Disclaimer: This takes place after Angel. I own nothing. Everything belongs to Joss Whedon. This is a dark and violent story.
Chapter One: The Opening
Dawn Summers was dead.
Gunn and Wes were dead.
Lorne was missing.
Illyria left to go back to her home world.
Everything was a mess. A mess that Wolfram and Hart had to clean up. The Senior Partners were furious with the outcome and captured many agents from the opposite side, including Buffy, Spike, and Angel. Angel and Spike were unconscious in a cell of Wolfram and Hart. The Senior Partners had enough and wanted them back to their original state. Angel groaned as the agents put on the last of his chains and locked it tight. The agent in command had two orbs in his hands. He was chanting a spell in Latin.
"Exi!" The agent chanted. "Exi!"
The spell woke Angel up. It shocked him to his core. He understood the words. He knew what it meant. They were trying to take his soul. Please, anything but that, Angel thought. He looked around to try to figure out where he was. He was inside Wolfram and Hart. Probably the basement. He looked to his left and found Spike unconscious. With his chained left hand, he reached for Spike. He shook Spike's shoulder, but nothing happened. The vampire's body was limp. Angel looked around the cell for weapons and a chance to escape, but there was no hope. He finally looked at the culprit and shouted,
"No!" Angel struggled against the chains.
"Exi!" The Agent in Command shouted again.
"No!" Angel screamed.
The orbs glowed and so did Angel's eyes. The souls left the bodies of the vampires. Angelus was back. The old Spike was back. Angelus chuckled and struggled against the chains as well. He looked at the Agent in Command with the orbs and tilted his head. He was fascinated. Why had he returned? What did they want from him? Angelus wondered. The Agent in Command turned to his right and placed the orbs in a box that one of the other agents had in their hands.
"What am I doing here?" Angelus asked the Agent in Command.
"My name is Henry." Agent in Command introduced himself. "You will find out soon enough."
"We're in charge," Angelus said. "You can't keep us here."
"I can," Henry told him and grinned. "You're not going anywhere." He paused. "I would stay and explain, but I have another appointment to get to."
Henry chuckled and walked away. He left Spike and Angelus in their cell. Henry walked to the front of the building where a limo was waiting for him. He got inside and the driver took him to a local cemetery. There was another vampire that he wanted to bring back: Zachary Kralik. A group of people from Wolfram and Hart in black robes and a priestess were conducting a spell. It was the same spell that Willow used to bring back Buffy in the past. They found an Urn of Osiris and used it to bring back Kralik.
"Osiris, we demand that you return Zachary Kralik." The priestess spoke. "Let him cross over!"
There were swirls of light around the priestess and magic. Wolfram and Hart had wanted Zachary Kralik back and they wouldn't stop until he was resurrected. Something passed through the priestess and into the ground. Henry waited patiently for the spell to be over. He wanted this creature back into their lives. Zachary was going to be a big part of what was to come. The circling lights and magic came to a stop and a hand popped out of the ground.
There was screaming as Zachary pulled himself out of the dirt. Henry smiled, pleased that the spell worked, and watched Kralik dust himself off. The last thing that Kralik remembered was that The Slayer had killed him. His head hurt deeply and he placed his hands on top of his head. He screamed in agony.
"Pills!" Kralik cried out.
Henry nodded and looked at the group of people. One of the people stepped out of the group and walked over to Zachary. The robbed person pulled back their hood, revealing that it was a blonde woman. She reached into her pocket and grabbed the bottle of pills that were meant for Kralik. They knew of his history and were prepared. Another robbed person handed a bottle of water to the woman. She got out two pills and gave them to Zachary. Kralik gladly took the pills and then snatched the bottle of water. He gulped down the pills and looked at the woman.
"Are you a mother?" Zachary asked. "I have a problem with mothers."
The woman shook her head. "No, I've never had children."
Henry smiled and stepped forward. "Mr. Kralik, it's an honor to meet you. I'm the one that decided to bring you back."
"So broke me out of hell," Zachary said and stepped forward. He put on the robe. "Why did you bring me back?"
"We have a mission for you," Henry told him. "Please, follow us."
"And what if I don't?" Zachary grinned.
"Oh no, that won't be a problem," Henry said. "If you don't follow us then we will stake you right here and now. You can go back to being in hell."
Zachary shrugged. "Hell wasn't so bad. Alright, Zachary will play."
Henry smiled and nodded. "Come this way."
He walked back to his vehicle and there was a terrified woman in the car. She had a rope around her arms. Zachary grinned and stepped inside the vehicle next to the woman. He sat down and played with her hair. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Henry sat down across from them and closed the door.
"We thought you might be hungry," Henry told him.
Zachary's fangs elongated and he pulled the woman's hair back. He bit into her neck and drank deeply. The woman cried out in pain and her eyes slowly closed. Zachary licked his lips and looked at Henry.
"Thank you," he said. "Man, you brought me back from hell, you fed me, what's next?"
"How about Buffy?" Henry asked.
"You're going to give me The Slayer?" Zachary asked. "I'd like that!"
Henry grinned. "I thought you might. She's yours."
Henry's driver took them back to headquarters. He escorted Kralik around the building and then took him to the basement. Once they were there, Henry walked over to Spike's and Angelus' cell. There was a keypad next to the door. He entered a combination and the door's shade lifted. Kralik grinned and asked,
"What is this a zoo?"
Henry chuckled. "You'll see."
He then walked to the cell that was across from Spike's and Angelus' cell. Henry entered another combination and another shade lifted. There was The Slayer. Buffy was asleep on the floor of her cell when Kralik knocked on the glass. She was on her side and her back faced them. She turned around and stood up. Her eyes widened when she saw him. How in the hell was that possible?! Buffy wondered in panic. She remembered that she staked Zachary Kralik on her eighteenth birthday. Zachary grinned and said,
"Hello little Slayer."
