Title: The Thing That Should Not Be

Authors: Littu and Bunny

Rating: PG-13, we guess. Rating systems are odd.

Chapter Title: The Return of Old Friends

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Summary: Angel comes to Sunnydale for reasons unknown, but later explained. Plus a shadow from his past is about to resurface.

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"No!" screamed the demon.

"6 down, 4 to go!" commented Buffy Summers, a.k.a. the Slayer.

"Four more and I can go home," thought the Slayer. She back-handed a vamp then kicked him in the head. As he swung back up, his fist shot out. Buffy easily blocked that but his boot-clad foot followed and landed a heavy blow to the Slayer's head. Buffy fell back, dazed. For a moment, she was seeing stars. Then she saw a dark form move in front of her and sweep the hostile vampire off his feet. In the next second, a pile of dust took the place of her enemy. The Slayer's vision cleared and she looked up to see her old boyfriend, the en-souled vampire, Angel grinning at her.

"Make that 7 down, 3 to go," he said as he helped her to her feet. "No time for questions now," Angel said when he saw Buffy's mouth open, "we've got bad guys to kill."

The last two vamps were gone with a snap of the neck and a jab of the stake. Buffy walked across the floor of the factory to where a group of her friends were huddled.

"Where's Mr. Big-Hairy-Demon?" the Slayer asked.

"Gone," Anya said. "Xander just woke up."

"Boy do I have a headache!" Xander moaned as he tried to sit up.

"A vampire hit you over the head with a crowbar," the former vengeance demon informed him.

Xander replied, rubbing his head, "Thanks babe, that's real helpful. I mean I couldn't figure that out on my own when I was having hallucinations about Deadboy being here," Xander replied.

"How are we going to find the demon?" Angel asked, joining the group.

"Whoa! You are here! Okay then, I wasn't hit as hard as I thought then," Xander said jumping when he saw the vampire. "What are you doing here?"

"I need a locator spell done for Connor. He's a. . . friend. Yeah, a friend. From LA. He kind of works with us," answer the vampire.

"Have you gone gay on us Deadboy?" asked the Zeppo.

Buffy, Anya, and Willow all smacked him on the side of the head. "Xander!"

"Sure I'll do the spell for you," answered the red head. "I just need to pick up some more newt on the way home. I'll wait to do it until you are with us at the house." She looked at her watch. "Oh, and by the way. It's going to get kind of sunny here in about an hour. Do you have a place to stay?"

"Yeah, the mansion. The gang is staying there." He turned and walked off into the fading night.

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Just as he was about to leave, the head demon caught sight of a new black- clad warrior walking with the Slayer and her friends. "Perfect," he thought. He took another look at the new one. He looked familiar. Very familiar. He couldn't place him yet, but as he snuck through the shadows on his way out it came to him. "ANGELUS!" he roared. "That traitor will pay for what he did to me!" A dangerous gleam came to his eye as he thought and a deep evil laugh rumbled up his throat. "Oh yes," he said. "He'll pay."

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