Escaping From the Darkness Chapter 5: Escaping From the Darkness 5/?, an angel fanfic

TITLE: ESCAPING FROM THE DARKNESS 5/?

AUTHOR: SARGE

DISCLAIMER: SEE PART ONE THROUGH THREE.

SUMMARY: BUFFY HEADS TO LA, LINDSEY WONDERS HOW HE'S GOING TO GET HIS TASK DONE WHEN CORDELIA AND TH E OTHERS HAVE WHAT DARLA WANTS.

RATING: PG-13

SPOILERS: EVERYTHING UP TO REDEFINITION, BUT NOT INCLUDING.

AUTHORS NOTE: THIS STORY IS NOW BEING EDITED SO THERE SHOULD BE LESS MISTAKES. PLEASE E-MAIL ME FEEDBACK, OR SIGN AT THE BOTTOM!

Lindsey McDonald reached Sunnydale an hour after Cordelia, Wesley an Gunn. He was currently parked outside Buffy's house waiting for her to get back. When she did return home Lindsey groaned.

"Typical." Lindsey muttered to himself. "Why are they here?"

Buffy had noticed that a car with a man parked in it had been sitting outside her house on the other side of the street. What joy. Maybe now she had a stalker. Most likely he was working for Glory or something. That would be perfect. Glory following her every move. That chick really rubbed her the wrong way. It just sucked that she couldn't kick that chick's butt the way she could Darla's. At least Darla was a blonde and she could pretend it was Glory. Nah she decided, killing Darla's going to be fun on it's own.

"Dawn two suitcases." Buffy ordered. "Only what you need."

"Says you." Dawn muttered as she went into her room. "Watch you'll bring everything in your room."

"We have limited space."Gunn reminded her. "It's a truck. There really isn't a seat for you two. It's a bench that I set up."

"I know." Buffy answered as she grabbed two duffle bags. "I'm only bringing what I can fit in these. It'll turn out fine."

"Sure it will." Wesley muttered. "I'm surprised news of the killing didn't reach you. Wolfram and Hart is rather important it LA."

"We have enough crime and death. We don't have time to hear about what other people didn't live through."

"Alright." Dawn said coming out o her room with her suitcase in hand. "I'm ready." They all watched in shock as Buffy packed one duffle with slayer gear, and a few other outfits and then she pulled a trunk out of her closet. She opened it, and there were a lot of sharp pointy objects. There were also crossbows, out of the back she pulled a sword, and a wicked looking axe. She also packed holy water. Then she strapped everything onto her back.

"Lets go." Buffy ordered. "I got vampires to slay."

"Why does she scare me more then Angel?" Gunn asked.

"Because if Angel fails people die which is bad. Look closely Gunn." Wesley suggested. "She's 20 years old. She's died once. That's the most amazing girl that you'll ever meet. She's our last hope in the world."

"Stop with the Slayer worshiping." Cordelia ordered when she came up behind them. "She wouldn't like it she made the choice to do this."

Buffy had placed everything securely in the truck. Then she and Dawn managed to squeeze themselves into the back of the truck. It was rather a small space and neither of them were very happy to be in tight quarters.

"Drive fast." Dawn suggested. "We could have taken Spike's car. It has more room in it."

"No, Dawn, it's filled with beer cans and numerous other bottles of liquor he used to get drunk with." Buffy responded.

They had been on the road for an hour when Buffy asked them to pull into the gas station that was at the next exit.

"We're only one hour away." Cordelia protested. "Can you wait?"

"It won't take very long." Buffy told them. "I just have to ask they guy that's been following us why he's following us."

Buffy jumped out of the truck as soon as it stopped, and walked up to the car that had been following them. She opened the door and jumped in without a second thought. Once seated she locked the doors so that man couldn't get out.

"What the?" Lindsey asked in shock as he looked over at the blonde girl sitting in his car. "Who the hell do you think you are?"

"I'd explain, but I don't like stalker type people." Buffy told him. "Who are you and why are you following us? Who do you work for?"

Lindsey realized that this was the Slayer, and that she was in his car. If he took off now he could get her to Darla and Drusilla before sundown. That would please them most immensely.

