Immortal: the Virtual Series
Episode 1.1: Reunion
Written by the Main Slayer
Original airdate: March 11, 2004
Episode rating: K+

Part 1

It was just another day a Wolfram & Hart. Harmony was at her desk reading an InStyle magazine while occasionally glancing at her boss's door. She wasn't allowed in the monthly meetings. She had to wait outside at her desk until it was over and Angel came storming out and began to bark orders. He did that a lot. The barking orders part. So all she did was wait and wait. Today was a little different though. At 11 am Harmony received an odd, but interesting phone call.

"Good morning, Wolfram & Hart, how can I help you?" she asked. Harmony waited for an answer. Nothing came.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Still nothing. Harmony was about to hang up when a woman's voice came over the phone.

"Hey Harmony." Said the voice. Harmony knew exactly who it was. She wasn't sure what to say, but that didn't stop her from doing her job.

"How can I help you?" she asked again.

"I need to talk to Angel."

"He's in a meeting right now. Do you want me to leave him a message to call you back?" she asked. Harmony waited and picked up a pen and some paper. She told the voice that she would get the message to him right away. And she would. Harmony hung up the phone and looked at the message. This is going to be interesting. She thought. She put the piece of paper down and headed out of her cubicle and to the staff room.

All the piece of paper said was:

"Angel,

Buffy is in town."

Angel was bored out of his mind. These meetings always took forever and rarely had anything to do with what he was interested in. The only problem with being the CEO of Wolfram & Hart was that he had to sit in on all this crap. He knew that it was important but he would rather be watching a hockey game. He looked across the table at Spike only to see that he was bored out of his mind too. This has got to stop. Angel got up and looked at everyone.

"Is that everything?" he asked. Gunn looked at him surprised. What's up with him?

"I guess so. Unless someone else wants to say something." Nobody motioned to make a comment.

"Well I guess that is it then," Angel said, "so we can get back to whatever it was we were doing right?"

"Sure."

"Good." Angel said as he headed towards his desk. He watched as the group left the room. Even Spike left without saying anything. They all knew he was tired. Angel was already to sit in peace when Harmony knocked on the door.

"Come in." Angel said as he rubbed his eyes.

"Hey boss. Good meeting?" Harmony asked as she looked at her boss, "I'm going to take that as a no. Anyway, there is a message for you. Told the person I would give it to you right away."

"Who was it?"

"Just read the message. Anything you want me to get?" Harmony asked as she set the message down.

"No I'm fine thank you." Harmony then left the room and her boss to his thoughts. Angel wasn't sure if he wanted to know who called him. But, curiosity always got the best of him. He picked up the message and stared at it. He wasn't sure what to make of it. All he did was page Harmony.

"Harmony?"

"Yeah boss?"

"When did she call?"

"While you were in your meeting." Harmony replied.

"Time Harmony. The time."

"Oh I don't know. I forgot to write it down. What does it matter anyway?" she asked.

"Never mind. Just get Spike for me."

"Why?"

"Harmony. Just do it." Angel then let go of the page and sat back in his chair. How was he going to explain this one to Spike without losing his temper? The world is coming to an end.

What in the bloody hell does he want now? Spike thought as he headed towards Angel's office. He and Angel hadn't gotten along since the day he arrived back on the Earth. Spike was sure that Angel was going to kill him every time they saw each other, but instead the big poof surprised him by not doing it. One of these days he will though. Well he can try anyway. Spike didn't know what this was about but he wanted to find out. Spike burst through Angel's office doors and sat down in a huge chair in front of Angel's desk.

"Whatever it is, I didn't do it." Was all he said. Angel looked at Spike and then got up. He handed Spike the message. Spike didn't even look at it.

"I don't see what your message has to do with me." He said.

"Just read it. And trust me, it has everything to do with you." Angel said as he walked to the other end of his office. Spike read the letter. From what Angel could see, he thought Spike was going to cry. God I hate him! This was the only thing that came to his mind.

"Well I better go and see her."

