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William swore under his breath as a small group of young adults, college students by the looks of it, made their way towards the couple, "Bloody hell! Can't you leave me the hell alone Slayer? Just one night, is that too must to ask?"
It had grown so dark so fast; Anna couldn't make out whom William was yelling at.
"William? Who is it?" Anna's instincts were screaming for her to be on high alert and she and she had to know why.
"Anna!" The voice of her roommate rang out through her ears. "Get away from him. He's dangerous!"
"Bloody hell, you're full of crock."
"Alex? What are you talking about? What are you doing here?"
William turned to her, eyebrows raised in question, "Alex?"
"My roommate," she explained.
"Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. Xander's your roommate. That just made things a lot more interesting, girlie." He placed his arm onto her shoulders as the silhouettes approached closer.
"Anna step away from him and we'll explain everything."
William responded, rather annoyed, "Earth to Scooby gang, you know as well as I do as long as she's human. I. Can't. Hurt. Her. Not that I'd want to, she shares my dislike for you Summers, I've made me a new friend."
Alex continued pleading to Anna, slowly making his way towards her, "Anna, please. Trust me," his arm extending out towards her, yearning to touch her, to protect her.
"Don't touch me Alex," the arm froze and he struggled to speak.
"Wh—, what?" Alex (Xander) didn't attempt to hide his confusion.
Buffy looked towards William (Spike) and in a flash of movement she ran to him, throwing a hard punch, which threw him off guard and onto the dirt ground. "What the hell did you do to her you piece of undead crap?" She began kicking him in the ribs furiously.
Anna was knocked into Xander's arms in the outburst. She struggled to break free of his hold and could feel his hands losing their grip of her. But stronger arms replaced them.
"Stop her! She's going to kill him! Alex, you have to stop her. Please." Anna watched in horror as Buffy continued hitting her new friend. "Let go of me, she has to be stopped before she kills him."
"It's too late for that," a quiet voice came from behind Anna.