Avengers Assemble!

Disclaimer: Don't own BTVS, Marvel or DC, simple as that.

Story is not been Beta read, nor shall it ever be again because I am tired of being deceived by people who offer their services only to screw me over later. If you can push past that and like my work cool, if you don't but are polite about it that's fine.

So here is the team's final time in Sunnyhell before they embark on their journey to the East Coast, one last bit of unpleasantness though thankfully no death involved this time.

"Speaking"

"Whispering"

*Thoughts*

*Sound effects*

Chapter 14: United we stand part 2.

One week after the incident, outside of Sunnydale High…

Time moves ever onward on the Hellmouth as the teens and their mentors continue to go out and save lives in the small town.

Things seemed to have calmed down after the events at Angel's home/business and the attack from demon Skip, though naturally the others teens who were not present during the event were shocked by news of it as it proved without a doubt that someone was out to get them.

After having a day to calm down with all that happened in regards to Angel's curse and learning of his choice to basically have a "dead" man's switch be placed on him to prevent Angelus from returning made peace with it, Buffy while not happy about it was not about to lose it either, though her relationship with Jenny was tenuous but not hostile so that was something at least.

Besides she was more worried on the attack on her friends by this unknown demon who apparently did not like the idea of having Angel not becoming a soulless monster. She vowed to introduce him to the sharp end of her sword should she ever see the creature and then test how much voltage his body could take.

Still she had hoped that this would be last thing to happen to them or she feared for her friends and family. It was bad enough the local bureaucracy coming in to take Xander, Willow, Oz and Cordy into the system given their status as orphans since their parents were either killed, sent to jail or up and abandon them.

Her mom, Jenny and Giles were trying to prevent this though as they didn't want to break the team up and more importantly they were family, yes they were quite the mismatch but damn if she didn't care for each of them for all they brought to her life ever since she came to Sunnydale as the Slayer and was taught that she could still have friends and still fight the good fight.

*Still I really, really want to believe that no more bad luck comes our way, I mean haven't we suffered enough?* She thinks in equal parts anger and sadness, not knowing she just taunted fate as she makes her towards the library.

"Yo Buffy!" She hears behind her and sees it is Xander and Willow making their way towards her.

"Hey guys, something going down?"

"Nothing at the moment, besides you looked like you could use some company." Xander says as he noticed she looked sad for some reason.

"You're not wrong, I was just thinking how we don't need more crap being piled on us at the moment what with what happened with Angel and that demon you and Oz fought."

"I second that; I mean why did it happen to us? Because we just wanted to be able to help more people?" Willow can't help but ask out loud as Xander places an arm around her, this was something he found himself doing or receiving when they think on their losses.

Buffy once more felt bad for her BF's, while she and her Father didn't have a great relationship after the divorce she felt the sting of loss just the same and sometimes would find herself thinking about him at random times, she figured Willow and Xander were the same and this made her hate whoever was responsible more.

Wanting to change the subject and lighten the mood the former Slayer caught the red head's attention.

"Hey Willow, how are you and Oz going with testing out of this hell hole?"

"Oh we are scheduled to test out later this week and we get the results in two days."

"So have you and him made plans on how to spend your time?" Xander says as he picks up the conversation while silently thank his blonde friend for the change in topic.

"We've talked about making use of the funds we have been accumulating with the online trading I've been doing through Joyce, Jenny's and Giles and I feel we got enough to start building some of the stuff we got rattling in our heads which we hope will catch on and earn us further money to get an HQ of our own." The young genius replies with confidence.

"So we going to go mansion or tower?" Xander discreetly asks as they pass a group of students.

"Let's first get our feet off the ground first before we decide ok?"

"Decide what?" They heard behind them, the trio looked to see Cordelia and Oz walking towards them.

"What the HQ will be once we got enough to mula to get one." Xander replies to the brunette who nods at the response.

"My vote is on Mansion." She says not surprisingly to the group.

"Tower." Is all the musician replies, again not surprising given his mode of transportation.

"I'll chime in when we get to that point in the meantime let's get to class first and then check with Giles." Buffy getting nods all around for her idea as they all proceed class, little did they know their lives would take one more shift.

