Time: Mid-Season 7 of Buffy (pretty accurate) and Mid-Season 4 of Angel (accurate to Season 2, Overview for Season 3 and 4).

Relationships: Angel/Lily Love (a new character), Fred/Wesley, Buffy/Spike, Buffy/Riley, Faith/Spike, Willow/Kennedy, Willow/Tara, Giles/Jenny Calendar, Xander/Anya

Need to know Info: not all of the watchers were killed, Cordy is somewhere between good and evil, also with her visions.

Distribution: No

Rating: R, violence, language, and sexual relationships

Story:

Chapter 2 (Meeting the Daywalker)

Present Day (January 15, 2003)

Sunnydale, Magic Shop (the gang is all there researching the First Evil): The phone rings. Giles picks it up. "Hello, Magic Shop. How may I help you? . . . Quentin . . . What! . . . I don't understand . . . Alright, I will tell her. . . Yes, we will." He hangs up the phone. "Buffy, Faith, Quentin says that there is a being in LA that is going to go on a killing spree. He called it a Daywalker, half-vampire, half-human. He gave me the directions to get there."

"Let's call Angel and have him deal with it." Buffy responds.

"We can't because Angel can't kill it, only a slayer can, only you or Faith; so both of you are going to go with Willow and I. The rest of you are going to continue to research the First."

"Dawn and Spike are coming, too. I will not let the First get them. Dawn can stay with Angel."

LA, the Hotel: Cordy has a vision, a vision for a tall man trying to kill, no killing a young woman, blond, petite, green eyes. She sees a sign: Domus Poena Half Way Home for Half Demons, Acceptus pravus. The girl is in a room, dark, dank room. And the vision is gone. Angel and Wesley ask what she saw; she tells them. Wesley and Angel start to translate the Latin in their minds. Wesley translates first, "Roughly 'House of Pain, Welcome Evil.' The girl could be attacked by any number of demons, including vampires."

"Why would this girl be in this place? I have heard of this home; it is not a fun place. They tend to try to beat the demon out of certain species, unless the parents pay for the child to go there." Angel indulges.

"How do you know so much about this place?" Gunn inquires.

"Doyle. (Pause.) The question we should be asking is 'how do we find the place?', because for what I remember the place is hidden from the public. One must know a pass code . . ." Angel is interrupted.

"We have one." Buffy states.

"What in world are you doing here?" Angel demands.

"We came here because the council told us that a creature called 'The Daywalker' is going to go on a killing spree. The only people that kill it are the slayers, so a shorten version of the gang. We came by here because I was going to ask you to watch Dawn, while we track this creature. So what info do you have?"

Angel and his gang fills in Buffy and her gang about what they know. They decide to split both gangs visit this home. So Giles, Willow, Angel, Buffy, Conner, and Cordy (for recognizing the girl and the Daywalker) go to confront the Daywalker, while the rest research any information on the Daywalker.

They knock on the door of Domus Poena; they are greeted by a woman in her mid-thirties, with all her hair pulled back in a bun. Though she is quite young, her eyes tell a different story; they articulate her real age, quite old, maybe a century or two. She asks, "Who are you? And how can I help you?"

"I'm Angel; this is Buffy, Willow, Conner, Cordelia, and Rupert Giles. We are here about the Daywalker . . ."

"Say no more. Come right in. I will escort you to see the one person in this place that can tell you everything you want to and don't want to know about the Daywalker." She informs them where they might find this person and her name, Lily Love.

They found this girl in a mediation posture, deep in reflection. They did not want to disturb her, but Cordy immediately recognize the girl from her vision. She whispers to the rest of them that is the girl and this is the place that she gets attack. "Thank you"

"What?' Cordy asks.

"Thank you for the information on the Daonna demon. I was wondering if any beings were going to stop me." Lily clarifies.

"What?" They say in unison.

"You came looking for a male Daywalker, because of the prophecies saying that I am male and that fact that Cordy saw a man attacking me. The demon is very livid about me destroying his village. You assumed that the male was the Daywalker, because a female could never be the most powerful being on earth."

