Chapter 2 Los Angelus
Buffy walked out of her dad's house toting her dad's credit card. He had given her strict orders that it was now hers. When she returned to Sunnydale, she could use it there also. Her father hadn't done this when she had come here the first time. Although, she had made him feel quite guilty for not coming to visit much. She didn't regret it. This would be the last time she would ever see him, this summer. Next summer she ran away to LA, but she stayed away from her father. The following year she was dealing with Angel leaving. Then it seemed pointless to come after that. Her dad didn't seek her out. There was no point.
Buffy headed to the mall. She didn't really want to see any of her old friends from Hemry. They were a bunch of snobs anyway. The only one worth his salt was Pike and she didn't even know if he had stuck in LA after she left. They had dated up until about a month before she left LA. They had broken up but had remained close. Then the whole ordeal with the burning of the high school gym had happened. She had not seen him since that night.
She started to do a sweep of the mall, much like she would do a cemetery in Sunnydale. She walked by all the shops and decided where she would like and planned out where to go first. She was going to deck herself out in more "modern" clothes. She was looking for something more like she wore in a couple years. More leather that is for sure.
Angelus would be so proud. He had such a "deep" impact on her wardrobe.
Five years into the future
Angelus stood in the Hyperion hotel. The idiots could do nothing to stop him. The only one who even stood a chance was dead. He laughed at his work. Fred lay dead in a pool of her own blood almost looked like she was asleep except for the blood with the phone in her head at the receptionists' desk. Gun he had strung up in chains nearly tortured to death. Wesley was no fun he had just snapped his neck. Cordy, had managed to go to Sunnydale before he had gotten to her. That is where he was headed next. He walked out of the hotel. Only he himself knew that Angel had never actually destroyed the Gem of Amara. He had hidden it where no one could find it, just in case. It was sad that he had not realized to his own stupidity that Angelus could get out and know exactly where it was.
Dru and Darla were in town, but he planned on killing them on the way out of town. They were an annoyance, nothing more. He had long gotten past needing them. They would just get in the way.
He grabbed the Gem of Amara and placed it on his hand and grabbed his Claddagh ring. Even he knew, the loss of Buffy affected him more than others thought. He placed it on his ring finger and walked out into the sun.
What met him shocked him….
AN: I'm sorry this is so short. I just wanted to start writing this soon. I still haven't decided whether I actually want to bring Dawn back or not. I wrote her falling into the "black hole" originally with that intention, but now it is just a side note. You know one of those, if Buffy no longer exists to take care of the sister that doesn't exist, she no longer exists, but who knows. I came up with something else. I'm thinking of bringing Pike into the next chapters. If you would like me to bring him to Sunnydale then please review and tell me. I will start the next chapter as soon as I put this one up!