The Arrival

We arrived in Sunnydale with good time.

The sun wouldn't be up for hours and

hopefully we'd find Spike before the

sun came up. I stop the car in a

empty parking lot in the middle

of town. I knew that if it was in the

middle of town no one would touch it

or suspect anything.

Dru looks at me after we stop and I

know she's thinking about how she

could keep me as her Daddy. It hurts

me to know that my old gang is gone.

The only one of us that is still in the

game is Dru. I'm not allowed to hunt

because I'm not allowed into the world

and Spike, well Spike has a chip.

I look at my son sitting in the backseat

still. It surprises me to know that he

didn't take off. That was what I had

expected from him. I knew that he had a

habit of taking off and having the gang

go look for him.

"You didn't expect me to be sitting back

here once the car stopped, did you?" he

asked looking at me with evil eyes. He

reminds me so much of myself when I was

able to be free.

"No, Conner, I didn't." I admit to him.

"Well Angelus, I have no idea where we

are so how am I supposed to take off?"

"Good point."

"Shh. . . I can hear the stars. They sing

to me. They say the little one is underground.

Trickle, trickle, trickle goes the water.

Run down the stairs, watch the mouse in the

walls." Dru said dreamily.

"What is she talking about?" Conner asked.

"You can't understand her? She said that Spike

is underground with Buffy watchin him." I

say looking at her, she looks back at me with

those haunted eyes and smiles.

"Ah, Daddy still knows. Daddy still understands."

"Yes Darlin, I do." I watch as a light flickers

in her eyes. In some ways she is still that innocent

girl I drove insane and in some ways she is a full

grown vampire, with a lust for blood as strong as

mine.

I kiss her cheek then slide out of the car. Conner

gets out and Dru follows. They walk to the

side of me. I follow my instincts and my nose.

I know Dru is doing the some thing. We're

feeling the area and searching for her Spike

and my Slayer.

Something in the air excites me, I feel her.

Something about her sends off this thumping

in the ground. Maybe its because shes so strong,

or maybe its because I've got some of her

blood running through my veins.

I feel Dru tense next to me. I know she feels

the Slayer too and for some reason Conner felt

her too. I look at him and all I see is a rush

of excitement and hope in his eyes. This was

the woman who his father loved, hated, and

wanted all at once. He felt her like Dru

and I felt her and it made me question his

humanity.

"I can feel something strong coming closer to us."

he said.

"Thats the Slayer." I say as I walk towards the

thumping in the ground.

"Bunny in the woods. Hip hop, hip hop. Scared little

bunny runs away from nasty wolves, brave little

bunny stays to fight."

"What did she say?"

"She said that Buffy has Anya with her.

Anya usually runs if she doesn't think

she can win. Buffy never runs."

"Ah. How is it that you can understand her

and no one else can?"

"I'm not the only one. Spike can too. But I made

her. Now shh, the Slayer is getting close."

Out of the shadows of dark her figure came into view.

How I longed to take her life away. How I longed

to drain her of her blood, of her power. I felt this

sensation racing through my body when I saw her.

Dru began humming a dreadfully mornful song

and I waited for Buffy to come to us.

Suddenly I felt something I hadn't felt before.

It was a different thumping. Almost as strong as hers

but not mortal. Dru squealed in delight and

I spun around to face Spike. How he had snuck up

on us I'll never guess.

"Hello, Angelus." he said slowly and smiled. Once

again I had let down my senses and suddenly I

had a stake to my back and a Slayer on the other

end.

"We've been expecting you." she said.

END