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"Aricia." She stared at Adern.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Planning....." Seth came from behind Adern and found himself staring at a crossbow.
"Alexandria, put that away."
She turned her focus towards Adern and felt something around her legs.
A large chain had been wrapped around her, and it turned from a pain to a burn.
Seth tugged and her face hit the floor.
"I had these chains made special for you." The more she struggled, the more the chains burned.
Seth pulled her up off the floor and began to wrap her in the chain.
"There is no way you can break these."
"Don't be so sure..." Adern told him. "She's been very lucky as of late."
He sipped a glass of blood. Seth scoffed as he finished hooking her wrists to the wall.
"You have three hours." Adern left.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Don't tell me to be quiet, because I am being quiet..." Alex thought she was hearing things,
but when she opened her eyes, she saw Angel and the others.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped as the last chain was un hooked.
"Getting you out of here." Angel told her.
"No, I have to finish this or I won't get another chance." She pushed away from them.
"Not alone, absolutely not, its suicide." Wesley charged grabbing her arm.
"Who do you think you are? My Watcher?" Alex, bow in hand headed for the door.
"Don't you dare raise your voice at me, young lady." Wesley yelled at her, cutting her off at the door.
"WHY? What are you gonna do to me?" she challenged.
Wesley slugged her in the mouth. "As of this moment, I am your Watcher."
Gunn and Angel's jaws dropped.
"I'm sorry, I won't except you as my Watcher. I have to do this now, its time to change things. Its time for me to take control." She pushed him away from the door and went though it.
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Alex rounded the first corner, she vamped out and seeing a group of three vampires, Aricia told them that she was being followed by three vampire hunters.
"Aricia, Alex, don't do this..." Angel's pleas fell on deaf ears as she headed for Adern.
~~~~~~~~
"What took you so long?" Adern asked Alex as he took her down with a kick to the face.
Adern wrapped his hand around her ponytail and smashed her face into the brick wall several times, leaving her bleeding from the nose and mouth.
She was barely on her feet, when he picked her up and threw her halfway across the room and into his small table with a glass and bottles of blood.
~~~~~~~~~
The guys rounded the corner and surprised Seth. Wesley punched him in the nose, he fell backwards and hit his head on the pipeline. Five more vamps rounded the corner.
After taking them out, Angel opened the door. "Stay here." He told them before closing the door. Gunn had his hand on the door ready to follow Angel when a wall of fire engulfed the door.
~~~~~~~~~
"Why on earth did you do that?" A male voice asked the darkness. "You almost hurt him."
"I would not have." An English female voice responded. "Watch her."
~~~~~~~~~
Blood and glass covered Alex, as Adern stood over her with a stake in his hand, he was just about to stake her, when Angel grabbed for the vampire's arm, pulling him away from her.
She got up, licked her lips taking in some of the blood spilled on her, picked up a stake, and called Adern's name.
Adern dropped Angel as he turned she charged at him. He didn't even blink, as she broke one of Adern's leg, then the other leg.
Angel actually cringed a bit, when he heard both legs break.
It was as if something had possessed Alex, she gave Adern an elbow to the face and as he grabbed for her she broke his hand.
"WHY?" She demanded.
"It was fun." Adern laughed.
"How did you get in?"
"Seth, invited me."
"Did he know she was pregnant?" She inquired.
"Yes, you were promised to me." He grabbed her by the hair and twisted her head.
"This game has been very enjoyable."
"Game over." She hissed, Adern let go of her and she plunged a stake into his heart.
"Angel, are you all right?" Alex helped him up.
"Aricia...." Adern whispered her name just as he turned to a pile of ashes.
She grabbed at her neck as the bite marks began to drain blood, her eyes glowed a deep gold, her face turned back and forth from human to vampire.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Where's Seth?" Angel questioned outside the tunnels.
"Gone." Gunn answered. "Some vamps jumped us and he got away."
"Is Adern..."
"Dead." Alex answered, packing a rather old looking book into the bag.
~~~~~~~~~
"Two days and counting....." mumbled Cordelia at the office.
"Let her rest, she's been through a lot." Angel defended her as he headed for upstairs.
~~~~~~~~~
"I don't like what happened with Adern." Alex told Angel from the stairs.
"I had no control over my actions, and it felt good..." She looked as if she had been crying.
"I know." Angel joined her on the stairs.
~~~~~~~~
"Are you sure about this?" Wesley asked the 5" 7" tanned gentleman with short black hair and hazel eyes.
"Wesley," the man's English accent caught Cordelia's attention,"you know me better then that.
You have your hands full here, and there is no chance of you training someone like her."
"Cordelia, this Cole...." Wesley introduced.
"Pleasure." He shook her hand.
~~~~~~~~
"Do you have a plan?" Angel asked.
"No." she replied as Wesley and Cole reached the roof.
Wesley cleared his throat. "Angel, Alex, this is Cole."
Angel shook his hand as Alex eyed him. "A watcher friend."
"Would you two gentleman leave us?" Cole asked.
"Certainly!" Wesley excused Angel and himself.
~~~~~~~~
"Wesley, what's going on? Who is Cole?" Angel asked.
"Cole, is a watcher friend of mine, fired around the same time I was. I explained the situation to him and he agreed to meet her.
Hopefully, she'll agree to take him as her Watcher."
"Then what?" Cordelia put in.
"Home." Alex spoke up with Cole by her side. Both were bloodied from a fight.
