A little haunting can go a long way

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Glorifica looked down at her neatly pedicured feet and smiled at her handmaiden vampire.

"That'll do, now go and eat" Glorifica said, dismissing the vampire and admired her work.

"I can't believe you indulge like humans" Spike said as he drank some brandy, watching the vampire leaving and closed the door behind her.

"You've got to admit they do have the right stuff down" Glorifica said as she wiggled her toes in delight "And if I'm not mistaken your indulging like them as well" she pointed towards his brandy.

"This" he points to the brandy "Isn't a human invention, drinking was originally formed by me"

"Some how I have to believe that" Glorifica said "After the amount I've seen you drink I wouldn't be surprised"

"That's because when I'm bored I drink" Spike said "Speeds up time and gives me something to do"

"How in hell can you be the right hand man of the First if you do that all the time" Glorifica said as she rolled her eyes.

"Jealous?" Spike smirked.

"Not really" Glorifica said.

A vampire came in and bowed towards Glorifica and said "Your most brightest stars of the heavens, the your loyal men have returned with the ingredients you need"

"'Bout time! I've been waiting for them since last night" Glorifica growled as she got up "Let them in"

At her word a three vampires came in with bits and pieces of ingredients.

"Where are the others?" Glorifica asked as she watched them bow down to her.

"They have been slayed by two men, we did not know that the shopkeeper had been protection" a vampire said not looking into her eyes.

"Five of my best vampies were killed by humans?" Glorifica said.

"They were not human, they were strong and fast. We barely got out with the ingredients" the vampire said.

"Which shop is this?" Glorifica asked, narrowing her eyes.

"The Magic Box" the vampire said.

"Didn't I tell you the slayer hangs around that place?" she said menacingly.

"Yes, but the ingredients could be only found there and so we made a grab for it before she would come back" the vampire desperately explained.

Placing one manicured finger under the vampire chin and lifted it up to so she could see eye to eye "If you worms disappoint me again" she whispered "I won't be so nice and show you mercy since your last of my best okay?" she grabbed his face and pulled him up into the air above her "Don't screw this up" she growled before she unceremoniously dropped him.

"GILES! GILES! GILES!" Willow shouted as she ran through the Magic Box.

Anya immediately runs up to Willow "Shhhh!" Anya said "You'll scare away the potential customers" she looks carefully at her face before she made assumptions, another Xander lesson she learnt "What's wrong?"

"I've got to speak to Giles Anya, I keep on seeing Ta-" she froze, letting her whole body quake in fear as her widening eyes were set on Tara's angry ones.

"Go on lover" Tara said walking up to her "Tell her"

Anya looks in Willow direction and can't see anyone and so she turns back confused "Willow what's wrong?"

"Y-yes tell her" Tara said "How you let me die"

"I didn't" Willow said.

"Didn't what?" Anya looked very confused.

"But you did" Tara said.

"Stay here and I'll get Giles" Anya said as she hurried to the basement.

"Those were the e-exact same words you left me w-with" Tara said "How c-could you, I thought you l-loved me"

"I did, I still do Tara" Willow said.

"Then why did you leave me for him?" Tara said.

"How could you say that? You knew how I felt about Oz" Willow said.

"If you loved me, you wouldn't have left me and I would still be alive" Tara said.

"I know and I wish everyday that it was me" Willow said.

"Liar! Everything you say is a lie" Tara said hurtfully.

"Willow who are you talking to?" Giles asked as he appeared with Anya.

"I'm talking to Tara" Willow said but when she looked back at her ex-lover she was gone.

"Tara is dead Willow" Giles said "Are you alright?"

"I am and she was right there" Willow pointed to the place were Tara once was.

"I think it's time for a scoobie meeting" Anya said.

Angelus waited patiently on the bed of Buffy's room, well dorm room since she wanted to change her clothes and since they were going to meet up with Willow in the courtyard there it would have been quicker and easier too. Twiddling his thumbs he waited for the go ahead before he could turn around and face her.

"Buffy, y'know you don't have to look fancy for me" Angelus said "I like the clothes you were wearing before"

"Yeah but I've worn these shoes yesterday and there dirty and if I change the shoes I've got to change the whole cloth wear" Buffy said "No peeking!" she said when Angelus gave off the slight movement to turn around and give her a look.

"I don't peek" Angelus said, having that same previous dilemma with the shower before, I'm in the same damn room she's dressing behind me, I'm in hell!

"You don't peek?" Buffy asked sceptically "You have the ability to go all invisible and you don't peek?"

"No" Angelus said honestly.

"You're not tempted?" Buffy asked shyly.

"No" Angelus said But I'm beginning to

"Is it a rule?" Buffy asked.

"No" Angelus said.

"So you're saying there are pervey angels out there" Buffy said.

