Part Five
"What have you foolish girls done?" he demanded.
He stood above them as they panted trying to catch their breath. He took his glasses off angrily cleaning them with an old piece of tissue. He placed the tissue back where he had taken if from and placed his glasses back on his head leaving them to rest on the bridge of his nose.
"Wh...at?" Buffy asked in-between breaths.
"You stupid little girls, your actions could have seriously damaged the treaty." He looked behind him, signalled the guards and they moved forward each grabbing a girl under their arms' marching them into the complex.
"Don't get me wrong," he said softly walking next to Buffy. "The act was very brave and I realise it was out of fear. But we need that treaty otherwise the human race would cease to exist. Fortunately Angelus was forgiving and is willing to make a deal. He wants to negotiate while all of you are present," he informed her. He stopped in front of a door and placed his palm on it to open it but paused. "No one will forget your bravery Buffy," He told her then opened the door and took a seat at a chair facing a big screen.
He couldn't help but feel guilty for doing his job; he was sending innocent people to their death at the hands of vampires while his family had spent generations fighting them. He had been a watcher just like his father and grandmother but after the government and the Watcher's Council joined forces nothing was the same. The Council didn't have any say in anything other than supplying information and how to kill demons, he wanted to fight not sit back and read books. Although he loved to read he knew his destiny involved more than being a database for the government. So he quit the Council and joined the government never dreaming he would be playing nice with vampires and he longed for the day he was sitting in the Watcher's main library surrounded with musty old books.
He'd seen this girl before, on her fourth birthday. Her father held her by the wrist tightly and basically dragged her when they moved. He had wanted to give her up to the government because he didn't want her anymore. He had called her a burden and the reason his wife was dying. The government had a privet section that dealt with testing vampires for weaknesses but always needed humans to participate. She wasn't taken because she was too young but they had remembered her. Her father's actions had caused her to be taken this time.
The soldiers stopped the girls so they were behind the chair; the man had just sat on.
The screen flickered to life much the same as it had before when they had the message from the president.
Angelus' angry image filled the screen and Buffy couldn't help but stare at him.
"Hello again," he said looking directly at her.
Buffy's breath caught in her throat, he was looking at her in a strange way that she couldn't interpret. She had never been looked at that way before.
"What are you proposing Angelus?" the man in the chair asked.
"I will send you the four boys and the girl back," Angelus told the man holding his gaze.
"Why would you do that?" he asked shocked at Angelus' good will.
"I want one thing in return for my grand gesture," Angelus paused. "I want Buffy to be brought back here."
The man in the chair quickly turned and looked at Buffy who was as surprised as he was. He then turned back to the screen, "Is that all?" He asked.
"Yes, I want her back and I will send the others," he promised. "But if not I will kill these hostages and I demand the rest. I want this to be Buffy's decision."
"I'll go," she spoke her voice strong.
She was disgusted with herself for feeling a twinge of happiness at the thought of seeing Angelus again. He's a killer, a soul-less demon. But when he had touched her there was a connection and electricity prickled at her skin causing the hair on her arms to stand on end.
As much as she wanted to stay away from him because she knew she wouldn't be able to resist him, she couldn't let six people die because of her.
"Then we have a deal, But remember this moment when we next negotiate," Angelus warned.
"But.Wh...at About the other boy?" he asked with a stutter.
"He's already dead," He replied.
Angelus nodded and the screen shrunk to a black screen.
The old man in the chair knew it was too good to be true that Angelus was having a change of heart. He looked at Buffy with a look she had never seen before, "I'll give you two hours with your family before you go back," he said.
"That won't be necessary. My mother is dead and my farther is never home. I doubt he even noticed I was missing," Buffy told him matter-of factly
He'd already known about her parents but he had hoped her father would have come to his senses after his wife had died. Obviously he hadn't.
"Guard," the man shouted and a man in an army uniform came through the door awaiting orders. "Take this girl back to the vampire border and wait for the rest of the hostages to be released."
The guard saluted and took Buffy by the arm.
"No," Little Willow cried. "You can't take her, she saved us."
"That's right," Cordelia agreed folding her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry but it is the only way," the man assured.
