I own nothing of the Buffy universe. Here's chapter three. I would love to have at least one review. Just try it you may end up enjoying it.

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The next day Buffy felt numb. She explained everything that she knew to the gang. They were just as stunned as she was. Giles seemed a shade or two lighter than normal.

"Buffy you can't blame yourself for what is happening. Angelus has a long history of cruelty. Spike is an armature compared." Giles cleaned his glasses for what seemed to be the tenth time already.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" She didn't need any more bad news.

Giles was trying to keep his calm. "I could lie to you but that won't do you any good. You need to be prepared and you are not. He's fixated on you."

"I could leave Sunnydale."

"No way Buff. If you go then I'll be the first to pack my bags." Xander jumped in.

"I'm in as well. I'd love an excuse to kick some vampire butt. He kidnapped my girl."

Buffy was happy to have such good friends but they would get hurt because of her. "Thanks guys but this is serious. I can't just punch my way through this situation. He wants to get into my life and there's nothing I can do about it unless it means one of you getting hurt or Willow killed."

"The videos are troubling." Giles stopped his thought process and went into his office. He came back with a rather new looking book.

Xander was the most surprised. "Is that a modern book? I thought you only owned books that are two hundred years out of print."

"It is new but it may have the information we need. Buffy you said that in the video you saw yourself and Willow?"

"Giles, they looked identical. If I woke from a coma I would totally believe the video was real."

He flipped through the pages and settled to a picture of before and after shots. "They may be the Gorlak sisters. They are witches that were the first to specialize in image arts. Most of their income comes from the film industry. To hire them for private work would cost a fortune."

Buffy read the info. "Where did you get this?"

"Oh, it was left here by a student I believe about a week ago. Rather odd coincidence."

"So maybe there's someone on our side we don't know about." Xander spoke with no humor.

Giles thought about it. "You know, I think Xander has the right idea."

"I do?"

Buffy playfully hit him in the arm. "You do come up with good ideas from time to time. Your army training helped out a lot."

The gang got to work in trying to get a game plan together. Giles had Cordelia contact the sisters and if possible arrange a meeting.

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Willow didn't get out of bed until Angelus was well and gone. He left her some clothes and a note. At least he was giving her that. She stood and was in pain. Every part of her skin felt dirty. The same horrific thought kept running through her head over and over again. She enjoyed what was done to her. He was so gentle with her.

The note explained that she is to shower, dress and head to the main room with the table. Nothing else was explained. The clothes provided were her size but darker colors that what she was used to wearing. There was no use complaining as they covered her and she was given underwear this time round.

The water from the shower felt wonderful. Never had she been so happy to have a shower in her life. The soaps and shampoo were of the expensive kind. Her senses were almost overwhelmed by the smells and the feel of hot water on her skin. She was never the kind to think about smelly soaps but now she understood the appeal of spending a little extra money on them.

After her shower she got dressed and went to the main room. Spike was waiting for her. "Good evening."

"I suppose."

"Oh, don't be like that. Things could be much worse." Spike motioned for her to sit down. A Laptop was provided. "Boss has work for you to do. You being the genius with computers and all it seems fitting. The more you work at this the less work you'll have to do without your clothes on."

Willow cringed at the thought. Spike did speak to her last night. Not long but enough to know that he had no ill intentions towards her in the same arena as Angelus.

"Why are helping me?"

Spike smiled as if he was repeating some inside joke to himself. "Helping you more like using you. I think Angel has had things a little too easy. Dru was easily driven mad and turned. It would be nice to see him actually work for something. He's used to things working for him."

The idea of fighting never entered her thoughts. "I can't fight him."

"Fine then. Here's another book. Translate and I'll back in a few hours." Spike wheeled himself away and another vampire entered with a meal of fruit, toast and some tea that had an odd but pleasant smell.

The program wasn't difficult to use and the translation would be easy. She read the book she was given. It was then she realized what Angelus was planning for Buffy. She had to do something.

An hour passed and she worked as little as she could on the program. The idea came to her to try and make a run for it for a second time. She stood and looked around. That's when she spotted them. There were at least three vampires not too far way. They nodded back when she made eye contact almost daring her to try and make an escape attempt.

In her observations she noticed that they didn't make any effort to come closer either. They were silent posts waiting for her to step out of bounds. Alright no way to break out of here perhaps there was something she could do while in bounds.

Think Willow, think.

Fight back. That's it, how could she be so stupid? She typed up a fury looking like she was pressed for time. Her hidden guards would only report that she was working hard nothing more. The translation was done and she simply had to wait and hope that her idea will work.

Spike watched her from a distance, hidden and was impressed how observant she was. It seems that some slayer training rubbed off on the girl. He wasn't well versed with computers. In all honesty he was too busy killing and shagging to bother with the whole technology thing. Though not knowledgeable in technology he was well versed in facial expressions. Willow's face changed from fearful to curious to very confident.

He wheeled in after she finished her work. "All done then?"

"Yes."

"So I guess you have some idea what is going to happen to Buffy."

Willow may not be fear of him harming her but some respect was always in order. "I thought he wanted to kill her."

"There are many ways to kill someone. He's rather creative. One has to admire his technique. I've never been one to get things all complicated. Kill and move on I always say. I'm rather practical in that sense."

"Yes and now you are in a wheelchair." Angelus and Dru entered the room. Dru hung off of Angelus with a very content look on her face.

Willow could see a vein pop in Spike's forehead. "All to save Dru."

"Oh, you all jealous." Dru walked over to Spike and gave him a kiss.