"Wait a minute." Angel said. He blocked the exit from his office.

"Get out of my way you stupid git." Spike said.

"Wait. Stop. Think."

"Why?"

"Do you honestly think I am going to let you walk out of my office and go to her? You have another thing coming." Angel said as he crossed his arms.

"Oh. The great big poof. You can't stop me. I am going to her." Spike made a move but Angel refused to let him past.

"I think we should let her come to us."

"Why so she can see you and go all, 'Oh Angel you big handsome dog you.' I don't bloody well think so. Get out of my way."

"No." Spike knew that Angel wasn't going to move. He also knew that if Buffy saw Angel, she might just ignore him altogether. But, he had to admit, that pushing Buffy would be the wrong thing to do. So Spike agreed with Angel. He then went back to his place to figure out what he was going to say to the woman that he loved. Then a single thought crossed his mind, what if she picks him?

Buffy was here for one thing. To put the past behind her. She didn't know how she was going to do that, but she had to. It was the only way for her to move on with her life. Her trip to L.A. was to tell Angel that it would never work and that she need to keep him as far away from her as possible. It was the only way. She had such back luck with men, and she didn't want to make it a repeat. Buffy went a picked up her back from the airport luggage and headed towards the taxis. She had gone over in her a thousand times what she was going to say to Angel. But every time she thought of him and saw his face, memories started to surface. No. Don't think about it. It won't do you any good. This is it. It has to be. With that, she got in a taxi and headed towards the hotel room she had booked. Andrew had told her that Spike was alive. It didn't seem possible, but she knew that was another lump in her 'put the past behind you' plan. She would have to figure that out when she got there. This was it; the past would finally be over. Or so she thought.

Angel had been stressed all day. He couldn't stop thinking about Buffy. He was mad at her and he couldn't wait to voice his opinion. He was ready to talk to her and tell her how he felt. Tell her how hurt he was. This was it; it was time to put the past behind him. And that meant Buffy. Hey, maybe after this he would be able to fully appreciate Nina.

Spike was walking on air. Buffy was coming and he was ready to tell her that he loved her and that he was ready to go back to Rome with her. That was if she would take him. Ah, what the hell, he would go anyway. Beat being around Angel all the time. This was going to be the best day ever. He was so very sure of it.

Buffy decided to take a shower before going to see Spike. That was her first stop. She had to tell him the truth. She had to get it out. She had got Spike's address from Harmony at Wolfram & Hart. Harmony was less than happy to give it to her, but she did anyway. Buffy then got dressed, grabbed the address and headed out. This was her first step to putting what was past, past.

Part 2

Spike heard a soft knock at the door. That was her. He knew it was. He had been waiting for this day for the past few months. He wasn't sure how he was going to tell her all the things he was feeling but he knew that she wouldn't dismiss him. He walked to the door and opened it. She was a vision. Buffy had her hair down and a white camisole on. Her black pants completed the perfect look.

"Hi." Was all he could say.

"Hey. Can I come in?" Buffy asked.

"Yes, come in." Buffy walked into the small apartment and went to the living room. She sat down on the couch and just looked at him. She wasn't sure what to say about all of this. The last time she had seen Spike he was bursting into flames. She looked up at him and he sat down.

"We have to talk." Buffy said.

"We do. But let me go first." Buffy nodded and let him start off the conversation.

"I have missed you so much. You have no idea how many times I wanted to call you and tell you I was alive. I wanted to come out and see you. But I didn't know what to say. When Andrew saw me, I knew he was going to tell you and that it would only be a matter of time before we had to talk about this. The only thing that kept me going was you. In hell. Where ever I was. I thought of you. Your face. Your smile. Your hair. That night we spent together. Before the end. I knew I had to get back to you and now here you are. You know how I feel Buffy. Its all a matter of what you feel. All you have to do is say the word, and I will come back with you. Forever." Spiked looked into her eyes in hopes that he would see some happy spark. But he didn't see it. All he saw was sadness. This can't be good.