He could tell Cordelia was trying to think of a come back but before she could get it out Buffy spoke.
"Don't worry about me, I have a feeling he won't hurt me. And in any case what's my life if I know I was the cause of those who would die because of me?" Buffy asked appealing to their sense of guilt.
Little Willow started to cry so Anya and Cordelia comforted her; Buffy was removed from the room and taken to another van to be given back to her captor. She gave one last look at the building and the town she had called home. She would never see it again. Buffy looked at the three girls and gave them a sad smile before going fully into the van and taking her seat.
When the van was opened again she found herself back at the mansion she had earlier escaped from. Waiting at the gate was the four boys and the girl. They walked over to her each giving gracious look but did not say a word. When the girl was in front of her, she reached forward and hugged her tightly and whispered "thank you," in her ear.
Buffy smiled then waved the van off before she was ushered back inside but not to the cold dank cave but to a luxurious room. She was left by herself, so she decided to explore. The room looked to be able to fit her whole house in to it twice and be extra room, she knew she was over exaggerating but it was huge. The room was decorated in pink, girlie colours. There was a double bed across from a huge window draped in black curtains. On one side stood a closet filled with clothes and it took up the whole wall. Facing there is a door leading to a bathroom filled with all necessary toiletries. Next to the door a big desk with stationary placed neatly on it and next to that a vanity table were make-up.
She walked over to the bed and turned her back on in and fell spreading her arms wide and just lay there.
"Like it?" out of thin air, a voice asked.
Buffy sat up straight. She hadn't heard him enter and looked at him with wide eyes.
"I love it," Buffy answered not wanting to lie.
"I knew you would."
He moved quicker than a normal person until he was right by the bed and gently placed himself next to her. He reached out a hand and caressed her face and gently brought her head to his and their lips were just about to touch.
When he had heard of her escape he had been furious, staking six minions and killing one of the hostages in anger. He had gone down to the cells to see for him self and found Spike tied up unconscious and ash on the floor.
He untied Spike and poured a vile of holy water on him causing him to wake up screaming in pain. After he had stopped screaming Angelus had managed to get the information he had needed. Buffy had been the one who had orchestrated of the escape and that news hadn't surprised him in the slightest. He even smiled at her courage to attempt escape and pull it off.
He contacted the world government's head quarters in Sunnydale, and arranged for them to inform him when the girl arrive home.
He knew what he wanted he wanted her back. She intrigued him, she had all the qualities he admired and she was sarcastic to boot.
After talking to senator Giles with the girls he'd had his people working at top speed to get the room ready. Now she was in his presence all he could thing about was kissing her smooth lips and loosing him self in her.
"Why?" Buffy asked causing him to move away slightly making him loose his train of thought.
Angelus knew what she was asking but decided to play dumb, "Why what?"
"Why do you want me?" she asked and he could feel her breath on his lips and it was killing him.
"One look at you and I knew I couldn't go on with out you. There's something about you that something in me like."
Buffy's mind was whirling she didn't know weather it was from his presence or her confusion. She had hated vampires for so long for all they had done to her people. But this one sitting next to her was different. And his presence aroused something in her she had never felt before. But she couldn't deny the fact that he was a vampire.
Angelus moved his head to kiss her but she pulled back and scrambled up the bed and sat leaning up against the headboard. Normally he would take her against her will but he liked the fact that she had fire in her eyes and challenged him in ways no female had ever done in the past.
Angelus turned around to look at her and saw the confusion in her eyes. He crawled up the bed so he's kneeling in front of her.
"What's the matter?" he asked softly surprising himself.
"You're a vampire," she said hoping it would make him understand.
"And you're a human," he tells her hoping it will make her understand it doesn't matter to him.
"You kill," Buffy replied.
"You killed my guard," Angelus retaliated.
"That's not the same and you know it," Buffy spat.
"None of this matters, you can't deny that there's something between us," Angelus told her and placed a hand either sides of her hips and leaned forward to nuzzle her neck.
The brief times he had been around her he felt strange, like her presence put a muzzle on his inner beast. He felt calmer and the urge to kill was less. He felt more human around her and although that should chill him to the bone the feeling of joy out weighed any of the bad things.
