Buffy hesitantly stared at the drawing on parchment in her hands. She was shaking. Angelus was stalking her now. She had to run somewhere, tell Giles, maybe Rige, but Rige was gone. She had been for a while. Ciel wouldn't say much as to why, but August had offered to watch Ciel. They had all openly cautioned Ciel against the decision, but what was done was done. Buffy stood. She had to go see Giles, and to Giles she went.

***The Mayor's Office***

"What do you mean the girl's gone missing?" the Mayor seethed.

"Rige Shinamoto left town a few weeks ago. Some man named August Burnett is watching the store," the employee explained again. Sebastian looked up. Rige was gone? Could it be…? August though… Where did he get that last name? Sebastian wracked his brain trying to think where he heard it before.

"Fine then, we'll wait for her to return," the Mayor sighed. He glanced over at Sebastian. "That's some girl you have."

"Don't ask me where I think she is. I don't know," Sebastian growled. The Mayor laughed.

"Fair enough," he remarked. "You've been gone some time. I'm sure she's moving on with her life. That has to hurt, now doesn't it?"

"Shut up," Sebastian growled. He closed his eyes. Wherever Rige was, he hoped she'd come back strong enough to keep these men at bay.

***The Magic Shop***

"Jenny Calendar, you were a friend of my mother's," August smiled as Jenny stepped into the shop.

"You must be August," Jenny sighed. "I'm looking for something, a crystal. I'm sure you know what for."

"My mother had it prepared for you in the back. Go on ahead," August replied reluctantly. He glared as Jenny walked back. He didn't want Angel to get his soul back. That meant August and Ciel would have no excuse to get rid of the vampire. He couldn't afford that. Still, he had to keep up appearances. The gang needed to trust August in order for things to work. Ciel was trying his best, but it still wasn't easy. In reality, it was quite difficult.

"Thanks, August," Jenny replied as she returned with a bag. She was tense, August could tell.

"May luck be with you," August told her as she left. He let out a heavy sigh. There was one thing August could do… But would it be worth it?

***With Angel***

"What the hell does the demon boy want?" Angelus growled as August stepped in.

"I thought you'd might want to know that Jenny Calendar purchased some very interesting items today," August explained, arms crossed. Angel glanced up.

"She isn't," Angel breathed. August nodded.

"My mother set the stuff aside. They've been planning this for a while," August replied. "I think they knew you'd lose your soul again. By the way, I thought you should know, you ruined my wife by killing the Phantomhives. One day I'll show you exactly how upset I am about that." Angel smiled.

"I'll hold you to it, now get out," Angel growled. August turned and left, looking back once more.

***Buffy's House Later that Night***

"I can't believe I actually pulled that off," Willow muttered. They had just put on a spell to keep Angel out.

"Rige must have seen your potential," Giles remarked. He glanced over at Ciel. "Have you had no word from her or Sebastian?"

"No, I'd tell you if I did," Ciel replied. "Buffy, will your mother be okay?"

"I hope so," Buffy sighed. "She's just rattled."

"I know we don't want to trust Miss Calendar for not telling us who she really was, but I have a thought. Rige trusted her. I think we should see if Miss Calendar can help us return Angel's soul," Willow pointed out. "Rige told me that if anything ever happened and we needed strong magic, we should turn to Miss Calendar."

"You may be right. She is a gypsy. I believe Rige may have known more about what was to happen than what she let on," Giles agreed. "I'll speak with Jenny tomorrow. Get some rest."

***The Next Night***

Willow and Ciel had come over to check on Buffy after talking with Joyce. August had come along as well. The two adults were discussing Rige's orders about Ciel in the kitchen while the three kids talked in the dining room. "Can we trust him?" Willow asked. Buffy shrugged.

"He seems decent," Ciel remarked.

"Yeah, but I know Rige didn't trust him," Buffy sighed.

"It makes you wonder," Willow mused. "What made a mother not trust her own son?" The phone suddenly rang. Buffy walked over and picked it up, a pit in her stomach. Something was off, and she just knew it.

"Hello?" Buffy asked.

"Buffy, Angel… He got to Jenny," Giles explained. He talked about how he found Jenny. Buffy dropped the phone as Giles hung up, stumbling back hand over mouth.

"Buff, what's wrong?" Willow inquired. Buffy just looked at Willow with tears in her eyes.

"It's Miss Calendar," Buffy muttered. Willow shook her head.

"No, no it can't," Willow breathed. Ciel stood.

"Oh god, what happened?" Ciel asked. Buffy explained, and Willow broke down in tears. Joyce and August walked in as Ciel caught Willow. It was Ciel who now explained the situation to Joyce and August. He couldn't believe it. None of them could. Joyce stumbled back, but August showed no emotion. Ciel knew immediately. It was August's fault. Jenny must have come to get something to get Angel's soul back. That had to be it. Ciel helped Willow to a chair and dragged August to another room. "What the hell did you do?" Ciel growled.

"What needed to be done," August whispered. "All I did was tell Angel that Jenny had stopped by. We can't kill him if he gets his soul back, you do realize that."

"Your own mother trusted Jenny," Ciel snapped quietly. "Rige trusted Jenny with her life, and you don't even care. A woman is dead."

"How many did you kill for your sense of justice?" August growled. Ciel thought for a moment.

"No one I ever had killed was innocent," Ciel reminded him. "I'm taking Willow home. I expect you gone from our house when I return." He placed his trust in the wrong man. Now he was going to have to explain things to Rige. That was, if she ever returned.

A/N: Please excuse the number of scene jumps here. It's just how the episode goes. Just a clarifier here, August was actually Madam Red's husband. I figured I'd explain as I haven't quite made it clear. He fell in love with her, and when the accident happened, he knew he had to act dead in order to keep anyone from finding out he wasn't human. He then continued to watch her from a distance until her death. So, August is now an enemy. It's so weird writing him like this but then in another fan fiction (The Eastwood Chronicles) having to make him seem awesome and cool... Okay, what else? Jenny is dead. Sad face. I hated this episode. I hated Passion so much for ripping out my heart like that. We also see a bit of a change with Ciel. He's starting to respect Rige and those Rige loves. I thought I'd mention that as it may seem weird that he's suddenly like what are you doing August? Now we look ahead. Next chapter will be different. I will be focusing solely on Rige next chapter and what's going on with her as we will have a gap between Passion and Becoming Parts 1 and 2. I'm not sure what the chapter will look like length wise, but I will say watch out for a new character. Or rather, we bring someone from Black Butler into play. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, it was nice to shift the focus a little bit more on how the gang is functioning together with Rige out of the picture (I know I focus a lot on her). As always, please leave a review!