The Crypt

Spike paces around in circles in his crypt with furrowed eyebrows and needs to burn energy. He's been gone too long, it's already bloody day out. Something's up. He finally sits down in his chair and turns on his T.V, flipping through his three channels over and over again. He turns it off.

"You need to stop being so tense." Angel whispers in Spike's ear. Spike jumps out of the chair and whirls around.

"You bloody twit. Where the hell have you been?" Spike takes a few cautious steps toward Angel.

"What are you, my mother? I was out all night, and yet, you find that odd. I'm touched, really." Angel sits in Spike's chair smiling.

"Oh sod off you arrogant bastard." Spike grumbles and leans against the wall. " I thought maybe the Slayer had a go at you, she is stronger then most."

Angel laughs, "Don't worry Spikey, She would have a hell of a time trying to kill moi." He points at him self and stands up. He walks over to Spike and claps him on the back. "Jeeze, your paler than usually, have you fed?" Angel turns Spike toward the sewer hole. "I'll take you to a place where I've kept a little surprise. Believe me, you'll like it." It will be the last surprise you'll ever get.

"Right peaches. Your full of it you know. But sure, I'll go alone with it for now. After all, a little surprise could be worth all the trouble." Spike jumps down the hole.

Angel smirks to himself. "And there will be trouble." Then jumps down the hole after Spike.

Riley

Riley walks down the sunny street to Cordelia's house, not being totally forgiven yet. I better make this good.

"Hey, um, Riley?"

Riley stops and turns around slowly. " Buffy! What are you doing here?" Riley walks up to Buffy and looks around, making sure Cordelia wasn't coming from her house. He takes Buffy's arm and leads her in the opposite direction.

'I…I was thinking about what you said. I, I would like to meet this friend of yours, I need to know who Spike is, what he can do. Could you set up a meeting for me?" Buffy asks hopefully, stopping and looking right at him.

Riley looks at her face and could almost pity her. Almost. Suddenly a sharp pain cut through his brain. He doubles over and cries out. She'll have so much to lose. And she'll be out of the way. You do want that, don't you Riley? Tell her to meet me at the factory. Then it was gone, and like before, only a slight headache remained.

"Riley! Are you all right?" Buffy asks frantically. Hey just cause I don't like the guy, doesn't mean I can't be descent. Buffy grabs hold of Riley's shoulder and gives him a slight shake. "Riley? You okay?"

Riley straightens up and rubs his temple. " I'm fine, it's just and old football injury that acts up every now and then, don't worry about it. Look, you want to meet my mast-, uh, friend, you'll have to go to that old factory on the south side of town."

"Right. Thanks." Buffy turns to go with an odd look on her face.

Riley grabs her arm and spins her around. "Wait, you'll have to go tonight, He works during the day." Sure, he works.

Angel stops suddenly and can tell that Riley is calling him with his mind. "Hey Spike, go on, I saw a rat just a few seconds ago."

"A little eager mate?" Spike asks with a smile over his shoulder.

"What? I feel peckish." Angel retorts. Spike turns and keeps walking. Angel closes his eyes and probes for Riley's mind. Finally he reaches it and opens his eyes, only to be looking through Riley's. The Slayer. Angel grits his teeth. She's so unaware. How pleasent. He listens.

"-like to meet this friend of yours, I need to know who Spike is, what he can do. Could you set up a meeting for me?" Angel closes his eyes again. She'll have so much to lose. And she'll be out of the way. You do want that, don't you Riley? Tell her to meet me at the factory. Then he opens his eyes, and looks down. He picks up a rat.

The Magic Shop

"I'm telling you Giles, it's uber weird. He was all normal one second, then going all foaming at the mouthish. Plus, he was about to call this friend of his 'master', and, this friend wants to meet me in an abandoned factory at night. Can I take 'creatures of the night for 1000' and say Vampire?" Buffy picks up the bow and an arrow, and aims it at the target. She lets the arrow go and hits the outer ring.

"Well, I suppose. What I don't understand is how Riley's, um, fit, was connected to his slip up on the 'master' word, and how could he know exactly what factory it was for you to go. Maybe his fit was just, well, a fit. Lower your elbows." Giles picks up the book he was reading and flips through it.

"Blood bonding." Buffy says, once again aiming and letting the arrow go, but lowering her elbows. It hits the bulls eye just barley. "Not the best but HA, and I bet I could do it again." Buffy smiles and looks at Giles, who is looking at her surprised. " What? It's not like it was impossible for me to hit it."

"What? Oh, no not that. What did you say before?" Giles asks putting down his book and walking toward his shelf.

Buffy slowly looks over at Giles. "Wait, you mean, you didn't know? You, you actually didn't know something? I need to write this down. You know, it's times like these that make me feel so good." Buffy smiles and aims at the target again, hitting the outer ring from the bulls eye. " I had my elbows lowered." She mumbles.

Giles looks at her evenly. " You don't need to rub it in, I admit there are some things that even I don't know. Where did you learn this? Tighten your back."

"With Doug. He was blood bound once, he told me all about it and it wasn't very fun. The only way to get unbound is buy killing the vampire who did it." With Buffy frowning, she pulls back on the string with arrow in place, aims carefully, and lets it go. It hits dead centre. " I may not like Riley in any particular way, but if this vampire guy blood bound him, he's dust." Buffy tosses Giles the bow and walks toward the door. " It's in volume two of, 'The Vampyr's Guide to a Perfect Eternity.' Then look under the section with enslaving others in over 200 ways. Look in the B's. I've got to go pick up Dawn so bye Giles!" Buffy calls over her shoulder before shutting the door.

Giles just looks at the door with a blank stare. "So, she isn't totally hopeless." Then he puts on his glasses, and walks to the back with a sigh.