Flashback

Las Angeles...three weeks ago

"Please don't hurt me," a little girl cried out, as a group demons surrounded her and she shot a glance over at her dead mother. "Why did you kill my mommy?" The girl was nothing more than five-year-old, with curly brown hair and blue eyes. There was extreme fear in her voice.

"Because, pet, you are a chosen one," the Demon said, as he knelt down next to the little girl. "Your parents could not teach you like we can."

"And neither can you," a voice called out from behind the Demons and they spun around to face Alexa dressed in black pants, black boots, a yellow tank top, and a black duster. "You are way over your head here, demon."

"Likewise, Vampire," the Demon sneered at her, as one of the other Demons took a tight hold of the girl. "The girl is to become our new queen."

"She's only like five," Alexa said, as she shot the girl a smile. "And I know what you plan to do with her, and I won't allow that to happen."

"We don't dwell in your business, vampire, so do not dwell in ours."

"But she is my business. I've come here to take her off of your hands."

"Well I don't think that's possible. We outnumber you six to one."

"I like them odds." The Demons then attacked her, and she easily blocked their punches and kicks. "You guys call that fighting." She threw one into another before jumping up and landing on a platform above them. "Okay, we can do this the easy way or the hard way."

"Either way, we're taking the girl with us."

"No, you're not." Alexa pulled out a set of daggers from her duster. "I take it that you're going for the hard way."

"Of course." Alexa jumped down into the midst of the Demons and started to attack them. Soon the six of them were dead, except for the one demon and the one who held the girl. "So, what's the plan now? Do you want to die like the others?" The Demon holding the girl let her go and fled into the shadows. "Guess he didn't want to die like the others."

"You take the girl, and we'll hunt you down and kill you, vampire."

"I wouldn't have it any other way." The Demon then followed the other one's actions and soon was gone, leaving the Alexa and the child. "Hello, pet."

"Are you going to kill me?" the girl asked her, as she looked up at the woman.

"No, pet, I'm not going to kill you." Alexa hunched down in front of the little girl. "My name is Alexa, but you can call me Lex."

"I'm Sara," the little girl said, as she shot a glance over at her parent's lifeless body. "Are they dead?"

"Yes, puppet, they are dead." The sound of sirens filled the air. "We need to leave."

"Are you going to take care of me?" Sara asked, as Alexa picked her up.

"Yes, I am."

"Cool." Sara buried her face into Alexa's shoulder, as Alexa took off into the shadows.

Present Day

"You took the child?" Spike asked Alexa, as he got to his feet. "Please don't tell me that you turned her."

"No, I have not," Alexa said, as she looked over at Angel. "And don't worry, Liam, she's safe."

"Where is she?" Angel asked, as he got to his feet and went to look out the window to see that it had begun to rain.

"She's safe." Alexa rubbed the back of her neck before looking over at Angel. "If you want, I can bring her by tonight."

"Why did you take her?" Spike asked the question that he knew had to be on Angel's mind as well. "She's a child, a potential chosen one, or slayer."

"I know what she is, William." Alexa put her hands into her pockets. "I heard news on the streets that night that the Demons were going to kill her parents and take her because of the fact that she was a potential chosen one. I knew the real reason why they took her. They knew that no one could harm the off spring that she could be carrying. She's only five. She shouldn't be the one that they chose to be the mother of the Demon off spring. I raced to stop them from killing her parents but I was too late. So instead I killed the demons and took with me."

"You changed as well, love." Spike then went to stand next to Angel. "Seems that our young one, might have been given a soul since the last time we have seen her."

"It seems that way," Angel said, as he looked at Alexa. "So, Lex, what are your plans for the girl?"

"I'm going to raise her as best as I can, then search out a watcher for her. She needs to be taught to become a slayer."

"A vampire raising a soon to be slayer," Spike said. "Now I've heard and seen everything."

"I think I'll do okay, since I've been trained by two of the worst vampires in known history. We might have a fighting chance." She looked out at the rain. "I think I should go. Sara's waiting for me. I promised her that I would pick up some new clothes and a toy for her, plus food of course." She headed for the door only to run into Harmony. "Excuse me."

"You're gonna want to see this," Harmony said to Angel, as she turned towards the lobby. Angel, Spike, and Alexa rushed into it to see the demon with a little girl. "He's back and he want's to talk."

"We meet again, Vampire," the Demon sneered as he held the little girl higher off the ground. "I seem to have found the little girl that you took from me."

"Lexie, help me," Sara cried out in fear. "Please."

"These ends now," Alexa said, as she walked forward and anger flared in her eyes. "You want to fight, let's fight."

TBC

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