Willow woke up in her dorm room alone. "I guess Buffy went for a jog," She said to herself.
She got ready to go to Giles' she was going to see if Spike was right about Angel. Although it was unlikely, she didn't want to wake up and find a very unsouled vampire sucking on her neck.
Willow got up and got dressed. Ten minutes later she was heading out the door to Giles' house.
She knocked on the door before she entered. The others might believe in just barging in, but Willow thought that it was polite to be given an invitation.
"Who it is?" Giles asked from somewhere in the house.
"It's me, Willow."
"Oh, Willow, come on in, the doors open."
Willow opened the door and walked in, and gasped at what she saw.
Angel was standing there with Giles. They were both bent over a book deeply engrossed in it.
"Angel." Willow said in shock.
Angel looked up from the book he was reading with a smile on his face. "Willow, how are you?" He walked over to her and pulled her into his arms for a hug. A hug that Willow thought went of for a bit too long and was a bit too intimate. He pulled back from her and looked into her eyes for a little while.
"I'm fine Angel," Willow said. "Not to be rude but what are you doing here?"
Angel just smiled. "Cordelia had a vision. It had something to do with Sunnydale. So here I am." He spread his arms out wide as if to prove his point.
"Oh, what was it about?" Willow asked curiously, a bit unnerved with the way Angel was staring at her.
Angel shrugged. "We don't really know. She said that the vision was really strange, she didn't really get any pictures just feelings."
"What did she feel?" Willow asked titling her head to the side.
"Fear," Angel said staring at the way her hair reflected in the light.
"Fear?" Giles said. "That's all?"
Angel nodded still looking at Willow. "That's all she told me. Fear and the only images that she got came from Sunnydale. So I packed my bags to come here and tell you."
"Are you planning on helping us?" Giles asked going back to his books.
"Yes. From Cordelia's vision it seemed pretty bad, we didn't know if you could handle it." Angel responded.
Willow was getting a little tired of Angel staring at her. "Well you don't have to stay," she said. "I'm sure we can handle it. I mean, we have Riley now and some of his commando stuff. We should be able to handle it."
Something like anger flashed in Angel's eyes but was gone before Willow could tell what it was. "You don't know that though. I might be more that you can handle. I'm staying." Angel said firmly.
"But what about LA. Don't you have enough baddies there without having to worry about the ones here? What if Cordelia and Wesley need help?" Willow said a bit desperately.
"They can handle themselves. Besides they have other help now."
"Oh?" Giles said looking up from his book. "Who?"
"Gunn. He's a street kid, but really good when it comes to fighting demons and other things."
"That's good that you have that other help." Giles said.
"Are Buffy and that others coming?" Willow asked moving further away from Angel who was begging to look at her strangely. Well, strange to Willow.
"No they're not. They had other plans, so we're all going to meet here tomorrow." Giles said. "But if you could, Willow, help us."
"Sure," Willow said getting into research mode. "Are there any particular books that I should look in?"
"No," Giles said. "Since we don't really know what's going on, the only thing we can look for is something that might be happening around this time near the Hellmouth. Could you please start with that pile over there." He said pointing to a rather large pile near to where Angel was now seated.
"Okay," Willow said. "The sooner I get started the sooner I can get out of here." She muttered to herself.
"What was that Willow?" Giles asked.
"Nothing," Willow said blushing. "I was just talking to myself." She sat down and pulled out a book and began to look through it.
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(7 hours and a lot of doughnuts later)
"Hah!" Giles cried out.
Willow jumped at the sound of Giles voice; it had been so quiet that the sound of Giles voice startled her. "That better be a real 'hah' this time Giles."
Giles looked a bit sheepish. "I'm sorry. Don't worry, it's not something that is going to happen for a while yet."
Angel looked up from his book. Giles' voice hadn't startled him, Willow thought. " You never know it might be something when is it mean to happen?"
"2957," Giles said.
"Oh," Angel said. "I guess that doesn't really matter now does it."
Willow yawned. "Well as interesting as all of this is. I should be getting home."
"It's dark out." Giles said. "Let Angel walk you home."
Willow jumped up. "No. It's okay I've waked home in the dark before."
Angel shook his head. "That was before Cordelia had a vision that could get you killed."
"Angel's right Willow. Let him walk you home." Giles said.
Willow relented looking at the floor, missing the triumphant look on Angel's face. "Okay. Are you ready Angel?"
"When ever you are Willow." Angel said putting on his coat.
"Then let's go." Willow said. She walked to the door and was out before Angel even reached the door.
Angelus closed the door behind him a bit angry that Willow was walking away from him. He caught up to her easily. "Is it just me, or are you trying to get as far away from me as possible?" He said, trying to make a joke pout of it.
Willow's eyes jumped to his face, "No, I just want to get home. I'm staying at my parents house not at the dorms."
They walked in silence for a little while until they reached to cemetery. There was a rustling from the trees on Willow's right. The side that Angel wasn't on. He pulled her behind him and waited for the thing to come out of the trees.
Spike stepped out of the trees as if he had every right to be there. "Hello pet," he said to Willow.
"Spike," she sighed. "You scared me."
"Spike," Angel growled. Willow looked at him sharply. "What took you so long?"
Willow looked between the two of the confused. She didn't know what they were talking about. "What do you mean Angel?"
Angel ignored her and continued talking with Spike. "You were meant to be here ten minutes ago."
"Sorry sire," Spike said lighting a cigarette. "I had to give the slayer the slip. She's been following me around lately."
Angel laughed and Willow was shocked. Angel never laughed. "Yeah, she never trusted you. Come on we need to do this now."
"Hey!" Willow shouted to get their attention. They finally looked at her, as if for the first time. "What are you two talking about?"
Angel turned to her smiling evilly, "Why Willow my dear, we're planing on taking you away for our own pleasure."
"Angelus." Willow gasped finally catching on.