Sunnydale's Angels!
A/n: I was unsatisfied with the way that Sunnydales Angels was coming along, so I decide to rewrite it from Chapter 2 on. To avoid confusion, I will leave the previous incarnation that is interrelated with my other story. This one will be a standalone, be longer, have different pairings and will follow the general storyline of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hope you enjoy it.
"Speech" "Thoughts"
Chapter 2: Welcome to the Hellmouth
September 2015
"Come on Buffy, we're going to be late." Syl exclaimed as she dragged her adoptive sister out of bed and pulled her down the hallway and into the bathroom so that she could shower.. Twenty minutes later the pair of blondes bid farewell to their mother, and got into Syl's chevy and drove to the high school that they were now enrolled at. When they arrived six minutes later, they quickly got out of the car and started walking up the steps. As they walked, a tall lanky teenage male zoomed by on a skateboard, his head turning to watch the girls as the ascended the stairs up to thhe front entrance to the school and not watching where he was going, crashed into a metal railing, knocking him to the ground.
"Xander!" a redhead wearing overalls shrieks as the majority of the other students explode with laughter. She runs over to where he is laying in a daze. "Are you okay!"
"I'm fine Willow, just a little winded." He remarked as he watched the pair of blondes disappear into the building. He slowly got up with the help of his best friend. "Come on, we should get to class." Xander said as he led the way up the stairs after grabbing his skateboard, Willow following close behind.
"He never was this eager to get to classes before, something's definantly up."
Buffy and Syl were seated in the Principal's office, watching as he went through their files.
"Uh, Mr. Flutie sir. There are a couple of things in there that I can honestly say that both me and my sister truly regret having done. I can assure you that none of the incidents will ever happen ag-" Syl stopped in shock as Flutie held up her and Buffy's records and tore them in half.
"I believe in fresh starts. You two are just starting here, so consider this a gift, a whoa!" Flutie's eyes snapped up from the remnants of the papers on his desk. "You burned down the school gym!"
"There were extenuating circumstances. It was full of vam-" Buffy stared to object, but Syl cut her off quickly.
"Asbestos. It was full of Asbestos." Syl told him as he frantically began taping the tattered records back together.
"I see. Well, I do not tolerate any acts of arson at my school. If you find that any of the classrooms at this school are have asbestos in them, I trust that you will alert a school official instead of taking matters into you own hands." Flutie admonished.
"We promise." Buffy said, for herself and Syl
"Very well, you may go." Flutie told them and the two sisters hurridly obliged, before Flutie had a chance to notice Syl's extensive history of fighting and Buffy's constant absences.
Buffy and Syl exited the office and headed for their first class of the day.
Upon exiting the office, The Syl bumps into Xander and dropped all of her things. He bends over to help her and Buffy pick up her stuff.
"Can I have you?" Xander asks
Syl and Buffy look at him in confusion.
"I meant help…Can I help you?"
"Thanks." Syl says and gives him a quick smile.
"I don't know you two, do I?" Xander asks.
"Nope, just moved here. From LA. I'm Buffy."
"I'm Syl."
"Xander. Is, is me. Hi."
"Um, thanks." Syl says as they finish gathering everything up.
"Well, uh, maybe I'll see you around….. maybe at school……. Since we…….both…….go there."
"Great. It was nice to meet you." Buffy says and she and Syl start to walk down the hallway away from him.
"We both go to school! Very suave, not very pathetic." Xander mutters. He notices a piece of wood on the floor and picks it up. "Hey you forgot your…… stake?"
Neither Syl or Buffy hear him and continue down the hall.
Buffy and Syl soon discovered that they had the same free period, so they decided to use it to go check out the school and get better acquainted with the halls that they would be walking for the next three years. They're first stop was the library. They entered the curiously empty room and looked around.
Syl walked over to the counter and rang the bell, Buffy, making her way over slowly, followed. They were soon greeted by a middleaged man.
"Hello." The man said jovially with a thick British accent. Buffy and Syl exchanged a wry glance between the two of them.
"What's your policy on lending out books?" Syl asked sweetly.
