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Part 2
When Beshok, Trisn and the 8 others had arrived in Sunnydale, Gilt had a little more to report. He told them that the girl Angelus had been seen with was a human girl named Buffy. She went to the local high school and was Angelus's girlfriend, before he lost his soul and after it was returned again. She helped restore his soul and was probably the one who had given Angelus the moment of pure happiness that caused him to lose his soul. Beshok decided that they would capture the girl, torture and kill her in front of Angelus. Trisn argued that she was human and killing her would be murder. Their mission was to torture Angelus, not the girl's family and friends by killing her. Beshok said that by releasing the demon she had caused many deaths and much pain, so her punishment was only fitting. Besides, they were on a quest for vengeance against Angelus, the great enemy of the clan, and anyone who was his friend was an enemy of the clan as well. Beshok overruled Trisn and sent Trisn and the 6 fighters to capture Angelus and the girl. The plan was to capture Angelus and the girl at the high school, where they spent their afternoons, and bring them back to the hotel. Gilt said he had watched them sit outside most days for at least a half hour before going inside the high school. They were hoping to capture them there. Once they got back to the hotel, they would torture the girl and eventually kill her while Angelus watched. It was going to be a little hard though, since Angelus had to be kept conscious so he could see everything.
As the duo settled down again and seemed to drift off to sleep, Trisn motioned his men forward. At his signal, the men attacked. Two went after Buffy and four others went after Angel, while Trisn held back. One yanked Buffy off of Angel and behind the bench. He held her in front of him with her arms pined behind her back, as two others grabbed Angel from behind (one on each arm) holding him against the bench. One approached Buffy to hit her and knock her out, but Buffy had other plans. She leaned back on the guy holding her and solidly kicked the man approaching her with both feet. He flew back into the two holding Angel, freeing Angel to deal with the two approaching him from the front. As Angel began trading punches with his attackers, while Buffy started working on getting free. With one foot, she pulled the gypsy's leg out from under him, as she pushed back and out with her arms. The gypsy lost his grip on her arms and lost his balance sending him onto his back. She roundhouse kicked one of the men approaching her, before turning around to the dazed gypsy and knocking him out cold. "STOP!!!" Trisn shouted, as a gypsy raised a knife to stab Buffy in the back, "No blood shed! We need them alive!" Everyone looked over at him, including Angel who also saw the knife poised above Buffy.
"Buffy!!" he yelled. Buffy turned around and kicked the knife out of the surprised gypsy's hand. Angel's attackers put his momentary distraction to good use. They punched him in the stomach and face. Angel stumbled back as Buffy jumped over the bench to stand beside him. Now they fought together and the gypsy's got the worse beating. Trisn tried to help, but things seemed to get worse and worse for his side. He stepped back for a moment. He watched as the girl beat his warriors into a bloody pulp and his warriors weren't quite holding their own against Angel. He had expected this much from Angel, he was a trained fighter after all, even if he only had human strength, but he hadn't expected this girl to be stronger and as skilled as Angel. He knew if they concentrated their efforts on Angel they would be able to capture him, but then the girl would attack from behind. No, they didn't have enough men for this. It was time to call a retreat. He picked up the still unconscious Penok (the one who had originally held Buffy) and called a retreat. The gypsy's gladly ran off in every direction knowing where to regroup. Trisn took off with Penok over his shoulder. Beshok was not going to like this.
Buffy watched the leader pick up his comrade and walk off. She stared at the man from her dream for a moment, before turning to Angel who had slumped gratefully back onto the bench. He was bruised and bloody. "Angel, are you okay?" Buffy asked sitting down next to him.
"I don't think anything's broken, so I should be fine. I can't believe they were beating on me so easily though."
"You're human now, remember. Come on. We'd better get to the library," Buffy told him. He put his arm around her shoulder and they went to the library