Consequences

By Hawklan and Razial

AN: Here is Ch 4 of our nice cooperative writing. We hope that you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy the writing and this one is also a bit longer than our normal works.

Chapter 4

Sunnydale

Giles hurried over the teacher's parking space to his old Citroën, granted it wasn't the faster car, but he liked this old classic. He quickly sat down behind the steering wheel, started the motor and drove into the direction of the café LaMorte, even if he never eat there before he knew where it was and he had to hurry to reach it in the 20 minutes Travers gave him. 'Damn why is he in Sunnydale and what does he want' Giles thought while he drove as quickly as he could.

Finally he reached the parking lot of the café with not a minute to spare. He nearly jumped out of his car and hurried into the café. He looked around the café, but could not see Mr. Travers, so he addressed the young waitress. "Excuse me Miss, but I should meet a Mr. Travers here. Did he leave a message for a Mr. Giles?"

"No Mr. Giles, no message but Mr. Travers awaits you in our separate room we have for small meetings. If you would follow me please, Mr. Giles?" The young woman replied to Giles.

The woman let Giles to a door at the end of the café, knocked at it and then opened the door. "Mr. Travers? Mr. Giles is here for you, Sir."

"Thank you Sarah, please send him in," came as an answer from the room.

The woman looked at Giles. "Mr. Giles?" and pointed at the door. After the quite nervous looking Giles entered the room, she closed the door.

As Giles entered the room he saw that it had quite luxurious interior and at the table in the room sat Mr. Travers enjoying a breakfast. "Mr. Travers, I am surprised to see you here in Sunnydale. You wanted to see me, Sir?"

Quentin looked at the nervous looking watcher before him and then answered, "Indeed Rupert. Sit down."

Understanding the invitation as the order it was Giles quickly sat down and then waited for Mr. Travers to continue.

After 10 minutes, which felt for Giles like an eternity, Quentin looked up from his finished breakfast and said, "Ahh that was good, you should try it sometimes."

After Giles just nodded, being to nervous to reply, Quentin continued. "I am disappointed in you Rupert."

Giles waited for a few moments to see if Mr. Travers would add something to that comment, but after he didn't he said, "Why Mr. Travers?"

Quentin looked at Giles for a moment and then replied, "Please Rupert, don't insult me or yourself. You know exactly why."

Giles gulped before he nodded and said, "Angelus and my Slayer?"

"Exactly," Quentin replied.

Giles lost even more of the color in his face, before he asked, "And what happens now?"

Quentin looked at Giles again for a few moment, which made Giles even more nervous, and then said, "You now Rupert, I always liked and loved you like a son, that and because you are my godson is why I helped you after your stint as Ripper and that why I am here know. The senior council has decided to recall you to England for standing trial for failing your duties and sending in falsified reports."

Giles now had a look of total defeat on his face. "I should have known better, shouldn't I? What else did they decide?"

"Yes, you should have and what else the council has decided I wouldn't normally tell a recalled Watcher, but you are my godson and so I will tell you everything and give you an option. The Council has decided to 'retire' your Slayer and Angelus will be terminated. For both decisions the Council decided to hire independent free agents, which could already be here or arrive shortly," Quentin told Giles.

Giles was still for a moment, to shocked to say anything, after a minute he gathered his thoughts and then said, "Thank you for telling me all this, Uncle. You said something about giving me an option?"

Quentin smiled to himself about Giles slip in calling him Uncle, before he nodded and then said, "Yes Rupert. I am giving you a last chance to help your Slayer. Go find her, reign her in and let her kill Angelus before our teams act and hurry I don't think there is much time left."

Giles nodded jumped up, hurried to the door and yelled, "Thank you Uncle Quentin." Before he left the room and hurried quickly back to the library.

Still inside the room

Quentin looked at a dark corner of the room, from which Mr. Peck just stepped out. "So Mr. Peck, even if I would have done it anyway to help my godson I hope it is enough to appease the moral codex of your team and that of Colonel Smith?"

Mr. Peck, who was also known under his nickname Face, nodded before he replied, "We still don't like it to much, but you gave Mr. Giles a chance to save Miss Summers from her fate and the A-Team will help you with your Plan B if he fails do reign her in. A rouge Slayer who can't follow orders is to dangerous to be let running around."

"Exactly Mr. Peck, now let us leave this fine cafe to keep an eye on things on things, you can inform the rest of your team from the car."