Willow remained silent. The more quiet she remained the better, in her opinion. She didn't relish the idea of being the center of anyone's attention right now. But her luck would not be with her. With Dru elsewhere it freed Angelus to speak with Willow.

"So how much work did you get done on the translation?"

"It's all done."

He looked at the screen and was pleased to find that it was indeed done. Willow was an asset and he intended to use her talent with the computer further. "It must be hard to be here now that you know what I intend on doing to Buffy."

Willow said nothing. The idea of being under someone's gaze was unsettling to her.

"All quiet? Yes well you were always the quiet one weren't you? Always so ignored, put aside and treated like a library of information. I want to thank you for translating this. Most vampires are useless when it comes to technology." He pulled her towards him watching her reaction to him. There was fear there but not anywhere near where she was before. "It seems breaking you in did some good."

"Ahem, there is still work to bloody do you know." Spike interjected.

Angelus sighed. "All work and no play now Spike?"

"You are supposed to meet Buffy tonight right? Part of the plan and all."

He let go of Willow and sighed. "Yes, I suppose you are right. Dru I would like you spend some time with her. I am very interested in seeing what potential power she has."

Dru stepped towards Willow with a rather frightening smile on her face.

"Play nice Dru this is one doll I cannot replace for you."

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Angelus rang the doorbell and Buffy answered the door. It was apparent that she was not pleased to see him. "Are you going to invite me in lover?"

"By all means enter."

He felt the wall go down and he casually entered the house and walked into the living room only to find that Buffy wasn't alone. Everyone of the gang except Willow was there and armed to the teeth with holy water, crosses, steaks and other pointy objects that would cause him pain.

"I see you invited friends for dinner. You shouldn't have. I fed before I came here; a young, blond woman with the same eyes as yours."

Giles started to incant something. Angelus lunged towards him with full game face, only to be blocked from him with a rather painful blast of holy water across his chest. He threw Xander across the room and gave Oz a rather painful punch to his face. Cordelia held her cross while standing next to Giles. Buffy kept Angelus busy, destroying a few pieces of furniture in the process.

When the incantation was finished Angelus stopped fighting. He waited for something to happen. "Whatever you intended it didn't work. I think I'll leave now. I wanted to spend some quality time alone with you but I guess I'll spend another night with your dear friend Willow. She's so responsive for a virgin. Well not a virgin anymore."

He headed for the door only to be repelled by it. Then he understood what Giles did. "Do you believe keeping me here would do you any good Buffy? Or is this a call for attention? I've been neglecting you lover. I'm so sorry. Let's have a kiss."

Oz and Xander threw a net over him and Buffy beat him to the ground. "Hold him down!" Giles ordered as he prepared a syringe.

Angelus knew that he had to get out of this mess or he will truly regret getting caught. He used all his strength and threw all three towards Giles. Oz fell into the syringe and passed out.

"Don't let him get away. Oz will be fine." Giles pulled out a steak and Buffy started to go round two on Angelus who only started laughing.

He pulled the net off of him and threw it at Xander who tripped over a now very unconscious Oz. Buffy ran after Angelus who ran straight for the kitchen to acquire a few weapons. Knives were always easy to get to in a kitchen.

He pulled out a cleaver. "Now this is nice. Thought I would use this on one of your friends."

"You are not leaving until we get Willow back."

Giles ran into the kitchen along with Xander. They were holding crosses and cornered Angelus who was still acting like this was just some game.

"I am curious lover. That incantation keeps vampires in right?"

"I think you know the answer to that."

He stepped forward keeping the cleaver to his side. "Then it won't keep other Vampires out I'm guessing."

Buffy turned to Giles for confirmation. That's all he needed to grab her and place the cleaver to her neck. "Now lover I really wanted to play with you a little longer but it seems your plans have rushed things."

Just then two other Vampires entered the kitchen. One held Cordelia the other Oz who was only being held up by the vampire holding him.

"Remove the curse or two of your friends die tonight. Don't even think of it my dear watcher. You may be more skilled than most other watchers but even you know when you've been beat."

Defeat in this situation was final. "You are free to go as are any other vampires."

"That's it?" Buffy thought there would be more to it.

"Yes, now get out."

Angelus pulled Buffy towards the kitchen door. He kissed the side of her neck, nibbling in a sensitive area Angel had discovered. "Angel discovered that spot easily enough; though you were very compliant with him." He brought his attention to Giles. "I could use a watcher. Come with me and your precious slayer and friends will not be hurt."

"Giles, don't."

Xander had enough and lunged with the cross. It was enough of a distraction that Buffy threw Angelus to the floor and went after the other two vampires. They knew well enough not to fight her and dropped her friends and left the way they got in.

Angelus stood up as if nothing happened. Xander turned towards Buffy ignoring Angelus who grabbed him and threw him outside. Two other vampires were waiting and took hold of Xander who had dropped the cross inside.

"I'll be leaving now."

By the time Buffy finished fighting Angelus, Xander and the other two vampires were gone. He looked at her and laughed. "I have the tape with Xander. I won't be there to save you this time round. The police will come and you'll have to deal with things yourself. No more deals. Surrender or be a fugitive."

Buffy knew this was no idle threat. What they planned tonight was a huge mistake and now two of her friends are in very real danger.

"I've been a fugitive before. I can do it again. Besides we know who made the videos."

"They'll never talk. Paid too much money for them to talk."

Angelus stepped up to Buffy. "I will really enjoy hunting you down. Having connections with the police will come in handy. Now that you don't have your little computer hacker with you, you'll have to rely on what's left of your friends."

Buffy watched as Angelus walked away and disappeared.

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