A/N: George Lusk was an actual person during the Ripper investigations. He was head of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee.

Part 11

Willow felt a magickal tingling at the back of her mind. It was stronger than the one she felt the morning Polly was murdered. She turned from William's gaze and tried to concentrate on where it was coming from.

"What is it?"

"I feel an energy like the one I felt the morning we met but I can't tell where it's coming from." Willow racked her brain trying to remember where the body was going to be found. Suddenly it came to her. Spitalfields. Annie was found on Hanbury Street in Spitalfields. She discretely looked at her watch and saw that it was 4 in the morning. I'll never make it to save her but maybe I can catch Jack or at least catch a glimpse of him.

Willow got to her feet, "I gotta go. I think I know where it is."

William followed close on her heels, "Red, wait up."

"Go back. I don't think you'll be able to make it back before sunrise. I'll be fine."

William grabbed her elbow and pulled her to a stop, "You're not going anywhere without me. If this is as powerful a vampire as you think, you'll need my help."

Willow let her power escape so he could feel it, "You forget, William that I have a lot of power myself. I'll be fine." As a demonstration she lifted him so he was a foot off the ground and suspended there.

~~~~~~~

George Lusk was on his way home from a night of celebrating at Ten Bells. As he turned the corner he stopped and rubbed his eyes. He thought he saw a slight red head with her arms raised and a man suspended in mid air about a foot off the ground. He shook his head to clear it and moved into the shadows.

Willow slowly lowered William to the ground. "Will you quit usin' your magick on me?"

"I wouldn't have to if you weren't so stubborn."

"You were the one that asked for Angelus and me to help you. If you didn't want our help why'd you ask?"

She sighed, "I do need your help but it's almost sunrise and I think you need to get back. I'll be fine on my own this time, William."

William looked to the sky and saw the very edges of pink. He brought his arms around her and leaned down for another kiss. When he pulled back he whispered, "Fine but we will continue this another time."

Willow smiled and caressed his lips with her thumb, "You can count on it."

George watched the gentleman walk away and wondered what the witch had been up to.

~~~~~~~

Willow watched William walk away and then turned to make her way to Hanbury Street. When she got closer she heard a yell, "Men come here." She picked up her pace and saw a small group gathered around 29 Hanbury Street. Willow noticed the police Inspector had already arrived.

"Oh miss, this isn't for your eyes." A kindly gentleman was trying to steer Willow away from the gruesome sight.

Willow smiled and turned like she was leaving but instead went around to the other side of the yard. There she saw Annie Chapman lying on her back. Her legs were drawn up and her dress pushed above her knees. That was when Willow noticed the intestines were still connected to the body and were lying above her shoulder.

Willow turned her back on the sight and took deep gulping breaths. Reading about the victims and seeing them in living color were two different experiences. She was more determined than ever to find and kill Jack the Ripper. She didn't care whether he was human, demon or vampire . . .he was dead.

Willow heard some noises behind her and turned back around to the scene. The police and some helpers were putting a cover over the body so it wouldn't be disturbed. The surgeon arrived shortly thereafter and they took the body to the mortuary.

There wasn't anything that Willow could do so she turned to leave. Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw someone but when she turned there was no one there.

~~~~~

George had followed the witch to a murder scene. He saw the kindly gentleman try to turn her away but he noticed she snuck around to the opposite side of the yard to watch. He shook his head in disgust, another murder had happened in the East End. He was determined to catch whoever was killing these women in Whitechapel. Maybe he could get a group of people to help the police. They certainly couldn't solve this especially if the witch was involved. He knew she was up to something. The conversation with the other man proved that. This must have been what she needed their help with. There was no way she could have done this on her own she was too small.

He would have to keep his eye out for her and the man she had been with. He knew sooner or later the third would show up and he would be there with his group to catch them. He didn't want any more murders in his part of town.

~~~~~

Ethan had left Malcolm when he began to cut the woman open. She had struggled some when Ethan came up behind her and slit her throat, but the magick Ethan used had left her listless so she wasn't able to put up much of a struggle. When she fell to the ground that was when Malcolm went into action. He pulled her skirt up over her knees and Ethan smirked. It wasn't until Malcolm pulled out a knife and started cutting her that he realized what Malcolm intended to do.

"I'll leave you to it, then." He said and left Malcolm's side. He was getting concerned for Ripper's sanity. It seemed now that he wasn't interested in killing the women for food but for pleasure and pain. He was in it far too deep to be able to just walk away now. He knew Malcolm would never let him go.

Ethan walked aimlessly for several hours thinking of how he could get out of the predicament he found himself in. Turning into a park he sat under a tree and relaxed. He looked around at the landscape and tried to figure out where he had seen this before. It wasn't until he saw a carriage go by that he realized this was where he and Willow landed so many weeks ago.

WILLOW! That was the perfect solution to his problem. He needed to get Malcolm to go after Willow, after all she was stronger magickally than he was. This would be very hard to do and needed to be done very carefully for it to work. Ripper had to think it was his idea and that Ethan had nothing to do with it. Plus, he had to do it so Ripper wouldn't kill him just to get him out of the way for him to have Willow. He needed to think long and hard on how this plan would come together. He would go along with Ripper for now but would look for any opportunity to put his plan in motion.

~~~~~~

Willow wearily made her way home as the sun was rising higher in the sky. It had been a confusing morning. William's kiss had been wonderful. Just the memory of it brought tingles to her stomach. But the gruesome scene of Annie's death kept repeating over and over in her mind.

It seemed the Ripper was getting angrier at each murder. Willow remembered the worst was the very last one of Mary Kelly. She couldn't remember much about the double murders but she seemed to recall that each murder was more gruesome than the last.

She wondered if that meant that the Ripper was falling further and further into madness. She had no idea how she would stop him but she was more determined than ever to do so.