Dark Soul

----Disclaimer: I own NOTHING. All I own is the keyboard and computer from which I write. Joss owns these characters, not me! Damnit and don't that just suck.--------------

Author:Rudemuchness
Rating:Pg13-NC17
Summary: Xander's sire has Willow do a spell on Puppy. However, it goes wrong and Xander is left to pay the price.
Warnings: voilence, bloodplay, etc.
Pairing: Xander/Angel, a.k.a Xangel


Walking down the dark halls of the factory Xander made his way to the holding cells. Generally when one was imprisoned within the Master's confines they didn't stay long. Eventually they'd die of starvation or be brutally beaten to death. The lucky ones were only imprisoned for a day before they were given as food to the Master or his childer.

However, there was one VIP. This prisoner would be a guest until the end of eternity. This prisoner had no value, no status, and only answered to one name.

Puppy.

Puppy was once a great master vampire. Many knew him as the Scourge of Europe and he lay waste to all and took whatever he pleased. Even the Master, although hating Puppy for taking his childe, had admired Puppy for his brutality and viciousness.

But Puppy had changed since those days. Puppy had gotten himself a human soul that now inhabits his demon body. Puppy had become the betrayer of his kind and his own bloodline.
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The night of the Harvest was the night Puppy became Puppy. Luke, the Master’s right hand, had been staked by Puppy in an effort to prevent the Master's rising. However, Puppy had been too late and the Master had risen from the depths of the Hellmouth.

The battle that came lasted longer than anyone had anticipated. Puppy was a brave and courageous fighter, but he was still no match for his sire's sire.

In the end he lost. Brutally beaten he lay bloody in the Master's monastery.

The Master hunched over his body and was about to stake him when a redhead appeared from the shadows.

"Please," she whimpered." Don't kill him. I want to play with him."

The Master smiled and looked down at Puppy. "Does your sire approve of you keeping pets Willow?"

A dark haired boy with chocolate brown eyes stepped from behind the shadows and put his arms around the younger vampire." Let Willow have her fun Master. She is still learning."

The Master's smile widened as he bent down and yanked Puppy's face to the side, giving him a better view of the two vampires. "You see them? They are magnificent. Only weeks old and more brutal than you ever were Angelus. For killing Luke and openly defying me you shall no longer be Angelus. You are dirt, a waste, and a mockery to all your kind. " He turned his gaze to Willow." Tell me, what will you call your new pet?"

Willow looked overjoyed as she ran out of dark vampire's arms and to the Master's side. She kneeled down next to the beaten figure. "My Puppy." She smirked and grasped his right hand in her own. She sucked the index finger slowly into her mouth, tasting the blood, before withdrawing the finger. Then her smirk became a wide grin as she snapped the finger back, almost breaking it in two. "Bad Puppy, you killed Luke. It's OK though, you and me we are going to have so much fun." .

Puppy only coughed up blood. He was beaten and battered, not even able to scream properly. He had tried to curl himself into a ball but was unable to.

The Master stood up and laughed. " From here on out you are no longer Angelus. You are Puppy. Property of Aurelius and toy of Willow." Then he snickered and kicked Puppy in the ribs. "Now Willow, you put your new toy in chains. Don't feed him for at least a week. He may look vulnerable now, but he is 250-years-old and much stronger than you little one." He turned to face the dark haired boy. "Find some place to put this vile thing, I have business to attend to."

When the Master left Xander made his way toward his beloved Willow. " Lets put him in some nice metal chains Wills. Then you can play with him all you like."

Willow smiled at her sire. " OK Xander." She turned and focused on Puppy. " I'll be right back. Be a good Puppy and don't move." She snapped another finger back causing gurgle sounds to come from Puppy's mouth. "Watch over my Puppy Xander."

Xander nodded and she left, off to grab the chains.

Xander walked over and knelt down beside Puppy. Puppy tried to move away only to have Xander grab his throat to still him." Oh my beautiful Willow is going to have so much fun with you." He removed his hand from Puppy's throat and cupped his cheek. " Darla tells me you were beautiful in your day. I bet you were too. Yeah, I bet you had all types of fun." He leaned down and licked the blood from Puppy's lips. "But we're going to have our own fun."
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When Xander reached Puppy's cell he noticed Willow sitting on the floor with weird relics surrounding her. His sire, Darla, was standing behind her with a smile on her face.

"What the hell is going on here?" Xander growled. He knew his sire was up to something and he hated when she talked about, paid attention, or did anything involving Puppy. Xander wanted so much to get his hands on Puppy, but he was not allowed to touch him. The Master forbid him because he was a gift to Willow. Whatever was a present from the Master was not allowed to be touched by anyone who did not have the Master's permission. Since then only Willow was allowed to touch him.

Darla smiled. "Oh childe. I am going to bring back your brother. With the help of your childe of course."

Still angry he snarled, "What?"

"Don't snarl at me boy." She glared at him. " I heard your childe had a gift for magicks. So I killed some people and brought her many spell books. She is going to bring him back. My Angelus."

Xander was furious. " Does the Master know about this? What's he going to say when you let this traitor go free?"

"He isn't going to * say * anything. I've informed him of my plan and he assured me if this spell works, and Angelus is truly brought forth again, that he is free to leave. With me of course."

Xander couldn't fight with his sire. He really didn't care but he didn't think Puppy should be let free. Having Willow he didn't need Darla. But he was still angry.

"Fine."

Darla smiled at him and turned her attention to Willow." Are you sure you will be able to do this?" Willow looked up and gave her a small smile. " I take that for a yes." Then Darla moved to the end of the cell were Puppy lay chained. " Your coming back to me my boy."

Puppy tried to move away but there was nowhere to move. Darla simply laughed at his efforts and motioned for Willow to begin.

Xander knew that Willow had been practicing magick, but he never cared enough to notice that she actually knew what she was doing. Once he had caught her chanting in Latin as she tortured her victim. When he asked her what she was doing, she simply stated that she was healing him so she could watch him bleed more yummy blood.

Although he loved her cruelty he didn't care for magick. Which was the reason why he hadn't gone hunting with Willow for so long. She would keep her victims alive for weeks, once she kept one alive for a month. That spoiled the hunt for her because she would stay with her victim and torture them for hours and hours, always getting her fare share of blood from the one victim. She still loved playing with Puppy, but she wasn't allowed to drink from him.

Xander watched bemused as she began to be engulfed by a shroud of black mist. This was something new; he'd never seen Willow like this. She was deep into chant and he could feel the power surging through her body. It terrified him.

While Xander slouched in the corner Darla watched her childe intently. She would have her Angelus back no matter what. Nothing would stand in her way and when her childe was free she would leave this place and begin anew. She and Angelus, side by side, they would have it all. As it should have been.

Willow was now barely visible as the black haze that surrounded her began to fill the room. She let out the last word of the spell and a flash of light enveloped the room causing the haze to vanish.

When everything became clear Darla walked up to her childe and cupped his cheek. "Angelus." She smiled.

Puppy flinched and tried to back away from her." NO! You stupid bitch you did it wrong. This is not Angelus, it's still that filthy soul." She was throwing a fit and scratched the side of Puppy's face. Willow just stared at her with an uninterested look on her face.

"Oh well. I still get to play with Puppy." She put a smile on her face.

They were all too preoccupied to notice Xander was curled up into a ball in the corner. They hadn't noticed when the spell cleared that Xander had glowing light flashing from his eyes.

They hadn't noticed Xander's small scream before falling to the floor. And they hadn't noticed that Xander now had a soul.

TBC