Meanwhile in the Library…

Giles was currently praying against all odds that neither his lover or the teens came to their usual meeting place. The reason for this was a group of men and women in business suits staring at him with less than friendly looks, the only exception being an older black man a few years younger than him clad in a grey suit who looked like he didn't want to be here and next to him a black teenage girl around Buffy's age who was looking at everything like it was a threat and was wound up tight as if something could attack at any moment.

"What brings you here Mr. Travers?" He ask the stern faced man with sweep back graying hair and stern face, this being the head of the Watchers council Quentin Travers.

"We are here because you have failed to report the death of Slayer Summers as well as remaining here on the Hellmoouth." The stern man replies leaving Giles stunned.

"I beg your pardon!? Buffy Summers is quite alive and well sir!" Giles can't help blurt out.

"Then how do you explain young Kendra here being called as the next Slayer." Travers says as motions for the girl in question to step forward while her Watcher Sam Zanbuto stays slightly behind her.

"I…what?" Now Giles is really confused.

"She was called months ago, naturally we took this to mean Slayer Summers had fallen and yet despite this we never informed." A woman on Quentin's left says sternly as she gives Giles an icy look one that spark some irritation in the man that fueled his reply as well as leveling her a look that made gave her pause.

"In my defense I was not made aware of this event nor that I had been ordered to return madam, I dare say that sounds more like the fault of whoever was supposed to give said message and not I." That comment made a few heads look away in embarrassment with the exception of Sam who smirk at the quick reply.

*The man's still has a wicked tongue when needed.*

"Regardless of it we still have the matter of Slayer Young being called despite Slayer Summer's apparently not falling while heeding her sacred call." Travers rallied as he didn't want to give the man any ammunition to weasel out of this debacle.

The man before him was part of a group who sought to shake the status quo when he and others loyal to him persevered to stay true to their calling, basically meaning they wanted t stay the course while men like Giles sought to look into new forms of combating the forces of darkness while doing away with what they believed to be archaic traditions.

*At least Zanbuto knows better than try his luck with all this reform nonsense.* the head of the Council thinks just as the doors to the library open to reveal the group of young men and women that were part of the Avengers.

What happened next surprised everyone as Kendra launched herself at Buffy with a dagger she pulled seemingly out of nowhere. Buffy of course easily followed her movements as evidenced as she casually grabbed the other teen's wrist that held the dagger before she used her free hand to grab her by her shirt and hurl her over the desk where Giles lent and received the normal books.

Despite the impact Kendra quickly stood up and hurled her dagger at the young goddess who frankly thought it was an exercise in foolishness, hence she casually grabbed the weapon before it could reach her and crushed it with ease and no harm to her at all before she delivered a look that said "are you done now?".

Kendra sadly was not as she jumped over the desk and charged at the blonde teen only to be met by Xander who stood before his friend. The Jamaican born Slayer saw him and thought he was a minion or thrall so she attacked with a right hook he caught much to the surprise of herself and the council, this momentary lapse in attention worked to his benefit as he executed a judo throw on her that left her winded, though her trouble didn't end there as Xander rolled her over and held her arms back with surprising strength.

"Nice toss Xander." Willow threw out there.

"Thanks Wills, I've been practicing with Oz and Cordy." He grunts as he holds the struggling girl who looks for some leverage to free herself "…lady I can do this all day so cool off or you are not getting back up until I say so!" He barked at the girl.

"Kendra do as he says!" Her Watcher ordered as he wanted this pointless fight to end.

It galled her to no end to do so but she heeded her Watchers orders and stopped struggling. Xander let her go before standing up and joining his friends who keep an wary eye on the girl and the odd group.

"Ok now that we had that bit of excitement done can someone please explain what the hell is going on?" Cordelia demands as she looks seconds away from going green and physically getting answers.

"Yes of course, these are the board members of the Watchers Council…" Giles began to explain while the Council was still trying to understand how Kendra was bested.

"…and this is Samuel Zanbuto and Kendra Young, who is the Slayer much to my surprise." He ends with a look that says he doesn't know how it happened only that it did.

"Ok, shelving that bit of weirdness on a shelf for latter…" Willow begins to say while he mind is trying to understand how that worked when Buffy was still alive when she was still the Slayer "…why would the big wigs from jolly old Britain be here in the good ol' US of A?"

"Excellent quip fu Wills." Xander whispers in praise to his friend and earning a wink from the girl and a chuckle from Buffy.

