Chapter 11

Xander shook his head "No, Giles did."

"What would have been the cost if he had not killed the innocent."

Xander shrugged "Anything from the death of my group of friends to the destruction of the entire planet. I don't think we could have prevented anything, it was a last resort and we had nothing left. One of us was dead, two gravely injured, and the rest of us down to our last bit of energy."

Batman paled as he realized the lasso was still on him, and that made every word true.

"Would you kill an innocent if there was any other way?"

"No… not if ANYTHING else was possible."

"What about the one attacking you?"

"Human… no not if there is anything I can do to prevent it… I don't kill humans… I deal with vamps and demons." Xanders' statement was flat.

Turning she glanced at the others. "Anything else you want to ask him?"

Batman clenched his fists tightly, but responded in a cool tone. "Not at the moment."

Diana looked at Xander closely then asked a question of her own "Why do you want to work with these slayers?"

A sort of sad smile crossed Xanders' face. "When I met Buffy, I felt like I had met a true superhero. And I wanted to help… oh I also wanted her to want me, but mostly I wanted to help her. Then slowly I realized I had to fight the darkness I now knew about… so these new Slayers have no idea of their history or the burden they now carry. That burden killed some Slayers because it was too heavy to carry alone. I want to let these new ones know, they don't have to carry it alone, and to help them find a path they can walk with joy, not dread and grim acceptance of Death."

Wonder Woman looked at him for a long time then slowly smiled, that smile took Xanders' breath away. "Good.. you would be a good guide for them. I only wish all men were like you, maybe the Amazons would never have separated from the world." She pulled the lasso off of him. "I say yes, he is what we asked for, just not in the form we expected, but maybe the form these young women need."

Batman snarled and stalked out of the room, his silence taken as acquiescence. Superman walked up close to Xander for the first time, a slightly hungry look on his face. "Xander may I ask you some questions?"

"Sure.. what would you like to know?" Xander responded with a smile, expecting more of the same type of questions to find out who and what he was.

"You said you knew all about where I came from and Krypton, could you please tell me?" Soft voice, asking for news of a family he had really never known.

Xander blinked then understood, and smiled sadly sure. "Sure… I would love to tell you what I know…" He started talking about Jor-el, Krypton, what he remembered from Superman history issues, telling Clark everything he could, and answering any questions that he knew the answers to. Xander spent two hours talking to Clark, Zatanna and Diana had drifted away to give them space, and Xander slowly came to get a feel of Superman as a person, and realized that he liked the man.

After Xander had finally left with Zatanna; Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman met to talk. Superman and Diana were very much in favor and really liked the young man. Batman was a different story. All three agreed that Xanders' knowledge of them and everyone else should not be made known. None of them wanted to contemplate someone getting their hands on Xander and the knowledge he had, though Batman was strangely certain Xander would not break easily.

As their meeting was breaking up, with a general, if reluctant, consensus to go ahead with their basic plans of the school and Xander, J'onn wandered in with a strange look on his face. "That young man that was here, walking out with Zatanna? He looked at me and said, "I sorrow for the loss of your family and world." With a sad smile then continued out. Startled I tried to scan him, but it was as if no one was home. Not android nothing…." J'onn paused to figure out how to phrase it. "More like someone who is brain dead, you sense life, but nothing more. Most animals register more than that." He stood for a moment watching the various emotions flit over the faces of the three, surprise, worry, understanding, and curiosity. "I see. I shall not speak of this." He turned and left, willing to wait patiently until he could talk to this interesting young man.

Batman sighed, "At least that eliminates the worry of anyone reading his mind. If J'onn can't I doubt anyone else will be able to, but it adds to the mystery of who and what he is."

Superman was looking towards the door where J'onn had left with a thoughtful expression. "Why him I wonder?"

Batman and Diana looked at him, not understanding. "What do you mean? He was who we were suppose to find."

Kal-el shook his head. "No I mean out of all the different realities and dimensions, why that particular Alexander Harris, why not any other?"

Batman's gaze sharpened. "That is a very good question, and one I think I want the answer to."

On that note the meeting broke up and they all went their separate ways. Batman headed to his cave to make some calls. Superman to his parents to discuss all he had learned today. Diana headed home, wanting to review legends in the Library.