~ Main street Sunnydale – 2 day ago ~
Angel walked down the street. His purpose was simple: get supplies for concealing and protecting the star of Asgeroth. He was heading to the magic store when he sensed something. It was subtle and elusive but it was there. Stopping for a second he looked around to sense the source. His instincts were telling him to head down one of the side streets. Still feeling a little strange about this he did so. About half way down he was started to discover another magic shop he never remembered. Cautiously he walked in.
Inside contained the usual supplies you find in a magic shop but something felt different. From the back room a friendly looking blond woman approached.
“Blessed be traveler. What do you seek?” the storeowner asked
“Ah, hi,” Angel replied, still feeling there is something not right with this store, “I’m looking for supplies for a spell.”
“What are you trying to achieve?” she asked
“I’m trying to hide something form someone who will do damage if she finds it.”
The storeowner tilted her head curiously. She folded her arms and look at the vampire.
“Then why is you aura telling me something different.” She replied
Angel looked confused at the strange lady. The storeowner walked away from him and back into the storeroom.
“She’s not going to be fooled by cheap tricks Angel.”
“Who?” Angel asked cautious
She returns from the storeroom holding a small box. She returned to the vampire.
“The Vampire-Witch,” The storeowner replied, “You’re going to need to mount a stronger if you want to avert the apocalypse.”
“How do you know my name?”
“Priorities, Angel, Priorities.”
She handed him the small box. He opened it and looked at what was inside. Angel looked up in surprise.
“This isn’t what I think it is. Is it?” he asked
“You’re going to need it more then you think.” The storeowner replied, “There are going to be trying times a head.”
Angel looked down at the box contents. The storeowner folded her arms and looked sadly at the champion.
“You’re not going to be able to protect her Angel?” She said
Angel looked up in shock. He was going to ask whom she meant be he already knew. The storeowner moved in closer
“You’re going need to make some hard decisions Angel,” she continued, “some will be lost, some will return, and some will be sacrificed.”
For some strange reason this lady was making a scary kind of sense. He reached into his pocket for some money but the storeowner motioned him to stop
“Consider it a gift from the powers that be.” she said
“The powers that be?” he asked
“Your path was lost to us Angel. But even the senior partners can’t block the light completely. You have to go.”
Angel turned and left the store. The elusive feeling left and he turned to take one last look at the store.
It was vacant. Looked like it had been for a while. Angel thought about what the lady had just told him. There was one think that still didn’t make sense . . .
What did she mean by a sacrifice?
~ Sunnydale high school library – now ~
“Aha!” Giles exclaimed
“What?” Buffy asked
Giles handed the book to Buffy and moved behind to indicate the passage he was looking at.
“This is it. This incantation should create enough of a localized disturbance around Vampire Willow to destroy her completely.”
“Good.” Buffy replied, “the sooner she dust, or whatever she going to turn into, the better.”
The library door slowly opened and Angel walked in stunned. Buffy looked at the vampire and smiled.
“Hey.” She said happily
“Hi,” Angel replied uneasily
Buffy looked past Angel for any sign of Becky.
“Where’s the girl of the hour?” Buffy asked
“She’s not with me.” angel replied
Something in angel’s tone didn’t sit right with Buffy. She looked at the hero curiously
“Is she getting some rest or something?”
Angel shook his head slowly
“I couldn’t protect her.”
“You what?” Buffy replied getting to her feet
“Vampire Willow was too fast. I was pinned before I could make a single move.”
Giles looked at Angel in concern.
“Vampire Willow kidnapped her?” he asked
“After taking her powers away.” Angel replied
Buffy folded her arms angrily. She stalked up to him.
“You had her for one hour Angel! And you let Vampire Willow take her.” Buffy growled
“I didn’t LET her take Becky Buffy!” Angel snapped back
Buffy rubbed the bridge of her nose Stressfully.
“Alright. I’ll go after her. Which way did she go?”
Angel dropped his head sadly.
“She teleported.” Angel replied
Buffy threw her arms up in defeated
“Great, just great! We just got her back from the council goons. Now Vampire Willow his her and we have no idea where! Is anybody else feeling we went from the frying pan into the hellfire?”
“Alright let’s just think rationally for a second,” Giles said calmly, “Vampire Willow needs the hellmouth so she won’t leave town. I’ll call Xander, Jesse and Willow and we’ll work on a search plan.”
“Well what ever we’re doing we have to do it quick.” Angel replied, “remember how I said Vampire Willow would take my return very personally, I don’t think I was her target.”
