Vampire? Where?

Author: timewisher <seth[at]charter.net>

Rating: pg-13

Spoilers: everything before S4 for sure

Distribution: Ask and you shall receive.

Summary: Xander gets more then he bargains for when he leaves on his trip after graduation.

Disclaimer: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer is owned by Whedon, Fox, UPN. Highlander is owned by its own company( which ain't me folks.)

Feedback: All kinds are appriciated. However flames will be used as kindling.
Will post updates only if feedback is recieved.

A1: In the story the more blood a person drinks when their turned determines how strong they will be.

A2: One of the Scoobs(outside the main character) is an Immortal. 50 points and being including in a chapter for the person who guesses it.

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Prologue

Whistling a merry tune Xander drove down the highway out of Sunnydale. He was only slightly worried about the gang, but since it's summer the chances, even on the Hellmouth, of an apocalypse from demons was slim to nil. Seeing the sign approaching Xander withdrew the katana that Giles had had him take for protection. Raising the sword out the window he swung hard, shattering the wooden post that supported the sign.

"Ouch! They never tell you how much that hurts in the movies!" Xander said, rubbing his hand and arm. He reached over to the passenger seat and grabbed the map. "Let's see.." Xander mumbled to himself. "Next stop LA, then who knows where."

A few hours later

Xander pulled into a tiny motel on the outskirts of LA and shut off the engine.

'Great! Another little rundown hole in the wall.' he thought to himself as he got out of the car. Just before entering the building he heard the sounds of a struggle coming from an alley behind the motel. Pulling a stake from one of the holders he had built that attached to his arm, he took off down a side street towards the alley praying he wasn't to late. As he came around the corner he saw two vampires that looked like the could have been professional lineman in football, except for the fact that they looked dumber than rocks at the same time. Xander launched himself into the vampire that was about to drain a girl, and managed to get his stake up just before impact. The vampire just stared at the stake dumbfounded as he dusted while his companion came up and lifted Xander up in a hold that crushed more then a few ribs of the young man.

"You killed Cliff! I'm gonna turn you and then kill you painfully!." The Vampire roared in Xander's ear. With that said, and before Xander could make a decent quip he tore into Xander's neck and began draining him. Meanwhile the vampire took one wrist and slit it with a claw before placeing it at Xander's mouth. "Drink." It told him. Xander's subconcious sensing fluid drank greedily, however the subconcious was not the only thing drinking. The Hyena as well as the soldier, both of which had never left just been suppressed when the magic ended, added to the force of Xander's sucking. The vamp, sensing it was time to let up, tried to move his wrist only to have Xander's hands grap his arms and hold the wrist there. "Wha...?" The Vamp said dumbly as Xander finished sucking and fell down dead. The vamp watched as the area around his wrist turned a light gray before disintegrating. The disintegration gained speed as it consumed more of the vampires body. A full minute after Xander's heart had stopped a coating of ash covered his body.

A few minutes later dark blue electricity could be seen leaping around where the vampire had drained.

In Hell

A Blood demon, the ones that inhabit vampires, watched amazed as a portal opened in front of him. He was over 10,000 years old, the oldest Blood demon, and with the amount of power needed to bring him across it would take the whole amount of vampiric blood transferred to do so. Wondering who would make such a mistake he walked into the portal. He knew with the powers he had gained over his life that he could take out a slayer without flinching, not only that but he could completely disregard the memories of his host as well allowing him to keep his accumulated knowledge of demons and magic.

Back on Earth several hours later.

