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I hope you still like it, anyway, here's another chapter!


PART 28

After lots of hours of torture, Spike was riddled with holes, compared to this... what Glory did to him had just tickled him. All the left side of his face was burnt by holy water; his chest was marked by the cross Riley had pressed against it, before he had shoved one of his fake stakes through his heart and punched him until his own hands hurt. Beneath the vampire there was a lake of blood that kept spreading as the blood trickling down from all the cuts Spike had everywhere. The vampire was unconscious now, but he was still chained and he lay still and very, very weak.
Bored, Riley glanced at his watch, it was 7:00 p.m. and the sun had already set.
“Enough resting, besides, it’s not as much fun if you are unconscious!” he exclaimed, but he was talking to himself, because his interlocutor couldn’t answer to him right then.
The Soldier approached him, drawing out a bunch of keys from his pocket and unlocking all the chains, setting him free and then he hefted the vampire over his shoulders and left the building with him.

“You know, Angelus said I can’t kill you, and you know what else? I’ll obey him, I won’t kill you...” he said, as he threw him over a bench in the schoolyard. “… The sun will do the job for me!” he laughed. “Plus, there’s no need to tie you again, because I seriously doubt you’ll be able to go anywhere...” he commented sarcastically, leaving Spike there.

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Giles was doing the stock inventory at the Magic Box. Willow and Tara were helping him, because Anya was still on her honeymoon with Xander. They had just finished with the right shelf and were admiring their work with satisfaction, when suddenly, the phone rang and Willow picked it up at the third ring.
“Magic Box, Good evening...”
“Hi, Willow, it’s Cordelia, how are you?”
“Cordy! I’m fine, everyone is ok here, thanks. What about you?”
“We have a problem, that’s why I called you. Have you seen Angel in lately?”
“Angel? No. Why?”
“Well, it seems he’s kind of disappeared, you know. At first we thought he was on a mission... it wouldn’t be the first time... but now he’s been missing for more than three days and we haven’t heard anything from him... so we are worried...” Cordelia explained, and hearing her tone Willow could figure out how agitated she was.
“ I’m sorry, Cordy, but we haven’t seen him. When did you see him for the last time?”
“Just here, in his office, before he went out with that guy…”
“What guy?” Willow asked curiously.
“I don’t know.. they seemed to know each other, but I had never seen him before. Let me think about his name.. Roland? No, it was something like.. Raymond? No, it’s not that either..”
“Ok, Cordy, that’s not important...”
“I don’t know if this can help you to figure out who this person is... but he was dressed as some kind of soldier...” Cordelia informed her.
“Wait. Did you say a soldier? Cordy... could the name be... Riley?” Willow asked.
“Yeah. That’s the name, thank you, Will!”
“Wait before thanking me; I would have preferred a ‘No’ as an answer. Riley and Angel don’t get along very well... I’m afraid something bad happened to Angel...” Willow commented, concerned.
“Well, I don’t think this Riley is so dangerous, all he did was persuade Angel to go out drink something with him to forget all the bad memories... it must have happened something after Riley left...” Cordelia stated.
“Well, Cordy, I swear I’ll let you know as soon as we find out something. Now, I gotta go, bye!” Willow said, hanging up.

She was talking to the others, when Dawn rushed in the shop panic-stricken.
“Oh no, they’re not here, either!” she exclaimed, after taking a quick look around. She was about to run away, but Tara stopped her.

“Dawnie, where are you going? What happened?” she asked, trying to calm her down.
“Spike and Buffy. I was sure they were sleeping in their room, but when I went to wake them up at sunset, as I always do, they weren’t there! I’m very worried. I hoped they would be here, I’ve already checked out at the Double Meat, but Buffy wasn’t there, and their colleagues are worried, too, because she didn’t come back yesterday after her break...” she explained, getting nervous.
“This is not good, why is everyone disappearing? Cordelia just called to say that Angel is nowhere to be found, too! We could have asked him to help us, but...” Willow exclaimed, but Dawn looked at her puzzled.
“Angel? He’s not disappeared, I saw him yesterday!” the teenager informed them.
“You saw him?” Tara repeated astonished.
“Yes. Well, he wasn’t looking for me really. He came to the house looking for Buffy, and he was kinda rude and odd by the way… I’m still trying to figure out why he called her in such an absurd way, Buff!”
Giles and Willow exchanged a terrified look.
“Di... did y... you... just... just sa... said *Buff*?” the redhead asked stuttering.
“Yes, I did... why?”
“Maybe you don’t remember, because basically you weren’t here at that time, but there’s only one person who calls Buffy like that... and ‘person’ is not even the most proper word. It’s Angelus!” Giles explained, cleaning his eyeglasses nervously.

