Disclaimer: I only own Ash all other characters and places belong to Joss Whedon. Well uhh, you'll learn a lot of stuff in this chapter like who in the hell is Ash and stuff.
Angel walked, shivering, down the street. It would have been smart for Angel too have gotten a jacket or at least a sweater before he left Buffy's. He felt the front of the black shirt. Useless. He thought to himself. The shirt was useless in this weather; it had been soaked by blood that had seeped through the gauss that was used to cover his wounds. Useless. He thought to himself again. That's exactly what he was. If he was useful none of his friends would be dead, he would be human not Spike.
He was suddenly broken out of his train of thought when a bright light began heading his way. Before Angel could even dodge the vehicle coming towards him, it had sped past him. The driver of the motorbike grabbed his arm and flung him onto the back of the bike. Angel was still in shock at what had happened.
"You alright?" Asked the driver who appeared to be Ash.
"I thought you couldn't drive." Angel replied in shock. He didn't realize that his arms were tightly wrapped around her waist.
"Do you mind loosening your grip?" She asked as she made the engine speed up. "I would've actually stopped but we're being closely followed." Angel looked behind him and saw two more bikes speeding up next to her. Ash whipped out two guns from her jacket. The two bikes sped up beside her, one of them Angel recognized from Wolfram and Hart.
"What the hell is going on?" Angel asked.
"Do you know how to drive a bike?" Ash asked.
"What?"
"Do you know how to drive a bike!" Ash yelled at Angel.
"Yeah" He finally replied.
"Good"
The two other bikes sped up to be right beside hers. Ashe placed one of her feet on the side of the bike and pushed off with it. She went spiraling through the air and landed on one of the bikes. She shot the driver point blank in the head and through his body over the side of the bike; she jumped down and drove forward. Angel just watched in awe as Ash got into a road fight with the other biker. The other biker began to shoot at Ash, she pressed the breaks and let gravity do the rest. The bike flipped upwards into the air, she used the bikes positioning to launch her forward. She flew forward faster than the bikes and gracefully landed on two feet. She materialized a long katana out of a small pocket on the back of her jacket. She ran forward a few steps but before the driver could do anything the sword had already torn through all off the bike, leaving the driver dead.
Angel stopped the bike right in front of Ash and got off of it in shock. He saw the other biker wasn't actually dead. Ashriel stood over his body her gun outstretched.
" Rhea, you'll pay for this. The senior partners won't stop until your back in their position" he said all bloody and mangled.
" Well I think that's too bad for them. Because I don't plan on going back to Wolfram and Hart and I really don't plan on going all the way to hell to see them." With that said she cocked the gun and pulled the trigger. She turned around to see Angel inches away from her. The look on his face was stern and angered.
"What the hell is going on?" he asked her.
" I'll tell you when we get out of here." She said and turned to get on the bike. Angel grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"Angel, of we sit around we're going to run into more employees. Wolfram And Hart recovered from your outburst. The apocalypse was stopped but the senior partners are waiting for you in hell. If they find you they'll kill you." Ash said and they got onto the bike and drove away.
They pulled up to a small apartment building. One of the ones that only has about six apartments. Ash led Angel into the apartment building and down to the basement level. She stopped when she saw an old woman coming out of her apartment.
"Oh, hello Rhea. I was just feeding Argus he seemed hungry." The old woman said as she looked at Ash.
"Oh, thank you" Replied Ash. As she stepped down and opened the door to her apartment.
" And who is this dashing young man?" Asked the elderly woman.
" This is" Ash thought for a moment before replying. "Liam" Angel looked at her in shock. He hadn't heard that name in decades.
"An Irish lad eh? Well be careful Rhea they can be a handful." She replied with a chuckle. Rhea waved goodnight as the old woman went into her apartment. She and Angel walked into the other apartment and closed the door.
"What the hell is going on?" Angel snarled.
" Where to start. Well first of all, my name is Rhea not Ashriel. I called myself that around Buffy because if she knew who I was it would have placed her into danger. You see I'm actually from a vault in Wolfram and Hart. I've been around since Illyria, well part of me anyway. It's hard to explain." Rhea tried explaining to Angel as she went and sat down on the sofa. Angel went and sat beside her "Try me" he replied.
"Well all of the memories, abilities, everything that Illyria's rival had, were passed onto me. I was put into a comatose state until you became part of the black thorn."
"Which I did"
"But you also killed the others and pretty much annihilated the LA law firm. So I was going to be transported from the basement to a different place, but in order to move me I had to be taken out of my comatose state. So I made my escape. So I'm 18 but I have the memories of something that is thousands of years old." Rhea replied.
"Why would telling Buffy your name out her in danger?" Angel asked. This was very confusing.
"Because Wolfram And Hart knew that when I disappeared Giles and her were researching my disappearance. If she knew that it was me then she would have called Giles." Rhea replied.
"Knowing Wolfram And Hart, all of his calls would have been monitored. So if you just escaped how did you get this apartment?"
"I was taking school here, this is my apartment. My neighbor took care of all my stuff while I was away." Rhea replied. "Argus!" she called. A beautiful husky came bounding through the hallway to the left of where Angel was sitting. The husky was pure white with icy blue eyes; it walked into the room and sat in front of Rhea. She scratched behind its ears and rubbed its belly before proceeding to tell him to lie down.
" Hungry at all?" She asked as she got up and walked into the kitchen. Angel heard the fridge door open and close. "That's weird. There's a supposed letter from my mom, but that's not her signature on the envelope." Rhea walked out and placed read it while standing at the foot of the sofa. She tossed Angel the envelope to see if he recognized the handwriting. Rhea pulled open the folded writing and read the letter it read.
To Rhea,
Wolfram and Hart has taken the honors of filling your fridge with fresh pigs blood, and putting in sun protective windows. Since we don't know the conditions quite yet of the effects of the creature inside of you. We figured it would be best to do this as soon as possible.
Yours truly,
Lindsey
"Well then" Rhea began. " That explains the blood. Oh well they were two years away of fully placing whatever the hell it is, inside of me. So I can survive the sin and I don't drink blood."
"What?" Angel asked confused. Rhea tossed him the note. Angel looked at her confused. " You've been in that vault in comatose since Lindsey was-"Rhea cut him off before responding. "A lawyer. Before you even showed up in LA"
"Can I have some of that blood?" Angel asked.
"Yeah go for it… as a matter of fact. You can have all of it." Rhea replied. Her and Angel both headed for the kitchen. Angel opened the fridge to pull out some blood as Rhea grabbed some spaghetti noodles from the cupboard above Angel's head. Too short. Angel reached up and grabbed them for her.
"Thanks" she replied with a smile. "So you got anywhere to stay?"
"Nope, not until I find another haunted hotel."
" Well you could always stay here you know. I have an endless supply of Pigs blood, and sun proof windows."
" Really? I don't want to impose" He replied.
"Just don't get blood on the carpet." She replied with a smile.
A/N: Alright well, al the stuff that isn't fully explained in this story will be explained in the next chapter. So like Xander and Buffy- I'm getting to that and Hopefully Spike is going to be introduced in the next chapter. Hope you like it. R&R and tell me what to improve on.