"How can you trust a demon like that?", I asked Mary as we entered a demon-infested bar.
"He wouldn't lie to a beautiful girl like me", she said, looking around.
"Yes he would", I said. "He just…"
"What?", she asked. "Are you doubting my sleuthing capabilities?"
"Don't start putting words in my mouth", I said.
"There he is", she said all of the sudden pointing at a dark figure sitting at the end of the bar. We walked towards him and sat at beside him.
"Hey kid", Mary said.
Angel lifted his head from his drink and looked at Mary. His face lightened up a little when he saw the gorgeous girl. "Hey", he said hugging her. He than turned to me. "Long time", he said as he gave me a cordial hug.
"You shouldn't drown yourself in that", I said. "It' s bad".
"Like you never drink", he said as he gulped down the alcohol.
I looked at Mary with a sheepish look. "Alright man", I said as I sat beside him and ordered the same drink. "You win".
Mary looked at Angel and me disapprovingly. "You guys never change", she said as she sat on Angel's side.
Angel and I laughed while the mortal woman danced right in front of us. We were pretty out of it at the time. We were in France in the year 1803. The demon in front of me was letting me hang out with him for a while. Of course, I had Mary at my side. His girl was nowhere in sight. This was perfect.
"So the bottom line is…", I started half drunk.
"I love to kill", Angel said as he turned into game mode. The show girl screamed as the vampire grabbed her hurtfully. He bit deep into her neck as she kept on screaming for her life. I sighed as I wrote those last words down. "And you", he continued as he finished his supper, "do not want to admit you are death. You are superior. You are there god with the choice of letting live or die".
I smiled at the words. "I know what you are saying", I said. "I know that feeling. The difference between you and me is that I already crashed and burned with the thought. I am just waiting for you to do the same".
Angel looked at me with rage in his eyes. "You and your slayer-vampire friend just ruined my appetite"
"To bad you can´t torture us to death", I said defiantly. "Like you did with Andrew Landry, among others. See… Mary and I are already dead. See you around".
With the words in place I looked at the body in front of me and walked away. "I will be watching you", I said as I walked out. "When the times come… I will be there to rub it in your face".
The year was 1899 and at the time I had Angel pinned in a dark back alley in London. "How does it feel?", I growled at him. "The screams of pain and sorrow. It is quiet a surprise you are not quiet mad by now". After that I threw him on the other side of the wall. "A 150 years of death come to an end. Do you want me to tell you the tally?".
Angel tried to get away. I grabbed him by the ankle and dragged him towards me. I pulled him up by the scruff of his jacket. "I don't want to hear it", he cried out.
"I don't care", I said. "The total misery that you brought to this world is final. 50,000 thousand deaths. For only one vampire you have been pretty busy. Among those are four slayers, five demon hunters and hundred of children. And if I counted the lives you have ruined, there would not be enough ink to catalog everything".
"Let me die", Angel said pathetically.
"Mercy!", I screamed at him bitterly. "Did you provide it to those who needed it at their time. Why should I, you miserable bastard? ANWSER ME!".
"Nikon", a female voice said behind me. "That is enough. He will pay in due time. And it won't be to you". I turned and saw Mary standing in the alley. I let go of Angel and headed towards her. All I could remember at the time were the stories. The people. I held in the tears that I did not have as she walked towards the cursed vampire. "Angel", she said. "We can help you. Come with us. We can teach you a new path. A path that will lead to your salvation".
Angel turned towards her and hugged her at the waist.