Author: Cha-Cha
Disclaimer: Still don't own them so please don't sue!
A/N: Sorry this took so long to come but other ideas and real life too over! Hope you enjoy this!
A large spiky faced demon burst through the window, axe in hand and several scaly minions behind him. Without waiting for the people in the room to recover, they began to attack.
Grabbing a sword from the wall, Beth plunged herself into the fight, a surge of adrenaline and excitement filled her body as she faced her first demon. Choosing one of the scaly minions, she didn't give it a chance to blink before decapitating it and engaging the main demon in a duel.
Willow, Giles and Buffy meanwhile were each trying to fend off the scaly demons with no weapons as they had been set upon too quickly. Buffy had quickly dealt with hers by breaking their necks and Willow had managed to set hers on fire, which also caused the sprinklers to turn on unfortunately.
Going to Giles aid, they helped dispatch his as well before turning to help their newest arrival with the largest demon.
They needn't have bothered though for just as they had taken out the last of the scaly demons (and switched off the sprinklers in Willows case!) the Spiky demon had lost its duel with the slayer.
'What on earth was that about!'? Beth exclaimed.
The older gentleman cleared his throat and while cleaning his glasses as well as surveying the carnage, spoke 'we've been having a few problems with a certain demon gang recently. They didn't appreciate how many demons and Vampires we've killed here, so that was them coming to fix their problem.' Putting his glasses back on he extended his hand to Beth, after she put the sword down on a table, and shook hers. 'I'm Mr. Giles.'
'Beth.'
'Good work on the leader.' Buffy acknowledged.
'Thanks. Angel taught me how to fight.' Beth replied as though challenging her to criticise what Angel had taught her.
Instead the front door swung open. Expecting another demon, Beth grabbed her sword again readying it for use, only lowering it slightly when she saw the people entering were human.
'What happened here? You guys okay?' The young man asked. He was an average male with only one very distinctive feature on his face, an eye patch. Behind him came a younger girl with quite long brown hair.
'Who are you?' The girl asked.
'Beth.' Came the simple reply, not really sure who these people were or if they could be trusted.
'Oh you're the slayer from LA. I'm Dawn, Buffy's sister.' The girl introduced herself, a smile breaking out.
'Xander.' The guy nodded in a greeting.
'We're fine. The Krull gang came to try and put a stop to our activities.' Willow reassured him.
'And once again my skills are needed to mend a window! Haven't those guys ever heard of opening a door?' Xander asked not really expecting an answer.
Shaking their heads at what Xander had just said, the others in the room began to straighten the room up. Beth did a little in straightening it, but mostly felt out of place with this close-knit group.
'I wonder how she's doing.' Fred commented to no one in particular as she and the others, excluding Angel, sat on the chairs in Fred's lab.
'I miss her already.' Gunn agreed.
'She always knew how to brighten up a room.' Wesley added.
'Bloody hell, she isn't dead you morons! Am I the only one who sees that? Get over your moping and if you really want her back do something about it!' Spike practically shouted at them before leaving the room shaking his head.
'I hate it when he's right!' Fred got up and wandered over to the window.
'Yeah but how we gonna to bring her back?' Gunn asked.
'I suppose we could beg Buffy to return her but I highly doubt it would work.' Fred suggested.
'We've got an emergency, a very powerful demon is trying to take over the world and destroy it again.' Angel suddenly burst in chucking weapons to the members of his team, Spike following him into the room, sword already in hand.
'That would be one way to get her back!'
'How's he going to take over the world?' came the question as they hurried to the cars.
'He's going to release a powerful toxin over the city and wipe the memories of everyone. The seers say he's planning to re write their memories so as to do what he wants.' Angel explained revealing what his sources told him.
'Wow, he would have his own private army and use them to destroy the world for him without even lifting a finger. That's evil!' Fred commented understanding where Angel was headed.
'That's why we have to stop him.'
The phone rang, causing everyone to jump at this sudden sound.
