BANGARANG
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They had been searching the entire forest area of La Push since the day of Sherriff Swan's funeral. It had been expanded to all of as well Forks and the surrounding counties when the pack discovered Bella had skipped town, along with dropping out of school – which Jacob was still moaning about and Sam was on the verge of ordering him to stop as it was driving them all crazy since they could all hear it non-stop. No matter how long they looked or how close they seemed to get, the red-head vampire seemed to get away each and every time! It was driving them all insane and now it had triggered both Leah and Embry to phase now with her being in their vicinity all the time, plus attacking all the humans. At least the Cullen's hadn't done that; they never would have thought they would miss them. So things to say the least had gotten rather, 'fun' the past few weeks since Bella's departure from them all with the extra pack members.
"The bloodsucker went east of the stream, NOT south! The sun's still shining right now and they never go out during that. Plus it's raining over in the east so why the hell aren't we going, Sam?" Paul barked at him from a close tree with some moss on it.
They were all currently at a decent sized stream on the border of the La Push and Forks border. The entire pack had been chasing a fresh scent of the vampire when it had come to an odd halt at this point so they were all trying to figure out where to go.
"For all we know she could have double-backed Paul and -that's- why we haven't moved! I'm not letting the likes of her sneak up on us and attempt to take us out one by one; I'm the Alpha so I make the decisions and we are staying right here until we get her scent again"
"Sam you do realize we could be here for days- what about Emily? Don't you growl at me Leah, you know as well as the rest of us ALL of our loved ones are gonna get concerned if were out hunting a vamp and stay out this long dude" Seth rationalized with him.
"What if one of us just went back and told somebody at the reservation we were staying out longer then?"
"Embry that's how she picks us of and your too young to get yourself killed, your mother would absolutely kill me if that happened! Plus she could pop up behind us for all we know!" he stated rather frustrated at this point. Heck they all were!
"Or if I popped up without any of you noticing for the past few minutes, you would think none of you were supernatural what so ever. Or could even see me, tisk tisk"
There on the tree just a few feet from left of the group was Alice Cullen (Hale) leaning on the taller part of a tree dressed in loud colors. Her top was bright pink with equally bright orange stripped around her upper arms and chest. She wore orange shorts, which they found slightly odd but then again she was the 'odd family member', with a black belt. Her only accessories were her Cullen necklace and a clunky gold watch.
"Aren't you supposed to be gone, Cullen?" Sam asked her once the shock wore off. The others were now standing behind him getting into a fight stance in case.
"I'm the only one here, the others are still gone and they have not a clue I've come if that's where this is heading. I merely came back to collect some things we accidentally left to ship to our new home. Also the reason I was out here was hunting for some deer, so no need to worry. What's going on here and I swear there are more of you…? Isn't that supposed to not happen for you guys, at least that's what Carlisle always theorized." She explained to them
Paul looked suspiciously at her while Jake looked on in shock. Did she really not know?
"Are you serious? Do you really *not* know why we would be out here searching this area so long for the past two weeks Alice?", Jacob started to stalk towards her but knew she had the advantage with her visions. He wanted to attack her but knew that would be unwise as they were technically on Cullen territory now and it would break the treaty with them being at fault.
"Past two weeks? Has something happened here? I have only had one major vision lately and it had nothing to do with this region of the country, just tell me" she snapped getting irritated with his attitude with her. In fact all of them were looking on at her in a mix horror and disgust.
"Oh just Sherriff Swan being murdered in his own home with a 'gas explosion' by a roaming vampire that your family knows; you know the red head one? The entire house is gone, Bella dropped out of school and left town too so yah you could say quite bit has happened in the past TWO WEEKS!" Jacob broke at the last bit as he cried a little. He missed his best friend and had now clue where she went to with that crappy 'note' she left.
As soon as he finished his say, Alice suddenly went very still and her golden eyes glazed over.
"Sam, what's wrong with her and why does she suddenly smell different now?" Leah inquired.
