Zabeth

Part 2

Buffy and Cordy stopped short when they reached the street lights.

"Are you crazy?" Cordy was shouting now, definitely hysterical and furious with her best friend. "What were you thinking Buff? He's a vamp"

Buffy looked frustrated and angry, her green eyes glared at her, "I know he's a vamp. The grrr thing kinda gave it away! Besides, I can kick ass and you know it! "

Cordy sighed and rolled her eyes, "If your sis will find out she's going to kill you, literally KILL you! "

"I can take care of myself, my sister is not the only one who can fight you know"

"But Faith is the only slayer; you know: the one with the actual powers, the only slayer…""

"O.K already! Heard the speech many times from Giles". Buffy snapped, "It's not my fault that my old sister got to be the chosen one and all the blab bla bla".

Cordy smirked, "You know nineteen is not that old, you're just jealous that she went with Gunn to L.A"

"I am soo not"

Cordy pulled her towards their homes. They said their goodbyes and Buffy went to her home. The lights were on; at least she didn't have to watch over her whiney twelve year old sister Dawn.

She went inside and closed the door behind her.

"Hi mom, I'm home!""

"Hi honey we're in here! "

Her mom was sitting with her sister curled on the couch watching the television. Her father was reading his book not far from them.

"Hi guys, I'm just gonna go to my room, I'm tired"

Joyce and Hank smiled at her Dawn just ignored her.

She turned upstairs muttering to herself about how it wasn't fair that she was stuck at home with her parents and Dawn while Faith was in L.A probably clubbing and drinking.

"Searching for clues my ass" she mumbled, Giles was stupid enough to believe her and Gunn but Buffy wasn't buying her sister's lies.

"So what if I'm only sixteen? I can do clubin' I am the prom queen, the captain of my cheerleader team, I am not a freak like my sister!"

She heard the door bell and Dawn shouting "I'll get it! "

When she was about to take her clothe off and go to the shower, her mom asked her to come down, sounding pretty upset.

Buffy reluctantly went downstairs; from her mother's tone she realized that something must have angered her mom.

When she met her mother, Joyce looked upset all right and Buffy couldn't help thinking what have she done now.

Her mother folded her arms, scolding her with her eyes "Buffy, there's someone here to see you, he says he were with you at the club and he looks OLD".

Her mother was actually accusing her, well not direct as much as her using THAT tone with her, the educational one that was reserved for extreme situation, probably like this one.

'Ho no' Buffy thought, angrily, the guy she's met at the club, Riley; he was at college and probably followed her home, that was just great, just her luck!

She turned to the leaving room, seeing her dad angry as well. She sighed, "Riley, I told you…"her voice trailed off as she saw it wasn't Riley who was standing in front of her. It was him.

"Get away from him!" she screamed at her parents and Dawn , startling them in the process.

Hank looked puzzled, "Get away? From him? Why?"

Before she had a chance to explain Angelus grabbed Dawn by the neck and backed away with her.

"What's going on here? Let go of my daughter" demanded Hank.

"Daddy?" Dawn questioned her voice fading as she realized that she is in a real danger. She didn't know what's going on here but she felt that something was very wrong.

"He's a vampire" Buffy tried not to sound too panicked, "Dawn, why you let him in?" she accused.

Dawn was too scared to say anything, let alone explain herself. It didn't matter how he got in, he was in and Faith wasn't here to save them this time. Buffy couldn't just kick him because he was holding her sister and as much as she irritated Buffy at times it didn't matter now, Buffy would give her life willingly to save Dawn's.

"Hello there Buff" Angelus smirked; he changed in to game face, tightening his grip on poor whimpering Dawn.

Hank reached for the gun in his drawer and Angelus turned to him,

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" he warned deadly, "although it wouldn't help much" he mused sadistically.

Joyce and Hank stopped in their tracks, too frighten to move.

"Boys you can come in" Angelus ordered his minions in.

Buffy counted at least 6 vampires who entered the house, some of them grabbed Hank and Joyce while some tried to reach for Buffy, she managed to kick two of them and dust them.

Angelus was impressed with her, he knew she wasn't a slayer but the way she fought and moved were clearly taught from a real slayer, a slayer who trained her, a slayer who will be probably pissed off and deadly when she'll find out.

When she tried to dust the third vamp Angelus used his fangs to graze Dawn's neck.

Dawn screamed, Hank and Joyce gasped, Joyce pleaded with her eyes, asking Buffy not to do anything rush, anything that will risk their lives.

Buffy froze and let the vamps hold her, sighing in defeat.

"Now that's better "Angelus mussed.

"What do you want?" She demanded, she was frighten for her parents and Dawn's life more then her own but as her sister taught her she couldn't show any fear, regardless of the fact that he probably smelled her fear, she will not bend easily.

"That's quit simple Buff, I want you!"

"Please don't kill her" begged Joyce who couldn't stop her tears.

"I don't want to kill her…yet!" Angelus laughed, his laughter was cold and foreign in the nice, cozy leaving room.

"I…I don't understand" Buffy muttered, "What DO you want from me?"