"You are the Daywalker!" Angel shouts.

"Yes."

"You are the being that is going to destroy the earth. You are going to go on a killing spree. You!" Buffy says in disbelief.

"Yes, I plan on killing humans and demon alike. I wish to rid the world of cruel, evil beings that do nothing but think of themselves. Beings that are so self-absorbed that they don't even notice the harm they are causing to beings around them or the earth they live on. Those beings that could care less if they were cruel to a person that was any different than them. Beings that are pure evil to the freaks of this world, so yes I am going to rid the planet of vile creatures, these heartless beings." Lily reveals.

"How?" Giles questions.

"If I told you that you try and stop me, I don't think I would like that."

"There is no way to convince you to save the planet." Angel probes.

"I am saving the planet by ridding it of the vile, evil creatures that abused it."

"I don't understand. How could a girl, barely seventeen, want to destroy all the beings on the planet?" Wesley queries.

"I am almost eighteen. How? I believe the question you wanted to ask was why. Tell me do you know what is like to grow up in this place, where everybody is told that they can make fun of you or hurt you in any way they see fit. Do you know what is like to think that you are evil from the time you were born? Do you know what is like to have the headmistress try to beat the demon out of you? Do you know what is like to be afraid to do anything because if the headmistress doesn't like it, she punishes you? Do you know what is like to have your own father walk out on you on the day that you born because you were different? Because you have demon blood flowing though your veins. Well, do you?" Lily grills.

"Did all those things happen to you?" Angel inquiries.

"Yes, plus some." Lily answers. "Would you want the beings that did those things to you pay? Well, I can't punish them because I would turn completely evil. I would lose completely control of her, so all the beings have to leave."

"Why not just kill yourself, instead of everyone else?" Cordy asks.

"Because I have already tried that. (She shows them the scars of the two times she slit her wrists.) The Powers-That-Be said that if I try again; they send me straight to hell. And I have been there, I didn't like it. All the demons that I had killed tortured me; they knew that I would feel all of the pain, but could not leave. I was there only two days in Earth time, but ten years Hell time." Lily explains.

"Why would the Powers-That-Be say that? Why would they care if you wanted to die? And want to stay dead? Why would they care about one being so much that would specify talk to you?" Cordy interrogates.

"Because I was built, I was made, to save the world, to save the universal from all evil. I was created to do good, I was created prefect, no flaws. Prefect body, prefect mind, prefect powers. I was going to transcend to the highest being in the universal that ever walked the Earth. I was to bring utopia to the Earth, to the universal. Except They didn't foresee the one major flaw, this place. This place can corrupt any body even if they are only here for a few months; let alone their entire life. This place can make a good person go evil. So if you don't mind, I will be getting back to destroying all humans and demons." Lily informs them.

"There is no way for us to convince you to not to destroy everyone." Angel requests

"No! Now if you all just be quiet, I can finish my spell." Lily demands.

Immediately they all start talk nonsense, just to make noise to prevent Lily from completely her spell. Lily waves her right hand over them, and they instantly are unable to speak, but they began wondering why this has happen. Lily instantaneously shouts, "Quiet!" While she waves her hand again; this time the group is incapable of thoughts. Just as she is to finish the spell, the Daonna demon attacks her. He grabs her throat and squeezes until Lily quits moving. Then he flings her body across the room and utters, "That's what you get for messing with my clan, you bitch, you evil, heartless bitch."

A sinister, evil laughter fills the room as Lily transforms. She grows black, evil fairy-like wings; her clothes change to a red, plastic-like top with red flowing, knee-high skirt. Her eyes change from emerald green to blood red; her teeth elongates to fangs. Her fingernails grow to inch long, and become razor sharp. She is very frightening; she even terrifies Buffy and Angel.

