Chapter 17:

It had been 2 months since Angelus's confrontation with Darla, and he knew she was planning something. A week after the event he had forbidden the girls from going anyone alone at night. Both Phoebe, and Piper had protested at first, but, Cole, and Leo quickly saw his logic, and took his side. After several intense hours of heated debate Angelus, Cole, and Leo finally won out, and the girls relented. Angelus, and Paige were walking to his bike, when a crossbow bolt came flying out of nowhere, and thudded into a tree inches from Angelus's head. Angelus grabbed Paige, and hid her behind a large rock, then he stalked the shooter. He finally found her crouching on a headstone. He quickly disarmed her, and grabbed her by the throat as he vamped, and growled, " Yer lucky I'm on a strictly nonhuman diet."

Then he drug her over to Paige, and roughly threw her to the ground as Paige stepped into view. She asked, " Who are you, and why did you try to kill us."

The young woman glared at Angelus with ice cold brown eyes, " My name is Jenny Calendar. I wasn't trying to kill you. I was trying to kill that soulless monster."

Paige asked as Angelus lit a cigarette, " Why do you want to kill him?"

Jenny screamed as tears ran down her face, and hands clenched into fists, " Do you know what he is, what he's done?"

Paige replied, " Yea I know what he is, and what he's done."

Jenny screamed, " Yet you still want to protect him?"

Paige said, " He's trying to atone for his past."

Jenny leapt to her feet, and ran at Paige only to be stopped by Angelus. She glared at him as she yelled, " Atone for his past. Ha. He's a sociopath, he kills for the pure joy of it. Believe me I know."

Paige asked in a quieter voice," How do you know, tell me?"

Jenny replied in a shaky voice, " He…he…he…killed…he killed my entire family."

Paige asked, " How long ago did it happen?"

Jenny replied, " four months ago."

She shot Angelus a withering glare as she said, " I'm very sorry."

Jenny screamed, " You're sorry, you're sorry. Be horrified, be disturbed, be sickened but don't you dare stand there, and tell me you're sorry, then in the same breath tell me how he is trying to atone for his past evils."

Paige was at a loss for words as Jenny punched Angelus in the mouth, splitting his lip. He glared at her as he forced his face to change back to normal, and growled, "ye're a gypsy ain't ye?"

Jenny punched him again as she yelled, " Yea so what?"

As she went to punch him again, Angelus caught her arm, and pinned her against a tree as he growled, " You lot tried to reensoul me, I should kill every bleedin one o ye."

Jenny had a terrified expression on her face as Angelus gripped her throat. He vamped out again as he hissed, " How'd ye find me?"

Jenny rasped, " A woman told me where you were at?'

Angelus squeezed tighter as he growled what was her name lass?"

Jenny was seeing stars, and she knew she was about to black out as Paige said forcefully let her go Angelus."

Angelus unceremoniously dropped her to the ground, then he turned back around, and said as his human guise slipped back into place, " As ye wish darlin."

Paige shot him another cold glare as she hissed, " I think you should go. You've done enough."

He was about to reply, when he felt a gang of vampires approach. He called as slipped a stake from his pocket, and slipped into the shadows, " We've got comp'ny darlin."

Paige asked as she took in the tenseness of his body, and the stake he gripped in his right hand, " What, who?"

Angelus replied, " Bout 8, or 9 vamps."

Jenny hissed, " What's wrong Angelus, afraid to take me on alone?"

He glared at her as he growled, " Get stuffed ye stupid bint. Now shut yer bleedin gob."

She was about to reply, when the vamps came walking through the trees. The biggest one leered at the girls as he hissed, " Look what we found boys."

Paige squared her shoulders as she glared at the vamps, and said, " All you found fang boy is death."

They all laughed as the leader sneered, " And who's gonna kill us little girl you."

Angelus, was in full game face as he stepped from the shadows, and growled, " No ye bleedin sod I will."

They all stared at Angelus as a lithe curvy redhead with big smoldering brown eyes asked, You're one of us yet you side with humans?"

Angelus replied as he slammed the stake into her heart, " Yea."

The leader growled, " Big mistake pal that was my chick."

Angelus sneered as he lashed out with a powerful spinning hook kick, " Looks like ye'll haveta find yerself a new one boyo."

Angelus yelled as they all attacked him, " Orb the bleedin gypsy back to the Manor darlin."

Once they were gone Angelus gave into his demon, and viscously slaughtered the vamps. Then he climbed back onto his bike, and roared back to the Manor.

Sorry I didn't describe the fight scene.