Ch 5

Good Vs. Evil

Willow paces impatiently, "I'm bored," she pouts. "When is the stupid sun going to set."

"Now now Willow baby, don't get so frustrated. It's still early, too early to leave."

Willow turns to him and wraps her arms around his waist. "I'm sorry, to be so complainy, you know I get bored easily," she looks up at him innocently.

"Don't worry, as soon as the sun sets, you and I are going to have some fun," he grins.

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Buffy looks at herself in the dresser mirror, tilting her head and looking at the bite marks left by Luke. She opens a dresser drawer, pulling out some bandaging tape. She quickly covers the wound and changes into some jeans and a button up dark green shirt. Buffy then makes her way down the stairs and to the kitchen.

"Morning Buffy," Joyce says with a smile. The smile turns to worry when she sees the large bandage. "What happened to your neck?"

Buffy, stunned by the question responds, "Uh, its nothing. Just a scratch." Buffy grabs a bagel and leaves for school before her mom can ask anymore questions.

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Angel lays asleep on his bed when he suddenly hears a knock. Still rubbing his eyes he opens the door. "Buffy."

"I just wanted to stop by and say hi before I headed to school," she says with a smile.

Angel looks down at the bag she is carrying.

"Oh, this is for you." Buffy hands Angel the paper bag. "Fresh from the market."

Angel opens it and gives it a quick glance at the container of blood and sets it in the fridge. "Thanks," he says softly. "How's your neck feeling?'

Buffy rubs at her bandage, "It's fine," she says, forcing a smile. "Well, I guess I better get going." Buffy turns around to leave.

"Wait. Um, thanks for stopping by," Angel finally stammers out.

"No prob," Buffy beams as she leaves.

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Later, as night falls, Giles is seen straightening his apartment as well as he can, making sure everything was just perfect.

Outside, Jenny smooths her skirt as she walks closer to the door, unaware she is being watched. Luke eyes her with great curiosity. He has watched Buffy and her friends and he has seen this one hanging around the librarian before. Before Jenny could knock on the door Luke moves in and grabs her from behind, muffling her screams with his hand. Jenny kicks wildly as Luke's strength overwhelms her, dragging Jenny through the underground passages. Upon reaching the destination Jenny is thrown into a chair. Luke then binds her wrists to the armrest, and ankles to the legs of the chair.

"What do you want with me?!" Jenny yells out.

Luke laughs under his breath. He then squatting down in front of her he responds, "You're the bate."

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Giles looks at his watch. Jenny is now an hour late. Picking up the phone he calls her house, only to get an answering machine. Giles hangs up, assuming she simply forgot or just decided not to come.

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Willow hangs on Xander as they enter the bronze. Willow, wearing her leather outfit with the long dark red sleeves, and Xander with his new black leather pants, white shirt and leather jacket. She smiles as the music echoes in her ears. Willow leads Xander with one hand as she walks to the dance floor and begins dancing seductively. Xander smiles as he watches her make love to the music. Draping her arms across his shoulders she kisses him deeply and whispers in his ear, "I'm hungry."

Xander eyes the room, looking for the perfect meal. Finally he spots the perfect prey. Xander grins as he points her to Willow and she nods with approval. Willow watches as Xander approaches the blonde.

"Harmony," Xander calls out to her.

Harmony turns around to see Xander standing there, "Yeah? What do you want!" she says with disgust.

"I just wanted to let you know that Cordelia is looking for you," he says, glaring at her.

"She is? Where is she?" Harmony asks, glancing around the room.

"I'll take you to her." Xander takes Harmony by the hand and leads here out of the bronze, clear from anyone's view.

"Well, where is she?" Harmony asks impatiently as the two stands outside in the cold night.

Xander shows his vampire face to her, "How should I know where that Bitch is."

Harmony gasps in horror, before she can even scream Xander quickly bites down on her neck. Willow walks gradually from out of the shadows watching, "Hey, you're supposed to share" Willow pouts.

Xander pushes Harm to her; Willow catches the girl and begins to feed. Willow then drops Harmony's lifeless body to the ground. "My tummy's all full and happy now," she smiles at Xander.