Inside Xander's body the demon was asserting itself. It found the Soldier and Hyena and, after taking their knowledge and powers threw them out of the body. It then began changing Xander's body, enhancing his senses as well as increasing the power of his muscles. The bones were made strong enought to survive even a skyscraper falling on him and the quirk in the boys energy flow, that caused so many spells to go wrong with him, was corrected allowing the vampire to use magic in Xanders body. It was after it finished changing Xander's body and adding its knowledge to Xander's brain that it stumbled onto something unexpected. There in front of the demon was a giant ball of energy that was Xander's Quickening. The last thoughts as the Quickining consumed the haplless demon was 'OH SHIT!!!' . The Quickening, satisfied that the invader was gone, went to work. The Quickening was now much stronger due to its consumption of the Blood demon, this being in addition to the amount of power it had accumulated before Xander had left Sunndale simply from the sheer energy put out by the hellmouth. It left the changes and knowledge the demon had left behind, with the exception of adding it's own power to what was there, further adding onto Xander's physical abilities. It then set up it's power of regeneration with the vampiric one, giving him the ability to come back to life from anything but decapitation. The Quickening, having finished sent the energy to restart Xander's body and mind then retreated to its own nich in Xander's body.

"Ohhh shit! That hurt! wait a minute!" Xander mumbled as he realized just what had happened to him the night before. ' Hmm, no pulse or breathing. Yup, super strong and fast. Hightened senses all vammpire traits. However i still have my soul, I'm standing in direct sunlight, the cross i always wear is not burning me. What the Hell?' Xander though to himself. ' Giles will know what to do! I'll just call him and have it looked up!' he figured. Xander ran, careful to keep it human normal, to his car and grabbed the cell phone inside.

"C'mon Giles pick up the damn phone!" Xander spoke aloud, listening to it ring again and again.

"'ello?" Giles voice came through the phone.

"Giles, it's Xander. I was attacked last night."

"Oh my god! Are you alright?"

"No. No, I'm not. I've been turned."

Giles tone changed at this announcement. "You stay away from here!," and hung up.

"Damn it! Now I have to go all the way there, but first new threads." As Xander hung up the demonic knowledge he had recieved asserted itself telling him what to get now that he was a vampire(or so he thought). Heading to a tailor he pulled out the bank card he had with him and slipped it into his shirt pocket. He had saved 10,000 dollars over his life that he had put into the bank, so he didn't have to worry about cash. As he walked the store an employee walked up.

"Can I help you sir?" he asked smoothly.

"Yes. I would like 12 silk shirts, 4 blood red, 4 black, 2 dark blue, as 2 dark green. Also I would like 7 pairs of black slacks and 7 pairs of leather pants. I would also like to be measured for leather coat, and the coat should have a sheath for this blade." Xander said, tossing the man the katana.

"Sir?"

"You heard me, hop to it. After all you work on commission, right? therefore the more I buy the more you earn."

"Yes sir!" The employee directed others to begin collecting the things Xander had requested, while taking the sword back and measuring it. A tailor soon appeared and took Xander's measurements before disappearing somewhere.

Xander nabbed the manager a few minutes later. "Hey, do you mind i head across the street and grab a bite to eat? You can join me if you wish too."

The manager's eyes lit up and he quickly accepted the offer. An hour later Xander arrived back at the tailor having a lively discussion about which restaurants were better than others. There was a package on the counter with his sword on top and Xander headed over the to pay.

"That'll be 5,862.86 dollars, Mr. Harris." The manager said. Xander swiped his card and paid for the items.

"Thank you for your help." Xander said as he loaded his car up.

"Anytime Mr. Harris, anytime."

Once done Xander began his journey back to Sunnydale, unaware of the trouble that was brewing.

Chapter 1

Back in Sunnydale

Giles, after hanging up on Xander, calls Buffy and Willow to his apartment. After all had arrived Giles prepares to deliver the bad news.

"Buffy, Willow, I've got some bad news about Xander."

"Xander? Is he alright?" Willow asked concerned.

"I'm sorry to say that Xander has been turned into a vampire." Giles told them mournfully.

"WHAT?" Buffy screeched.

"Xander?" Willow said, her voice small and suddenly childlike.

"Giles tell us it's just a bad joke!" Buffy demanded.

"I'm afraid not."

"Xander?" Willow repeated.

"First Angel leaves, and now Xander has been turned. Damn it!" Buffy said before collapsing.

"It gets worse I'm afraid, I believe Xander is on his way here as we speak." Giles said.

"Alright, Giles. We'll reassemble before sunset to get him. Willow, do you feel up to doing a spell?" Buffy asked, her voice sounding defeated.