After the room had been put back together again, Buffy had decided to test how much Beth knew, and was surprised how well she did having only fought a demon and a vampire.
Leaving the two women to take a breather from their training fighting, Giles answered the phone while Dawn and Xander continued with their research and Willow explored some higher planes with her magic.
'Yes…yes…I understand…how serious is it…okay...will do…bye.' Giles spoke down the phone before hanging up.
Seeing the curios glances aimed in his direction, Giles relayed the message. 'That was the coven in England; apparently they've sensed a powerful attack about to commence in Los Angeles. They're a little fuzzy on the details but it seems someone is about to enslave the city and use the inhabitants to take over the world.'
'We've got to go!' Beth exclaimed.
'I'm sure Angel and his team can handle it.' Buffy replied.
'Oh so what, he can't be trusted, especially not to train a new slayer, but when it comes to saving the world that's fine. Getting himself killed in the process is what, a bonus?' Beth lashed out, her temper flaring up.
'That's not it at all-' Buffy began, but Beth cut her off.
'No, my family is in LA. I'm not just talking about my parents and sisters, Angel, Fred, Gunn, Spike, Wesley; they're my family as well so whether you're coming with me or not, I'm going back. My family needs me! Angel once saved my life, it's my turn to return the favour. The only reason I'm not there now is because Angel was convinced I would learn more here!'
Buffy raised her eyebrows at the blonde woman while the others stared in disbelief that she had had the nerve to stand up to the original slayer.
'I guess we're going then. Willow, Xander, Giles, mount up. Dawn, I want you to do your homework and be in bed by 10. You've got school tomorrow.' Buffy gave the orders resignedly.
'But-' Dawn began but never had the chance to finish as Willow teleported the others back to LA once more.
'Are you sure this where the Angel said he was?' Fred asked as she, Spike and Wesley looked up outside the motel they had been told to go to.
'Top floor room 6.' Wesley replied.
'What we waiting for then?' Spike asked, taking the lead and jumping up the side of the building onto the top floor, two floors up.
'Better find the stairs then' Fred sighed as she and the ex-watcher made a run for the stairs and chasing after the vampire.
Gunn and Angel meanwhile were on the track of the toxin that was about to be released. Heading to the only airfield that had a scheduled flight to take off that night and flew over the city, they found nothing out of the ordinary.
'Maybe we're at the wrong place?' Gunn asked as they begun to look around.
'I don't think so.' Angel replied after a few seconds, 'I smell blood. That way.' He told him before heading in the direction he had indicated. Shrugging his shoulders, Gunn followed, keeping an ear out for anyone lurking in the deep shadows.
It wasn't long before they stumbled across two bodies: the one of the pilot and the one of the security guard on duty that night.
'Looks like they're already here.' Gunn murmured.
'We'd better find that plane then and quickly. They're probably loading the plane right now, these two have only been dead about 5 minutes.'
'Lets go then.'
Leaving the grassy area where they had found the two bodies, the two of them made their way closer to the planes scattered around. It didn't take long to find the demons loading the plane. There were 8 large demons, all covered in scales and dressed in gaudy Hawaiian shirts and shorts, in a chain passing the barrels full of the toxin into the back of the aircraft.
'Careful with that!' growled one of the scaly demons as one of the barrels slipped and almost hit the floor. 'He won't pay up if we mess this up and I for one have no wish to be a mindless slave.'
'Okay, you take on the four on the left, I'll take the four on the right.' Angel instructed from their hiding place behind a nearby plane.
'How about if we even up the odds a bit?' A voice from behind suggested.
Jumping slightly, the two men spun around and drew Beth into a tight hug.
'How-' they both started.
'Beth showed me that maybe I misjudged you and you could use some help.' Buffy replied.
'You know what's happening?' Angel asked. Buffy nodded. 'Okay, let's go, but don't spill any of that dust.'
