Eden
by Anat

It wasn't long before sunrise, when Angelus got to Sunnydale.

He stopped the car and looked at the building.

Buffy woke up with a start. She was breathing hard and cold sweat covered her body. She looked down at Riley and then got off his bed quickly. She realized she fell asleep with her clothes on and walked out of the room. She closed the door quietly behind her.

Angelus saw Buffy going out of the building, putting her hands around herself to protect her body from the cold night breeze.

She was looking around and he knew she was feeling him. He moved closer, until he was in her sight. She paced slowly towards him.

It took Buffy just one look into his cold evil eyes to realize it wasn't Angel.

"You!" she hissed.

He grinned. "Did you miss me, lover?" he taunted her.

Before she could say another word, he kicked her in the stomach, and ran away from there.

Buffy rushed into Giles' apartment. Just like she had hoped, Giles was awake, sitting in front of the table, reading a book.

"Buffy! You startled me!" he nearly jumped off his chair when she stormed in, slamming the door shut behind her.

"Giles, big troubles!" she said, panting. She ran all the way.

"What happened?" he closed the book.

"It's Angel. Well, not Angel. Well..."

Giles gazed at her. She sighed.

"It's Angelus. He's back in town". She said finally.

Giles took off his glasses. "What? Did you two... I thought ..."

"Giles, we didn't do anything!" she cut him off. "Honestly, I haven't even seen him since that 5 minutes visit to L.A!"

Giles gazed at his watch. "There are only less than 20 minutes left until sunrise. I hope he won't do anything until then..."

"Hey there, good-looking". Josephine turned around, she blushed as she saw the dark, tall handsome man standing in front of her.

"Hi..." she smiled shyly.

"What are you doing alone this early in the morning?" he asked

her."Oh, I've just came back from a party, but the guy ditched me in the middle of nowhere". She said.

"It's a bit dangerous for a pretty thing like you walking alone in the darkness. What's your name?"

"Josephine. What's yours?"

"Angel".

"Wow. That's a pretty name". She smiled.

"Not as pretty as you. Would you like me to walk you home?" he offered.

"Sure". She agreed and they started walking.

"So... are you from around?" she asked.

"Yeah. I've been away for a while, but I'm back now".

She raised her head to look at him. Seeing his vampiric features, she couldn't help but unleashing a yelp.

"Home sweet home". He smiled wickedly at her, revealing his fangs. He gripped her tight. She was frozen with fear. He roared and sank his teeth in her neck, and her body collapsed limp against him.

Buffy gazed at the window, tears in her eyes. Giles was searching his books. They were all set in a big messed pile on his desk.

"Just when I thought I was moving on..." a tear rolled down her cheek.

"This has to happen. I should have been there with him. Help him fight..."

Giles took off his glasses, rubbing his nose bridge. "It's not your fault, Buffy", he said softly.

"Who did this to him? Maybe it was Faith in one of her games? She tried this before", Buffy turned to face Giles.

"I don't know. Maybe we should phone Cordelia. Perhaps she knows something". Giles pondered.

"I knew something was wrong. I could feel it. I was having this dream... and I had a feeling Angel wasn't there anymore. That he was gone", she smeared her tears over her face and sniffled.

"When I find out who did this to him I'm going to kill him!" she said finally.

"Buffy, we shouldn't rush to any conclusion without..."

"I'm not rushing to anything, Giles. I'm gonna kill that person slowly and painfully".

"Buffy, we don't know who or what is behind it", he sighed. "Why don't you get some rest, you'll think more clearly in the morning".

Part Four

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