"Don't worry Mr. Travers they are already informed," he said while pointing on one of the buttons on his shirt. "We may have grown older, but we are still the A-Team."

Both men left the café smiling.

(Jenny's House)

Xander moaned as he awoke the next day, smiling a little as the left over remnant of his dreams left him and he opened his eyes. He had not fallen asleep easy last night thanks to Jenny's teasing, but finally he had dosed off. The dreams he'd had though were a combination of fantasy and wishful thinking. He rubbed his eyes and slowly sat up before looking around and noting Jenny was already up and in the kitchen, dressed in a red blouse and a long skirt.

He took a moment to admire her form before getting up and yawning, before joining her where she handed him a hot cup of coffee. He smiled in thanks and sat down at the table. She soon joined him and drank her own coffee, whilst trying not to stare too much at her guest. Her dreams last night had been somewhat wild. She had woken in the middle of the night from a very pleasant fantasy and been solely temped to go downstairs and seduce Xander for real. She had managed to stop herself, but the temptation was getting worse. She felt like a teenager again, almost, granted she was only twenty three so she was young enough that the age difference was not that wide.

Unaware of his companions thoughts Xander quickly finished his coffee and got up to wash the cup out, as he finished cleaning it he suddenly remembered what he had planned to do today, before he went to school.

A month ago he had read an announcement that Henry Fitzroy, one his all time favorite comic artists would be signing autographs for his new comic from early morning to eight, strange hours he mused, but he guessed being a big time artist kept him busy. He had been planning on heading there early to meet the man and get his autograph. He looked at the clock and noted it was only coming up to seven. Looking out the nearby window he noted the sun was starting to rise, but it was still mostly dark outside.

"I can't bother you for a lift, can I Jenny?" he inquired, turning to face his friend, only to almost jump when he found her a mere foot away from him.

Jenny smiled at his reaction, once again giving into the temptation to tease and flirt with her friend. She would have to make a choice soon she thought, as she put her own cup away. If she kept up like this she might find herself giving in at the worst possible moment and that was not something she needed. She sighed, wishing Xander was her own age then this would not be so damn hard.

"Where do you need to go?" she inquired with a raised eyebrow, wondering what he could possibly need to do at this early hour.

"Well I need to get home for a change of clothes, considering I slept in mine last night," Xander responded with a small laugh. "But first I was hoping to visit the comic shop," he added.

"Why would you need to go there so early?" Jenny asked confused, as she noted Xander was getting nervous.

"One of my all time favorite comic artists is going to be signing autographs till eight and I've been planning to go since I read about it last month," Xander replied, understanding the confusion he saw on her face.

Jenny could not help but smile at that, as for all the darkness and evil he had faced since meeting Buffy Summers and learning the truth of the world, her friend was still able to have a normal life and enjoy normal human interests.

She couldn't fault him and found his enthusiasm to be amusing, so she nodded as she did not have to be at work until seven thirty for the regular meetings Snider the troll loved to hold.

She sighed as that meant she would have to deal with Giles, something that was beginning to get to her. She had once thought he was a decent intelligent person and she had begun to develop feelings for him, but all of that had been ruined with the breaking of Angelus' curse and the revelation of who she really was. Since then she had grown to be disgusted at Giles actions of late, his refusal to force Buffy into action been the most prominent. Any feelings she once had for the man had been torn away, replaced with bitter resentment.

Their meetings since then had been tense and argumentative and she had grown tired of them. The only reason she was still in Sunnydale was first her loyalty to Xander, her friend and if she truly wanted it her soon to be lover. Second and no less important was her thirst for redemption in the eyes of her clan by either finding a solution to the problem of Angelus herself or by helping in his destruction.

She longed to return home, but that was impossible until Angelus had either been caged again or destroyed one way or another, which actually hurt. Being exiled from her clan was painful in a way she could not truly describe, but she hoped to find the answer soon, then she could go home and if she had any real sway over Xander she would take him with her.

Pushing those thoughts away, she came back to the question that she had been asked. "Ok, I'll drop you off at the comic shop," she answered, getting a relieved smile in return. "Come on," she said, as she walked into her living room and grabbed her bag and car keys.

Xander followed and had to do everything he could to keep his eyes on Jenny's back instead of her ass. He found himself thinking Giles was a complete idiot to throw away such a beautiful insightful woman, just to please Buffy. He had once thought she was a hero, who always did the right thing, but he soon saw just how flawed she was and now people were dying, because of those flaws.

