Chap 17

Buffy froze to the spot. She could still feel his lips against her cheek, cold and cruel. What was she going to tell Giles? *Angel is now Angelus because I had sex with him * That was going to go down so well in front of the watcher.

She paced the room, her mind panicked over what was to come "Not yet my sweet, not yet." Angelus' words hung like thick clouds over the room.

Buffy knew what she had to do. Tell the others. No matter how badly they were going to yell or torment her, she had to own up before it was too late and they would be in danger.

Angelus made his way towards the Bronze. There amongst the bustling bodies of the humans he would find his dinner, a chance at last to taste real blood.

He entered the building and was instantly struck by the amount of people that were there. Maybe it was because he was looking for a victim that there seemed to be more people around him, their heartbeats pounded through his head as he walked.

"Angel!" A voice sounded to the left of him, he spun quickly, and his senses homed in on the individual.

An angry looking male came towards him "Keep away from her." Aggression sounded in his voice yet Angelus could sense his fear. Xander stepped up to Angelus, he was determined to get his point across.

"Come on Xander." Willow grabbed hold of her best friends shirt and starting tugging him away from Angel. She smiled up at the vamp and instantly noticed something wasn't quite right, she could see it in his eyes.

"Get off!" Xander pulled himself away from Willow.

"If I were you, I'd leave." Angelus looked down on Xander.

"Not until you promise to keep away from Buffy." Xander stood defiantly.

"I think it's her you should be telling this too." Angelus smirked. "She couldn't get enough of me when I fucked her senseless the other night." His voice lowered to a whisper.

"Don't kid yourself." Xander's eyes suddenly flashed with jealously.

"I banged her all night big guy, something that you can only dream about." Angelus' husky laugh rang throughout the room.

This time Xander allowed Willow to drag him away from the vampire. "What did he say?" Willow pressed her friend for answers.

"Nothing, nothing at all." Xander smiled, a hint of worry crossed his face for a second as he sat down next to Cordelia.

Angelus continued to weave through the crowds until he found a suitable victim. There she stood, a small, dark haired thing, dancing away on the dance floor.

He came from behind and placed his hands on her hips and allowed her to sway against him to the music. She turned to face him and realised it wasn't her boyfriend but a complete stranger, a damn handsome stranger at that too.

Angelus smiled gently at the young girl and traced a finger down her face as she stared up at him. "You wanna take a walk?" He asked calmly, leading her towards the exit. There was no time for torment with this one, his appetite was already building.

There was no time for the young woman to answer, she suddenly found herself following the man out of The Bronze despite the calls that her friends made to her as she left.

Once outside Angelus didn't want to waste anymore time. With one movement she was trapped between the wall and his body. "Scream for me." He smiled and morphed into his demon form.

The woman didn't need telling twice as she burst into a fit of hysterical screams as Angelus peeled back her dark hair and sunk his fangs in her neck.

"Hey!" A deep voice sounded behind him.

Angelus turned, his face still in demon form to see a peroxide blonde stood behind him. "Spike."

"Angelus?" Spike looked hard at the vampire.

Angelus ignored the other vampire and drank the woman till she hung limp in his arms, all the life had been sucked out of her. He let her body drop to the floor, wiping the blood from his mouth with the sleeve of his shirt.

"Wow, what happened?" Spike looked up at his sire.

"Got rid of the soul dickhead, wasn't that obvious." Angelus turned away and walked into the darkness.

Spike watched the retreating figure. *Bloody hell *.

Buffy approached her watchers house slowly. She could still turn back and he would be none the wiser. None at all. Well that is until Angelus decides to eat him. *Damn *

Buffy tapped the door lightly *Maybe he's not in * She smiled at the thought and made a move to leave. Unfortunately the door opened.

"Why did you knock?" Giles sighed, knowing that something clearly wasn't right.

"Could have been intruding on something personal." Buffy smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

"Well luckily you haven't. Do you want some tea?" Giles made room for Buffy to step in.

"Angelus is back and it's all my fault, we just went back to his house because he found me in the rain and the next thing I know..Well you don't want to know that bit but his soul is - " Buffy stumbled her words as they suddenly piled out of her mouth.

Giles looked at her shocked. "Gone?" He finished the last word.

Buffy nodded vigorously. "It's all my fault." She slumped down at the table and held her head in her hands. "He's strong Giles, really strong." Buffy looked up after a while.

Giles had now gone red in the face and was holding his glasses in his hand and wiping them with the end of a tea towel. "You fought him?" Giles asked instant worry filled his voice.

"Well no, he came to see me when I still thought he was Angel. Then I realised it was him after he tried to bite me. He's super fast too." Buffy brought her hand up to her neck to feel the dried bloodied cut.

"I don't know if I can take him Giles" Buffy's eyes glazed over with tears as she re-lived the moments just hours before in her bedroom.

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