Previously on A Friend from the Past
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."
Angel watched as a fear flashed through Alexa's eyes for a moment before she growled at them. "She's pissed off," Spike whispered to him, as he looked over at him. "He's not that smart, is he?" Angel shook his head no, as they watched as Willow and Faith moved over to where Kylie was. "So what are we going to do about the little Empath? Give her to him?"
"No, Spike, we're not," Angel answered, as they looked over at Alexa. "But we can't do anything right now. It's up to Alexa right now."
"Did you really think that you could get to me through her?" Alexa asked the Master, referring to Sara. An evil smirk crossed her face causing the other two vampires to look at each other. "Every evil one has used that one before. I've used that one before. How about you try something new and original?" The Master's face then fell and turned red as his temper began to flare. "I'm sorry if I upset you."
"Kill her," the Master ordered Sara, as he stepped back away from them. "Kill her quickly."
"Yes, Master," Sara replied, as she moved the sword into a better position, giving Alexa the opportunity she needed. She slammed a kick into Sara's chest throwing her off of her and back a few yards. Alexa jumped to her feet and nodded to Willow who then began to recite the binding spell. Before Sara could do anything, she soon found herself trapped by the binding spell. "Master, help me."
"You really thought that we wouldn't come in here with a well thought up plan?" Alexa shot a glance over at Sara then to the Master. "I figured you would use her to get to me." Alexa ran her hand through her hair, as a wicked smile crossed her face a second before her face morphed into her vampire one. "Because that's not nice."
"You really thought that you could destroy me. You're weak, half breed. That's why you came with two watchers, two other half breeds, a witch, an untrained empath, and a rogue slayer. You thought with all that power you could take me down, but you can't. I have powers that you have never seen before."
Alexa let out a sigh as she rolled her eyes at him. "All I really know is that you talk a lot, but don't do a lot of action." She shifted her weight as she began to grow restless. "Don't you have any better to do than to try to take over this world. It's nothing big. There are better worlds out there. This one is plagued with humans who don't even know how to live their lives to the fullest. They live in fear of what they don't understand."
"You seem to know a lot about what I want." The Master smiled at her and she just blinked at him. "But you still have no idea of how powerful I am." A ball of blue energy came out of his hand heading straight at Alexa. At the last second, she jump to the left, and it missed her by a sliver. She landed in a feline position and looked up at him with fire in her eyes. "And you'll never know, because you'll be dead long before you see me in my highest glory."
"Man, is he full of it," Spike whispered to Angel, causing the Master to turn to look at him. "Oh, come on. You've got an ego the size of North America. That's why it's taking you so long to concur all that you wanted. You set the bar too high for yourself. So in other words, you might not succeed."
"I will succeed, half breed." He shot another ball of blue energy at Spike and Angel causing them both to jump out of harms way. "It was my destiny to rule the worlds. I will do it with or without the young Empath or the Slayer or the Witch." Angry flashed through his eyes as he began to loose his temper and his control. Torches began to lit all around the room causing them to look around to see Demons standing where there had been shadows before. "I'm not alone in this. I have my followers. They will be behind me. We will get our victory. You will not stop us. You can not stop destiny."
"Want to make a bet?" a voice called out, and the Master turned to receive a punch in the face from Kylie. He fell back a few feet before catching himself. "You have got to learn to shut up." He growled at her as he reached out and grabbed onto her neck. Kylie soon found herself off the ground, struggling for air.
"Tell me this, young Empath. If I snap your neck, will you die?" She let out a gasp, as she struggled to breath. "I can sense your fear, and I'm not even an Empath." He smiled as she glared at him. "You lived such a ungrateful life. Now you will die before you live out your destiny." His grip on her neck started to tighten and her world began to start to fade. "Goodbye, young Empath. It's a pity that you had to die. I had such great ideas for you."
"I bet you did," a voice whispered from behind the Master and he turned to face Angel, in his vampire state. "You don't want to do that." He slammed a fist into the Master's chest knocking it down to the ground and it released Kylie. She slammed hard onto the ground and lay there gasping for air. "Spike, get Kylie." Angel then turned his attention back onto the Master. "I grow tired of your actions."
The Master laughed as it got to its feet and looked up at Angel. "I'm not scared of you, Angelus."
"You should be."
TBC
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