"We are here because she should be dead for all intent and purposes and Watcher Giles should be back in England explaining why she died under his care!" Travers threw back as he was not pleased by what he just saw or the ad lib comment from the armored Avenger.

"Wow, nice to know you care so much about her wellbeing." Xander spat in disgust while placing a supporting hand on Buffy, Giles silently nodding at him in support.

The former Slayer in turn had just place this man on her shit list and was just glad her mother and her sister weren't present or they may decide to make use of their gifts to show their displeasure at that comment.

*No reason for them to get into trouble on my part.* She thinks to herself as she doesn't know these people well enough to gauge their threat level.

"What is she?" They all turned towards Kendra who voiced that question as she glared at Buffy who just rolled her eyes at her.

"Good question my dear…" one of Travers group comments before turning towards the man in question "…she shouldn't have that level of power to best Slayer Young, what has been done to her?"

"Her name is Buffy and can hear you loud and clear…" She says with annoyance at being talked about like she wasn't there "…and you people call us rude."

"Quite right Buffy and as for your question she is now more than what she once was. Though no longer the Slayer she as well as her comrades have been granted power to pursue a new avenue in our fight against the darkness. Which I am proud to say she and they have done exceptionally well despite some unpleasantness they have gone through." Rupert says with a warm smile at the girl who smiled back at his words, the other doing as well.

Travers on the other hand looked like he swallowed something sour.

"What do you mean she is no longer the Slayer? Why haven't you reported this!?"

"Must have slipped my mind as we were guarding the Hellmouth." Was the man's cheeky reply as he casually polished his glasses without a care.

"This is a most serious breach of protocol Watcher Giles; if she was no longer the Slayer then she and these ruffians should have no business being involved in the protection of the Hellmouth." One of the women in group chides with a glare at the man.

Of course this was not going to be taken well by the teens as evidenced when Cordelia of all people snaps at the woman.

"Hey lady unless its escaped your notice but this town is fucking deathtrap if you don't know about this supernatural bullshit, hell our school has a goddamn obituary section! Frankly if it weren't for us getting involved the shit would have hit the fan a long time ago, hell Buffy died once because of this job and yet the moment she is brought back she goes and kick demon ass to save the world so show some fucking gratitude." The former Queen of Sunnydale spat venomously at the woman, it didn't help that her skin was taking on a green tinge or that her eyes were almost glowing an eerie jade.

The Scoobies however were a bit pole axe that Cordelia of all people had jumped to the defense of them.

"Wow." Oz lets out while Buffy, Willow and Xander nod in agreement.

"What are you?" Kendra asks with a glare as her senses are telling her to be weary of the former cheerleader.

"I'm complicated." Was all she replied to the Jamaican Slayer, which earned the brunette a glare from her while her Watcher placed a hand on her shoulder to keep her from doing something that could come back to haunt them.

"There is more going on here then we know Kendra, please refrain from any action you would come to regret please." He gently request making the girl relax as she takes her Watchers words under advisement.

"Giles what is going on here!? That girl clearly is not normal, that young man shouldn't be able to restrain the Slayer and Summers shouldn't be that powerful, I demand an explanation immediately." Travers commanded as his patience had run its course.

So in order to move things along, and to shut the man up, Giles gave a redacted version of the events that took place on Halloween sans the appearance of Janus or the two 5th dimensional beings who took an interest in them. After he was done Travers was quiet, while that normally was a good thing in Rupert's opinion as he frankly had no love for the man who clung to the old ways that were barbaric and dangerous in his view this time he felt a sense of worry…it was soon validated when the man opened his mouth.

"This is unacceptable! The protection of the Hellmouth must be carried out by the Slayer not a motley group of children who have no business getting involved our sacred duty!"

"What?" Rupert lets out as he looks at the anger in the face of the Council's leader.

"And her…" he points at a surprised Buffy "…by what right is it that she is to be given such power when she barely made the grade as a Slayer. She is irresponsible, uncouth and even got her first Watcher killed."

Now that one hurt her as she flinches, this of course sets of the teens but especially Rupert.

"Now see here…!" The man rebuff as the glasses come off as he glares at Travers.

*How dare he accuse her of that!*

"And as for you, how could you have let his happen!? Once more your sordid past comes back to rear its ugly head only the consequences are far more devastating as we have lost a Slayer and now have to deal with a child with powers beyond her comprehension!" The livid man shouts as he points at Buffy who frankly is trying hard to not drop a thunderbolt on him.