"A-a Spell?"

"You think you could restore his soul?" Buffy asked.

"I think so. Giles you have an Orb of Thesula?"

"Yes, Yes, I do." Giles said retriving an Orb.

Willow started to cast the spell but faltered when the Orb didn't light. "I can't."

"Oh well, meet here tonight all of you." Buffy said, before hauling herself to her car, shortly followed by Willow. The two headed to their dorm where they collapsed on their beds and cried for their 'lost' friend.

On the road again.

Xander nearly crashed the car when he felt something tugging on his insides. After parking the car he collapsed in his seat, gasping from the pain of the wrenching. A minute or so later the pain stopped and Xander straightened up. He got back on the road and was soon in Sunnydale, about an hour before nightfall. He decided to see Buffy and Willow first and headed directly to Buffy's home. He walked up the walk and knocked on her door.

Buffy's home

Buffy felt her slayer-sense go crazy right before the knocking. Looking through the peephole she saw Xander their smiling. She felt a hot rage envelop her as she thought of the demon inhabiting her friend. She grabbed a stake, and flinging the door open, shoved the stake into a surprised Xanders' chest.

"Buff.." Xander said. "That hurt! Please remove it." He gasped out.

"Xander? What the..? Oh no!" Buffy ripped the stake out, thinking she had just killed her best friend, not a soulless vampire. However what she didn't expect was for blue lightning and the vampire healing to start on the hole she had made. Xander, while healing, had fallen to his knees. "WILLOW!" Buffy screamed down the hall to their friend. Willow's door flung open and Willow came stumbling out. Seeing Xander she rushed towards him but 20 feet from him her head exploded in pain. Seeing Wilow collapse to her knees at the same time Xander groaned, she was torn between seeing to which first. The decision was made for her as Willow's and Xander's eyes met and the feeling both had felt faded.

"What the hell was that?" Willow asked. Suddenly the feeling returned.

"I think I can answer that." A woman said standing there. "What I want to know is how he's so strong for so young?"

"Huh?" Willow asked confused

"Nevermind. Do you have a place a lot more private than this?" The woman asked.

"Who are you?" Buffy asked.

"Name's Amanda. No last name though."

"OOOkay. Let's go see Giles."

Giles' home

"So your telling us that Willow, Xander, and yourself are Immortals? That you're a 1000 year old thief?" Giles asked.

"Yes."

"But I was turned by a vampire." Xander interjected.

"The demon was destroyed by your Quickening. However the Quickening left its changes, such as the heightened senses, as well as speed, and strength."

"What about this?" Xander asked her. He was now floating a few feet off the ground. "Or this?" He formed a ball of magical fire and extinguished it. "Or the sheer amount of knowledge I have?"

"The Quickening kept those abilities as well, although I would love those, they do not come with the Quickening. The knowledge, I can only assume, was kept because the Quickening took it as the memories from someone elses Quickening." Amanda said.

"Whoa. So now what?" Willow asked.

"Well.... I can teach you about swords and the game but I know nothing about magic." Amanda said.

*****

Buffy and Giles were sitting in the backround discussing what they had been told.

"It's amazing. All the properties of a vampire and an Immortal combined left him with few weaknesses." Giles said.

"Yea, now he can defeat me in sparring." Buffy said dryly. "When did Willow die though?"

"I think that happened during the Halloween incident." Giles said. " I think she actually died when she became a ghost."

"Wow."

*****

"I could teach her about magic." Xander said. "This demon knew a hell of alot. Including how to avoid being affected by it. It turns out their was a spell, lost about 3000 years ago, that when cast negated the addiction that magic users get now-a-days."

"Well that will take care of that then." Amanda said. "I'll start you two on an intensive training schedule that'll have you ready by the time college starts."

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Xander joked.

"Because we're going to be dropping where we stand at the end of the day." Willow ventured.

"Thought so." Xander said flatly.

