"Angel, please don't do this." Giles begged, after being pushed face first into the grave along with Cordelia. He placed a protective arm around the two girls, glaring up at the large Vampire who seemed to be thinking things over.

Buffy shrugged him away and walked to the edge of the pit, digging her nails roughly into the dirt as she tried to control her temper. "Nice to see you." She sneered, grasping a cupful of mud between her fingers. "But we've got things covered, why don't you just keep walking?"

"See, I'd love to do that. I mean, you are definitely not high on my list of things to do," He laughed when she winced at his cold humor but continued on. "But, you have something I want."

"Gimme…" A soft female voice came from behind him, warning them of another's presence. Angel reached behind him and grasped, delicately, the small hand of porcelain; Drucilla appeared at his side.

She waved her hands above her head and performed a small twirl for them, her locks of black spraying over her paper face. "I want the rock; I'm going to wear it on my finger like a flower does its petals…"

This only seemed to confuse them all, including Angel but he simply ignored her with a kiss on the forehead. "Hand over the stone and we'll be on our way."

A voice came out strong and defiant from the hole, but this time it was Cordelia. She cocked an eyebrow at him and placed her right hand strictly on her hip. "Look buddy, you have no right to just come up and take what we've been looking for all night! How come the bad guy can just pop up and snatch up whatever they want, huh? How come I can't do that?" She snarled, real anger pulsing through her small body.

"Shut up." Angel dismissed her with a simple wave of his hand and her mouth shut abruptly. "Dru, baby, will you sing us a song?" He asked her, running his fingertips over her cheek. Buffy and Giles looked at each other in confusion, but as soon as the frail vampiress opened her mouth they understood.

"Shut thy eyes, kissed with tears. Of crystal lights, be sleeping." Drucilla sang, her lips curling into a smile. "Deep inside, in thy eyes mind, close thy lids and breathing."

Angel smiled down at the heap of bodies that lay below him, watching them sleep. "Very nice Drucilla, you've been a very good girl."

"

Mmmm…" She purred, batting her eyelashes at him.