"She has done nothing but use her powers for good as have the others, so forgive me sir if I find your description of her and them as being mere children rather insulting. Frankly you have no idea what they have suffered or what trials they have overcome ever since that night." Rupert threw back as his patience was starting to fray in lieu of the man's slander.

"Any consequences they have suffered are more than likely caused by their inability to stay out of this war and should serve as lessons for why untrained and ignorant should stay fray adjacent." Travers held nothing but contempt for their audacity in thinking they could make a difference…of course he would have come close to promptly rethink that position as Xander lunges at him with intent to cause bodily harm upon the man if he hadn't been held back by Buffy and Oz.

"Let me go! Let me go so I can break his neck!"

"Xander calm down! He isn't worth it!" Buffy cries out as she tries to calm her friend.

"He has no right to say that we deserved to have our parent's killed or have our livelihood taken away." The young man says heatedly as he glares at the head of the Council with as much anger as he can muster.

"Xander he's just a foolish old man who doesn't know what it means to wade through the blood and horror ok, don't let him drag you down to his level of idiocy." Willow chimes in as she gains her BF's attention in an effort to calm.

"Now see here child I will not be spoken of in that way." Travers rebukes only to get a look of utter disdain from the young inventor.

"Do us all a favor an shut up you old fart."

Travers does a rather good impression of a tomato at hearing her retort.

"Why you little who…!"

"Silentium." Giles invokes just as Travers is about to finish, a glow appears over the irate man's mouth which robs him of his voice. Everyone looks at the man in surprise at having pulled that move.

"I shall not sit idly by and let you slander one of my students with such horrid names nor have you belittle their efforts to keep the horrors in this godforsaken land in check Travers; you have no clue as to what they have gone through both before and after they were given these gifts and quite frankly I find myself wondering if you could even if you had firsthand knowledge given how much of blundering idiot you are!" Rupert spat as years of anger at the man finally reached the breaking point.

"Watcher Giles you will undo this spell at once and…" One of Travers toadies found himself also silenced by the man who was in no mood to pander to the anyone right now given their mistreatment of his wards.

"Please let us all calm ourselves!" Sam shouted as he tried to bring order before more damage can be done, frankly he had no love for Travers either but things could get violent and messy unless someone brought some order.

In was tense for a few moments before Giles nodded and cancelled the spell on Travers who looked ready to burst before he takes a deep breath and looks at both Giles and the teens heatedly.

"You are done Rupert Giles do you understand? For too long your insubordinate attitude, your distaste in the traditions of the Council and your sordid past have been nothing but trouble and today's actions are the last straw in our patience!" Travers threw at the man heatedly taking a measure of satisfaction at catching the man off guard.

"You can't fire him!" Buffy shouted as she got the gist of what was being said and was not having any of that on behalf of the man who she saw as a father figure.

"Yeah! You're just doing it to be petty." Willow adds her two cents while regretting her previous actions of not letting Xander beat the man up, something that may still happen given the disdainful glare the young man was shooting at him.

Travers just threw a look of utter contempt at the teens.

"Fine Travers if that's how it's going to be, frankly I was going to resign either way as I have been called for a greater purpose that excludes people like you and your insufferable bootlickers..." He said to both Travers and the others except for Sam whom he still respected "…minus some notable exceptions."

"And as for you and your ilk Summers, you all have no place here henceforth you will vacate this town immediately or face the consequences. We will tolerate no meddling from rank amateurs or rogue mavericks in the protection of the Hellmouth."

That comment threw the teens for a loop.

"You can't just chase us out of town you bastard!" Cordelia shouts as her powers manifest as she grows in size and takes on a jade hew earning some startled looks from the Council members and Kendra getting ready for a fight.

"What she said, this town may be a shithole and a death trap but it still our turf and you have no right to take it from us." Xander threw out as he glares at the group.

"We have every right when the fate of the world is in the hands of petulant children who have no clue as to what they are doing, make no mistake if you challenge us you will face the full might of the Council and I assure you that every single resource and method at our disposal will be used to ensure you never interfere again." Despite being in hostile ground Travers stood firm in the face of it as he gave his ultimatum.

