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(except Elizabeth).
Sidney Prescott was almost sure she had walked into something, seeing this guy staring at the blonde woman who had spoken his name. She sensed a history, and not all of it good, between the two.
"Buffy," Angel echoed, looking at her for a moment. "I haven't seen you since."
"I know." Buffy interrupted, remembering the conversation but now wishing to bring it up in front of her friends. "Liz got word from Gunn about your three month ocean journey and Cordy's disappearance, we thought we'd come down."
Angel looked from the slayer, to her visionary Elizabeth, her sister Dawn, Willow, and Xander. They seemed to be fine, although Angel recalled Elizabeth had mentioned Willow had been in England with the watcher Rupert Giles, recovering from a black magic overdose.
"Things have been going." Angel told her simply. "We haven't given up on Cordelia. Wesley has moved on, I think. I've been watching Connor, and he'll come back when he's ready."
"You're going to forgive him?!" Xander questioned incredulously.
"He's my only son, Xander." Angel reminded him simply.
"So?" Xander retorted.
Fred interrupted this breaking argument. "So, who's your friend Angel?"
Angel turned and indicated the girl beside him. "This is Sidney Prescott, I ran into her and had to save her from some psycho in a weird get up with a knife." He explained.
"Hi." Sidney said shyly.
"I'm Fred, this is my boyfriend Gunn, and Angel's friend from Sunnydale." She indicated each of the people as she introduced them. "Buffy, Elizabeth, Xander, Willow, and Dawn."
It was then Buffy noticed the bullet wounds. "You're hurt." She said as she stepped to Angel.
"It's nothing." Angel quickly reassured her. "Just a few bullets, I've been shot at before." "You shouldn't have been able to act like that after being shot." Sidney said. "And what was with that, yellow eyes distorted face thing?" she asked.
Angel was a little reluctant but decided to be truthful. "I'm a vampire with a soul." He explained.
"A vampire with a soul?" Sidney asked, taking a step back. She wasn't' sure whether she was afraid or curious. "How is that possible?"
"A gypsy curse, but he can't be happy or else he goes all evilly again." Xander explained for her.
"I'm supposed to be a Vampire Slayer." Buffy explained, looking over at Sidney. "I met Angel when I went to Sunydale, and we.had about three years of difficulties."
Sidney was starting to understand where the tension came from between the slayer and her vampire rescuer.
Angel looked to Buffy. "How long are you and your friends staying here?" he asked her.
"We can leave now." Xander pointed out.
Buffy decided to ignore the comment, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Elizabeth give Xander a look that seemed to say shut up. "For a few days, unless you'd rather we didn't." she responded.
Angel shook his head. "After fighting that guy, I think I could use the help of someone who is hard to kill as I am." He admitted.
"Not sure rather I should be insulted or not." Gunn told Angel lightly.
Angel ignored his friends quip. "Besides, this is a hotel. I guess we could put you and your friends up for a few days." He said and then looked at Sidney. "You too, if you want."
Sidney shrugged. "I'm better off here with a slayer and a vampire with a soul than with hotel security." She conceded. "So, sure okay."
"So what about this psycho guy with a knife, what is his story?" Dawn asked.
"It's hard to explain." Sidney conceded. "I don't know for sure who he is or what is story is, but I'm sure it has to do with getting revenge on me."
"What for?" Fred asked.
"Well, my half-brother had plotted to kill me for the last few years, first trying to get my friends Stu and Billy Loomis to do it, the year after they raped and killed my mother. Then he got Billy's mother to try to do it, but she failed and so he just to try to finish it himself. I had to kill him too." Sidney explained to them all in a rush.
Xander nodded. "Ahh, just the kind of friends and family everyone needs." He said sarcastically.
"But if the instigator of all of this is dead, then who or what is responsible for this latest problem?" Elizabeth asked her.
Sidney shrugged. "I don't know, that is one of the problems." She said.
Buffy looked at Angel. "Well, this is your home town," she said, not without a bit of sarcasm in it. "What is our first move?"
