Chapter 9 Nobody sees Angelus

Katie closed the door behind her and just stared into space. What had she done? Everything she had worked so hard for, searched for, and hoped for since she became a vampire over two centuries ago had been lost in a single moment. She had been so close to finding happiness with a real family, and now she had destroyed it all. This time, there was no one to blame but herself.


Galway, Ireland 1753

Kathy crept outside her family's house in the evening darkness, spying through the windows. She was hoping to find a moment when her brother, Liam – now dubbed Angelus – was alone from Darla's company. It had been little over week since that fateful night. She had fled the scene in fear when she had awoken the morning after, but finally returned to take her chances. Her brother had become a brutal killer, but that did not frighten her as much as the thought of being alone in the world. She held the slightest hope that he would take her and help her cope with her new place in the world.

There he was sitting in front of the fireplace with his feet propped up on the dinner table. There would be no family-cooked meals served there anymore. Kathy heard footsteps coming across the room and saw Darla approaching Angelus.

"I am going into town for a few things," Darla said with her ever-present sneer. "I will be back soon."

"Aye, you will know where to find me," Angelus replied in his arrogant tone.

Kathy waited until she heard the door close and all was silent. She crept around to the front door and raised her hand to knock. She paused and grasped the door handle instead. She slowly opened the door and was about to enter.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

Kathy jumped and turned to see Darla standing behind her, standing with her hands on her hips. "I think it is past your bedtime, is it not little girl?"

"I am here to see Angelus," Kathy said standing up to the blond woman.

"Nobody sees Angelus," Darla replied, waving a gloved hand in Kathy's face. "Now be gone."

"No, I need to see him. He may be a monster, but he's the only family I have left," Kathy said sadly.

"Oh, yes. You are his poor sister. I though he had fed on you."

"Me too, but here I am."

"Well, that's just too bad. What a waste of a precious gift! Oh, well. You were only his second 'kill'. The dear boy was bound to make a few mistakes," Darla mused. Katie made a move for the door but was stopped by Darla's arm that had shot out so fast it was nothing but a blur. "I told you, no one see Angelus."

"But…"

"You are quickly trying my patience, little one," Darla sneered. "I told you to be gone."

"No!" Kathy retorted putting her hands on her hips and narrowing her eyes in defiance. "I AM going to see Angelus whether you like it or not!" She grabbed at the door handle once more and leaped back in surprise when it opened from the inside.

"What is all this squabbling I hear?" Angelus said from the doorway. He looked from Darla to Kathy and back to Darla again. "You have returned so quickly, and I see you've brought me a gift." Angelus gestured toward Kathy. She was disheartened. He failed to even recognize her, and now he wanted her for dinner. Too late for that, thought Kathy. I'm only a one course meal.

"Sadly, no," Darla replied. "I caught her snooping around here. She claims that she must see you."

"Oh, she must, must she," Angelus leaned down and looked Kathy menacingly in the eye. There was hunger in his eyes and Kathy was silently grateful that she was a vampire. He sniffed at her neck. "Ugh!" Angelus recoiled back. "You're not human!"

"No," Kathy said quietly.

"This is our territory," Angelus fumed and gestured toward Darla who was standing there smugly. "You're not part of this family; now go before I stop being Mister Nice Guy and stake you."

"Not family?" Kathy gasped. "But you made me!"

"I said GO!" Angelus boomed completely ignoring Kathy's words. He now wore his vamp face. She knew he was all business now.

"But…" Before she could finish, Angelus picked her up and threw her into the road, about sixty feet away. She skidded on the dirt for a moment, got up, and brushed the dirt off her dress. Tears welled up in her eyes and she sobbed as she fled into the darkness. Echoes of evil laughter followed her into the night.


Katie was startled back to reality by a noise coming from the other side of the office door. She was frightened at the thought of Angel coming out and still finding her still there. He was not the same man in the office as he had been the morning after she first found him. She had seen some of the fun-loving personality he once had around her at home, but in the last few minutes all she saw was rage and fury. He may have gotten a soul and had become the 'good guy', but she knew that somewhere deep inside Angel was the evil Angelus just fighting to get out.

Another sound made her jump. She needed to get out of there fast! She ran to the front doors of the building, but was stopped by the daylight she knew was on the other side of the door. She searched around frantically for another escape route when her eyes fell upon an umbrella propped in the corner. She opened it, opened the front door, and prayed that it would give her enough cover until she could find a tunnel entrance.