He knew he was not perfect, hell he made many mistakes daily, but never would he endanger someone's life for anything like the way Buffy did. He might not have staked Jessie the night of the harvest, it was more of an accident, but he believed with all his heart that he would have, had his hand been forced. Cordelia's life had rested in his hands and he doubted he would have let Jessie have her. He closed his eyes as he remembered his lost friend, before shaking those thoughts off and then he got into the car.

(Angelus' Mansion)

Willow screamed as Angelus worked the spike into the open wound in her thigh, it had been a very long night and she had almost screamed herself raw. Angelus and Drusilla had been working her over for hours on end. She had no hope left that Buffy would somehow find her, not now. She had watched in horrid dread as Angelus had dumped the corpse of Xander's mother in front of her, she had stared at the corpse in horror feeling the pain Xander would feel when she found out what Angelus had done to his mother.

Xander wouldn't give a damn about his father, as the man was an abusive asshole, who had even once tried to hit her. It had been the last time she had gone inside Xander's house.

Four hours later, the vampire that was once Jessica Harris had awoken. Willow had almost been bitten by her, before she has been pulled back and allowed to drain Harmony Kendall who must have been found at the Bronze. a The few moments she watched the blond airhead scream, as Jessica fed were like a nightmare, when the blond had dropped to the ground dead, Willow had felt like crying.

She had a broken right hand and her left foot was also broken. Angelus had then grabbed a hammer and broken each of her toes on her right foot and even if she could get loose it was impossible for her to go anywhere.

She was going to die, of that she was sure now. She guessed she should thank god that she had not been raped. The wounds Angelus had inflicted on her thighs and back hurt a lot and she could barely stay awake, one thing she knew deep in her heart was she had been wrong to support Buffy. Had she been wise and listened to what Xander and Miss Calendar had said, she would not be in this nightmare. She had ignored the danger because she got swept up in the star cross romance of Buffy's relationship with Angel, as well the tight friendship she shared with her.

"Easy mate," Spike's voice broke through her troubled thoughts. "You're going to kill her, if you keep on like that," he added, while lighting a smoke. "I thought the idea was to make it last?" he inquired.

"Shut it Spike," Angelus snarled. "I don't need your advice on how to torture someone," he added with a sneer at the blond wheel bound vampire.

(Sunnydale)

Xander watched Jenny drive off towards the school, before turning to the comic shop and noting the cue was thankfully small and quickly joined it, granted he was not surprised it was so small, as he had long thought most people were aware of what actually hunted in this town at night, but just pretended not to. Soon he was inside and took a quick look around and noted that not one ray of natural sunlight could enter the room, he found that a bit strange, but wasn't strange in Sunnydale? After that he focused on Fitzroy. He was tall with brown hair and brown eyes.

However something bugged Xander about the man as he glanced up to look how many people were left. Something in the eyes that sent a chill right down his spine. Combined with the fact the autograph signing was so early when it was basically still dark made him worry before shaking that idea off.

Finally it was his turn and he exchanged a few words before getting his autograph and then turned to leave again. He stopped at the door and looked back to find Henry watching him with a questioning look, he just shrugged and quickly left the store.

He moved quickly towards his parent's house dreading going in, but knowing he needed a change of clothes. His mind moved back towards Jenny and how comfortable he now was with her. It was almost like his closer friendship with Cordelia, granted the teasing and flirting was much more intense, but it was similar. Had someone told him he would get so close to such stunning women a year before and he would have laughed in their face. Now he had feelings for Jenny that was clear to him, but he also felt something for Cordelia. He was just not convinced pursuing Cordy would be a good idea. She was still too worried about appearances and status.

He came to a complete stop and almost fell over as he accidentally walked right into someone, shaking his head he looked up to find a tall man wearing a long coat and a multi colored scarf, as well as a hat. For a minute he wondered who the hell dresses like that anymore, noticing the interested look on the man's face as well as his wide smile.

"I'm sorry about that," he said- "I had a lot going on in my head and I wasn't paying attention," he added with shrug, hoping the man would accept that.

"That's okay Alexander," the man said, shocking him with the use of his name. "Would you like a Jelly baby?" The man asked, offering him a packet of sweets.

Xander was at first weary, but not seeing a real threat he took one of the Jelly babies and quickly ate it, offering a nod of thanks, as he finished off the sweet a blond haired woman, wearing a similar outfit like the man only that her coat was pink, walked up to them and whispered something in the man's ear, who then looked worried before nodding his head.

