Take place after "Lover's Walk". My changes to the Buffy verse-the Mayor is miraculously dead and Faith is not a big slut bomb and does not betray Buffy and the Scoobies.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the time on my hands that I used to write this story.
Buffy wandered the cemetery idly twirling a stake in her hand as she surveyed the area for vampires. Senior year was starting to get boring what with the death of the Mayor. Who knew that his germ phobia wasn't as crazy as it seemed. The Bubonic Plague. Really didn't hear about that as much anymore.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Slutty the Vampire Layer." A British voice said from behind her. Buffy immediately whirled around to face a smirking Spike.
"Spike! What do you want? I thought that you went off to look for Drusilla. What happened? Did she dump you…again?!" She smiled as his smirk became a scowl.
"Actually Slayer, I came to do you a favor."
Buffy merely snorted in response. "Yeah tell me another one bleach brain." She fell into a fighting stance but he just rolled his eyes at her in response.
"Slayer. I'm not here to bloody fight you! I caught up with Dru and while I was, er, persuading her, she was mumbling about a plan to bring Angelus back."
"Why would you tell me this Spike? I mean you hate me, you hate Angel…"
"Yeah well I hate the wanker Angelus more. All Dru could talk about was her precious Daddy and when I told her he was all soulful again, she just moaned and cried. I couldn't bloody well take it anymore. She got lose and I know she was heading here to get her 'daddy' back."
Buffy stared at him for a while. Then she burst out laughing. "You expect me to believe that? What did you want me to say Spike? 'Ok I'll go stake my boyfriend just cause you say he might be evil again'? You who have tried to kill me more than a thousand times?" Spike looked at her like he had a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Oh. So you two got back together then?"
"Yeah…so?" Was she really having a conversation with Spike about her love life? This is too weird even for the Hell mouth.
"Nothing. Just watch your back." He paused and added. "I'll be around." Then he turned and walked away into the night leaving a bewildered Buffy behind. She had to talk to Giles about this.
MEANWHILE AT THE MANSION…
Angel sat in his chair reading a book. He wondered if maybe he should have gone with Buffy on patrol tonight. He felt something in the air tonight. Something evil...something...familiar.
Suddenly the door banged open and in walked about twenty vampires. Angel dropped his book and stood growling at them. Then Drusilla walked through their ranks clutching a scared looking girl by the throat.
"The fairies told me the witch would bring my Daddy back." Dru said smiling evilly as the young girl gasped for air. And then the minions attacked.
Angel managed to dispatch a few, but their numbers eventually overpowered him. He was chained to the wall and Drusilla began to laugh gleefully and slammed the witch up against the wall next to Angel.
"Give me my Daddy back." Dru snarled at the terrified young girl who had no idea what the crazy vampiress was talking about.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" the girl mumbled and Dru began to laugh again.
"Take the light and make it leave, make my Daddy dark again. Let the stars sing for him like they sing for me." Dru released the girl who slumped to the floor and Dru began to spin around the room. She stopped abruptly and spun to face the minions.
"Prepare the ceremony." She stated her eyes appearing sane for one instant. But it soon passed and she spun freely around the room looking at the ceiling and moaning about the stars. As the young witch watched from the floor she began to realize what they wanted her to do. She glanced at Angel awkwardly while he was struggling with his chains. There was no escape.
After the witch performed the ritual one of the minions unshackled Angel and Angelus grabbed the witch and looked at her intently. Then he bit into her neck draining her dry. As Amy's body hit the ground Angelus looked at Dru and smiled:
"Just like riding a bike."
******
Buffy quickly went to find Giles and told him about Spike's visit. Giles, unfortunately had not been so quick to dismiss Spike's comments about Angelus as Buffy had. They called Willow and Xander and told them to be on the alert and look for any unusual behavior regarding Angel. It was like Buffy's worst dream come true. Now she was walking home lost in thought when she Angel ahead of her.
