Summary: Oz returns to Spike's crypt where Sage is hanging out. Sage and Oz head to Buffy, after Oz lies he didn't kill Angel. The Scooby gang knocks out Oz, and then ties up Sage in the basement. Sage attempts to fight Buffy with her vampiric powers and hurts Buffy's back, then fights the rest of the Scoobies. The Scoobies plan to throw Sage into the Hellmouth.

A/N: I just decided to create how Drusilla became all crazy, and I have a sequel planned. Current baddies: none, maybe Oz/Scoobies depending on how you look at it. It could even be Sage, I just can't decide which person is the evil-est. For indigo, I don't really know what's so hard to understand. If you want to send me questions like that I'm putting my e- mail up on profile but if I get junk mail from people I will remove my e- mail address. I don't like junk mail.

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Chapter Five

Day Three: Change of Plans

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"Spike!" Buffy yelled, slamming through the door in his crypt.

"What, Slayer?" Spike scowled.

"Was Sage here today?"

"What's it to you?" Spike asked, standing up.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Why should I? Plus, note the bloody sun."

"You should've told me so.well you have to come and see," Buffy said.

"What happened to Sage?"

"Like I said," Buffy said. "You have to see."

" 'K," Spike said, throwing on his leather duster. "I'm comin'."

~*~

"So where are we goin'?" Spike asked. "Cave, bar, basement, abandoned building?"

"Actually," Buffy said. "To my house."

"Your house?" Spike asked.

"Yeah," Buffy said. "To the basement, actually."

The two walked up Rovello drive and knocked on the door.

"Hello," Willow said, opening the door. "We ordered donuts."

"Good," Buffy said. "I'm taking Spike down to the basement."

Buffy led Spike inside and down the steps to the basement.

"Bloody hell, Buffy!" Spike said. "What'd you do to her?"

Sage, who had obviously escaped from the chains a few times, due to the fact she was also now bound with ropes. Cuts streaked her face, blood dripping on the floor.

"What does it look like?" Buffy asked. "She's our new hostage."

"Well why is she your hostage?"

"She's gonna end the world," Buffy said. "Queen of Hell, ring any bells?"

"But she's a kid," Spike said.

"She's half a kid," Buffy corrected. "Half vampire."

"Can I talk to her?" Spike asked. "Alone."

"Sure," Buffy said. "You can undo the gag," then she walked out.

Spike pulled up and seat and undid Sage's gag. The corners of her mouth were bleeding.

"Drink me," she muttered. "I wanna die."

"No," Spike said. He patted her head. "What did they do to you?"

"Well I used my vamp strength to break out these chains, and we got into a big fight. And before that I jumped on Buffy's back, and how's dad doin'?"

"I don't know," Spike said. "Buffy brought me here to see you."

"They poured holy water on me," Sage cried, and Spike noted she had been crying the whole time. "And it worked," she moaned. "And I'm seeing more things, and.and.I want it all to stop."

"Two more days," Spike said, wiping off a streak of fresh blood.

"Forty-eight hours of hell," Sage said. "Then even more hell."

"What do you mean?" Spike asked.

"They're throwing me in the Hellmouth," Sage said. "Don't see why they just don't let my dad kill me."

"Listen," Spike said, as he leaned in. "I'm gonna help you."

"Huh?" Sage asked.

"I'm gonna help you," Spike said.

"Why?"

"There are hundreds of vampires hidden underneath the city, with spells so powerful no human can find them. And all those vampires, they're rooting for you, counting down the days," Spike said. "Can you feel them?"

"A bit," Sage said.

"And I'll bet anything they'd all stand at the doorway of the Hellmouth to catch you," Spike said.

"So?"

"If they'll stand at the Hellmouth to save you they'll obviously rescue you from this house," Spike said. "And all you have to do is invite them in, then they'll invite others in."

"I can't invite them in," Sage said. "They'll gag me."

"Can you change your face yet?"

"I don't know," Sage said. "Never tried."

"Then try," Spike said.

"How do you change your face?"

"It's pretty normal for me," Spike said. "I just change. But if you can't get us in, I'll be there and I'll invite everybody in. Now, if you do change, feel free to bite off that gag and invite everybody in the world in."

"Okay," Sage said. "When are you comin'?"

"Tonight," Spike said. "It's really early in the mornin' right now, before the sun comes out. That's of course why I'm here."

