Chapter 8: Lost and Found
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"Where is everybody?" Gunn asked Cordelia a few days later.
"Wesley is researching something." she replied. "Angel's resting and vampire-slayer girl's in the basement."
"The basement?"
"Yeah, until sunset and then she migrates to the roof."
"You're kidding."
"No. Watch, its ten minutes before sunset, she'll come up and head for the roof."
Sure enough Alex, dressed in her black corset and black jeans, came upstairs, but didn't head for the roof.
"Where are you going?" Cordelia questioned.
"Out hunting." she replied putting the bag on her right shoulder.
"Are you taking back up?" Cordelia asked.
"I can't." Alex adjusted the crossbow on her left shoulder.
"Why?" Gunn asked.
"She's in prison." Alex snapped.
"Gunn, go with her." Cordy ordered.
"No." Alex said with her hand on the door.
"Gunn go." Cordelia ordered again as Gunn stood the left of Alex.
"Gunn, no offense, go away unless you want to get hurt." Aricia told him as he followed her out the door.
A half hour passed, as Cordelia punching her computer, the door opened and Gunn came flying through the doors.
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Angel was halfway down the stairs when Gunn came flying through the door.
"What happened?" Angel questioned.
"She's nuts." answered Gunn, getting up on the counter. "Her neck began to bleed, and then she separated from me."
"Who? Alex? She's not on the roof, so where is she?" Wesley poked his head around the corner.
"Out hunting." Cordelia said.
"You let her leave?" Wesley was standing in the front doorway.
"We didn't have much of a choice here...." Cordelia said.
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Aricia walked through the underground entrance and made her way through the twisting and winding tunnels.
Seeing two guard vampires when she turned the corner, Aricia barked orders that no one was to come through that entrance way without her knowledge.
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Spike was on his way home, when he stopped at one of the bars. He found himself sitting next to a very lively drunk.
"Did you know that vampires exist?" the gray haired drunk man said.
"That's nice."
"There's, there's a secret society in London called COW. I should know, I'm one of them." he burped.
Spike began to hang on every word the man said. "Pretty far from home aren't you?"
"I decided to stay here and watch out for a former watcher. The leader is gone, gone, to LA to spring a....."
Something clicked in Spike's mind. "Spring a what? A trap? You sly devil you."
"You, you see, we and a vampire, are" burp, "trying to kill her....."
"You wouldn't know her name would you?"
"Alex somethin' or other."
"Oh would you look at the time, I'm late getting home." Spike hurried out and to Giles.
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"She's not answering her cell phone." Giles reported.
"Well call Angel, someone, she's walkin' into a bloody trap." Spike began to get upset.
"Calm down and tell me everything..."
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"What are you looking for?" asked Willow.
"Phone number for Angel...." Giles replied slamming the book down.
"Why?"
"Because if I don't Alexandria is going meet an untimely demise."
"Why? I mean Riley's in the hospital and lets not begin about what she did to me." Buffy complained.
"If you had just let her be, like I told you to, everything would be fine. You're actually quite lucky." Giles told her.
"Lucky?"
"Yes, lucky. She could have killed you."
"That doesn't excuse the fact..." Willow stated.
"You refused to listen to me, its done." Giles shuffled some more papers.
"You sound like its a big deal." Buffy told him.
"You darn right it is." he replied shuffling through papers on the couch.
"I want to tell you a story. When I was still part of the Council, there were rumors of a child born to human parents,
except the mother had been bitten by a master vampire in her eighth month. The child was born by cesarean section, but the mother died and returned as a vampire. The child's father, was the only living son of the leader of the Council."
"What about the child?" asked Willow.
"It was found that the child was half human and half vampire. The Council voted to train her and use her for their own gain. Her father found out about this and quickly moved to the States."
"Her?" Buffy slowly pieced it together. "Alex?"
"Yes."
"You're her godfather aren't you?" Willow asked.
"Yes, I promised her father, that should the day come, I would watch over her, no matter the price." Giles stared at the piece of paper.
"So I'm not important to you?" charged Buffy.
"I'm not saying that, Buffy, but without her, things will worsen." Giles dialed his phone.
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"Angel Investa..." Cordelia answered the phone, then cupping her hand over it, said "Angel its Giles."
"Can you put it on speaker?" Wesley asked.
"Hello Giles." Angel said. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"
"Is Alexandria around?"
"No, she's gone, left about forty-five minutes ago." Cordelia answered.
"There's a problem." Giles began.
"Actually Giles there's more than one." Wesley interrupted.
"What do you mean Wesley?" Angel asked.
"Alex told me that when she fought Adern this last time, she said it was like fighting herself.
He knew every move she made, even the ones she considered making, he knew about.
Then she observed him drinking blood from a wine glass, and then she passed out from the migraine."
"What's your point?" Gunn stated.
"He's saying, that Alexandria and Adern might be connected on a mental level. How?" Giles said.
"Right, so what if she kills this dude? Does she die too?" Gunn questioned.
"That's hard to say." Wesley responded.
"Giles what did you find out?" Angel asked.
"You're not going to like it." Spike's voice spoke up. "This evening I ran into a drunk member of the Council of Watchers.
He told me that they and Adern have hooked up to take the young slayer out."
"Spike? Why are you concerning yourself with her? She's a slayer." Cordelia pointed out.
"Anyone who isn't intimated by blonde and her little broken toy soldier boy friend..."
"Well, what's the second problem Wesley?" Giles asked.
"Umm, well, umm...." Wesley hesitated. "Giles, she umm, umm. Aw hell, Giles, Adern bit her."
The other end went dead silent. "Alex is still alive for now, but Aricia's come to the surface and
I can only assume over time, Aricia will be in control and Alex gone."
