Chapter 4
Kat decides to explore the house, and begins to head up stairs, "I wouldn't go up there if I were you." She turns and says "Well, you're not me." and walks up the stairs just to find rat carcasses everywhere. Kat turns around and says "Nice lunch. Didn't your mom ever tell you not to play with your food?" Angelus looks at her and laughs "No." Kat nods "I figured." Heading back downstairs, she flops on the couch and looks at Angelus. "Mind if I call you Angel?" He shrugs and says "That's what everyone basically calls me, which reminds me mind if I call you Katie?" Kats eyes widen and nods "Yea I mind!" she then realized she hadn't told him her name and looks at him questionably "I told you I know more about you than you think." Kat nods "Do share." Angel looked at her "Sure you want me to do that?" Kat nods again "Let's see how much you know.."
Angel began his story from which Kat was still in Beverly Hills. "You're parents would always go out and leave you and your brother alone..." at that Kat drifted into her memories as he told the story. "Until one day, you were about 14 and your brother 17, your parents never came home. Your brother was then forced to find a job to help out with taking care of you. Your grades began to go bad, until you just dropped out. Your brother working full time would always get home late, making you always alone. I would look through your window, you'd always be crying yourself to sleep. One night your brother didn't come home either, so you went looking for him." At that, a single tear ran down Kat's cheek closing her eyes lightly. "Someone stepped infront of you and handed you a stake and a handful of crucifixes. Not sure what to do with them you just dump them in your pocket but take hold of the stake. Not seeing your brother at the store, you end up just wandering the streets, without realizing it your in Sunnydale when you hear a noise an alleyway. Being the curious child that you are, you go in. Just to find your brother holding a lifeless body of a woman. He glares up at you, with no memory, just bloodlust without realizing it you drive the stake through his heart before you even knew what it was for. That was when..." Kat not letting Angel finish his sentence, run out the door crying as all the images flow through her mind again. She runs into someone feeling his arms wrap around her and a familiar voice "It's okay." as she breaks down into shock.
Xander sees Kat, but before he could say anything she runs into him crying, simutainlessly he wraps his arms around her as Buffy and Willow stand next to him and watch. "What's her deal?" Just then Kat goes into shock, still crying but unaware of what was going on around her, she closes her eyes. Xander picks Kat up, heading towards their distination. "Do you think Angel knew?" Willow asked. Buffy shrugged "We'll find out."
Xander lays Kat softly on the couch moving away the books that were there. He looks up at Willow "I guess he did." tossing the books aside on the ground. Buffy comes back downstairs "He's not up here, but jeez he really needs to clean up after himself." Willow looks through the backpack in the corner taking out some of the clothes and seeing the tags still on them and the set of keys. Willows shakes her head tossing everything back in, not seeing the crucifixes or stakes at the very bottom. Kat slowly opens her eyes trying to focus on everything around her. She starts to sit up as she hears Xander's voice again "She's waking up." Kat quickly jumps up as his arms go around her to calm her "Let me go!"
After several minutes of trying to process everything, Kat finally calmed down and is able to sit. She looks around at Buffy, Xander and Willow. Buffy walks straight up to her and asks "Where's Angel?" Kat looks up and shrugs, not saying anything, remembering him telling her story. Buffy punches her, taking her out of thoughts and Kat high kicks her making her stumble. Xander and Willow stand up trying to figure out what to do as Kat punches her again making her fly back to the wall, she grabs her backpack with her clothes and runs out into the night. I have to get out of here, she thinks as she runs.
Xander and Willow help Buffy up as Kat run into the night. Buffy holds her stomach abit and looks at her friends "She's really strong. Like slayer strong.." Sitting Buffy down, Xander reaches in his pocket feeling the small crucifix in his fingers once more.. "A Slayer.."