Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewrite

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Chapter 3

Buffy and Angel left the house shortly after he revealed that he had family trapped within the Master's lair due to his soul restoration. He had told them about how Darla had refused him with his soul but his childe and grandchilde had welcomed him home with open arms. When Drusilla and William had welcomed him Darla was furious, she swore she would make him suffer and she had. In 1905 she had sent for Drusilla and William's capture. He hadn't seen his family in 91 years.

"So, let me get this straight; when a vampire is sired they become a childe to the one who sired them?" Buffy questioned.

"Yes, because of the blood connection that is built by the exchange of blood." Angel explained.

Buffy nodded and decided to change the topic to something different, "so, what can you tell me about the Master?"

"I don't really know to much because when Darla wanted to return to him I refused to follow someone else. I was finally free of my father's control and I wasn't about to become someone else's little tool. I know that he was sired before the 12th century, and is the oldest vampire on record. He was Darla's sire which is why she is so drawn to his side."

"Gotcha, so we take out the Master if we can but our main priority is to get Willow, Jesse, and your family out of there."

Angel agreed and the two made their way closer to the mausoleum which held their friends and family. They decided to stick together until they came to a split. Buffy went to the right while Angel stayed left. Buffy didn't get very far before she ran into Jesse, only he wasn't her friend; he had been turned into a creature of the dark. She fought him for a few minutes before telling him she was sorry and shoving a stake into his chest cavity. She continued on in search of Willow as a single tear rolled down her cheek at the loss of a new friend.

As she continued her search Angel was also searching, he could sense his family near but couldn't seem to locate them anywhere. He wanted to call out their names but didn't want to risk Darla killing them before he could get them out of the place.

"Well well well, what do we have here? The prodigal son returns. So sorry that Darla is preoccupied and missing this. I'm sure she will regret missing you." A broad shouldered vampire spoke from the shadows.

"Back off Luke. Where are they?" Angel snarled. All he wanted was his family back safely.

"Aw, come on now, where's the fun in that?"

Angel knew that Luke wasn't going to back down and so they fought for a good 10 minutes before Luke disappeared and Angel was able to continue his search for the others. He searched for another 20 minutes or so before he and Buffy ended up meeting outside a lit up tunnel.

"Think they are in there?"

"Have to be, I can smell Darla's scent from here." Angel whispered back hoping they could get in and out without to much of a fight.

They entered quietly and Buffy let out a small gasp when she caught a glimpse of the two vampires she assumed were Angel's family. Drusilla was unconscious and hanging limply by the chains on the walls while Spike was chained up across the wall from her so they could see each other and all the damage that was being caused to them. Willow was tied to a chair next to Drusilla and she was conscious just like Spike.

"Buffy, it's a trap. Run." Willow cried.

Spike's head shot up when he heard the Slayer's name and saw his grandsire standing there next to the petite blond snarling.

"Angelus, how nice of you to join your family." The Master spoke stroking Drusilla's cheek.

"Don't touch her." Angel growled while Spike was once again trying to break his chains.

The Master laughed at Spike's futile attempt once again and growled a command for the vampires to attack. Buffy and Angel lept into action each trying to make their way to the trapped friend and family. Buffy took out three vampires before ending up fighting Darla who was fairly sure that if she let the Slayer get close to Spike she would end up with a much bigger problem.

Angel was holding his own against the five vampires that had attacked him and once again Luke was the last one standing against him. The two fought and neither was getting the upper hand. Darla had finally gotten to Luke and pulled him back deeper into the tunnels where the Master was resting.

"Why have you retreated?" The Master growled.

"The Slayer is strong, and Angelus is fueled with rage from being kept from his family. We aren't able to defeat them both."

The Master sighed and with a wave of his hand Darla and Luke fell in pain. "So you let them escape with my prisoners?"

Darla stood on shaky legs and spoke, "Master, I believe we have a much bigger problem. I believe the Slayer is William's true mate."

"What makes you believe this and are they aware?"

"As I was fighting her I noticed William couldn't keep his eyes off of her but at the same time they were both faintly glowing. Not enough to be noticed by either of them and I don't believe that Angelus took notice either."

"Keep this information to yourselves for now. If Angelus is smart he'll want to get his damaged family away from here until we can solve this mating pair. The Slayer will die."

Buffy and Angel immediately grabbed their injured friends and rushed from the tunnels. Willow was able to move on her own thankfully so Buffy was helping the now awake but groggy Drusilla while Angel had the semiconscious Spike in a fireman's hold.

"Buffy, where is Jesse?" Willow asked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't get here in time and they sired him."

Willow didn't say anything else about it or anything for the rest of the trip back to Buffy's home. As they approached the door Xander was waiting with it wide open when he reminded Buffy about the invite.

"I, Buffy Summers, hereby invite Drusilla and Spike into my home." She said as she and Drusilla crossed the threshold and the barrier.

As soon as they were all in the house Drusilla was laid out on the love seat while Spike was on the couch and Buffy was quickly unbuttoning what was left of his shirt to see the complete damage done. She gasped at all the scars marring his pale skin. Drusilla was awake and drinking blood from a white styrofoam cup while Joyce was placing a bandage on Angel's wrist to cover the open wound that he took blood from for his childe and grandchilde.

"Are these all the wounds you have?" Buffy asked as she used a warm rag to clean the dried blood from his chest.

Spike reached out and placed his hand over hers before speaking, "you don't have to do that. I'll heal. I just need to get enough of my strength back to be able to get Dru and I out of here."

Buffy went to object but Willow placed her hand on the Slayer's shoulder and silently shook her head. She wasn't sure if Buffy or Spike saw it but she was fairly certain that Drusilla and Angel did and she wasn't sure what the faint glowing around the two was but she knew that it wasn't safe for either of them here in Sunnydale as long as the Master was alive.

Three hours later Buffy was standing on the porch watching as the black car drove off in the distance. Willow watched her friend and realized that Spike was someone important to this new war she found herself in.