Authors's notes: Just a small part for now.
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"Ah, I'm glad you could make it," the Mayor greeted his guest.
"I couldn't refuse such an invitation," the man said and eyed the vampires beside him. "How did you know that I was in town?"
"I have my sources. But why don't you sit down," the Mayor said and motioned at the chair in front of his desk. After a few seconds the man accepted the invitation and sat down in the comfortable chair.
"The deceased Mr. Trick said you'd already done a good job for our organisation," the Mayor explained and handed his guest a folder. "Do you know this special person?"
The man went through the information. "Yes, I met him once."
After a little pause the Mayor continued. "Then you can guess what I want from you."
"I have I slight assumption," the man told him. "I have to warn you Mr. Wilkins. The magic you ask for can be very dangerous."
"That's not what I wanted to hear. Can you do it?" the Mayor asked.
"It will take some preparations. And this kind of magic isn't real cheap," he explained.
The Mayor shrugged. "Money isn't an issue."
"Okay I will do it," Ethan Rayne finally said.
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Buffy entered the library, a box with weapons in it in her arms and went straight to the table in the middle of the room.
"Hey B," Faith greeted her from her position on the table where she sharpened a big broadsword. "Those the last ones from Angel?" she asked and pointed at the box.
"Yeah," Buffy said and sat down on a chair. "I didn't know it is that difficult to get the weapons to arm an army of students," she said and took herself a sword and started sharpening it. "So, Giles still trying to rescue his precious books."
Faith nodded. "Yeah, W, Red and Oz are helping him. God knows where Xander is. He said he had some errands to do," she explained and shrugged. "So, did Angel finish packing his things?"
"Yep, he was carrying his suitcases to his car while I was there. So, if we survive Graduation, you two can straight head to LA," Buffy told her.
"That's good. I can't wait to set the City of Angels on flames." Buffy eyed her. "Only joking," Faith said.
Buffy now smiled at her. "You deserve it Faith. I'm glad UCLA accepted you."
"Yeah. Who would have thought that Faith Williams, high school drop out, would ever see a college from the inside," Faith told her with a small smile. "Thanks B. Without you, Red and Giles, I would have never managed that."
"No problem, that's what friends are for," Buffy told her with a shrug.." Oh, don't forget the Watchers Council. It was them who pulled the strings so you could reenrol here in school."
Faith considered that for a second. "Yeah, but they are assholes."
"I can't say that I'm not a bit jealous. You can leave to LA and I'm stuck here in Sunnydale," Buffy said sadly "And you also take Angel with you."
"Oh come on B. I can use the backup. And I thought you were over him."
"I am," Buffy said. "But he has been a constant in my life for the last few years. And even after we broke up he still was somehow my guardian Angel."
"Yeah, he told me once the reason why he was sent to Sunnydale in the first place," Faith told her. "But, it's not that bad. I take Angel with me and you still have one of your protectors left."
Buffy looked confused at her. "Huh, what do you mean?"
"The X-Man B. From what Red told me he saved your ass quite a few times. And that was before he went all super soldier on us," Faith explained.
Buffy considered Faith's word for a minute before she answered. "Yeah, you are right," she told the other slayer with a smile. "Just do me a favour: Do not sleep with Angel, okay. You know what that will cause. And from what I have heard LA is dangerous enough, even without Angelus running around."
"I think that will be no problem. Angel would never look at me that way. He has that whole 'big brother' complex going on with me," Faith explained.
"Things like that can change Faith," Buffy told her.
Faith shrugged. "Even then, my wild and wicked days are over. And I'm not dumb. I wouldn't jump Angel's bones if he could lose his soul in the process. So I think the chances are pretty slim that Angelus might return."
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Angel just finished stuffing the last of his suitcases into the trunk of his car. After that he went back to his living room, which was now stripped of all his belongings.
He stopped in the middle of the room.
"You can come out now. I smelled you two minutes ago," he said to no one in particular.
Ethan stepped out of the shadows and sighed. "I knew it would be useless to try to hide from a vampire."
Angel eyed the man. "I know you. You are Ethan Rayne, Giles' old 'friend'."
"You have a good memory Angel. I would like to chat about Ripper, but I'm here for business," he told Angel.
Angel shrugged. "I have no problem with that," he said and charged the mage.
But before he could reach him, Ethan pulled a gun out of his jacket and shot Angel in the chest. The souled vampire only felt a small pain, but he immediately collapsed face first to the floor.
Angel tried to stand up, but he could not move his limps.
"It's very interesting how stupid vampires can be. You should really start living in the 20th century," Ethan told him while he turned him around. He took the tranquilizer dart out of Angel's chest. "You can be very lucky. If you were human, you would have already been dead."
"What do you want," Angel croaked out.
"What I want is irrelevant. It's important what my employer wants," Ethan told him while he opened his bag and took a strange looking orb out of it. "And he wants a new vampire working for him."
"No," Angel said with fear.
"Oh yes. I will think you will have a different point of view once I'm finished with my work," Ethan said and looked at him. "This might hurt a bit," he said and begun chanting.
The first few minutes nothing happened. But then a cloud of smoke came out of the orb and engulfed the souled vampire completely. Angel tried to move, but again his body didn't respond to his will.
When Ethan's spell reached his end Angel's eyes flashed yellow and then his whole world went black.