The two make their way back to the sewers. As they reach the farther passageways to the sunken church, they are surprised to see their former teacher tied up.

"What's this hag doing here!" Xander yells out to Luke.

"She's are key to the slayer, so that means she is to remain alive! For now that is." Luke says with a growl.

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Giles enters the library, hoping to find Jenny, only to see Buffy. "Oh, hello Buffy."

"Hi Giles, just stocking up on my stake supply. What brings you here?"

"I was looking for Jenny. She was supposed to meet earlier," he says, fixing his glasses.

"I'll let you know if I see her." Buffy slides the stake in her pocket as she leaves the library.

She doesn't get too far from the school when she hears a rustling sound behind her. "Whose there!" she calls out. Buffy turns back around and is startled by a figure standing in front of her. She quickly pulls a stake from her jacket pocket. "Come out of the shadows so I can see you!" she demands.

When the figure steps out of the shadows and into a lit area Buffy lets out a sigh of relief. "Must you always test my reflexes?!" Buffy complains.

"Sorry, could not help me self," Kendra replies with her strong accent.

"Why are you here? Did your watcher send you?"

"Actually t'was your watcher, said you was in a bit of a crisis," Kendra replied.

Buffy looks a little surprise by her response.

"So this Luke, tis he as bad as Mr. Giles says?"

"Worse, I'm sure Giles sugar coated the actual problem we have here."

Kendra looks up at Buffy with a bit of sympathy, "Sorry 'bout your friends Xanda and Willow."

"Me too. Just do me a favor and stay out of my way!" Buffy gripes as she storms off.

Kendra watches Buffy as she walks off. "It's not me fault I was sent here!" she yells out to her.

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Willow walks casually over to Jenny, still tied to the chair. Jenny eyes her carefully as Willow circles her. "Lukey says I can't kill you, but that doesn't mean us girl still can't have fun."

Willow squats next to her chair and looks at her hands. "Such pretty hands. Hmmm… I wonder how they will look with the fingers bending the other direction," she grins as she gracefully cradles one of her fingers on her right hand and yanks it backwards. The quick pull causes the bones crunch. Jenny lets out a deafening scream the pain throb throughout her whole hand.

Willow smiles with satisfaction. "Did I hurt you?" Willow moves to the next finger as she gently picks it up, and then quickly yanks it back.

"PLEASE STOP!" Jenny pleads.

"Oh, I've just begun to start." Willow pulls out a knife from her boot. "Now, let's see how many cuts we can make before you pass out." An evil grin spreads across her face as she takes the knife and makes a quick slash at her arm. Screams continue to fill the room.

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Outside Cordelia's house, Xander lurks in the shadows, watching her cross in front of her window. Even dead, she remains to be his obsession. Even though he has strong feelings for Willow something about Cordelia always made him want her. He watches her as she walks throughout the house.

Inside Cordelia picks up a cup of coffee from the kitchen counter. She then walks into the living room and spots a frame holding a picture with her and Xander. A tear runs down as she looks it over. She lightly sets it back down and quickly wipes away the tear and takes another sip of her coffee.

Xander walks around the outside of the house as he eyes Cordelia, not being able to take his eyes off her. "Miss Cordelia Chase, even in death you're all I can think about." He smirks as he glares at her, wishing she would just step one foot outside. One minute is all he needed. One moment of carelessness on her part is all he needs to make his move.

Xander eventually stays there all night, unaware of the hours that have passed; he can sense that the sun will be rising soon. Taking one last look at her he leaves and makes his way to the sewers.

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The next day, Buffy storms into the library. "Why did you ask her to come down here?! Did you not think I could handle Luke on my own?!"

"Obviously not," Giles says looking at the bandage on her neck.

Buffy quickly covers the bandage with her hand. "That's not the point," she pouts. She then removes the bandage, throwing it in the paper basket. "It's healing see!" she says with a bit of an attitude.

Kendra steps out from Giles office, carrying her latest toy a crossbow. "You mind if I borrow dis?" she asks Giles.

Giles turns to see what she is referring to. "No, course not. Go on ahead."