"Spike," Buffy began, "I came to L.A. to put the past behind me. And you are the past. I need to move on. From you, from everything Sunnydale. I didn't come here to ask to you to come with me. I came here to tell you that you can't come with me."

Spike looked shocked. Did their time together mean nothing to her? Did she lie when she said that she loved him? This wasn't happening. This was all Angel's fault. It had to be. Spike moved away from her.

"What are you saying," Spike asked, "Are you saying you don't want me to be with you?"

"I'm sorry Spike. That is what I'm saying. You know that I don't love you. Somewhere in you, you know I don't. At least not the way you want me too. This can't be anything Spike. It was good while it lasted, but nothing lasts forever. I used you and I feel bad about it. You have the potential to do well, but it's just not with me. I can't be with you. You know I can't. I don't love you. I'm sorry." Buffy said as she got up.

"Wait. No, this can't be happening."

"It is. This has to end. Your feelings, your emotions. You have to turn them to something else. Like, saving the world. Its what you are good at. That is your new passion Spike. Not me."

"But it is you. I love you Buffy. I do." Spike moved towards her and took her hands. Buffy moved away.

"I know you do. But I don't. I can't. Look, we can be friends. If that is even possible now. But I can't be with you. Not now, not ever. Its over. I'm sorry." With that Buffy turned to leave. She could hear that Spike wanted to protest. But she didn't stay to hear it. This was the end of the road. This was the end of the journey. Spike was just a shadow in the door way as Buffy left the apartment grounds.

A black limo pulled up in front of Wolfram & Hart. The window rolled down only enough that a set of eyes looked out. The eyes glowed red. Soon. Soon Angel will we come to terms. You took my life once. Now it is time for me to take yours. The window then rolled up and the eyes were gone. The limo then pulled away and a low laugh was heard in the wind.

"A body was found late this morning of a pair of joggers on the Mountain Trail. The cause of death is unknown at this time. All the police will say was that the murder was vicious enough to have been a pack of wild dogs. We will keep you updated as the story unfolds." The announcer then went to other related news. Angel wasn't interested in that. This was no dog. This was a demon. Angel had his team do recon on the murders this morning and they found a blue substance on the bodies. It was down in the lab being analyzed right now. Angel knew this was demonic. He had Wesley running through the possible candidates. Lorne was getting in touch with his demon contacts and Gunn was running the legal work. This is exactly what Angel needed to get his mind off Buffy. He didn't want to think about her at all today. She hadn't stopped by yet, and he wasn't sure when she would. But when she did, there would be choice words said.

Angel had to do something. Ever since being the CEO, he didn't have much to do. All he did was sit at his desk and give orders. He was good at that, but he had to get out. He was just itching to get out. He didn't know where he wanted to go but he had to leave. Angel grabbed his coat and was about to leave, when he saw her. It was her. She really was here. They locked eyes and their eyes held until Angel thought he couldn't take it anymore. All the things Angel wanted to say fell out of his mind when he saw her. Now what am I going to do? He thought.

Buffy was just looking at him. He looked so good in his suit. It was time to let go. But she had this feeling. A feeling that even though she had to tell him that it could never be, it never would end. His presence would always be with her. All she had to do was get through the next few minutes, and then leave. I've gotten this far. Nothing can go wrong now.

The long corridors of the basement of Wolfram & Hart never end. Sunny, a local vampire in town was running along the corridors trying to find the access panel that his boss was talking about. All he had to do was shut the power off. That was it. Nothing funny; no getting himself killed. At least he hoped. His boss was not going to tolerate a mistake. Never. So, Sunny, raced along the halls only to find that he was turned around in the opposite direction. In nature, Sunny was not the smartest vampire in the world, but he didn't want to become ash by his employer. So he turned around and headed down the same way he came. He then turned a corner and found the panel. He had thought that it would be in a room, but it turns out that you can shut the power down by just over loading the circuit. So he opened to box and got ready to hit the "overload" button. He had to wait. He had to do it at exactly 12:00. All he had to do now was wait.

