Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy and Co. they are the property of Joss Mutant Enemy and/or the WB. The immortal concept and the immortal watchers are borrowed from Highlander which is the property of Rysher Entertainment. Katherine Goddard and Martin are mine as are any unrecognized characters.
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Kate and Martin finished dinner. They decided to work off some of the calories in the bedroom. After their *workout* they began to talk. Kate told Martin about running into Beth and the Slayer. She told him about killing them.
He looked at her and sighed, "Dearest, you did not kill the Slayer."
"Oh yes I did she went down like a ton of bricks," Kate responded.
"Well you did not kill her," he repeated.
"I did too. I saw her hit in the heart and several other places, she could not have survived. Beside's what do you know you were not there," Kate annoyingly replied.
"I know but I still feel her," Martin said.
"What do you mean feel her," Kate asked intrigued.
"As a vampire ages they get more powerful, with that power comes sensitivity, I can feel the psychic energy that the Slayer uses. Just as she can feel vampires out so can I feel her out," Martin replied.
"How powerful is that feeling," Kate asked.
"Enough to know that she is alive, and if closer in what direction she was coming from," Martin replied.
"Kinda like my Immortal perception, but still she must be dead," Kate said.
"Or Immortal," Martin said.
"WHAT!!" Kate asked with surprise.
"Well there is a legend that as there was an Immortal Watcher, there would one day be an Immortal Slayer, after the time of the Immortal Watcher. Merrick was that watcher and he was killed by Lothos," Martin answered.
"So this Slayer is an immortal, come to think of it that Buzz was strong, it might have been a double buzz that I felt," Kate replied.
"Well you are the expert on Immortals," Martin replied.
"This gives me a plan. If the Slayer is Immortal then she should be very powerful. Her blood could rejuvenate you, and then I can take her Quickening," Kate said evilly.
"My thoughts exactly," Martin said.
"Well then to find her," Kate said.
Kate and Martin got ready for battle. Kate made Martin wear a Kevlar lined vest to protect against stakes. While she dipped a dagger and her sword in some fast acting poison. The poison was colorless and odorless so not as to alert her adversary to the fact. She also hid the pistol in the small of her back. They then went and got in their car. They looked at Buffy's house, but she was not there. They tried Willow and Xander's houses but no luck. They even tried the Bronze but neither Martin or Kate felt anything.
"Where the hell is she," Kate asked as she slapped the steering wheel in frustration.
"I don't know, the only place we haven't tried is the school, but what teenagers would be at school after hours," Martin asked.
"Wait that is it. The Slayer's Watcher is the Librarian, so where would the perfect place to train her be," Kate asked rhetorically.
"Of course the one place most people don't go, the Library," Martin answered.
Kate sped off toward the school. She pulled into the parking lot. In the parking lot were several cars. One was the car that rescued that boy, a Chrysler Cirrus, a Pontiac Firehawk, and a older British made Citreon. Kate looked over at Martin. He had his eyes closed.
"Yes she is here and close," Martin said.
"Ten to one she's in the Library," Kate joked getting out of the car.
"No bet," Martin said getting out also.
"Well lets go get some," Kate said.
She and Martin sneaked across the courtyard to the main building. The door was unlocked, they preceded to enter the school building. They walked toward the library. They could hear voices coming from inside. Kate stopped she did not want to set off the buzz until she was ready. She drew her sword and started forward. Martin stopped her.
"They know about us and are trying to decide a plan of action," he relayed to Kate the conversation he heard using vampire enhanced hearing.
"Well how about we kill them," Kate said.
"Well that's my girl, but wait here for a second" Martin said grabbing the gun from Kate and walking forward. He opened the door quietly. He surveyed the scene across the library there were two women at a couple computers surrounded by five others. Three women and two men. Much to his surprise one of the men was a vampire. Must be that renegade Angel that he had heard about. He needs a lesson taught to him about loyalty to one's own kind. He turned and motioned for Kate to come on. He knew that the Immortals would feel her so he walked on in.
He looked at them and to catch them off guard said menacingly, "Well I have and Idea." As he cocked the gun with a resounding clink-clunk.
