This story takes place a month after my twoshot Epiphany which tells how spuffy gets together.
It was the fast pace beating of an extra heart that woke Spike up. That and the smeel of blood that was coming from the upperlevel of his crypt. There was someone in his crypt, and injured someone that shouldn't have been there. Turning to the warm body of his sleeping slayer he whispered "Buffy, luv there's a human in the upper level...I think they're injured I can smell alot of blood."
"It's not one of the scoobies is it?" Buffy asked sitting up, allowing the sheet to uncover her bare chest.
"No it's no one we know but whoever it is is hurt bad."
Buffy nodded and slipped out of bed pulling her jeans on and Spike's discarded red shirt. Climbing up the ladder she peeked through the trap door and quickly hauled herself up when she saw the girl laying on the ground. She appeared young to Buffy maybe fifteen or sixteen. Her long black hair covered her face but didn't hide the fact someone had tried to slit her throat.
"Spike! Get up here!"
"Whats wrong...bloody hell! hold on I'll get some bandages."
Taking the bandages Spike brought back Buffy wrapped the girls neck the best she could, hoping they would stop the bleeding.
"I think she'll be okay, her heartbeat is strong." Spike commented after Buffy had laid the girl on the sarcophagus.
"Who is she?"
"Dunno maybe this will tell ya." Spike said, picking a letter off the ground. Unfolding the wrinkled paper he almost dropped it when he caught the scent of exactly who wrote it. "Bloody hell Slayer this thing is from Angelus!"
"Angelus? Why would he write a letter to a human and besides Angel still has his soul."
"Dunno why he'd contact a human but this thing is about 170 years old. Wrote this bout twenty years before the soul."
"Can you read it?"
"Yeah hold on." Spike grabbed a near by candle and held it up so he could clearly see the faded print.
Circle of Eternal Flames
When the girl is born the Order and I will protect her. The amulet I shall send will bond her to us so all demons know she is under our
protection. When the time comes send her to me and only me.
Angelus
Order of Aurelius
"...Angelus...?" The girl moaned. She cracked her eyes open and asked again "Angelus?" She looked at Spike blinked and said
"You are not Angelus, who are you?"
"M'name's Spike, Angelus is m'sire." He told her, then looked at her strangly, "Why do you think he's here?"
"I was told that Angelus lived here, this is the hellmouth is it not?"
"Yeah this's the Hellmouth but you're a few years behind." He paused then asked "Were you aware that he has a soul?"
"Yes my clan knew this, we heard that he lost it temperarely recently."
"He did but he don't live `er anymore, moved to LA...whats you're name anyway?"
She stared at Spike causing him to shudder silently, her eyes were like fire, in both color and intensity it felt like she was looking
at the very esscence of him. "You may call me Bekha."