"I'm proud of you," he whispered. "Running away showed so mush courage, physical and mental strength I've never seen such qualities in a human especially one so young."
Buffy's eyes fluttered closed, just being near him made her feel safe. He placed feather light kisses on her neck and travelled up to her cheek and was about to kiss her lips when he felt her hands push against his chest and he lost his balance due to the position he was in. She leapt up and headed for the door. When it opened it reveal the bleach blonde about to walk in Buffy immediately stopped and stepped back a few paces.
"Spike what are you doing in here?" Angelus questioned noticing Buffy's movements.
Spike looked at his sire, he hadn't expected Angelus to be in there so had to come up with an excuse, fast.
"I was just seeing if Blondie here needed anything. I know you wanted her to be comfortable," Spike lied but put his cocky attitude with it and it sounded convincing.
"I'm fine," Buffy said with a hard tone.
Spike shrugged and left the room hoping he had time to get to her and make her keep quiet about the events that occurred before she ran off. Or give him enough time to get far enough away from Angelus.
Angelus climbed off the bed and walked up to her stopping until he faced her and looked at her curiously.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
Buffy looked down then to the door.
"Spike?" Angelus questioned. "What did he do," Angelus eyes narrowed.
"He attacked me. When he was taking me back to the cell he pinned me against the wall."
"He did what?" Angelus roared.
He stalked from the room leaving Buffy alone and staring at the door. Moments later she head a thump and raised voices then more thumps then nothing but silent. Then a few minutes later, the door opened to her room and Angelus walked back in brushing dust from his hands.
"He will never bother you again," he assured.
"You dusted him?" Buffy asked already knowing the answer.
"Yep," he replied with a smile. "I'll leave you to get some rest."
Buffy wandered back over to the bed and lay down and she could smell his sent on the sheets and assaulted her senses. She wrapped her self in them breathing deep and she could feel herself slipping away in to slumber but her conscious mind knew she wouldn't be able to resist him any longer.
"What have you foolish girls done?" he demanded.
He stood above them as they panted trying to catch their breath. He took his glasses off angrily cleaning them with an old piece of tissue. He placed the tissue back where he had taken if from and placed his glasses back on his head leaving them to rest on the bridge of his nose.
"Wh...at?" Buffy asked in-between breaths.
"You stupid little girls, your actions could have seriously damaged the treaty." He looked behind him, signalled the guards and they moved forward each grabbing a girl under their arms' marching them into the complex.
"Don't get me wrong," he said softly walking next to Buffy. "The act was very brave and I realise it was out of fear. But we need that treaty otherwise the human race would cease to exist. Fortunately Angelus was forgiving and is willing to make a deal. He wants to negotiate while all of you are present," he informed her. He stopped in front of a door and placed his palm on it to open it but paused. "No one will forget your bravery Buffy," He told her then opened the door and took a seat at a chair facing a big screen.
He couldn't help but feel guilty for doing his job; he was sending innocent people to their death at the hands of vampires while his family had spent generations fighting them. He had been a watcher just like his father and grandmother but after the government and the Watcher's Council joined forces nothing was the same. The Council didn't have any say in anything other than supplying information and how to kill demons, he wanted to fight not sit back and read books. Although he loved to read he knew his destiny involved more than being a database for the government. So he quit the Council and joined the government never dreaming he would be playing nice with vampires and he longed for the day he was sitting in the Watcher's main library surrounded with musty old books.
He'd seen this girl before, on her fourth birthday. Her father held her by the wrist tightly and basically dragged her when they moved. He had wanted to give her up to the government because he didn't want her anymore. He had called her a burden and the reason his wife was dying. The government had a privet section that dealt with testing vampires for weaknesses but always needed humans to participate. She wasn't taken because she was too young but they had remembered her. Her father's actions had caused her to be taken this time.
The soldiers stopped the girls so they were behind the chair; the man had just sat on.
The screen flickered to life much the same as it had before when they had the message from the president.
Angelus' angry image filled the screen and Buffy couldn't help but stare at him.
