season 5, right before I was Made to Love you.
Feedback: Actually what I need is some dental insurance so that it won't cost me my fic writing hands to get my Wisdom teeth pulled, but I'll accept feedback.
Rating: PG-13
Part 1
Saturday Feb 17, 2001
Sunnydale Mall
Around 1:00 P.M.
"What do you think?" Willow said holding up a pair of black shoes.
"Huh." Xander said with his back turned.
"Xander." Willow said a little annoyed.
"What do you think?" Willow asked again as he turned around with a pair of silk, red stockings in his hands.
To Willow's look, Xander quickly threw the stockings behind him.
"Red, Huh."
"Uh...Anya said she needed some...umm...accessories." Xander said, his face turning almost as red as the stockings he had a minute ago.
Willow wanted to go to the mall and buy Buffy a pair of shoes and to her surprise, Xander said he wanted to come with her. She loved Xander's company, but right now she needed a girl's opinion, Buffy's opinion to be precise. She'd originally planned on taking Buffy herself, but she refused saying that she had to train, so Willow thought, {If I can't bring Buffy shopping, I'll bring the shopping to Buffy}.
Xander hesitated as he looked back and forth between Willow and the pair of shoes she held up,
"Uhh...they're nice?" he asked as if hoping it was the right answer.
"Nice?" Willow said in frustration.
At Willow's response, Xander panicked, "Uh...great...Yeah, they're great. Are they great?" he asked in a worried voice.
"Xanderrr...at least try." Willow said as she put the shoes back into the box.
"I am trying Will, but It's not as if I'm Joan Rivers."
"Well, its a good thing you're not because I don't think she'd be shopping at a place called, Shoes & Stuff." Willow said as they left the store.
"I'm sorry I'm not being all girlie with you Will, it's just...I'm not into shopping that much."
"Then why did you come?"
"Well, it was either this or train with Buffy." Xander said as he tugged at his pants a little.
"Still sore?" Willow asked as she sat down on a hard rock bench in the center of the mall.
Willow motioned for Xander to sit, but the only response she got was a How Dare You look.
"You want anything to drink?" Xander asked motioning behind him with his hand towards the Peanut Shack. Willow didn't have time to answer because Xander's hand landed on a blond haired woman walking behind him, who looked to be in her early thirties, dressed in a red blouse and black pants. Lets just say, Xander's hand landed were it shouldn't.
"Ahh...you perv!" the woman yelled.
Xander tried to apologize, but the only response he got was a knee to the groin, sending him to his knees as the woman scurried away muttering to herself out loud.
Willow kneeled beside him, "Oh...Xander."
"Where's**cough**a vampire when you need**cough**one." he said on the ground.
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The Magic Shop
about thirty minutes later
Giles was taking a break from his training session with Buffy as he sat down in one of the two EZ-chairs that Xander begged him to buy after Xander trained with Buffy about a week ago. As Giles leaned back, with a couple of ice packs to his knees and one by his groin. It seemed Buffy had been doing a lot of that lately, training and such. However, Giles was just glad for Buffy to be doing anything at all. The last few months had been hard on her with her mother fighting something that Buffy has no control over and then Riley leaving. However, the hardest obstacle was when Buffy found out that Dawn was probably the most dangerous fifteen year old in the world.
{Dawn}
His thoughts wondered as he sat there thinking about the slayer's sister. He couldn't believe that she has only been with them for the last eight months or so since the Monks created her. Giles stopped his train of thought as he refused to go down a road that he'd visited too many times.
{No!} he thought to himself, {she is a part of us as we are a part of her. She is our family} He smiled at his mental image of all of the gang with Dawn. Hearing Buffy in the back as she continued to train brought his thoughts back to his slayer. Some days seemed better than others for her and today seemed to be one of those days as he remembered how she had came into the shop eager to train this morning. However, just when Buffy was starting to get over the whole Riley ordeal and was trying to focus on Dawn something else popped up.
Something that no one had expected, especially Buffy. It seemed that Spike had confessed his love for the slayer just a few days ago to which Buffy didn't take very well. At least that's the conclusion Giles was drawing as he heard her land a kick to the punching bag that almost made him want to rescue it.
Giles' attention was shifted as the bell rang above the Magic Shop entrance. {Please don't let that be a customer, please don't let that be a customer}
Giles was happy to see that it was Xander and Willow, that is, he was happy until he saw Xander leaning on Willow as they came closer.
