Ryan sighed and sat down on a blue chair that puffed as he sat on it. "Five years ago, Buffy's father, Hank Summers made a deal with a big firm in Sunnydale, called Wolfram and Hart. Basically, Hank's business was almost bankrupt and he needed some money. They stepped in, gave him to money to straighten himself out. At first it was fine, he started earning plenty of money again, bought a new house, a car. He was paying back the money slowly as agreed. One day they turned around and asked for all the money back. He didn't have it. They sent round bailiffs and took nearly everything he owned, but it wasn't enough to pay them back. Eventually they said he should sell his business and come and work for them. Hank started to work his way up in the company. After a year, he was in what he thought was quite a high position, but then he came across some dodgy dealing of Wolfram and Hart. Some files on murders they had committed, basically taken some people, killed them then wiped there birth certificate, licences etc. He snooped around for a long time and found out a hell of a lot, corruption, murder, fraud, a string of crimes. One day he made a file of all the things he had found, ready to take it to the police the next day. He went home and told his family. What he didn't know was his home, telephone, car everything was bugged. They knew everything." Ryan paused a second to collect himself before continuing, "Buffy left late that afternoon to go to cheerleader practice. She had always had a bond with her twin sister Faith, and during the practice she felt a pain in her throat and knew something had happened. She ran home, but was too late. She found Faith and her younger sister Dawn dead in the living room with their throats slit. Joyce, her Mother was in the kitchen with multiple stab wounds. She doesn't remember anything more from that point until waking up at a hospital. Hank was found upstairs, shot in the head. She was in hospital for four months under special protection, before they decided she was alright to be released. She then moved in with us. They know she knows their secrets, what they don't know is we do, as Hank told me everything in a letter I received a few days before he was killed. She has been in hiding for the past month, no problem but they have found her now. They want her dead." Tara stopped her quiet sobs and asked, "Why d.did they kill Mrs Walsh then?" she stuttered. She always did it when she was upset or shy. Ryan paused for a minute for before saying, "She knew. She was an old friend of Giles and he trusted her to tell her." "Do the police know?" Gunn asked, making no attempt to hide his tear stained face. "Yes. They got involved after they were killed. They are taking us into hiding." Ryan said. "When?" Angel asked. Ryan glanced around, no one was there. "In a few minutes." He whispered. "You're going? You can't just go." Willow blurted out. "Where will you go?" Angel asked. "We're just waiting for the police to come through with the information." Ryan answered. Just then his pager buzzed. "Hang on a minute." Ryan said, reading the screen, "Emergency downstairs, I have to go." He hurried off. Everyone was quiet, really to shocked to say anything. "How can one person go through all that and still be here?" Tara finally murmured. Willow clasped her hand through her girlfriends. Tara's own mother had died giving birth to her, so she had never known her. Her father was more interested in absorbing himself in work than looking after his daughter. She was been a quiet, shy girl until she met Willow the first day of high school. The group of them had managed to bring out the funny, strong woman underneath. 'How could I not have seen anything? I could of helped her." Angel thought to himself angrily. Angel's parents had divorced when he was young. His mother was drunk most of the time, cursing her ex husband. He lived with his father. He was a nice man, but had no clue when it came to children and especially teenagers, so he let Angel do whatever he wanted most of the time. Just then a blonde woman came through the doors in a police officers uniform. She was small but had a determined look on her face as if the world was against her. "Hello. Is Ryan Summers around?" she said. "He got called to an emergency. Can we help?" Willow asked. "No. It's a family thing." She replied. "If it's about Buffy, then we know already." Gunn said. She gave him a sharp look. "Hello Kate." Giles said from the door, Laura by his side. "Mr Giles, is it true these kids know everything?" Kate snapped. "Yes. We agreed it was for the best." Giles informed her. "Now you've endangered all of there lives! They are now all at risk." Kate cried. Laura stepped forward, "Angel was almost killed tonight. Don't you think he should know why? They aren't stupid. Buffy's awake and she wants to see you all."