"Oh no, no, no" Angelus chuckled "Some of us just admire the human body"

"In other words they're perves" Buffy said.

"No, they admire the human body because it's so fragile yet beautiful at the same time, like snow" Angelus said "Beautiful when it falls from the sky yet fragile when fire comes along and melts it"

"You've been reading too many poetry books" Buffy said.

"No, just observant" Angelus said.

"So you have seen naked humans" Buffy teased.

"Only circumstances and by accident" Angelus said honestly.

"Accidents?" Buffy said.

"When they suddenly turn around, it dose make an angel blush when you humans suddenly bare all" Angelus said.

"Hey!" Buffy exclaimed as she threw Mr Gordo into the back of his head, only to make him laugh "So you've watched me shower and change, you pervey angel!"

"No, I haven't" Angelus laughed "I've been good, but it's been pretty hard"

"So you were tempted to look at me?" Buffy asked crawled onto the bed behind him and slide her arms around his shoulders.

"Very" Angelus said and swallowed when she began to slowly kiss his neck in all the right places.

"Why?" Buffy asked curiously between kisses "There's nothing to see"

"Slayers are known to be beautiful" Angelus stated "But with all the previous slayers combined they can't match you. So there is something to see"

"So why don't you see me" Buffy cooed into his ear, slowly letting a hand caress his chest.

"Buffy, you shouldn't be doing that" Angelus said trying very hard to control his urges.

"Doing what? Checking if you're real?" Buffy said as her hand wondered lower, attentively showing loving caresses.

"I am real" Angelus said struggling with his desires as they grew.

"How would I know that?" Buffy said "I've already lost someone; I don't want to lose you too"

"You won't" Angelus said softly, closing his eyes as he pleaded with himself.

"But you could lose me" Buffy said "I am the slayer"

"Slayers are strong" Angelus said.

"But for how long?" Buffy said "I won't know" she pulled his face to meet hers and kissed gently on the lips.

"Willow would be waiting" Angelus said as she pulled him closer, he had no idea why he wouldn't push her off, run out of the dorm and dive into the coldest river he could find.

"Willow can wait" Buffy said letting her kisses become siren calls for him.

"Buffy" Angelus whispered trying to figure out what to say to stop this from happening but her lips seemed to lit up his passion for her.

"Please" Buffy whined as smoothly moved to straddled his thighs, kissing him with all the pent up frustrations, lust and want.

"We can't" Angelus said, opening his eyes to beautiful bluey-green ones pleading for her to take mercy on him.

"We can" Buffy said as pushed him down on the bed.

Kissing down from his chin to his neck to his chest she began to un-button his shirt and with each piece of flesh was revealed she was in awe as she kissed it. Angelus pulled her back up to his lips and rolled her onto her back with him on top, consequences be damned! He moved lifted his head and watched her reactions as he moved his left hand down her body and rest on her thigh while the other held the back of her head. Buffy placed one hand on his chest sprayed across his warm heart then tenderly scratched it, leaving a trail of lines there, her marks.

She knew what he was doing, just checking if she would change her mind but for his reward she brought him back to her lusty lips. Cradled between her legs she finished un-buttoning his shirt, leaving his bare chest to explore. Smoothly Angelus ran his free hand back down from her thigh to her hip then under her shirt, tracing her curves lightly. She moaned, enjoying his warm hand caressing her body like she was gold or something. Wishing he could do more she began to pull up her shirt, un-covering more flesh for his hungry eyes to see.

Then Buffy's phone went off.

Glorifica watched her vampire minion's chant and when spell was over the map that lay between the three vampires gave off a glowing spear over a certain point.

"Go get it at sunset" Glorifica commanded, smiling like a cat in cream.

"What took you guys so long?" Xander asked a Buffy came in with Angelus.

All of the gang was sitting in a nice circle around the table with Xander sitting between Anya and Cordelia, Doyle sitting next to Cordelia and Gunn who was sitting next to Oz with Willow securely on his lap. Giles was the only one standing up since it was a tight fit around the table.

"Our hands were full" Angelus said.

"Or you two were in the middle of smoochies" Xander said.

"What?" Doyle looked dumb folded as he looked at both Angelus and Buffy.

"I second that" Gunn said, then said through his thoughts "It's against the rules Angelus, what were you thinking?"

"I couldn't help it, would you resist her?" Angelus said back through his thoughts.

"Boyo this is bad, ya know what the Oracles would do to ya if they found out" Doyle thought-said

"They could already know" Gunn thought-said "You know what they're like, all mystery and know it alls"

"They don't mind humans" Angelus protestingly thought-said.

"Yeah humans, she's different. She's a slayer" Doyle argued back thought-said.

