Xander stepped out into the alleyway, hungry for more blood, but knew his master would be impatient and not approve of his disobedience.
He thought he saw something for a moment, then put his thoughts back on stopping the rest of the scoobies trying to ruin his master’s plan of making the Hellmouth come forth.
He needed to find his master. But just when Xander went looking for him, he came to Xander.
A dark well-dressed vampire approached, with brown hair and was about 6 foot tall.
' I see my plan of making you kill the slayer worked. Using magic to turn you wasn't the best idea, but I couldn't get to you in time and I would have missed the perfect opportunity to kill her. I can't believe I’m going to miss her friends face's as they find her dead. Well done, you will be a fine minion. With you with me, the plans can go on ahead as agreed.'
Xander smiled at his master’s good reaction of how well he had done.
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Angel couldn't believe what he was hearing, Buffy... dead?
And Xander... had killed her whom he loved so much.
He couldn't take it in. He ran into the reception area and up the stairs. He could smell blood, he smelt it on Xander, and now here.
He followed it and came to room 72, tried to open it but couldn't. He slammed into it and finally it flung open, revealing a dark room, and all he knew was that there was a strong smell of blood in here...
He flicked on the switch and wailed a cry of pain and horror. There, on the bed, was Buffy's lifeless shape, with one arm dangling off the bed and 2 puncture wounds at her throat. He ran to her, knelt down and felt for a pulse. He felt a faint one, that was good enough for him. But he wouldn’t be able to get an ambulance in time to save her.
There was only one thing he could do if he ever wanted to talk to her again, to feel her soft touch...
Willow and Giles rushed in and saw Angel bowing over her and Willow cried out.
' What happened? What did you do?! Why are you here?’
' I didn't, I would never hurt Buffy. She told me that you were leaving and not to worry if I couldn't find her in Sunnydale. She said something about a Hellmouth and not to panic, but a Ethan cast a spell to do something to her and you guy's . I came over here as soon as I found the message on my machine, and as soon as it got dark.'
' Who did this then! Is she alright?' asked Willow panicked.
' I was searching all the hotels you could have come to and heard two people talking in one of the alleyways and.... it was Xander... Willow, he's been turned into a vampire by magic. Someone really wanted Buffy dead...'
' Xander, a vampire. I don't believe it! Please tell me that this is a dream...' Willow began to sob.
' Giles’, she is till alive, but only just. There's no time to take her to hospital, ...she'll die by then.'
'There's only one thing we can do...... it's the only thing I can think of...' He went silent for a minute then he spoke steadily 'Angel,... you are going to have to turn her into a vampire. Willow can give her a soul with that spell. It's the only way... but I can't watch. Willow, come on, we have to hurry and get that spell.'
'No, I won't let you turn her into a demon! I'm not leaving her!'
' Willow, it's the only choice we have...come on.' Giles pulled the now wailing Willow out into the hallway and looked back at Angel.
' Hurry.'
... He must make her into a vampire. But he couldn't do that, not to her, and she would have no soul, it would be better for her if she did die than change her into a demon. But there was the spell to give her her soul...but she wouldn't be able to live with it, with what she is.
He felt her pulse weakening even as he thought for those few seconds. There was no thinking about it, to save her,... he must make her like him, a vampire.
He got his nail and put it to his wrist, and paused. He couldn't do it, he just couldn't...
Then in desperation, he just did it, slicing his wrist in a line, letting the blood flow out, like red ink onto his pallid skin.
He raised his arm so it was level with Buffy's mouth...and put it to her lips. He felt a small movement of her lips, too small for a human to notice, but enough for him and then they moved a bit more, drinking the blood from his wrist...
She then drunk more deeply and grabbed his arm tight as she began to feel her soul ripping out of her body.
He could see the pain in her face, the too familiar expression of one who is changing, soul pulling and twisting, ripping out of her.
He turned away, he couldn't watch.
Buffy felt a screaming inside her, like a crying of someone who is being murdered by someone unknown to them. She felt the tug of hell in her, pulling away her soul, all that was good in her...
HOLDING MY LAST BREATH,
SAFE INSIDE MYSELF,
ARE ALL MY THOUGHTS OF YOU SWEET RAPTURED LIGHT,
IT ENDS HERE TONIGHT.
