Part 3
Lorne ran into the room “I found it” he said.
Nick stood staring at Angel and Blaze, standing there embracing. They pulled back and she smiled up at Angel. “I-I thought you were dead,” he said.
She shook her head “Locked in a tomb” she told him “But I’ll tell you all about that later. Where have you been? I went to Sunnydale looking for you.”
“I’ve been here for about four years” Angel replied.
“Really? Well, I guess my navigation skills need a little warming up on…I just woke up four years ago.”
Angel looked her over carefully making sure she was really there “104 years” he said, “seems like a whole lot more.”
She nodded “I know what you mean” she said “I’ve waited so long to see you” she reached up and stroked his cheek “I’ve missed you so much, you have no idea how happy I am.”
A bit of guilt his eyes “I doubt I’ll be able to.”
She smiled “I know what the repercussions of the soul are” she said “But…I’m here to help you with that.”
“Actually I kind of like it intact” he told her.
She smiled “Very well” she said “I guess I’ll just have to find a way around it.”
Angel smiled “You haven’t changed.”
“I hoped I wouldn’t.”
His eye then turned to Nick “Who’s he?” he asked.
She turned to Nick “Oh yeah” she said, “This is Nick. He’s been my reluctant guide.”
Nick walked up and shook Angel’s hand “Hi” he said in a shaky voice, “it’s nice to meet you.”
“Like wise” Angel said studying him carefully.
“Well would you introduce us to your friends?”
“Oh yeah” Angel said, he was about to say something when he heard a small whimper and turned toward the direction it came.
“What?” Blaze asked.
“Do you hear that?” he asked looking around.
They then heard a slight whimper and Angel turned to the side, to see something squirming, in the shadows by the building next to them. He then walked toward the sound, Blaze took his hand and tried to hold him, but he pulled from her and walked toward the sound. As he got closer he saw that it was a small girl, crying on the ground. “Are you okay?” he asked getting closer, and when he did he gasped.
He saw that she was holding her neck with was squirting blood, he spun around “What did you do?” he asked her.
She stood there silent and still “I ate” she replied, “What’s wrong? You didn’t mind before father, in fact you used to reward me for a small girl like that.”
“You…you shouldn’t do this” he said.
“Why?”
“Because it’s wrong!”
She stepped back with a confused look, “Wrong?” she asked “Wrong…when did you ever care about what was wrong?”
“Since I got here” he replied.
She still stood silent not speaking a word for a few moments before her voice sounded again, “So it’s true” she said, “Angelus is dead.”
“Blaze” he said stepping forward “Listen to me.”
She stepped back “Don’t touch me.”
“Blaze” Angel said.
She turned “Angel” she said, “Leave me alone.”
She then turned and ran into the darkness. Angel stood there watching her walk away “Only a while” he said.
A groan sounded from where Wesley and Gunn lay. “Okay” Wesley sounded awaking slowly “Who was that?”
“What was that?” Gunn asked rubbing his neck.
Angel’s eyes never left her retreating form “I’ll explain later.”
He then noticed Nick running away.
Nick turned back to make sure she wasn’t following him, but when she turned back around Angel was standing there, with his face a twisted mask. He then lifted Nick off the ground “You’re coming with me…”
“For what?” Nick asked fearfully.
“Interrogation.”
“No, you’ll explain now” Fred demanded, once they were back at the hotel “You knew about her, and you knew what she was capable off. Yet you didn’t tell us anything!”
“I didn’t know if it was her or not” Angel replied, “I thought she was dead.”
“Who is she?” Lorne asked.
“Her name is Blaze” Angel replied “she earned the name by lighting villages, and some cities on fire whenever we left. Her real name itself…means destruction. And she’s capable of far worse than she let’s on…that was her just playing around.”
“Okay” Gunn spoke up “So what do you know about her?”
Angel sat down and looked to each of them, before beginning “Just stories” he replied “Plus I met her once…or twice. There was always rumors swirling around about a vampire with enormous power. I thought it was just a legend.”
“A legend?” Fred asked.
Angel nodded “It was like the slayer, whispers among vampires about a child like her” he said, “There were a lot of stories about her, that she could take different forms, or cure other vampires. She was invincible.”
“Well…a vampire legend come true” Lorne said, “It’s really kind of exciting. I mean I’ve heard about her, they say that she could end the world or save it. I mean there was always small talk about her even in my club. Some say she has unlimited power.”
“Do you know where she got her power?” Fred asked, “I mean…she could be a witch.”
Wes then walked out from the office with a book in his hands opened to the center of the book, he then walked up to Angel and showed him a picture of a young girl in the book “Was this her?” he asked.
Angel looked closely at the book studying the picture then nodded “Yeah” he replied “Who is she.”
“Well she’s not a witch” Wesley replied.
Everyone nodded, Fred sighed “Good because…”
“She is a god.”
Everyone sat in shock, unknowing of what to say. “Damn” Gunn cursed.