"Take heart young Alexander that the dark is usually at its worst before the dawn," the man told him with an understanding smile. "Don't ignore those who love you in your darkest hour," he warned, before the woman pulled on the man's arm and shot him a look.

Xander was unsure what to make of the man or his words, although they caused him to feel a cold chill in his soul that he could not shake off. He hoped it was just his imagination at work but he doubted it.

"It was wonderful to see you again Alexander, but we really must be going now," the man said with another smile, before turning and leaving with his hand behind the woman's back as if guiding her along. The woman glanced back for a minute and gave him a small sympathetic smile before they vanished behind the corner. He stood there for a few moments, wondering what the hell had just happened. Finally he shook himself out of his daze and moved on.

Finally reaching his street he began to relax before he slowed down, as to his horror he saw multiple cop cars and an ambulance outside his house. He felt his heart beat wildly, as he took off at a run and ran right into the house, bypassing the cops. What he found inside was one of his worst nightmares come true. His father's body lay on the floor and looked like it had been drained of all of its blood.

He felt sick as he looked around almost wildly searching for his mother, before his eyes came to rest on the bloody message on the wall, everything seemed to go silent as he stared at it before someone's hand came down on his shoulder. He looked up and recognized the detective Stein, who had responded to many calls from the neighbors when his father's drunken antics were out of control. The man gave him a sad smile.

"I'm sorry Alexander, but it looks like it was a very bad end for Tony," Stein told him.

He knew exactly who this kid was. He had visited this place many times to arrest Tony for drunken and abusive behavior. The courts just would not keep the man inside. He also knew who this kid was hooked up with, having seen them on patrol at night. He could admire their courage, but he sometimes wondered if they truly believed they could stop the menace which plagued this town. He may be corrupt to a point, being a part of the police force in this town, with the Mayor they had made it a necessary evil if you wanted to survive.

Even given that he was not about to abandon all of his duties especially in the current situation, the kid before him had a bad life and now it had just gotten worse. He truly felt sorry for him, but he still had to ask a few questions.

"Where is my mother?" Xander demanded to know, as he pushed himself to his feet and stared at Stein.

"We didn't find her body Alex, it's possible she escaped whoever did this," Stein responded, although he knew in his heart that Jessica Harris was just as dead as her husband.

"I know who did this," Xander's voice turned cold, as the anger and hatred for Angelus intensified to levels he had never believed possible. "It was gangs on PCP," he added with sarcasm, noting the lack of surprise on Stein's face.

This increased his long held suspicion that the cops within Sunnydale knew exactly what was going on at night, which is why they never seemed to be around at that time. He closed his eyes and ran a hand through his hair.

"Alex I have to ask where you were last night," Stein inquired deciding to get this over with.

"I was having lessons with Miss Calendar, I've been falling behind in class and she offered to tutor me," Xander answered, without really thinking about it.

"However we lost track of time and considering the danger of going out at night I stayed there on the couch," he explained.

Stein did not see any signs of falsehood from the young man as he wrote down the answers. He guessed Alexander had been lucky last night not to be at home or he to would have laid out here.

"I'll take you to the school, so I can get Miss Calendar's statement," Stein responded. "Come on, there is nothing for you to do here," he added with a supportive shake on Xander's arm.

Xander guessed he should be lucky it was Stein who was in charge of this and not one of the hard ass cops he usually saw around town. He followed the detective to his car and got in. He was hoping Jenny would just go with it.

(Angelus' Mansion)

Willow swayed as blood loss began to affect her, but she forced herself to keep her eyes open. She found herself cursing ever meeting Buffy Summers. She would not be here had it not been for her friendship with the blond slayer. No, that was not the truth. Her own stupidity in letting her guard down had led her here. She should have immediately gone into her house, instead of watching Oz drive off. On the thought of Oz she felt pain at the knowledge that she would never see her boyfriend again.

Noticing the vampire that had once been Xander's mother walk past, she felt her own hatred of Angelus stir, as the full horrifying truth finally hit her.

Angelus was going to kill them all and not just them, their parents and friends as well, he was a true monster. She noted he was coming back towards her and so she summoned the last of her strength, if she was going to die it would be with some dignity.

"You are going to regret what you've done," she spat, as the vampire neared her. "You will not survive what follows," she added.

"Oh, do you think your precious Buffy will save the day?" Angelus sneered in reply, actually surprised the red head could still summon the will to fight him, even if it was only in words.