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"Ah, I'm glad you could make it," the Mayor greeted his guest.
"I couldn't refuse such an invitation," the man said and eyed the vampires beside him. "How did you know that I was in town?"
"I have my sources. But why don't you sit down," the Mayor said and motioned at the chair in front of his desk. After a few seconds the man accepted the invitation and sat down in the comfortable chair.
"The deceased Mr. Trick said you'd already done a good job for our organisation," the Mayor explained and handed his guest a folder. "Do you know this special person?"
The man went through the information. "Yes, I met him once."
After a little pause the Mayor continued. "Then you can guess what I want from you."
"I have I slight assumption," the man told him. "I have to warn you Mr. Wilkins. The magic you ask for can be very dangerous."
"That's not what I wanted to hear. Can you do it?" the Mayor asked.
"It will take some preparations. And this kind of magic isn't real cheap," he explained.
The Mayor shrugged. "Money isn't an issue."
"Okay I will do it," Ethan Rayne finally said.
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Buffy entered the library, a box with weapons in it in her arms and went straight to the table in the middle of the room.
"Hey B," Faith greeted her from her position on the table where she sharpened a big broadsword. "Those the last ones from Angel?" she asked and pointed at the box.
"Yeah," Buffy said and sat down on a chair. "I didn't know it is that difficult to get the weapons to arm an army of students," she said and took herself a sword and started sharpening it. "So, Giles still trying to rescue his precious books."
Faith nodded. "Yeah, W, Red and Oz are helping him. God knows where Xander is. He said he had some errands to do," she explained and shrugged. "So, did Angel finish packing his things?"
"Yep, he was carrying his suitcases to his car while I was there. So, if we survive Graduation, you two can straight head to LA," Buffy told her.
"That's good. I can't wait to set the City of Angels on flames." Buffy eyed her. "Only joking," Faith said.
Buffy now smiled at her. "You deserve it Faith. I'm glad UCLA accepted you."
"Yeah. Who would have thought that Faith Williams, high school drop out, would ever see a college from the inside," Faith told her with a small smile. "Thanks B. Without you, Red and Giles, I would have never managed that."
"No problem, that's what friends are for," Buffy told her with a shrug.." Oh, don't forget the Watchers Council. It was them who pulled the strings so you could reenrol here in school."
Faith considered that for a second. "Yeah, but they are assholes."
"I can't say that I'm not a bit jealous. You can leave to LA and I'm stuck here in Sunnydale," Buffy said sadly "And you also take Angel with you."
"Oh come on B. I can use the backup. And I thought you were over him."
"I am," Buffy said. "But he has been a constant in my life for the last few years. And even after we broke up he still was somehow my guardian Angel."
"Yeah, he told me once the reason why he was sent to Sunnydale in the first place," Faith told her. "But, it's not that bad. I take Angel with me and you still have one of your protectors left."
Buffy looked confused at her. "Huh, what do you mean?"
"The X-Man B. From what Red told me he saved your ass quite a few times. And that was before he went all super soldier on us," Faith explained.
Buffy considered Faith's word for a minute before she answered. "Yeah, you are right," she told the other slayer with a smile. "Just do me a favour: Do not sleep with Angel, okay. You know what that will cause. And from what I have heard LA is dangerous enough, even without Angelus running around."
"I think that will be no problem. Angel would never look at me that way. He has that whole 'big brother' complex going on with me," Faith explained.
"Things like that can change Faith," Buffy told her.
Faith shrugged. "Even then, my wild and wicked days are over. And I'm not dumb. I wouldn't jump Angel's bones if he could lose his soul in the process. So I think the chances are pretty slim that Angelus might return."
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Angel just finished stuffing the last of his suitcases into the trunk of his car. After that he went back to his living room, which was now stripped of all his belongings.
He stopped in the middle of the room.
"You can come out now. I smelled you two minutes ago," he said to no one in particular.
Ethan stepped out of the shadows and sighed. "I knew it would be useless to try to hide from a vampire."
Angel eyed the man. "I know you. You are Ethan Rayne, Giles' old 'friend'."
"You have a good memory Angel. I would like to chat about Ripper, but I'm here for business," he told Angel.
Angel shrugged. "I have no problem with that," he said and charged the mage.
But before he could reach him, Ethan pulled a gun out of his jacket and shot Angel in the chest. The souled vampire only felt a small pain, but he immediately collapsed face first to the floor.
Angel tried to stand up, but he could not move his limps.
"It's very interesting how stupid vampires can be. You should really start living in the 20th century," Ethan told him while he turned him around. He took the tranquilizer dart out of Angel's chest. "You can be very lucky. If you were human, you would have already been dead."
"What do you want," Angel croaked out.
"What I want is irrelevant. It's important what my employer wants," Ethan told him while he opened his bag and took a strange looking orb out of it. "And he wants a new vampire working for him."
"No," Angel said with fear.
"Oh yes. I will think you will have a different point of view once I'm finished with my work," Ethan said and looked at him. "This might hurt a bit," he said and begun chanting.
The first few minutes nothing happened. But then a cloud of smoke came out of the orb and engulfed the souled vampire completely. Angel tried to move, but again his body didn't respond to his will.
When Ethan's spell reached his end Angel's eyes flashed yellow and then his whole world went black.