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"... And that's what happened." Angel had just stopped telling the story host of Fritz's disappearance. The Scooby Gang was circled around Angel listening intently. "I went back to check on Red but he was dead when I got there. Broke his neck in the crash, the truck was mangled up; broken windows, scraped painting, hell from the looks of it the only thing that worked would be the car radio." Sighing, he spoke again, "I wish I knew what had happened to him."
Willow spoke softly, "Y-You said that a blue light surrounded him?"
Angel only nodded a yes.
"Mmmm. G-Giles isn't that a bad thing?" Willow spoke quietly.
"Yes," Giles muttered, "We messed up."
Buffy spoke, "How could you mess up?! Your Wicca girl, and he's the Watcher, how can you screw up? It's like full proof!"
Xander voiced quietly, "What does it mean when you messed up?"
Giles took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "It means that now we are facing a demon not a inhabited teen. Meaning Fritz has full control over the body. It also means that we have to kill Fritz, also meaning that we will kill the teen also."
Angel looked up at Giles and spoke softly, "The teen's name is Ra'Shun Hunter."
Buffy looked over at Angel, "When did you have time to figure that out?"
Angel smirked a little, "I found out in Rome, I just forgot."
Spike muttered, "'In 1960 Bennett Cerf bet Theodore "Dr. Suess" Geisel $50 that he couldn't write an entire book using only fifty words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Cerf never paid the $50 bet. Huh."
The Gang all looked at him; he looked up from the book he was reading, "What?" he said, innocently. Ignoring him, they turned back around.
Oz spoke in his traditional monotone voice, "So, what are we going to do?" Everyone looked expectantly at Giles.
"Don't stare at me," he said softly, "I don't have the slightest idea what we are going to do about him. The only thing I can think of is wait for him to come find Angel."
"Great," Buffy said, "We will just sit here and wait for the little brat to come find us. Who knows how long it will take for him to get here, or how many deaths it will take before we catch him."
"If you have a better idea, you more useful," Xander uttered. Buffy and Angel both glared at Xander, he backed down a little. "I take that as a no," Xander said, while scratching the back of his head.
In the cold rooms of the Sunnydale hospital, a figure lied as if in a deep sleep on the hospital. A dark concealed figure stood eyeing at her.&nsbp; His eyes took in her deep eyes brown eyes, the full lips, and the small noses were other appearances he noticed. His eyes wondered along her hair, falling upon her chest watching it rise and fall underneath the covers of the hospital blankets. He could feel the excitement generated by standing in a dark room with this delicious creature, he needed her however, and it was not in a sexual way. He heard the door open as another dark figure came in a bit taller then him but that was alright he could hold his own if need be.
"Who are you?" The new figure spoke softly, as if he would wake the creature on the bed from her coma. "And what are you doing here?"
"My name is Fritz," was all the body of Ra'Shun Hunter said.
"That still doesn't answer my question of what you are doing here," the new comer said harshly.
"I've came to revive her," he indicated the body on the bed.
"People have tried almost everything what makes you so sure that you can do it?"
Snorting lightly, "I spent a year in a test chamber in Poland, we, the Nazi's, figured out how to send a person into a coma and revive them." A slight grin came across his face, "I would not be challenging me young one'"
The newcomer smiled lightly, "I'm probably old enough to be your grandpa,"
"I was around when your grandmother was sucking on her mother's tit, I highly doubt that you are older then me. Enough with this senseless bickering," Fritz pulled out a bottle from his jacket, uncapped it and waved it under Faith's nose. "It takes roughly an hour, start turning off equipment, it is similar to a stimulant, any moment her body functions might sky rocket through the roof, we don't want all this equipment going off to warn the nurses do we?"
The other vamp nodded and began silently unplugging the machines. Fritz watched Faith as she twitched slightly, he watched the monitor of her heart as it slowly began to pick up pace. The gentle beep, became faster and stronger, the respirator began to move quicker as Faith began to breathe on her own. Fritz smiled she was responding faster then the Jews he had tested the drug on back in World War 2. Faith opened her eyes; they sparkled as if nothing had happened in the past few months. She looked up spotting Fritz and smiled.
"Hi ya, how long have I been sleeping?" Faith said with a grin.
Fritz smiled at her cheerful attitude; "You've been in a coma for a few months to my knowledge. The Mayor was unsuccessful in his accession and Buffy is still alive. I am a new in town I could use your help. I am seeking revenge on a vampire you might know. Goes by the name of Angel now I hear. Was wondering if you could help me track him down and stake his sorry excuse of an a**."
"What do I get out of the deal," Faith asked questionably.
"How about your own continent? I never like Europe in the summer any way." Fritz said with a smirk.
"What makes you the big hot shot in town?" Faith looked him up and down getting a feel for his size and strength, "You don't look so special too me."
"Your buddy Angelus, he taught me everything I know, I spent the last 60 years, earth time in hell. I am not a happy camper I want revenge. World domination would be nice, to but. Don't we do that every night Brain?"
"What?" Faith said in her New York accent.
"Huh? Oh nothing forget it." Fritz stuttered back on to what he was talking about. "I have nothing that will prove that I will win alone. However, I plan on conquering up some mean shit, that will make your Mayor's accession look like M&Ms."
Faith smiled, "Your on, I will need to get back in the game though, you got anything I can warm back up on?"
Fritz smiled, and leaned over to whisper into Faith's ear. Faith smiled and nodded, then immediately through the bed sheets over the newcomer vampire, kicked him a few times and slammed a stake, which she found in the closet, into his heart. "Well that was fun, what's next?"
"Do you have to leave again? You just got here," Buffy whined but only slightly.
"Yes," Angel spoke softly, "I have many souls to make amends too and it's best if I get that done first."
"So." Buffy said trying to get him to stay longer, "Have you been seeing anyone in LA considering we are just friends and all." It pained Buffy to say that, she missed being held in Angel's arms the dark way he had loved her.
"Well." Angel said softly, "There was a nice girl named Kate but she died in a freak accident. We never actually went out but she had an interest in me. I could tell."
"Oh. I had a guy named Riley, which was the same way. He was bitten by a vampire though, that's strange irony." Buffy said in a quite way. "Have you thought about me much since you went to LA?" Trying to make it sound like she really doesn't care what he says, "Cause I haven't I mean I've been pretty busy with college and all."
"Buffy, I still love you. I always will, that will never change, it is just that I have some stuff to take care of. Besides I want you to get a chance at a normal life you know that." Angel spoke quietly as if someone might be listening to the conversation.
"I know." Buffy muttered. "It's just hard, I miss you."
"I miss you too." Angel said and gave her a hug. "I need to leave though, I probably have quite a few pieces of work that are piling up on my desk." Angel and Buffy held each other tightly and enjoyed each other's presence. After a minute, Angel grabbed his bag, and for the second time in their relationship, he said good bye.
"Here is the deal," Fritz said. "I want you to go get some supplies for the spell, that I am going to need," he handed her a list of supplies. "You can find most of them on your way to LA to find Angel, I don't want you to kill him. Just lure him back to Sunnydale, I need the time to meditate and get ready to kill him."
"I thought you said I could kill him?" Faith said harshly.
"No," Fritz said calmly. "It's my revenge, you are going to help me. Then you can take revenge on anyone you want. I will help you if you please."
Faith thought of all the people she'd love to watch suffer. "Can we torture them first?"
Fritz smiled, "It's your revenge you can do anything you like. Now
go to Los Angeles and get that bastard."