CONSEQUENCES

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for the ones that I created like Katy, Michelle, and Morgan.

CHAPTER 29-A FAMILIAR TUNE

They assembled their small force in the parking lot of David's mansion. Spike, Angel, and Gwen were chosen as the three-team captains. Dawn and Willow got into one car with Spike while Nina, Connor, Morgan, and Michelle got into the van with Angel and Katy and David hopped into the back seat of the third car with Wesley driving and Faith riding shotgun. Groo and Gwen swung their legs over the Harley and were the first two to leave the parking. Angel had given everyone his last minute pep talk before they had entered the parking lot and so further words were unnecessary. The entire group was decked out like they were going to audition for a part in the next Mission Impossible movie, all clad in black from head to toe with Angel and Spike wearing their usual dusters and everyone was armed to the teeth, even David who had only recently bought a rather odd looking shotgun at a gun show and wanted to try it out. Wesley had tried to get him to change to a crossbow but had finally given up when the millionaire had marked a dark line under each of his eyes and grinned back at him like a child waiting for Christmas morning.

"Guess this is it," Katy said with a nervous look on her face as she did her best to not appear nervous.

"Yep," Faith calmly said back from the front seat as she lazily sat in her seat and stared out of the window.

"This is so cool," David added with an eager and excited grin on his face as he looked like he was on a sugar high, something that was not entirely an impossibility.

"Oh yeah…it's cool now, but just wait until the real fun starts, then it won't be so much fun, trust me David, after tonight you will never be the same," Wesley countered with a very serious and grim expression on his face as he glanced back at David in the rearview mirror.

"Way to instill confidence in the troops there," Katy mumbled with now a scared look on her face as she bit her bottom lip and began to slowly spin the sword in her hands around on its point, glad that it was now dark as her face could be hidden by the shadows. She had pulled her hair up and back into a tight ponytail and just hoped that she was ready for the fight that was to come.

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"How long till we get there," Morgan asked with a scared expression on her face as she lightly rubbed the pad of her left index finger over the point of the bolt of her crossbow, before unintentionally pricking it and drawing blood.

"Not to long, unless we meet heavy traffic or our diversion kicks off a bit early," Angel replied with a nervous feeling in the pit of his stomach as Morgan hissed in pain and stuck her cut fingertip in her mouth.

"In that case we're probably going to have to fight our way through," Connor stated with an almost hopeful expression on his face as he studied the passing city sidewalks and streets, searching them for any signs of the two parties that Angel had invited to the party.

"Let's hope it doesn't come to that Connor," Nina said with a worried look on her face as she was trying to both convince Connor and herself that fighting their way to the club would not be necessary.

"So then what happens if the club is open for business and a fight breaks out, the authorities would be swarming all over the place, we wouldn't even be able to get close," Michelle asked with a scared and very nervous expression on her face as she set about readjusting her seatbelt.

"If that happens Michelle then we'll clear the people out of there however we can, if that means Spike and I vamping out and Willow putting on a magic show then that's what we'll do," Angel answered with a serious look on his face as he slowed the van down before turning the corner.

"What was the cue again," Morgan wondered with a meek smile on her face as she expected everyone to be angry that she had forgotten the all in cue that Angel was to give at just the right moment.

"Well it…just follow Morgan and Connor, when they move, follow them," Nina answered with an anxious expression on her face as she turned and looked back over her shoulder at the young slayer before she hurried to finish the answer, not wanting to admit that she herself wasn't completely convinced that she remembered what the cue was exactly either.

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"If all goes well Red, a few hours from now you can tell Buffy everything, and hopefully we can straighten this mess out," Spike said with only a slight hint of emotion in his voice as he hesitated to turn on the radio.

"The operative word there being we Spike, Buffy will be mad at you…all three of us, but I think that once we get a chance to really talk to her about all of this she'll come around, probably be pretty angry at Giles to, not sure what Xander will do," Willow replied with an almost stern tone to her voice as she turned to Spike and by her posture made it clear that he heard and understood every word that she said.

"Knowing him he'll probably find some way to blame all of this on Spike and Angel," Dawn added from the back seat with a sarcastic grin on her face as she slowly turned her wrist, her gaze completely fixed on how the light bounced off the knife in her hand.

"Exactly, which is why the first thing that I'm going to do when this is over is cast a spell on him that'll render him completely unable to speak, and I won't take it off until I'm good and ready," Willow said with a snicker and a grin as she looked back into the backseat at Dawn and all of her spell supplies.

"Can I watch," Spike asked softly under his breath with a sly grin on his face as he lightly leaned over in Willow's direction.

