The place where the sun and moon meet ended up to be a statue. "This is it?" Spike asked, as he looked at it. "I've passed it a million times while I've been here and paid no attention to it."
"You're not supposed to," a soft voice called out from behind them causing them to spin around to face a young girl, about fifteen years old, stood a couple yards behind them. "It's supposed to be hidden to plain sight."
"And you know this how?" Spike moved towards here, only to be stopped by Angel. "What gives?"
"Hello Kylie," Angel called out to the girl. "What have you heard?" She shot him a small smile, as she came over to their sides. Alexa watched with cautious eyes as the young human came to a stop in front of her. "Kylie?"
"I know of your friend," Kylie said, looking deep into Alexa's eyes with her light blue eyes. "She is scared. The Master has horrible plans for her. Others are terrified for her, but are too afraid to do anything to help her. I figured Angel would be one to help rescue her."
"And you are who?" Alexa asked as she took a step towards the young girl only to have her not step back in fear. "You should be afraid of me."
"I'm not." She lifted her chin so that she could look at Alexa better as she came up to her and the others looked at each other in confusion. "Because I know what you are, or I at least know what you are."
"Um, Angel," Willow whispered to him, as she came up to his side and he shot her a glance. "You want to fill me in. Who is she?"
"That is Kylie. She's a very young Empath. I found her on the streets a few years ago. I've been trying to help her learn how to control her abilities by getting her surround by others who have her ability." He then crossed his arms across his chest and watched them for a few more seconds. "I was wondering if she had heard anything." Kylie was about to say something to Alexa when she stopped and turned to face the Demon only to spin around to face the opposite direction. "Oh, oh, trouble." He pulled out a weapon as a Demon came out of the shadows and took a swing at Kylie. She jumped back just in time, but lost her balance and fell to the ground. "Kylie look out."
Just as the Demon was about to attack Kylie a voice called out from behind it and it turned to get a sword in the chest from Alexa. "I was talking to her," she yelled, as shoved the Demon away from Kylie. "Didn't your parents teach you any manners?" She swung at it again cutting its head off and its head landed at Kylie's feet. Kylie let out a scream as she quickly jump to her feet and backed away from it. "Sorry about that. But it was either you or it dead, and I think you preferred that it was it that you that was dead."
"Easy, Kylie," Angel whispered to her, as he came up to her side, and wrapped an arm around her shaking body. "For an Empath, that's a lot of direct pain to deal with when one dies, especially for a young untrained one."
"Then why is she even here?" Alexa asked as she wiped the blade clean. "She won't be any help in there."
"I know where they keep here," Kylie said in a soft voice. "I've seen the location from other Demons. I can take you there. You need me even though I'm sure you think you don't."
"We can't babysit you."
"You don't have to."
"Oh, and what you could have taken on that Demon by yourself? Because it sure didn't look like you could have." She went to strike at Kylie only to come across a shield of some sort and was sent backwards. "What the heck?" She jumped to her feet and stared at the young girl. "What are you playing at? If you really want to come. Then come. But it is your death. We're not going to protect you. We have our own lives to worry about."
"I can handle myself," Kyle replied as she looked at the vampire. "You don't have to watch my back. As soon as this thing is over, I'm gone. I just came here to tell Angel what I knew and to help out if I could."
"Fine." Alexa then looked at the statue. "Let's do this. The sooner we're in. The sooner we're not going to die." The others looked over to see that the sun was starting to rise. "I suggest you open the door."
"Right," Wesley said, as he went over to the statue and began to push on some indentations that would release the door to open. It swung open with a few minutes to spare and they all filed inside. The door swung shut with a loud thud behind them, trapping them inside. "I got us in. Who wants to led?"
"I will, since I know the way," Kylie said, taking up a crossbow that Angel handed to her as she passed him. "Just keep your eyes open for unwanted guests. The Master keeps his most loyal closest to his side at all times."
"Comforting to know," Spike muttered, causing Faith to elbow him as she passed. "What?"
"Spike, be smart," Angel replied, as he moved up front so that he was next to Kylie. "How sure are you about this?"
"Pretty sure." She took up a torch and lit it to reveal a dark tunnel. "At the end of the tunnel we'll find the Master and the little girl." She then looked back at Alexa. "She's the key in all of this somehow. I don't know how yet, but she is." She then turned to face the tunnel only to freeze. "We better hurry." She then bolted down the tunnel, leaving the others no other choice but to follow her. At the end of the tunnel was a large chamber that resemble of a torture chamber. There were demons and humans strapped in tortured in tortured contraptions all around the room. Kylie let out a gasp and dropped the torch as she put her hands up over her ears as she tried to block out their thoughts. "They're Empaths. All of them." Tears soon filled her eyes. "They did nothing to deserve this kind of treatment."
"Of course they did," a voice called out from behind them, and they spun around to face a tall demon dressed in red robes. "They kept you hidden from me. But here you are, right were I want you."
Everyone looked at the Master for a complete moment in confusion before what he said settled into their brains and their attention turned back to Kylie, who now was backing away in fear. Alexa was the first one to move. "What this is about her?" she asked, as she stepped in between the Master and Kylie. "She's just a child. Nothing more."
"She has the ability to read minds. That's a rare gift." He shot a glance around at the corpses that surrounded them. "They were not as gifted as she is. Move aside, Alexa, or die by the hand of the one you swore to protect."
The next thing Alexa knew she was knocked down to the ground and found herself flat on her back with Sara standing over her with a sword to her throat. "As you can see, I've trained her well. She won't think for a second to kill you. It's in her blood. She's a chosen one, you're a vampire. You're sworn enemies." Alexa stared up at Sara and bit down on her bottom lip as the girl moved closer to her. "So what's it going to be, half breed. Give me the Empath or die at the hand of the young Slayer to be? The one you swore to protect." He came up to stand behind Sara and placed a hand on her shoulder causing her to look up at him with a smile on her face. "You've failed."
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