"Hello again," he said looking directly at her.
Buffy's breath caught in her throat, he was looking at her in a strange way that she couldn't interpret. She had never been looked at that way before.
"What are you proposing Angelus?" the man in the chair asked.
"I will send you the four boys and the girl back," Angelus told the man holding his gaze.
"Why would you do that?" he asked shocked at Angelus' good will.
"I want one thing in return for my grand gesture," Angelus paused. "I want Buffy to be brought back here."
The man in the chair quickly turned and looked at Buffy who was as surprised as he was. He then turned back to the screen, "Is that all?" He asked.
"Yes, I want her back and I will send the others," he promised. "But if not I will kill these hostages and I demand the rest. I want this to be Buffy's decision."
"I'll go," she spoke her voice strong.
She was disgusted with herself for feeling a twinge of happiness at the thought of seeing Angelus again. He's a killer, a soul-less demon. But when he had touched her there was a connection and electricity prickled at her skin causing the hair on her arms to stand on end.
As much as she wanted to stay away from him because she knew she wouldn't be able to resist him, she couldn't let six people die because of her.
"Then we have a deal, But remember this moment when we next negotiate," Angelus warned.
"But.Wh...at About the other boy?" he asked with a stutter.
"He's already dead," He replied.
Angelus nodded and the screen shrunk to a black screen.
The old man in the chair knew it was too good to be true that Angelus was having a change of heart. He looked at Buffy with a look she had never seen before, "I'll give you two hours with your family before you go back," he said.
"That won't be necessary. My mother is dead and my farther is never home. I doubt he even noticed I was missing," Buffy told him matter-of factly
He'd already known about her parents but he had hoped her father would have come to his senses after his wife had died. Obviously he hadn't.
"Guard," the man shouted and a man in an army uniform came through the door awaiting orders. "Take this girl back to the vampire border and wait for the rest of the hostages to be released."
The guard saluted and took Buffy by the arm.
"No," Little Willow cried. "You can't take her, she saved us."
"That's right," Cordelia agreed folding her arms across her chest.
"I'm sorry but it is the only way," the man assured.
He could tell Cordelia was trying to think of a come back but before she could get it out Buffy spoke.
"Don't worry about me, I have a feeling he won't hurt me. And in any case what's my life if I know I was the cause of those who would die because of me?" Buffy asked appealing to their sense of guilt.
Little Willow started to cry so Anya and Cordelia comforted her; Buffy was removed from the room and taken to another van to be given back to her captor. She gave one last look at the building and the town she had called home. She would never see it again. Buffy looked at the three girls and gave them a sad smile before going fully into the van and taking her seat.
When the van was opened again she found herself back at the mansion she had earlier escaped from. Waiting at the gate was the four boys and the girl. They walked over to her each giving gracious look but did not say a word. When the girl was in front of her, she reached forward and hugged her tightly and whispered "thank you," in her ear.
Buffy smiled then waved the van off before she was ushered back inside but not to the cold dank cave but to a luxurious room. She was left by herself, so she decided to explore. The room looked to be able to fit her whole house in to it twice and be extra room, she knew she was over exaggerating but it was huge. The room was decorated in pink, girlie colours. There was a double bed across from a huge window draped in black curtains. On one side stood a closet filled with clothes and it took up the whole wall. Facing there is a door leading to a bathroom filled with all necessary toiletries. Next to the door a big desk with stationary placed neatly on it and next to that a vanity table were make-up.
She walked over to the bed and turned her back on in and fell spreading her arms wide and just lay there.
"Like it?" out of thin air, a voice asked.
Buffy sat up straight. She hadn't heard him enter and looked at him with wide eyes.
"I love it," Buffy answered not wanting to lie.
"I knew you would."
He moved quicker than a normal person until he was right by the bed and gently placed himself next to her. He reached out a hand and caressed her face and gently brought her head to his and their lips were just about to touch.
When he had heard of her escape he had been furious, staking six minions and killing one of the hostages in anger. He had gone down to the cells to see for him self and found Spike tied up unconscious and ash on the floor.