"Angel." She breathed and walked closer to him. "I thought that you were staying home tonight." Buffy looked at him closely. He seemed the same to her. Stupid Spike.
"Buffy you know I would die if anything happened to you." He said closing the distance between them. His words seemed a little odd to Buffy and she felt a cold chill settle in her heart.
"Is everything ok Angel? I mean nothing odd going on tonight?"
Angelus raised his hands and ran them up and down her arms caressing her. Suddenly he grabbed her by the shoulders in a brutal grip. "Everything is finally right. Lover." He quickly bit into her neck. At first Buffy was too stunned to fight back and then she was too weak. As she felt herself slip into darkness the last thing she saw was Angelus slitting his wrist and bringing it to her mouth. She tried to struggle but he was too strong in her weakened state. The last thought that she had before she felt death take her was 'please protect my friends and family from myself…'
Angelus smiled at the still form of his newest childe. He picked her dead body up and headed back to the mansion smiling evilly as he thought about the havoc they would wreck tomorrow night.
******
Giles awoke to the sound of his phone ringing. Looking at the clock he saw that it was five am. Well this had better be good.
"Hello?" Giles mumbled. He was greeted by silence. "Hello? Is anyone there?"
"Mr. Giles?" Wesley's voice rang through and Giles groaned.
"Yes Wesley what is it?" Giles couldn't have hid his irritation if he tried. And he didn't.
"Mr. Giles. A new Slayer has been called."
Giles bolted upright in his bed suddenly very awake. "Faith?" Giles asked half hopefully even though he really didn't want Faith dead. But the alternative…
"No. She's here with me." The silence hung between them and Giles felt the phone slip from his hands, vaguely hearing Wesley calling his name. But Giles made no response. He had seen Buffy and sent her home. His mind snapped to attention. Angelus.
Giles snatched up the phone. "Wesley. Angelus is back. Tell the others and have Willow do a disinvite spell immediately. There is no time for delay." He slammed down the phone and grabbed a stake running out the door towards the Summers' home, half afraid but half hoping to find Buffy's dead body along the way. When none was found his heart clenched and Giles prayed that she hadn't been turned.
Giles bounded up the Summers' front steps and entered swiftly. Joyce was asleep on the couch, the test pattern was up on the screen. He bent down and gently shook her awake.
"Rupert?" She asked sleepily. "What are you doing here? Oh God." She muttered. Giles nodded his head, still not able to say it aloud. A sobbing Joyce was soon in his arms and his own tears finally made their way down his face. "What happened?"
"I believe Angelus may indeed be back." Giles said heavily taking off his glasses to clean them.
"You mean Angel? Wait…he and Buffy didn't…"
"No Joyce. Actually Buffy ran into Spike on patrol and he warned her that Drusilla was planning on a ritual to steal Angelus' soul. Buffy came by to tell me…" Giles choked on a sob and they began to cry again.
"Do you…do you think that he turned her?" Joyce said barely able to say it aloud.
"I don't know." Giles answered forlornly. Just then Willow burst through the door with Xander at her heels.
"Giles! Mrs. Summer…Wesley called. H-he can't be right!" Willow looked at the two adults' tear-stained faces and knew that it was true. She began to cry. Xander put his arm around her to console her and he too broke down into sobs. Giles knew that he had to be strong for them all.
"Willow. We must first do a disinvite. I believe that Angelus may be behind this." Xander looked like her was about to protest but Willow quickly got up and went to work grateful for the distraction. "Xander…call Cordelia and Oz and update them. They have a right to know as they could be in danger as well."
"Giles. I don't think that either one of them really wants to hear from me…"
"Xander. We must put our personal aside. We must all work together to fight Angelus. Especially if-" He stopped and glanced at Joyce.
"If what?" Joyce asked snapping out of her daze.
"If he turned her." Giles said quietly and moved over to comfort her as Joyce once again dissolved into tears.
