Disclaimer: I don't own Angel

Note: This one takes place after 'Hellbound'.

Prologue

The vampires were on their way.

They could smell it. The blood. The teenager was only a block away, and they could smell her.

She was alone in an alley, in one of L.A.'s shadiest neighborhoods. The opportunity was too good. There was also something about her. something that drew the vampires to her that wasn't related to the fact that she was easy prey. It was something else.

They dropped down from the building in front of her. She didn't scream. She seemed like she knew that they were coming. Her lack of fear was evident on her face as they formed a circle around her and moved in, making the circle smaller and smaller. One of the vampires became impatient and lunged at her unprotected neck.

He went flying.

The other two vampires watched as he flew up ten feet then dropped back to the ground, dazed.

Another one lunged. Then another. They both got within two feet of the girl before something - an invisible shield? - hurled them backwards.

The girl looked around calmly. She walked towards the one who'd lunged at her first and touched his face. It was a cold night, and the vampire was barely warmer than the air around it. She concentrated. The vampire's body shimmered, then turned to dust. The girl moved on to the other two. They were sprawled out on top of each other. She touched their faces. In seconds, they also turned to dust.

She straightened up and sighed. Then she left the alley quietly, as if nothing had happened.

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