Becky woke up suddenly. She blinked a couple of times as the world came into focus. She looked around her surroundings curiously. She was in a factory but not the one she used with the original Angel. There was a subtle crackling sound of a fire coming from in front of her. Becky looked ahead to see Vampire Willow standing next to a barrel drum fire. She was tossing things into it. At first it wasn’t clear what they were but as her eyes adjusted to the light it became clear.
It was Becky’s clothes.
Becky shivered slightly as a cold wind crossed her naked body. She tried to move but the rope willow used to tie her to the metal chair she was restrained to was strong, also, Becky was still feeling the effects of having her powers taken which has left her a little weak. Willow looked over to the former slayer and Smiled.
“You’re awake, “ She said sinisterly, “for a minute there I thought the translocation spell took to much out of you and I was going to have to make my own fun.”
Vampire Willow slinked over to Becky. Slowly she caressed her thigh in a more then friendly manner. Becky grit her teeth and tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her fear. Willow pouted.
“Awww baby. You’re all scared and confused.” She said in mock worry
Vampire Willow straddled Becky and hugged the former uber-slayer around the neck. The Vampire-Witch rested her head on Becky’s shoulder.
“Shhhh. it’s okay. Willow is going to make it all better.”
Internally Becky’s fears begin to rise. She tried every effort to break from the vampires embrace but that to failed.
“Hey Becky. Can you answer a question for me? . .”
Vampire Willow lifted her head. She leaned back leaving her hands on Becky’s shoulders.
“ . . . Why do slayers want to take people away from me? . .”
Between the question and the very personal contact Vampire Willow had with her Becky gave in on trying to hide her fear. Willow slowly stroked Becky’s hair in a motherly fashion
“Xander, Tara, Kennedy and now Angelus all taken away by slayers. Wasn’t I a good girl? Didn’t I say my pleases and thank yous enough? What did I do that was so bad to make people go away?”
Vampire Willow absorbed Becky’s fear like a drug. She looked deep into the former uber-slayers eyes.
“I’m not a bad person right? I was always there to stop the world from end like a good little soldier. So why do slayers want to hurt me?”
“W-what are you going to do to me?” Becky asked nervously
Willow smiled mischievously. She looked Becky up and down examining every curve of the naked girls form.
“I’m going to have some fun. You remember fun don’t you Becky? You must have laughed, and laughed. When you brought back that mean old Angel.”
She stopped stroking Becky hair and placed her hands lightly on the former Slayers shoulders. Slowly Vampire Willows eyes worked their way down to Becky’s chest.
“You know. It’s been a while since I’ve been with a woman. Hope I haven’t forgotten how.”
Vampire Willow worked her hands from Becky’s shoulders to her breasts. Examining each one physically in great detail. The look of discomfort on Becky’s face amused the Vampire-Witch.
“These are nice. I always felt that you filled out in all the right places Becky.”
Willow looked back up to Becky’s eyes. Behind the slayers fears something else became very apparent.
“Oooooh,” willow said in realization, “This is your first time doing, you know, anything isn’t it?”
Vampire Willow groaped Becky’s chest roughly and leaned next to her ear.
“Don’t worry. I’ll be very gently.”
Willow leaned back and Un-gripped the naked girl. She swung in with a left hook and punched Becky across the jaw.”
“Or I’ll just hit you in the face. I’m kinda fickle like that. Especially around whores who steal other peoples men.”
Willow stood up. She walked away and dragged in a table full of various sharp objects. From the table she picked up a sharp knife and holds it playfully.
“The other day I went back to the factory where you held the original Angel. Guess what I found.”
Vampire Willow held up a large hunting knife although Becky didn’t recognize it. The knife was the same one she almost used on young Willow.
“This was just stuck in the wall where anybody could get it. That was a really naughty thing to do Becky.”
Willow sat back down on Becky’s lap.
“There was this torture used back in ancient Rome. When the centurions were with prisoner they would make these little cuts all over their body. The prisoner wouldn’t die immediately. It would take days of agonizing pain before they either died of shock or loss of blood. I’ve been eager to try this out on you to see what would happen.”
Vampire Willow took the knife and made a small incision across Becky’s abdomen. Becky winced from the pain. She bit hr bottom lip hard to stop herself from screaming. Vampire Willow continued by adding two more evenly spaced incisions underneath. As the blood poured from the wound Vampire Willow gathered some on her finger and licked it. She looked into Becky eyes.
“Hey, you really are sweet.”
Xander, Jesse and Willow entered the library.
“Don’t worry the troops are here ready for you orders general Buffy.” he said excitedly
Xander gave her a mock salute. This was short lived when they felt the intense atmosphere of the room.
“What’s going on?” Willow asked, “Where’s Becky?”
