Before leaving Sunnydale Angelus left a note at the Summer's. Unknown to him Anya arrived there just as Angelus sped away towards LA.


"Willow, Xander," shouted Anya as she grabbed the note that was wedged in the door.


"What Anya?" Willow, Xander, Dawn, and Spike gathered in the kitchen as Anya waved the piece of paper around.


"I saw... I saw," sputtering, Anya tried to catch her breath. "Just give me that," Xander grabbed the paper out of the flailing grip.


Reading the message he handed it to Spike, then sat and ran his fingers through his hair.


"Oh, bloody hell," Spike muttered. "We've got to get Buffy back."


The group started making plans to head to LA. They completely neglected Angelus's warnings of an army there that awaited them.


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(in LA... a few hours later)


Buffy woke up with a pounding headache. Groggily she moved to get up and found herself on a cot in a dingy basement, in a little cell. She found her armschained to the wall adn feet chained to floor.


"Hello Buffy," came a weak voice in the cell next to her. "Wesley," Buffy moved as close to him as possible from her chains.


"Don't touch the bars," cringed Wesley. "They are hooked up to an electrical current."


"How long have I been down here?"


"For two days, Angelus has kept you drugged," retorted Wesley rubbing his forehead.


"How did all this happen?" questioned Buffy as she sat back.


"It started with the Beast. We thought if we brought Angelus back he would be able to tell us how to get rid of the beast..."


"Why on earth would you bring him back for that!" interupted Buffy.


"Don't you think we know that now," snapped Wesley. "Anyways, then we found out that the evil was controlling Cordelia, which made her the master of all this evil. Angelus killed Cordelia, and Gunn. I don't know what he did to Conner or Fred. So that's the situation we are in right now," Wesley concluded with a sigh.


Getting ready to ask Wesley more questions when Buffy was interupted by a slamming of a door .


"Well, well, well. It looks like our little guest is up and talking to our resident ass hole," stated Angelus as he came to the door of the cage with three vampires. "Bring her to me," Angelus commanded.


Watching from the top of the stairs Angelus could almost laugh as the three unchained her. The clumsy oafs were staked with in ten minutes.


Buffy quickly made a dash to the stairs in an attempt to escape. When she reached where Angelus was standing a pulsating electric shock went thru her body knocking her to the ground.


"What, you think I wouldn't have anything but chains to hold you," Angelus reached into his leather coat pocket and pulled out a remote control. "Elcetricity serves its purpose here. I suppose you will listen now." He gave it a slight tap watching Buffy shake a little.


"Now follow me up stairs like a good little girl," smirked Angelus as Buffy climbed to her feet. "I'm a little disappointed you didn't even notice the little anklet that is allowing me to control you."


The two climbed the stairs and went down the hall to a little room. "Go," commanded Angelus. "Sit," he stated while pointing at a chair. In came a person cloaked in a robe.


"Now Buffy," Angelus began as two vampires chianed her up. "I have an offer for you. See I can't have you running around with the strength and power you posses as a slayer. So your going to give them up."


"Never," screamed Buffy. "I'ld never give them up. Especially for you."


"I think you might," declared Angelus. Shouting out the door, "Bring them in."