Chapter 10

Buffy woke up with a huge headache. She looked around at her surroundings when she got her eyes to focus. She was in a room that she didn't recognize and she was chained to a bed. She grew scared as she pulled at the chains and realized that they wouldn't budge. She continued to pull at them, when a man then walked into the room. Buffy didn't know who he was, but he had an evil look on his face. "I see you finally woke up. I was starting to get impatient." Buffy tried to keep the fear out of her voice as she answered him.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?" She asked and knew that her voice sounded shaky. He only smiled at her.

"I think you know, honey. I'm Adam Hamilton. Marcus is my older brother, the man your father put away. I couldn't just let that go." Buffy grew even more scared when she heard that name. She heard her father talk about Marcus before and knew that he did a lot of bad things. She had a feeling his brother would be just as bad.

"I know about your brother. He was a killer, I'm glad my dad put him away. He deserves to rot in jail." She spat and was surprised at what was coming out of her mouth. Adam walked closer to her, with an angry expression on his face.

"You better watch your mouth, missy. You're not in a very good position right now. My brother was always there for me. Now, I'm going to be there for him." Buffy held her head up high and wouldn't let her fear show.

"You wanna be there for him? You can join him in jail. Spike is going to come for me." She stated and he smiled at her again.

"I'm counting on it." He said as he pulled a knife out of his pocket and traced it down her cheek. She winced when the blade cut her flesh. Adam continued to smile and she wished she could wipe it off of his face. "I'll make him watch as I slit your throat. Wouldn't that suck for our hero? To lose another one of his precious girls." Buffy gulped when she realized what was coming. He saw the look in her eyes and smiled even bigger. "You figured it out, didn't you? That's right, princess. I was the one that took his last girlfriend away from him. I have no problems doing it again." He said with a twisted smirk and Buffy felt tears in her eyes now. She didn't know what else to do, so she suddenly let out a loud scream and hoped that someone would hear her. Adam grew angry and smacked her hard across the face to shut her up. She turned her head away and felt the hot tears stream down her face. "That was really stupid, little girl. No one will be able to hear you." He told her as he put the knife away and gave her another smile. "Now, what could we do until the boyfriend comes looking for you? I have a few ideas." He said as he moved closer to her and ran his hands down her arms. "You're a screamer, aren't you? Well, I guess you just proved that. I'm going to make you feel so good, baby." He stated and Buffy couldn't hide the fear she was feeling anymore as the tears continued to fall down her face. She really hoped Spike would find her soon.

"Spike, you need to calm down." Angel was telling a worried Spike later that night. They were in his apartment and Spike spent the time pacing back and forth.

"I can't calm down. Where the bloody hell is she? I called her friends and they said she left the Bronze hours ago." Spike explained.

"Maybe she just stopped somewhere else and lost track of time." Angel replied and Spike shook his head.

"No, she knows to come straight here. I told the bint not to go off by herself. I have a bad feeling that something is wrong. If something happened to her, I would never forgive myself. Not to mention the fact that her father will kill me. I was supposed to protect her." Spike said the last part in a defeated tone as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"You have the other officers out there searching for her right now. There's nothing else you can do except wait and see if she comes back." Angel said as he tried to calm his panicked friend. Spike only nodded and sat down on the couch. Angel gave him a sympathetic look. "You really love her, don't you?" Spike looked up at him with unshed tears in his eyes.

"More than anything. I never knew I could love anything this much. I can't lose her, Angel. I won't go through that pain again." Angel nodded and wished he could do something to help his friend.

"I'm sure she's fine. She'll probably walk through that door any minute now." Angel said and Spike let out a sigh.

"I wish I could believe that." They both didn't know what else to say, when someone then walked through the front door. It wasn't who they were expecting, but they gave him their attention anyway. Spike saw the look on his face and wondered about it. "What is it, Riley?" He asked the man and he took a breath before he answered.

"I think we got a lead." He said as he handed Spike a note that had a bracelet attached to it. "This was by your door." Spike was beyond worried when he recognized the bracelet.

"This is Buffy's." He told them as he opened the note and then had a distressed look on his face. "It's Hamilton." He stated in a cold voice. "He has Buffy." Angel and Riley looked at each other and knew that if the man was as bad as his brother, Buffy could be in serious trouble. They had to find her.