Springing into action from their cover, Beth Buffy and Angel took on three hideously dressed demons each on the far right while Xander and Gunn took on the two middle, Willow the left two and Giles the Demon furthest from the plane.
The battle for Willow was the shortest of all of them as she telekinetically broke both of their necks before going to help Giles slice the demon with her sword she had brought with her.
Gunn and Xander meanwhile were holding their own against their two demons, forcing them back-to-back before finishing them off with their axes.
The two slayers and vampire had the hardest demons, as they were the closest to the bulk of the dust, causing them to be extra careful in the way they fought.
Beth easily drove the sword between he opponents ribs as her lunged forwards at her. Turning to Angel she saw that Buffy was also helping the vampire. This demon was the strongest with a blade in each hand.
Directly behind him was an open barrel of the dust waiting to be loaded. Knowing she was risking a lot by doing this, Beth ran behind the occupied demon, pulling on a pair of leather gloves she had in a pocket and pulling off her jacket, she scooped up some of the dust into her jacket before flinging it at the demons head.
The others had spotted hat she had planned and moved to a safe distance. Seeing the jacket flying towards their opponent, Buffy and Angel leapt backwards; Buffy back flipping behind some nearby crates and Angel leaping onto the hanger's roof.
Coming out from behind the side of the building, Beth decided to finish off the last demon.
'Stand still.' Beth commanded before killing him.
Willow came up behind them and said a word, which caused the barrels of toxins to disappear. Unfortunately, as the air seemed to pop around them, it caused Willow to collapse and her nose to bleed.
Rushing over to the fallen witch, they sighed in relief as they saw her groan and her eyes twitched before opening.
'Owwww,' the red head moaned.
'Where'd the barrels go?' Beth asked.
'Another plane or dimension. I'm not that sure, but they won't do any more harm. I magic-ed all of the dust there, even the grains on your gloves, jacket and on the demon.' Willow replied as she shakily got to her feet.
'BETH!' an excited shout came from behind the group. Turning they saw the missing members of Angels team coming towards them. Fred running towards their slayer, when arriving, hugging her tightly.
'Good to have you back Beth,' Wesley added. Spike nodded in acknowledgement of her, causing the girl to smile at being back with her family.
'The demon in charge of this.' Angel asked.
'Slimy bugger.' Spike replied. 'Tried to pin it on someone else. Didn't even need any pain before he broke down but he won't be causing any problems in the future.' The vampire grinned at his last statement.
'Thank you for helping.' Angel thanked Buffy and the other Scoobies that had come from Italy. Not unkindly he added 'Use our Jet to go home, Willow's not in any shape to teleport you all home.'
'Thanks.' Buffy replied, genuinely. 'I believe you really are using this firm to do good, but in the end evil is this firms purpose. It will either corrupt you or destroy you.' She added, worry lacing her voice.
'Maybe, but I hope we can use this firm to do more good than ever before. Maybe it will destroy us, but not for a long time yet. You never know what the future holds.' Angel replied, a sad smile playing his lips.
'Beth, you going to come with us?' Buffy asked.
The woman shook her head, 'I'm needed here. It's my home, and all my families here. You know?' Beth replied. The two teams separated on the airfield into those returning to Italy, and those staying.
'Yeah, I know what you mean. I'd hate to leave my family. Good luck.' Buffy replied as they hugged good-bye.
The hugs didn't stop with those two; all the friends said their goodbye before a large-ish jet landed nearby. Waving their last farewells, the Scooby gang boarded the plane, leaving behind Angel's team.
'It's great to have you back.' Angel murmured as they made their way back to the cars.
'I think this calls for a celebratory meal!' Wesley announced.
'Away for less than a day and I get a celebration; I've got to do it more often!' Beth exclaimed causing the others to laugh.
'No way are we ever letting you go again!' Fred retorted.
'So Chinese?' Gunn suggested.
'Suits me!' Angel and Beth agreed while the others nodded in agreement.
The end. Finally.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed it and once again I apologise for the really long delay!