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Dracula stood on the harbour, waiting for the Serenity to arrive. It had been at least a week since Spike called him and told him that Elena had been kidnapped by Gunn and was being brought over to England. Ever since arriving in England a few nights ago, Dracula had been waiting at night for the ship

He could see the ship as it loomed out of the darkness and stopped at the harbour. Dracula waited, but no one got off the ship. Worry started to overtake him and he headed towards the ship, leaping aboard and seeing the dead bodies lying on the deck. His senses going on alert, Dracula headed under, coming to the dining room where zombified bodies littered the place. The bodies looked as if they had been rotting for months. He could smell Spike’s scent and heading deeper into the ship, catching hold of Elena’s scent and a strange, new scent. Something similar to perfume

He heard the roar of a speedboat and hurried to the deck, seeing it by the stern, as female demons wearing black leather outfits were loading four cages, each one containing Spike, Illyria, Lindsey and Connor. He couldn’t see Elena anywhere, as he leapt down onto the speedboat and kicked one woman into the ocean

“Kill him!” Spider cried

Dracula backhanded another woman, before grabbing another and slamming her against the hull of the ship. Reaching Spike’s cage, he shoved it into the ocean, knowing it would wake him up. As soon as he hit the cold water, Spike woke up and started bashing the cage door, snapping it open and reaching the speedboat, climbing aboard to lend a hand. Spider growled and took off into the harbour, as Dracula and Spike took care of the remaining women and freed the others

“What happened?” Dracula asked

“Gunn teamed up with some pixie called Non,” Spike replied, trying to wake Illyria up, “He kidnapped Elena and for reason, they brought her here”

“Well, where is she?”

“Obviously not with me. Non and Gunn killed everyone aboard. She’s got this ability to life drain any human, which makes her stronger. That’s how she took us down”

“How long was I out for?” Lindsey asked groggily

“I’m guessing about a day or so,” Connor replied, also groggily, “Hey, we’re in England”

Dracula simply rolled his eyes, as Illyria woke up, her eyes blazing

“Where is she?” she demanded

“Who? Non or Elena?” Spike asked

“Both”

“Not around us. Hey, Drac, reckon we could hide out with you?”

“Let’s get going. People are going to get suspicious and the alarm will be raised when they find all the dead bodies aboard”

“Agreed. Let’s get the hell out of here”

Spike helped Illyria to her feet, before following after Dracula to his current residence

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“Now, let’s get a real good look at you,” Non said, grabbing Elena by the cheeks, “You don’t look like your father at all. Apart from the eyes. And the scar. Nice scar”

“Get your hands off me, you ugly meanie,” Elena cried

“Oh and she has his attitude as well. A female mini-Spike”

“What do you plan to do with her?” A Sadecki demon named Noelle asked

“Well, first of all, she’s cute little bait for our peroxide friend,” Non replied, “But as much as I want to kill the little munchkin, I can’t. Someone else wants her”

“Dare I ask who that someone is?”

“Can’t you read my mind. I thought that’s what all Sadecki demons could do”

“I prefer not to, Non”

“Good. Keep it that way. Get this little brat out of here”

Spider grabbed Elena and took her out of the room, placing her in a dark basement. Elena felt around for the corner of the room and huddled there, the small tears starting to fall as she wished for her father to arrive and save her

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The bar door burst open as Spike and Connor strode inside. A demon got up and growled menacingly, but before he could do anything, Spike slammed his fist into the demon’s gut, winding him, then slammed his face onto the table

“Right then, let’s get this song and dance out of the way,” Spike said, “I’m looking for a pink haired pixie that wears a skinsuit. Goes by the name of Non. Arrived here about a day ago. Any volunteers?”

A demon came up behind the pair, but Connor threw his fist back over his shoulder, striking the demon in the face and taking him down, as Spike headed to the bar

“Anyone want to stand up and start blabbing or do I have to beat it out of you lot?”

“She surrounds herself with women dressed in vinyl,” Connor added, “One of them is a Sadecki demon and another has retractable spider legs”

“Time’s a-wasting lads,” Spike said, “Let’s start talking”

“What makes you think we would know anything?” a demon asked

Spike promptly slammed the demon on top of the table, his vamp face on

“Listen mate, pixie freakshow has kidnapped my little girl. And I want to get her back. And God help anyone who tries to stop me. Do you know anything?”

“Me, no I know nothing. But that guy over there might”

The demon was pointing at someone huddled over at the bar. Spike turned away from the demon, resuming his human face, before clapping the person on the shoulder

“Mate, a word?” he asked, turning the person around, “Lucas Strike?”

“William,” the dark-haired vampire cried, “How long has it been?”

“Twenty years, give or take,” Spike replied

“You two know each other?” Connor asked with a confused look

“We caused a whole lot of trouble back in America,” Lucas replied, “So much that the Slayer started investigating and Spike left my ass behind to get killed”

“I was pissed,” Spike said, “No way I was taking on a Slayer while drunk”

“Yeah, well, I was lucky then,” Lucas said, “No thanks to you”

“That’s grand. Now listen mate, I’m told you might something about my friend Non”

“Non? Isn’t she a life-sucking demon of some sort”

“Yes, that’s a start. Now continue or else I’ll beat the crap out of you”

“Is that how you treat your hell-raising buddies these days?”

“On the plus side, it’ll make me feel better”

“Okay then, well I know that Non is residing somewhere downtown. Check out one of the back alleys. She likes to hunt in those”

“Thanks, mate”

Spike then grabbed Lucas’ mug of beer and walked off with it, downing it by the time he got to the door with Connor trailing after him

“At least we’re getting somewhere,” he said

“I want you to keep an eye on Lucas,” Spike said, “I don’t trust him. Never have and never will. He’s one of those guys that will sell out on you. He’s like a rat”

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch him”

“Good. Now let’s keep going”

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“Dammit,” Lindsey cried, “The locator spell isn’t working”

“Perhaps it’s because Non is blocking her location,” Dracula suggested

“You think?”

“Now, it’s simple to block a locator spell, but it’s also simple to unblock them. Requires a little more work, but still simple enough to do”

Dracula started going through his bookshelf, before pulling out a large, dusty tome and setting it on the table as Lindsey and Illyria joined him

“Ah, here we are. And these are the ingredients we need. All at our local magic shop”

“Well, I’m off,” Lindsey said, “And we’re gonna expose this bitch and then-”

“I will take great pleasure in slowly separating her skeleton from her flesh,” Illyria said in a cold, emotionless voice

Lindsey had a slightly pale look on his face before he left the apartment

“Was that too much?” Illyria asked

“Maybe just a little,” Dracula said

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