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Chapter 5.…..

Las Angeles, CA………. Hyperion Hotel………1/3/03

Fred was sitting behind the counter desk. She was again reading a book. She was pursing something she had read about a few days ago. What it dealt with what was happening and what was going to be happen soon. She had told Angel and the others what she had read that day, but they had gotten busy soon after. Basically the book was saying that sometime soon that the vampire with the Angelic face was going to find a very powerful weapon that would help in the fight to come, but that it also would take his soul away. That is the passage that made Fred run to the others the first time, now she was just looking for more info.

Angel's Room……..

Angel was sitting in his room doing researching. He has been sitting in there for the last couple of hours. He was trying to remember exactly when and where he had meet the Beast before. While he was sitting there thinking, he was fingering and playing with the amulet that Matt had given him several months before. He was also thinking about what Buffy had told him that happened over the last few days in Sunnydale.

He shook his head and admitted to himself that he did not understand everything.

The office………..

Wesley was sitting in the office also doing some research. He was currently reading a volume that only briefly talked about the current Apocalypse. It was talking about the death of Death and the choosing of the, what the book called, The Hands of Death. He was trying to figure out what that had to do them but yet was not getting anything yet.

He was determined to continue looking.

Streets of L.A……

Gunn was driving around and thinking. He knew that something very big was happening. He was just trying to figure out his part.

Cordelia's room…..

Cordy was sitting in her room also doing research. The thing was, that her research was basically like Wesley's, it was about Death. The PTB had given her a message earlier that day that some time soon, the current being that was Death, was going to be destroyed, and then they were going to choose another to become Death. What she was doing now was trying to figure out when and where Death was going to die.

She was also trying to find out who was going to be chosen to be the new Death.

Lorne's room………

Lorne was sitting in his room with one of his clients, who was currently singing. As they was singing he was reading them. What he was seeing was not very good. And yet Lorne did not have any idea what to do about what he saw.

The next day…. 1/4/03.… Streets of L.A.

A 14 year girl was walking down the street. She couldn't believe that she was running late because of her stupid teacher, keeping her after school. Now she was trying to get home as fast as she could before something got her.

What the girl did not know was that she was indeed being followed. The thing that was following was but just a shadow. It was also the ultimate evil.

The Dark One, or Jason, was following the girl. He shook his and thought this was going to be so easy. When the girl stopped to get her bearings, Jason stepped forward and said, "You know that it is not very safe to be out walking all by your lonesome self."

When he started to speak the girl jumped and gave voice to a small shriek. She spun and saw a twenty something young man standing behind her. She then said, "You scared me. I didn't hear you come up behind me."

Jason smirked and then said, "Of course you didn't hear me my dear." The girl started to get really scared and started to edge away. Jason continued speaking. "I am nothing more than a shadow in this world. But I am more dangerous and even more deadly then anything you'll ever see on this miserable, stinking world."

He smirked again as he watched her cower in fear. Then in a blink of an eye a dark shadowy sword appeared in his hand. He then slowly plunged it into her chest. She did not die fast, but very slowly.

As soon as she started to die she noticed a second figure appear, that was wearing a black robe. The figure then said, "Do not fear I am here to take you home." He then heard a laugh near him. He then turned and saw The Dark One.

Jason smirked at Death. He then said, "You are right, she is not the one who needs to fear. It is you that should fear." With that Jason's shadow sword reappeared and swung and bit deeply into Death's side.

Jason pulled the sword back and watched as Death fell to his knees. Jason smirked again and sliced the blade clean through Death's neck. The head then rolled away. A few minutes later Jason, watched as Death's body crumbled into dust.

Jason then turned to the dead girl and waved his hand over her, while he mumbled a short necromancer spell. The girl's corpse rose as a zombie. He then traced a dark rune onto the zombie's forehead. He then ordered it, "Go forth and kill. Make me more zombies. Go."

The zombie nodded and then shuffled off. It made its way to her former home first.

Jason smirked and turned to go. When he did he ran right smack dab into the Beast. He looked up and the eight foot tall demon, and asked, "What do you want?"

The Beast answered, "Master, was it really wise to destroy Death? The PTB will only choose another."

Jason looked at the Beast, and said, "Let them. Another can die."

TBC……………