"No, not Buffy," Willow responded weakly. "I'm talking about Xander, your bitch of a sire killed Jessie and now you've taken his mother and me," she explained with a smile. "He will hunt you, no matter where you run and hide, he will, if not kill you, then to be there for your end and a painful end it will be," she spat, noticing how angry she had made Angelus.

Spike who was watching from behind Angelus couldn't help but admire the spirit of the red head. She knew she was going to die and she had chosen to go on her own terms, as best she could. He maybe a monster and a viscous one at that, but he could still admire the human spirit. He had seen many brave humans stand and fight, where most would have fled in terror at the first sign of trouble. Now he was seeing one more human make a stand against the true horror of the world, and as it was the vampire he hated most that was getting the red heads spite and so he enjoyed it all the more.

"You think that pathetic weakling Harris will dare to come near me?" Angelus demanded, incensed by the idea.

"You know he will. He has dared to fight your despised kind with no special powers or skills and survived," Willow stated, trying to ignore the pain her body was in. "He forced Angel to go into the masters' cave, remember. It was him who came up with the plan to stop the judge," Willow reminded Angelus with a smile, as Angelus temper was driven upwards. "He hates you more than anything in this world and he will have his revenge for what you did to his mother and me, you will burn in hell," she shouted.

Unable to take anymore of the red head's taunts Angelus' hands shot out and grabbed Willow's head and with a simple sharp twist broke her neck with ease.

He watched as the light faded quickly from her eyes, bringing a smile to his face before turning away from the body.

"Leave the body, I got plans for it," Angelus commanded, before walking away, planning his next moves.

(Sunnydale High School)

Jenny came out of the meeting wishing something bad would happen to the troll who happened to be the principal of the school; he really got on her nerves and drove her to want to unleash her magic on him and maybe turn him into a toad, luckily Giles was there so at least she was sparred of him.

Walking into her classroom she froze, as she noted Xander already inside alongside someone else.

"Miss Calendar? I am Detective Stein," Stein introduced himself and showed his ID. "I need you to confirm that Alex here was at your house last night having stayed for lessons to catch up in class," he explained.

It did not take Jenny more than a minute to realize something horrible had gone wrong and Xander could be in deep trouble, if she was not careful with how she replied.

"That is correct detective. I have been tutoring Alex for a few weeks now," she finally responded. "Last night however we over ran and noticing how dark it already was, I insisted that he stayed on the couch. I did not want him to risk walking home," she explained.

Stein nodded in understanding and wrote down her answers, which basically matched the story Xander had given him.

"Ok, Miss Calendar would you be able to take Xander in for a few days? Sadly his father is dead and his mother is missing and presumed dead," Stein finally said, shocking Jenny with what was actually going on.

"My god," Jenny whispered, as she finally caught Xander's eyes and saw the raw hatred running in his eyes, which told her everything she needed to know. "Of course, he is welcome to stay at my house," she added.

Angelus had struck again and this time he had taken something from Xander that was important to him. She knew Xander did not care for his father, considering what an abusive ass he had been, but his mother was a very different matter. She closed her eyes and gave a silent prayer that Xander's mother had not suffered, but knowing the vampire in question she highly doubted it.

Stein nodded and gave Xander one last clap of sympathy on his shoulder, than he turned and left.

Xander stood silently until Jenny engulfed him in a hug and he broke down crying. Jenny quickly released him for a few moments, so that she could lock the door before taking him back into her arms and trying to calm him down.

Finally after ten minutes Xander calmed down a bit and as she pulled back. Looking at him once again, she saw the anger and hatred that mirrored her own in his eyes. He quickly rubbed his eyes clear or tears and stood and headed for the door.

Jenny knew exactly where he was going and quickly followed, noting how quickly people got out of his way. Cordelia soon noted the disturbance and finally noting the look on her friends face turned and headed for the library herself. She entered a few seconds behind Xander and Miss Calendar and noted that Buffy, Oz and Giles were standing tens inside, but of Willow there was no sign yet.

"I hope you are damn happy now, bitch" Xander's voice was cold and hard as steel as he spoke, causing Cordelia to shiver as she had never heard him speak with such hatred.

She knew he had been having trouble with Buffy and the others since Angelus had begun to run amok, but she had never expected it to turn into outright hostility. She began to worry about what had happened, Xander was prone to many things but this kind of hatred was not one of them and it chilled her to see him in such a mood.