Everyone looked ready to deliver a beat down on the man and his cronies…everyone except Buffy. Oh she wanted to shove a thunderbolt where the sun don't shine on the man as there was no mistake that she was quite livid at everything he had said to her and her friends but what was holding her back was the potential consequences they could face.

*What is it they have? I mean what if they have something capable of sending us away or…or even capable of killing us? Do I really want to risk everyone's lies on the off chance they are bluffing?* The blonde goddess thinks with worry.

"Guys, let's take a step back and talk this out at home, no need to have the old man here being nosy." She says while looking at her friends in a way that said to trust her words. She then looked at Giles and he could tell there was a reason behind them so he followed her lead and nods in acceptance before facing Travers with a look of menace on his features.

"We will speak later Travers but if you so much as even look at them in the wrong I will reassure you just how dangerous I can be." A bit of Ripper peaks through the man's words and makes some of the council members feel a sense of dread.

Travers remain steadfast as he orders everyone to leave though not before he glares at the group one more time which they in turn glare back. Once gone Buffy took a deep breath and explained her thoughts and ask they all meet at her house to discuss their next move which they all agreed needed to be done if they wanted to either make a stand or decide that their time in Sunnydale was finally done.

That night at the Summers home…

After school the Slayer turned Aesir and her friends arrived at her home and found her mother and sister there as they always did after Joyce picked up Dawn from school, the matriarch knew from the moment she saw their faces locked in a mixture of worry, anger and seriousness that something happened but at the request of her eldest daughter she held off her questions as she was told the other two adults would come in order to discuss something of utmost seriousness.

After Giles and Jenny arrived they ordered take out and had a quiet dinner together with only a bit of small talk taking place, once done and having the dishes cleaned with the help of Buffy, Xander and Willow they all convened in the foyer where Buffy began to explain what happened in the library along with Rupert filling in the gaps.

Once done they were all quiet as Joyce and Dawn processed the information they were given, frankly they didn't know what to think as they saw this as just another strike against them.

Joyce could understand why Buffy didn't engage the Council as she also thinks over the possible ramifications and dangers towards her daughters and her friends as well as Giles and Jenny.

*SIGH!*

"So what can we do? I mean just how dangerous could this Council be Rupert?" She asks the only man who has an inkling of what these people can do.

"The only time the Council went all out was during WWII, and I can tell you the records on that era tell that they gave as well as they got during that torrid time and now they have greater resources, allies and weaponry so believe me when I say that if they choose to make our lives miserable they will do so." The man says gravely as he look at his wards and adults.

Nobody said anything in lieu of that bit of news, no one except Oz who cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"I hate to say it but would it really be so bad to leave? I mean let's be honest here, what do we really have left to tie us here given…given what happened to us." He ends sadly as it reminds them of their loses.

That does raise a point they hadn't considered, in all the arguments and threats the idea that for all intents and purposes they didn't have to stay in this godforsaken spit of land really didn't hit until their friend brought it up.

But could they just leave this place in the hands of another person? Was the unifying thought.

"How competent is this Sam Zanbuto Rupert?" Jenny asks her lover as he seems more knowledgeable about the Watcher.

"Very actually, though he toes the company line he can think outside the box as it were and knows when to rattle the cage of the Council should the need arrive. He is in many ways like Buffy's former Watcher Merrick, god rest him."

"Yeah but what about his Slayer? I mean no offense but she seemed kind of…" Xander paused as he tried to search for the proper word here.

"Loopy? A few fries short of a combo? Brainwashed?" Buffy supplied with snark as she was not a fan of her successor.

"Buffy…" Joyce gently chides though not too hard as she herself did not approve of the girl attacking her daughter at first sight.

"She is that way due to being trained from when she was first discovered to be a Potential Buffy, unlike you who slipped through the system Miss Young was found at an early age and trained in case she was ever called."

"First time I'm glad for a slip up then." The young goddess mutters.

"Well let's say we do leave the Hellmouth, where do we go?" Cordelia asks the group to get them back on topic.

*Not that I don't mind leaving this shithole.* She thinks darkly as she made no effort to hide her disgust of the town, however any further musings were interrupted by a knock at the door.

