Chapter 16

Buffy was downstairs by herself in the hotel lobby. She wanted to get this over with. "Are you sure about this?" Willow asked her.

"Yeah, I want this done with. I can handle it." Willow nodded and knew that her best friend could take care of herself.

"Alright, just be careful. We'll all be close by, but out of the way until you need us. Don't worry about Emily, she's upstairs with Spike so she'll be okay." Buffy nodded and hugged her.

"Thanks," she said as Willow smiled at her and took off. She then looked around the now empty hotel and took a deep breath. "Come on, show yourself." She said to no one in particular.

"Hey Buff, what are you up to?" Buffy turned around and saw Angel.

"Um, nothing. I just fancy some alone time." Angel nodded.

"Well, that's understandable. Why don't we go for a walk or something, take your mind off things." Angel told her with a smile.

"Yeah, why don't you get my jacket for me? It's on the back of the chair." She said as she pointed to the nearby chair. When he went to get it she pulled out her tazer that Faith gave her and zapped him from behind and she watched as he fell to the ground, but not unconscious. He then had a sinister laugh.

"Well, I guess I should have given you more credit." He told her.

"Let's just say that I know Angel, and you're not Angel." The demon tried to get up, but Buffy zapped him again and he fell back down. She then picked him up and threw him into a wall. He laughed again like everything in the world was funny to him.

"You think you can beat me, girl. You don't know what you're dealing with. You're all alone." He taunted her and this time Buffy smiled.

"Care to test that theory?" With that all the others came out from hiding and started attacking the Angel look alike and he found himself outnumbered. The real Angel then showed up with rope and started tying the demon up until he couldn't even move.

"You think this can hold me! I'll kill you all for this!" The shape shifter exclaimed. Buffy then walked back over to him and zapped him again, this time longer until he finally claimed unconsciousness. They all stared at her.

"He was starting to annoy me, let's get him downstairs." She told them as she headed downstairs, the others following her. Angel and Gunn were carrying the captive. They threw him into the cage that held Angelus all those years ago. Angel was thinking about how similar the situation seemed. They locked him in and knew that no matter how strong he was, he wouldn't be able to get out. "Alright, you guys should get out of here. I'll handle the rest." They all nodded and headed upstairs. Angel put his hand on her shoulder.

"Good luck," he said as he headed upstairs after the others. Buffy nodded and then looked at the unconscious form in the cage.

"I won't need it." She said to herself. She then grabbed a nearby battle axe that she found and waited. After a few minutes she started to see the demon change. What once looked like Angel now started to resemble a very hideous green demon. "Okay, that looks a lot worse than the picture." Buffy said as she waited for the change to finish. She then opened up the cage door before it could regain its consciousness. She held the axe above her head and before she could bring it back down the demon was up in an instant and grabbed the axe.

"You will die!" The demon stated, nothing human about the sound of its voice. Buffy then kicked it into the wall and tripped its feet out from underneath so it fell back to the floor.

"You wanna see my impression of Gandhi?" She told him as she brought the axe down and chopped his head right off. "Never get tired of that." She claimed as she put the axe down. When she looked back at the demon she noticed that it started to melt until it was nothing but a green goo. She just cringed as she put the axe back where she found it. "That's gross, but at least it's over." She said to herself as she headed back upstairs.