"It's her power, visions, wait for it to stop and then she'll talk or maybe not. Remember our families only have a treaty, not brunch every week", the pack chuckled about that.
After several minutes she came back and fell out of the tree dry-sobbing and muttering things they couldn't quite make out with even their hearing! She eventually stood up and faced them after taking some un-needed deep breaths.
"It would seem Victoria, the red-head who's been a bother, was blocking Bella from my visions and I just now was able to see everything you told me along with some other things. Like after we left and then some of your packs fate. It would seem three of your group are supposed to come with me to LA, I know we don't get along but according to that rather long vision(s), Bella is there. So Jacob, Embry and Leah will you come with me?"
Sam growled then and pushed the others behind him, "Like hell they are going with you! How do we know you aren't going to kill them there?"
"In a super sunny California, really? Your pack has the advantage, plus my vision stated that those three will meet their imprints there while helping my family and I with something. Oh and apparently Bella too." She smiled knowing she had them at 'imprint'.
Leah shoved Sam out of the way at this news with a hopeful look on her face, "Your positive, all three of us will find our imprint there?"
Alice looked at with a happy smile and giggled, "Oh yes and may say you will be quite happy with your imprint. I'm not gonna ruin the surprise as to who they are, you two are gonna get along famously! I think you'll like his muscles the most"
"Whoa whoa – hold on before we decide anything how can we be sure Bella is even there?"
Sure enough at that moment an odd tune began to play throughout the woods:
'Sean Jean, Calvin Klein, Donna Karen's Fashion Line! Valiento, YSL –",Alice quickly answered her iPhone and put it on speaker when she on screne say 'EMMETT'
"Hey brother, how's LA? Did you find The Hyperion easily?", she smiled at the phone.
"She's gone Alice! The Beast took Bella after beating the crap out of the rest of us. I had literally just gotten there to see Bella in the lobby with Angel and the rest of them when BAM the big red bastard arrives and then he was gone with her. He kinda destroyed the lobby too…Edward was right, she IS a danger magnet", the curly haired brunette was breathing hard.
All the pack was looking at the phone with wide eyes and dropped jaws while Alice was freaking out.
"It's ok Em, I'm on my way, as are the rest of the family with back up. I'll be there by tomorrow" and with that she hung up and turned back to face the group again.
"Are you guys coming with me or not? Because from that very real conversation I will need your help, all my family has been going to get help before heading out there. I'll be honest: the situation in LA sucks. Some crazy bastard, possibly bastards, is trying to block out the sun so a different type of vampire can have a twenty-four hour buffet on the city. Right now it's raining fire so it's rather chaotic so prepare for bible-crazy when we get there. All I can guarantee is that the three people coming to help as well are going to live, so don't freak out on me. So fight for that, fight for your pack members – I don't care your reason just help me please!", Alice pleaded with them. Leah was already standing by her before the phone call, which hurt some of the others but there were grateful they wouldn't have to hear her be upset about Sam and Emily anymore. But that didn't mean the pack wouldn't miss her.
Within moments Embry and Jacob came and stood next to her. They could here some whines from the pack but Sam quickly silenced them.
"All we ask is that you three be careful, Jacob – you are acting as Alpha out there, ok? Watch over them and yourself too" he said to him and patted him on the shoulder.
And slowly, well to Alice anyway, they all said goodbye to their pack and went off with Alice towards the Cullen Territory..
"Alright, have any of you ever ridden in a Cayenne Turbo before? Because I'm driving that as fast as possible and there's food in the trunk with some change of clothes for all of you with correct sizes. I hope you all like your outfits, and no phasing in them- especially in the car." As they approached the blue vehicle with multiple suitcases attached to the roof and a full trunk! They were already groaning and knew this was going to be a long trip with her as the driver!
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"Hey Red – who the flip is talkin' to Blondie out in the back yard there?", Spike asked with his usual cigarette in his mouth. He didn't care if there were actual house rules now about having to smoke outdoors only, he would smoke where-ever he bloody wanted to! Those potentials were driving him up the wall and he knew he couldn't be the only one.