*KNOCK!* *KNOCK!* *KNOCK!*

"Huh? Who could that be at this hour?" The Summers matriarch openly wonders as she gets up to look. Once at the door she opened it and found no one oddly enough, carefully looking around she notice there was a box. She was about to pick it up but stopped before her hands touched it, a bit of paranoia suddenly hit her and encased it in a forcefield as a precaution before bringing it inside for the others to see.

"Not to sound cliché but what's in the box?" Xander asks as he and the others look to Joyce as she sets the object on the coffee table.

"No idea honestly it was just there with no one in sight."

"Let me check it." Willow spoke as her armor appeared and began to scan the box.

"Anything Wills?" Buffy asks as she has her sword out just in case.

"Nothing mechanical or electronic so that rules out a bomb but I am getting some weird organic readings." The armored avenger replies.

"Hmm cover me." Rupert spoke as he had the Eye of Agamotto out and moved to open the box. He was slow in opening the mysterious package thus upping the tension of the group albeit unknowingly until…

"BLOODY HELLL!" He shouts as he draws back from the box letting the others who were closest peer inside…

…and look upon the severed head of Skip.

"Holy shit! It's that demon we faced off against when Angel got his cursed fixed!" Xander shouted in shock at the sight and wondered what happened.

*POP!*

A rather stuffed manila envelop appears just as the teen finishes his question and lands on his hands, outside it reads "Open me" with the letters M, B and J below it. With great caution the teen does so before peering inside.

"What's in it Xander?" Jenny asks for the benefit of the group.

Xander says nothing but does pull out the contents gently onto the coffee table for all to see, with the first thing to pop up is a document with Giles picture on it.

Naturally the man in question took hold of it and after carefully scanning the document he let's out a surprise gasp.

"According to this I am now a full fledge citizen of the United States."

"I didn't know you had applied for citizenship English." His lover says in surprise at the news.

"Neither did I." He replies in all honestly while the group are surprised and perplexed by the news. Jenny then picked another document with Rupert's name on it.

"Uh Rupert? You wouldn't by any chance have a relative by the name of Stephen would you?"

"No why?" the former Watcher replies as all his close relatives are back in the homeland.

"According to this he died and left you some real-estate in… in New York as part of your inheritance." Jenny says in awe as both she and him know only of one place that could be there. She swiftly hands him the paper that includes some photos of the place in question.

He couldn't help but look wide eyed as he looks at what can only be the Sanctum Santorum.

*But how is this possible? * He wonders as he passes the picture to the others with some also being surprised by its appearance. It was Dawn who broke their musings as she held up a letter in her hand.

"Guys there's a letter here with those three letters that were on the envelope." The pre-teen blonde says as she hands the letter to Cordelia who opens it up.

"It's from those two imps and Janus!"

"What does it say?" Willow asks as she wonders what three powerful beings could have to say to them.

-Greetings mighty heroes! — B

-We know that you have gone through some troubling times as of recent. — B

- And I for one am sorry for your losses. — B

"That's nice." Dawn compliments.

-Thank you Dawn. —B

"Woah!"

-Now as I was saying in regards to your recent troubles, Janus brought to our attention the culprit of these most heinous actions. —B

-As you can see from the box Mr. Two face here took care of her goon for ya. — M

"Well that was rather thoughtful of him…though a bit garish to be honest." Joyce says with a grimace while glad it was in the box and not on her furniture.

-I told them so Mrs. Summers! — B

-Shat up McGurk! – M

-So mean! — B

-Apologies for the peanut gallery my champions but getting back on topic, the perpetrator of these vicious attacks was a fallen power by the name of Jasmine who sought to punish you for disrupting her plans for both miss Cordelia and Angel…out of respect for miss Chase I will not delve into that but let us say it was nothing short of disgusting and leave it at that. — J

Cordelia chose to ignore the stares and take satisfaction the bitch wanting to use her as baby incubator got hers.

-Despite being a god or in the case of your other benefactors who wiled great power we are not all knowing or all powerful. — J

-Tell that to your Olympian pals see how far that gets ya McGurk. — M

- Do I look that stupid or crazy? Oh damn it all now look what you made me do…regardless we couldn't stop the chain of events that happened but we can at least help you establish yourselves in a new location for the time being as well as pull some strings as you mortal say and yes that is in fact the Sanctum Sanctorum and believe me it will come in handy when you need it in the coming battles. — J

"Anyone else felt that was ominous?" Oz says out loud and getting several nods in return "Oh good so it wasn't just me then."

