Part 1

A blonde stands in front of the oracles. They have already given him his mission. Now they must stress one point.

"You understand that you may change these mistakes but you can't save your friend?"

The blonde nods and turns toward the light. He walks through and disappears from sight.

A blue light illuminates part of an alley. A figure somewhat gracefully appears. He looks around to make sure that no one saw him. Seeing that no one has, he walks out onto the street. He looks at his watch and sees that it is almost noon.

He walks toward the school and sees two females, a red head and a blonde. He then noticed the boys next to them talking. He watches from the shadows across the street and laughs when he sees the dark haired boy look at the blonde. He figured this would be an easy mission but a thought passes through his head, *there is no such thing as an easy mission. *

He realizes that it isn't time yet to act on that part of the mission. He has two other parts to finish first. He leaves the shadows and gets a motel room. He falls asleep and waits for nightfall.

He gets up around 5:30 and heads to the bathroom to get ready for an evening at the Bronze. He looks in the mirror after getting out of the shower. He combs his blonde hair and trims his goatee. He then puts in the earring of his beloved. He heads to the bed and puts on his silk shirt covering a necklace with a ring attached to it. He puts on a pair of black leather pants. He then grabs what he calls his toys of destruction and puts them over his shirt, securing them. He finally grabs his leather trench coat and heads out to stop a meeting.

As Buffy nears the Bronze she hears footsteps behind her. All of the sudden she hears a crash of garbage cans. She whips around to investigate the cause of the disturbance. Sensing no one she continues to the Bronze.

What she missed was the Blonde tackling Angel. And hauling him to his feet.

Angel looks at the man. He doesn't see a face even with his vampire vision so he asks,

"Why did you tackle me?"

The man studied him before answering him. "To stop a tragedy."

"What tragedy? The harvest?" Angel inquired.

"Yes, and others." The man spoke with sadness.

"What others?" Angel asked confused.

"Buffy Summers." The man simply stated.

"What tragedy happens to her? I'm here to help her." Angel questioned.

"No, you are in love with her and want her. You may help her but you can't have her." The man stated in an icy tone.

"What? Why?" Angel asked confused.

"Whistler screwed up. The PTB's wanted you to help train her and help her to be a better slayer. There is another out there who will give her the strength she needs. What you will give her is the tragedy of death, despair, loneliness, grief and the greatest pain known to man." The man bluntly stated.

Angel was about to speak when the blonde man hushed him.

"No, you don't get a choice. The PTB's said that you didn't, end of story. I will make sure that you only help her." The man spoke with authority.

Angel looked down for a minute and noticed that the box with the necklace in it was gone. When he looked up the man was gone too.

The man headed to Buffy's house with the box and knocked on the door. Joyce Summers opened the door and was surprised by the man standing there.

"May I help you?" She asked.

"Yes you may. A Xander Harris bought this for a Buffy Summers, he asked me to deliver it to her." The man said holding out the box, which was now wrapped.

"How sweet and thank you." She said while taking the box.

"Your welcome." The man said as he left.

He went back to his motel room. He would wait till two in the afternoon to see the librarian. He took off his gear and fell asleep on the bed, knowing that things are going to get tougher.

Later that day the man awoke, got dressed and headed out into the sunny day. It was one thirty in the afternoon before he got to the library at the high school. He watched them hidden in the stacks.

"I'll go look for Jesse in the cemetery then. Oh and Xander I love the gift." She said.

Xander blushed and headed out to go to class.

Willow soon followed saying, "I hope she finds him."

"So do I, so do I." Giles said.

Giles started to look in his books to see what might be coming.

"The harvest is tonight." The man said appearing from the book aisle.

"WHO…are…. You?" Giles asked looking at the man's blue eyes.

The man ignored him and repeated. "The harvest is coming, but don't worry they will be taken care of before tonight."

"Oh my god, the harvest is tonight. I got to inform Ms. Summers." Giles said.

The man was getting impatient and spoke with anger. "Will you listen to me it will be taken care of. I thought you should know."

The man walked by Giles out the door when Giles asked, "Who are you?"

The man simply replied, "Does that matter? I'm nothing."

He headed off to complete one part of his mission.

Buffy came flying into the library with Xander right on her heels.

"Giles, Giles!" Buffy screamed.

"What is it Miss Summers?" Giles asked looking up from his book describing the harvest.

"A man at the mausoleum told me the harvest is coming, whatever that means." Buffy said.

Giles figured it couldn't be the same man and replied. "I know, I was informed myself a little while ago. What about your friend Jesse?"

Xander hung his head low while Buffy replied, "He's dead, a vampire."

"Oh… I'm sorry." Giles responded.

No one said anything until Buffy asked. "What do you mean you know about the harvest?"

"I was informed not to worry about it. That it will be taken care of." Giles replied.

"How? Who?" Buffy asked suspiciously.

