Dec 22, 2006 22:09
The car pulled up and Angel rushed out, followed by Cordelia.
I waited at the door and slightly peeked out to see Faith and a strange guy get out of the car, along with a blonde, who could only be the slayer from Cleveland. Connor was taken out by Faith and Angel rushed over to them, and Cordelia went around, following Angel. The blonde looked back and walked towards me, seemingly unsure of things, but I tried to smile for her, though I really wanted to know who this strange guy was, and why Angel’s son was unconscious.
She approached me and I smiled and opened the door for her as she walked in.
Her first question for me was if I was a vampire too, which immediately told me that the strange guy that had gotten out of the car with her, Faith and the unconscious Connor, was a vampire.
I shook my head as she regarded me, and then she asked if the other two slayers that were in danger had made it here.
“No, mam, I’m not a vampire, though I have fought them throughout the better part of five years now. Are you asking me that because the guy that got out of the car with you happens to be one?”
She nodded, but didn’t get into the story there, and I wouldn’t pry, unless she offered it up for discussion. She sat down on the couch and immediately, I noticed that her nose was bloodied and had dried and that her eye had a nice deep shade of purple to it. I rushed into the kitchen and found that there was enough ice in the tray of this abandoned house, to put on her eye.
I rushed through drawers until I found several towels, though they had dust on them. I rinsed one with cold water, hoping that it wasn’t too metallic to the point where she would be able to smell it when putting the ice on her face, and then added ice to the damp face or dish towel…whichever it was.
I brought it out to her and sat next to her, first cleaning away the dried blood near her lip with part of the ice-filled cloth, before handing it to her to put it on her eye. “That eye looks pretty nasty. How did you acquire that bruise, if you don’t mind me asking? My name is Riley, by the way. Riley Finn and I’m very much human, just not cowardly when it comes to the demon fighting.”
As I looked away towards the stairs, I noticed that Melissa was watching from the stairwell and was now slowly making her way down. I smiled for her.
[Leah and Melissa]