The Escape

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it all belongs to the creators but I do own some of the characters put in the story. I also don't own any of the characters from Silent Witness whose names I used. No copyright intended.

Summary – Buffy wishes she wasn't the Chosen One but you never always get what you wish for. Unable to be the teenager she wants to be, she goes of the rails and gets herself into a mess of Gang Crime and Drugs. Can Angel pull her out of this dangerous group before its too late.

Loosely based on the Silent Witness Episode Safe in which there is a young boy who gets himself caught up in Gang Crime and knife carrying.

Buffy POV

Buffy knew she was the Chosen One. She knew she had a great destiny to kill Vampires and Demons and the forces of evil but she hated it. Hated the way she seemed to have no other life than school and slaying. She used to go partying and be extremely popular and now she wandered graveyards at night when her friends were always going to baseball games and out clubbing. When she wasn't in school or patrolling Giles would be training her. It didn't help she had a seriously protective boyfriend who worried about her constantly and as much as she loved him and her friends, sometimes she wished that she was a normal teenager again who didn't sneak out at night to slay Vampires and save the world. She wished that her mum and Dad had never separated and she had never come to Sunnydale in the first place.

Angel POV

He was worried, very worried. Buffy had been distant lately and not just with him but with Giles, Willow and Xander. She had missed several patrols and seemed to be making new friends who from the look of them Angel disliked. They looked trouble and Buffy acted different when she was around them. She had been distant and rebellious and she hadn't even tried to contact him or any of the others. From what Xander had said she seemed to be partying with these new people a lot and it was making her ill. Angel knew he could be over-protective but she looked so delicate. He had never felt this way about anyone before and he knew he would give his life a thousand times over if it meant she could be safe. It felt so strange but so wonderful to love someone, to the extent that you would hurt yourself to make sure they were safe. He knew very little about Buff's new friends but he was going to find out.

Buffy POV

Buffy felt bad about how she was treating Willow and her other friends but she was happy. Keenan was so kind but he had a nasty side as well. He and his friends she knew were involved in drug dealing and perhaps a few other crimes such as stabbings and burglary and even the occasional rape. Although this worried her they seemed nice and she always had fun when they were around. She missed her old friends but she knew that is she spoke to them she would have to return to slaying and she was enjoying herself so much. She missed Angel more than anything but he was part of the world she wanted to leave behind. Sometimes when she was heading to Keenan's hangout in the abandoned warehouse next to the railway, she could feel he was close by watching her and it was strange, she felt self-conscious walking in her small silk dress with her rather large heels.

"Hey, Buffy, over here" Keenan shouted to her as she entered via the old wooden door.

"How are you baby?" Keenan grinned at her and handed her a bottle of Rum which by the looks of it had been mixed with Coca Cola.

"I'm good, what you been up too" Buffy knew that Keenan and his friends were regular truants.

"This and that Baby but listen Lil Babe I want you to be part of my gang, now usually u have to get initiated but because I like you, you get in for nothing ok"

Buffy smiled at him and gave him a sideways hug. She instantly noticed she didn't feel the same as she did when she hugged Angel and winced at the pain of not seeing him for so long.

"Hey Buffy, try this" he murmured handing he what looked a small cigarette which looked extremely dodgy.

"What is it" she frowned struggling to identify it.

"Heroin, it makes you feel amazing" He whispered in her ear.

Buffy froze, her mum had warned what taking drugs could do but once couldn't hurt, right?

Raising it too her lips she breathed it in and within minutes she felt as though she was flying. She felt as if nothing mattered but the buzz she felt. Keenan Grinned at her and pulled her to him crushing his lips to hers.

Angel POV

Angel stood outside an old Warehouse next to a railway, he had followed her here and she had vanished inside were she had been for the last 3 hours. Angel was battling with himself on whether or not to go in and get her but he knew she would probably freak out. Until he met Buffy he had never felt like this before, Protective. It made him feel controlling. The door to his right suddenly opened and out collapsed a very bleary eyed Buffy who fell to the floor and began to laugh. Darting forward Angel laid her on her back and looked into her face. Her eyes were darting back and forth and she kept giggling. Angel felt fear because he knew exactly what she had done.

"Buffy, what have you taken and how much of it" he murmured gently stroking her face with his left hand his right holding hers.

Her eyes were slowly going from the frantic darting to a gentle sleepy look which worried him more than anything.

"I don't remember" she whispered He noticed her lips were swollen and felt his chest tighten. She had kissed someone, someone who wasn't him. Shaking the thought away he gently pulled her into his arms and ran with her all the way to her house. Giles had told him that her mum was away in L.A for 5 weeks leaving Buffy to do pretty much what she wanted.

"Angel, I'm sorry" she breathed barely making a sound.

Angel froze momentarily as he gently laid her on her bed.

"You have nothing to apologise for, if anything it's my fault, I should have been there, making sure you were safe"

Buffy opened her eyes and looked at him, she looked so afraid.

"Stay with me" she mumbled already on the edge of dropping asleep.

"Do you really think I would leave you alone in this state" he whispered before dropping down onto the bed next to her pulling her gently to his chest. He face was pressed into his neck as though it was made to rest there and Angel thought about what he had seen tonight. Buffy looking confident and happy walking unknowingly into the den of a burglar, a murderer, a drug dealer and rapist. This terrible man had given Buffy drugs, kissed her and in her state what else had he done to her. Angel didn't dare to think about it.

Authors Note

Ok initiation into a gang is usually done by gang rape but I want Buffy to stay with Keenan and his friends for a couple more chapters and also I don't really like writing about rape. I hope to write about 5 chapter maybe if you like it a sequel. Please Rate and Review it makes me so happy. Huggins, Little Glass Heart xxxxx