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Chapter 9- The LAPD

Buffy:: After what seemed like forever of sitting around in the waiting room of the hospital, one of the nurses told Buffy she would not be able to see her mom again until the morning so it would be best for her to leave and get some rest. After the eventful day she had, her bed was looking more appealing by each passing minute. She left the hospital and took a taxi back to her dad's house. She was too wrapped up in her own head to take notice of the police car parked down the street. After paying the taxi driver she turned and slowly walked up the front walk of her dad's house towards the front door. She unlocked the door and pushed it open, stepping inside and shutting the door behind her.::

Hank:: "Buffy, is that you?" He called out from further inside the house.

Buffy:: "Yeah..." She slowly walked into the kitchen, her eyes met her father's eyes. "I was just visiting..." She then took notice of a young woman cop standing several feet away. "...mom."

Kate:: "Buffy Summers I presume? I'm Detective Lockley."

Buffy:: She looked over to her dad with pleading eyes. "What's going on?"

Hank:: "I was waiting for you to explain that to me Buffy."

Dawn:: She was standing in the doorway behind Hank and Kate, slowly doing a slicing motion across her neck with her hand.

Kate:: "I'm going to have to ask you to come down to the station for questioning."

Buffy:: "I didn't do anything."

Kate:: "We have you on camera assaulting Mr. Lindsey Mcdonald."

Hank:: "Buffy could you not embarass me anymore tonight and please go with the detective."

Buffy:: "This is ridiculous."

Kate:: She pulls out her handcuffs. "I'm not going to ask twice."

Buffy:: She started to laugh. "You have got to be kidding me."

Hank:: "Buffy, you need to comply with the officer."

Kate:: "I really am sorry but it is procedure."

Dawn:: "Buffy do you want me to call Angel?"

Buffy:: "No. That's the last thing I need right now."

Hank:: "Dawn, go to your room. You don't need to see this."

Dawn:: "You know I'm not a kid. I can handle this stuff." She walks up to Buffy and gives her a hug. "I'll see you soon." She then releases her and walks up the steps, sitting on the top of the stairs eavesdropping.

Kate:: She watches the younger Summers sister hug her sister and leave the room. She then looked back to Buffy and sighed. "I'm going to have to

ask you to put your hands behind your back."

Buffy:: She rolled her eyes. "Fine." She put her hands behind her back and within seconds she felt the cool metal press hard against her skin. She

could easily break the cuffs if she wanted to but that would just create more problems for her than she wanted right now. This trip was turning

out to be more disasterous than she anticipated, and she hadn't even seen Angel yet.

Kate:: With one hand on Buffy's back, she looked at Hank. "Thank you for your cooperation Mr. Summers." Then she pushed Buffy towards the door.

"Lets go." She leads Buffy out of the house and down the sidewalk towards her squad car. Upon reaching the car she pulled open the back

door and pushed Buffy inside, shutting it behind her. She made her way around to the driver's side of the car and opened the door climbing

inside. Moments later they were driving off down the road towards the LAPD.

Buffy:: After minutes of uncomfortable silence she bit the bullet and spoke up. "You have no idea what you're getting yourself into."

Kate:: "Do I? Your sister mentioned Angel earlier."

Buffy:: "You know him?"

Kate:: "Yeah, he's a local private investigator. A good one too. He's helped me get out of really tough binds."

Buffy:: "You have a thing for him don't you?"

Kate:: "So how do you know him?" She was aware that they were aquaintances back in Sunnydale, just not how close they actually in fact were.

Buffy:: "He tutored me in history. He took me to prom. Look, just call him. He'll tell you I'm not a bad person."

Kate:: She chuckled. "It's kind of ironic. He's the one who provided me with the information to help me arrest you."

Buffy:: She sits there in disbelief. "He wouldn't do that. Not intentionally." Looking out of the car window she sees them pulling up to the police

station. "Look, just let me go."

Kate:: "And why should I do that?"

Buffy:: "More people will die if you don't."

Kate:: "Is that a threat? You know I suppose that's a risk I'll have to take." She parks the car and opens the door stepping out. She signals two officers

to escort Buffy inside.