"Xander I don't have time for you to moan about me doing something about Angel," Buffy responded, not even paying her friend a glance as she paced up and down from what Giles had just told her.

Xander did not replied in words. He strode forward and actually struck Buffy, catching her completely off guard. She fell to the floor in shock as Giles and Oz pulled him back as he glared at her.

"My parents are dead because of you," Xander shouted in rage. "And before you try and say it wasn't him I know for a fact it was that bastard, as he left me a message written in my father's blood on the damn wall," he continued shouting, shocking everyone in the library.

Giles paled as this could not have come at a worse time, his meeting with Travers was still ringing in his ears. Oh lord what the hell was he going to do and he realized that now all hope for saving Buffy was probably lost.

Oz just stepped back in shock, as he realized how justified Xander's anger was. Jenny came up behind Xander and pulled him back into a hug. Cordelia could barely believe her ears, as Xander raged and she learned why he was like this, unable to stop herself she joined Miss Calendar in trying to calm Xander down.

"They're dead because you refused to do your duty. I hate you," Xander spat, as he looked around the library, before he noted someone was missing. "And where is Willow?" he asked in a cold calm tone.

"She wasn't at her house when I called," Oz responded, very worried by his girlfriend's absence. "And I have not seen her in school yet either," he added.

Xander's knees gave out and he fell to the floor, bringing Jenny and Cordelia with him, as he realized the truth. "He got her," he spat. "She's dead, you damn bitch, look at what you've done because of you sickly feeling about a rotten corpse," he screamed, before getting back up and storming out of the library quickly followed by Cordelia.

Jenny remained behind, as she looked at the shell shocked slayer and her watcher. "I hope in the end it was worth it Buffy, because now you are going to pay the price for your mistakes," she stated with cold eyes. "And your mistake Rupert will be the end of you as well, I am sure of it," she added, before she turned around and also left the library, intending to find Xander before he did anything stupid.

Oz began to panic as Xander's words penetrated deep into his mind. Could it be possible Angelus had captured Willow? He closed his eyes and prayed it was not so, if she was his prisoner there was little hope that she could be rescued.

Giles collapsed into his chair and tried to think of anything he could do now to save himself and his charge, still having the talk with his Uncle in the head, but he feared time had run out now.

Buffy however refused to believe Willow was gone. She didn't believe Xander, that it was Angel who had killed his parents either, he just wouldn't do that and said to Giles, "Giles, I think Xander got it all wrong."

Giles looked at her for a second, than looked at her again in an ever growing disbelieve, suddenly his eyes turned cold, calmly he stood up, looked at her again and said in a calm tone," Buffy? I fear that the blond color thing you used on your hair has destroyed every brain cell in your head. Love is a good thing mostly, but what you are currently doing in its name is just unbelievable. I can't understand what has happened to me that I ever supported that at all and I guess you already forgot what I just told you before Xander arrived?"

Seeing the lack of understanding on her face he continued in a now more defeated sounding voice, "As I told you the Council knows exactly what has happened here in Sunnydale and your last chance is to do your duty and dust Angelus."

Buffy looked at stupid as if he had lost his mind, "But Giles I can't kill Angel. I love him."

At first Giles wanted to say something more, but then he just shook his head and left the library also. Outside he took his mobile and dialed a number. "Yes hello? I would like to order a one-way ticket to London," he listened for a moment and then said. "Thank you I will we there on time."

A half hour before the meeting in the library, LA

Leon and Mathilda landed in LA where they quickly gathered the things Leon would need and after storing it all in the rented car and then they enjoyed a breakfast in a café near the ocean, after they finished Leon stood up looked at his daughter and said, "Enjoy your shopping trip here and say hello to your friend Rianne Murtaugh, I know you want to meet her. Just be careful of her dad and his crazy partner."

Mathilda smiled and nodded at Leon. "Yes dad, I will and you look out that you don't get drained in that damned town."

Leon gave her a small kiss on the cheek and then went to his car. After driving for a while he finally reached Sunnydale. He quickly checked in at a motel, after he left the first one behind which looked kinda shady.

Just as he wanted to go out on a small recon his mobile beeped with an e-mail received, he quickly read it and then smiled sadly, because he still had hoped that he wouldn't have to retire the slayer here, but seeing what a rouge slayer once did in New York a few years ago, he agreed with his client, so he armed himself and went out for his recon.

Additional Disclaimer: The A-Team was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo and belongs to whoever currently owns the rights.