(Evanesence, My last breath.)
Then, she stopped.
She lay still, and slowly, her eyes fluttered open. She looked at Angel tenderly, but he knew it was not really her. He knew that it was a demon with his lover's face looking at him, toying with him.
She sat up and smiled.
' I'm hungry.' Angel twinged at that, he couldn't bear to see her like this.
She stood up (still only in her pants I might add) and then got dressed in- front of him as if she always got dressed infront of people everyday of her life.
He turned away, trying not to appease the wanting in him to touch her , to feel her, to be inside her...
' What's the matter?' she asked in a schoolgirl kind of way.
She sat on him, only dressed in her bra and pants, purposely sticking out her breasts. She held his hand and led it up to her right breast, he tried to pull away, but her combined strength of slayer and vampire beat him and he complied.
' Buffy, this isn't you. You're too vaunerable right now, I couldn't take advantage of you like this.' He managed to pull his hand away from her and stroked her face.
' It wouldn't be right...'
' Who cares. But if that's how you want to play ...Where's Xander, he'll play, he did earlier...'
' What! You and Xander....? How could you?'
'He was good, shame we didn't actually get to do much, he kissed me, undressed me then killed me.
Won't get to do that next time will he though, I'm already dead.'
Angel felt his guilt for Buffy, how could he have done this to her. God help her!
Buffy then put on the rest of her clothes and started to walk out the door.
Angel stepped in her way, ' Where are you going?'
' To find Xander and go to see my master. If I'm good, he might let me kill Willow and Giles tonight.'
She smiled.
' You want to go to the guy who want's to destroy the world? Something's wrong with you.'
' What, besides being a vampire and not having a soul, you saw to that.'
His expression was painful, she knew he had no choice, didn't she?...
If she hated him for doing what he did, he didn't think he could go on...
Buffy tried to get past him, but he held her, obviously, not having drunk from anyone had made her weak quickly. She struggled and tried to shake herself from his grasp.
Then, suddenly, she started to cry out in pain and fell. Angel didn't know what was wrong with her until he saw her crying and convulsing. Willow was doing the spell to give Buffy her soul back. He didn't want to watch, but he had to in case she hurt herself.
Her eyes glowed a gold colour and she fell flat on the floor, gasping for breath. She looked up into his eyes and sobbed.
' Angel?... What happened?... Where are we?'
' It's okay Buffy, I'm here.'
' What? Oh god. I'm... I'm' She began crying as her vague memories of Xander biting her, then her drinking Angel's blood came back.
' Buffy.' Angel started to cry. It hurt to see her in so much pain.
' I'm a monster. You should have just left me to die. I've not only condemned myself, but Xander too. Why did this happen? Why would Xander want to become a vampire?'
' Don't say that, I couldn't imagine life without you. And Xander didn't want to become a vampire, he was changed by someone using magic. Whoever it was wanted you dead and I think it's more than that, I think he has some kind of plan.'
Buffy tried to stop crying for one moment and asked if he had seen this person who changed Xander.
' Yes, he was about 6 foot tall, brown hair and quite well dressed. I don't mean top hat and cane, but just quite smart looking. Good shirt, jeans and shoes.
He kind of looked like a brunette Brad Pitt.'
Buffy suddenly felt very hungry and her stomach rumbled a little.
She stood up and Angel followed in suit, just in time to catch her as she fell down again.
'You're weak. You need blood.'
' No. I'm fine'
' Buffy, If you don't have any blood after the transformation, you might die.'
She looked at him savagely, 'I don't care. I won't drink... I won't... I can't'
He could feel her desperation, but she needed to, and , as if to state this fact more ,she swayed and almost fell again.
Buffy felt weak and limp, like a piece of soggy cardboard bent in the middle.
She started to feal like she was going to pass out and grabbed hard onto Angel.
' Come on, we're going to get you some now.'
He picked her up into his arms and kissed her softly on the cheek as she fell unconscious in his hold.
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' That was most refreshing.' said Xanders aparrent master as he let go of a young woman, blood trickling down his jawline.
