Like a hell family.

Chapter 13: One lost, second part.



- "So you're ok?"

- "yeah" Gunn replied.

He knew as well these streets, which where his block was there were a few time ago. Faith walked close to him, tranquilly.

- "Im sorry for the Fred/Wes story yesterday"

- "It's ok, I don't care, I need to get over it" Gunn said.

- "Have her always under your nose doesn't make that easy, no?"

- "Yeah, that's sure"

They went forward, there were some little houses well more slums than something else. Faith and Gunn went in the area. Suddenly a noise of glass attracted their attention. They were approaching of it when a scream rang, they ran toward the scream.

- "No please! Pity!"

A little demon was in trouble with another bigger. The big one was all in black, with big gloves and red eyes. His face was just darkness without specific features. Faith wondered if she had to do something, save humans okay but has she to help demon. The little demon had been caught by his throat; he was showing ceaselessly something on the floor. Faith watched that was a tinted jar like this one Cordelia and Buffy brought at the pursued by the controllers guy's. Those same controllers who could have kidnapped Dawn. Faith rushed followed by Gunn. She hit the big demon who released his prey who rushed toward the jar, he took it and broke it. The controller got his hand up front of him and sucked in the little light that went out of the jar. The controller disappeared into the shadows.

- "Oaw! What was that?" asked Gunn.

The little demon ran away but been quickly caught up by Faith.

- "Where d'you think you go?" She grabbed him by his collar and pulled him toward Gunn. "What was that?" she asked.

- "A controller" said the demon.

- "It's me or tonight we have a fucking luck" Gunn said with an enjoyed ton.

They went back on the Hyperion's way. Faith was happy she had a track, Buffy'd be happy, well it's not that Faith wanted so much Buffy be happy but that would change a bit. They arrived at the Hyperion, suddenly Spike arrived in the room by the opposite door, he dragged someone too.

- "We have a nark! 'bout the controllers" said happily Faith wondering if Spike knew what they was but that wasn't bad she just needed to tell it.

- "Me, I have a kidnaper"

Gunn and Faith watched the kidnaper who seemed to be a vampire. Cool an investigation resolved in one night thought Faith, easy. Angel entered in the hotel.

- "I have nothing; this guy has seen shadows, that's really great but that doesn't help" Angel looked the demon and the vampire Gunn and Spike was grabbing "You bring homework now?"

- "No, we bring great narks for you" said Faith enthusiast.

- "I caught a kidnaper" Spike said.

Angel couldn't believe it, one patrol and they had practically resolved the case.

- "How?"

- "Well hum.....it's here that takes a bad turn" Spike said "Gunn's plan has really worked. The kidnapers noticed Connor" at the evocation of the name Angel realized the kid wasn't in the room but he waited Spike had finished for ask, Faith had noticed too. "So they attacked him. They were four, two attacked me. Connor was certainly really weak, he was already injured and there has had the first fight with other vamps" Angel really didn't like the direction of the story "I couldn't impede them" Faith swallowed, that was her fault maybe the day wasn't so easy.

- "Don't say me they took him away" Angel said worried.

- "Don't worry, we have their buddy here he gonna gently tell us where he is and Dawn too"

- "Certainly not" the vampire said.

Angel threw a dark glare, yes he gonna talk for sure.



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They were all armed in case the monster would appear even if they couldn't kill him with, they could have vampires on the way or other stuff. Giles had a thing in his hands supposed show the road to the monster. For the moment they walked, holding their weapons front of them like for hide them behind.

- "By there" Giles said.

The crew kept an eye on Ethan Rayne who looked impatient.

- "Oh! Where is this scum for finish a good time" he sighed.

They followed Giles at the edge of a forest and here they saw the creature, a kind of stain. Black petrol we could say that the creature was liquid, that was weird to see a petrol puddle moving and eating that was probably a cat. The gang arrived by behind a twig cracked, the creature turned back quickly.

- "Oh! It has big teeth" Xander said.

- "Xander! Fill it during we said the spell"

- "Great" Xander said "He! Hello!! Did I see you in a movie which really scared me?"

The creature approached of Xander, visibly intrigued. Giles went near Ethan and the two men were holding a crystal. The creature grabbed Xander and took him off of the floor.

- "Hurry guys!!!" Xander said.

- "Leave my boyfriend alone!" Anya screamed throwing stones but the stones passed through the creature and hit Xander.

- "Anya! Stop throwing me stones, you want!"

