By: Unipeg
Part 4
Disclaimer in First Chapter!!!
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Buffy started to stir in her restraints and tried really hard
to break them.
"You know you won't break those restraints. I specifically
made them to strong for a Slayer." Dracaino said as he paced
in front of her.
"I will keep on trying until you either kill me or release
me. And this is really boring. Why don't you just get it over
with." Buffy said still struggling at them.
"Get what over with? You want to die?" Dracaino said
as he cupped her chin.
"I am here to be tortured or sacrificed right, and I don't
want to die." Buffy said looking in his eyes, then turning
away out of his hand.
"You overestimate me Slayer. I do not want either."
Dracaino said very closely.
"Then what do you want?" Buffy said looking in his eyes.
"I want you. You as an immortal to be with me...you're special."
Dracaino said whispering the last two words in her ear.
"Sorry I don't want to live forever. And I especially don't
want it to be with you." Buffy said in a stern voice.
"Well, then you can think about it while he tortures you."
Dracaino said gesturing to another figure.
"But you said you didn't want to torture me. Liar!!"
Buffy looking over the vampire who just walked in.
"I am not the one torturing you. I am just watching."
Dracaino said taking a seat in his chair.
Buffy just glared at him and then focused on her Sadist. He lifted
a towel on a table that revealed torturing tools. Buffy flinched
at the sight of them.
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"We need to go now, I will not let him have Her!!"
Angel shouted at Giles.
"No, we need a plan or he could kill us all as soon as we
get there and you know Buffy wouldn't want that." Giles said
trying to get Angel to reason.
"Well, I could try a protection spell on us so Dracaino won't
sense us." Willow said trying to help.
"How sure you are you that it will work? And I think this
whole thing is Angel's fault!" Xander said glaring at Angel.
"Xander!! I am sure. And Angel couldn't have stopped him."
Willow said slapping Xander upside the head.
"No, not just now. Dracaino showed up the same time as Angel.
If you ask me, I think they're connected." Xander said as
he left out the door.
"But Angel has been good for a long time and now he's human."
Anya said with a smile to Angel.
"Yeah, but how do we know it's not some act..." Xander
said being cut by Giles.
"Enough Xander!!...Now either go home or help, but stop bickering
about Angel." Giles said as he handed a book to Willow.
"I'll go. And if he touches you I'll kill him!!!" Xander
said as he slammed the door.
"Now that he is out of our way let's get working." Angel
said calmly as he flipped through a book."
"Angel, why didn't you snap at Xander, like you usually do?"
Willow said looking at him.
"I didn't want to start anything, although it was tempting
to." Angel said as he kept looking at his book.
"Giles, I think I found something. And I was wondering why
you stood up for me. Although I am very grateful." Angel
said walking over to Giles.
"I did it, because I care about how Buffy loves you and you
have been a good person. Just make sure you stay with her. Now,
what did you find?" Giles explained looking at the book Angel
is holding.
"Not a problem, that's why I am being careful on saving her.
This book says that Dracaino was a powerful warlock and he did
a spell to increase strength and speed." Angel read to them.
"And there is his marked. That must be the one Buffy said
was on his wrist." Giles said taking the book. After Giles
finished reading they continued to search.
"You seem to have things handled, I'll go see Xander."
Anya said as she rushed out the door.
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"Awe, is the slayer in pain now?" Dracaino said watching
her wince at a new cut in her stomach.
"Oh, it hurts. But you're gonna hurt a lot more when I'm
done with you." Buffy said slowly as her sadist picked up
another tool.
"Why don't you scream? It would be nice to hear you."
Dracaino said as he put a hand up to the sadist and went up to
her.
"I wouldn't give you that kind of joy and you know it."
Buffy said with anger in her voice as she lifted her head to him.
"Oh, c'mon, I don't want to have to make you. You seemed
so willing to when I twisted you wrist." Dracaino said poking
at a wound on her shoulder.
"Oww...stop." Buffy said wincing and trying to lean
away.
"I have something that will make you beg me not to do, but
I may if you don't scream for me." Dracaino said squeezing
her shoulder really hard.