Angel nearly flinched when his own words from four years ago came back to haunt him but ignored it otherwise. "I have a few people I can check out, see if they know anything." He said.
"Maybe some of my boys know something, I can go ask them." Gunn added.
"Good." Angel agreed. "Fred, work with Willow and Sidney, do whatever Sidney thinks could be helpful to find any idea who or where this guy is on the computer."
"Got it." Willow said, and Fred nodded in agreement, already going to boot up the computer.
"I don't know if you should go on your own though." Fred said, looking over at Gunn as she sat down by the computer.
"I can go with him." Elizabeth volunteered.
"Great idea." Fred agreed. Gunn gave no protest, actually glad to be working with the visionary again.
Angel looked at Buffy. "Stay here and watch Sidney. Unless somehow this killer is a vampire, there is nothing to stop them from entering the hotel and trying to kill her." He instructed.
"Okay, call us if any of you find something." Buffy said, then looked at Angel. "Assuming you have one and know how to use it." She added with half a smile.
Angel returned the half smile. "I think I can manage it." He assured.
"Hurry." Buffy said, looking from Angel to Gunn to Elizabeth, her best friend and visionary, before turning to Xander and Dawn and saying, "I guess it's just us."
"Yay, what now?" Xander asked as he watched the vampire with a soul leave through one door, while Liz and Gunn left through the other.
Buffy paused and admitted. "I don't know."
Fred looked up from the computer as Willow was typing in the search words for the Woodsboro murders so she knew what to look for. "Well, Angel has weapons in the closet there, you guys could practice. If you want too." She suggested.
Dawn stood up. "Teach me how to use a sword, Buffy." She requested.
Buffy nodded. "Okay, fine. But don't think this means that you are going to fight this killer guy. If he shows up, you will be running." She told her younger sister as she went to Angel's weapons locker and pulled out a couple swords.
"For what it's worth, running from the killer accomplishes even less than standing up to him." Sidney told the slayer.
Next: Things start to get interesting. What will Angel learn (if anything) about this new killer? And what new problems will arise when a horde of vampires crash the Hyperion Hotel? Stay tuned.
Sidney Prescott was almost sure she had walked into something, seeing this guy staring at the blonde woman who had spoken his name. She sensed a history, and not all of it good, between the two.
"Buffy," Angel echoed, looking at her for a moment. "I haven't seen you since."
"I know." Buffy interrupted, remembering the conversation but now wishing to bring it up in front of her friends. "Liz got word from Gunn about your three month ocean journey and Cordy's disappearance, we thought we'd come down."
Angel looked from the slayer, to her visionary Elizabeth, her sister Dawn, Willow, and Xander. They seemed to be fine, although Angel recalled Elizabeth had mentioned Willow had been in England with the watcher Rupert Giles, recovering from a black magic overdose.
"Things have been going." Angel told her simply. "We haven't given up on Cordelia. Wesley has moved on, I think. I've been watching Connor, and he'll come back when he's ready."
"You're going to forgive him?!" Xander questioned incredulously.
"He's my only son, Xander." Angel reminded him simply.
"So?" Xander retorted.
Fred interrupted this breaking argument. "So, who's your friend Angel?"
Angel turned and indicated the girl beside him. "This is Sidney Prescott, I ran into her and had to save her from some psycho in a weird get up with a knife." He explained.
"Hi." Sidney said shyly.
"I'm Fred, this is my boyfriend Gunn, and Angel's friend from Sunnydale." She indicated each of the people as she introduced them. "Buffy, Elizabeth, Xander, Willow, and Dawn."
It was then Buffy noticed the bullet wounds. "You're hurt." She said as she stepped to Angel.
"It's nothing." Angel quickly reassured her. "Just a few bullets, I've been shot at before." "You shouldn't have been able to act like that after being shot." Sidney said. "And what was with that, yellow eyes distorted face thing?" she asked.
Angel was a little reluctant but decided to be truthful. "I'm a vampire with a soul." He explained.
"A vampire with a soul?" Sidney asked, taking a step back. She wasn't' sure whether she was afraid or curious. "How is that possible?"
