Heres another chapter. not much happening but things will heat up soon enough.

Chapter 17: the day after.

Will awoke drearily in the morning to her alarm clocking screeching in a highly aggravated fashion. She reached and hit the snooze button silencing the device for another twenty-four hours.

"I'm up! I'm up!" She mumbled in a barely audible voice. Last night had been long and trying one and fatigue was definitely showing today even more so than what it would for most early risers since she had spent the night chasing Caleb who was now a creature of the night across half of Heatherfield.

She got dressed putting on a pair of blue jeans an orange mini top and her favourite grey and pink jogging top. Will went down stairs to find a note next to the phone. "From her mom.

Hi honey had to go to work earlier 'today, your lunch money is on the kitchen table. See you this evening. Love mom.

Great another parent free day! Will sighed to 'herself sarcastically. Though she knew her mother was often busy with work the regularly empty apartment did get a bit old after a while. After a pair of pop tarts she was ready to go.

Will mounted her bike. A navy blue bandana tied around her head to hold her unruly mop of red hair in check and she was off. It was early for her to be leaving. Even on a school day. She had to make a stop by the Lin's to pick up Hay Lin who had gotten a few 'bag's of butcher's blood. One of the bonuses of living at restaurant well if you can call it that. And after meeting Cornelia on route they were off to the cave on the beach of Heatherfield.

"So what exactly are we gonna do about this?" Hay Lin was asking. "I mean we can't just keep him tied up in this cave like this forever… can we?"

"Of course not this just temporary until we find a way to cure him," Will explained.

"And what if we can't cure him?" Cornelia asked always the reasonable one of the group. "What if he's stuck like that? What then?"

We'll find a way," Will said determinedly. "I don't care what little miss slayer says. There has to be some way to turn a vampire back to a human,"

"Yeah Cornelia haven't you ever seen a vampire movie before?" Hay Lin started. "We just gotta kill the vampire that turned Caleb into a vampire. Who was it again Will? Angelic?

"Angelus," Will corrected. "Caleb said the vampire that turned him was called Angelus,"

"But we'll deal with that after we've made a plan." She said has the group approached the cave wall held against it by Cornelia's vines was Caleb. His face distorted to its vampire form he was yanking at his restraints growling at his captors. "Right now its feeding time." She said has she pulled out a bag of butcher's blood.

"C'mon Willow I need to know how I'm "gonna get to this Metamoor place," Buffy was saying impatiently. "If Angel's there I have to go rescue him,"

"Well according to the Intel the council sent me there are these portals dotted all over Heatherfield which can take you to Metamoor," Willow explained to Buffy.

"I don't suppose you'd happen to know were one of these Portals is?" Buffy asked. Willow smiled knowingly and pulled out a piece of paper with a map of Heatherfield printed on it.

"Got it sent by the council this morning," She said smiling. "It's on the outskirts of town in an abandoned factory,"

"Thanks Willow you're the greatest," Buffy said smiling at her best friend.

"So moving onto the other topics of interest," Buffy began. "I here you had a date last night,"

"I did not!" Willow defended. "I just invited round one of our new friends for a bit of magic practice," Willow said has innocently has she could manage.

"And to lure her to dark side?" Buffy suggested smiling slyly.

"No! No luring," Willow insisted. "There was a few signs so I just kindof… coaxed a little. With my lips,"

"You kissed her? On a first date?" Buffy said sounding shocked and amused at the same time.

"Well kindof… yeah. Pretty much," Willow confirmed.

"So are you gonna call her again?" Buffy probed.

"I'm waiting for her to call me," Willow explained. "After taking such a big step I don't wanna freak her out anymore,"

"Well it hope it works out for ya," Buffy said supportingly. "I gotta a high school full of troubled teens to look forward to."

With that Buffy left the apartment to return to her job. When she got back she and Spike would need to track down this portal to rescue Angel and deal with whatever other surprises waited for them.

Metamoor.

Phobos stared at the magical image across his throne room floor. His newest agent had done his job and now they merely had to wait.

"Make the appropriate preparations for our guest Cedric," Phobos said to a grinning Cedric. "And Angelus. It would seem you will, be meeting an old acquaintance,"

Angel stepped out of the shadows grinning cruelly at the image before him. "Can't wait," He replied his face twisting to its vampire form. "Me and Buffy have got some old scores to settle," He grinned.

Newxt update coming on Monday. Until then keep those lovely reviews coming.