"I'll call them." Xander said. He was scared. Buffy turned and Angelus back. They would need all the help they could get.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for the time on my hands that I used to write this story.
Buffy wandered the cemetery idly twirling a stake in her hand as she surveyed the area for vampires. Senior year was starting to get boring what with the death of the Mayor. Who knew that his germ phobia wasn't as crazy as it seemed. The Bubonic Plague. Really didn't hear about that as much anymore.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Slutty the Vampire Layer." A British voice said from behind her. Buffy immediately whirled around to face a smirking Spike.
"Spike! What do you want? I thought that you went off to look for Drusilla. What happened? Did she dump you…again?!" She smiled as his smirk became a scowl.
"Actually Slayer, I came to do you a favor."
Buffy merely snorted in response. "Yeah tell me another one bleach brain." She fell into a fighting stance but he just rolled his eyes at her in response.
"Slayer. I'm not here to bloody fight you! I caught up with Dru and while I was, er, persuading her, she was mumbling about a plan to bring Angelus back."
"Why would you tell me this Spike? I mean you hate me, you hate Angel…"
"Yeah well I hate the wanker Angelus more. All Dru could talk about was her precious Daddy and when I told her he was all soulful again, she just moaned and cried. I couldn't bloody well take it anymore. She got lose and I know she was heading here to get her 'daddy' back."
Buffy stared at him for a while. Then she burst out laughing. "You expect me to believe that? What did you want me to say Spike? 'Ok I'll go stake my boyfriend just cause you say he might be evil again'? You who have tried to kill me more than a thousand times?" Spike looked at her like he had a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Oh. So you two got back together then?"
"Yeah…so?" Was she really having a conversation with Spike about her love life? This is too weird even for the Hell mouth.
"Nothing. Just watch your back." He paused and added. "I'll be around." Then he turned and walked away into the night leaving a bewildered Buffy behind. She had to talk to Giles about this.
MEANWHILE AT THE MANSION…
Angel sat in his chair reading a book. He wondered if maybe he should have gone with Buffy on patrol tonight. He felt something in the air tonight. Something evil...something...familiar.
Suddenly the door banged open and in walked about twenty vampires. Angel dropped his book and stood growling at them. Then Drusilla walked through their ranks clutching a scared looking girl by the throat.
"The fairies told me the witch would bring my Daddy back." Dru said smiling evilly as the young girl gasped for air. And then the minions attacked.
Angel managed to dispatch a few, but their numbers eventually overpowered him. He was chained to the wall and Drusilla began to laugh gleefully and slammed the witch up against the wall next to Angel.
"Give me my Daddy back." Dru snarled at the terrified young girl who had no idea what the crazy vampiress was talking about.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" the girl mumbled and Dru began to laugh again.
"Take the light and make it leave, make my Daddy dark again. Let the stars sing for him like they sing for me." Dru released the girl who slumped to the floor and Dru began to spin around the room. She stopped abruptly and spun to face the minions.
"Prepare the ceremony." She stated her eyes appearing sane for one instant. But it soon passed and she spun freely around the room looking at the ceiling and moaning about the stars. As the young witch watched from the floor she began to realize what they wanted her to do. She glanced at Angel awkwardly while he was struggling with his chains. There was no escape.
After the witch performed the ritual one of the minions unshackled Angel and Angelus grabbed the witch and looked at her intently. Then he bit into her neck draining her dry. As Amy's body hit the ground Angelus looked at Dru and smiled:
"Just like riding a bike."
******
Buffy quickly went to find Giles and told him about Spike's visit. Giles, unfortunately had not been so quick to dismiss Spike's comments about Angelus as Buffy had. They called Willow and Xander and told them to be on the alert and look for any unusual behavior regarding Angel. It was like Buffy's worst dream come true. Now she was walking home lost in thought when she Angel ahead of her.
"Angel." She breathed and walked closer to him. "I thought that you were staying home tonight." Buffy looked at him closely. He seemed the same to her. Stupid Spike.