Buffy moaned in pain gritting teeth trying to hold back her scream.
Then he stopped and turned to the sadist then walked back to his
chair.
"Why torture me? Is there a point to this?" Buffy said
looking over at him.
"Why not? It is so fun watching you in pain, kind of like
TV. Besides, it's the slayer I am hurting like all the others."
Dracaino said glaring at her.
"Alright I got the location where Dracaino's hiding and what
he's planning." Spike said bursting through the door.
"Please learn to knock. And that is wonderful, but we know
where he is." Giles said annoyed.
"Oh, I thought so since I told Buffy. Speaking of where is
she?" Spike taking a seat near Willow.
"He has her." Angel said simply with sadness in his
tone.
"Oh, I see. Then why aren't you storming off to save her
like you used to?" Spike said looking him over.
"I know what Dracaino will do and I am being careful until
we know more." Angel explained to Spike slamming his book
down.
"Ah, so you got a head on your shoulders with being human."
Spike remarked.
"Alright no bickering. And I got a plan. But, what's his
plan first?" Willow said eying Spike.
"He loves to torture and turn Slayers. So, that is probably
what he's doing to Buffy right now." Spike explained looking
at Angel's reaction, but Angel stayed calm like he already knew.
"Oh, no, what if she's already turned?" Willow said
with a look of worry.
"He won't. He is waiting." Angel said simply.
"What do you mean wait?" Giles asked putting away another
useless book.
"I used to roam with him and I have seen him do what he likes
to a Slayer." Angel explained with a light tone.
"Ok, then what will he do?" Giles asked him looking
through a watcher diary.
"You don't want to hear. But I will say that we better hurry,
because at this moment he is causing a lot of pain to her."
Angel said with tears brimming.
"Alright Slayer I warned you. Now you're going to wish I
had killed you." Dracaino said angrily.
"Oh, really. I don't think anything's worse than bleeding
to death. So c'mon give me all you got." Buffy said with
weakness in her voice.
"Hm hm hm. Ok, just remember to scream." Dracaino said
as he brought a hot poker out from behind a wall.
Buffy flinched realizing what she saw was going to happen.
"No Stop!!" Buffy said struggling painfully.
"I want to hear you scream." Dracaino said as he came
up to her and jammed it in her stomach as she released a blood-curdling
scream.
"Alright I got the spell....hey where's Angel and why is
your weapons trunk open?' Willow said with her supplies in hand.
"He must have gone ahead." Giles said helping Willow
with the stuff and they went out the door.
As Giles drove his Citreon as fast as he could to get there before
Angel Willow prepared the items and was ready to do the spell.
When they got there Angel just entered the front door. Giles left
Willow to do the spell and tried to catch up to Angel.
"Angel! Stop! Willow is doing the spell to keep our presence
unknown, wait until she finishes." Giles said desperately.
"Ok, but this better be fast." Angel said with anguish.
"Alright, good. Now as soon as you feel a slight warmth in
your body you can go." Giles explained quietly.
"Ok. I think our entrance is known though. Look." Angel
said pointing at a female vampire standing in the dark in front
of them.
She lunged strait for Angel but he was to quick and staked her
in a flash. She exploded before Giles could react.
"I see you still have your reflexes." Giles said shocked.
Then in both there bodies they felt warmer than usual.
"Let's go." Angel said walking ahead of Giles and opening
the next door.
"Checking every room? Can't you just smell her like with
vamp...Oh I forgot." Giles said with a sorry glance.
"It's ok. It would be faster if we split up." Angel
said gesturing for Giles to go another way.
In a room near Angel their was crying. Angel went straight to
the door and rushed in to see Buffy chained up and being stabbed
by the Sadist.
"Now will you submit to me?" Dracaino said as he cupped
her chin.
"Never. I will never submit to a lame ass vamp like you."
Buffy said with all the strength she had left.
Angel snuck around to get behind Dracaino's chair and waited until
he sat there.
Dracaino punched Buffy and walked back to sit down. As soon as
he sat Angel went to grab him from behind, but was knocked back
by an invisible force.
