Chapter 3

The warehouse was dark, the windows boarded. Two men lay dead, their heads at unnatural angles as they lay on the floor. Another man was screaming as a vampire drew blood from his neck, then the screaming stopped and the man fell limp. The door opens and a young looking man playing a pipe walks in, two women in tow. "Here's two more." The man, The Piper, wore a black denim jacket with jeans, underneath the jacket, he wore a red shirt. His hair was pure white and his eyes an icy blue.

The vampire stopped feeding and wiped blood off his mouth. "Good, Bane and Cain will soon be here."

"And our agreement? I'm taking all the risks here."

The vampire stares coldly at The Piper, "you will get what you want when we are done. Besides, there are no risks, with one Slayer dead and the other in the North there is nothing to worry about."

The Piper returned the glare with one of his own after looking at the three dead bodies on the floor, "I need twenty living, do you have to kill every one?"

"I'm merely satisfying my thirst dear Piper, you will have your victims, the streets of LA are full of lambs to the slaughter."

The two demons share an evil laugh then The Piper leaves.

The raven haired girl walks across campus towards the university accommodation, she was lucky to even be able to afford it, a tall man walks alongside her. "Hey baby? Wanna play?"

"Bite me!" the girl snapped out, not in the mood.

"I might just take you up on that offer sweetness," he says as the skin on his face becomes taut and he opens his mouth revealing fangs, "why, you look good enough to eat..." The vamp grabs for her neck, the girl panics and mutters "trifla," the first thing that came into her head At this, an orb of light strikes the vamp and he turns to dust. The girl takes one look and runs towards the accommodation terrified not hanging around.

"So, what did you think?" After a day traipsing around the university, Dawn had taken in all that LA university had to offer and she was sitting with Willow and Tara in the front room. Tara and Willow had their hands linked, Tara was reading a book that she was holding in her free hand.

"Yeah, it was ok. I think I'm gonna do mythology, I would nail that class."

Tara raised her head at this, "I should hope so to." Dawn laughed for the first time in the last few days. "And there I was thinking I'd never see you smile again," Tara stroked the back of her hand across Dawn's cheek. Dawn stifled a yawn.

"I'm shattered, I think I'll head off to bed."

"Bed sounds like a good idea," Willow agreed winking at Tara.