"Are you guys doing a starring completion? Cause I've got my vote one tall, dark and broody here" Cordelia said "Of course that would count for all of you"

"Oh do shut up Cordelia" Giles said as he pinched the top of his nose in annoyance.

"Well now that we're all here, can someone please tell me what's wrong with Willow?" Xander said.

"Apparently Willow has seen the ghost form of Tara" Giles said.

"Well that can't be good" Xander said then turned to Willow "You alright Will?"

"Don't bother Xander, ever since Oz came in she hasn't said a peep" Anya said bluntly.

"Nothin?" Doyle asked.

"Not even a syllable" Anya said "It's like he turned her off"

Everyone looked at Oz who shrugged; the scoobie gang knew that Oz wouldn't have hurt Willow in any way possible. She was precious to him.

"I don't know what's going on with her" Oz said "She had a nightmare about Tara last night, I didn't know it would escalade from that"

"She had a nightmare about her?" Giles asked.

"Yes" Oz said.

"I-I've never heard of ghosts haunting someone in their dreams let alone nightmares" Giles said he looked at the angels hopefully "Would you know anything about it?"

"The only one I can think of is Freddy Kruger" Doyle said.

"What about the Aurelius case?" Angelus reminded his friend.

"That one doesn't count" Doyle said.

"Why not?" Angelus asked.

"Mr Aurelius's soul was ripped in two" Doyle said.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that" Angelus said "What happened to him?"

"Why do ya think Kruger was invented?" Doyle smirked.

"I can think of one" Gunn said after a moments pause.

"What is it?" Doyle asked.

"Remember Lilly?" Gunn said.

"That one doesn't count" Angelus said "She did that once to say her goodbyes to her boyfriend before she left him and Oz said Willow had a nightmare about her, not a happy go lucky dream"

"Could be Melaina is havin one of her tantrums" Gunn said.

"Melaina?" Giles asked "I've heard of her isn't she the goddess of nightmares?"

"Well one of them" Angelus muttered.

"Why would she have a go at Willow?" Xander glared at him.

"Melaina let nightmares ruled across Sunnydale once" Doyle said "After she saw what that coach did to that boy and that boy went into a coma, why the hell not?"

"She let all the nightmares rule that day" Giles said.

Doyle shrugged "You live on a Hellmouth, what were you expecting? Plus gods and goddesses are very unpredictable in what they do"

"Point taken" Giles said "But as Xander has pointed out why Willow? And why is Tara being cruel to her?"

"Tara may have asked the wrong Goddess for help and now she may have absorbed bad stuff" Doyle said, then turned to Gunn as he stood up "Well Laddy, feel like a trip to the underworld?"

"Sure, haven't got anything better to do" Gunn said as he stood up beside Doyle.

"What about me?" Angelus asked.

"Sorry boyo, but you've got responsibilities remember" Doyle said.

"What's so cool about the underworld?" Anya said "There's a lot of dead people there"

"They've redecorated" Doyle said "I heard they opened a new bar there"

"Is the Underworld some kind of night club for the dead?" Buffy asked surprised.

"Nah, most of it has wacky stuff there" Doyle said "Plus the furies and the weavers, gotta love them babes"

"Just bring back a nymph if you go into the bars there" Angelus said depressingly.

"Nymph?" Buffy asked curiously.

"It's a drink" Angelus said "Very sweet but almost tangy"

"Well see ya Angelus" Doyle said and with Gunn they disappeared.

"Oz why don't you take Willow back to your dorm? Maybe go through the park if you can, it's very peaceful at this time" Giles suggested to Oz "Maybe it would cheer Willow up"

"Okay" Oz said as he set Willow to her feet and began to guide her to the outside world.

"Buffy, Angelus I want you two to patrol tonight" Giles said "See if you could find anything"

"What would you like us to do in the mean time" Angelus asked.

"Well I've got classes in twenty minute" Buffy said "You may as well come with me since you're my guardian"

"Guess that means more boring research" Xander moaned.

"Not if we're having sex in the basement like the last time" Anya said making Angelus and Cordelia cringe; everyone else was so use to Anya's bluntness it was second nature for them to ignore.

"Anya we've talked about this" Xander said quietly to his girlfriend "You keep everything to yourself what we do in the bed"

"But we were in the basement" Anya said a bit confused "That wasn't in the bed"

"He means keep your mouth shut about sex" Cordelia said.

"Applause for Cordelia Chase everyone" Xander sarcastically as he clapped his hands in the same manner "Y'know I was going for tact but your answer seemed to be so inspiring to me. So much I would like to-"

"Not not Xand" Buffy interrupted him making him stop clapping then turn to Cordelia "You going to do some research?"

"Well since I have no money for a manicure or clothes and Doyle has left me with you losers I guess I'll have to go into research mode" Cordelia huffed.

"Go team" Xander dryly said.

TBC…

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