At this statement the recovering Wicca looked up from books and the weapons with them to look at the bleach-blonde, then to the yard. She knew Buffy liked to do her exercises out there away from the potentials that annoyed the crap out of her but the young woman with her she did not recognize. But there they were chatting and …holding hands? Who was this person and why had Buffy never told them about her? It was obviously somebody close to her and Willow was positive Buffy was straight.
"Honestly Spike I have no clue, it's almost dark out know so let's head out there and see…", and with that the former computer nerd closed the books and dragged Spike outside with her.
The woman out with her was wearing a blue leopard printed on white tube top with a blue jacket buttoned up halfway, on top of both was a skinny belt that buckled in the back and had a bow in the front. She completed the look with a nice white pencil skirt with tiny slits, black heels and a delicate silver bracelet.
As they got closer Spike could sense the blonde Slayer was calmer and more serene then she had been in ages! She also had the most beautiful smile gracing her features, what would he give to have her give him a smile like that.
"…and that's how I blew up my entire high school and still managed to graduate Es"
"Your joking! None of my family has ever done anything that crazy during a graduation, but then again none of them are a Slayer. You always have to do everything with certain flair, don't you?" her companion stated with a shocked face but held a knowing smirk.
"Buffs good with the flair thing, have you told her about Dracula yet?", Willow asked perkily but also wanting to know who this woman was! She hated not knowing something, a bad habit from childhood really.
Both Buffy and her caramel-haired friend turned to them and that's when Spike let out a gasp, "Buffy how do you know one of them?"
Buffy's eyes narrowed at that but was still quite surprised Spike knew what Esme was, for her species was rare and it had taken quite some time to figure it out.
"I found Esme when I had run off after the Acathla incident. I had been in LA hiding from all of you, don't look at me like that please Wills! I had been working at a diner when one rainy afternoon day Esme walked in. I knew something was different about her but knew she was not our kind of vampire. She sat in my section and was rather polite to me, even gave me a nice tip. Came back the next few weeks, I was the only one who noticed she never ate anything and only ordered water really but my sleazy manager just liked seeing my tight butt in that tiny red skirt so he didn't care as long as I worked really.
"It wasn't until I bumped into Es around the docks I began to get even more suspicious. I had been patrolling when I heard some strange noises by some the further out boats at the docks…"
"Oh heavens Anne don't mention THAT part! I was only eating that so I didn't eat some poor human!"
Now not only was Willow confused, but Spike was too, "Hold on a minute there Pet, I know their kind drinks blood too. Just what the bloody hell was she eating?"
"Puppy, it was that or some pervert who didn't get the fact I'm happily married. However I knew my eyes would give me away by the time I went home to him and I could never let him down like that", she grinned while twirling her wedding band on her hand slightly. She also glanced down at her cell to see if he had sent anymore messages, he had not.
"So once I knew she was a white-hat like us we got along, she even helped me out this crazy-ass hell place I wound up in for like a day- but was a week here? I'm still not clear about that really, all I know is Es helped bust me and several regular humans out and kill this crazy bastard. Then she put me on the first bus home to Sunnydale when I finally told her everything that had happened before I had left"
Willow pouted slightly, "If you have known her for this long, why haven't you told us about her before or what had happened that summer really?"
"How about the fact when she came back you all jumped down her throat about running off? Or guilt-tripping her about Angelus non-stop! She was mourning killing ANGEL that whole summer, your little spell worked at the last minute or did Giles not tell you that Wicca?", Esme's golden eyes flashed as she hissed at the reckless woman. She was upset with her for many things she had done in Buffy's life but knew she could barely push her.
Even Spike was startled by the revelation. He knew the Poof and her had serious drama but never knew to that extent, "Well you didn't come when her Mum passed on either, in fact I have never even smelt your scent before now so why show up all the sudden?"