"You thought that choking me to death would really kill me; I'm half-vampire. I don't need air to live. You are going to pay for trying though." With that she begins to throw fireballs from her hands at the Daonna demon. When that fails to kill him, she begins to gather life energy from the Earth by waving her hands and arms over each other and switching the arms. As the energy ball forms, her eyes seem to glow. The Daonna demon becomes alarmed; he looks for a way to escape, but Lily has already sealed all of the exits. The energy ball is formed; Lily throws the ball at the Daonna demon, and he is suck of all his life. He begins to age and dies; he turns to dust. Lily turns to face the group of heroes, who have regain their abilities to speak and think, and pronounces, "Your turn."

"Wait, what about the rest of the world?" Cordy inquires.

"I will get to them, after I get rid of you, you noisemakers, you bothersome group of people. No more questions. No more insights into my life. No more of any of you." Lily enlightens.

"Nooooooooooo!" Cordy cowers.

Lily begins to gather life energy from the Earth, again, and form it into a ball. A higher being appears in the form of a woman in her mid-thirties. Lily recognizes the woman; she turns her powers to this being. She shifts her angry towards this being; the higher being begins to gather its powers and targets Lily. It is now all the matter of who gains full power first; of course, the higher being gains full power because it has been around longer and has more control of its powers. The higher being thrusts all of its power at Lily; Lily is surrounded by swirling fog and lights. The fog and lights are taking energy and powers out of Lily; the higher being didn't want to kill Lily, just destroy the evil in her. So the higher being is stripping Lily of all her powers and her immorality, Lily is left powerless and mortal.

"Nooooooo! What have you done? Tell me! FIRST, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Lily demands.

"I have stripped you of your powers and immortality, but if you try and kill yourself, the Powers-That-Be will still send you to Hell." The First answers.

"You're the First Evil!" Buffy challenges.

"No, I am the First Good." The First Good responds.

"I feel so weak. I don't feel so good. My heart hurts. My back aches. My mind is so quiet. I feel weird. What have I done? What did I almost do? What is wrong with me? You should have killed me; the world would be better off. I am evil." Lily cries. She slides down on butt; she grabs her knees, and begins to rock back and forth. She whispers, "I am evil" over and over again. She has snapped; she has completely lost control of thoughts.

"Lily, you are not evil. You are a good person, who has been in this place to long. You just need someone, any one, to love you; to show how to love, how to care. I am ordering you to stay with Angel and his crew. They will help you, right?" The First Good pronounces.

"Yes," Angel announces.

"But Angel, we can't have a homicidal, suicidal maniac that we have to watch, while we are trying to stop an apocalypse. If we want one, we could just ask Faith to stay. There is no way we can handle her emotional needs and this upcoming apocalypse." Cordy verbalizes.

Before Angel can respond to Cordy's rude comments, the First Good speaks, "You will Lily to be very useful; although I have remove her powers, her knowledge and memories of different books, spells, and demons remains intact." The First Good saunters over to Lily; it reaches down to try to comfort Lily. Lily retreats away from the First Good; she heads to corner of the wall she is sitting against. Lily begins to whispers, "Don't touch. I am evil. Don't touch. I am Evil. …"

The First Good backs away from Lily and says, "There is one of you could reach her, could comfort her, to bring her back to reality. That is why you all are here; I did not know which one of you could help, but I did know who would come. So if please, try to touch her."

Cordy goes first. Lily tries to retreat farther away, but can't. Giles is next; Lily does the same. Conner tries with no luck. Buffy attempts, but no success. Willow makes an effort without victory. The final person to try is Angel; he reaches down to touch Lily's head and Lily does not seem to mind. So he tries to get her to stand, her legs just seem not to work; he gently sits her back down. He turns to the First and asks, "How am I to help her if I can't even get her to stand?"

"I have a solution for that, but you have to trust me completely. Otherwise it could damage or kill both you and Lily, and I don't want that." The First answers.

"I trust you. Tell me what to do." Angel states.

"Angel, you can be serious. You can't, shouldn't, risk your life, all the good you could do, for this creature that just a few minutes ago wanted to kill us all." Cordy protests.

