Like a hell family.

Chapter 12: One lost.



Willow walked in the street, toward Giles' house. There was agitation in the street, yet it was dawn. Willow approached she could see a damaged car. 'Oh, a car crash' thought Willow, when her look been attracted by something. She could smell it in the air. Willow had been addicted of dark magic so she could smell it now. But it wasn't that surprised her the most; she believed seeing a dear old acquaintance trying somehow or other to hide himself in the shadow of some trees. No, that was impossible, he was in a jail. How was it possible? She continued discreetly her way hoping he didn't have seen her.

Arriving at Giles' house, she found Xander and Anya already here, she was astonished, she thought be the first up. She had smelled last night a big power coming in the system, she didn't want disturb Giles so she came first hour.

- "We have a problem" Xander said by way of good morning. Willow approached and saw Giles in his books.

- "It's what I wanted to say, so you know"

- "Yes, there is a stuff who came last night by a portal, it killed a girl" Xander said.

- "Yeah, it ate her, well almost" Anya added.

- "Yeah, but you'll never guess who I saw" Willow said.

Giles faced her, rubbing his eyes.

- "I saw Ethan Rayne near of the crash zone"

- "What?!" Giles exclaimed.

- "He is not supposed to be in jail in a desert or something" Xander said.

- "Well apparently he isn't anymore"

- "That going to be simpler than I thought" Giles said "We'll find him and stop all that before somebody else is injured"

- "Hum, killed Giles" Xander corrected.

- "Eaten!" Anya added.

- "Yeah, but where is he?" Xander asked.

- "Maybe in the motel like the last time" Willow replied.

- "Oh, he's not so stupid!"

Everybody faced Giles and threw him big glares.

- "Did he saw you Willow?" Xander asked.

- "No, I don't think so"

- "Well, that gonna be easier than expected" Xander said.

- "We go" Giles said.

- "Now! But if Willow has seen him he is probably not at his place right now" Anya said.

- "We will wait him" Giles said petty.



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He was on the back way, he was fed up to always be the flunkey but he collected the benefits. He took his key at the reception. He went in the cracking corridor and opened the door, he came in and pulled his jacket away, he switched on the lights.

- "Ethan" Giles said.

- "Ripper, it's a pleasure to see you again"

- "I'd like to say as much"

- "How did you go off of jail?" Xander asked.

- "Say I have powerful friends"

- "Enough powerful for make a creature enough powerful for open portals by itself" Giles said with his eternal calm and phlegmatic ton.

- "In fact, yes and no"

- "What is it Ethan? And don't tell me you don't know about what I am talking because I have had a very bad week" Giles said in a threatening ton.

- "Oh, where's the slayer? I don't see her"

- "She's not in town this moment familial problem" Anya replied.

- "Anya! We're not supposed to tell bad guys that Buffy's not here!" Xander sighed.

- "Oh, well done, she won't break my nose once again" Ethan said sighing.

- "She's not the only able to do that" Giles pointed "Tell"

- "Well, say that this thing is a....formation of demonic essence, mixed with dark magic. I'm tracking it down too, for your knowledge, the people responsible of this accident had used the wrong ingredients by the past and it's the result"

- "How destruct it?"

- "Simple, the matter dissolution spell......"

- "Oh! I know this spell, it's dangerous.....but it's certainly not me who gonna do it" Willow said sitting in the couch, hiding in the bottom.

- "I could do it easily" Anya said "I already used once"

- "Humm......children, let the professionals do" Ethan whispered.

- "Yes. Do you know where it is?" Giles asked him.

- "Like all obscure thing it's waiting the night for show itself, it's so this night we'll have to confront this horror, mix of all the vices.....................



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- "So, who goes with who?"

The four walked in the street. Connor a little behind and Spike a little in front.

- "I propose a feeble with a strong" Faith said "Connor and I and Gunn and Spike"

- "Im really surprised you consider yourself like a feeble" Connor said. Gunn threw a bad look to her too.

- "It's not that I wanted to say, you have perfectly understood" sighed Faith.

- "No way I go with this vamp" Gunn said.

- "I've promised Angel to stay with Connor" Faith said softly.

Connor couldn't believe it, she was babysitting him, HIM.

- "I go with Spike" Connor said coldly changing his way.

