Disclaimer: The various Buffy characters associated in this do not belong to me. They all belong to Joss.

Chapter Two

"Did you hear that?" Willow asked as the loud heavy metal music from the current band playing stopped for a second as the band finished their song and got ready for the next.

"Hear what?" Oz asked curiously as he looked over at Willow.

"Sounded like someone--" Willow began.

"Screaming," Buffy finished as she too could hear it. She stopped, listening as she found it sounded a little too familiar. "Wait, is that--"

"It's Cordy," Xander stated, his voice filled with fear as he jumped up from his seat and ran towards the exit of the Bronze. The various Bronze workers could tell him not to run all they wanted to, but it would not make a difference in his mind. None of the Bronze workers had their girlfriends screaming for their lives.

Buffy rushed out after Xander, Willow and Oz not far behind. "I don't see her," Buffy stated as the four of them stood on the street outside.

Xander shook his head. "She was here, I can tell."

"Some sort of boyfriend thing?" Willow asked. Although she did her best to hide it, there was a small hint of hurt in her voice.

Again Xander shook his head. "No, her perfume. It's strong. She's nearby," he stated as he began walking further away from the door up the street towards the dumpsters. "I'm going to find her even if it takes all night."

Buffy stopped suddenly after following Xander a little bit. "I'm not sure you're going to need to," she stated as she looked down at her feet, where the body of Cordelia Chase lay.

"No!" Xander began angrily in denial as he rushed over towards Cordelia, picking her up and holding her in his arms. But instead of feeling the nice warm temperature of his girlfriend's body against his arms, he felt her cold flesh. "NO!" he shouted angrily. "She's not dead, she can't be"

As much as Xander tried to fight it off, he could not prevent the tears from forming in his eyes. He clung tightly to her body, wishing that there was some way, any way he could bring her back. But he knew there was no such thing. He had seen lots of people been killed during his tenure as one of the Scoobies, but never had he cared for any of them as much as he cared for Cordelia.

His tears were coming out faster and he felt Buffy's gentle hand going to his shoulder. "I loved her," Xander choked out as Buffy kneeled down next to him. "Who--who would do this?"

Buffy looked down at Xander. "I honestly don't--" she began before catching site of something on the other side of the street. "Hold on," she said as she stood up and walked over to it.

"What is it?" Willow asked as she began following Buffy, leaving Oz to go over to Xander.

Buffy said nothing at first as she leaned over and picked up the small doll she had seen. "Who do we know that kills people and carries dolls?" Buffy asked as she held up Miss Edith by the dress between her thumb and forefinger. "Xander, we think we know who did this," Buffy began as she walked back over towards her friend, handing the doll to him.

"You're telling me things like Chucky are real too?" Oz asked as he looked down at what he thought to be a murderous doll in Xander's hands.

Willow shook her head. "No, not the doll. The insane vampire who owns the doll," she explained as she walked over and stood next to her boyfriend. "Drusilla," she added for Oz's benefit.

"I should have known!" Xander yelled angrily as he threw the doll down angrily. He stood up after carefully laying Cordelia pack down. "I want to kill those vampires," he stated angrily.

"I know," Buffy said. "And we will. But not tonight," she began.

"When?" Xander demanded.

"Soon," Buffy promised. "Now we should all get home," she added. "They could still be around and we don't have weapons."

Xander gave a huge sigh but reluctantly agreed to go. As they began walking over to where Oz had parked his van, Xander stopped, rushing back over to Cordelia, kissing her pale forehead lightly. "I love you," he stated before catching back up with the other Scoobies before the tears would be following his words.

Drusilla smiled wickedly as she saw the four members of the Slayer's gang leaving. She giggled as she picked Cordelia's limp body and tossed it over her shoulder. "They didn't play by the rules," she whispered as she picked up the fallen Miss Edith. "But they will learn soon enough," she added as she began heading back to the factory.

Spike and Angelus could hang over the Slayer all they wanted. As far as Drusilla was concerned, she had her perfect mate once again. Sure, it was a little unusual, but she and Darla had done it before so certainly this girl would be able to learn.

"What's that?" Spike asked as Drusilla neared the factory. Drusilla did not answer so Spike rushed up to her, catching glimpse of the girl tosses over her shoulder. "Alright, you got me a torture toy," he said happily.

"No," Angelus began as he picked Cordelia's body up. "If anyone's torturing this bird, it's me," he stated before frowning. "It's cold. What'd you do that for?"

"Mine," Drusilla said possessively as she reached for Cordelia once again. "My playmate for under the stars and the nice happy moon," she began.

"That's your new playmate?" Angelus asked in disgust. "I really did make you crazy."

"Yea, thanks for that," Spike said irritably. "It's all your fault we're going to have this annoying thing around," he said as he gestured emphatically at Cordelia.

Drusilla shook her head. "She's going to be all new again. And we will paint the town."

"We?" Spike asked.

Drusilla nodded. "Me and my little music box," she said happily as she dragged Cordelia into the factory.

Early the next morning, Willow and Buffy walked into the library. The two of them had met up outside the high school and knew that Giles should know what had happened the previous day. Oz was running a little late that day and Xander had insisted the night before that he would not be going into school that day. And that only left Willow and Buffy to tell Giles about Cordelia.

"Giles," Buffy began softly, snapping the Watcher's attention immediately.

"What is it? Did something happen last night on patrol?" he asked, sounding deeply concerned.

"We didn't go patrolling," Buffy began, much to Giles's disapproval. She continued on before he could scold her for not doing her duty. "We were planning to go to the Bronze and then patrolling, but something happened at the Bronze."

"What happened?"

Buffy drew in another breath. "CordeliaÉShe and Xander got into a fight which caused Cordy to leave early with anger. Sometime after she leftÉDrusillaÉDrusilla got to herÉDrusilla killed her." Buffy could not manage to say the awful truth without tears.

"Did she turn her?" Giles asked as he too began to feel saddened.

Willow shook her head. "We're not sure."

Drusilla giggled as she caught sight of Cordelia awakening. "Come sunshine," she begged as Cordelia began looking around with panic.

"Where--where am I?" the cheerleader asked in fear as she saw Drusilla slinking towards her.

"Shh, shh," Drusilla began as she placed her finger up to Cordelia's lips. "I rescued you. Now we are going to have a party," she said with a smile.

"A--a party?" Cordelia asked as she raised an eyebrow.

Drusilla nodded as she began moving her long fingernails in front of Cordelia's face, ultimately hypnotizing the newly made vampire. "Party to make people all green," Drusilla giggled as she leaned in closer towards Cordelia, their lips locking in a kiss.

The hypnotic Cordelia vampire gave a slight smile before continuing to kiss her sire, their tongues swirling around one another's. Cordelia moved her arms down Drusilla's back while Drusilla did the same to Cordelia.

"See?" Drusilla began with a laugh. "All new," she stated with a pleased look before she returned to making out with the former cheerleader turned vampire.