~~~~~~~~
She wasn't afraid, at least that's what she tried to convince herself as she was being dragged into Adern's underground lair.
"Princess. Glad you could make it." The darkness spoke. "Leave us." he ordered her two escorts.
"Cypen, let me see you." She ordered him as she felt her two bleeding birth marks.
"I'm sorry to have to tell you, but you don't photograph well." He emerged with a small camcorder.
"Poor little Alex. No one is coming to save you."
Before she could say or do anything else, the darkness wrapped its arms around her.
~~~~~~~~
"What the hell is this? Why didn't you tell me?" Rye burst through the doors and got into Angel's face.
"Excuse me?" Angel asked.
"There's no excuse." Rye threw the tape at Wesley. "I got this delivered a few hours ago, by a vampire."
"Where is he?" Wesley questioned.
"Long dead, ashed himself."
~~~~~~~~
"Oh dear god...." was Wesley's reaction.
Cordelia was shocked as Angel turned off the tape.
"I'm going after her." Angel decided.
"Do we even know where she is?" Cordelia asked as the phone rang.
~~~~~~~~
"What do you mean alone?" Cordelia asked a few hours later.
"Angel and I will be fine, besides I can take care of myself." Wesley told her.
"That's what I'm afraid of..." she responded.
~~~~~~~~
"They are here." Adern said stepping into the light.
Adern's long black hair shined in the light and his red eyes danced with excitement.
"Let the one they call Angel come to me."
"And the other one?" Cypen asked.
"Do with him as you wish." Adern replied. "How is she?"
"Resting."
"Wake her and then be on your way."
"Yes my Lord."
~~~~~~~~
"I have a very bad feeling about this." Wesley said as they got deeper into the sewer tunnels.
"Buck up, at least we've not had too much trouble getting in." Angel replied turning a corner.
"Which one of you is Angel?" Cypen appeared in front of them.
"I am." Angel stepped forward.
"Master Adern wants to see you." Cypen lead them through a maze of corridors.
~~~~~~~~
As Angel walked into the underground chamber,
the door closed behind him and left Wesley and Cypen alone on the other side.
~~~~~~~~
"Don't worry about him, his death, like yours will be slow and painful." Cypen said as he punched Wesley in the stomach.
~~~~~~~~
"So this is the famous vampire with a soul? You don't look tough." Adern stared at him.
"So they say." Angel replied looking around.
"I'm so happy you're here." accompanying the voice was a kick to Angel's back that sent him into a front roll.
"Alex..."
"Not quite." introduced Adern.
Alex, dressed all in black, still wore the cross around her neck, stepped from the shadows.
"How are you feeling Princess?"
"I am well Father."
"And what about you Angel?" Adern asked politely.
"I'm just peachy, thanks for asking." Angel replied as he kicked Alex in the stomach.
~~~~~~~~~
Wesley fired back with a right fist to Cypen's jaw, then a follow up to the stomach.
With every punch that connected Wesley's confidence began to climb.
~~~~~~~~~
She was knocked to the floor by Angel. She was up in a flash with a smiling face, boxing Angel
in the nose, stomach, and then a right and left. Angel grabbed her arms, twisted them behind her
and pushed her into the wall.
"I don't want to..." Angel started as the one time slayer got up
and speared him to the opposing wall.
Against his better judgment Angel grabbed her by the hair and an arm and sent her into the wall.
~~~~~~~~~
She hit the wall blacking her out, until a sharp, painful, high pitched noise woke her and
she realized what had happened.
Adern stood over Angel with one hand wrapped around his throat. Still a little light headed,
Alex got up and went over to them. "No. He's mine. You promised him to me."
Adern dropped Angel to the ground and stared at her. "I did, didn't I?"
With that said, Alex swept Adern off his feet.
Adern jumped up and threw punches at her, but she blocked most of them.
The last one sent her sliding across the room and through the open door that Angel provided.
Seeing Adern heading for the door, Angel slammed it closed.
~~~~~~~~
"Wesley....." Angel looked around. "Alex?"
"For now yes." She headed right and pulled a stake from her black corset, as she turned left.
Before she opened the door, she vamped out and asked Angel, "Stay here?"
He nodded.
~~~~~~~~
"Cypen!" Alex hollered into the room. "Cypen, answer now!"
Out of the darkness someone came at her and she tossed him through the door.
"Wesley!" Angel helped them both up.
"Angel, Alex?" Wesley was surprised. "What happened?"
"Explain later. We've got company coming." Angel noted heading the opposite way.
~~~~~~~~
"That way too easy." Alex said as they reached the confines of Angel Investigations.
"I agree." Angel and Wesley replied in unison.
"But why?" asked Alex.
"I don't know, but I don't think its safe to be home alone." Angel thought aloud.
"Stay here? Well I guess for a few hours, it couldn't hurt." Wesley said starting up the steps behind Angel. "Are you coming?"
"Soon. If you don't mind, I'd like to do some R&S." she asked.
"R and S?"
"Research and surfing." Wesley translated.
"Um, sure. You might want to clean up your neck." Angel told her.
Her bite marks/birthmarks were bleeding.
