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Jillian K
Disclaimer: BTVS is property of Joss Whedon and Mutant enemy. This fic is intended for entertainment purposes only so no money is being made of it. As if anybody would pay.
Summary: In a different Sunnydale in where the demon threat has been neutralized the slayer protects a vampire from the Initiative labs.
He continued.
“Dru’s sire is called Angelus. We hadn’t seen the bloke for about a century and had no idea where he was. There were rumors that something weird had happened to him, something about a gypsy curse and what all. I never found out exactly. Anyhow Dru wanted to find him so I asked around. He was in the states, LA to be exact. Of course I was adamant about setting foot anywhere in the country. I knew that even after more than a decade I was pretty much America’s most wanted”
“So we stayed put but Dru wouldn’t let it go. We were in Prague and Dru’s frustration made her careless. We were attacked by a mob and barely escaped with our lives. They injured her pretty badly and she was frail even after I had tended to her. The only way to bring her back to health was to have her feed from the sire. I had no choice then”.
“You came back? Even with knowing the risk you chose to return?” I couldn’t keep the cynicism from my voice. .
“My lady’s wellbeing was at stake. It really wasn’t a question” he said matter-of-factly.
Never in all my research on vampires had I come across such a thing. Vampires were known for their selfishness and survival instinct. In front of me was one that put his own safety on the line to save his mate. I was astounded and envious.
“What happened then?”
“We managed to get West Coast. The Initiative was already in place but it wasn’t as formidable as it is now. A vampire could still make his way around if he was very careful and I was. My intent was to get Angelus and get the hell out of there. As you can see things did not go according to plan”
“You never found him?”
“I did. Unfortunately I also found that he had a soul. And that he was working for the Council and the Slayer”
Huh? I had never come across any mentions of a vampire working with the slayer and I told him as much.
“Yeah well, it was probably something they wanted to keep under wraps. All I know was that he and the Slayer had been allies ever since she was first called. But I wasn’t aware of that as I sought him out. All I knew was that Dru needed him. Somehow he got word that I was in town and contacted me. We agreed to meet”
“He was willing to help Dru?”
“I never knew. He wasn’t waiting in the meeting place, a special ops team was. They
overpowered and injected me with the same tranquilizer you are so fond of. By the time I could move again I was already in the Initiative complex”.
Thorough his narrative he had kept his voice in an even pitch. The pitch has softened when he spoke about Dru but now as he got to his capture and subsequent imprisonment it quivered.
“Buffy. I know that I am your natural enemy and that I have killed thousands of your kind. You probably think that I deserved my fate and you’re probably right. I don’t know, but I’d rather take my chances in hell than be sent back there”
His statement rang in my ears. I remembered that one of the vampires that had escaped alongside him had made that very same choice. I knew that Maggie Walsh was evil but I had only seen glimpses of it whenever I read one of her books or attended one of her symposiums. The workings of the Initiative were pretty much concealed even from me.
Was I ready to confront the reality? Learn what my boyfriend really did?
I was.
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