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The entire group turned toward the sound of the voice. At the same time Beth and Buffy felt the presence of an another Immortal. Buffy also felt something else, a vampire and strong one at that. Apparently the mountain had come to Mohammad. Kate joined her husband in the doorway. The site was not one to inspire hope. Kate looked regal standing there with her sword drawn and Martin looked strong enough plus he had a pistol. This did not frighten the three immortal beings, but scared the hell out of the other five. Cordelia started muttering and whining about they did it to her again. Xander looked to Willow to say good bye, as she looked at him with a firm look of love and acceptance of fate. Jenny and Rupert exchange looks and then turned to face the pair.
What happened next can only be summed up in four little words: ALL HELL BROKE LOSE. Buffy and Beth drew their swords in preparation to defend the others, Angel changed to his game face. Willow Xander and Cordelia froze in place. Jenny and Giles did the unexpected. Giles produced small crossbow from seemingly nowhere and aimed at Martin. Jenny on the opposite hand reached under the computer table and grabbed a large pistol from the hidden holster attached to the table. Jenny took aim and fired at Kate hitting her in the chest. Giles shot the crossbow arrow directly at Martin hitting his heart area dead on. The effect was immediate, nothing happened to the pair, except surprising them and then pissing them off. They both were wearing body armor. The bullet caused Kate to stumble but she quickly recovered and the arrow stuck into the fabric of Martins shirt.
Jenny dropped down to the floor. Along the way she jerked Xander and Cordelia to the ground with her. She knocked a table onto the side to provide some protection against the gunfire about to irrupt. Giles froze in shock for a second at the sight of Martin, who was looking down and then plucked the arrow out and tossed it away. Willow recovered from her paralysis and grabbed Giles bringing him to the floor beside Jenny and the others.
Kate ducked down to avoid any other shots that Jenny would fire, she knew the Watcher would now go for the head shot. Martin on the other hand opened fire. He aimed for, but thanks to Willow, missed Giles. This gave Beth and Buffy time to duck for cover. Angel started forward but Martin turned the pistol and emptied it into him. The shots could not kill him but they sure smarted. Martin then clicked the release and the clip fell out. He was in the process of putting in another clip, when Jenny emptied her gun into him. One bullet hit just right to damage the clip so it could not go into the pistol. This caused Martin to drop for cover with Kate who had the ammo. Kate looked and only had one more clip. She handed it to Martin, she motioned for him to provide cover fire while they retreated. Jenny on the other hand reloaded the pistol to provide cover for Buffy and Beth to get closer to the pair. Kate and Martin realized this and he aimed the gun and opened fire. With the first shot he and Kate were up and moving toward the door. He fired the last round as the doors opened letting them into the hall.
Buffy and Beth jumped up to pursue. Buffy meet Angel eyes said, "Protect them. I Love you," then ran out the door behind Beth. The two ran down the hall full speed. Beth's slight lead diminished as Buffy put her enhanced speed to good use. She quickly caught up with Beth as she slammed the doors to the outside open. Up ahead Kate and Martin were a few feet away from their car.
Beth stopped and grabbed Buffy knowing that it was futile to try to stop them. She knew that they would make it to their car before them. She did the only thing she could do. Beth issued a challenge to Kate, "Katherine Goddard I challenge you for your head, If you run away I will hunt you down like the bitch you are."
Kate halted at the sound of the challenge her blood boiled and she turned and said, "Alright, I accept but know this when you die your student will follow suit very soon."
She said as she opened the trunk and pulled a large broadsword out and handed it to Martin. She looked at him and said, "Drain the Slayer and then when I am done with this one remove her head and I will take both of their Quickenings."
Buffy put her hand on her hip and said, "I don't think so."
Kate and Beth met each other in the middle of the parking lot with a clash of swords. Kate, while a good fighter, was not really in the same league as Beth. Beth had more experience, agility, and strength, but Kate had her cheating ways to equal out the fight. In addition to the poison on her blade, she had the dagger, and the body armor. Kate thrust toward Beth intending to cut her shoulder, but Beth parried and Kate missed. Beth returned the favor but her hit was lessened by the armor protecting Kate's chest and abdomen. Kate returned landing a scratch to Beth's arm. Beth felt the fire in the scratch and knew that the blade had poison on it. She had expected it and allowed for it. Beth backed up and then moved forward and attacked Kate full on frontal with her sword swinging in a dangerous arc.