Part 3

Buffy walked into Angel's office. The many items in the office, plus the fact that it was huge took her aback. She walked over to his desk and found that there were pictures of him and his friends. Not something she remembered about him. She moved to the chair in front of his desk and sat down. This was it. She took in a breath and waited for Angel to sit down.

Angel went to his desk and was about to sit down when he noticed that Harmony was at the door. Angel walked to the door and shut it. I don't need a nosy secretary. He then headed back to his desk. Angel sat down and waited. He wanted her to start this. She was the one who called him.

Buffy looked up and saw that he was waiting for her. What am I going to say? I had this whole thing planned out. Why can't I think of it now? She looked away for only a minute then looked back. It was his eyes. The way they just penetrated her body and made her feel like he could see everything. She had to start this.

"You look good." She said.

"Thanks. So do you," Angel looked away from her for only a second. Her beauty kept bringing her back, "so what are you doing here?"

"Why I'm here? Right. Umm, I am here to talk to you about some stuff. Stuff that has been going around with me for a while now. I need to put it behind me. All of it. So, before I tell you, is there anything you want to say to me?"

There was. Angel had a lot he wanted to say. He just didn't know where to start.

"Okay. Yeah, there are some things I would like to say to you. Like, where do you get off."?

"Excuse me?" Buffy questioned.

"Where do you get off accusing me of being evil? Of telling me I'm not fighting on your side any more? Just because I took over a law firm doesn't not mean I am evil. There were reasons for me taking the offer. Good ones. Just not ones you are going to believe." Angel got up from his desk and moved to the window.

"I am not evil. I am not doing evil things. As a matter of fact I am doing some real good here. Real good. I am fighting evil from the opposite end. And I don't appreciate you telling everyone that they shouldn't trust me because of a choice that I made in order to save a friend. This was my choice. Sure it wasn't the greatest, but I saved the people that I love. More or less. It just makes me so angry that you don't trust me. I have done nothing but help you. Where do you think that amulet came from? The information I gave you to help you save the world? You are just as guilty as I am for using their resources." Angel said as he turned to her.

"What do you want from me?" Buffy asked.

"An apology. That is what I want. I want you to say you are sorry for making me feel like the smallest thing in the world. I helped you save the world. And this is what I get. I don't think so." Angel replied as he glared at her with a rage that she had never seen before. He was really angry with her. She had never seen him this angry. What could she do but answer his request.

"I'm sorry." She said.

"Come again?" Angel asked. He had to hear this again.

"I'm sorry. I am truly sorry for implying that you were evil. It was just not in your character." She said.

"Maybe that is because you don't know my character. We haven't been together for five years. I have changed. I am different. I can make decision on my own. I don't need permission. Especially from you. Well, now that I have said that. Thank you. For apologizing I mean." Angel said as he headed back to his desk and sat down.

"So, I guess it is my turn." Buffy said. But as she was about to begin, all the lights in the building shut off. Buffy whipped around and looked behind her. She then turned back to Angel who was just as confused as she was.

"Harmony?" Angel asked. Just as he said that she burst through the doors.

"Boss! What is going on?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing."

"Well I don't know!" Harmony replied.

"Find out." Angel said. He then picked up the phone and called Gunn. Gunn didn't know either. He did know that a vampire was on the premises that didn't have an authorized pass. When Angel hung up the phone, he looked at Buffy.

"We are going to have to pick this up later. Do you want to go and hunt a vampire?"

He asked. Just like old times.

"I have nothing better to do." With that the vampire and the Slayer headed out of the office with weapons in hand.

Sunny had to get out. If Angel found him he was most definitely dust. The only problem was that they had blocked all entrances out of the law firm. Even though Sunny was trapped, he had a plan. The plan was to get Angel. Now, all Sunny had to do was find him.