"I'm Lindsey McDonald." Lindsey answered trying to get her to calm down slightly. That way he could take her by surprise and she wouldn't have the chance to unlock the doors and jump out. "I work for Wolfram and Hart."

"Darla's flunkey." Buffy answered. "I heard about you. The words punching bag come to mind."

"What can I say?" Lindsey challenged as he eyed the Slayer determining just how much damage she might be able to do. While doing so he found himself admitting that she was hot. Well hot was a normal term. She was as Darla had said Angel thought of her: sunlight.

"Since you had the bad sense to not only fall for Darla, but also run her errands you can take a message to her for me. Tell her that the Slayer says hi, and that'll we'll see each other soon. Hope she enjoyed her stay in hell. She'll be back there soon. Drusilla can be her new companion."

Lindsey shuddered at the icy tone in her voice, and made no move to stop her as she jumped out of his car and walked calmly back to the truck and climbed back in. The door closed and the truck pulled out, but right before it did the Slayer turned her head and gave him one last glance before shaking her head in something akin to despair. Guess she was a lot like Angel in the sense that she hated to see mortals go bad.

Lindsey decided to head back to his office and call Darla and Drusilla on the cell phone. That had been a useful thing for Holland to give them. Much easier to get in touch with them. Besides Lindsey had no idea where they would have gone into hiding in the first place. Calling them on the cell phone was much safer way to give them the news they couldn't hurt him upon the news that he had failed. He'd still get them the Slayer. She certainly was a cocky think for a 20 year old girl that looked like she weighed less then Cordelia. Going back to work would also give him a chance to be promoted. Holland was gone, and everyone else was dead. Looks like he would be the only one left to take up the crusade of the special projects.

Dawn had seen the look that Buffy had given the lawyer following them. She had already filled the rest of the gang in on the fact that it was Lindsey. Dawn knew however that he had made some sort of impression on her sister. Either she had decided to go on one of her "I don't stop until you drop slaying spree's that would target him," or she liked him.

"So why would Lindsey follow us in the first place?" Cordelia asked after awhile. "How did he even know that you were in Sunnydale?"

"Maybe he was following you." Buffy suggested. "I have no idea what Darla or Drusilla would want with me. They must be keeping an eye on you making sure you don't get in the way of Angel trying to join their side."

"He was parked in front of our house." Dawn reminded them. "Gunn's truck was at the magic shop. If he was following them he would have been there."

"Say Dawn, what do you plan on doing when you grow up?" Wesley asked. "You show tremendous logic. You could work for Angel"

"I don't think so." Buffy interrupted. "Wesley don't give her ideas. She's enough trouble as she is. Unambitious."

"I'm not trouble!" Dawn objected. "I just have bad luck. I mean you're my sister, and you're the Slayer. How am I supposed to stay out of trouble?"

"Where should I go?" Gunn asked as they started to hit LA exits.

"Cordelia's." Wesley answered. "That's where Dawn and Buffy are staying."

Buffy sat back and began to think of what she was going to do about Darla and Drusilla. Knowing that she was going to slay them was one thing. Actually finding them and then carrying it out was quite another. She needed to find out where they were, and she needed to find out if they had any protection.

"So Lindsey's still working for Darla and Dru." Gunn noticed. "Wonder how his boss is going to take that considering that everyone else in Lindsey department was just killed by those two vampires."

"Guess they have to keep the larger objective in mind." Wesley answered. "They brought Darla and Drusilla in for a reason. They have a purpose, and I don't think that they're going to give up on their plan because they killed a few people."

"No. I suppose they wouldn't." Cordelia sighed. "Why can't they both just give up on this whole idea of destroying the world?"

"Because that would be to easy." Buffy answered. "People who plan on ending the world always do, unless you stop them. That's the idea to test those of us who think that people have a right to live."

It was 20 minutes later when Gunn pulled up to Cordelia's apartment complex and stopped the truck.

"Well here we are." Cordelia announced. "It's got a wonderful view."

"I'm sure its better then last years dorms." Buffy told her. "Trust me. I don't really care where I stay as long as I can sleep."

"The sun sets at 7:10 tonight." Gunn told her as he helped her out of the truck and handed her the two bags that she had brought with her. "I'll be back then so we can talk about what's going to happen."

"That'll be fine." Buffy told them as she turned and followed Cordelia.