*****

Chapter 2

Sunnydale 3 weeks later
(Basically the beginning of July)

"ACK!!!" Willow yelled as she ducked and blocked Amanda's sword. Willow rose back to her feet and launched herself at Amanda using a few techniques that Xander and her had come up with a couple of nights ago. She feinted a couple of times making Amanda relax slightly the drove the point of the sword toward Amanda's stomach causing Amanda to bend forward. She pulled the sword back quickly and brought it around to the elder Immortal's neck.

"Damn!" Amanda said, rubbing her neck where Willow's sword had rested. "I can't believe I was just bested. What was the point of those feints though?"

"The feints relaxed you slightly, lowering your guard. Willow also knew that you wouldn't let the blade enter your body, causing you to lean over and leave the back of your neck unguarded. Once the blade had gotten through near your stomach the only option you had was to let it enter your body while you removed the wielder's head. You keep forgetting that you'll get back up if you're killed and refuse to die temporarily just to win," Xander told her.

"You know, Methos tells his students the same thing, basically? I should introduce you to him, if I ever manage to contact him. Hold on, idea found," Amanda said. She reached over and picked up her cell phone.

"MacLeod. Amanda"

"Amanda!" Duncan's voice came from the phone.

"I need a favor."

"What do you need?"

"Could you get a message to Methos for me?"

"What do you want me tell him?"

"I have a new student who he should meet."

"Really! Who?"

"His name's Xander Harris. His situation is unique, especially for our kind."

"Really? How so?"

"Come with Methos and see."

"Alright. Seeya soon 'Manda."

"Bye Duncan."

After she hung up the phone she looked at them. "What?!"

"Who is Methos?" Xander asked. "And how old is he?"

"Same question about Duncan." Willow finished.

"Well Methos is over 5000 years old, he was also known as Death of the four horsemen. Duncan is a 350 year old Scottish boy scout," Amanda replied.

"Death. And you invited him here." Xander said flatly.

"Oh hush. He gave that up millennia ago," Amanda said.

"If he takes our heads, I'll make sure you go first," Willow said.

"I figured as much, but do trust me. Alright?" Amanda said.

"OK."

Sunnydale 2 days later

The Scooby's plus Amanda were waiting at the airport terminal when Amanda saw two familiar heads of hair.

"There they are!" Amanda cried drawing the two Immortals attention.

When the two Immortals entered the range of the 'Buzz' Xander, as well as Willow, Methos, and Duncan bent over in pain. The three locked eyes and the 'Buzz' faded. Methos looked at Amanda in shock.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Methos said angrily. "This guy's older than I am. If by comparison he's roughly 20 times older than me!"

"I'm not trying to kill you and he's not anywhere near that old," Amanda said.

"Bullshit Amanda! I know age!" Methos responded.

"I'm only 18, Methos," Xander said. "Years that is."

"Then how are you that powerful!?"

Xander looked at Amanda who nodded. "I'm afraid that that is from my condition."

"Condition?"

Xander shifted to his 'game' face and Methos stumbled back. "What the? That's not possible!"

"My first death was when I was turned. Because of the large amount of blood I received in the turning. All the blood the sire had. A vampire demon, we estimate roughly 100,000 years old, came through to inhabit me. It made its changes to my body before my Quickening awoke. My quickening, however, consumed instead of exorcised the demon, adding to its power," Xander said.

"So is this why Amanda wanted me here?" Methos asked.

"Not entirely. I want you to train him," Amanda said.

"Sure, why not?" Methos said. "Anything else?"

"Yeah. He doesn't think he should go to college."

"What! You idiot! You want to live a long time? You better get an education every couple decades you should," Methos said.

"Fine! Fine! But exactly how am I gonna pay for college?" Xander said.

"You didn't tell him?" Methos asked Amanda.

"I didn't want to get his hopes up. Although I admit I forgot to tell him what being Immortal does to one's finances."

"Xander I'll put you through college and even give you a bit of money to start yourself off on," Methos said.

"How could you pay for that?"

"Xander, I'm worth several trillion dollars from how long my money has gained interest in banks and the amount of money I've made."

The answer that Methos got was Xander's body hitting the floor.

"Xander?"