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"They've been spotted," Robin announced with a triumphant but yet serious scowl on his face as he rushed into the room, purposefully avoiding a look in Lorne's direction.

"What…where," Buffy asked with a start as she instantly sat upright in her chair and pushed the newspaper away.

"They were headed towards an area that is known for its nightclubs, we need to hurry if we're going to be able to stop whatever plan they have," Robin said back with a hurried look on his face as Buffy noticed that he was no longer dressed like a principal but instead like a commando, like a former boyfriend of hers.

"What about the reports of vampire sightings all over the city," Buffy asked with a concerned look on her face as she stood up and turned to face Robin.

"Don't worry, my people are doing their best to contain that threat, we believe that it is only a diversion, with it Angelus hopes to keep our forces occupied while he carries out his plan," Robin said back with an anxious and very angry at Angel scowl on his face as he checks his watch before being interrupted by Lorne.

"Nice sea of hatred there big guy…however you're wrong on one small little minute point, it's Angel…not Angelus, he still has his soul, both of them do," Lorne snapped back with a fed up expression on his face as he stood up and stepped in between Buffy and Robin.

"Out of my way demon, this does not concern you," Robin sneered back with murder in his eyes as he tried to push Lorne out of the way before Lorne spoke up.

"This doesn't concern me he says…does this mean that I got every little demon's wish to be a real boy…hmm nope, horns still there, and the olive complexion…guess I'm still a demon," Lorne said with a very sarcastic scowl on his face before he couldn't help but let a sinister grin sneak onto his face as he saw the effect that his words were having on the son of a slayer.

"That you are, now if you'll excuse me I have to stop your kind from destroying the world," Robin said back with a barely restrained look of anger on his face as he sized Lorne up before brushing him aside and storming out of the room.

"I will get Xander and the potentials ready Buffy, hopefully whatever is happening will only last the night and then everything will be okay tomorrow," Giles said with a grimly optimistic frown on his face as he patted Buffy lightly on the shoulder and headed for the door.

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"We're here," Spike said with a nervous smile on his face as he parked the car across the street from the club and shut the engine off.

"Kind of reminds me of The Bronze," Willow said with a sad look of nostalgia on her face as her memory tripped back to some of the good times that she had experienced at the club that no longer existed.

"Yeah…though it's a whole lot bigger, kind of like The Bronze's big brother or sister," Dawn added with a slightly cheesy smirk on her face as she followed Willow out of the car and handed her the spell supplies.

"Now everyone remember where we parked," Spike joked with a sly grin on his face before he hid his sword beneath the folds of his new duster and walked with Dawn and Willow across the street and to the small area behind the club.

"You're late," Angel said with an unhappy scowl on his face as he glared at Spike, who just shrugged his shoulders and looked as if he could care less.

"The club looks pretty full, that's not good," Morgan said with a worried look on her face as she hunched her shoulders up a bit and shivered from the cold.

"Don't worry, it won't be for much longer, and then we can get started," Faith replied with more an anxious than nervous expression on her face as she poked at an empty beer can with the tip of her sword.

"And just how is that supposed to happen, we can't just go in there like a bunch of crazy people and force them out," Michelle wondered with a very pointed and scared expression on her face as she glared over at Faith.

"It won't come to that, once the diversion starts up they'll close the club down and that'll be our cue to move in and cast the spell, hopefully we'll be able to do it all without any of the authorities being the wiser," Wesley answered with a very serious look on his face as he turned away from what Faith was doing to look in Michelle's general direction while he casually ran his hands over the handles of the two 45's that he had hidden underneath his long coat along with the two sawn off shotguns that were cleverly concealed.

"So when is this diversion going to…," Nina started to ask with a cold shiver before a large explosion rocked the city, appearing to be centered many miles away.

"What was that," Dawn asked with a scared look on her face as she unintentionally clung to one of the sleeves of Spikes duster.

"Our diversion Bit, don't worry, we made sure that we placed the charges in unoccupied buildings, ones that no one of any significance had been in for several weeks, the vampires and The Initiative will handle the rest of the diversion," Spike said with a reassuring and confidant tone to his voice as he turned to Dawn and gave her a one armed hug for good measure.

"The Initiative, but what are they…," Willow asked with a completely surprised and confused look on her face as she quickly turned back to Angel and hoped that she had heard wrong.

"They're one part of the diversion that'll hopefully keep the heat off of us until you finish the spell, if all goes according to plan they'll be to busy fighting the legions of vampires that I coaxed into coming to London, we'll slip away in the confusion," Angel replied with an easy and calm expression on his face as he walked over to the padlocked back door of the club and ripped the lock off.

