Angel growled as he turned his head from Willow. He felt such anger surging through his body and he knew his face had changed. He couldn't let her see it. He couldn't give the game away just yet.

"Angel?" Willow said softly as she moved closer to the window.

Or maybe he could, he thought to himself as he turned to face her. He loved the look of horror that came over her face. His hand grabbed hers before she could step back to safety.

"Angel, let me go," she said softly.

"Angel has left the building little one," he snarled as he dragged her out of her room. "The Vampire is back in town."

"Nooooooo," Willow screamed.



"That's Willow," yelled Buffy as she broke into a run.

Legolas followed her up the dark street. Ahead he saw Willow struggling as the one called Angel pulled her into the darkness. He drew his bow as they neared them.

"Angel please..." Willow begged.

"Please what?" he laughed. "No-one can hear you witch. Where's your precious Buffy now?"

"Right behind you."



"Found anything?" Xander asked as he paced behind Giles.

"No," replied the watcher. "And sit down. You're making me nervous."

Xander sat down with a thud. He was making Giles nervous??? He'd felt nothing but nervous since he had awoken and heard that he was meant to stop the Ring being reforged by someone from a 'long line'. He felt like everything was all his fault. He had destroyed one world, and now he was back in his, and this time, the destruction of it was going to all his fault too. He had always fought beside Buffy to stop the world ending, but this time, apart from the 'Daughter of Fire', he was all on his own. Not even the Slayer could help him this time.

"I think I have found something," Giles said, breaking through Xander's thoughts.

"What?" he asked as he jumped off the couch and moved quickly over to where Giles sat at his small desk.

Giles looked up from the book he was reading. "Its not much, but I did find a small prophecy," he said. "Its right here, but I cannot read it."

"But then how do you know...?"

"Its in Elvish. We need Legolas to translate it." He looked back down at the words on the page. "This has to be it. It was written by the first Watcher..."

"Culromen," Xander said softly.

"How did you know?" Giles asked.

Xander gave a crooked smile as he looked at the older man.

"Who do you think trained him?"



Angel grabbed Willow by her throat and held her in front of his body. Buffy could see the changes on his face and her heart sank. She had thought he seemed upset about Legolas being around, but she didn't think he'd hurt Willow just to get back at her. She knew, and thought he did too, that there could never be anything between them again. She couldn't remain alone forever.

But what had caused this change?

There had been no "one moment of true happiness", at least, not with her. She looked into Angel's eyes. Could there be someone else? Faith?

"Why don't you let Willow go Angel," she said as she cautiously moved closer to them.

"Maybe I don't want to," he replied, squeezing the girl's neck harder.

"Buffy," Willow moaned before she lost consciousness.

"If you hurt her I'll..."

"You'll what? Send me back to hell?" Angel laughed. "Been there, done that, and I came back."

"Hell is nothing compared to where I'll send you this time if you hurt her," Buffy said softly.

"Is that a threat...or a promise?" Angel laughed.

"Try me," Buffy said, drawing her stake.

"I have baby," Angel whispered. "It was pleasant, but I've had better."

"That doesn't hurt me anymore Angel," she replied. "And you know it."

"Keep telling yourself that Slayer," he said as he threw Willow over his shoulder. "But right now, I have to be somewhere." He looked over Buffy's shoulder at Legolas who had been silently listening to the exchange. "Watch out for her. She has loads of stamina."

Before Buffy could react, he turned and melted into the darkness, taking Willow with him.