Buffy rolls her eyes at what she considers sucking up. "I have to go to class," she says with a sigh.

"Awe yes, I forgot you have other tings besides your slaying duties. No wonda you're so distracted," Kendra says while holding the crossbow.

Buffy just ignores Kendra's statement as she exits the library.

After finishing class, Buffy sees Cordelia in the hallway, notices the dark circles under her eyes. It looks as though she hadn't slept for days. Buffy approaches her, "Hi Cordelia".

Cordy turns to see who is calling her name, "Oh, hi Buffy" She says with a bit of an attitude.

"Are you okay?" Buffy asks.

"No, I'm just find and dandy," Cordy says sarcastically as she walks away from her.

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Later at home, Buffy pulls out her Jacket that Angel had given her and slides it on, stuffing a stake in one of the pockets. She then stuffs a few pillows under her bed covers before turning out the light. Crawling out the window Buffy drops to the ground with ease and begins walking the streets of Sunnydale on patrol. It isn't long till she comes across one of Luke's men feeding off of a girl. Buffy quickly runs up and pulls the vampire off the girl.

"Run!" she yells to the girl.

The terrified girl quickly struggles to her feet, and runs away, not looking back.

Buffy faces her attention towards the vampire. "I'm going to give you one chance to answer correctly, where's Luke!

The vampire replies, "You don't scare me."

Buffy grabs him by the shirt and pushes him into the side of the building, holding up her stake in her right hand. "Wrong answer," she smiles as she stabs the stake into the vampire's chest, watching him burst into a cloud of dust.

"Looking for me?" a deep voice says from behind her.

Buffy quickly turns around and finds herself face-to-face with Luke. "Yeah, I was." She then grunts as she jumps and kicks him in the stomach with all her strength.

Luke stumbles back and laughs at her. "Is that all you got?"

Buffy then swings her fist at him. Luke blocks the punch with ease and punches her in the face with his other hand.

"I wouldn't try that again if I were you school girl," Luke laughs. "I have a friend of yours, and if you wish to ever see her alive I suggest you follow me. Alone."

Buffy is shocked by Luke's statement. "Miss Calendar?" Buffy looks down at the ground and hesitates at first, but agrees.

Buffy follows close behind as Luke leads her through the sewers. Buffy is eventually led to a small area where Jenny sits there tied up, scared out of her wits. "Oh god." Buffy quickly kneels down next to her and tries to untie the ropes.

"Buffy get out of here! It's a trap!" Jenny yells out. Buffy looks up to see Luke approach closer and closer to her.

Luke laughs, "Stupid girl, did you actually think I would lead you to your friend and let you leave alive?"

Buffy's eyes fill with terror. She quickly readies herself for a fight. Luke backhands the slayer, making her fly into the wall. Buffy quickly jumps back to her feet and throws a punch at him, hitting him across the face, barely fazing him.

"Give up, you're no match for me!" he growls

"I'm not giving up without a fight!" she says doing a jump kick into Luke's stomach, causing him to fall to the ground. She quickly reaches for a stake from her jacket pocket.

Just as she is about to jab it into his chest Luke grabs her arm. "You didn't think you would win that easily did you?" He then begins twisting her arm till it snaps.

"AWW!" Buffy yells out in pain as she cradles her broken arm.

Luke smiles as he grabs the slayer by her broken arm and shoves her into the wall. Buffy whimpers in pain as Jenny watches helplessly, still tied to the chair. Luke leaned in close to her as he pins her against the wall. "You might want to close your eyes. This will only take a second." An evil grin spreads across his face as he once again bites down on her neck. Buffy squeezes her eyes shut, as she squirms and struggles to break his grip, ignoring the pain from her broken arm, when suddenly the pain in her neck stops. Upon opening her eyes, a cloud of dust is all that is visible. As the dust finally settles, Buffy sees Kendra standing there holding a crossbow up. For once, she was actually happy to see her.

Breathing heavily as she again cradled her broken arm Buffy asks, "How did you know where to find me?"

"I followed you. I knew you would need me help," she says with a smile, almost braggingly.

Jenny abruptly breaks the moment. "Not to interrupt or anything, but do you mind untying me?"