Meanwhile Buffy was having her own problems. While Beth had taught her well, this was an unusual fight for Buffy. Martin may have been weakened but he could still pack a punch. He attacked Buffy, using his vampire strength and agility to his advantage. He cut at Buffy's shoulder and as she would parry, he would drop and nick her leg. Then he tried lunging forward and thrusting the sword into her chest, Buffy blocked him. He then kicked the feet out from under her and tried to skewer her to the concrete. Buffy rolled out of the blade's reach and jumped to her feet. She waited as Martin paused looking at his wife.
Kate tried to block the arcing swing but took a very deep cut to the shoulder for her trouble. The pain was so intense, it broke her concentration. Beth used this advantage to press her attack. She had to end this fight and soon for the poison was working fast. Beth's arm was numb and the feeling was spreading. She let Kate get a good hit in to her shoulder before slicing Kate's leg to the bone with a downward stroke. The pain caused Kate to back off enough for Beth to take aim at her sword shoulder. Beth sliced it deep. Kate cried out and then dodged back out of reach. Her sword dropped as damaged shoulder muscles were not relaying the proper commands to her arm. Kate was desperate, she used her free had to grab the dagger and toss it at Beth. The pain caused two things to happen first she misjudged and second she telegraphed the move to Beth. She saw the dagger and ducked as it flew over her head. She then from the ducked position thrust the sword up. The point of the blade slid in under the body armor and sunk up into Kate's body. She looked down stunned and then fell to her knees. She looked over to Martin with disbelief in her eyes.
Martin was looking at his wife when he heard two things. The first was Beth saying "There can be only one" and Buffy saying "Nighty night Martin"
Beth's sword dropped down and sliced through the neck separating the head from the rest of the body. A blueish mist rose up from the body. At the same time Buffy swung her sword in a high arc separating Martin's body from his head. The body fell to the ground and a black mist started rising from the body as it dissolved into dust.
The two mists one black and one blue joined together the black seeming to feed the blue. The result was a giant Quickening. The two merged then split apart and hit both Buffy and Beth at the same time. They both screamed out as the Quickening was unleashed. A ring of damage spread out around them. There were lighting bolts flashing everywhere and small explosions as well. Luck was with them when only the BMW exploded from the energy release. Finally they were released and fell to the ground on their knees. Out of breathe, bloody, tired but alive. This is the way the others found them.
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The next day was business as usual for the group. They met in the library. After the fight the night before they had split up. They left in a hurry to avoid any police involvement. The next day the official story was a freak storm had blown through and as a result a car exploded and some how this caused a woman to be decapitated. The library was more or less undamaged from the gunfight. A few judiciously rearranged bookshelves and the damage to the walls were hidden. The damaged table was substituted for the one in Giles office and all evidence was thus covered up.
What was uncertain was what had happened. Why had both Buffy and Beth received a Quickening. Never in all of Beth's years or Buffy's Slaying had something like that ever happened.
"And you two don't know what happened," Willow asked.
"No, it was like nothing I have ever seen, and believe me I have seen a lot," Beth replied.
"Ever see a tortoise fly," Xander remarked with a smirk.
"Yes I have," Beth responded stunning the smirk off his face and causing him to go speechless.
"Well there is no precedence in any of the books I have read," Giles said ignoring Xander and Beth's off subject banter.
"There is one possibility that because Martin used Katherine as a constant food source this some how transferred some of the her power to him. Once both were killed the power converged and then split going to the respective killers," Jenny hypothesized.
"Neat although a little on the Wiggy side," replied Buffy.
"Well what ever, I have cheerleading practice," said Cordelia as she vaunted away from the group and out the library doors.
"Well we have class, too see ya later guys," said Willow as she and Xander left for class.
"Later," Buffy replied.
Finally it was just Buffy Giles and Beth in the Library. Jenny had class. They were sitting discussing something when the doors opened again. This time a young woman about fifteen or sixteen walked in. She bravely walked up to them and asked, "Is this where I come to get my books, I am new here."
"Yes which do you need Miss..." Giles asked.
"Oh it's Robyn, Robyn Snow," said the young woman as she and Giles walked toward his office to retrieve for her the requested books from the storage closet.
Buffy was stunned and looked at Beth to confirm what she felt. She asked, "Am I flipping or did she feel like one of us only not as strong."
"Yes, she is or will be an Immortal," Beth said.
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