"A gypsy curse, but he can't be happy or else he goes all evilly again." Xander explained for her.
"I'm supposed to be a Vampire Slayer." Buffy explained, looking over at Sidney. "I met Angel when I went to Sunydale, and we.had about three years of difficulties."
Sidney was starting to understand where the tension came from between the slayer and her vampire rescuer.
Angel looked to Buffy. "How long are you and your friends staying here?" he asked her.
"We can leave now." Xander pointed out.
Buffy decided to ignore the comment, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Elizabeth give Xander a look that seemed to say shut up. "For a few days, unless you'd rather we didn't." she responded.
Angel shook his head. "After fighting that guy, I think I could use the help of someone who is hard to kill as I am." He admitted.
"Not sure rather I should be insulted or not." Gunn told Angel lightly.
Angel ignored his friends quip. "Besides, this is a hotel. I guess we could put you and your friends up for a few days." He said and then looked at Sidney. "You too, if you want."
Sidney shrugged. "I'm better off here with a slayer and a vampire with a soul than with hotel security." She conceded. "So, sure okay."
"So what about this psycho guy with a knife, what is his story?" Dawn asked.
"It's hard to explain." Sidney conceded. "I don't know for sure who he is or what is story is, but I'm sure it has to do with getting revenge on me."
"What for?" Fred asked.
"Well, my half-brother had plotted to kill me for the last few years, first trying to get my friends Stu and Billy Loomis to do it, the year after they raped and killed my mother. Then he got Billy's mother to try to do it, but she failed and so he just to try to finish it himself. I had to kill him too." Sidney explained to them all in a rush.
Xander nodded. "Ahh, just the kind of friends and family everyone needs." He said sarcastically.
"But if the instigator of all of this is dead, then who or what is responsible for this latest problem?" Elizabeth asked her.
Sidney shrugged. "I don't know, that is one of the problems." She said.
Buffy looked at Angel. "Well, this is your home town," she said, not without a bit of sarcasm in it. "What is our first move?"
Angel nearly flinched when his own words from four years ago came back to haunt him but ignored it otherwise. "I have a few people I can check out, see if they know anything." He said.
"Maybe some of my boys know something, I can go ask them." Gunn added.
"Good." Angel agreed. "Fred, work with Willow and Sidney, do whatever Sidney thinks could be helpful to find any idea who or where this guy is on the computer."
"Got it." Willow said, and Fred nodded in agreement, already going to boot up the computer.
"I don't know if you should go on your own though." Fred said, looking over at Gunn as she sat down by the computer.
"I can go with him." Elizabeth volunteered.
"Great idea." Fred agreed. Gunn gave no protest, actually glad to be working with the visionary again.
Angel looked at Buffy. "Stay here and watch Sidney. Unless somehow this killer is a vampire, there is nothing to stop them from entering the hotel and trying to kill her." He instructed.
"Okay, call us if any of you find something." Buffy said, then looked at Angel. "Assuming you have one and know how to use it." She added with half a smile.
Angel returned the half smile. "I think I can manage it." He assured.
"Hurry." Buffy said, looking from Angel to Gunn to Elizabeth, her best friend and visionary, before turning to Xander and Dawn and saying, "I guess it's just us."
"Yay, what now?" Xander asked as he watched the vampire with a soul leave through one door, while Liz and Gunn left through the other.
Buffy paused and admitted. "I don't know."
Fred looked up from the computer as Willow was typing in the search words for the Woodsboro murders so she knew what to look for. "Well, Angel has weapons in the closet there, you guys could practice. If you want too." She suggested.
Dawn stood up. "Teach me how to use a sword, Buffy." She requested.
Buffy nodded. "Okay, fine. But don't think this means that you are going to fight this killer guy. If he shows up, you will be running." She told her younger sister as she went to Angel's weapons locker and pulled out a couple swords.
"For what it's worth, running from the killer accomplishes even less than standing up to him." Sidney told the slayer.
Next: Things start to get interesting. What will Angel learn (if anything) about this new killer? And what new problems will arise when a horde of vampires crash the Hyperion Hotel? Stay tuned.