Chapter 6

Three months had passed since Angel joined with Tara. It was extremely hard to convince Tara that the both of them had a destiny to fulfill, but after her aunt talked to her and told her what her new destiny held, she reluctantly agreed.

True to Cordelia's word, Tara gained the powers of a vampire. The speed, strength, senses, all of them were at her disposal. Except she ws a bit stronger then a normal vampire. The only thing was when she tried to use the speed and strength, she would burn out pretty quickly. Tara already had the moves but without her body being conditioned, she could hurt herself or get herself killed. Besides Angel wouldn't let her patrol yet without knowing that she would be safe.

So her aunt Megan had the idea of making her join the local kung-fu chapter, led under Master Tao. Tara quickly became Master Tao's star pupil and he often told her that he could sense an old spirit inside of her. Whenever Tara wasn't training or relaxing with Angel, her aunt would teach her magick.

Not all of it was white magic though, like healing spells and levitation. Some of it was dark magic like making fire balls and producing lightning. Angel didn't like the idea of Megan teaching Tara things like that but for the things he had planned, she would need all of the advantage as she could get. Besides Tara was a natural at the magick's stuff. She wouldn't be so easily led by the magick's, she could control herself.

Angel then had Megan open up a bank account for Tara. Not knowing why she reluctantly did so.(She was reluctant to do so because neither her or Tara had that much money.) As Tara called a number that Angel whispered into her mind, he talked through her in his own voice.

It seems that when Angelus was around he killed alot of rich people in Europe. With the money he got from them he set up a bank account for himself. (Didn't you ever wonder how Angel could afford all that stuff in the show. I had to do some research to find this stuff out.) When he became Angel however he had Whistler take out a certain amount, so he could get started on his destiny.

But the thing was he still had over 500,000 dollars still left in the account. By using his voice through Tara he had the bank transfer 100,000 over to her account. He wanted Tara to be prepared for the things that go bump in the night and also he wanted her to have nice things. As he was inside of her body he had access to her memories and he saw how bad they were.

Megan finally made it down to the front door under it's constant pounding. As she opened the door she saw Father Caleb along with what seemed to be monks. What was odd about them though was that they had their hoods over their heads so she couldn't see their faces.

"Hello Father Caleb." Megan tried to sound cheerful, but she was a bit creeped out. "What brings you by?"

"Well me and my boys were just in the neighborhood and I decided to check on sweetpea." he replied with an easy smile.

"Well ahhh....Tara isn't here right now. She'll be back later on today. Maybe you can come back later." she said as she started to close the door.

"I'm sorry...." Caleb said as he stopped the door from closing with his foot. "but this message has to be delivered right away." he said with an evil grin. Pushing Megan back into the house, he and his boys entered her home. After a few seconds, Megans screams filled the house.

As the bringers took the mutilated body of Megan away, Caleb sat down on her couch and propped his feet up on the the coffee table. Part of his first mission for the first had gone successful and he felt good about it.

The first had sensed something wrong. It sensed something good and just not right in general coming from this house. Caleb immediately thought that it must be Tara, because when he first met her, he felt something different and special about her.

As Caleb sat there on the couch a bright light emanted, making him snap out of his musings. Looking up he saw the fiery visage of what looked to be a man. Even though the face wasn't speaking it was still communicating with him. It was commanding him to leave.

With fear evident in his eyes, Caleb stood and slowly walked to the door. Knowing full well who the being is now he runs to his truck and drives off. leaving the three bringers behind.

It was nightfall when Tara finally made it home. After her final lesson from Master Tao, her and Angel went shopping. With the money she now had in her account she bought alot of new clothes and a leather duster.

As she opened the door to the house she paused. The house was silent, a little too silent. As she walked over the treshold she began to look around. Not seeing anything unusual or out of place in the living room, she went to another room and another.

As she walked past the upstairs bathroom she saw small trickles of a red substance on the carpet. Using her vampiric senses she took a whiff of it and determined that it was blood. With shaky hands she opened the bathroom and nearly fainted at what she saw.

There was blood everywhere. The floor, the walls, and even the bathroom mirror were covered with blood. What was wierd was that the shower curtains were drawn up. Ignoring all of her bodies protest's (including Angel's) to run, she slowly walked up to the curtains.

Before she was able to draw the curtains open, she felt a presense behind her. Turning she jumped back just in time to avoid a knife slash. Looking up at her would be attacker she see's that it's a monk with a curved knife in his hands.

As he tries another slash, Tara grabs his dagger hand, pulls him close and then punches him in the neck. Instantly knocking him unconcious. Looking over the limp form of the monk she was holding onto, she see's two more of them standing at the door.

But this time she get's a good look at the monk. It has no eyes, but instead has runes branded in the flesh where eyes should be.

'Tara kill these guys' Angel whispered into her mind.

'I can't. These guys are human' she thought back to him.

'Tara I don't remember everything about my past or future or .....whatever..... but just trust me these guys aren't human.'

Their mental conversation only lasted about a few seconds. Her decision made, she snapped the bringers neck that she was holding. Before he fell to the ground she grabbed the knife out of his hand. As if provoked by her sudden action, the bringers slowly walked into the small room.

Tara manages to throw one bringer against the wall, but it bounces back, almost stabbing her through the gut with his knife. Tara then kicks the bringer in the stomach making it lean over, then she spins across his back, and kicks the other bringer. Going with the momentum she turns plunges the dagger in the first bringer and without even turning she throws the dagger and it impales the one that was behind her.

After a moment of steeling herself, she leans over by the toliet and begins to vomit. After nothing more would come out of her, she sank to her knees and began to cry. Without having to be told she knew what was behind the curtains. With shaky legs she walked down to the living room and called the police, for it seemed that her mission had just begun.

tbc...