Dawn didn’t even have the time to be shocked, because someone else rushed into the shop.
“Lucky for me I found you; Spike told me you guys are always here. By the way, I came here as soon as I recovered...” Clem explained, panting due to the big run.
“Hey, I remember you, you were at Buffy’s birthday party. I beat you at poker!” Tara exclaimed, as the others started remembering Clem.
“Yes, Lady. Anyway, I need help, Spike is in danger, there was someone, a soldier I suppose...” Clem started his tale, but a collective chorus interrupted him.
“Riley!”
“I don’t know his name, but Spike called him Soldier boy...”
“Yeah, it’s Riley!” the chorus confirmed.
“Anyway, they fought... Well, Spike tried to fight, but you know... his chip... and the guy knocked him down. I tried to run away, searching for help, but he knocked down me, too... and I’ve just awaken...” he explained. “I can’t do much, I just wanted to warn you and I’ll be crossing my fingers for my friend... I’d better go back home, now...” he added, leaving.

“So, Riley took Angel out for drinks... and Angelus mysteriously came back... then Riley took Spike away...” Willow summed up.
“Buffy must have surely run to help him, but Angelus kept Buffy busy... there are too many coincidences... it’s just as Riley and he...” Tara added.
“... had a deal!” Giles anticipated her.
“Oh no, that’s terrible! Anyway, eewww, I just wonder … how did Riley make Angel lose his soul? Eewww, there’s a disgusting picture in my mind now, eewww!” Dawn commented, shaking her head in disgust.
“Well, Dawn, a moment of happiness doesn’t necessarily means * that* kind of happiness!” Giles pointed out, embarrassed. “Cordelia said they went out, maybe he got drunk and Riley drugged him with some happy pills... it could work, it wouldn’t be proper happiness but it would be enough... Besides, he could repeat the dosage to keep the effect...” he explained. “Anyway, we don’t know what they’re planning to do with Buffy and Spike, although whatever it is it’s nothing good... we have to find them!” he added resolutely.
Dawn started, enlightened by an idea. She turned to Willow.
“Hey, there’s a spell, remember? When I went away with Justin/Schlecht, Buffy told me Spike and she found me thanks to the spell you also used when Buffy escaped, after you found out she had been in Heaven!” Dawn made her notice.
“You’re right, Dawnie, but there’s a problem. You see, that spell only works with loved ones who don’t want to be found. So, we can’t use it to find Riley or Angelus, because they’re not loved ones to us, not anymore... and we can’t use it to find Buffy and Spike, either, because they had been abducted, not escaped willingly, do you understand?” Willow explained, upset.
“Damn, there must be a way...” Dawn protested, as Giles piled all his books on the table.
“That’s what we are going to find out, it’s research-time, and it could take us all night, so let’s get started!” he incited them.

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Buffy was still sleeping deeply and about half of the orb of Thesulah was already black. The vampiress’ sleep was full of images: people who ran away panic-stricken, rivers of blood that flowed, screams, pain and death everywhere. But after a few hours those screams and fear had started to amuse her and she wasn’t as annoyed by the rivers of blood as she was at the beginning.
In fact, Angelus and Drusilla looked at her pleased, as she unconsciously passed her tongue over her lips, smiling.

Riley got into their flat, drawing their attention.
“Everything went as planned, I left him in his crypt...” the soldier lied.
“Shh! Don’t be so loud, my grand-daughter is sleeping, don’t wake her up!” Drusilla summoned him, getting closer and pointing at Buffy.
Riley started when he saw her chained to the wall with that odd orb that floated next to her.
“What the hell are you doing to her? That wasn’t the deal!” he snapped, but the two brunettes burst out laughing.
“Well, the deal has changed!” Angelus informed him, getting closer. “... And we also added a new clause ...” he went on, as Drusilla, being faster than Riley, grabbed his taser before he could use it. “Your exit from the scene!” Angelus concluded, shifting into his game face as Drusilla held the boy still.
“Wait, my love!” she exclaimed, before Angelus could sink his fangs into his neck.
“What?” the vampire wondered, looking at her puzzled.
“What if.. we played with him a little first?” she suggested, moaning and making puppy eyes at her Sire.
“So, baby, you wanna play, don’t you? Well, why not? It will be fun and it will make us hungrier, too!” he smiled at her, as Riley looked at them confused, trying to break free but without success.
“The little soldier lost the big war!” Drusilla sing song, before knocking him down with a light shake from the taser.

TBC

I just tell you that the next chapter will be total NC 17.. but just for violence ihihihhi !!!!! And trust me, you’re gonna love Angelus and Dru! >;-D





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