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Spike immediately caught Gunn’s scent and raced off after it. Along the way, mist covered his body, as it began to change. Landing on four paws, Spike took off in his wolf form, gaining much more ground than usual

“Gotta tell Dracula thanks for this”

Illyria climbed up a storm drain and ran along the rooftops, as Spike manoeuvred through the back alleys, coming out into a derelict back street where Gunn was busy bundling Elena into a truck. Growling, Spike resumed his normal form, grabbing a plank of wood and hurling it like a spear through the chest of a vampire. He cried out as he was turned to dust, as Gunn ordered the other vampires to attack, before getting into the truck. Illyria leapt down and kicked a vampire in the head, before seeing the truck drive away. Without being told to, she took off after the truck

“I don’t know if we’ve met, but I’m Spike,” he said, “And you guys are dust”

He blocked a vampire’s fist and struck him on the jaw, as another vampire slammed both fists against Spike’s back. He drove his elbow into the vampire’s face, then booted another vampire in the gut, as a fourth vampire kicked Spike in the back. He fell to the ground, as the vampires started laying into him, kicking him while he was down. A vampire grabbed a makeshift stake and raised it over Spike, but an arrow shot through his heart, turning him to dust. The vampires whirled around, as three more arrows shot out of the darkness and dusted them. Spike got to his feet, catching the fourth arrow with ease and staking the last vampire

“Sorry, Spike, didn’t see you there,” came a female voice

“It’s been a while, Ava,” Spike said

The dark haired Slayer smiled as she stepped out of the darkness, carrying a large, modified crossbow. It had a magazine of bolts in the stock and the firing mechanism had been modified so it could fire several bolts in rapid succession without need for manual reloading, making it an automatic crossbow, similar to an assault rifle

“Nice little toy you’ve got there,” Spike said, wary of the Slayer

“You like it? Xander Harris made these weapons”

“For once, the whelp did something right. So, we duke it out here, right now? Sounds good, but I’m on a bit of time crunch here, so we’ll have to reschedule”

“That’s what I’m here for, Spike. I know Gunn’s taken your daughter”

“Yeah and you’re probably in on the joke, Ava”

“No, I’m not. I’m not a part of this. I came here to help you”

“Nice try, Slayer. On any other normal night, you and I would be duking it out, but since I’m more worried about my little girl, I’ll let you live”

Spike strode past Ava, as she turned and followed after him

“Well, I’m gonna prove it, Willy. I’m coming with you”

“Go harass a town that doesn’t have me in it”

Spike continued on, as Ava ran past him, getting onto her motorcycle and starting it up, before looking at Spike

“So, you’re coming or what?”

Spike rolled his eyes and let out a sigh, before getting on behind her

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Illyria steadied herself on the truck, before swinging into the back, booting a vampire in the chest. Another vampire lunged at Illyria, but she simply tossed him out onto the road. Gunn turned and aimed his crossbow, shooting a bolt into Illyria’s torso

“Mommy!” Elena cried

Illyria removed the bolt and rammed it into a vampire’s heart, before turning to Elena’s bonds. Gunn climbed into the back, punching Illyria in the face, then throwing her against the canvas wall. She kicked him in the stomach, throwing him back, then heading back to Elena. She was nearly free, as Gunn dropped his elbow onto Illyria’s back, then grabbed her around the waist and tossed her out of the truck. Illyria hit the road hard, rolling several times before coming to a slow stop. At that moment, Ava and Spike came roaring up to her on the motorcycle

“Go after him,” Spike said, getting off, “Get her back”

Ava nodded and raced off after Gunn, as Spike slowly picked Illyria up and carried her to the pavement, before getting out his cell phone

“Wesley! We’re gonna need your help. Gunn’s taken Elena! Yeah, grab Lindsey and get your ass over here. And make it snappy”

“You should be with the Slayer,” Illyria said

“Wasn’t gonna leave you there on the road, love. Don’t worry, hopefully the Slayer will play nice and get her back”

“I am fine now, Spike, we should hurry”

Illyria tried to get up, but wasn’t as fine as she thought

“You stay here, pet. Wesley will be here soon. I’m going after Gunn”

Illyria got to her feet and leaned against the lamppost as Spike took off

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“Hurry up and get the kid out,” Gunn ordered

The vampire grabbed the struggling Elena, who ended up kicking him in the shins. He cried out and let go of her, as she took her chance to run. However, Gunn was in front of her before she could take three steps

“Now where do you think you’re going?” he asked, vamp face on

“Away from you, you big meanie,” Elena replied

“I don’t think so. Come here”

Gunn lifted her up and tossed her onto his shoulder, heading back to the truck

“So, Gunn, you have her”

A woman stepped out of the darkness. She had short pink hair and was wearing a top and skirt that seemed to be made out of ordinary material and human skin. She had a pierced nose, as well as two piercings in her bellybutton

“Yeah, I got the kid for you,” Gunn said

“Argh!” cried a vampire

Ava rode up on her motorcycle and killed the engine, as the vampires lunged at her. She took aim and fired, dusting them, before reloading the crossbow

“Ava, it’s been a while,” Gunn said, “What happened to you being on my side?”

“We no longer work for Wolfram and Hart,” Ava replied, “There’s no point”

“So, now you’re all goody goody two-shoes huh?”

“Seems that way”

Ava aimed and fired several bolts at Gunn. He dived out of the way, as the woman made her move towards Ava. The Slayer fired at her, but the bolts hardly slowed her down. She simply ripped them out and tossed them aside, before smacking the crossbow out of Ava’s hands and grabbing her by the throat. However, at that moment, a chain came flying out of nowhere and cracked her across the skull

“Pixie in a skin-suit,” Spike grinned, “Haven’t seen one of those before”

“Daddy!” Elena cried

“Hey baby, don’t worry, Daddy will get you soon”

“I don’t think so,” the woman said, wiping blood from her mouth, “Ladies!”

A large group of woman in black leather stepped out of the darkness. Spike noted that a majority of the women were demons, as the woman smirked at him

“We’re taking your kid, whether you like it or not”

There came a roar of an engine, as a pick-up truck came into view. Spike and Ava dived out of the way, as the truck slammed into the woman. Illyria and Lindsey got out of the truck, as the women rushed forth to battle them. Getting to his feet, Spike whipped his chain, tripping up about five women, as Wesley and Kate arrived

“Non!” Gunn cried, “Get your ass out of that truck”

The woman groaned as she stepped out from the truck’s wreckage, only to get Illyria’s fist slamming into her jaw, sending her flying. Growling, Gunn headed towards the fighting, as Wesley saw him and stopped before him

“Wes”

“Charles”

“Still a vampire”

“Former ghost”

“Can we fight?”

“Sure”

Wesley and Gunn started battling each other. Lindsey and Kate were working together against the women, while Spike and Illyria were making their way towards Elena. However, Non grabbed Illyria by the shoulders and threw her against the wall, as a brunette woman stabbed Spike in the chest with spider legs growing out of her back. She lifted him up and tossed him aside. Seeing them go down, Ava grabbed her crossbow and cracked a woman in the jaw with it, before heading towards Elena. A vampire started to pick the child up, but got a bolt through the heart. Non smacked the crossbow out of Ava’s hands and grabbed her by the throat

“Feed me,” she growled

Ava then started gagging, as her life-force was drained from her body into Non

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