Title: How It All Comes Together Series
Disclaimer: I DON'T own ANY of the characters from Buffy The Vampire Slayer or Angel. They belong to Mutant Enemy and Fox Productions. So please no one sue me!
Timeline: The Beginning of Season 6 of Buffy
Spoilers: Pretty much whatever is circulating around the net right now (which could be rumors) And the finale of Buffy Season 5.
Synopsis of Series: After Buffy has been resurrected, life on the Hellmouth has gone back to normal. Except for Buffy who feels unusually weak. She goes off to LA to seek solace in Angel, only to find something evil instead. Dun Dun dun.......
Synopsis of Part Five: Angelus has fallen into his old habits. Will Buffy be able to pick those habits up in time to save her Angel?
Author's Notes: I have problems.
Feedback: This is indeed my first fan-fic so I would appreciate it VERY much if I got some feed back! Whatever you would like to tell me just tell me!
Rating: PG-13 Some sexual references
Couples: X/A, W/T, C/G, and B/A

"The mansion." Spike simply said.

"The mansion? Why on earth would Angelus take her to the mansion?" Wesley looked at the blond with disbelief.

"I agree. Out of all the places he could bring her in LA, why would he go all the way to Sunnydale?" Giles said taking his glasses off clean them.

"No. I think Spike's right. It's Angelus. He's crazy. He's proven that to us how many times? He knows how we think and is using it against us. Why in a million years would he bring Buffy to the mansion? Because we wouldn't think in a million years he would bring her there." The redhead looked around at the three men.

"Yeah well there's that and there's the fact that any vampire is drawn to anywhere with a nice set of bloody chains." A smile spread across his face as the others winced at the thought.

"Eeeeeewwwww!" They all said in chorus.

"Hey Will." Xander said slapping her arm playfully. "Hey Wes, Spike, Giles." The men dipped their head in greetings. Xander was followed by Tara, Cordelia, Gunn, and Anya.

"Anything yet?" Cordelia asked looking at Wesley.

"Yes. We think we might have a lead on where he has taken Buffy." Wesley sighed.

"How's Riley doing?" Tara asked as she stroked the puppy.

"Captain Cardboard is still in bad shape mate." Spike said turning to Tara. "But the doctors have been in and out all night and keep saying he's getting better. Where did you get the puppy love?"

"Magic." He answered for Tara. "Dawn must really care about him." Gunn stated absent-mindedly looking at the door.

"What do you mean?" Giles asked looking at Gunn quizzically.

"Well she's in there isn't she? I mean she's not out here with us." Gunn said looking at Willow.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean? Isn't she with you?" Spike asked panic and anger beginning to rise up in him.

"No. Do you see her here?" Gunn said agitatedly.

"Well, where is she?" Giles asked impatiently.

"A nurse came downstairs and told us that Willow wanted to see her." Cordelia said as she started to put two and two together. "Now that I think about it, she was kind of pale.

"Oh God. It was a minion wasn't it?" Anya said slowly.

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Buffy could feel his breath on her neck. He had put all his weight and strength into pinning her down. He took a moment to gaze into her eyes. There were filled with confusion and terror. *Oh God why did he just dismiss his minions? Oh God is it going to be that bad?* Her mind screamed for the answer. He dramatically opened his jaws and bore his fangs to her letting them glisten in beginning twilight. He slowly sunk his fangs into her jugular. Buffy moaned in pain. A dark curtain fell across her vision. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" He screamed in pain as he rolled off of her and onto the ground. Dawn stood over them wearing a grim expression on her face. The silver crucifix was dangling from the center of the broken chain. Angel was holding his blistered hand. Buffy could see that the blisters were in the shape of a crucifix. Dawn quickly pulled out a bottle with a gold cross on it and uncorked it. She threw the contents at Angelus and let it splash in his eyes. His flesh made a sickening hissing sound. Angelus screamed in searing pain and covered his eyes with his good hand.

Buffy was feeling a little bit light headed from the loss of blood but quickly took in the scene. She took in the damage Dawn had done and what damage was done to her as she placed a hand on her throat and brought it back to her to reveal blood. *I'm ok. I'm going to be fine. I'm going to live. Ok how do I get us out of here?* She thought frantically. She looked around for an escape. She quickly found one. "Dawn get in the car." Keeping her eyes on Angelus rolling on the ground in pain, she quickly jumped into the car and started the engine. It roared in protest. "C'mon! DAMN IT!" She hit the steering wheel with her fist. She tried it again. She looked over her shoulder. Angelus was getting up. Panic started to swell up in her. She tried it again and this time the car started and she put her foot down hard on the gas. The car roared as it sped away.