“Captain hero here let Becky get captured again.” Buffy replied angrily
“I told you Buffy I didn’t Let her get captured. Vampire Willow caught me off guard.” Angel replied
“Off guard? You told me sat by a window! That’s not off guard, that’s careless.”
Angel rubbed his head in frustration. He had just earned Buffys respect and to lose it so quickly was a major blow to him.
“So . . . do we have a plan? Or are we just gonna trade insults as bate?” Jesse asked
Giles stood up and laid out a map of the city. The group, except for Angel, gathered around the map.
“As of this moment we don’t have a precise location for Becky. My guess it that she will be held somewhere in the factory area. Now when we get there I want you to all split up so that we can cover all ground . . .”
Angel pulled the item he got from the Powers and looked at it sadly in his hands. He remembered the words the shop owner gave him as she handed it to him.
You’re going need to make some hard decisions Angel
“No.” Angel called out to the group seriously
Buffy looked up at him annoyed.
“Excuse me Angel I don’t remember giving you permission to be involved.”
“I know,” Angel replied sadly,” I can’t believe I’m going to say this but I think we’re making the wrong move.”
Buffy folded her arms.
“You just don’t know when to stop thinking that your opinions matters.” Buffy replied angrily
“No, listen to me, we have an opportunity here. I know Vampire Willow she is going to be working on Becky for a long time.”
Willow pouted anxiously
“What do you mean ‘work on’?” she asks softly
Angel looked away sadly. Buffy slowly unfolded her arms in shock.
“You mean she’s gonna torture her don’t you? And you just want us to ignore this? Is that what you’re talking about Angel?”
“What I’m talking about is stopping the apocalypse,” Angel said insistently, “we have a window of opportunity to make sure the Star of Asgertoth is secure and Vampire Willow can’t get the final piece she needs.”
Giles stands in surprise.
“You mean she has the second item she needs?”
Angel swore to himself. In his shock he forgot to explain Willows message to him.
“Some how. Becky’s slayer power is involved in Vampire Willow’s ritual.”
“And you were going to tell us this when?” Buffy asked
“I forgot okay! This has been hard on me to.” he snapped back
“Oh you forgot.” Buffy replied sarcastically, “’cause we all know how bad vampire memories are right?”
“Buffy I’m . . .”
“GET OUT ANGEL!” Buffy yelled
Angel stood stunned.
“Wait.” He replied
“Get out! Or I will find a way to kill you.” Buffy insisted.
Angel looked at the extremely serious slayer for the moment. Slowly he walked to the door. Just before he left he had an idea how he could help one last time. He turned back to the group.
“Give me the star.” He insisted
“I’m sorry Angel am I speaking in an other language when I told you to get out?”
“I can hide it better then any of you. I’ll make sure that Vampire Willow can’t get her hands on it.” Angel
“Alright Angel just keep it safe.” Giles replied throwing the amulet to the vampire. Buffy swung around in anger.
“GILES!” Buffy yelled.
“I’m sorry Buffy but he’s right. Our main priority should be hiding the Star of Asgeroth. It is imperative that it is safe. It is the key to all of this.” Giles replied
“I am not going to just let him walk out . . .”
“Ah . . . Buffy.” Xander interjected.
Buffy turned around to the door to see that Angel was gone. Buffy looked back at Giles with a fiery temper.
“Now is not the time for vendettas Buffy. We will find Becky but we should keep our focus on the apocalypse.”
About an hour later Buffy entered Willies bar. She managed to convince her watcher that shaking down her informant would probably be better then just walking around at random. She looked around the bar and to her surprise it was empty. Curiously she walked up to the bar and waited for a few moments. When she turned around to lean against the bar that is when she noticed the message in blood on the sidewall, which simply read ‘in here’ accompanied by an arrow pointing to the back room.
Buffy kicked in the door to the back room to find Willie lying dead on the floor drained of all his blood.
“Oh god.” Buffy exclaimed as she examined the corpse for any pulse. Feeling how cold the body was she leaned back in frustration.
“He was a little to tangy for my taste.” Vampire Willow said from behind Buffy, “I think it was all the alcohol.”
Buffy jumped up and swung around. Vampire Willow stood casually behind her with her trademark mischievous smile on her face.
“Before you go all kicky and punchy on me slayer I’m not here.”
“I kinda figured that. What with the torturing of innocent girls and all.” Buffy replied
Vampire Willow laughed.
“You think Becky’s innocent?”
“Well she isn’t trying to commit magical mass genocide so, yeah, I think she’s innocent. So are you going to be a good sport and tell me where you are?”
“Oh no slayer I give in you win,” Vampire Willow sad sarcastically, “please! Give me some credit Buffy.”