~~~~~~~~~
"Aricia." She stared at Adern.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Planning....." Seth came from behind Adern and found himself staring at a crossbow.
"Alexandria, put that away."
She turned her focus towards Adern and felt something around her legs.
A large chain had been wrapped around her, and it turned from a pain to a burn.
Seth tugged and her face hit the floor.
"I had these chains made special for you." The more she struggled, the more the chains burned.
Seth pulled her up off the floor and began to wrap her in the chain.
"There is no way you can break these."
"Don't be so sure..." Adern told him. "She's been very lucky as of late."
He sipped a glass of blood. Seth scoffed as he finished hooking her wrists to the wall.
"You have three hours." Adern left.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Don't tell me to be quiet, because I am being quiet..." Alex thought she was hearing things,
but when she opened her eyes, she saw Angel and the others.
"What are you doing here?" she snapped as the last chain was un hooked.
"Getting you out of here." Angel told her.
"No, I have to finish this or I won't get another chance." She pushed away from them.
"Not alone, absolutely not, its suicide." Wesley charged grabbing her arm.
"Who do you think you are? My Watcher?" Alex, bow in hand headed for the door.
"Don't you dare raise your voice at me, young lady." Wesley yelled at her, cutting her off at the door.
"WHY? What are you gonna do to me?" she challenged.
Wesley slugged her in the mouth. "As of this moment, I am your Watcher."
Gunn and Angel's jaws dropped.
"I'm sorry, I won't except you as my Watcher. I have to do this now, its time to change things. Its time for me to take control." She pushed him away from the door and went though it.
~~~~~~~~~
Alex rounded the first corner, she vamped out and seeing a group of three vampires, Aricia told them that she was being followed by three vampire hunters.
"Aricia, Alex, don't do this..." Angel's pleas fell on deaf ears as she headed for Adern.
~~~~~~~~
"What took you so long?" Adern asked Alex as he took her down with a kick to the face.
Adern wrapped his hand around her ponytail and smashed her face into the brick wall several times, leaving her bleeding from the nose and mouth.
She was barely on her feet, when he picked her up and threw her halfway across the room and into his small table with a glass and bottles of blood.
~~~~~~~~~
The guys rounded the corner and surprised Seth. Wesley punched him in the nose, he fell backwards and hit his head on the pipeline. Five more vamps rounded the corner.
After taking them out, Angel opened the door. "Stay here." He told them before closing the door. Gunn had his hand on the door ready to follow Angel when a wall of fire engulfed the door.
~~~~~~~~~
"Why on earth did you do that?" A male voice asked the darkness. "You almost hurt him."
"I would not have." An English female voice responded. "Watch her."
~~~~~~~~~
Blood and glass covered Alex, as Adern stood over her with a stake in his hand, he was just about to stake her, when Angel grabbed for the vampire's arm, pulling him away from her.
She got up, licked her lips taking in some of the blood spilled on her, picked up a stake, and called Adern's name.
Adern dropped Angel as he turned she charged at him. He didn't even blink, as she broke one of Adern's leg, then the other leg.
Angel actually cringed a bit, when he heard both legs break.
It was as if something had possessed Alex, she gave Adern an elbow to the face and as he grabbed for her she broke his hand.
"WHY?" She demanded.
"It was fun." Adern laughed.
"How did you get in?"
"Seth, invited me."
"Did he know she was pregnant?" She inquired.
"Yes, you were promised to me." He grabbed her by the hair and twisted her head.
"This game has been very enjoyable."
"Game over." She hissed, Adern let go of her and she plunged a stake into his heart.
"Angel, are you all right?" Alex helped him up.
"Aricia...." Adern whispered her name just as he turned to a pile of ashes.
She grabbed at her neck as the bite marks began to drain blood, her eyes glowed a deep gold, her face turned back and forth from human to vampire.
~~~~~~~~~~
"Where's Seth?" Angel questioned outside the tunnels.
"Gone." Gunn answered. "Some vamps jumped us and he got away."
"Is Adern..."
"Dead." Alex answered, packing a rather old looking book into the bag.
~~~~~~~~~
"Two days and counting....." mumbled Cordelia at the office.
"Let her rest, she's been through a lot." Angel defended her as he headed for upstairs.
~~~~~~~~~
"I don't like what happened with Adern." Alex told Angel from the stairs.
"I had no control over my actions, and it felt good..." She looked as if she had been crying.
"I know." Angel joined her on the stairs.
~~~~~~~~
"Are you sure about this?" Wesley asked the 5" 7" tanned gentleman with short black hair and hazel eyes.
"Wesley," the man's English accent caught Cordelia's attention,"you know me better then that.
You have your hands full here, and there is no chance of you training someone like her."
"Cordelia, this Cole...." Wesley introduced.
"Pleasure." He shook her hand.
~~~~~~~~
"Do you have a plan?" Angel asked.
"No." she replied as Wesley and Cole reached the roof.
Wesley cleared his throat. "Angel, Alex, this is Cole."
Angel shook his hand as Alex eyed him. "A watcher friend."
"Would you two gentleman leave us?" Cole asked.
"Certainly!" Wesley excused Angel and himself.
~~~~~~~~
"Wesley, what's going on? Who is Cole?" Angel asked.
"Cole, is a watcher friend of mine, fired around the same time I was. I explained the situation to him and he agreed to meet her.
Hopefully, she'll agree to take him as her Watcher."
"Then what?" Cordelia put in.
"Home." Alex spoke up with Cole by her side. Both were bloodied from a fight.
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