' Glad it pleases you master.' said Xander looking very smug with himself.
' Just call me Lindsey, master is so overrated.'
Xander nodded.
' So what do we do now? The others will probably still try to stop this Hellmouth explosion. Shall I kill, them for you?'
' Eventually, yes. But for now, you can play with them.'
He smiled.
' This will be fun.'
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Willow and Giles returned to see if the spell had worked or not, but couldn't find any one there.
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' Buffy?' No response. Angel shook her gently then gave up and laid her on the park bench.
He had taken her outside, not far from the hotel, hoping that someone would come along soon.
He waited in the shadows until he saw two people walking along the gravel path to the park. They went in and saw Buffy's body immediately.
'Oh my god! Is she dead?' asked one of them. A girl, only about 15- 16.
' Don't know,maybe she's just drunk.' said a boy of about the same age.
The girl brushed the hair from Buffy's face and checked her pulse worried.
'She's dead! We have to get the police!'
'Let's just go. I can't get blamed for this. I've already got the worse record ever, they will probably just say it's me!'
' We have to get the police!'
' No, let's g-' he was stopped by a wham across the head. The girl shrieked and tried to find where the attacker had come from.
Angel hit her over the head too, then he picked up the boy and took him to Buffy.
He made a cut into the boy's throat and placed Buffy so that her lips were on the wound. She started to drink slowly, like she had back in the hotel, then faster. Her eyes opened and her face formed into demon mode. Her fangs grew and she bit the boy to get more of the ruby red blood coming out of his veins.
Angel watched her as she did this, and saw her start to falter as she gained strength. She then tried to pull away from the body, realising what she was doing, but Angel held her head in position until he thought she had had enough to keep her going. After all this with the Hellmouth was over, he was going to try and find a cure for her to change her back, and if he got lucky, he might find one for himself.
' Oh no. What have I done?'
' He's still alive, you didn't kill him. But you needed blood, Buffy. I'm sorry. I couldn't stand seeing you hurt.I couldn't watch you die, not for a second time.'
' It's all right. How did I think I'm supposed to live now? Off rat's like that Lestat guy from Interview with the vampire?' She looked solemn and sad. ' Let's just try and finish this Hellmouth stuff before we sort out everything else that's gone...wrong.'
Angel didn't want to leave her condition as last priority, but if she felt she needed to sort other things out first, then he agreed.
They both walked back to the hotel in silence, Buffy not wanting to think anymore about her not going to be able to go on as before, and Angel too busy worrying about what Buffy was thinking and how she was feeling.
I'LL JUST WAK THESE TRACKS ALONE,
USE IT AS A STEPPING STONE.
(Sugababes, Situations heavy.)
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Giles and Willow stood up when they saw Buffy and Angel enter the room.
' Buffy?' said Willow.
' Yeh, Will. I'm here.'
Willow ran up to her and hugged her.
' When I saw your body...'
' It's okay Will.' Buffy looked at her with a smile that was supposed to be reasurring, but was more sorrowful than anything.
Buffy began to break down in her friend's grip. Angel stepped up behing her and put a hand on her shoulder.
' We will find something to change you back, it was the only thing we could do, there was no time to get you to hospital.'
' It's... not okay ,but i'll ive. But then again, that's the problem... I won't. I can't.'
SWIMMING THROUGH THE VOID
WE HEAR THE WORD,
WE LOSE OUR SELVES,
BUT WE FIND IT ALL?
(system of a down, aerials.)
' Maybe you should get some rest, Buffy?' said Giles.
' No, I need to find out who did that to Xander and stop this Hellmouth from coming.'
' Are you sure?' asked Angel.
' Yes, if I stop doing something now, I won't be able to get started again. I would have to think about everything, and I can't, not right now.'
' I think we sould start with this man who changed Xander, I have a feeling that he is one of those behind the Hellmouth business.' said Angel. ' And he wasn't exactly a man, he was a vampire, I sensed it while he was talking to Xander.'
' Did you see them go in a certain direction? Did you hear where they were going to?' asked Giles.
' No, I left as soon as heard them talk about Buffy.'
' I think you and Buffy should go try and find this vampire, while me and Willow research from the records of the last Hellmouth explosion.'