“I’d rather give you a fence pole through the chest but, hey, we can’t always get what we want.”
“That is so true. You have one hour to find me or Becky dies.”
Willow shimmered out of existence. Buffy frowned and went back outside to the rest of the Scoobys.
“How did it go Buffy?” Giles asked
“Willies dead. Vampire Willow got to him first.”
“Are you sure? How do you know it’s was Vampire Willow?”
“Had a little visit.” Buffy replied, “We have an hour.”
Angel walked sadly down the road. His guilt lay heavily on his mind. Why did Vampire Willow have to show just when he was breaking through to Becky? He already knew the answer. He, as in Angelus, taught her everything she knows.
“I forgot how good brooding looked on you.” Vampire Willow as she walked up next to him.
“Forget it. I’m not going to be your lap dog Will.” Angel replied without looking.
“Awww. But you’re such a cute puppy.”
“I said forget it.”
“Alright but it’s not going to be me who disappointed it will be her.”
In front of Angel a vision of Becky shimmered into existence. It took all of his inner strength not to gasp at Becky’s condition. Becky was shivering. Her entire body was covered in knife wounds ranging from shallow to deep. Her expression was both pure anger and pure fear.
“What did you do Willow.” he said angrily
“What you taught me to do remember?” Willow replied in surprise, “Remember? Go for the damage not for the kill then drill it in right at the end.”
“Stop it.”
“I’d love to Angel but, you know, since you made me evil and all it’s kinda what I want to do now.”
Angel turned to the Vampire-Witch angrily. He couldn’t take it anymore.
“What do you want?”
“You have thirty minutes to find me and you have to hand over the Star of Asgeroth or Becky dies.”
“If you want the star so bad why won’t you give me the address?”
“Punishment for going all fluffy and good on me.”
Willow shimmered out of existence. Angel snarled and punched a tree in frustration. He had no choice now. Sadly he made his way back to town.
Willow walked back to Becky.
“Sorry about that had to make a couple of calls. Now where were we?”
Becky hunched forward. The more blood she lost the colder she felt. This combined with losing her clothes made it very hard for the already confused former uber-slayer to think.
“Please stop.” Becky whispered painfully.
“Huh?” Vampire Willow asked kneeling down
“P-please.” Becky insisted.
Willow frowned sadly. She lifted Becky’s head up so there eyes matched.
“I’m sorry baby. You have to be punished. You took my Angelus away from me.” Vampire Willow replied
Willow dropped Becky’s head he place her hand on Becky’s chest. Willows eyes shifted to black and Becky convulsed in pain. It felt like every nerve in her body was on fire. This went on for a couple of minutes until Becky unexpectedly stopped moving. Willow tilted her head curiously and checked her pulse.
“Darn it. Too much.”
Placing he hands on beck’s stomach and forehead she began to chant. Becky glowed briefly until she inhaled strongly and began to cough.
“Whew. Though I lost you for a minute there.” Vampire Willow said
Becky looked around wildly. What just happened to her? Did she go unconscious again? No something worse. And that’s when she realizes what happened.
She just died.
Becky looked to the Vampire-Witch with tears streaming down her eyes.
“Please! Let me go!” she pleaded frantically.
“I can’t. You haven’t learnt you lesson yet. Now mommy has to run a few errands so be a good girl and don’t die again k?”
Willow walked away. From the table she picked up a small slip of paper from the tray and threw it up into the air. It sparkled then vanished.
Buffy walked slowly amongst the factories trying to find any sign of Vampire Willow or Becky. She decided to go alone because she had a better chance of defending against Vampire Willow if she didn’t have to watch out for anyone else. From above her a note crackled into existence and dropped onto the ground. Curiously she picked up the note and read it. With a look of shock she bolted away full speed.
Angel walked swiftly. He had just arrived at the factory region and was eager to get started From above her a note crackled into existence and dropped onto the ground. Curiously he picked it up and read it. With a look of shock he bolted away at full speed.
Giles walked swiftly to his car. The batteries in his flashlight had just died and he knew that there were spares in the glove compartment. As he got closer he heard a rustling sound coming from near by. He looked around curiously.
“Hello?” he asked
He felt the barrel of a shotgun pressed into his back. Giles stopped moving.
“Hello Rupy-boy.” Vincent said from behind him
“Vincent?”
“That’s right. You’re slayer stuck her ‘ead where it aught not be. Took the girl away against council’s orders. That’s not very nice” Vincent replied
Vincent motioned Giles to get into the car. Vincent takes Giles keys and gets in the drivers seat.