"Buffy you know I would die if anything happened to you." He said closing the distance between them. His words seemed a little odd to Buffy and she felt a cold chill settle in her heart.
"Is everything ok Angel? I mean nothing odd going on tonight?"
Angelus raised his hands and ran them up and down her arms caressing her. Suddenly he grabbed her by the shoulders in a brutal grip. "Everything is finally right. Lover." He quickly bit into her neck. At first Buffy was too stunned to fight back and then she was too weak. As she felt herself slip into darkness the last thing she saw was Angelus slitting his wrist and bringing it to her mouth. She tried to struggle but he was too strong in her weakened state. The last thought that she had before she felt death take her was 'please protect my friends and family from myself…'
Angelus smiled at the still form of his newest childe. He picked her dead body up and headed back to the mansion smiling evilly as he thought about the havoc they would wreck tomorrow night.
******
Giles awoke to the sound of his phone ringing. Looking at the clock he saw that it was five am. Well this had better be good.
"Hello?" Giles mumbled. He was greeted by silence. "Hello? Is anyone there?"
"Mr. Giles?" Wesley's voice rang through and Giles groaned.
"Yes Wesley what is it?" Giles couldn't have hid his irritation if he tried. And he didn't.
"Mr. Giles. A new Slayer has been called."
Giles bolted upright in his bed suddenly very awake. "Faith?" Giles asked half hopefully even though he really didn't want Faith dead. But the alternative…
"No. She's here with me." The silence hung between them and Giles felt the phone slip from his hands, vaguely hearing Wesley calling his name. But Giles made no response. He had seen Buffy and sent her home. His mind snapped to attention. Angelus.
Giles snatched up the phone. "Wesley. Angelus is back. Tell the others and have Willow do a disinvite spell immediately. There is no time for delay." He slammed down the phone and grabbed a stake running out the door towards the Summers' home, half afraid but half hoping to find Buffy's dead body along the way. When none was found his heart clenched and Giles prayed that she hadn't been turned.
Giles bounded up the Summers' front steps and entered swiftly. Joyce was asleep on the couch, the test pattern was up on the screen. He bent down and gently shook her awake.
"Rupert?" She asked sleepily. "What are you doing here? Oh God." She muttered. Giles nodded his head, still not able to say it aloud. A sobbing Joyce was soon in his arms and his own tears finally made their way down his face. "What happened?"
"I believe Angelus may indeed be back." Giles said heavily taking off his glasses to clean them.
"You mean Angel? Wait…he and Buffy didn't…"
"No Joyce. Actually Buffy ran into Spike on patrol and he warned her that Drusilla was planning on a ritual to steal Angelus' soul. Buffy came by to tell me…" Giles choked on a sob and they began to cry again.
"Do you…do you think that he turned her?" Joyce said barely able to say it aloud.
"I don't know." Giles answered forlornly. Just then Willow burst through the door with Xander at her heels.
"Giles! Mrs. Summer…Wesley called. H-he can't be right!" Willow looked at the two adults' tear-stained faces and knew that it was true. She began to cry. Xander put his arm around her to console her and he too broke down into sobs. Giles knew that he had to be strong for them all.
"Willow. We must first do a disinvite. I believe that Angelus may be behind this." Xander looked like her was about to protest but Willow quickly got up and went to work grateful for the distraction. "Xander…call Cordelia and Oz and update them. They have a right to know as they could be in danger as well."
"Giles. I don't think that either one of them really wants to hear from me…"
"Xander. We must put our personal aside. We must all work together to fight Angelus. Especially if-" He stopped and glanced at Joyce.
"If what?" Joyce asked snapping out of her daze.
"If he turned her." Giles said quietly and moved over to comfort her as Joyce once again dissolved into tears.
"I'll call them." Xander said. He was scared. Buffy turned and Angelus back. They would need all the help they could get.