Henry used his key card to swipe open the door. Zachary stepped inside and the door closed behind him. Henry walked away and returned to his office. Buffy shook her head and ran to the opposite side of the cell. Fear engulfed her soul. There were no weapons. There was no escape. She was trapped. Alone. There was no help. Zachary smiled and lunged for her. Buffy screamed in terror. She fought every step of the way, but Zachary was too powerful for her.
Angelus and Spike watched from afar. The true Angelus enjoyed what was going on. Although he had to admit, he wished that Wolfram and Hart would let him have his way with The Slayer. He could do so much more than Kralik. He bit his lip and watched in awe. The Slayer was trapped. Zachary tortured her. Meanwhile, Spike was in agony. He closed his eyes and turned away. He couldn't stand to see The Slayer in pain. There was nothing he could do to help.
After the torture, Zachary threw her against the wall. He removed his clothes and Buffy's eyes widened again. Just when she thought it was all over. He pinned her to the wall and ripped off all her clothes. Kralik had his way with her. Then once he was done, Zachary's fangs extended and he sank his teeth into her neck. Buffy cried out in pain. He then opened his wrist and forced her to drink his blood. Buffy nearly choked on it, but it went down her throat. Kralik then snapped her neck. Buffy was dead. Angelus wished he was that one turned The Slayer, not him. Zachary dropped her body to the floor and knocked on the glass. His head split in two.
"Pills!" Zachary cried out as he grabbed his head.
One of Henry's agents came to the door. They swiped their key card and the lock turned green. Zachary ran out of Buffy's cell and the door closed behind him. He grabbed the agent by the collar.
"Pills!" Zachary screamed.
"I have them!" The agent shrieked.
It was the woman from before. She opened the pill bottle and handed two of them to Kralik. She handed Kralik a bottle of water and he downed the medication. He sighed in relief. The woman escorted him to his cell. His cell was unlike the others. It was comfy and decorated. Zachary was held as an asset, but still a prisoner. He pressed himself against the glass and looked at the woman, intrigued.
"What is your name?" Kralik asked.
"Why do you want to know my name?" The agent asked.
"I want to turn you," Zachary said and grinned.
The agent smiled and said, "It's Skyler."
"I'm going to call you: Sky," Kralik told her.
Skyler smiled again and nodded. She walked away from his cell. She walked to Buffy's cell and sighed heavily. This poor girl was dead and naked. Skyler swiped her key card and the lock turned green. She walked into Buffy's cell and placed her jacket on top of her.
"I'm sorry," Skyler said, locking the door behind her.
She returned to her office. Meanwhile, Spike watched Skyler. He was furious. How could she be okay with what happened?! How could anyone do that to Buffy?! He couldn't contain his rage. Angelus was asleep after the whole ordeal. If the real Angel was there, Spike knew that he would feel the same kind of pain that he was in. The only thing Angelus mentioned was that he wanted to be the one in Buffy's cell. Spike was disgusted. Something happened to him.
He knew that he returned to his former self, an agent of darkness, but he still cared for Buffy. Those feelings never went away. Buffy Summers was dead. He couldn't believe it. She was dead! Spike just watched her in her cell. He waited for her to turn. He wasn't going to leave her alone. Not like this. Spike waited for her to awaken.
The next night, a surge of power flowed through Buffy's body. The power felt incredible. Until she remembered why…Buffy opened her new yellow eyes and realized what happened to her. It was her worst fear. She was a vampire. Buffy stood up straight in her cell and the jacket fell to the floor. When she saw that Angelus and Spike were across from her, she reached for the jacket. She covered herself as best she could. Spike lunged to help, but the chains kept him to the wall.
"Buffy!" Spike shouted. "Can you hear me!?"
"Spike?!" Buffy sobbed. "What's happening?!"
Henry saw that Buffy was awake on the monitor and grabbed a hospital gown out of a cabinet. He also grabbed a blood bag from the employee's lounge and headed to the basement with both items. Spike and Buffy were talking when he interrupted them. Angelus remained silent. Buffy stopped immediately when she saw Henry. She recognized him from before. He was one of the agents that captured her after Dawn died. Henry grinned and entered a combination into the locked door. The door turned green and threw the gown and blood bag into the cell. The door slid shut immediately after Henry threw the items. Buffy quickly put on the gown and picked up the bag.
"Drink it," Henry ordered. "You'll need your strength."
"What are you going to do with all of us?!" Buffy yelled. "What is this?!"
"You are in no position to ask questions," Henry said. "Do as you're told."
Buffy looked at the blood bag and then looked at Spike. Spike nodded, telling her to drink it. Angelus watched carefully, to see what she would do. Buffy's hands shook as she opened the blood bag. She put the bag to her lips and drank. The blood tasted like cherries. It was delicious and she couldn't help but drink more of it. Buffy almost moaned as she drank it and Angelus grinned.
"Good girl," Henry said. "That'll have to last you a while."
"Why did you do this to us?" Buffy asked and threw the bag to the floor.
"The Senior Partners wanted you, Buffy," Henry explained. "They want you, Spike, and Angelus to be punished."
"For what?!" Buffy screamed. "You killed me and tortured me!"
"We're not stopping there," Henry said. "You all will be punished."
"I still don't understand," Buffy said. "What did we do wrong?"
"Everything," Henry said and walked away.
Author's Notes: More to come! This was different than what I usually write. A little darker. A little scary. Let me know what you guys think!