"I think you forgot when and where, Buff." Xander said laughing.

Giles and Buffy looked at him with a scowl. Xander immediately stopped laughing.

"I don't know, but I think it will be fine." Giles said.

Around ten o'clock that night the blonde walked with confidence into the Master's lair. Several vampires see him and grab him. They then haul him to their master.

"Who dares interrupts the ceremony?" The Master cries out.

"Sorry Master, but we found this human in the caverns." A female vampire said in fear.

"Well he will definitely regret coming here." The Master said while smiling evilly.

"Master let me turn him." Darla asked.

"Of course my child," the Master replied.

The blonde struggles with his captors. Darla waves her hands and dismisses them. They let him go and Darla seductively walks up to him and says.

"My aren't you a pretty one. I'm gonna have lots of fun with you."

The blonde looks at her and recognizes her as Darla.

"Are you the one who made Angelus?" The blonde asked.

"Yes, he once was a great vampire." Darla stated proudly.

She moved up to his body. When she answered him she heard a stake coming out of his sleeve and he slammed it home. Darla turned to the Master with a shocked look and mouthed one word, "how?" She then turned to dust.

Luke is furious, he launches himself at the man.

"You'll pay for that human."

Luke smashes a fist to his head, which gets whipped sideways. He turns back. A shocked look was evident on the vampire's face.

"Who said I was human?"

He launches a fist to Luke's face and kicks him in the chest. This sends Luke flying to the other end of the cavern. Luke gets back up and charges him again.

He is met by the man's hand around his throat, which lift him in the air. The man then stakes him through the heart.

The Master has had enough. He orders the vampires to attack. Two guns are quickly evident in the man's hands. All the vamps laugh.

"Guns can't hurt us boy," the Master said.

The man shrugged and pulled the triggers. The Vampires started to burn as the holy water hits them. The only vampires left quickly leave. The Master has had enough.

This stranger who smelled human and killed his two favorite vampires infuriated him.

He said, "Now you die"

The Master jumped with unseen speed. The man knew what to expect and caught the master with a roundhouse kick to the solar plexus. The Master quickly retaliated and threw a barrage of punches and kicks to the man's body. He tumbled backwards and crashed down on the ground. The Master thought he had the advantage so he grabbed a stake and tempted to stake him. The man grabbed the Master's arm and

twisted it. The Master screamed in pain. He then retreated thinking that he has to get out of here. This person is stronger than he was. The invisible force field kept him from retreating however. The man slowly walked up to him and started to pound on him. Finally the man had enough. He pulled out a stake.

The Master asked, "Who are you?"

The only answer he got was the stake in his chest. He disintegrated only leaving his skeleton behind. The man grabbed a rock and smashed the skeleton into talcum powder. He got up and left the cavern. When he got outside he saw Jesse there.

"You killed my sire. Now you die." Jesse said.

Jesse quickly moved but before he knew it a stake was protruding from his chest. He looked at the blonde and recognized him for a second before he turned into dust.

The man slowly made his way to his motel room to sleep.

The next day he woke up and decided to walk around Sunnydale.

He walked around seeing the sites pausing at the school. He knew that tonight he would be back here. He walked back to his motel room and turned on the TV.

He waited 'till seven before heading to the school. He entered through the door of the library. No one was there. He walked back to the bookshelves to hide. The Scooby gang came in along with Angel. They sat down on the table.

"Now Angel is it? What is so important that you need to tell us." Giles asked.

Angel nodded at his first question.

He then said, "The Master is dead."

He was going to continue when he was interrupted.

"What? How?" Giles asked.

"The word around town is that someone entered his lair and a battle took place. The man killed a vampire named Darla who was one of the Master's favorites. His other favorite, a vamp named Luke, got angry and attacked but he was staked in the process. All the vampires left except for the Master, he attacked him and a fierce

battle took place. When other vampires returned they found the Master gone and pieces of a skeleton on the ground. The description I was given is that the man was tall, had blonde hair and a goatee." Angel said.

"How do you this and who told you this information?" Buffy asked.

"I have my sources." Angel said.

Buffy looked at him with an unimpressed look. Giles seeing this quickly spoke up.

"Buffy I think you should go on patrol. If this someone can defeat the Master, we might be in danger."

"I'll go with you." Angel quickly said.

"No, thank you." Buffy said with a hint of anger.

She was about to leave when she turned to Xander.

"Xander do you want to come with me?" She asked with a smile.

Xander quickly got up and headed out of the door with Buffy. The man hidden in the shelves had to hold back his laughter.

Angel looked at the remaining two and said his good-byes. Willow soon got up and headed home also.

Giles thought that the description perfectly described the man who told him 'not to worry about it. They will be dealt with.' He turned to head to his office when the man in question stepped out from his hiding place.

"What are you?" Giles asked fearing his life.

"You don't need to be scared of me. I suppose I should start from the beginning." The man said.