"What I always wanted, you"

His words didn't make much sense to Buffy and her parents, he knew it, felt it but that was his point. He knew by now that this beautiful girl that was standing before him wasn't his submissive Elizabeth but still it was her, besides he did tell the truth now, he wanted her regardless.

"Do you know him?" Joyce asked, her voice held a certain amount of fear but Buffy could still sense some anger in her voice, an accusation.

"No Mom, God! I don't know him, I just saw him today at the Bronze, besides I wasn't the one to invite him in". She looked at Dawn who whispered sorry while a single tear slide down her cheek.

Buffy sent a reassuring smile at the scared girl.

"It's ok Dawnni,"

"How nice" Angelus growled, "now say goodbye to everyone Buff, we're leaving"

"No" Joyce and hank shouted in unison, "You are not taking her".

Angelus pierced Dawn's skin, only a scratch and the girl start sobbing.

"Stop!" Buffy screamed at him, "God, just… stop", her voice was trembling and her green eyes glistened with unshed tears.

"Just…don't hurt her, I'll go with you".

Angelus tossed Dawn to one of his minions to keep an eye until him and Buffy will leave.

He grabbed Buffy forcefully and she suppressed a sob.

She turned to look at her parents one last time, "its o.k., I'll be fine, don't worry".

They all knew that everything was but o.k. and they will probably never see Buffy again and Joyce couldn't do that, she couldn't let her daughter just leave with this…this monster but what could she do? Let Dawn die? At least Buffy had a fair chance of escaping him; she knew how to fight but Dawn…

"Buffy…" Joyce called desperately after them; her pain of loosing a daughter was hard and heartbreaking.

Angelus pulled Buffy to his luxury B.M.W and locked the doors.

"Ready to start your new life Buff?"

Buffy didn't say a word. Nothing made sense. Why did it happen to her? Why was he looking for her? She was just a girl, not too pretty or special, she wasn't a slayer, she didn't hold any threat to him or any other vampire, and she wasn't the one who patrolled at nights. She just dusted vampires when they tried to attack her.

She wanted to cry but was too frightened to do so, she didn't know what he wanted from her, vampires killed humans period, they didn't tortured or kidnapped them, they just sucked your blood and that was it. Giles told her, Cordy and their other friends; you wear a cross, keep a bottle of holy water, you never invite them in to your house and when you see one you run like hell and call Faith.

Well Faith wasn't here; she was in L.A having fun while she was stuck here with a psycho vamp who wanted God only knew what, with her.

Angelus watched her closely while she looked at the window. She looked exactly like his Zabeth but obviously she was younger, but not too young, a year maybe two.

It wasn't that what made the deference though, it was something else. He couldn't point his finger at but it was something.

Maybe it was the fact that she refused to cry so far, hell any other girl her age would be scared to death and cry hysterically but not her, she even tried to dust all his minions, a little smile appeared on his handsome face, his undead heart delighted in the mere thought of her by his side, her strength gave his a certain amount of pride he couldn't explain.

He wanted to know everything about her; what she liked to do, what she hated, well besides him.

Suddenly an unpleasant thought crossed his mind, he turned to her.

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

Buffy looked puzzled by his question. Why was he asking her such an odd question, a boyfriend? But she was smart after all and for some reason she knew that if the answer would be a yes then he would be upset, to say the least.

She wanted to irritate him despite the number one rule that was known to everyone, don't upset your kidnapper.

But Buffy was never the one to follow rules.

She looked at him smugly, "actually I have one, and he'll miss me".

She heard him growl, his jaw tightened and suddenly the air was awfully cold in the warm luxury car.

She shivered slightly but didn't back down, even when his cold gaze met her stubborn hazel- green eyes.

Angelus continued to drive, trying to ignore her remark, he couldn't expect her to be a nun she was pretty and probably popular, girls like her do not stay alone for long. It didn't mean there won't be hell to pay.

Buffy saw his expression change from fury to realization. She knew pushing her luck was a lousy bet but she couldn't resist and maybe if she'll upset him enough he will make a mistake and she'll take the opportunity to escape.

"You know", she turned to him, "I know that Scott is my first boyfriend but I think he was upset that he wasn't MY first, if you know what I mean?" she smiled innocently. They were all lies but she didn't care.

Angelus stopped the car abruptly, pushing hard on the brakes startling Buffy who clutched her hands to her chest.

His eyes turned gold and his demeanor screamed killer.

What if she pushed him too far over the edge? What if he'll kill her or worst, turn her?

"Get out!" he said motionless.

Buffy gulped and refused to move.

"Get the fuck out!" he roared.

Buffy squeaked and opened the door quickly. That was it that was her chance to escape, before he'll do something.

She started running from him, as fast as she can, but it was dark and no car was passing by, she just ran blindly towards the bushes at the side of the road, never daring to look behind her, to see if he's there.

She could hear her heartbeat going fast, her chest hurt from the sudden effort and her lungs hurt every time she tried to breath.

She stopped abruptly when she realized he wasn't chasing her.

Catching her breath, trying to sooth her fears to steady her breathing she suddenly found her self flat on the ground and him hovering above her.

TBC