Buffy:: She is grabbed by the arms by two larger male police officers. She could easily take them right now and get out of there. Then she thought

of her mom. If she did that then she wouldn't be able to see her mom. This was the only reason that she complied with them and allowed

them to escort her inside. Once she was inside they led her down a hallway and into an interrogation room. And she would sit there alone for

a good half hour. She wasn't sure if this was standard procedure or not, or if the lady cop was just being a bitch.

Kate:: For the past thirty minutes she was at her desk thoroughly reviewing Buffy's folder. She personally was a bit surprised that a girl of that figure

beat up Lindsey to such a degree that hospitalization was required. Her concentration would then be interrupted by a sharp, British accent.

Spike:: " 'Ello Detective Lockley." He was hovering over the desk, staring down at her.

Kate:: She looked up at the British man with the platinum blonde hair, who reeked of cigarettes. "Is there something I can help you with?"

Spike:: "As a matter of fact...yes."

Kate:: "OK. Well get to the point. I don't read minds."

Spike:: "Buffy Summers. She's here. I'm here to escort her out of this dank hell hole."

Kate:: "I'm sorry. She hasn't been questioned yet."

Spike:: "Well her mum has just slipped into a coma, you know she should at least have the courtesy to be informed."

Kate:: "How touching. Please leave or I will have you escorted out."

Spike:: He quickly vamps then unvamps. "Now, or I guarantee you'll be as dead as a doornail in about five seconds."

Kate:: At the sight of the man turning into a vampire in front of her, she felt a sharp knot in the pit of her stomach. Her hand reached down towards

one of her desk drawers where she kept her vampire paraphernalia. "She's in the questioning room. It's restricted to pedestrians."

Spike:: "Lady do you have a death wish or are you just a fucking idiot? Do I look like I give a shit?"

Kate:: She grabbed a hold of her stake and pulled it out of the drawer. She stood and raised it up and she tried to stake him.

Spike:: He smirked at the sight of her trying to actually kill him. I guess the cop was an idiot. He caught the stake in his hand and squeezed her

hand hard, bones cracked and the stake fell to the ground. Pain suddenly began to shoot through his temple. "Oh fuck!" He grabbed his

head in pain. Breaking the cops hand wouldn't solve anything. He then threw a right hook at her, thus knocking her out. More pain flooded

his head. "OOOOWWW" He recovered and looked up seeing several cops who were in the room pulling out their guns, cocking them and

aiming at him. "Oh bollocks." Without developing any real kind of plan, he runs through the closest door which led to a hallway containing

the interrogation rooms. As he ran down the hallway he spotted Buffy in one. He reached for the doorknob which was locked. Grabbing it he

pulled the doorknob off of the door. Walking inside his eyes met with hers. " 'Ello Luv."

Buffy:: She was very confused. How on Earth did he find her, and get in here? "Spike?! What are you doing here?"

Spike:: He quickly ducked into a blind corner as he saw officers running down the hallway. "Shh."

Buffy:: She remained quiet until the officers passed her room. She looked over towards the corner where Spike was. A smile formed across her lips.

"You know, this is kind of romantic. You coming to my rescue like this."

Spike:: "Yeah about that...escape now, talk later."

Buffy:: Her hands had been cuffed to the chair she was sitting on. All it took was a small tug and she pulled the cuffs apart, breaking them. She

stood up and walked over to the door, opening the door and peeking out into the hallway. There seemed to be no activity and she saw a fire

escape door at the end of the hallway. She took in a deep breath and began to sprint for the door with Spike following in tow.

:: A little while later...::

Kate:: Holding an icebag to her head with one hand, while the other was wrapped with ice, she managed to press the speaker button on her phone,

and dialed the number to Angel Investigations.::

Cordelia:: She answers after the first ring. "Angel Investiga--" She's suddenly cut off by an irate Kate.

Kate:: "It's Kate. I need to speak to Angel now."

Cordelia:: Quickly she hands the phone to Angel who had been sitting beside her for awhile. "Kate."

Angel:: Grabbing the phone from Cordelia he answered. "Hey Kate."

Kate:: "I would appear we have a bigger problem."