"Uh, yes, They may be loaned out for a period of three weeks with one renewal." The man says, reaching under the counter, causing Syl to tense slightly, but she quickly relaxed as she ascertained that the man was not a threat. He pulled a large, old and dusty book with the word Vampyr emblazoned on the cover. "I believe that you may be interested in this one."
Buffy and Syl glanced at eachother once again.
"We're done with that shit." Syl sneered. "Come on Buffy. Let's get out of here."
Buffy and Syl began to leave. But the librarian called out to them.
"A body was found here this morning, with bite marks on the jugular." The man announces, and the two girls stop and turn around.
"They're not gonna give it up or leave us alone are they?" Buffy asks.
"I'm afraid that is not possible for a slayer." The man answers. "My name is Rupert Giles and I'm to be your-"
"New watcher." Buffy finishes.
"Yes. Now which one of you is Buffy." Giles asks.
"I am." Buffy tells him. "This is my sister Syl." She continues, indicating toward her sister, who gives Giles a curt nod.
"Yes, I was told of you and about your strange gifts, but I'm not sure that I understand. You're not part demon are you?" Giles inquires of Syl.
"I'm a chimera, made in America, courtesy of the wonderful U.S. government. It's a long and complicated story and I really don't feel like getting into it right now." Syl informed him.
"Fair enough. Will the two of you be patrolling tonight?"
"Yeah, I guess we don't have choice. Any idea on where the hot spots are in this town?" Buffy asks.
"In This town, every square fot is considered a hotspot. This highschool itself is built right over a hellmouth." Giles repiles.
"Well we have to get to our next class so we'll fill you in on how the patrol goes tonight." Buffy tells him." Syl tells him and she and Buffy leave. Giles goes back into his office.
Xander comes out from where he has been hiding in the stacks.
"What?" he says out loud to nobody in particular. He had to talk to Willow and Jesse.
Still later that day.
Buffy and Syl made they're way into the school cafeteria and looked around. The boy who Syl had knocked into earlier waved at them to come over to where he was sitting with another guy and a girl. Buffy and Syl made their way over and sat down at the table.
"Hey…. Xander- right?" Syl asked.
"Yep. This is Willow and Jesse." He says indicating the other two teens at the table.
"Hey. I'm Syl, and this is Buffy. We just moved here from LA."
"Well if it isn't the resident school geek and her two idiot friends, misguiding the new girls and ruining their chances at having an actual social life." A new voice said, and Buffy and Syl turned to see a tall brunette standing behind them. The brunette held out her hand in greeting. "I'm Cordelia Chase. And you are."
"Neither interested nor amused." Syl snarled, knowing full well what it was like to be the underdog, especially with her background.
"Hmmph. You'll go far with that attitude." Cordelia sneered arrogantly.
"Save it." Buffy told her, knowing that Syl was getting worked up, and the last thing they needed on the first day at a new school was a show of power. She placed a comforting hand on Syl's shoulder, lightly restraining her. "Not on the first day, she's not even worth it." Buffy whispered so that only Syl, with her enhanced senses could hear.
"Whatever, I was just trying to help the two of you out." Cordelia shrugged and walked away.
"What a vapid bitch." Syl remarked dryly.
Willow, Xander and Jesse exchanged narrow glances.
"That is true, but you probably didn't want to have done that. Cordelia pretty much runs this school." Willow tells them. "Her family is the richest in Sunnydale."
"Well, then we'll just have to see what we can't do to dethrone the queen bitch." Syl remarked snidely.
"So are you two twins?" Jesse asked.
"No, I'm actually adopted." Syl answered.
"Oh, well you look like you could be." Jesse said and flinched as Xander kicked him under the table. "What?"
Xander gave him a look that said to watch his mouth.
"So are we going to the Bronze tonight?" Willow asked.
"Whats the Bronze?" Buffy asks.
"It's a resturaunt/nightclub in the center of town. We go there every Friday and hang out. You should come." Xander told them.
"Sounds like fun." Syl agrees.
"We'll meet you there at seven." Jesse tells them.
