Buffy knocked on the door to her room. No answer.

"Angel?" She called quietly in case he was asleep. The door opened.

"Buffy what's wrong?" He said rubbing his eyes.

"We got company," She said and they went downstairs.

No one had spoke until Buffy and Angel walked around the corner. Doyle stood up to meet them.

"No way man!" He shouted in anger. Buffy looked at him then Angel.

"What?" She shouted sharply.

"Your human man!" He looked at Angel in disgust waving his hand towards him. "No powers! Oh god!" He sat back down.

"What?!" Buffy still demanded. "What do you mean?!"

Doyle looked up at Angel and Buffy. Giles looked at Doyle.

"What is your problem, you wanted Angel?" Giles said pointing towards Angel. Angel looked from Giles to Doyle.

"This is not good" Doyle said to himself. Buffy walked over to Doyle and grabbed his coat lifting him off the floor.

"What do you want?!" She shouted to him.

"Buffy" Angel tried to calm her down.

"Why did you want Angel?" She continued to shout.

"Buffy" Angel repeated but a bit louder.

"Tell me!" She shook Doyle in mid air.

"Buffy!" Angel shouted. Everyone looked at him surprised including Buffy. She dropped him and Angel walked up to him. Buffy stepped back.

"Hey, thanks man.she was mad!" Doyle laughed which didn't impress Angel. Angel gathered all the strength he had and delivered a right upper cut to Doyle's jaw. Doyle flew over the chair and hit the wall, sliding down it to sit dazed on the floor. Angel turned to look at Giles and the rest of the surprised Scooby Gang.

"All yours" He said to Giles walking past Buffy to the kitchen to get some ice for his hand that was stinging. Buffy followed him.

Doyle held his jaw and then pointed past Giles to the kitchen.

"I.I thought he was human now?" Doyle said surprised. Giles told Doyle the only reason he could think of,

"Buffy" he said.

"No one messes with her" Oz added. Giles helped Doyle up into the chair he had just been hurled over. Buffy and Angel returned and stood leaning against the doorframe.

"Why don't you tell us about why you're here" Giles suggested to Doyle. He nodded.

"I get visions of people in trouble and I was sent to help a vampire with a soul.you" He pointed to Angel. "I get to this apartment and no vamp so I track him down, to here" He continued.

"Anything else?" Giles asked.

"He's a demon," Angel said casually. Everyone looked at Doyle.

"There is that" Doyle looked ashamed.

"How.how did you know?" Willow asked Angel. Everyone looked at Angel.

"When I walked down the stairs, he could smell I was human, only a demon can do that" Angel stared at Doyle and everyone followed his glare.

"I'm a Brachen demon" Doyle began, "I wont hurt you" He smiled at Willow after she gave him a scared look.

"What do you know about the Powers?" Buffy demanded.

"Nothing! I swear.I thought Angel here could help me out"

"Why me?" Angel asked quietly.

"Because!" Doyle looked around nervously. Everyone stared at him. "Your a warrior!" Angel sarcastically laughed and held Buffy's hand.

"Yeah, well tell the Powers, not any more" He said angrily.

Giles looked at him and then at Buffy. Doyle stood up and headed for the door.

"Well, if you can't help me I'll be." He winced in pain and held his head. He shook violently and seemed to loose all control over his body. Angel and Buffy ran up to him and held him up until he slowed his shaking. He finally stopped and then looked at Buffy.

"What?" She said. "What's wrong?"

"Trouble.at The Brunze or somewhere.a club" He finished.

"The Bronze!" Shouted Willow. Buffy grabbed her coat and headed for the door. Xander and Oz went with her. Willow and Angel watched them drive down the street in Oz's van before they headed inside.

The van pulled up to the Bronze. It seemed no different from any other night. No panic. No screams. Buffy got out the van.

"Stay here" She said to Oz. He kept the engine running.

"And lock the doors" She shouted through the glass of the window. Xander leant over the back of the seat and locked the door.

Buffy walked up to the doors. The music played loud, it always did. As she walked in, she gripped the stake in her inside coat pocket, just in case. She looked at the stage, nothing. Everyone was dancing and nothing was out of the ordinary. She turned to leave when she noticed something red on the wall by the toilets. She walked up to the wall and touched it. It was warm and watery. Blood. Buffy walked into the toilet slowly, still gripping her stake. She heard the sound of running water and as she got closer to the corner she saw more blood. It was everywhere. The floor, walls, cubicle doors were covered and amidst it all was the body of a young girl. She was lying, her head almost completely severed from her body, in the centre of the floor. Her bag was on the side of the sink as though she has been adjusting her make up or something. Buffy noticed some footprints in the blood. They looked human but was anyone sick enough to do this? No Buffy thought, a vampire was though. She picked up the girls bag and looked for some ID. She found nothing except a note.it read

- "Maybe next time Slayer" Buffy dropped the bag and ran out of the toilets.

"Someone call the police!" She shouted in a hurry and ran out of the Bronze to the van.

"Buffy are you ok?" Xander asked as she hurried to get in and shut the van door.

"Drive!" She shouted to Oz who reversed out of the Bronze alley way much faster than he normally would. They were driving down Revello drive when Xander broke convo.

"Say, what happened back there Buff?"

"Yah, why d'ya bail?" Oz enquired.

"It was.er.nothing major. Just some death" She clenched the piece of paper in her hand.

"You should tell Giles" Xander said, "He gets a kick outta stuff like that" He smiled at her reassuringly. They pulled up Buffy's driveway and got out the van. Oz locked up and they headed for the door. It opened as they got there and was about to knock.

"Angel" Buffy ran into his arms.

"Hey, are you ok?" Hey looked at Xander and Oz who both hunched their shoulders.

"I found this" She gave him the piece of paper, blood stained and wet from her tears. He read it and then looked at Giles, still comforting Buffy against his chest.

"I'm gonna take her upstairs" Angel said as he walked Buffy through the hall.

"What is it?" Willow asked as Oz sat next to her and held her hand. "Did something happen Oz?" He shook his head. Giles gave her the piece of paper.

"Oh" was all she could think to say.

Angel kicked open Buffy's bedroom door and walked her to the bed. She sat on the bed as he walked over to shut the window. Before he did, he stopped and looked around. Nothing.

"Are you ok?" He asked softly as he walked over to the bed. Buffy nodded and wiped her tears.

"It was a shock," She said. "The last threatening note I got was."She stopped and looked at Angel who had already realised what time she was talking about. He felt so ashamed and his heads was down. Buffy reached out her hand and ran it down the side of his face. He looked up with his melting brown eyes.

"It's ok," she told him softly "I forgive you and anyway, you only did that 'cos you loved me.right?" She tried to make a joke.

"This is all my fault" Angel told her, standing up off the bed and walking away from her.

"How is it?" She demanded. "What did you do?" He looked at her crying.

"I didn't want to hurt you Buffy" He moved closer to her. She backed away.

"What did you do?" She growled angrily. He turned to the window.

"I.I was hungry" He said. His voice grew smooth and sarcastic.

"Hungry?" She said. "What do you mean.your human now. Angel?" she walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. He swung around revealing his game face.

"Names Angelus" He smirked.