"Unfortunately, one of my family members saw I was leaving for California and confronted me. You see none of them knew until Buffy's mothers' passing that I had a friend outside our kind. So when that vision came it was shock to say the least to Alice, our Seer. She got me on my own thankfully so none of the others would know and I explained everything. That's when she told me of Joyce's death, Glory – all of what was to come. However before we could make up an excuse for me to go with her on a 'long shopping trip' with her, one of our other family members slipped up on shape-shifter territory. It took months to repair the damage between the pact and no body was aloud to leave the area due to the punishment. By the time I was heading to the borderline once the period was over Alice informed me Buffy was already buried, but wouldn't be for long.
You see, she gets visions based off decisions made around our family, or as Spike would put it Clan. Sometimes it something as simple as going hunting or what kind of weather we are going to be dealing with that day so we can avoid getting noticed by the humans. All the way to major things like if we may encounter a threat or if somebody is going to do a dangerous spell they shouldn't be doing", she had started out with a sad, far off voice but by the end it had gotten rather cold and hard as her skin. All three of the Scoobies knew immediately she was upset with Willow over bringing Buffy back.
"As to for the reason I am here today, it is another vision that actually involves some of your associates from LA. It would seem they have an apocalypse on there hands there and need severe help. My family members are bring in help from all over; my duty was to bring Buffy and whoever wanted to come with her. I should let you know, just before I got here I spoke to my other family member Rosalie and she said it's currently raining fire there so put that into your calculations", after her explanation all three of them were kind of slack-jawed about LA being on fire like that. And did she mean who they thought when she said "associates"? If so this about to turn into an episode of Passions!
"Question, can I enchant some weapons to do some wicked damage? I have doing research about it and I think I have it down now. More or less whatever sword, axe or stake you're using could have a spell on it with some flame damage to your enemy or freezes them. Things like that…"
"Wills, have you been gaming with Xander again? And if so, that sounds SOO cool! But in all seriousness did you get the ok from Giles to do this project, after all he's like your Obi-Wan after what happened ya know?"
"Yes Giles okay'd, you can go in and ask him right now infact. And yes I have been gaming with Xander, you know he's still down about the non-wedding so lesbi-bestie to the rescue. To bad we only play Skyrim and it's a solo-player. But hacked the system so we can rock out to our music instead of the games now!", she said nerdily. Esme wanted to lecture almost some more but hearing she had reverted back to her high school self some comforted any worries left.
"So when do we leave?"
"Sean Jean, Calvin Klein, Donna Karen's Fashion Line! Valiento, YSL"
"Sorry, that'd be Alice – lemme put her on, your on speaker Alice", as she answered her pink Droid phone.
"Almost to LA now with my shifters when I had another vision, you need to bring the potentials that are there at the house right now"
"WHAT? They have no training what so ever!", Buffy stated to the phone with a horrified face, in fact Spike and Willow looked the same as her.
"They will do fine Buffy, in fact one of them is going not only rescue my best friend from 'The Beast' / Legend dude but she's going to manage to find the major baddie and stop them all by herself. So bring them", and with that she hung up.
"Bloody bird couldn't bother saying which one! They are all so annoying together"
"If it makes you feel any better, we are going to stay a massive hotel that has over 200 rooms so you will get plenty of distance from the teenagers. Also she does that all the time, she likes being the only one who knows what's going to happen before it actually does. The hotel is called The Hyperion by the way"
"Damnit, we're off to see the Poofter and his bloody band of gel suppliers!", Buffy and Willow hit Spike upside the head for that but knew this was going to be chaotic to say the least.
AN: Thank you to all my reviewers, this chapter was for you guys! Also thanks to everyone who's put this story on the alert list :D
Disclaimers: I still don't own BTVS/Angel, Twilight or Lost – they belong to their respective creators, not me. Ringtone is a song called "Fashionista" by Jimmy James. Title of Chapter was inspiration from Skillerex off their song of the same name. Will be important later on
Outfits – Alice's & Esme's outfit will have a link on my profile under 'The Lonely' section.
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