"I don't normally agree with Cordelia, but this creature is not worth saving." Giles puts in his two cents.

An enraged First with red glowing eyes begins to say, when Angel interrupts, "You both are wrong. This girl needs our help; she is obviously in pain and in need of help. I know this is going to sound strange, but there is something about her that is familiar. She clearly can't hurt anyone in this state (pointing to her). This girl, what can she do? She looks like she barely can take care of herself. I going to help her with or without your support, so if you don't like leave, go back to the Hotel. (Turning to the First.) Tell me what to do." No one leaves.

"First sit down in front of her, look into her eyes. I am going to transport you into her mind; once inside you will know how to guide her out of her imprisonment. Alright take her hands, now shut out the world; it is just you, her and me." The First begins to chant in several ancient languages; it lifts Lily and Angel over its head.

Angel blinks and when he opens his eyes he sees a hallway with several doors on both sides. The right side had Lily's memories of doing Good; the left side had memories of doing Evil. Angel knew that Lily's mind is behind the some of doors on the left; he knew he has to shift Lily from the left to the right. He even knew which door to go to first, second, and so on. The first door is the door for age three; he finds the door and enters. He sees the world pause, but one little girl moving. She is trying to find out what happened; she is scared. She heads to the mystical library that only appears when time is stopped; she is reading every book to find out how to fix it. After several (un-aged) years, she finds the right book to reverse the accident. She returns to the home and restarts time; Miss Swan sees that she is not in the exact same spot that she was when she stopped time and punishes her. Miss Swan calls for the punishers, two burly men, to take little Lily to the basement; the girl is bawling her eyes out. She is begging and pleading that she will never do it again. They still bring her down; Angel follows and so does Miss Swan.

Miss Swan fetches a whip; the punishers chain the girl to the wall. Miss Swan uncoils her whip, and then begins to strike Lily with it. Angel turns his head because he can't stop what happened in the past, but he feels sick that any one could do this to a little girl. Miss Swan continues until Lily passes out; then she instructs the punishers that when the child wakes put salt on the wounds. Angel could not take any more; he slashes out towards Miss Swan, only to find that he goes right though her. As soon as the punishers leave, Angel wanders up to little Lily and finds he can touch her. He asks if she will be okay; she answers, "Yeah, I was in the wrong. I shouldn't have stop time. I didn't mean to. It is a good thing that I heal fast. By tomorrow, these wounds will almost gone. Who are you?"

"My name is Angel. I have come to help you, to save help. You ready?" he answers.

"Yes, please." Angel takes her little hand and opens the door, and they are in the hallway. He takes her to the door across for them, opens it, and says, "You will be safe in here."

"Thank you, Angel." She answers in the sweetest little voice.

Angel feels so much better; he blinks, opens his eyes, and sees present day Lily. He is back on the floor feeling very drained; he looks around and sees that the First is also drained. He asks, "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I will be. This is just taking more out of me than I had planned. Defeating Lily took more power than I had thought. You will have to take Lily to the Hotel with you. When I have replenished my powers, I will return to finish this." The First informs.

"How long will that be?" Angel inquires.

"2-3 days. A week tops."

"What are we going to do about Lily? She can't live in this condition." Angel questions.

"She is more healed than you think." The First declares as pointing to Lily. With that the First Good vanishes.

Lily is standing; she is looking around like she doesn't know any one in the room. Then she locks eyes with Angel, she runs up to him and utters, "Angel, thank you so much for saving me from Miss Swan. How can I thank you." Her voice is that of three year old child. Angel and the gang quickly understood the First. Angel puts his arm around Lily and starts to escorts her out of the basement and the home. They are almost out of the Home, when Miss Swan stops them. "That creature is under my guardianship, she is mine. She will not be leaving."

"She will be, and there is NO ONE will stop us." Angel declares as he vamps.

Seeing that they mean business, Miss Swan lets them pass with Lily.