"Oh! Oh!...slow down, slow down." Xander said with a grimace.
"What happened?" Giles asked, still reclined in the chair.
"This big!...big!" Xander said trying to explain with his hands, but the sudden hand movement made the pain worse.
"Big What? Demon? Dear Lord, was it Glory?" Giles asked as he actually almost moved a piece of his body when he mentioned her name.
"No, not Glory." Willow answered as she helped Xander down into the other EZ-chair across from Giles.
"It might as well had been, though." Xander said as he slowly leaned back into the chair with a grimace.
"A woman at the mall kicked him in the..." Willow stopped as she saw Giles' state, "Did she come here too?" Willow asked.
Giles nodded his head towards the training room as much as possible without moving.
"Oh." Willow said as she heard the punching bag screaming for help.
Willow looked at Xander, who nodded his head, "Thank you." he said trying to stay as still as possible.
Just when Xander was feeling like he could actually have children one day, Buffy came out of the training room and yelled, "Catch." as she threw a pair of boxing gloves towards him.
Xander caught one, but the other one hit him below the belt.
All eyes turned to Xander as Willow tried to get his attention. The only response she got was a look on his face that made Giles look like he was doing gymnastics.
"What's wrong with him?" Buffy asked Willow.
"Well, we were at the mall and this woma..." Willow stopped her explanation when she saw Xander shaking his head no, but it was too late.
"The Mall?" Buffy asked.
"Uhhh..." Willow said looking at Xander and then Giles for his help.
"I thought you said you were working today." Buffy said looking at Xander.
"Uhh...I-I was working. I was...uhh...helping paint the new store in the mall before it opened up." Xander said with a smile of triumph.
"And what's the name of this new store?" Buffy asked.
Xander looked at her in horror before closing his eyes with a cringe, "Make it quick."
Buffy smiled inwardly as she grabbed a bottle of water off of the counter and headed back for the training room.
Willow was about to say she was sorry to Xander until Buffy cut her off, "Will, could you come give me a hand with the punching bag? It doesn't seem to want to stand still."
Willow looked at Buffy in the same manner Xander looked at her a minute ago, then she looked at Xander, who had a smile on his face, "Uhh...I would Buffy, but I...'ve got to...uhh...meet Tara at the...tanning place...yeah! You know, got to look good for the guys!" She said a little to excited, then realising what she said she made a dash for the door, leaving Xander and Giles alone at Buffy's mercy.
"Where's a vampire when you need one." Giles heard Xander mutter.
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Magic Shop
Around 8:00 P.M.
Buffy had called it a night about three hours ago when Dawn came by after school. Ever since then Giles and Xander had been alone in the shop. They had not moved from their respective EZ-chairs since waving bye to Dawn and Buffy.
It was safe to say that this was one of the worst days of Xander's life. Sure it wasn't hellmouthy bad, but it still had been one of his worst. Xander just sat there and used the only part of his body that was currently working at the moment...his mind, as he started remembering some of the day's events.
Xander's apartment, that morning
6:00 A.M.
Xander was awakened by a knocking at his door as he fell out of bed and landed on the floor with a thud.
"Who is it?" Xander asked, dragging himself to the door in a stupor.
"It's me." Buffy said through the door, changing Xander's face from one of sleepy, groggy to panick as he suddenly remembered that he'd promised Buffy that he would help her train today. However, he was still sore from the last time he'd trained with her and that was just two days ago. So he hurried to his closet to find some clothes as he yelled back in panick, "Just a minute!" {OH GOD! OH GOD! Think, how can I get out of this} then it hit him. After a few minutes passed he went to the door and opened it.
There was Buffy dressed in one of her grey tank tops and her black sweats as she leaned against the door, "What's this?" she said looking at his stained blue jeans and his white shirt, "Do I get to train with Carl the plummer today?"
Xander brushed off Buffy's comment, "I'm sorry Buff, but I forgot that I have to work today." After saying sorry a million times she finally left.
Xander went to lie back down only to have the phone ring.
After letting out a breath of frustration, he reached over to the nightstand and answered it, "Yeah."
[Xander, what are you doing]
"Well, I was trying to sleep, but it seems that isn't going to happen." Xander said.
[Good, then you can meet me for breakfast. It'll be fun!]
"Anya, I told you that I wanted to sleep in today. Remember, I said we would go out tonight and eat. You know, tonight as in the opposite of day."
