Part 2



One week later



It seems where ever a Slayer goes the forces of darkness follow. In the last week there had been 4 missing people reports, rumor had it was just a bunch of teens playing around, But something didn't seem right so Liz had Willow hack into the Roswell PD computer system. It seems all 4 bodies were found with 2 deep punctures wounds in their necks and all the blood drained from their bodies, 2 of the bodies also mysteriously disappeared from the morgue.

Which meant Liz had some patrolling to do, the Scooby Gang offered to come down. Liz told then there was no reason to have a wiggin just a couple of vamps she could handle it on her own.

So here she was roaming around the bad side of town with stake in hand.

It was an hour or so after sunset Liz had checked all the warehouses and old abandoned building within the city limits to see if she could catch the vamps before they had risen but she was to late, so she decided to check out UFOnics if the vamps were anywhere it was there trying to get there meal for the night.



UFOnics



Heads turned as she entered the club.



...Put me in the hospital for nerves

And then they had to commit me

You told them all i was crazy

They cut off my legs now i'm an amputee, god damn you



Liz was clad in traditional slay wear, black pants, tank top, leather jacket. Eyes watched her as she walked up to the bar.



I'm not sick but i'm not well

And i'm so hot cause i'm in hell

I'm not sick but i'm not well

And it's a sin to live so well



"What's your drink?" the bartender asked

"Strawberry Margarita" Liz said absently to the bartender as she scanned the room for any vamps

"Here you go" the bartender said handing her, her drink

"Thanks" she said as she took a sip it was non-alcoholic she didn't need a buzz while she was on patrol.



I wanna publish zines

And rage against machines

I wanna pierce my tongue

It doesn't hurt, it feels fine

The trivial sublime

I'd like to turn off time

And kill my mind

You kill my mind



Liz missed bronzin it with the Scoobies. The music was ok but UFOnics wasn't nothing like the Bronze. That's why she decided to turn the Crashdown into a club. It wouldn't take much take the booths out, gets some different table's, different lighting...Liz stopped in mid thought when her spider sense went off.



Paranoia paranoia

Everybody's coming to get me

Just say you never met me

I'm going underground with the moles

Hear the voices in my head

I swear to god it sounds like they're snoring

But if you're bored then you're boring

The agony and the irony, they're killing me



Liz turned around just in time to see a group of vampires leave with some girls 2 of the vamps she recognized as the missing bodies Jeremy Miller and Scott March. She finished her drink and went after them. A pair of eyes that hadn't stopped watching her since she came in followed her out.



I'm not sick but i'm not well

And i'm so hot cause i'm in hell

I'm not sick but i'm not well

And it's a sin to live so well

Harvey Danger- Flagpole Sitta



Alley Behind the Bar



Liz got there just as the vampires were about to feed on the girls.

She grabs one of the vampires and throws him against a wall, The other 3 turn towards her.



"Hey I hope I'm not missing all the fun"

"Slayer" One of the vampires growled as they attack her



The vampires circle Liz, forgetting about the girls. Jeremy roars from behind Liz, she pulls a stake from inside her shirt. He attacks but Liz neatly jams the stake through his heart, he falls back and turns to dust.

The 3 vampires left and the 4 girls stand shocked.

"He was young and stupid" Said one of the bigger vampires who Liz guessed was the leader.

"Go" Liz said to the girls

"Don't go far" The Leader said to girls as the ran out the alley

The Leader of the vampires attacked Liz first, Liz sends him staggering with a roundhouse kick.

Scott and the other vampire attack. She sends the vamp flying against the wall with a punch and stakes Scott.

The Leader Vamp growls comes at her and swings, Liz ducks the punch and comes up behind him. He tries to back handed her, but Liz blocks and grabs his arm giving him 3 swift kicks to the stomach.

The other vamp seeing that Liz is winning runs out of the alley leaving his buddy behind.

"Awww looks like you've ran out of friends" Liz taunts

He growls angrily at her and lunges Liz sends a stake to his heart turning him to dust.



Street



The vamp is running through the streets trying to escape Liz who he knows is chasing after him when he runs into someone.

"Follow me" the person says

"Who are you?"

"Do you wanna live?"

The vamp looks behind him scared and follows the mysterious person who we are going to go X.

Liz stops in the middle and looks around trying to sense the vamp.

"Damn I lost him" She takes one last look around and heads back home.



Factory



X takes the vamp to an abandoned factory.

The vamp still in no longer in game face looks around the factory then at the person who brought him there.

"Who are you?" The vamp asked

"Doesn't matter...all that matter is that we want the same thing" X looks at the vamp strangely

"The Slayer...she killed Marcus and the fledglings"

X looks taken a back for a moment then continues "Yeah well I want her dead...and the only one that can tell me about...whatever she is, is you...what is your name?" X demanded

"Thomas...you mean you don't know what she is?...You don't smell human and all demons know about the Slayer"

"Slayer...right" X said still not knowing what Thomas was talking about

X silently tries to absorb everything.