-Be strong my champions and do not lose hope nor faith in each other during trying times.—J

-You're the Mighty Avengers after all! — B

-And remember to kick ass and chew bubblegum while you do it! — M

That was the last of the letter which left the team in quiet contemplation over how to proceed, finally Buffy spoke up to break the silence.

"Should we really do this? I mean what about school and no offense but you guys with Social Services?" She asked the other teens who were practically orphans.

"I may be able to do something about that." Willow says with a somewhat nervous look.

"Hack the system?" Cordelia chimes in.

"…yeah."

"Willow! That's too risky, you could get caught." Joyce says with worry for the young redhead who was touched by the gesture.

"Not really Miss Summers, I mean with my skills and tech I can get in and out without anyone knowing. The problem is who would go with whom? I mean while I wouldn't mind all of us being one big happy family it would be suspicious."

"Well if you and Cordelia don't mind I could take you both under my wing if you like." Jenny spoke up with confidence as she wouldn't mind having the young inventor as her ward.

"Really Miss Callendar?" Said redhead says as she and the brunette teen were surprised by the offer and a bit pleased as well. Jenny smiled and nodded in acceptance of the two.

"In that case I can take the boys given that I am now a US citizen if they feel so inclined." Rupert says as he looks at Xander and Oz who in turn look at one another before nodding in acceptance.

"I guess we are doing this, the Avengers are going to New York." Dawn says with growing excitement.

"Well Dawn, it's more like we're going home if you catch my meaning." Xander adds with smirk as he was right that most of their heroic donors were established there as they did their heroic endeavors.

"And hey you know what they say, if you can make there you can make it anywhere." Willow chimes in with the well-known phrase that earns her some chuckles and good nature eyerolls.

"Then it's settled then, we tight up loose ends here and we are New York bound." Joyce declares as she feels a small thrill in this new path that has been opened to them, Buffy shared in this while also a bit nervous at the prospect, Xander of course noticed this and gave a Willow a discreet look that told her to follow his lead.

"Nervous Buff?"

"Little bit, I mean it's New York so…" the former Slayer replies to her friend who responds by placing a comforting arm on her shoulder.

"Hey you got us Buff so no need to worry, hey I know what will cheer you up." He says before clearing his throat.

~New York, New York~ he began.

~Start spreading the news, You're leaving today~ He begins to sing "sing it with me Buffster!" he says to his red faced friend.

~I want to be a part of it…~

~New York, New York~ Willow chimes in as she stands opposite of Xander as she too placed an arm around Buffy and though also red in the face she pushed on.

~Your vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray. And steps around the heart of it…~

Both then both look at the blonde who despite the embarrassment can't help but love these two goofs who are her best friends.

~New York, New York.~ She finally blurted out.

"That's the spirit Buffy!" Xander celebrates as the trio keep singing while the others laugh, smile or even join in just for the heck of it. True they had gone through some troubles, faced new challenges but in the end they still had each other and that was by far more powerful than any enemy they may face.

To be continued…

A/N: Well there you have it, the Avengers are heading home so to speak, now something I want to ask the DC readers is if they knew what cities, real or not in the DCU, from the west coast to the east have heroes in them? I'm just thinking about all the potential adventures they could have while travelling on the road to New York. And before anyone asks Gotham is a potential one but I haven't decided yet just as I haven't decided if they should pop up in Metropolis for a spill.

Oz and Willow are not going to skill given their big brains but I do want to do something that will make them gain some attention in their civilian persona.

Not sure about Xander. Buffy or Cordy testing out though as I feel that would be too much in comparison to the other two but I will decide later on.

Jenny will eventually confront her tribe over what she did and they will not be happy though I doubt Giles will let them pull a fast one on her.

Just to make it clear, The Beast is still on the board though how and when he appears Is still up for grabs, the Judge could still be reassembled and wreak havoc and finally Glory and Buffy will clash for the life of Dawn and the fate of the world only it won't be as one sided given Buffy's own divinity.

Another Interlude will be made somewhere down the line, I'm thinking Doc Strange during his meeting with the Illuminati at the start of Time Runs Out.

Well I'm off to work on my Ranma/X-men story and once that is done I will be doing all I can for my Super Xander fic where we see him take part in the first major event of it. PEACE OUT!