Angel and Buffy raced down the halls of Wolfram & Hart. This was the perfect distraction. They pounded down the corridors in a synchronized pace. Together, like they were one being. They didn't miss a beat. Angel then slowed. He held Buffy up and pointed to the end of the hall. There was a shadow at the end of the hallway. Angel motioned for Buffy to take up the rear. She moved into the shadows like she belonged to them. Angel was surprised at how well she knew how to do that. Angel slowly moved down the hall. As he came to the shadow it moved. But it didn't do what he thought it would. Instead of finding a vampire, he found Buffy.

"What is going on? I swear there was someone else at the end of this hall."

"I know. It's like the shadow led us here." Buffy said as she turned around.

"No kidding, but why?" Angel asked.

"I think I know why." Buffy replied as she turned Angel's head. There was a group of vampires surrounding them. They were trapped in a corner with a group of 15 vampires. A corner was never good.

"Now what do you we do hotshot?" Buffy asked.

"You're asking me?" Angel replied exasperated. He had no idea what to do. All he could think of was, this is not good. Buffy looked at him and raised her eyebrow. He knew what that meant. He knew from the countless times they hunted the cemeteries of Sunnydale. It was time to fight their way through. Angel, without warning, launched himself into the pile of vampires. Following his lead, Buffy did the same.

Part 4

The rest of the Wolfram & Hart gang was in the lobby. Lorne was drinking his signature sea breeze. He did that when he was nervous. Actually, he did then whenever. Gunn was on the phone trying to find out what the hell was going on. Wesley was armed with weapons and Harmony was holding a stake ready to strike. The new lab guy was with them trying to figure out how the vampire got in without detection. When Gunn got off the phone, Wesley looked at him.

"What?" Gunn asked.

"Well? What did they say?"

"Oh. Yeah about that. They have no idea. They said that the detection of the vampire happened after the power went out. They are not sure how this one got past."

"You think it's an inside job?" Harmony questioned.

"Possibly," Wesley replied, "we must find this vampire. Where is Angel?"

"Oh, Angel and Buffy are all over it. They left a few minutes ago." Harmony said as she took a flash light out of her desk.

"Which way did they go?" Gunn asked her.

"I don't know. Angel said something about the basement. Why he would go down there is beyond me." She said as she turned it on and shined it in Gunn's face. Gunn flinched and she moved it away.

"He would go down there because that would be the first place that a vampire spy would go." Gunn said as he headed for the emergency stairs.

"Where are you going?" Wesley asked him.

"To find my boss." With that Gunn opened the door. Reluctantly, the gang followed. It was time to kick some vampire ass.

Angel and Buffy were in over their heads. The vampires were too many and they were too few. Buffy had her stake at ready and pounded into an ugly looking vamp on her left. She hit him with a roundhouse kick and sent him flying. The next vamp she hit with a right uppercut hoping it would knock him down. She was wrong. The vampire hit her right back sending her backwards into the vampire she had kicked not moments before. Buffy then kicked her legs up and hit the two vampires in front of her. She managed to get out of the vampires arms and swing around. She nailed him with her powerful right hook and staked him. Just as he burst into dust, another came at her. He kicked her in the chest and swept her off her feet. Buffy landed on her back with a thud and managed to get up before two vamps landed on top of her. She launched her self over a vampire on her left and took out one by simply landing on him, stake first. This was getting out of hand. She didn't even have time to spare a glance at what was happening to Angel. I hope he is okay. But that is the only thought she gave to him as a vampire came at her from behind.

Angel wasn't sure how many vampires he had taken out. He had lost count. All they did was keep on coming. Angel threw one vampire across the hall and then had only a split second before another came at him. This is insane. There were just too many of them. Angel managed to find a broken chair leg to stake the vamp coming at him. By this point, Angel was fully vamped. He used his vampire strength to roll to one side and take out a vampire that was trying to escape. He then launched a roundhouse kick into the closest vampire. From what he could tell, there were at least a dozen more. Where is the gang? I could really use their help right now. Angel was only distracted for a second, when a large vampire came at him with a stake. In that one second, the vampire managed to drive the wood stake through Angel's chest. Angel cried out in pain.

