Chapter Three
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Angelus paced the small warehouse he had taken over. He looked over his minions, choosing which one he wanted to send to the hotel. A commotion came from the door as three vampires alone with a woman wearing a long maroon dress and curled dark hair entered.
"We found her snooping around, Master. We thought you might enjoy a snack."
Angelus growled and tossed a stake at the one who spoke. He burst into a pile of dust and the others stepped back. The woman clapped in delight.
"The stars told me you had come home. I told them not to lie to me, but they promised it wasn't a lie."
"Well, Drusilla, I'm back."
"They took Miss Edith away. Make them give her back."
The vampire who had stolen the door immediately handed her over. Drusilla started to do a dance around the room to Angelus.
"I'm surprised Spike let them take her." Angelus said, roughly.
"My Spike didn't come. He doesn't want to play with me anymore. The Slayer took him away from me. You came back and he went to her. Miss Edith even told me he got...he got a soul. I put her in time out for being such a naughty girl."
Angelus shook his head. "And he called me the nancy boy. I wonder sometimes why I let you turn him. How would you like to do Daddy a special favor, Dru Baby?"
"Do I get to eat it?"
"Dru, I want you to go get me a girl."
"Who?"
"Her name is Fred. She lives at the hotel I own. She'll let you in as long as you say your helpless. Bring her back to me. You can't eat her, not even a little taste. Save her for me. But be careful of Cordelia and Wesley who live there, too."
"The cheerleader and the watcher." Drusilla whispered angrily.
"Can you do it, Drusilla?"
"Oh, yes! I can do it."
She raised Miss Edith above her head, continuing her dance.
"Can I eat the watcher?"
"No. It's move fun to play with his mind. This girl is loved by them all. It's going to be fun."
Drusilla grinned at him, bearing her fangs.
"I'll be back."
She giggle joyfully as she skipped out of the warehouse. Angelus sent minions to follow her, knowing she'd understand.

Gunn helped an injured Connor into the hotel. Cordelia jumped up.
"What happened?"
"Huge pack of vampires. They're starting to join forces. There were 15 of them."
"Oh, Connor."
"Where's Fred?" Gunn asked, cutting Cordy's sympathy short.
Lorne exchanged a glance with Cordelia, covering quickly.
"The Little One is still asleep."
"I'm going to go check on her before I go back out."
"Why disturb her?"
"I won't wake her up."
Gunn started to the door, Cordelia and Lorne waiting for the explosion. They heard Gunn groan adn ball his fist as he witnessed the sleeping couple.
"Wesley! Fred!"
Fred jumped, awakened from her deep sleep. She glanced around and sighed, realizing how it looked. Any minute Gunn would start his your-mine-not-his lecture.
"Charles, I know this looks bad, but I had a nightmare."
"So Wes played on your vulnerability?"
"I resent that!" Wesley protested.
"Don't care."
"Charles..."
"You'd do anything, won't you, Wesley? You can't deal with the fact that Fred and I are together."
Wes stood up.
"Fred was terrified after her dream. She didn't want to be alone and I wasn't going to abandon her just because of your jealousy."
"Charles, please don't do this."
But Gunn had already started to advance towards Wes. Fred stepped between them, putting a hand on Wesley's arm.
"Wesley, go on. Get out of here. Please."
Wes nodded and moved aside from Gunn. Gunn moved, but Fred stopped him.
"Charles, please, don't be mad at him. I asked him to stay. He fell asleep, too. We're all exhausted."
"It's just that you're my girl and I don't like the..."
"Don't finish that sentence."
He nodded. Fred kissed Gunn softly before pushing him out the door.
"I'm going to get dressed."
"Connor's going to be layed up for a few hours. I'm going to go patrol."
"Be careful, Gunn."
"Always, Baby." Fred shut the door to get dressed.