He untied Spike and poured a vile of holy water on him causing him to wake up screaming in pain. After he had stopped screaming Angelus had managed to get the information he had needed. Buffy had been the one who had orchestrated of the escape and that news hadn't surprised him in the slightest. He even smiled at her courage to attempt escape and pull it off.
He contacted the world government's head quarters in Sunnydale, and arranged for them to inform him when the girl arrive home.
He knew what he wanted he wanted her back. She intrigued him, she had all the qualities he admired and she was sarcastic to boot.
After talking to senator Giles with the girls he'd had his people working at top speed to get the room ready. Now she was in his presence all he could thing about was kissing her smooth lips and loosing him self in her.
"Why?" Buffy asked causing him to move away slightly making him loose his train of thought.
Angelus knew what she was asking but decided to play dumb, "Why what?"
"Why do you want me?" she asked and he could feel her breath on his lips and it was killing him.
"One look at you and I knew I couldn't go on with out you. There's something about you that something in me like."
Buffy's mind was whirling she didn't know weather it was from his presence or her confusion. She had hated vampires for so long for all they had done to her people. But this one sitting next to her was different. And his presence aroused something in her she had never felt before. But she couldn't deny the fact that he was a vampire.
Angelus moved his head to kiss her but she pulled back and scrambled up the bed and sat leaning up against the headboard. Normally he would take her against her will but he liked the fact that she had fire in her eyes and challenged him in ways no female had ever done in the past.
Angelus turned around to look at her and saw the confusion in her eyes. He crawled up the bed so he's kneeling in front of her.
"What's the matter?" he asked softly surprising himself.
"You're a vampire," she said hoping it would make him understand.
"And you're a human," he tells her hoping it will make her understand it doesn't matter to him.
"You kill," Buffy replied.
"You killed my guard," Angelus retaliated.
"That's not the same and you know it," Buffy spat.
"None of this matters, you can't deny that there's something between us," Angelus told her and placed a hand either sides of her hips and leaned forward to nuzzle her neck.
The brief times he had been around her he felt strange, like her presence put a muzzle on his inner beast. He felt calmer and the urge to kill was less. He felt more human around her and although that should chill him to the bone the feeling of joy out weighed any of the bad things.
"I'm proud of you," he whispered. "Running away showed so mush courage, physical and mental strength I've never seen such qualities in a human especially one so young."
Buffy's eyes fluttered closed, just being near him made her feel safe. He placed feather light kisses on her neck and travelled up to her cheek and was about to kiss her lips when he felt her hands push against his chest and he lost his balance due to the position he was in. She leapt up and headed for the door. When it opened it reveal the bleach blonde about to walk in Buffy immediately stopped and stepped back a few paces.
"Spike what are you doing in here?" Angelus questioned noticing Buffy's movements.
Spike looked at his sire, he hadn't expected Angelus to be in there so had to come up with an excuse, fast.
"I was just seeing if Blondie here needed anything. I know you wanted her to be comfortable," Spike lied but put his cocky attitude with it and it sounded convincing.
"I'm fine," Buffy said with a hard tone.
Spike shrugged and left the room hoping he had time to get to her and make her keep quiet about the events that occurred before she ran off. Or give him enough time to get far enough away from Angelus.
Angelus climbed off the bed and walked up to her stopping until he faced her and looked at her curiously.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
Buffy looked down then to the door.
"Spike?" Angelus questioned. "What did he do," Angelus eyes narrowed.
"He attacked me. When he was taking me back to the cell he pinned me against the wall."
"He did what?" Angelus roared.
He stalked from the room leaving Buffy alone and staring at the door. Moments later she head a thump and raised voices then more thumps then nothing but silent. Then a few minutes later, the door opened to her room and Angelus walked back in brushing dust from his hands.
"He will never bother you again," he assured.
"You dusted him?" Buffy asked already knowing the answer.
"Yep," he replied with a smile. "I'll leave you to get some rest."
Buffy wandered back over to the bed and lay down and she could smell his sent on the sheets and assaulted her senses. She wrapped her self in them breathing deep and she could feel herself slipping away in to slumber but her conscious mind knew she wouldn't be able to resist him any longer.