The doctor finished by telling Ryder that he had some visitors. As the doctor walked out, Angel, Cordelia, Doyle, Willow, and Oz walked in.
"How are you?" Angel asked.
"He bit me."
"Look, man, I'm really sorry."
"You bit me." Ryder said loudly. Suddenly he jumped up and lunged for Oz. Ryder swung at Oz and missed. Angel and Doyle held Ryder down as a nurse (who heard them) rushed in and gave Ryder a sedative. Oz left the room with Cordelia and Willow.
"I'm going to go home. He needs time to cool off and it won't help with me around. Besides the Dingoes have a gig at the Bronze next week."
"I'll drive you back to the house." Willow volunteered.
"I'll go with you." Cordelia said. She turned and poked her head into the room. "Oz is going home for a while. And I'm going back to the house, any one want to come?"
Doyle volunteered.
"I'm going to stay here." Angel said.
Meanwhile Sean had to get a blood transfusion. Bella stayed with Sean, while the rest of the gang sat in the waiting room. Buffy called the school to notify them about Ryder, and then Giles. Jake was leaning on Ham when she saw Oz, Willow, Cordelia, and Doyle leaving. She got up and walked over to them.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"I uh, got loose and attacked Ryder."
"Oh man, is he okay?"
"He broke his right leg and I bit his left."
"Oh…oh god." Jake said realizing what he meant.
"Yeah, I'm going home for a few weeks. I'll be back before the fight." Oz hugged Jake.
"Ryder's in room 126 upstairs." Willow said before they left.
Jake walked over to the guys and told them about Ryder. They figured they would have a while before Sean was ready to see them, so they went up. When they got to the room a nurse stopped them.
"Where are you going?"
"To visit Ryder in room 126." Ham said.
"How are you related?"
They showed her their ID's, so she let them in.
Meanwhile Scout and Spike were giving their statements to the police. Right now Scout was giving his.
"So let me get this straight. It was a normal party until about ten when a guy passed out on you and his neck was bloody. So you and your friends tried to leave to realize you were surrounded by vampires."
"Yup." Scout said as he notice that the sun was rising. "Where's Spike?" The office gave him a blank stare. "William?" Nothing. "The blonde guy?"
"Oh, he left an hour ago."
"Where's the girl." The officer tilted his head toward the right. "In the back."
Scout stood up. "Is there a window in there?"
"Yeah, so?"
Scout pulled the door open and ran to where the officer had indicated.
"Hey, you can't go back there!" Three officers shouted, as they ran after him. Scout ran in to see Harmony hiding in the corner of the cell as the sunlight spilled in all around her. The officers ran in and watched as the light came closer and closer. Harmony was smoking.
"Can someone cover the windows?" She pleaded.
Before anyone could do anything, the light came closer and her foot caught on fire and her face changed. All the officers took a step back. Suddenly her whole body was engulfed and she turned to dust. The four officers kicked Scout out and stared in bewilderment at the pile of dust. Scout started walking to the hospital that is three blocks away.
Later that day in Sean's room.
"Okay, Jake, spill!" Bella said.
"What the hell happened last night?" Sean asked.
"Vampires." Jake told them.
Bella and Sean glared at them. "Serious, Jake." Sean said.
They the Rawley kids faces looked pretty serious.
"You're not…"
The door opening interrupted Sean; it was Angel. Angel scanned the room and wasn't surprised by what he saw.
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but Jake, Ryder's awake and wants to see you."
"Ryder's here?" Bella asked.
"Oz." Will said, quietly looking to Scout.
Bella answered with, "huh?"
"I'll be up, um Ham, guys, uh, you tell Bella and Sean, but keep it down. We don't know who else is around."
Jake walked out followed by Angel. Bella and Sean turned to Will and Ham.
"Well, uh, so…" Ham started.
"Hey, Ryder, you okay?" Jake asked as she walked into Ryder's room. He was sitting up staring at the TV; the news was on. They were showing the house where the party was. "Ryder?"
"How did you feel?"
"What?" Jake closed the door; Angel went back to Sean's room.
Ryder looked at Jake. "How did you feel when Wesley told you?"
She sat down on the bed next to his foot. "Well, I was surprised. Then I denied it, and meanwhile I was reading that book, and found it interesting. But I was thinking of it like a hobby, something to do in my spare time. Not as a lifestyle. In a way you have it easier, you're just a werewolf three nights a month, my job is my life. I might no live to see 25, but please don't tell Ham, he doesn't know that part yet." Jake leaned over and hugged him. As they hugged a nurse walked in with a wheel chair.
"You're friends asked for you to join them in them in room 50."
Ryder looked at Jake with confusion.
"Sean." She answered.
"What happened?"
"Later." Jake helped Ryder off the bed and into the wheel chair.
Scout arrived at the hospital in time to see Jake wheeling Ryder down the hall with Angel following.
"Who is this?" Sean asked as they walked in.
Will put the window shade down for Angel.