Giles and Ethan watched the creature and said in the same time the spell.

- "Vice etum undra bater uf trdi qatud firmo. Eillé vatra éllié!"

- "That doesn't work" Giles said.

The beast looked and threw Xander against a tree, he fainted.

- "Xander!" Anya rushed toward the unconscious young man.

The creature approached now to Giles and Ethan.

- "Again" Ethan said.

The two men repeated louder.

- "Ellié varta ...." suddenly Willow put her hand on the crystal and screamed with them "Eillé!!!"

The creature poured on the floor; it was just a twig now that went in the floor. Giles looked Willow with a disapprobatory look but happy to be alive. Anya arrived with Xander who was holding his head with his hand.

- "That's called kiss the nature" Xander said.

- "What we do about him?" Anya asked pointing Ethan Rayne. This last took a gun off of his jacket and pointed it toward the Scooby gang.

- "Ethan goes back home he has something to do" Ethan said moving back slowly "Thanks for your help, I was sure that I could count on you"

- "What?" Xander asked.

- "You don't think Im too stupid for go in the same motel like the last time, yes, oh, you are so naïve" he moved back again and ran.

Xander went after him but Giles caught him by his arm.

- "Let him go you risk to get shot"

- "We can't let him go like that, I could...."

- "No Willow!! I'm sure we'll see him soon" Giles said.

- "Yeah, well I hope that won't be after he has made a hell of the earth for a stupid demon who offered the cost" Xander said. Giles sighed.



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- "Hey!" she slapped him a little "Hey!" she slapped him stronger.

- "Ow!" Connor said waking up.

- "That made a half hour I try to wake you up" the girl said.

- "Where we are?" Connor asked.

- "I don't have a clue, I'm here since three or four days, there were others kids but they took them all one by one" she held her hand up Connor "Im Dawn"

- "Connor" he replied shacking her hand "You know what they do?"

- "No, that just freaks me out"

- "Don't worry my father gonna find us, alive I can't say but he gonna find us"

Dawn smiled in spite of her, she was used to be in that kind of situation but that was in Sunnydale with the Scooby not alone in LA, this boy reminded her Xander a little. Connor got up and scanned the room. Little, dark and big stone walls, apparently a basement; a door released a few light. Connor thought he could break the door.

- "Don't even think about, it's a metal door" Dawn said seeing him looking attentively the door.

Connor didn't like be trapped like that. Suddenly the door opened, the light came from neon in the corridor. The two vamps wanted take the girl but Connor intervened. He was really weak so he couldn't do a lot. The two vamps caught and carried him out of the room. Dawn got up and hit them the stronger she could. One vamp pushed her and she fell on the floor her head spinning by the shock. They brought Connor in a room where was a table with a metal lamp on. They made Connor kneel down keeping their grab on him for he stays immobile. A man and a demon entered in the room by another door which was front of Connor. Connor looked them badly. The demon approached to Connor. He put his hand on Connor's chin and made pivoted Connor's head for look his face, Connor moved his head for released of the grab. He hated demon's hand on him.

- "And he's a tough I can see. Relax son that won't hurt" the demon said.

The human approached, he put a hand on Connor's chest, and Connor struggled.

- "Calm down" the human said "Pass me the jar and the powder" he said the demon.

The demon brought it. The human took the jar still his hand on Connor's chest. The demon drew a circle around Connor, the human and the two vamps. The human began to talk in Latin. Suddenly Connor felt energy pulled inside him, the human opened the jar, a white light went out of Connor by his eyes opened wide and went in the jar. The human closed the jar.

- "It's done" sighed the human annoyed, he held up the jar to the demon "It's ok bring it to Zonk he needs it now and he has already paid" the demon took the jar and leaved.

- "Go with him" the human said to the two vamps.

The vamps released Connor who fell on the floor. The human looked them leave then tided his stuff. He went to the door, opened it but the door shut violently. The human looked behind him, he saw Connor his arm held keeping the door closed. Connor smiled when he saw the terror and surprised on the human's face. Connor caught the human with his two hands and threw him across the room. The human sat down terrified and moved back on his butt as Connor approached. Connor caught and hit him against the wall, the human fainted. Connor smiled, an evil smile then he hit again and again until the human was dead almost all his brain stuck on the wall. A pool of blood released soon of the sorcerer's skull. Connor threw him down and looked him, he took a big breath.

- "I feel good"



TBC................