Angel caught up to Alexa in the parking ramp. "Lex, we still need to finish our talk," he said to her, as he grabbed onto her arm only to have her yank it back. "We'll find Sara."
"You don't understand Liam," Alexa said, as she turned to face him. "I'm all that she's got left. She has no more family here. That Demon made sure of it. It killed off her parents, older brother, and cousins."
"We'll get her back," Angel said, as Alexa paused at an open grate on the floor of the floor of the parking ramp. "Hang on, we're not going in cocky and looking for vengeance."
"I'm not." Alexa pulled out her daggers. "The only one I wanted to take revenge on was Darla, and that was for stabbing me." She then jumped through the grate.
Flashback
Alexa woke up to find that it was late afternoon. She slowly got up and went over to the basin next to her bed and began to wash her face. She didn't notice Darla standing at the door watching her. Darla scowled as she came up behind her and Alexa jumped when she turned around to find Darla there. "Hello, Darla," she said, as she made her way past Darla and began to look for something to wear. "How was your day?"
"It would have been better if you weren't here," Darla said, as she pulled out a long dagger. "You do know that I don't care for you."
"Yeah, it's kinda obvious." Alexa pulled out a black skirt and a white blouse and turned to face Darla. "But I'm not bothered by it. Why are you?"
"Because you're taking Angelus's attention away from me."
"No, I really am not. He's just got a lot on his mind."
"But I'm the only person he's supposed to have on his mind." Darla then plunged the dagger into Alexa's chest, missing her heart by a few inches. "You weren't even supposed to be here. Spike wasn't suppose to sire you."
"I didn't ask for this life," Alexa said, as she sank to the floor. "I'm sorry for your hurt, Darla."
"No, you're not." She then turned and left.
"Lex, you ready?" Spike called out, as he came into her bedroom only to rush over to her side when he saw that she was wounded. "Who did this?"
Just then Angelus came into the room. "Spike, what's taking her so long?" Angelus demanded only to pause when he saw the dagger in Alexa's chest. "That would be the reason why." He then came over and looked at the dagger. "Spike hold her down."
"Liam?" Alexa asked, as Spike held her down, as Angelus took a hold of the hilt of the dagger. "What are you going to do?"
"Easy, pet," Spike said to her, as Angelus pulled the dagger from her chest and she cried out in pain. She then noticed Darla standing at the doorway watching them. "Did you see who did this to you?"
"No, I didn't," she said, as Spike placed a rag over the wound. "I was getting ready, I heard a noise, turned around, and got stabbed." Spike then left her and went over to Angelus side. "I'm not buying her story."
"No, the force used to put the dagger into her, wasn't made by a mere human," Angelus said, as he looked over at he doorway to see Darla. "You take care of Lex, I'm going to talk to Darla."
Present Day
Angel jumped down into the sewer to find it damp, musky, and no sign of Alexa anywhere. "Lex," he called out, as he turned around. "Lex?"
"Yeah," she called out, as she came up behind him. "Thought you lost me?"
"Thought you might have gone ahead to fight the Demon by yourself."
"Nah, I figured that if I got you to watch my back, I'll be okay."
"What about me?" a voice called out, and Alexa spun around to face Spike and dropped her daggers to her side. "Can't I join in?"
"Spike, what are you doing here?" Angel asked him, as he came up next to their sides. "I thought you were taking care of Fred."
"Nah, Wesley's going a fine job at that," Spike answered, as they came to a brick wall in the middle of the sewer. "Who put a bloody wall there?"
"The Demon did," Alexa said, as she pushed against the wall and it moved. "To cover its tracks."
"Clever," Spike said, as they went through the opening to find a rather large chamber full of cages. "This can't be good." Inside the cages were girl, ranging from four to seventeen. "Really not good."
"They're all potential slayers," Alexa said, as she looked into the cages to see that the girl's eyes were full of hatred and fear. "They're being collected."
"For what?" Spike looked at a young girl a little younger than Sara who looked at him and broke out into tears. "A rather large doll collection."
"There's my girl," Alexa said, as she stopped in front of a cage and looked inside at a very scared Sara. "Hey, little one."
"Lexie?" Sara called out in a very small voice. "Is that really you?"
"Yeah, it's really me."
"What are you doing?" a voice called out from ahead of Alexa and Angel looked ahead to see a figure coming towards them. "That's one of the master's pets. You can't touch them, Vampires."
"I know that voice," Spike whispered to Angel, as he went up to his side. "It's a slayer."
"Good knowledge, Spike," Angel said back to him. "Now the main question is, which one?" Spike shot the figure a look, but then frowned. "Come on, Spike. You spent more time with the Slayers than I did."
"I have no idea."
"Hello, Faith," Angel said, as the figure turned to leave only to stop and glance back at them. "It's been a long time since we've last seen each other."
TBC
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