"Bell, Sean, this is Angel."
"Hi." Bella said, as Sean glared at him.
Angel closed the door. "I don't think, we should talk about this here."
"No, I want to know why Jake is hiding the reason why Sean got attacked!" Bella exclaimed.
"What did Ham and Will tell you?" Jake asked.
"That you have been busy saving the world." Bella sounded both annoyed and confused.
"Which makes no sense." Sean said.
At that moment a nurse walked in. She checked Sean's IV and vital and then went to lift the shade.
"No." Ham and Jake said.
"Stop." Scout added.
She had it half way up, when Will shoved it back down. Angel was hiding in the corner. As Will shoved it down he said, "uh, Angel has a rare skin disease. The sun is fatal to his skin."
The nurse saw Angel in the corner with his back to her. "Oh, I'm sorry." With that she left.
Bella got up and turned Angel around.
"Oh, god, tha…that's some skin disease." Sean said.
Bella backed away and watched as Angel put his face back to normal. Both Sean and Bella stared with wide eyes.
"Jake, talk now!" Sean exclaimed.
Jake told them everything.
"Yeah, right.' Sean said when she finished. "Vampires don't exist."
Will looked up. "Then how do you explain Angel?"
Bella gasped, "he's a…"
"Jake, maybe we should call Wesley. If he finds out about you telling everyone, he's not going to be happy."
"Oh, screw Wes," Jake said. "I'm the slayer not him. Besides Buffy's Scooby Gang is just as big."
"Scooby Gang? I'm confused." Bella said. "I thought, wait, who's Buffy?"
Jake finished explaining about Buffy and company.
"That's it?" Sean asked.
"That's it." Jake said.
"That is the biggest load of crap that I ever heard."
"Sean!" Bella exclaimed.
"What? I don't believe anything that cross-dressing freak says."
"Well, then tell me, " Angel spoke up. "How do you explain the bite marks on your neck."
Sean didn't reply.
"Huh?" Angel asked.
"Get out!" Sean said as he pressed the call button.
"Sean?" Will asked in protest.
"Get out, everyone!"
Two nurses walked in as he spoke.
"Alright you heard him, everyone out." One said.
Everyone left, but Bella.
The group went back to Ryder's room. A few minutes later, Bella joined them in tears. Sean had broken up with her.
Two days later the whole gang minus Oz and plus Bella are gathered at the house.
"Is this it? Or are you going to tell the whole school, too?" Wesley asked. He is annoyed that Jake told Bella.
"Wes, chill." Jake said.
"No, sir I'm the last one." Bella replied, meekly.
Ryder wheeled in with Spike. "What did we miss?" Spike had picked Ryder up from the hospital, after sun set.
"Ryder!" Jake got up and hugged him.
"Hey, guys." Ryder replied.
Willow seeing Ryder in the wheelchair got a guilty look on her face.
Ryder saw her reaction. "I'm okay. He didn't damage anything, except my ego. When the bite completely heals, I'll be on crutches. But I'm good, and I'm sorry for attacking Oz."
Willow got up and hugged Ryder.
"Jake, you and Buffy should go down and start training." Giles suggested.
"Gunn, Angel, you can work with Bella, Hamilton, will, and Scout. The rest is researching." Wesley said.
Doyle and Xander groaned. Cordelia raised her head and closed her eyes. She opened her mouth. Both Angel and Gunn rushed to her. Cordelia sneezed in their faces.
"False alarm." Gunn said, as he reached for a tissue box. They turned their backs on her, when she gave a small cry. Gunn spun around and caught her as she wailed. Xander ran for aspirin.
Cordelia saw a wall of swords and other weapons. Then she saw Blake and Jake fighting.
"Cordy?" Doyle asked as Gunn laid her on the couch. "What did you see?"
"Jake and Blake's fight," she took the aspirin. "TPTB gave me a preview. Wes, we need to talk about weapons and battle strategies."
"Um, okay."
An hour later, Cordelia had gone through all the weapons in the house and piled together all the things Jake will need. While Buffy, Jake, Ham and Angel were on patrol, the rest were researching. Bella was surprised by some of the things that she was reading.
"Whoa, what the hell is that?" She pointed to a small picture of a demon.
Xander glanced over her shoulder. "That's Gachnar. The fear demon and he's actually that small."
"Interesting," Bella wasn't sure if she was impressed or wierded out.
"Yup, after a while you'll get used to all the wierdness."
"I don't know."
Suddenly Doyle sneezed and his face sprouted spikes. Bella let out a small eek in surprise. Doyle inhaled trying to calm his system, and the spikes disappeared. "Sorry, I tend to do that sometimes."
"Uh, that's okay." Bella replied.
Ryder wheeled in with more books. He laughed seeing the pained look Xander was giving the pile. "Doesn't it ever end?" Xander let his head fall into the book.
Doyle leaded toward Bella. "It's really not that bad. He just likes to carry on."
Bella smiled.