"And when were you going to tell all of us about that," Dawn wondered aloud with a look on her face that instantly reminded Angel of one of the many looks that Buffy had given him when she wasn't happy that he hadn't told her everything.

"When this is over…provided that we both live," Spike answered for Angel with an amused smirk on his face as he kindly pushed Dawn in the direction of the clubs back door that Angel had just opened.

"Can't you just feel the love," Katy cracked with a sly grin on her face before she noticed that David was ogling her but trying not to be too obvious about it. Her first thought was to be angry, but then she mentally went over what she had decided to wear and had to admit that perhaps she should have chosen some other attire. She had dressed up to the hilt, or at least how she had always dreamed of dressing if she had super powers. Her leather pants looked to be painted on, enhancing every curve of her body and being cut low they barely hovered high enough on her hips to keep her modesty in check while still allowing her thong to show. For her top she had scrounged around until she had found a combination vest and bustier that reminder her of the outfit that her favorite video game heroine, Rayne, wore in her game, except that Katy's top was much smaller, tighter, and showed off a lot more. To get out of the mansion with Michelle or someone else not making her change she had pulled on one of the black leather jackets that had been hanging in Faith's closet. She had found a couple of hard leather gauntlet's in a room in the basement that she had left in a hurry the second that she had found them, especially after seeing the various instruments, masks, and whips lying around the room. She had slipped on a pair of fingerless gloves that had sharp edges on the top of each knuckle and she had pulled her hair up into a tight bun. Instead of slipping on a comfortable pair of shoes she had gone for a pair of semi high-heeled boots. All in all she knew that she looked more like she was ready to star in some middle school boy's fantasy than fight the forces of darkness but once she had started she hadn't been able to stop.

"Uh…huh," David mumbled out in awe as he almost started to drool at the sight of Katy before he was shaken out of his trance by Connor as he grabbed his sleeve and shoved him at the door.

"You're dressed a little…slutty, looking to get some action in between dustings," Gwen said with a sly smile on her face as she trailed a finger over Katy's shoulder as she swept her gaze over the new slayer.

"So I went a little overboard, it's my first time," Katy said back softly as she went on the defensive and zipped up the jacket as she backed away from Gwen.

"Bet you say that to all the boys," Gwen added with a slightly vindictive snicker under her breath before she pulled her gloves off and headed inside, leaving Katy to fume at her back.

"Do not let her get to you Katy, she becomes quite…," Groo started to say with a reassuring and supportive tone to his voice as he lightly patted Katy on the shoulder before she cut in.

"Bitchy," Katy interjected with a sarcastic expression on her face as she slowly nodded her head and then took one deep breath and hurried off into the club.

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Buffy and her contingent found the club easily enough, mostly because they had been following Angel for several miles. Xander, Giles, and Buffy had all climbed into a small car that Robin had provided for them while he insisted on taking Lorne and the rest of the potentials with him in his vans. Along with them he had brought along a squad of Initiative soldiers, saying that they needed to be prepared for anything that Angel could possibly throw at them. Giles had wanted to wait and decide on the best course of action before advancing on Angel's position but he had been overruled.

"I don't like this Giles, this is all to public," Buffy said with a nervous and anxious expression on her face as she got out of the car and turned to Giles.

"I agree, this does not seem like Angel's usual style," Giles replied with a concerned and serious look on his face as he helped Vi out of the car.

"So what, maybe he decided to turn over a new leaf, you know kidnap Willow and Dawn, summon a few giant demons, and then slaughter a hole club full of people," Xander interjected with a half joking and half mocking smirk on his face as he took the sword that Rhona handed him as she got out of the van.

"How did Angel not kill you before he left Sunnydale," Lorne said with an amazed expression on his face as he sighed and shook his head while getting out of the van.

"Huh," Xander mumbled with a surprised and confused tone to his voice as he stood still and looked in Lorne's direction.

"Okay demon, here's how it's going to work, we're going to go in there and neutralize Angelus by whatever means necessary, you're going to go in there ahead of us so that if he tries anything then you'll die instead of me," Robin said with a very serious scowl on his face as he grabbed a tight grip of Lorne's collar and shoved him forward.

"Hey man, easy on the threads, they may be a bit dowdy at the moment but that's still no excuse," Lorne shot back with a defensive and almost whining tone to his voice as he jerked away from Robin's iron grasp just long enough to straighten his collar and glare at the former principal.