"Are you gonna leave now?" Sage asked.

"Yeah," Spike said. "I have t' go and get the vamps ready," he patted her cheek. "Just wait a few more hours."

"Okay," Sage said. "Are you gonna rescue my dad too?"

"Maybe," Spike said. "I'll try. It depends how many people like Peaches."

"Okay," Sage said.

"Bye. Buffy!" Spike called.

"Yeah?" Buffy said, walking down the stairs.

" 'M finished," Spike said.

"Okay," Buffy said, and she tightened the gag back around Sage's mouth. "See ya later."

"Uh-huh, Slayer," Spike said. Then he walked out into the early morning, moving briskly. But, instead of going back to his crypt he headed to the tunnels deep underground Sunnydale, to recruit the vampires for his plan.

~*~

The tunnels were loaded with vampires, sitting there, talking, but parting for Spike. Spike was the only one of the four vampires left who were in the ritual for Sage, and they knew if he was dusted the apocalypse wouldn't work. He headed through a tiny, self dug tunnel with a curtain partition.

"Hey," Spike said.

Five vampires, sitting at a table playing cards immediately looked up at him.

"What is it?" one asked.

"Sage," Spike said. The vampires immediately looked shocked because they all called Sage the Queen. "Hey, she's my niece, I'll call her whatever I want to. Anyway, the Slayer has her hostage in her basement. And her dad too. Promised her I'd get her out tonight."

"What about the father?"

"Maybe," Spike said.

"How many do you need?"

"Fifty, give or take," Spike said.

"We'll send a hundred," one vampire said.

"I'll send two-hundred," another one said.

"I have three hundred that will go anywhere for the Queen," the third said.

"Four hundred is just a tiny bit of my regiment," the fourth said.

"One-thousand," the fifth said. "And more."

"Now, now," Spike said. "I don't need an army. I need a tiny group that wants to do some rescuing. I'll take five from each of you."

"Okay."

"Yeah."

"Cool."

"So it's decided," Spike said. "I'll be back at nightfall, and these vamps better bloody listen to me."

"Okay."

"Cool."

"Bye then," Spike said, and headed through the partition.

~*~

"Maybe this isn't right," Anya said, as they passed around a bowl of popcorn in the basement.

"Just a little fun," Buffy said. Sage was tied up by the neck, her face pale and sweaty. "Hit it!"

Willow shot a ball of sunlight at Sage and she cried out in pain.

"Nice," Anya said. "Reminds me of some old vengeance days."

And they all, Anya, Willow, and Buffy, listened to Anya's vengeance tales as Sage burned but didn't die or turn to dust...

"Sage!" Buffy yelled in her face, untying her gag.

"What?" Sage asked.

"Wake up," Buffy said. "We need to get you outta here."

"Why?" Sage asked worriedly, as she remembered that Spike was coming that night to rescue her.

"A group of vamps are coming to rescue you," Buffy said. "You wouldn't want to be kidnapped by a bunch of demons, would you?"

"N-no," Sage said groggily. "What about my dad?"

"He's not even here anymore," Buffy said.

"Where'd he go?" Sage said, fuming up and attempting to break the chains.

"He escaped last night," Buffy said. "Don't ask how."

"And you're not even gonna go look for him?"

"Well, no," Buffy said, as she began to untie the chains. "You try to escape anytime during this process and I'll stake you, I don't even care if you're not a vampire."

"Okay," Sage said. "Where am I going?"

"Anya's," Buffy said. She finished untying Sage and bound her hands with ropes. "You bother her there and she'll soak you with Holy water."

"Uh-huh," Sage said.

"I'm ready," Willow said. She fastened a blindfold around Sage's head.

"What was that for?" Sage asked.

"We felt like it," Giles said from the doorway of the basement.

"Y' know what's really funny?" Sage said as she walked up the stairs blindfolded. "How all you adults need so much to control a little girl. It's like the news.and politics."

"Shut up," Willow said. Then, putting her hand on Sage's forehead she said, "Disappear."

"What are you doing?" Sage asked angrily.

"Making you invisible," Buffy said, throwing Sage into the backseat of the car. "So people and demons won't see you."

The car started up and went down the road.

"This is making me seasick," Sage said. "All spinning around because of the car and not knowing what's happening."

"Don't barf," Buffy said. "And shut up."

Sage, for once, shut up.