"We'll be there." Buffy says.
Later that Night
Buffy and Syl are walking down a dark street, and suddenly are aware of someone following them. After walking for a bit, they duck down an alleyway and hide behind a dumpster. The man turns down the alley after them and walks past their hiding place. Buffy and Syl exchange a glance and Syl nods. She blurs behind the man and sweeps his feet out from under him. Buffy uses this as her cue and jumps out as well and places her foot against the base of his throat, holding him down.
"Ah, heh. Is there a problem ladies?" the man asks.
"Yeah, there's a problem. You wanna tell us why you were following us?" Syl replies.
"I know what your thinking, don't worry. I don't bite." The man assures her, and Buffy loosens the weight on his neck slowly and he stands up.
"What do you want then?" Buffy asks.
"The same thing you do."
"Okay, what do we want?" Syl asks.
"To kill them. To kill them all. You have to be ready." Angel says
"For what?" Buffy asks
"For the Harvest." Angel answers
"Who are you?"
"Lets just say….I'm a friend." The man says, tosses both Buffy and Syl a box each.
"Yeah well maybe we don't want a friend."
"Never said that I was yours." The man retorts, as he walks away. Buffy and Syl wait until he has left then check the boxes. Both boxes contain a cross on a chain. The sisters look at the crosses for a moment and then glances in the direction that the man went.
"Okay that guy was definantly weird." Syl remarked flippantly.
The Bronze
Syl is moving wildly and provocatively on the dancer floor, surrounded by a bunch of guys. Buffy was seated at a table with Willow and Jesse.
"So Syl was adopted huh? How did that happen?" Jesse asked.
"About five months before the pulse, my mother was on her way back from an art expo in Montana. While she was driving through Wyoming, she found Syl on the side of the road, Syl told her that the people that she had been living with were abusive and Syl had the bruises on her face to prove it. So mom brought her home to LA and shes been with us ever since." Buffy told them.
"Have you ever tried to find out who was responsible for the abuse that Syl endured before your mom found her?" Willow asked, sneaking a side glance in Syl's direction.
"Mom wanted to, but Syl said that it would be better if we just left it alone, then the decision was made for us when the pulse hit. After that it would be next to impossible for even the best detectives in the world to find out who was responsible for what Syl went through." Buffy answers.
"I'm gonna go get us some drinks." Jesse says and gets up, heading for the bar.
Buffy watches Willow as she starts to look around the club.
"Are you waiting for someone?" Buffy asks.
"Just Xander, I thought that he would be here by now." Willow replies.
"You really like him, huh." Buffy asks her.
"That obvious, right?" Willow murmurs. "Yeah, I do."
"Why aren't you going out with him then?" Buffy asks
"Me? Nope. I-I-I don't actually date a whole lot….lately, ever."
"Why not?" Buffy asks.
"Well when I'm with a boy I like, it's hard for me to say anything cool, or, or witty, or at all. I-I can usually make a few vowel sounds and then I have to go away." Willow explained.
"It can't be that bad." Buffy replies.
"No I-it is. I think boys are more interested in a boy who can talk. Someone like you or Syl. She seems to be having no problem with the guys." Willow insists, glancing over to where Syl is still dancing wildly. "Its easy for you guys."
"Yeah, it's real easy." Buffy concurred somewhat sarcastically.
"I mean that you don't seem too shy when it comes to guys." Willow says quickly, worried that she might have angered her new friend.
"Well my philosophy, do you wanna hear my philosophy?" Buffy asks.
"Yeah, why not?" Willow replies.
"Life I
at's nice."
Buffy gives a short laugh and then sees Jesse leaving with a female vampire.
"Hey Willow, I just remembered that my mom wanted me and Syl to run an errand. I gotta go, but I'll be back."
"Oh you don't have to…come back I mean." Willow says, quickly.
"I'll be back. I promise." Buffy told her and began to head for the exit. Syl sees her pass and excusing herself from her current dance partner, follows quickly. Syl catches up to Buffy quickly and Buffy discretely passes her a stake. The pair of them exit the Bronze and look around the alleyway for Jesse and the bitch vamp he left with. Neither are anywhere to be seen.