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Angelus had chased after the car as it sped away. But as soon as he realized how close to dawn it was, he turned back. He had gone to the mansion. He had needed to do some serious thinking. He had laid down on Angel's bed and started to work out another plan of getting back his slayer. He ended up nodding off before he could think of anything worth following through with. But the next thing he knew, he had jolted up out of his dreams. Something had woken him up. A familiar sound. *There. There it is again*. It was so familiar, yet so different. *It's the doors!* He quickly jumped out of bed and picked up the gun he had placed on his nightstand. He slowly walked to the front of the mansion to where the doors were. The sun had managed to find it's way in through all of the heavy curtains that littered the windows through out the mansion. Angelus was careful not to step in it. He turned the corner sharply and came face to face with Wesley.

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Both girls slammed the car doors shut and sprinted towards their house. As soon as both of them had made it inside, Buffy slammed the door shut and leaned up against it. She slid down to the floor and sighed. "Thank you Dawn." She looked at Dawn as if she would never see Dawn again.

"Hey it was nothing." She replied with a huge grin across her face. "I owed ya one." She walked over to where Buffy sat on the floor and hugged her. They held the embrace for a few moments.

"We have to call the others to know the heads up." Buffy stated crossing over and picking up the phone.

"They were all at the hospital with Riley when I was with them." Dawn stated, "I don't think you'll get a hold of them."

Buffy slowly put the phone back down. "At the hospital with Riley. Riley's not dead?" Buffy asked looking at Dawn with great relief.

"No. Not yet at least. The doctors don't think he'll last much longer though." She purposely avoided Buffy's gaze and looked down at the floor sadly. The minutes of silence elapsed.

"Cordelia has a cell phone. We can try calling that." Buffy picked up the phone and started dialing.

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Angelus fired the gun aiming for his arm. "DAMN IT! How many times do I have to get shot in a year?" Wesley screamed confirming Angelus's aim. Angelus smiled at this.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Angelus replied in a singsong voice. He looked over to see that Gunn was the only other person in there. "Get over there." Angelus said waving the gun at Gunn. Gunn quickly obeyed. "Where are the others?" He asked curiously.

"Not here." Wesley said through gritted teeth as he held he kept his hand tightly clamped around his arm.

"Are you alright man?" Gunn asked walking over and kneeling next to Wesley.

"Splendid. Just splendid. I have a bullet in my arm. But I'm splendid." He replied sarcastically through his gritted teeth.

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"Do you think we should go in yet?" Cordelia asked watching the mansion through the window of Gunn's black van. There was a short pause before anyone dared to answer.

"Cordy, you know the drill. They're just going in there to see if Dawn and Buffy are in there. They aren't going to try to play hero." Xander sighed. "Besides they said to wait twenty minutes from when they got out of the car before we go all psycho and send the calvary in."

Spiked looked at Xander curiously through an opening in his blanket. "And since when have you started listening to what English says?"

Xander shot a dignified look back at him. "Since now."

"Do you guys really think Willow and Tara can find that restoration spell-" Cordelia was cut off by a ringing noise. Her and the others looked around to see where it was coming from.

Anya pulled Cordelia's bag to her and reached in. She pulled out the ringing object. "You guys, it's just her cell." Everyone breathed an audible sigh of relief.

Cordelia took the phone from Anya and hit a button. "Hello?" there was a silence that lasted a beat. Then the hello was followed by a few oh's , uhhu's and yup's. Then finally, "Buh-bye." And Cordelia hung up. All eyes were on her. But she took her time putting her phone away. When she finally looked her only word was "What?"

Everyone rolled their eyes. "Even I get this one." Anya said aloud.

"Cordelia, you just got off the phone. What do you think we are staring at you for? Who was it?" Giles asked impatiently.

