ALL THINGS NEW - PART 4
Part IV: Sunnydale, November 22 1999
Angel was hiding in the shadows, watching Buffy and Willow talk. The subject of their conversation was Xander Harris, who was at a construction site waiting to get to work while a speech was being made by a UC Sunnydale professor named Gerhardt.
Buffy asked the Wicca, “Can you see what Xander’s doing?”
Willow pointed, “He’s just standing there, waiting for his cue.”
The Slayer smiled, “Is it me, or is Xand doing a very good impression of one of the Village People?”
Her redheaded friend giggled, “Yeah. Very manly.”
Buffy laughed, “So much sexier than the outfit from his last job.”
Willow sighed, “Oh, I miss those free hot dogs on sticks...”
Soon the speeches were finally over, and Xander and the other construction workers started the ceremonial digging for the UC Sunnydale cultural partnership center. But suddenly the ground broke away from beneath him, and the young man plummeted down into an underground chamber.
Xander groaned to himself, “Uhh! Ow. I’m okay! I’m, uh...I’m okay!” He looked around briefly. “Where am I okay?”
In fact, he had entered the old Sunnydale mission lost in the earthquake of 1812; and even though the Zeppo didn’t know it, unleashed a vengeance spirit of the Chumash tribe of Indians, named Hus.
And cranky fellow that he was, Hus gave Xander a bad dose of the syphilis for waking him up.
Under normal circumstances, that wouldn’t have been life-threatening; but unfortunately the causative bacterium for the disease called Treponema pallidum also reacted with the latent poison from the hellhound scratch, that the construction worker had gotten six months previously.
The next morning, Xander collapsed alone and started dying.
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Angel was stalking Buffy and Willow, and decided to make contact with the redhead after speaking to Rupert Giles about the threat to Buffy’s life. He tapped Willow on the shoulder when the Wicca was in a coffee shop, and when she turned around he clapped a hand over her mouth to prevent her calling out to Buffy.
“Oh! Angel – evil! You’re all evil again!” Willow said in a garbled voice.
Angel said quickly, “I’m not evil. I’m here to help Buffy.” He removed his hand, and let the young woman go.
Willow noticed he wasn’t acting at all Angelus-like, and decided he hadn’t been too happy since she’d last seen him. “What’s going on?”
Angel sighed, “My friend had a vision. Buffy’s in danger.”
The apprentice witch didn’t understand. “So tell her. Help her!”
The vampire looked uncomfortable. “If she sees me, it’ll just be worse...”
Willow looked like she was about to say something, when she noticed Oz; and the young man came over to join them. “Oz...”
Angel noticed the musician as well. “Oz? Hi.”
“Hey, man. Welcome back,” Oz said slowly, keeping his gaze away from Willow.
The vampire immediately noticed the tenseness between the two young people. He looked back and forth and asked, “Is there a problem here? What’s up?”
The werewolf looked at him. “Guess you don’t know, that we’re not together anymore...”
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