Buffy and the gang were very close to Angel's place. They were turning down
the street when Buffy stopped.
"Buffy, what are you doing?" Giles asked her.
"I don't know," Buffy replied.
"Angel has to know about this Buffy. You know that," Willow said.
"You're right. He needs to know what just went down. And he needs to know who's still here," Buffy said, going forward again.
They pulled out in front of the hotel and got out. The whole lot of them. Buffy was first, she opened the door and went inside.
"Why's it so dark in here," Kennedy asked.
"Well, he's a vampire so I think he likes it dark," someone said, but Buffy wasn't listening.
She didn't feel his very familiar presence. She didn't see Cordy or anyone else.
"Buffy, I don't think anyone's here," Willow said.
Buffy frowned. Where was he?
"You're looking for Angel right?" a voice said behind Buffy.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked the woman.
"I'm dead. But my name is Lila. You must be Buffy," the dead Lila said.
"Where's Angel?" Buffy asked.
"At Wolfram & Hart. You'll see when you get there," Lila disappeared.
"To Wolfram & Hart it is," Buffy whispered.
"You don't think this is a trap?" Robin Wood asked.
"Why? We didn't do anything to them," Buffy said, heading out. Robin shrugged.
Gunn heard the fighting and ran back. He saw a vampire leaning over Alyssa. He ran to the vamp and slipped the stake into his heart. Gunn picked her up and started taking her to Wolfram & Hart. She never saw the sign that said Wolfram & Hart so she didn't know where she was. But Gunn didn't know she was looking. The lights were out in the building save a few. He took her into a spare room that was empty. Though how anything in this place could be empty was beyond him. He set her down on a couch that just happened to be there, and left. He closed the door.
Of course Angel would still be up. Gunn went to his place and knocked.
"Come in!" Angel yelled.
Gunn went in. "Hey man."
"Gunn, what's up?" Angel asked.
"Ran into a girl. I think you want to hear this, but she might want to tell you," Gunn said.
"Is she here now?" Angel asked.
"Yeah. She was knocked out by a vamp. She's alive, not a bite on her. Or even really a scratch except for a few bruises. It must've hurt when the one slammed her into the tree."
"And she lived through that? What's her name?" Angel asked.
"I'm gonna let her tell you that. I've heard of this girl around town Angel. She's something different."
"I'll talk to her in the morning. Goodnight."
Gunn said goodnight and left. He headed towards the lab Fred was usually in. The lights weren't off and only one or two people were there. He went to her office up the stairs. She wasn't in there. He looked out the window.
"You thinking you screwed up?" Spike said form behind him.
Gunn was used to it. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Just to talk. Nobody ever wants to talk anymore to the dead vampire who is kind of like a ghost but I can pick some stuff up," Spike said.
"I don't think I screwed up," Gunn said.
"Keep telling yourself that mate."
"I'm going to sleep," Gunn said, going out the door.
"I thought Wolfram & Hart was all about fun. I don't see any bloody fun around here," Spike said.
He left and passed a room with the door shut. He opened it to see a girl lying on the single couch in the room. He went over to her and pulled her hair out of her face to se if he knew her. He did.
"Alyssa?" Spike asked.
She groaned and rolled over.
"No way! What are you doing here?" Spike asked.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked, looking around.
"You don't remember me? Spike! The guy who almost killed you except for the bloody chip in my head. When it was malfunctioning?"
"Spike?" she said with a confused look on her face," Aren't you supposed to be dead?"
"I came back to life, and now I'm a ghost." ' She nodded and got up.
"I think you might want to get some sleep. I heard you got knocked out. I have my ways of listening to people's conversations."
He left and she stared after him. Then went back to sleep.
"Buffy, what are you doing?" Giles asked her.
"I don't know," Buffy replied.
"Angel has to know about this Buffy. You know that," Willow said.
"You're right. He needs to know what just went down. And he needs to know who's still here," Buffy said, going forward again.
They pulled out in front of the hotel and got out. The whole lot of them. Buffy was first, she opened the door and went inside.
"Why's it so dark in here," Kennedy asked.
"Well, he's a vampire so I think he likes it dark," someone said, but Buffy wasn't listening.
She didn't feel his very familiar presence. She didn't see Cordy or anyone else.
"Buffy, I don't think anyone's here," Willow said.
Buffy frowned. Where was he?
"You're looking for Angel right?" a voice said behind Buffy.
"Who are you?" Buffy asked the woman.
"I'm dead. But my name is Lila. You must be Buffy," the dead Lila said.
"Where's Angel?" Buffy asked.
"At Wolfram & Hart. You'll see when you get there," Lila disappeared.
"To Wolfram & Hart it is," Buffy whispered.
"You don't think this is a trap?" Robin Wood asked.
"Why? We didn't do anything to them," Buffy said, heading out. Robin shrugged.
Gunn heard the fighting and ran back. He saw a vampire leaning over Alyssa. He ran to the vamp and slipped the stake into his heart. Gunn picked her up and started taking her to Wolfram & Hart. She never saw the sign that said Wolfram & Hart so she didn't know where she was. But Gunn didn't know she was looking. The lights were out in the building save a few. He took her into a spare room that was empty. Though how anything in this place could be empty was beyond him. He set her down on a couch that just happened to be there, and left. He closed the door.
Of course Angel would still be up. Gunn went to his place and knocked.
"Come in!" Angel yelled.
Gunn went in. "Hey man."
"Gunn, what's up?" Angel asked.
"Ran into a girl. I think you want to hear this, but she might want to tell you," Gunn said.
"Is she here now?" Angel asked.
"Yeah. She was knocked out by a vamp. She's alive, not a bite on her. Or even really a scratch except for a few bruises. It must've hurt when the one slammed her into the tree."
"And she lived through that? What's her name?" Angel asked.
"I'm gonna let her tell you that. I've heard of this girl around town Angel. She's something different."
"I'll talk to her in the morning. Goodnight."
Gunn said goodnight and left. He headed towards the lab Fred was usually in. The lights weren't off and only one or two people were there. He went to her office up the stairs. She wasn't in there. He looked out the window.
"You thinking you screwed up?" Spike said form behind him.
Gunn was used to it. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Just to talk. Nobody ever wants to talk anymore to the dead vampire who is kind of like a ghost but I can pick some stuff up," Spike said.
"I don't think I screwed up," Gunn said.
"Keep telling yourself that mate."
"I'm going to sleep," Gunn said, going out the door.
"I thought Wolfram & Hart was all about fun. I don't see any bloody fun around here," Spike said.
He left and passed a room with the door shut. He opened it to see a girl lying on the single couch in the room. He went over to her and pulled her hair out of her face to se if he knew her. He did.
"Alyssa?" Spike asked.
She groaned and rolled over.
"No way! What are you doing here?" Spike asked.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked, looking around.
"You don't remember me? Spike! The guy who almost killed you except for the bloody chip in my head. When it was malfunctioning?"
"Spike?" she said with a confused look on her face," Aren't you supposed to be dead?"
"I came back to life, and now I'm a ghost." ' She nodded and got up.
"I think you might want to get some sleep. I heard you got knocked out. I have my ways of listening to people's conversations."
He left and she stared after him. Then went back to sleep.