[But Denny's is giving away things with their meals. I saw it on TV!]
Xander let out another breath, "Okay, give me forty five minutes to shower and clean up, then I'll come by and pick you up."
After hanging up the phone, Xander went and took a shower as he tried to get the sleep out of his eyes. However, because his hands were blocking his view he didn't see the drawer he'd left open. The same drawer that just about ten minutes ago he'd went rushing into for his old work clothes to use for an excuse to get out of training with Buffy. He walked right into it sending shocks of pain throughout his lower body, almost making him wish that he was training with Buffy at the moment.
After the pain went away, or at least went away enough so that he could move, Xander shut the drawer with enough force that would've rivalled Buffy's slayer strengh, before heading into the bathroom to take a shower. Just as Xander stepped into the shower and closed the door Mrs. Peterman across the hall heard a loud scream coming from Xander's apartment. That was the kind of day Xander was having and it wasn't even seven in the morning yet.
Xander let out a breath to let Giles know he was still alive.
"Hey G-Man." he mumbled.
When he got no answer he slightly craned his neck to see Giles.
"I told you I will never answer to that name." Giles said with a wet rag on his head before removing it and slowly pushing himself into an upright position.
"I think it's time we called it a night." Giles said getting out of the chair.
"I called it a night a couple of hours ago." Xander said still leaning back in the chair.
"You can't just sleep here all night."
"You wanna bet." Xander said closing his eyes.
Giles took the keys to the shop out of his pocket, "Yes, good. You could be here to let Buffy in when she gets here at six in the morning to train." Giles said walking to the door, but was beaten to it by Xander.
"See ya." Xander said as he ran past a smiling Giles and out the door.
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11:00 P.M.
After he left the Magic shop Xander went by Anya's and took her out to eat. Well, actually they ordered a pizza, but he still paid for it. They ate their pizza and watched a little bit of TV at her place. Anya asked him to stay the night, but he told her that he was still sore from Buffy and him going at it, which didn't seem to go over too well with Anya, especially when he worded it that way. However, he put out the fire that was jealous Anya and kissed her goodnight as he left.
Now driving back to his place, he yawned as he tried to make it home without falling asleep. He turned the corner about a block from his place when he heard a girl's scream pierce through the night. Xander came to a stop with a screech from his brakes as he listened for where it had came from. When he heard the scream again he made a U-turn back the other way. It was coming from the park he had just passed a block ago.
{Of course, its always has to be in a park, or a cemetery} he thought as he brought the car to another screeching hault and got out. He reached into the back seat and pulled out a stake and a cross, "Never leave home without it." he muttered out loud as he ran towards the scream. Xander wasn't prepared for what he saw. It was almost as if they were a pack of wolves.
There was a dozen vamps feeding on what looked like a family. Three of them were feeding on what Xander guessed to be the father. While three others were feeding on what looked to be the mother. The worst, however, was when Xander saw two kids on the ground with four vampires hunkered over them. The vamps looked like cats licking themselves after a meal as they grinned from fang to fang. After seeing this something inside of Xander screamed out as he ran like a man possessed towards the only survivor, who looked to be the oldest daughter. She was backing up when she bumped into a bench as she stumbled to the ground while two vamps salivated over the possible meal. However, they didn't see Xander as he came up from behind and staked one of them. After hearing his comrade turn to ash, the other vamp turned around, only to get a stake in the heart for his troubles.
The sudden scuffle had seemed to get the other's attention as they all started making their way towards Xander and the girl on the ground.
"Get up!" Xander yelled, with his attention still on the approaching vamps.
"We have to... (he was cut off by a hand to the throat when he turned around)
"My Hero." the girl who Xander had saved said as she held him up by the throat smiling, before her face changed as she lowered her fangs into Xander's neck. As the dizziness overcame him from her bite, the last thing Xander saw was a flash of light as it engulfed his view.
........................
Xander woke with a jerk from bed at the sound of someone knocking at his door. Xander looked around his room as he tried to catch his bearings. The knocking, however, continued.
"Just a minute!" Xander yelled out loud as he got out of bed and threw on a white t-shirt.
"What the hel...Buffy." Xander said, adjusting as he opened the door.
"You ready?" she said in a chipper manner leaning up against his doorway.
"Ready, ready for what?" Xander asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"For training." she said making Xander wish he was still dreaming about being killed.