"None of this is getting us anywhere, Willow's in there so I'm going to go and find her, if any of you want to come with me then great, otherwise I'll go alone," Kennedy announced with a very determined frown on her face as she slid a knife into her boot and took a step towards the club.

"Hold your horses Kennedy, none of us is going in there alone and we are not using Lorne as a shield, I don't pretend to know or understand everything that's happening here at this club and in this city tonight, but I do have a very strong feeling that we don't know the whole story, we're missing something…something important," Buffy said with a very commanding tone of voice as she physically got in front of Kennedy and stopped her from storming into the club and also pulled Lorne away from Robin.

"This isn't Sunnydale Buffy, you're not in charge here anymore," Robin snapped back with a very threatening tone of voice as he took a step towards Buffy but was stopped by Giles, who looked ready to defend his slayer against anything that the Initiative could possibly throw at her.

"If you lay one hand on her I swear that come tomorrow you will be minus one appendage," Giles said with a very stern scowl on his face as he glared straight back at the son of a slayer.

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He glanced through the crowd slowly, doing his best to appear to be just another teen or young adult out on the town for a good time. He kept to the fringe's of the club as he made his rounds, getting a layout of the club down in his mind while noticing certain people that if needed could be used to his advantage, whether to spook and get the masses moving out of the club or those that looked like they could hold their own in a fight. Several beautiful women smiled and winked in his direction, some of them looking like they were barely old enough to be in middle school while others looked as if they had forgotten most of their clothes at home. Snatching a drink away from an unsuspecting bartender Spike downed it in one gulp and tossed the glass to the side, smirking a bit when the glass shattered on the stone floor. He checked the location of the bar, the band, and the doors before he saw her. She seemed to waft into the club like she was on a cloud, completely effortlessly but terrified all at the same time. He started to smile at how beautiful she looked but his countenance hardened instantly when he caught sight of the former principal. Lifting his gaze up to the second level he made quick eye contact with Angel, who set his jaw and then nodded his head before giving Nina a quick kiss and then disappearing into the crowd. Nina looked like she was about ready to tear up but then hardened and followed Angel's lead, disappearing into the crowd as well.

"This is it huh, no chance to back out now, you think we're ready," A nervous Katy asked through a smile as she unzipped her coat and used it to fan herself in an attempt to cool off as it was more than warm in the club and she was already sweating heavily, and putting off enough pheromones to turn Spike on.

"Easy luv, yeah this is it…the big show, the song and dance, the horse and pony show, everything counts now, and you should probably take that jacket off before you pass out," Spike said back with an eerily calm expression on his face and tone to his voice as he looked away from Katy as she took her coat off and got several stares from those dancing nearby, both the men and the women. Spike initially lost Buffy in the crowd but quickly found her again as he noticed her group starting to spread out, obviously in the hopes of finding Angel. "I think that it's about time that we got things started, now try to be a good girl and don't die," Spike said with a useless deep breath before he mock bowed to Katy and disappeared into the crowd as she tried to calm her breathing, which at the moment came in big gulps that only seemed to cause more people to stare, as she grasped the hilt of her sword while hiding it with her coat.

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She entered the club slowly; still not sure that she was doing the right thing. Dancing going on all around her she was tempted to join in but kept still as she looked around for Angel and anyone else that she recognized. She hadn't gotten that far in when the current song ended and another started up. Her heart nearly stopped when the song began as familiar lyrics wafted out of the speakers, nearly bringing her to tears.

"I….did a stupid thing last night, I called you, a moment of weakness, no not a moment more like three moments of weakness. I'm one step away from crashin to my knees, one step away from spilling my guts to you…"

END OF CHAPTER 29

P.S.-Shahid Imzadi is a name made up of the names of two reviewers that used to review my Buffy and Angel stories, but since they're both mostly Buffy/Angel fans they don't read my stuff anymore, but I thought that I'd be nice and use their names.

As for Katy her outfit was an attempt to mimic the outfit of the videogame heroine Rayne's outfit from the games Bloodrayne 1 and 2. She's basically a half human, half vampire that kills other vampires. David's ogling her isn't out of character for him imho given that when he first met Angel he was in trouble for getting photographed sleeping with demon women, some of whom we later saw when Angel went to help him, and they were definitely different. As for who I'm going to pair Katy up with I might leave her single and then include her in the sequel along with Wes and Faith, that is if they can stay out of the bedroom…had a crazy idea of the three together…but that's just crazy talk, although maybe if they all got drunk enough…jk, maybe. Anyone have an idea what I should call the sequel that I'll write after this is over and at the same time as the sequel to Second Chances and Three Strikes called You're Out, I haven't decided on a title for it yet.