"Well how do will stop her? You friends were...turned to...dust, and you ran scared so obviously...you...you can't stop her"

"Well there is one way...But why should I even help you, you don't even know what a Slayer is, You don't even know what I am...do you?" Thomas said vamping out as he walks threateningly towards X.



X backs up as Thomas advances.

"Your make a nice little snack since Slayer made me miss my dinner"

X seeing a piece of wood on the floor sends it flying at Thomas chest.

Thomas looks down at his chest shocked.

X regaining composure says "Don't EVER underestimate me"

Thomas looks at X is fear and defangs.

"Now how can I get rid of the Slayer?" X said turning the tables on Thomas and walking threateningly towards him.

"The...the...Or...Order...of Taraka" Thomas stutters in fear

"What!?!" X now has Thomas up against the wall

Thomas shrinks back in fear "The Order of Taraka...they're a group of bounty hunter no matter how many the Slayer kills they...they will keep coming after her.

"Perfect" X said smiling



One week later

Las Cruces University



Maria was sitting in the Quad waiting for the rest of the Pod-Squad to show up.

Max just getting out of his Business Law class and Michael from his Art class, They head over to Maria.

"What's going on?" Michael said bending down to give Maria a kiss

"Wait to the rest of the gang gets here"

Max and Michael exchanged looks.

Isabel finally reached the Quad just getting out of her Media Class, then Kyle from his Mysticism: East & West class , and finally Tess from her Theater class.

Tess sits down next to Max, he stiffens his shoulders "Something wrong Tess" he says dryly

"Mr, Stewart said my acting 'lacked depth'"

"So what's the problem Maria what's up?" Max asked

"Liz has gone TO far"

"Maria...don't start this again" Michael warned

"Do you know what she's doing?" she asked

They group looks at her silently

Isabel takes the plunge "What is she doing Maria"

"She turning it into a night club!!! The CrashDown..."

"What!?!" exclaimed the group

"...she's been missing for 3 years with no word and has the nerve to change the place we've been hanging out at since like the womb to a Night Club"

"She can't do that..." Isabel jumps up from her sit

"...there...there are to many memories" Isabel starting crying her thoughts on Alex

"Yeah we've been hanging out there forever" Tess said adding her 2 cents like she mattered oops slight authors issue moving on

"She can do what she wants" Max whispered

"What!! Maxwell how can you even say that, you of all people should be upset about this"

"What are we supposed to do about it! It's her Diner!!!" Max said his voice filled with emotion

"Girl-friend can't we like do something, Your the Lawyer...Isn't there some way to like stop her since she liked cause her parents emotional damage or something"

Max looks at her "Maria the Parkers willed the Crashdown to Liz with the stipulation that if she never came back or died it would go to you, Liz is back there's nothing we can do about"

"I wish she never came back"

"Maria she's your best friend" Max told her

"Best Friends don't leave" Maria said standing up

Max stands up to "Look I'll talk to her"

"Whatever girlfriend" Maria said pushing pass Max

Michael follows her.

"See you back at the dorm Kyle" Max said putting his arm around a quite Isabel and walking in the separate direction

"So you wanna grab something to eat?" Kyle asked Tess

Tess is staring off into space.

"Tess!!"

"What!?!...oh sorry Buddha Boy, I have to go to the library to research something" Tess said leaving Kyle by himself.

"Ok then" Kyle says to the air.



Later that day



Max pulled up in front of the Crashdown or what use to be the Crashdown. Instead of the glowing spaceship Crashdown sign he grew up seeing, there was a purple Neon sign that just said Crash. The glass windows and door were replaced with wood and metal.

Max made his way into the Crashdown, there were still alien mementos here and there but it was no longer the place he knew and loved. The walls were being painted black, the booth he use to sit in to watch Liz were gone they all were.

The counter has been pushed back to the window Michael use to work at to what now seemed to be a bar.

Max's thoughts were broken when he heard music coming from the basement

CRASH- Basement



You can't look but you can't touch

I don't think i like you much

Heaven knows what a girl can do

Heaven knows what you've got to prove



Liz was in the basement doing her daily calisthenics before patrol, she didn't know why but she had been having a bad feeling all week. All week it felt like someone was watching her on patrol but she never so anyone. It was giving her the wiggins as Buffy would say.



I think i'm paranoid

and complicated

I think i'm paranoid

manipulate it



She had just finished her push-ups and was about to go into some jumping jacks when she noticed Max watching her from the door.

"What are you doing here Max?"

"I came to say I'm sorry, You ran away because of me, All of these..." Referring to the Crashdown "...is because of me...You don't have to do this Liz"

"Could you ponder getting over yourself for a minute...yeah maybe my leaving had something to do with you, But I got over all your alien shit along time ago, Anything I do has nothing to do with aliens, or YOU"



Bend me,break me

Anyway you need me all i want is you

Bend me break me

breaking down is easy all i want is you



Liz turned around and started hitting the punching bag

Max was quite for a moment

"I also wanted to tell you I'm sorry about everything that happened with Alex, You were right he was murdered by my enemies"

"Thanks for that font of nothing" Liz said continuing to punch the bag

Max just stared at her

I fall down just to give you a thrill

Prop me up with another pill

If i should fail, if i should fold

I nailed my faith to the sticking pole



"Can I just talk to you for a minute" Max said grabbing her arm

Liz whirled on him "Don't touch me!!" She said knocking him backwards

Max staggers back shocked at the force

"Fine I'll leave you alone then" Max said sadly as he turned to leave.