Gunn could hear Angel a mile away. He sprinted to the location where the cry had come from. When the turned the corner all they saw was a death match between a vampire Slayer and at least a half a dozen vamps. Gunn spared one moment to look for his boss. He couldn't see him. Gunn, without a second thought, launched into the fight. He had to find Angel. He also had to help Buffy.

Sunny had slipped out of the way. No one had noticed him yet. He couldn't risk that. Not yet. When Angel's cavalry showed up he simply turned tail and left. There were more of them now. He couldn't take them on. Plus the vampire crew he had hired to take out Buffy and Angel failed. It was time to leave. But this wouldn't be the end. Not by a long shot.

Part 5

As Gunn and the gang finished off the rest of the vampires, Buffy frantically searched for Angel. He can't be gone. He just can't. Where are you Angel? Where are you? Give me a sign? Come on. Buffy looked all over. Then she heard him. A groan came from the corner of the hallway. He was alive. Buffy ran to him and fell beside him. All the things she had wanted to say to him where gone. It was over. She knew in that small instant when she had thought he was gone, that she couldn't live without him any more. She raised his head so it lay in her lap. She cradled him like it was something she had done many times before.

"Angel? Angel, are you alright?" She asked as she held him close. Angel tried to get a word out but he couldn't. He looked into her green eyes and saw a look that he hadn't seen in years. A look of pain and worry. She was worried about him. Angel tired to move but could only move a small fraction without crying out in pain. The stake had just missed his heart. It was going to hurt to get it out.

"Don't move. Don't worry. Just stay still. I will take care of you." Buffy said as she continued to hold him.

"Buffy," Angel looked at her, "why? Why are you so worried about me?" Buffy looked at him as her eyes welled with tears.

"I don't know. You know I came here all ready to tell you that I needed to move on. That this was over. That I couldn't have you in my life any more. But now that I'm here and I'm with you…. I can't. I can't say those things."

"Why?" Angel asked.

"Why? Because for the last five years of my life I have been trying to find a way to push you so far away so that I don't have to think about how much you hurt me and how much I care about you," Buffy said as tears fell down her checks, "I have been trying to replace you Angel. You really hurt me. You really did. And all I have ever wanted was for you to come back. I didn't want to believe it. I wanted to believe that I was over you and that I had moved on. But the truth is, I can't move on. I can't because you have my heart. You took it with you when you left Sunnydale. Everything that I was went with you. And all this time I have been searching for it, but I can't seem to find it. I have tried to replace what I lost with other people but it never worked. It can't work."

As Buffy said this, Angel tried to hold back his tears. He had thought she had come here to tell him there was no chance in hell, but what she was doing was spilling her heart out that there was a chance. That she did forgive him. That she did love him. That she need him. The most important part of this revelation was that he needed her too. Tears spilled down Buffy's checks as she spoke. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. And she was telling him what her heart had wanted to say for years.

"I don't want to be without you any more. I can't do it Angel. I can't go on with my life knowing that you aren't in it. That some day you could be gone and I would never have gotten the chance to tell you how I felt. I don't want you to say anything; you don't have to. All I need you to know is that I love you. And if I have to live one more day without you in my life I think I'm going to die." Buffy had told him. Had put her heart out on the line, again, and all she need to hear was what he thought. Angel raised his hand to her face and held it there. This perfect being wanted him. In spit of all of his faults. She wanted him.

"I…I…I need you too." Was all he said. He couldn't say anymore. With this Buffy collapsed on his chest and cried. Angel held her as she held him. There was nothing more to do. All they could do was cry over each other. Cry because of love and from exhaustion.

Gunn, Lorne, Harmony, and Wesley looked at the pair. Gunn looked to Harmony who was crying. Lorne held Harmony's shoulders. Then he turned to Wesley.

"What do we do now?" Gunn asked him. Wesley didn't take his eyes off Angel and Buffy.

"Nothing. Lets just leave them." And they did. The gang just watched as the Slayer held her vampire.