' All right. Come on Angel, let's go.'
Angel and Buffy left the hotel and began their search.
' Angel, about me and Xander... I....'
Angel looked at her.
' Buffy, it hurt.'
' I'm sorry...' she started to get tears in her eyes.
' I don't know why I did it. But when Xander... bit me, I couldn't move, as if someone was holding me from behind in a vice grip. I tried to stop at one point, but couldn't.'
' Buffy, if you liked Xander... why were you with me?'
' Angel, I don't, not like that.'
' You told me yourself what you had done, though it wasn't hard to believe as you were in nothing but your pants when I found you, and you were in bed.'
'Angel I love you, why did I do it?' she began to sob in her hands when a voice came from behind them.
' You love me that's why.' A figure came out of the shadows. It was Xander.
' Xander..'
' I really thought I had killed you, didn't think lover boy would show up and save you. And the reason you did it, I know i'm probably going to miss out on a lot of fun and fights telling you this, is because of a spell. That's why lover boy is upset. But we could always do it again sometime without the spell if you want.' He smiled and walked towards them.
' Xander, this isn't you. Just tell us where that guy is you were with before, and you can help us. Come on Xander.' said Buffy.
'What, Lindsey? Nah!' He said as he tossed Angel aside and kicked him in the face to get to Buffy.
He gripped her shoulders and took a swing at her in the face, she fell.
Angel got up and hit Xander hard in the stomach then kicked him when he was on the floor and Xander fell unconcious.
' We should take him back to the hotel and tie him up. He could give us some useful info on that Lindsey guy.' said Buffy.
' Okay, are you hurt? he asked her.
' No, I'm fine. You have a cut on your face. It looks nasty.'
Suddenly Buffy was mesmerised by the small cut on her lovers face. The blood trickling down his cheek.
Angel looked at her and then she turned away.
' Sorry. I...' she said.
' Don't worry, it takes some getting use to. But I don't want you to get use to it...'
She looked back at him, then at Xander.
' Come on, let's get him back, but try not to let Willow see him like this. It would break her heart.'
' Like me seeing you like this is breaking mine.'
She stared at him, then tried to pick Xander up. With slayer and vampire strength, he lifted easily.
' Don't you want me to do that?' asked Angel.
' No, I'm okay. And please don't treat me like a porcilin doll. I'm okay.'
She repeated "I'm okay" to herself a couple of times, trying to make herself believe it.
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When they arrived back, Giles had some news for them, good and bad.
' The good news is that the Hellmouth is very close by, in fact, in this village. The bad is that it is underneath the high school here, and during the waiting period for it to explode, it dishes out some rather nasty magic and some demons in the area of the mouth. I found out that those events have already started happening, a boy last week was sent to hospital because during assembly, his eye balls caught fire and it spread into his brain. He died within 24 hours. Another found a dead person with a hammer in his head, went to get help and he was vaporised before even leaving the classroom. This is serious.'
'This school, where is it?' asked Buffy.
' It's at a place called Mount Pleasant. You can't miss it, it has lot's of fields behind it.'
' Is that that school we saw before Angel, the one near the park. There was a school nearby.'
' Might be.' he said.
Giles yawned.
' Sorry, I just haven't had any sleep yet, it's 3:00am now, and what with the jetlag and everything...'
'Sorry Giles. Why don't you and Will go into our room and go to sleep? We can stay in here, since you brought all the book's in here.' said Buffy.
' Okay, you sure you will all right?'
' Yes, fine. Good night.'
When they had gone, Buffy and Angel got to work, reading up on anymore info on the Hellmouth
' Buffy, I'm sorry about not trusting you when you said about you and Xander. I thought that you loved him, I didn't realise you were under a spell.'
' It's all right. You had a good reason.'
' Buffy, I love you.'
' I love you too. And... before I had my soul,..I wanted you to .. you know, touch me, well you said no because it wouldn't be fair to me, well I think it is now... don't you?...'
' Buffy...' She put her fingers to his lips to silence him and they kissed vigorously in intense passion.
She began to unclothe him, and he unclothed her, kissing her he laid her down, and made love to her.
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