Spike looked Faith, he didn't want team up with one of them, and he didn't know if he had to go. Faith nodded so Spike followed Connor. Spike wasn't the kind to stupidly follow orders but since his crazy period he was psychologically tired he didn't want argue or incurred their anger or simply their attention. He stayed behind Connor, he wondered why he came here, patrol in the street was something about he had thought before too but how that could bring back Dawn. He really wanted turn back, clear off.

He had already walked thirty minutes behind the kid who had said and did nothing. Spike wanted turn back but suddenly he began to have images and thoughts about what could happen to the kid letting him alone. That was weird, that wasn't his style to get worried so much for a stranger, that wasn't his style to get worried, or maybe exception of Dawn and Buffy. He stayed, even approached a little; anyway, he couldn't do so much other.

They were in the poor district, area of the gangs and the homeless who for almost all had a criminal record. Suddenly, two guys who were talking noticed them. There were chances that those guys were normal, and no, they were vampires, it's always vampires. They approached with already their vamp face they must have eaten a few minutes ago. They were close now, Spike had approached of Connor but stayed hidden in the shadow, he didn't want that the vampires see the feature of his face.

Suddenly, Spike projected Connor on the opposite wall clearing everything out and finding himself alone against the vampires. Connor had difficulties to get up, he was really tired, and he began to think that that wasn't a good idea to get out right after have lost all his blood and he was really in pain after Spike had throwing him. Spike took advantage, of the surprised of the two vampires seeing one of them attacking them, for kick with a jump the two. The two vamps didn't expected so they fell on the floor and got up furious, Spike punched one who fell on the floor again but the other threw himself, Spike took a knife and put it somewhere in the vamp's body. The vampire got up in pain, apparently it was in the hip. Spike picked up Connor's stayed that was lying around and dusted the vamp, the second vamp jumped, through the dust not fallen yet, on Spike.

The vampire was young and he didn't have travelled like Spike neither kill as much as Spike, vampires nowadays kill just humans who are not able to defend themselves, there was hundred years humans had weapons and knew the existence of evil, it's for that today vampires was really weak. Spike grabbed him and threw him, his foot on the vamp's gut, across the street near Connor. The vampire took a knife and took Connor as a hostage.

- "Don't move or I kill him"

- "For sure yes" Connor said.

Connor made a somersault and landed behind the vamp, he kicked the hollow of his knees that made the vampire down. Connor put a big piece of crate in his thorax. The vampire changed in dust with a last scream.

Spike approached of Connor who didn't look steady on his feet.

- "You're okay?" Spike asked, holding his arm in case the boy would have fallen.

Connor looked him badly and hit him with the piece of wood violently before threw it where he had found it.

- "Never do that again!" Said Connor.

- "What?!"

- "I know defend myself alone!! I don't need a weedy vamp for protect me and neither a little chick!"

- "It's you who talking about weedy thing?! Did you see you?! I would have let you been killed, I even would have helped them"

- "And me maybe I should kill you, anyway, who cares of you dead! Maybe the little blonde, she's not seemed very clear"

- "You kill ME!! Let me laugh!! Since how many time you don't wear diapers anymore?"

- "Forget it. Do you like the ocean?" Spike looked not understanding "You know what? You go by there and I go by there" Connor said showing two differents ways in opposite side.

- "Good!" Spike said.

And the leaved. Spike went in a street and Connor another.

- "Brat!!"

Spike hated kids but kids were also mouldable and Spike liked moulded them. He liked tell stories to Dawn and see her eyes open wide always passionate by adventure stories. Spike was walking since ten minutes when he stopped. He turned his head for see behind.

- "Crap!!"

He turned back and went back in the last street. He took the same way Connor had taken last time. He advanced and heard a noise. He saw two guys who was back at him and two others more far who was trying to catch Connor. The two closer of Spike saw him and went on him. Connor was fighting the two others but they were strong. Seeing their two buddies dealing with Spike, the two thought they need accelerate. One of them took a syringe and put it in Connor's arm during he was trying to push away the assaults of the other vamp. Connor looked the vamp then his arm.

- "Bastard!"

He lurched and fainted in the vamp's arms behind him. The guys carried Connor in the car that was parking in the next street. Spike couldn't see what was happening but arrived to see the kidnappers taking away Angel's protégé. That gonna to be trouble. Spike arrived to kill one of the two vamps with Connor's stake that he still had. He didn't kill the second but gonna bring him back to Angel for some interrogation, Angel was good for interrogation.



TBC..........