"Oh, Angel, you poor pathetic human. Did you really think
you could sneak up on me?" Dracaino said walking towards
him.
"You sick, son of a bitch, how could you do that to her!?!"
Angel said with rage and ran towards him.
"It is no different than the others slayers, except the new
tools." Dracaino said as he avoid Angel's attempts at hitting
him.
"Not my girlfriend!! You will pay!" Angel said as he
threw some powder in the air towards Dracaino.
Dracaino coughed and started stumbling. He fell to the ground
unconscious.
Giles staked the sadist and untied Buffy. He helped her walk towards
the exit.
"No, I don't want to leave Angel." Buffy protested to
Giles, then looked at Angel.
Angel went to go stake Dracaino, but just as he was about to pierce
his heart Dracaino knocked him back psionically.
"You can never beat me! I am ultimate." Dracaino said
as he got up and threw Angel into a wall.
"Oh, yeah. Just try and stop us." Giles said as he picked
up Buffy and ran out.
Dracaino tried to follow, but found an invisible wall.
"Hm. You think this can stop me? Well, I'll let you go since
I have someone else to play with." Dracaino as he turned
to look at Angel, but found that he wasn't there. Dracaino shouted
furiously.
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Giles came to his apartment to find it open. He went in cautiously
putting Buffy down. As soon as he entered he heard noise in the
kitchen. Buffy noticed Dawn's backpack on the coffee table.
"Dawn, what are you doing here?" Buffy said as she looked
at the relieved look on Giles face then sat down slowly, wincing
at the soreness.
"I didn't find you at the house, so I figured you were here."
Dawn said walking in with a plate that had a PB-J sandwich on
it. Giles spoke up.
"And you decided while you were here to raid my kitchen?"
Giles said with a stern look, then the door practically hit him
as Angel rushed in.
"Keep the doors locked! They were right on my tail."
Angel said breathlessly, then he went to Buffy.
"Hey I'm glad you made it out of there." Buffy said
looking up weakly.
"Are you ok? How bad did he hurt you?" Angel said with
a worried tone.
"Consider being tortured as in the cutting kind. But the
worst part was the hot poker to the stomach." Buffy said
with a wince in a weakened tone.
"Oh, god, he did. That is an original he'll use on slayers.
I knew we should have gotten you sooner. Giles we need to get
her to a hospital." Angel said looking up at Giles.
"No! I don't need a hospital. Just get some bandages."
Buffy said getting up slightly, then leaning back down whimpering.
"I think they are more serious wounds, but let's try bandaging
them up for a while." Angel said getting to get the First
Aid Kit.
Buffy smiled at him then looked to Dawn, who was munching on her
sandwich.
"Dawn, did you do your homework?" Buffy ask with soft
tone.
"Yeah, I did. I just need a little help with one assignment,
but I'll get Willow since your not looking like you can do much."
Dawn said simply looking for Willow, who seemed to not be in sight.
"Ok. I'm going to be fine. I just need some time to heal.
Then I am going to kick that Vamps ass so hard he'll wish he never
came here." Buffy said as tough as she could considering
her ragged breathing.
"Ok, I know you'll pull through, you always do." Dawn
said smiling at her sister.
"Yes, let's hope you can find a way to kill him, because
so far he seems like a challenge." Giles said as he came
to a chair and sat down.
Suddenly they hear a knock on the door. Dawn gets up and answer
it to find Xander and Anya there.
"Hey guys. Come in." Dawn said greetingly.
"Hi, Dawn. What's wrong with Buffy?" Anya said looking
over at Buffy.
"Oh my god! Buffy, is she alright?" Xander said worriedly
looking at Angel cleaning her wounds.
"I'm ok, Xander. Everything will be alright. By the way where's
Willow?" Buffy said with sincerity then got a little worried.
"She was with us when we saved you." Angel said now
realizing.
"I thought she drove off without us when I ran with Buffy."
Giles said with a worried tone. Then went to the phone to call
her. But there was no answer.
Oh no!! Willow's in trouble now. Does it ever end? In the next few weeks you'll get the first part of the conclusion to the story. Please comment!!
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