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It was a good thing that Xander had been looking back to listen to Tim at the time. When he suddenly shouted for him to duck, Xander had been listening enough to react instantly. Dropping down and moving to the right, Xander narrowly avoided being pummelled with one of the infamous batarangs. Damn, he really wanted to mess around with those. Oracle was teaching him though, so maybe next time...no, no. Focus, Harris. He had to keep his geekish fanboy habits to a negative capacity right now. They needed to focus on Dawn. Because if Glory got to her before they did? That was it. Game over. Not to mention, the possibility of Buffy dying again. Xander did not want for Buffy to die again. He just wouldn't have it. So, setting his jaw, Xander straightened up, shot Robin an appreciative look, and turned back to the fight. Re-loading his crossbow, Xander fired off a few more shots at incoming targets and began to lead the way deeper into the fray.
It was right when he was looking to take down another demon when he heard it. Distant, but definitely recognizable. Dawn was crying out Buffy's name. Somewhere...somewhere - but where? A fist jumped out from the mass of bodies, striking Xander across the side of his face. Stumbling back, Xander winced. Unlike some of the others in the fight, he bruised a bit more easily. Human and non-superpowered and all. But that didn't slow him down, oh no. Xander was used to the ouch part of fights like these. That's what happened when you hung out with one Buffy Summers for as long as he had. Swinging a fist out, Xander hit the demon in the face, then used the end of his crossbow to strike the demon again. A foot lifted up high enough for Xander to kick him in the gut, in which he used the advantage of the doubled over demon to land in another arrow.