Chapter 9

"We haven't herd a thing from her in a week Angel, a week," "I'm well aware of that Cordelia." Angel ground out looking up from the case file he was finishing up. "And yet bodies are still being found." Cordelia continued as if Angel hadn't said anything.

He heaved out a annoyed sigh and slammed the file closed. "We don't know if its her doing it." He defended. Cordy raised her eyebrow at him.

"Actually we do. The bodies have all been found close to or in nearby cemeteries, and on top of the fact that they've been either been tortured or drained of blood or both, they have intricately carved A's on them." Xander informed them from the bottom of the stairs. Angel snorted picking up the file and walked around the counter to put the it in the filing cabinet.

Xander leaned against the wall crossing his arms over his chest. "Believe what you want but you know as wall as all of us here she did it and she loved doing it." Angel glowered at him with glowing eyes. "But of course you wouldn't know your own work if it hit you in the face. The bitch is," Angel cut off Xander's ranting by wrapping his hand around his neck and squeezing.

"Angel stop." Cordelia stated calmly taking a cautious step forward seeing Xander's face slowly turn blue. "The next time you open your mouth boy," Angel whispered with deadly calm. "You better think twice about mentioning Buffy's name in any form in my presents again."

Angel gave his neck one more firm squeeze before dropping him and stepped back. Xander was coughing and gasping for breath when Willow, Giles, and Riley came down the stairs. Willow cast Xander a weary look.

"Do I want to know?" She asked Cordelia who was still standing in the middle of the room. Cordy shook her head. "No. Xander was just being a moron as usual."

"I'll have you know I," "Do shut up Xander." Giles cut in. "Ok, what the hell just happened?" Riley asked looking form Angel to Xander who slowly got to his feet. "Dead boy over there just tried to kill me again." Xanger's voice was a hoarse thread of sound he cleared his throat and continued.

"I was just telling him that the seven bodies that have being found are Buffys' doing and that the way they're being found is so similar to his work that it could practically be him. If he'd just take the time to look at the police files he'd see that instead of defending the- her." Xander curbed seeing Angel taking a menacing step toward him. "Buffy may have torn a page from Angelus's book on '101 ways to a more psychotic you', but we shouldn't have expected anything less. In fact we should be grateful she's just playing around, you know testing us, because if she could pack a punch by pointing a finger,"

"Flicking her wrist." Cordelia corrected Willow. "Excuse me, wrist." Willow corrected glaring at Cordy who had the whole rooms attention. She squirmed uncomfortably. "What it's true." Cordy defended weakly. "Anyway as I was saying,"

"Wait a damn minuet, you think we should be happy Buffy's going around slaughtering people instead of what? Slaughtering more people?" Xander asked sarcasm dripping like acid from his words. "Well she could always destroy the world." Giles pointed out calmly making the whole room, except Angel, gasp in alarm.

"Well there's that." Xander murmured looking at the floor embarrassed. "What do you mean destroy the world? Buffy wouldn't do that," "Of course Buffy wouldn't you twit." Giles said to Riley as if speaking to a slow child. "so, eh, where are Gunn and Wesley?" Willow asked after a long pause.

"Gunn's out hunting and Wes went to go get some of his tomes from his apartment." Angel said grabbing his leather duster and heading for the door. "Wait a damn minuet I'm going with you this time." Riley said jogging after him. Angel sighed. "If your coming then you better keep up because I don't have the patience for this shit. He said walking out the door.

Riley slammed into Angel's back as he suddenly stopped. "What the," Riley was cut off as Angel started barking orders. When Angel finished everyone stared at him dumbfounded. "Do you think it'll work?" Cordelia asked breaking the shocked silence.

"We wont know until we try will we?" He asked over his shoulder leaving out the door. Riley cursed under his breath jogging after the vampire. The Scoobys stared after them until Cordy's voice broke the trance.

"You heard him. Willow go get the stuff we need for a locking-in spell or whatever. Giles when Wes gets here fill him in on what's going on." They sped into action, Willow jogging up the stares and Giles walking toward the book cases in the back.

Cordelia walked around the counter to get her cell out of her purse. She was about to call Gunn when someone tapped her shoulder. "What?" She snapped annoyed only to turn and see Xander. "Oh it's you. What do you want?" she asked board. "What do I do?" he asked. "About what?" "'About what?' About me. What do I do?" Cordelia glared at him.

"Since when do you give a damn Xander? You stood there provoking Angel and bad mouthing Buffy I was sure you'd be heading back to Sunnydale." Cordelia replied tartly. "Buffy's my friend. I care about her," "How dare you." Cordelia interrupted contempt dripping from her voice.

"How dare you stand here and spue that bull shit when you know damn well you don't give a flying fuck what happens to her, or if you it's because she's supposed to keep you from getting picked off by some cradle-robbing-creature-of-the-night." With that Cordelia walked into Angel's office and slammed the door leaving Xander to himself. He stormed up to his room and slammed the door in a show of childish retaliation.

Walking over to the closet Xander grabbed his suitcase and prepared to pack his shit and leave. They think they're so fucking smart. Well they'll see what happens when I'm right and Buffy the Vampire comes and rips them into sheds along with Angel. Xander packed manically so deep in his righteous thoughts that he didn't hear the two vampires coming until it was too late.

Xander's whole world swirled as the one with the barb-wire tattoo hit him in the head. From the floor he saw the vampire smile at the other one and pull him into a passionate kiss before he blacked out.

Caleb pushed playfully away from Mikhail and looked down at the puny human the others called Xander. "What do you think Caleb should we kill the bastard? Or take him to Buffy?" Caleb pondered this for a moment then looked at Mikhail with a evil look in his eye. "I've got a better idea." He said cryptically causing Mikhail to smile and laugh. "Oh I do love it when you have better ideas."

Angel jumped from rooftop to rooftop, he had lost Captain Cardboard over a half an hour ago. Smiling to himself Angel dropped down into a dark alley. Goes to show you. He thought following a faint trail that would hopefully give him some clues as to Buffy's whereabouts. The trail lead him further and further away from the city toward the suburbs.

Angel stopped locking on to the scent then looking around making sure noone was around before centering his energy and taking off in a bust of speed. He ran with blinding speed, passing speeding cars and groups of people.

Angel slowed as the trail grew stronger and stronger. Something whizzed by just out of the corner of his eye. He turned to see what it was, only to see two vampires running across the field. He couldn't make out where they were going so he waited, watching. About a mile out they made a sharp right and disappeared from sight.

Angel racked his brain trying to remember what was out where they were going. There were only two or three mansions out that way if he recalled correctly. Why would two vampires go out that way? He thought walking in the opposite direction. Then he stopped looking back at the horizon and waited ten minuets, the twenty. Only one way to find out. With that he was off again in that direction.

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