Liz watched him go

I think i'm paranoid..............

Steal me, deal me, anyway you heal me

Maim me, take me you can never change me

Love me like me, come ahead and fight me

Please me tease me, go ahead and leave me

Bend me break me, anyway you need me

As long as i want you baby it's all right

Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid



Liz sent the punching bag flying across the room with a roundhouse, Then collapsed to the floor in tears.



SunnyDale- Willy's Bar

AN- For people who never watched Buffy. Willy's Bar is where all the demons go to hang out. Wily is also a punk ass snitch



A tall bleached blond man in a black shirt, leather pants, and long leather trench coat entered the bar.

"Ho...how's it going there Spike" stuttered Willy

"Don't go getting your knickers into bunch, I'm just here for bit of whiskey"

"Yeah cause I heard those commando guys from awhile back didn't something to ya, No bite just bark...ain't that right Spike" Willy said trying to make nice

Spike grabs him

"I might be able to kill you, but I sure can beat to a bloody pulp so give me my whiskey before I get miffed"

"Sure...sure thing Spike" Willy said giving him the bottle and a glass instead of pouring it for him.



Weren't too many Demons in the club tonight, just a couple of Bracken Demons, Prio Motu Demons, and a couple from the Miquot Clan.



To Spike they were just about of bloody poofs not worth his time so he took his whiskey to one of the empty table.



Spike was casually sipping his whiskey when he over heard the Miquot Clan talking.

AN: Think Homecoming that yellow demon, with the spiky Mohawk thing, and had the ability to shoot bones from his arms or use them like a sword

"So Kulak went to kill the Slayer huh?"

"Yep Kulak was always pissed at the Slayer for killing his brother Mulak, he doesn't even care about the reward The Order of Taraka will give him he just wants the revenge"



"Well it seems like Slayer gotten another bounty, poor bastards" Spike smiles to himself smugly thinking the demons were talking about Buffy.

"It's perfect, get revenge on the Slayer by killing her Slayer friend"

Spike almost spits out his drink Liz gotta tell the Slayer



Cemetery



Buffy, Willow, and Tara playing 'Anywhere but Here'

"I'm on a beach, but not one of those American beaches, one of those island beaches where the water's way too blue, and I'm laying on my towel, and it's just before sunset, and Antonio Sabato Jr is massaging my feet!" Buffy says to them

"Oh, that's good!..." Willow said Tara gives her a look

"...If I was like straight and all" she covers

Xander shows up

"Hey what are you ladies up to?"

"Just playing a quick game of 'Anywhere But Here'" Buffy answered

"Oooohhh Amy Yip at the Waterslide Park"

Buffy and Willow look at him

"Xander it's like 7 years and you still haven't come up with anything new" Willow says

"I'm just not fickle like you guys, okay? I'm constant in my affections. Amy Yip at the Waterslide Park!"

"So where's the blushing bride?" Buffy asks

"Oh Anya...I left her at the Magic Box with Giles"

"Honeymoon's over huh?" Buffy replies



Before Xander could say anything Spike finally catches up to Buffy.



"Come on Slayer there's evil afoot. Vampires! Grrr! Nasty, and all that. We have to get to Roswell so we can annihilate them and stuff" Spike said pulling Buffy along as he talked.

"Spike what the hell are you talking about? And get off of me" Buffy said pulling her arm away

"Look pet we don't have time for this, Some bloke sent the Order of Taraka after Lizzie, remember them don't you? Those guys I sent after you a few years back and they only reason they stop was because they thought I was dead"

"Oh this is not good, this is so not good" Buffy said

"Yeah and the news gets better love, One them is from the Miquot Clan, if he kills her he'll get the bounty and revenge on you from killing his brother, so I think we should be hoofin it to Roswell now"

"Miquot Clan?....That was so 5 years ago" Buffy said



"Look Buff that doesn't matter now we have to round up Giles and Anya and get to Roswell" Xander says

Spike looks at him like he was insane "Have you fallen off your trolley? That's what I just said you blithering idiot"

Xander was about to say something, but Buffy got between them

"Oh, that's good! You two start bickering. When Liz needs us" She walks away

"Feel ashamed" Willow said as she and Tara follow Buffy

"Slayers right" Spike said as he follows the girls

"Yeah but this is over Spike" Xander said following after him

"Oh I'm real scared now" Spike replied

And they bicker back and forth all the way to the Magic Box.



TBC~ Liz starts getting her first attacks from the Order of Taraka, and Angel enters the game.