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"Where is everybody?" Gunn asked Cordelia a few days later.
"Wesley is researching something." she replied. "Angel's resting and vampire-slayer girl's in the basement."
"The basement?"
"Yeah, until sunset and then she migrates to the roof."
"You're kidding."
"No. Watch, its ten minutes before sunset, she'll come up and head for the roof."
Sure enough Alex, dressed in her black corset and black jeans, came upstairs, but didn't head for the roof.
"Where are you going?" Cordelia questioned.
"Out hunting." she replied putting the bag on her right shoulder.
"Are you taking back up?" Cordelia asked.
"I can't." Alex adjusted the crossbow on her left shoulder.
"Why?" Gunn asked.
"She's in prison." Alex snapped.
"Gunn, go with her." Cordy ordered.
"No." Alex said with her hand on the door.
"Gunn go." Cordelia ordered again as Gunn stood the left of Alex.
"Gunn, no offense, go away unless you want to get hurt." Aricia told him as he followed her out the door.
A half hour passed, as Cordelia punching her computer, the door opened and Gunn came flying through the doors.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Angel was halfway down the stairs when Gunn came flying through the door.
"What happened?" Angel questioned.
"She's nuts." answered Gunn, getting up on the counter. "Her neck began to bleed, and then she separated from me."
"Who? Alex? She's not on the roof, so where is she?" Wesley poked his head around the corner.
"Out hunting." Cordelia said.
"You let her leave?" Wesley was standing in the front doorway.
"We didn't have much of a choice here...." Cordelia said.
~~~~~~~~~
Aricia walked through the underground entrance and made her way through the twisting and winding tunnels.
Seeing two guard vampires when she turned the corner, Aricia barked orders that no one was to come through that entrance way without her knowledge.
~~~~~~~~~
Spike was on his way home, when he stopped at one of the bars. He found himself sitting next to a very lively drunk.
"Did you know that vampires exist?" the gray haired drunk man said.
"That's nice."
"There's, there's a secret society in London called COW. I should know, I'm one of them." he burped.
Spike began to hang on every word the man said. "Pretty far from home aren't you?"
"I decided to stay here and watch out for a former watcher. The leader is gone, gone, to LA to spring a....."
Something clicked in Spike's mind. "Spring a what? A trap? You sly devil you."
"You, you see, we and a vampire, are" burp, "trying to kill her....."
"You wouldn't know her name would you?"
"Alex somethin' or other."
"Oh would you look at the time, I'm late getting home." Spike hurried out and to Giles.
~~~~~~~~
"She's not answering her cell phone." Giles reported.
"Well call Angel, someone, she's walkin' into a bloody trap." Spike began to get upset.
"Calm down and tell me everything..."
~~~~~~~~
"What are you looking for?" asked Willow.
"Phone number for Angel...." Giles replied slamming the book down.
"Why?"
"Because if I don't Alexandria is going meet an untimely demise."
"Why? I mean Riley's in the hospital and lets not begin about what she did to me." Buffy complained.
"If you had just let her be, like I told you to, everything would be fine. You're actually quite lucky." Giles told her.
"Lucky?"
"Yes, lucky. She could have killed you."
"That doesn't excuse the fact..." Willow stated.
"You refused to listen to me, its done." Giles shuffled some more papers.
"You sound like its a big deal." Buffy told him.
"You darn right it is." he replied shuffling through papers on the couch.
"I want to tell you a story. When I was still part of the Council, there were rumors of a child born to human parents,
except the mother had been bitten by a master vampire in her eighth month. The child was born by cesarean section, but the mother died and returned as a vampire. The child's father, was the only living son of the leader of the Council."
"What about the child?" asked Willow.
"It was found that the child was half human and half vampire. The Council voted to train her and use her for their own gain. Her father found out about this and quickly moved to the States."
"Her?" Buffy slowly pieced it together. "Alex?"
"Yes."
"You're her godfather aren't you?" Willow asked.
"Yes, I promised her father, that should the day come, I would watch over her, no matter the price." Giles stared at the piece of paper.
"So I'm not important to you?" charged Buffy.
"I'm not saying that, Buffy, but without her, things will worsen." Giles dialed his phone.
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"Angel Investa..." Cordelia answered the phone, then cupping her hand over it, said "Angel its Giles."
"Can you put it on speaker?" Wesley asked.
"Hello Giles." Angel said. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"
"Is Alexandria around?"
"No, she's gone, left about forty-five minutes ago." Cordelia answered.
"There's a problem." Giles began.
"Actually Giles there's more than one." Wesley interrupted.
"What do you mean Wesley?" Angel asked.
"Alex told me that when she fought Adern this last time, she said it was like fighting herself.
He knew every move she made, even the ones she considered making, he knew about.
Then she observed him drinking blood from a wine glass, and then she passed out from the migraine."
"What's your point?" Gunn stated.
"He's saying, that Alexandria and Adern might be connected on a mental level. How?" Giles said.
"Right, so what if she kills this dude? Does she die too?" Gunn questioned.
"That's hard to say." Wesley responded.
"Giles what did you find out?" Angel asked.
"You're not going to like it." Spike's voice spoke up. "This evening I ran into a drunk member of the Council of Watchers.
He told me that they and Adern have hooked up to take the young slayer out."
"Spike? Why are you concerning yourself with her? She's a slayer." Cordelia pointed out.
"Anyone who isn't intimated by blonde and her little broken toy soldier boy friend..."
"Well, what's the second problem Wesley?" Giles asked.
"Umm, well, umm...." Wesley hesitated. "Giles, she umm, umm. Aw hell, Giles, Adern bit her."
The other end went dead silent. "Alex is still alive for now, but Aricia's come to the surface and
I can only assume over time, Aricia will be in control and Alex gone."
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