Buffy walks in with enough time to catch most of the conversation, “Send Spike on it.” They look up at her, surprised they didn’t hear or smell her. “He’ll keep a low profile… at least he won’t look out of place at a strip club.”
Connor turns to Spike, “Don’t get her mad, or she’ll turn you… into a toad or something.”
“She’s a witch?”
“Yeah, so what?”
“Buffy, I don’t think…” Spike tries to tell her.
“Lucky you don’t have to then.” Buffy dismisses his concern. “Trail her tonight.”
“Why not now?” Connor asks.
“Daylight, sun sets in twenty minutes, he can go then.”
“I think I’ll wait here ‘til he leaves.”
Angel shuffles through the mail, “Damn it! Gunn! Did we pay the bill?!”
“What for?!” Gunn’s voice echoes though the lobby.
“Spike, you were supposed to pay the rent.” Angel accuses him.
“I did!” Spike claims.
Spike and Angel go upstairs to talk to Gunn, leaving Buffy alone with Connor. Connor looks over her, “So… you’re Buffy.”
“And you’re Connor.”
“Dad talks about me?” he asks excitedly, so his dad wasn’t completely ashamed of him!
“No,” his eyes fall down, “Spike did. Angel still hasn’t told me.”
“Oh.”
“Cordy called once, she talked about you… I think.”
“Really?”
“You were still a baby then… so.”
“Oh, of course.”
“This is a little weird.”
“Why?”
“You don’t think this is weird? The awkward silence thing?”
Connor shrugs, “Happens a lot.”
“Oh.” Buffy crosses her arms as they slip into that ‘awkward silence thing’.
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Autum’s walking down an alley when she sees a girl run around a corner. She looks up to the sky, “You couldn’t wait for another day?”
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The girl is huddled in a corner as a vamp glides over to her. “Please… Oh my God! Please no! Please…”
“Shut up!” the vamp screams at her, slapping her. He picks her up.
“Please, please…” He goes to bite her.
“Hey,” Autum says, suddenly appearing at the entrance of the dead end alleyway.
“Get lost.” the vamp sneered.
“Sorry, love. My mistake.”
“Yeah, your mistake.”
“Just thought maybe you’d let me feed. I’m ever so hungry.” She walks over to him, brushing her hands over his shoulders.
“There’s only one, not enough to share.”
She grabs him, and drains him ‘til he dusts. “Wasn’t talking about sharing, ducks.”
The girl comes over to her, “What’d you do?”
“Go, before I lose my patience.”
“Thank you so…”
“GO!!” The girl runs as fast as she can.
A man comes out from behind a dumpster, clapping, “Clever.”
“Who the bleedin’ hell are you?”
“Mitch, got a message for you.”
“Thanks, but I’m not in a message taking mood just now.” She goes to leave, but finds herself surrounded by vamps.
“Your boy betrayed you.”
“What?”
“He as good as turned you over to the Slayer.”
“I can handle the Slayer.”
“Not alone.”
“Yes, alone. I’ve already faced her and the gang.”
“Living ain’t handling, babe.”
“I’ve tasted the blood of hers. She’s fairly stronger as a Wicca. But she doesn’t even begin to rival my own power.”
“We’ve got a gang that handles these back streets, join us.”
“Where to?” She asks, grinning.
~~~~~~~~~
Connor’s cell phone rings, “Yeah?”
“I’m afraid I’ll be late tonight,” Autum answered him, “Got held up on my way home.”
“Home?”
“Got off early. Tomorrow’s my last day there. But I’ll see you tonight, ok?”
“Where are you?”
“Warehouse off of fifth and twenty-second.”
“Vamps?”
“Nest, taking them out minus the leader.”
“See you around one-ish.”
“Bye, then, love.” Autum hangs up.
“Who was that?” Mitch asks her.
“Boyfriend. So, this the crew you’ve got?”
“What did you say to him?”
“The truth.”
“That you’re joining the gang?”
“No, that I’m going to kill all of you… Lalathtach.” All the vamps except for Mitch go up in flames.
“That’s what you get from a bunch of vamps.”
“Pretty good glamour though.”
“I guess. So, what crew we gonna take down next?”
“There’s a group just outside of LA. After that there’s rebuilding Sunnydale.”
“Sunnydale?”
“Old Hellmouth.”
“Crater now?” Autum nods.
“Someone you knew?”
“Still know.”
“They lived! Nobody’s supposed to survive the Amulet of Amora.”
“He was already dead.”
“Still! What’re your plans?”
“The Slayer was never supposed to destroy the Hellmouth. She was meant to protect it.”
“Wait a sec. You tellin’ me that you wanna put the Hellmouth back in Sunny-D?”
“Exactly.”
“But, boss, that’s crazy talk!”
“Crazy tends to work for me.”
“Ok, but you really think we should get the kid in on this?”
“He’s crucial, as is his father and the other. The Slayer is the one to worry about, though. If she doesn’t turn, then neither will the rest.” Autum sweeps out of the alley, Mitch following close behind.
“Boss? Where we goin’? Boss?”
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“Moon’s going home instead of working.” Connor tells the team.
“Home? Where’s home?” Spike asks.
“Apartment building on Dillington, 3D. It’s the only complex past Washington.”
“I should leave then.”
“Stop at the warehouse first, it’s off of fifth and twenty-second.”
“Warehouse?” Angel asks his son.
“She found a vamp nest and took them out.”
“Great! She’s a fighter!” Spike says sarcastically, throwing his hands in the air.
Connor nods, “She’s strong too. She’s got magic, but she doesn’t use it a lot. She prefers to fight.”
“Strong and with the mojo. Like to fight and kills vamps for kicks. She sounds like a Slayer to me.”
Buffy shakes her head, “I told you, they all died.”
“Well maybe you missed one.”
Connor shakes his head too, “No, she’s not. She hates Slayers… well, the Council. She’s read all the mythology and prophesies she can get her hands on. She found some stuff that proves the Council wrong. She wrote a term paper on how to kill a Slayer effectively once they’ve been vamped. And another one on how to wipe out the entire line without the evil factor becoming an issue.”
“I don’t think that discredits the Slayer possibility.” Angel tells him.
“Her admissions essay was on how much easier life would be without the Slayer.”
“What school is she going to?” Buffy asks him.
Connor shrugs, “She’s majoring in Mythology, Demonology, and some other ‘ology’.”
“She’s probably going to be a professor.” Willow suggests.
“Or an Earthly ambassador to Hell. Sounds pleasant, no?” Buffy asks the room.
“So, what’s my chance of survival?” Spike says, grabbing the boy’s shoulder.
“She probably won’t notice you if you’re not trying to feed.” Connor informs him, shrugging his hand off his shoulder.
“Lucky me then.” Spike turns and goes to the entrance to leave.
“Spike!” Buffy calls out. When he turns she tosses a stake. “If Autum shows up…”
“Heart, got it.” He leaves.
Buffy turns to Connor, “So, Connor. You any good with the research thing?”
“I’m better with the fighting thing.”
“Hmm, me too.”
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