She wasn't afraid, at least that's what she tried to convince herself as she was being dragged into Adern's underground lair.
"Princess. Glad you could make it." The darkness spoke. "Leave us." he ordered her two escorts.
"Cypen, let me see you." She ordered him as she felt her two bleeding birth marks.
"I'm sorry to have to tell you, but you don't photograph well." He emerged with a small camcorder.
"Poor little Alex. No one is coming to save you."
Before she could say or do anything else, the darkness wrapped its arms around her.
~~~~~~~~
"What the hell is this? Why didn't you tell me?" Rye burst through the doors and got into Angel's face.
"Excuse me?" Angel asked.
"There's no excuse." Rye threw the tape at Wesley. "I got this delivered a few hours ago, by a vampire."
"Where is he?" Wesley questioned.
"Long dead, ashed himself."
~~~~~~~~
"Oh dear god...." was Wesley's reaction.
Cordelia was shocked as Angel turned off the tape.
"I'm going after her." Angel decided.
"Do we even know where she is?" Cordelia asked as the phone rang.
~~~~~~~~
"What do you mean alone?" Cordelia asked a few hours later.
"Angel and I will be fine, besides I can take care of myself." Wesley told her.
"That's what I'm afraid of..." she responded.
~~~~~~~~
"They are here." Adern said stepping into the light.
Adern's long black hair shined in the light and his red eyes danced with excitement.
"Let the one they call Angel come to me."
"And the other one?" Cypen asked.
"Do with him as you wish." Adern replied. "How is she?"
"Resting."
"Wake her and then be on your way."
"Yes my Lord."
~~~~~~~~
"I have a very bad feeling about this." Wesley said as they got deeper into the sewer tunnels.
"Buck up, at least we've not had too much trouble getting in." Angel replied turning a corner.
"Which one of you is Angel?" Cypen appeared in front of them.
"I am." Angel stepped forward.
"Master Adern wants to see you." Cypen lead them through a maze of corridors.
~~~~~~~~
As Angel walked into the underground chamber,
the door closed behind him and left Wesley and Cypen alone on the other side.
~~~~~~~~
"Don't worry about him, his death, like yours will be slow and painful." Cypen said as he punched Wesley in the stomach.
~~~~~~~~
"So this is the famous vampire with a soul? You don't look tough." Adern stared at him.
"So they say." Angel replied looking around.
"I'm so happy you're here." accompanying the voice was a kick to Angel's back that sent him into a front roll.
"Alex..."
"Not quite." introduced Adern.
Alex, dressed all in black, still wore the cross around her neck, stepped from the shadows.
"How are you feeling Princess?"
"I am well Father."
"And what about you Angel?" Adern asked politely.
"I'm just peachy, thanks for asking." Angel replied as he kicked Alex in the stomach.
~~~~~~~~~
Wesley fired back with a right fist to Cypen's jaw, then a follow up to the stomach.
With every punch that connected Wesley's confidence began to climb.
~~~~~~~~~
She was knocked to the floor by Angel. She was up in a flash with a smiling face, boxing Angel
in the nose, stomach, and then a right and left. Angel grabbed her arms, twisted them behind her
and pushed her into the wall.
"I don't want to..." Angel started as the one time slayer got up
and speared him to the opposing wall.
Against his better judgment Angel grabbed her by the hair and an arm and sent her into the wall.
~~~~~~~~~
She hit the wall blacking her out, until a sharp, painful, high pitched noise woke her and
she realized what had happened.
Adern stood over Angel with one hand wrapped around his throat. Still a little light headed,
Alex got up and went over to them. "No. He's mine. You promised him to me."
Adern dropped Angel to the ground and stared at her. "I did, didn't I?"
With that said, Alex swept Adern off his feet.
Adern jumped up and threw punches at her, but she blocked most of them.
The last one sent her sliding across the room and through the open door that Angel provided.
Seeing Adern heading for the door, Angel slammed it closed.
~~~~~~~~
"Wesley....." Angel looked around. "Alex?"
"For now yes." She headed right and pulled a stake from her black corset, as she turned left.
Before she opened the door, she vamped out and asked Angel, "Stay here?"
He nodded.
~~~~~~~~
"Cypen!" Alex hollered into the room. "Cypen, answer now!"
Out of the darkness someone came at her and she tossed him through the door.
"Wesley!" Angel helped them both up.
"Angel, Alex?" Wesley was surprised. "What happened?"
"Explain later. We've got company coming." Angel noted heading the opposite way.
~~~~~~~~
"That way too easy." Alex said as they reached the confines of Angel Investigations.
"I agree." Angel and Wesley replied in unison.
"But why?" asked Alex.
"I don't know, but I don't think its safe to be home alone." Angel thought aloud.
"Stay here? Well I guess for a few hours, it couldn't hurt." Wesley said starting up the steps behind Angel. "Are you coming?"
"Soon. If you don't mind, I'd like to do some R&S." she asked.
"R and S?"
"Research and surfing." Wesley translated.
"Um, sure. You might want to clean up your neck." Angel told her.
Her bite marks/birthmarks were bleeding.