Cordelia waved a hand at them. "Oh that? It was Buffy. She's at her house with Dawn." But then Cordelia realized what had just happened. "If I was just on the phone with Buffy, then her and Dawn aren't inside. Which means that Wesley, Gunn, and Angelus are the only ones in there." Everyone looked at Cordelia dumbfounded. "Again I say, What?"

"Nothing it's just that.." Xander said trailing off.

"You're not dumb anymore." Anya stated bluntly.

"Thanks. I think." Cordelia pondered.

"So who goes in and gets them?" Came the voice of reason known as Giles. Everyone just looked at him. "Fine I'll go. But who's coming with me?"

"I would but you know, all the bloody sunlight would kill me." Spike replied from somewhere under the blankets.

"I will." Xander said standing up. He stood up to far because there was a dull clunking sound as his head hit the roof of the van. "Ow!" He yelled as he rubbed his head.

"Oh dear." Giles sighed.

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Gunn looked up quickly. He saw a chair close to them. He quickly looked back down. He didn't want Angelus to figure out what he was planning. "Look, Angel, Angelus, Dead Boy, whatever! We need to get Wesley to a hospital." Gunn said hoping Angelus would fall into his trap.

"God, when are you people going to learn? I'm not Angel. I'm nothing like that brooding idiot! And don't call me Dead Boy. I don't like it." Angelus hissed.

"Whatever. He still needs help." Gunn pushed.

"And I care because?" He looked at Wesley then at Gunn.

"Well the least you could do is keep him alive so you can have a snack later." He replied dryly. "Can you just get some bandages?" Angelus sighed and turned to get some bandages. Gunn saw his chance. He quickly yet silently got up from Wesley's side and grabbed the chair. He brought it up over Angelus's head. He brought it down with all his might. There was a loud cracking sound that came from the chair as it broke. Angelus fell to the ground. Gunn quickly sprinted over to Wesley. He picked Wesley up and flung his arm around his shoulder. But Angelus was already getting up. But the doors of the mansion flung open and Xander and Giles came crashing in. They both held glasses full of holy water, crucifixes, and stakes in their hands. But Giles held the bigger of the two crucifixes. It was the size of a tennis racket. Giles ran over to Angelus and slammed to cross into his back. Angel fell to the floor, screaming in pain. Giles saw Gunn and Wesley out of the corner of his eye and walked over to help them while Xander dumped holy water in Angelus's face. Giles had made it to the door with Gunn, and Wesley when he realized Xander was still beating on Angelus.

"Xander." He called. Xander looked up from his kicking. He quickly stopped and ran towards the door to catch up with the others.

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There was a knock at the door. Buffy quickly strode to the door and opened it. "Hey." She said standing back to let Tara and Willow in.

"Cordelia called us and told us you were here." Willow said as she strode in and started to unpack her supplies needed for the spell.

"Are you alright? Did he hurt you Buffy?" Tara asked without stuttering.

"Yeah. I mean, that I'm ok. No to the did he hurt me." She smiled. "Dawn's upstairs taking a nap. She's alright too." Willow stopped unpacking at this.

Willow and Tara exchanged concerned looks. Willow took a deep breath. "Do you want us to get Angel back?"

Without hesitation Buffy nodded her head. "Will, I love him. I can't just give up on him." Her eyes beginning to shine with tears.

"Alright." At this the redhead began to set up for the spell again.

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"D-a-m-n!" Gunn yelped. "That vampire has some serious issues."

"Yeah Dead Boy's not the most stable person on Earth." Xander said as he pulled himself into the van. Anya was now in the driver's seat looking back at Xander.

"Are you alright? I don't want you to die before we get married." She looked deep into his eyes.

"Me neither." He joked. "Now let's just get the hell out of here." He said looking for a visual ok from everyone in the car.

"Where do we go from here? Or better yet where's Buffy?" Gunn asked. "She and Dawn weren't in the mansion.

"Ok. I'll update them while Anya drives us to Buffy's house." Cordelia replied as Anya stepped on the gas.

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Angelus was mad. He was more made then he had ever been in his whole entire life and afterlife. He was infuriated. He had never been outsmarted so badly by a bunch of humans. "Calm down Angelus." He said out loud to himself. "If you keep acting like this you will never think of a plan to get them all back for this." He said to himself in a soothing voice. He took a deep inhaling breath. He didn't need to. But it helped to pacify his temper faster. A smile spread across his face as his thoughts manifested to form a plan.

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