“Where are you taking me?” Giles asked
“You and me are goin’ for a little drive my friend.” Vincent replied
Xander, Jesse and Willow walked cautiously around the factories. They stuck together close so they felt safer. Someone sprung out behind them. The group turned with a start. Giles jumped back in surprise as well
“Geez Giles. We wont have to worry ‘bout the vampire if you’re gonna scare us to death.” Xander snapped.
“Oh, sorry, any luck?” he replied
“If by luck you mean finding absolutely nothing they yeah we’re the luckiest people here.” Jesse replied.
“Right. Listen I need you three to head back to the library. There is a spell book on my desk that might make this search quicker.”
“Okay we’ll be back soon.” Willow replied
The three of the dashed off to the library as Giles turned and smiled at them. His started to glow until his form shifted back to Vampire Willow.
Detective Griffin was at her desk. She had a ton of paper about the invasion to fill out and she was trying to catch up. On her desk the phone rang. She answered it casually
“Detective Griffin.” She said.
Detective Griffin stopped working and listened to the frantic woman on the end of the phone.
“Okay ma’am calm down, just tell me what you saw? . . . Alright I’ll get on it right away.”
Detective Griffin motioned to her partner to come over.
“We just got a call about screaming coming from a factory in the industrial district. She said it sounded like a young girl.” Detective Griffin told him.
“Do you want to check it out?” Detective Patterson
“A young girl screaming this soon after the kidnapping. I think it’s worth following up. Let’s go.”
Buffy rushed to the side door of the Factory. This was the address on the note and she was curious why Vampire Willow was so eager for her to be here.
“Buffy?” Angel asked as he arrived a moment later.
Buffy swung around in surprise.
“Angel?” she asked in surprise.
Angel looked down at the note in Buffys hand.
“See you got one as well. What are we thinking? A trap?”
“At best.” Buffy replied
They looked at each other awkwardly for the moment.
“I’m sorry Buffy I didn’t mean . . . “
Buffy motioned him to stop.
“I don’t have time to hate you right now. Lets save the speeches till later.” She replied
Buffy turned back to the door and kicked it in.
“You coming?” she asked as she stormed inside.
Becky looked up painfully as she heard footsteps approaching.
“Please . . . no.” she said weakly
Buffy and Angel stopped in horror when they saw Becky’s condition. Buffy covered her mouth and shook her head slowly
“Oh god.” She exclaimed.
Shaking off the initial shock Buffy and Angel rushed over.
“She looks pretty bad.” Angel comments as they try to untie the ropes.
“I’ll get Giles to get her to hospital as soon as. . .”
“DON’T MOVE!” Detective Griffin called out from the darkness. Both her and Detective Patterson moved into the light. Buffy and Angel slowly got to their feet. Detective Patterson rushed in and checked on Becky.
“It’s her.” Detective Patterson
Detective Griffin looked angrily at the Slayer and the Vampire. Keeping her gun trained on the pair. She moves behind Buffy and pulls out her cuffs.
“Patterson gets him. You are under arrest for the kidnapping of this girl.”
Angel motions to Buffy to comply with the officers Buffy does so silently
“I’ll call an ambulance.” Detective Patterson said as he starts to lead Angel out of the building.
“Good,” Detective Griffin replied looking at the heavily injured girl.
What kind of sick person would do this to a young girl she though to herself angrily.
The car pulled up near the edge of dead mans peak just outside of Sunnydale. Vincent motions for Giles to step out of the car. He walked the watcher to the edge of the peak and made him stop.
“Why are you doing this Vincent?”
“I did the maths. She took my slayer I take her watcher. Makes sense to me.” Vincent replied as he raised the shotgun at him
“How do you think the council will react once they find out?”
Vincent laughed.
“What makes you think their gonna find out Rupert. I wouldn’t be much of a hit man if I didn’t know how to dispose of a corpse.”
Giles dropped his head. He knew he was right. There was only one thing left to do.
Xander, Willow and Jesse searched the library from top to bottom. The book Giles mentioned wasn’t anywhere on his desk. They figured he must have put it somewhere else while doing research. After a few minutes of searching they gave up and flopped down onto the library chairs.
“That man has got to get a better filing system!” Xander exclaimed
“Maybe we should go back and keep looking for Becky.” Willow replied.
“Good idea.” Jesse replied.
“Actually I have a better idea.” Vampire Willow replied from the doorway, “Why don’t you stay here and enjoy the show?”
The trio is stunned they sit nervously in their seats as Vampire Willow slinks to the center of the room.
“W-what show?” Willow asks nervously
Vampire Willow smiled. From her pocket she pulls out the star of Asgeroth and shows it to them.
“The apocalypse.” She replied happily
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