They make their way up the street, Syl using her enhanced senses to track Jesse's scent. They bump into Xander, who looks startled to see them.
"Oh, Xander! Have you seen Jesse?" Syl demands quickly.
"Not tonight, no."
"He left with this girl who looked like she had STD's or something." Buffy said.
"Good for him, It's about time he gave up on his Cordelia crush." Xander jibes.
"No, You don't understand, we need to find him." Syl snaps, and she and Buffy begin to walk away.
"Oh well, I hope he's not a vampire cause then you might have to slay him." Xander says.
Buffy and Syl stop in their tracks and look back at Xander.
"You can tell your friends all about it later, where would they go?" Buffy asks, pissed that the whole town apparently knew about her being the slayer.
"You're serious!" Xander gapes in shock.
"There's no time to waste. The trail of his scent is already starting to fade. If we wait any longer, I won't be able to track him." Syl says hurridly and begins to walk on again. Buffy and Xander follow.
Cemetary Crypt
The female vampire from before walks into a crypt and Jesse stumbles in soon afterwards.
"You gave me a hickey, you know." He says dizzily, and collapses against the wall. A second vamp soon enters with Willow in tow. Willow sees Jesse leaning against the wall and runs over to her friend.
"Jesse are you okay?" she asks him, as she helps him to stand. "We're leaving now." She tells the pair of vamps who brought them to the crypt.
"Oh you're not going anywhere." The female vamp purrs.
"Leave us alone." Willow demands in equal parts anger and fright.
"You're not going anywhere until we've fed!" The female says shifting on her game face. Willow screams and falls over next to Jesse. The male vamp moves in for the kill but is thrown into a wall hard by Syl, who has just entered with Buffy and Xander. Buffy runs over and stakes him, sending him to dust heaven.
"Who the hell are you?" The female vamp demands.
"Wait, there's actually someone in this town who doesn't know who I am? How refreshing. Whew, that's a relief, having a secret identity is such a drag for this town." Buffy says jokingly
"You must excuse my sister, she has a dry wit to match Dangerfield. Allow me to make the introductions. I'm Syl, a transgenic, and this is my sister Buffy, the vampire slayer and we'll be kicking your vampire ass tonight."
"You can never stop me." The female vamp hisses.
"I'm sure he thought the same thing." Syl remarks, glancing at the pile of dust that was the maloe vampire.
"He was young and stupid." The female vamp sneers.
"Xander, get Willow and Jesse out of here." Buffy instructs. "Syl, go with them. I can handle this bitch."
Syl nods and effortlessly picks up Jesse and leads the way out of the crypt, Willow and Xander following.
"Don't go far!" The vamp calls out, then turns to Buffy. "I'm Darla by the way."
Buffy and Darla begin to fight. After a couple of minutes, Buffy manages to get the upperhand and sends Darla flying into a wall. Buffy pulls out her stake and moves in for the kill but is grabbed by another vamp, and thrown into the opposite wall. Buffy quickly gets up as Darla runs out of the crypt, leaving her alone with the larger vamp. Buffy jumps on top of the coffin and spin kicks the vamp, but it barely phases him. He looks at her with a smirk on his ugly face.
"You're strong." He says and then backhands her, violently sending her crashing to the ground. "I'm stronger."
Buffy looks at him with a look of worry on her face, when a stake comes flying through the air and nails the vampire in the heart. Dusting him. Buffy looks over to see Syl standing there with a smirk on her face.
"Saw the bitch run out, so I knew there was trouble. She's dust too. Come on, we gotta get Xander, Willow and Jesse home." Syl said and led the way out of the crypt and over to where Xander, Willow and Jesse were standing in wait. The trio stared at the approaching blondes, in confusion and slight anger.
"Okay, we want answers now. What the hell were those things? They couldn't have been vampires. What the hell are you two?" Xander reasoned, and Buffy and Syl shared a knowing look and sighed. They were in for a long night.
To Be Continued….