A/n I still own nothing and continue to have my story betaed by ljlashlarue.

"Damn it, I can't believe they bought the house. Nobody was supposed to buy that house, I made a deal with the realtor to never sell it. All that money, and the deeds. DAMN IT!" Angelus seethed in the warehouse that he was forced to hide in now that his mansion had been sold out from under him. It never occurred to him that he could have just bought it, and then it would have been safe from them. Or so he would think, in any case. Now he was on the defensive, and he didn't like the feeling.

Storming over to his minions that he managed to collect over the last few days, he grabbed the closest one, "I want you to bring me the realtor responsible for selling that house. She better be intact, with no bite marks!"

Giles was reluctant at first, but after half an hour of wheedling, complaining, and a somewhat logical argument from Xander, of all people, he was convinced it was a good idea to move into the mansion, even if they called it Scoobie Central. Packing his beloved books would be the hardest part, but it would be worth it, especially when after he saw the library of the mansion, he nearly wet himself with joy.

The room they would be using for the meetings certainly beat the school library, and after some thought he agreed that having a meeting place that vampires couldn't enter at will and sneak up on them was a good thing. Besides the troll er... I mean principal couldn't bother them here!

Willow had been busy, busy enough that she actually skipped school. "Oh my god! mark that in your calendar. For the first time ever, Willow missing school without being sick!" Xander thought to himself while he watched her work her magic on the computer getting the deeds put into Buffy's name.

For each deed that she changed over was one house that Angelus could no longer enjoy hiding in. That left just the Greenwood warehouse left to check out for rampant vampires.

"Are you ready to go, Buff?" Xander asked.

Buffy stepped out wearing all black, T-shirt and cargo pants with stylish boots. She gave Xander a wink when she noticed him checking out her boots.

"Um, ok, I guess that means you're ready," he replied.

"Don't go anywhere without my goodbye smootchies, you two," Willow ordered.

"No, we can't have that, can we Xan?" Buffy kissed Willow passionately followed by Xander kissing her the same way.

Willow, who lost brain function from both those kisses, sat there in a daze.

"Look Xan, we broke her," Buffy laughed out.

Moving his hand back and forth in front of Willow, Xander said, "Mission Control to Willow, Mission Control to Willow, are you there, Willow?"

Willow was quiet for a moment before she exhaled deeply and said, "If you ever kiss me like that for good morning, we aren't gonna get out of bed!"

"We'll have to remember that, Wills," Buffy replied, "C'mon, Xan, we have hunting to do."

Ares watched while the two slayers hunted for their prey. Warriors of their caliber were something to enjoy; they both moved like predators on the prowl, which really wasn't far off from the truth. They would make worthwhile worshipers, if only he were allowed to make contact. A shame, really, It had been millennia since someone like them had worshiped Ares. Somehow he would get them to worship him.

Xander and Buffy quietly crept up to the Greenwood warehouse, and knowing that Angelus might be there, they prepared their weapons.

Xander, with the battle axe out, stood ready by the door, with Buffy feeling inadequate with her short sword and stakes. "I knew I should have brought that big sword," Buffy thought to herself.

Xander signaled a countdown of - "4...3...2...1...go!"

Kicking the door in, Xander rushed in followed by Buffy with her sword ready. What they found was a horribly disfigured corpse in a Century 21 jacket that was crucified in the center of the warehouse. Angelus, who was surrounded by 20 minions, stood near the corpse. He turned to look at them.

"Look who has come to celebrate the death of the realtor!" Angelus called out. "Too bad you're late."

The two scoobies didn't even say anything, they just attacked. Buffy gave Xander plenty of room for his axe, those wide, Conan swings took a lot of vampires out.

Angelus watched Buffy as she fought his minions, he had lost sight of droopy after the first minute or so. He was just waiting for his chance to get to her. He was so intent on watching her that he didn't notice the big axe come around and chop him off at the knees.

Angelus screamed out in pain as he lost his legs. Ironically, the blessed weapon also cauterized his wounds, leaving him with non-bleeding stumps.

"You won't be running away this time, shorty," Xander said in a harsh voice. He then lopped off the other two limbs, leaving Angelus lying on the ground, screaming.

"Need any help, Buff?" Xander ask casually.

Buffy, who was finishing the last one, said "Naw, I've got this, but thanks for asking."

"So what do you wanna do with gimpy over there?" Xander asked

"Let's take him to Willow. We have a nice little garden that we don't have to invite him to take him to." Buffy replied.

"Good Idea. Oh, look, it's dark enough outside too. Good thing I brought duct tape." Xander went to work prepping Deadboy for transport.

"Hey Wills, come out to the garden, and bring Giles with you, we have a surprise for ya," Xander called out from the doorway.

Hesitantly, Willow peeked out the door to make sure it was really Xander who had called out. Her eyes widened when she saw who was staked out in the garden facing east with a gag in his mouth. She cringed a bit when she noticed his missing limbs, but after a moment she fortified herself and stepped out to get a better view.

Giles, on the other hand, stepped out immediately. He then walked over to Angelus and gave him a good ripper kick to the head before he recovered his composure. He looked embarrassed for losing control.

"Don't worry Giles, he deserves everything that happens to him between now and sunrise," Buffy said.

"We are going inside, make sure he regrets what he did," Buffy said to Giles.

The triple went into their bedroom, where they relaxed on the bed watching a movie. Every now and then the could almost hear something over their movie, but never quite enough to make them go check. When they woke in the morning they found Giles in the kitchen with a strong cup of tea.

"He regretted everything he ever did; by the end he was wishing he hadn't merged with his soul," Giles said simply before heading to his room.

Out in the garden was a fresh pile of ash where Angelus used to be.

Warren watched on his monitor what was happening at the mansion, thinking to himself "I should be careful when I start my plans to take over." He ordered the spy bot to return to base.

The end.