"Do you want to short or long verison?" Alexa asked as she looked over at them. "Either way, it's not going to matter much. The past is behind us now, not much we can do about it." She got to her feet and went over to look out the window. "I haven't seen sunlight for a very long time."
"Remember important dates for a history test," a voice called out, and Alexa spun around to face Harmony. "Hello, I'm Harmony."
"You're a vampire," Alexa said, as she looked at Harmony's clothing. "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to see if Angel needed something," Harmony replied, as she began to slowly back away towards the door. "I'll check back later."
"How has she made it so long without being dusted?" Alexa asked, as she sat back down next to Spike. "She doesn't seem evil enough to be a vampire."
"Let's get back to the subject at hand," Spike said, as Angel leaned back on his desk looking at Alexa. "Start from right after Darla put the curse on."
"Do I have too?"
"Yes, love, you do."
"Fine." Alexa jumped to her feet and began to pace. "This shall be an interesting tale for me to tell."
Flashback
"Darla, help me!" Alexa screamed, as she yanked the arrow from her side, and tried to free her self from the trap that was around her ankles. "You can't leave me here to die. They'll kill me for sure."
"I don't really care if they do," Darla said, as she shot her a fake smile. "Good bye Alexa." Darla then linked arms with Angelus, and they started to walk away.
"Liam, help me," Alexa cried out, as she struggled to get to her feet but could not. "William? Dru?"
"They can't hear or see you," Dru said, as she came up next to her and shot her an evil smile. "They really don't remember you either. This way is for the best. The nice mob gets to play dolly with you, and we get to leave."
"You can't leave me here to die." Alexa then looked into the face of Spike and horror filled her face when she realized that he didn't recognize her. "How could you do this to me?"
"You took Spike's attention and love away from me," Dru said, as she slipped an arm around one of Spike's. "We should follow Darla and Angelus. They are leaving us behind." Spike then turned and followed Darla and Angelus, leaving Alexa still trapped to the ground. "Good bye."
Present Day
Both Spike and Angel were without words as Alexa tried to gather up some more strength to finish this hearth wrecking tale. "That must have been horrible for her to see me look at her and not recognize who she was," Spike said, as he watched her pace some more. "That's got to make you feel empty inside."
"I'm sure that it does," Angel said, as he sat down next to Spike.
"Yeah, it does," Alexa said, as she stopped pacing. "Sorry about that. Let's finish."
Flashback
Alexa didn't have time to spare feeling sad that neither Angelus or Spike was going to help her and fear was setting in as she sense the angry mob getting closer to her. "Okay, girl, think about your training," she said to herself, as she reached for a dagger that was lying just out of her reach. "This isn't my day."
A body launched at her, and she grabbed the hilt of the dagger. She swung around and cut the man's arm. "You evil being," he sneered as he started to get to his feet after falling off of her. Alexa took the time to cut the ropes around her ankles. "How dare you attack me?"
"I should be asking you the same question," Alexa sneered back, as she quickly got to her feet and brushed off her skirt. "But I really don't have the time for mindless chit chat." She then bolted away from the man and into the woods that surrounded the west side of the village. She stopped for a moment to gather her bearings then took off again. She headed for the cliffs surrounding the vast cove, knowing that there were multiple caves that she could hide in, until she was ready to come up with a way of getting her away from the village.
Present Day
"Angel, we got us some trouble," Gunn said, as he busted into the room. "Major Demonic problems."
"Lex, we'll finish this later," Angel said, as he followed Gunn out of the room. "What we got?"
"A group of demons demanding that we release their queen to us," Wesley said, as he nursed a wound on his face. "They say that the young vampire known as Alexa took their queen from them."
"I did not," Alexa said, as she came out of the room. "I haven't killed any demons for a very long time."
"You pissed off the wrong person," the Demon sneered at Alexa as it lunged at her and she slammed a fist into its chest knocking it to the floor.
"I got that part." The Demon lunged at her, only to have her move aside and it crashed into the door. "And also the fact that you need to work on your fighting skills a little bit more."
"You will die for what you did to our queen to be." That got Alexa to frown as he attacked her again and this time was able to strike a blow. "That girl was supposed to be our queen."
"Your queen?" Alexafrowned againas she remembered the girl. "She was only a child, no more than five years-old. How could she have been your queen?"
"She was destined to be a chosen one, so we made her to be our queen."
"She was destined to be a slayer?" Spike asked, as he looked at the Demon. "So you made her your queen. Why?"
"So that we would be protected."
"And what the slayer wouldn't kill you off."
"We really didn't think of that." The Demon turned to face Alexa. "You can't protect that child for very long, vampire. She'll kill you in the end."
"I know." The Demon then turned and left.
"Okay, what was that about?" Gunn asked, as he watched Alexa straighten out her clothing. "You're protecting a child from that demon. Why?"
"Because of the fact that she's only five and that's not a life. She'll be impregnated by the demon and when she comes to term, if she does, she'll die the moment his off spring are born. So I saved her life."
"Sounds like a great plan to get a few demons mad at you." Alexa then went back into Angel's office, cutting off the conversation. "Why would she save a child?"
"I have no idea, Gunn," Angel said, as he looked at the open door. "Do some research on our Demon buddy. Spike and I will talk to Alexa more and learn more about her past."
"Sounds like a plan." Wesley, Gunn, and Fred took off for their offices while Angel and Spike entered his office to find Alexa sitting on the desk, cross legged playing with a dagger.
"She used to do that when she was first sired," Spike said, as he sat down on the couch. "Okay, love, pick up where you were."
"No, I need to tell you about the girl," Alexa said, as she palmed the dagger and threw it across the room. It bedded deep into the wall just above Spike's head. "Then I'll tell you more about my past."
"Sounds good enough for us," Angel said, as he yanked the dagger out of the wall and sat down next to Spike. "Tell us about the girl."
TBC
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