All hell breaks loose chapter 13

An: I only own the plot and all the rest belong to Joss Whedon

At ten in the morning at one of the conference rooms at Wolfram and Hart the Master was having a meeting with his relatives. Around the table sat Gunn, Angelus, Darla, Dru, Spike and the two newer members Dawn and Connor. The specially treated windows prevented the vampires from burning up which they were most appreciative.

"So I want all of you to bring me food when you go out at night as I don't trust Wolfram and Hart provide me with decent catering at the moment" said the Master laying out the basic rules and making sure the family knew who was still in charge. Gunn nodded fully but Angelus gave a smirk of disgust.

"Ok and I will instruct the boys under my command to bring extra snacks to you." Gunn sounded a little too enthusiastic which made Angelus laugh loudly enough for the group to hear.

"It is disappointing that you are taking that fossil's orders Gunn." commented Angelus sneering coldly at the younger vampire. The Master then looked to Angelus holding back the rage and annoyance he carries for this vampire.

"You are as arrogant as ever aren't you Angelus?" spat The Master spat coldly and having to work with his arrogant grandchild to destroy the Slayer army was not something he was looking forward to. He always hated Angelus. Yes, he was smart and powerful and could command the end of the world on his own accord but he was self-absorbed and as the old saying goes, pride comes before the fall. And Angelus has fallen hard on a few occasions.

"What do you know Grandpa? As the last time I checked you were sent to hell by a seventeen-year-old cheerleader who happened to be a Slayer." Angelus laughing derisively hoping to remind everyone here that Buffy killed the Master.

"As opposed to being tortured by your soul and loving a Slayer." The Master gave Angelus an icy look, but it failed to have any effect. Well, no one would know if it did because Angelus could hold a poker face at any given time.

"How can you side with that old fossil Charlie boy? As he was defeated by one Slayer and how he is going to deal with a bloody army of them?" interrupted Spike interrupted and he was remembering meeting the ancient vampire once when he was taken to the Master's underground court two years after Dru turned him and he recalled not being impressed by the smelly sewer that the Master called home. And like Angelus Spike is rather independent and does not like to follow just one person.

"Shut up William before I shut your mouth for you." Darla spoke with a cold expression on her face and she was unhappy that both Spike and Angelus had brought up that stupid blonde cheerleader the one who wrecked her family. Darla will always follow her Master as he gave her life so many years ago. And if she had the chance to kill Buffy she will do it with a smile on her face and a song in her heart.

"Look the Master might be old but unlike you and Angelus he is not obsessed with keeping Buffy as some kind of pet or prize as that is playing with fire." Gunn growled. Angelus and Spike looked to each other and that statement could not be denied. There were plenty of times that either one could have killed the slayer and they didn't. The Master had enough with the insults from his younger relatives and he immediately got up and threw Spike against one of the walls with enough force to daze the English vampire. Angelus and Darla smirked at the scene while Dawn looked angry and Connor hid an evil smile at seeing Spike being thrown into a wall. Drusilla had started babbling crazily to herself.

"Bloody hell and you can't belt me like this! I am William the Bloody!" Spike yelled after getting unsteadily to his feet.

"I have belted you for your lack of respect William and you and Angelus might have been the big men in this city but I am back and I am the senior vampire here boys." replied the Master smiling coolly and Gunn smirked at seeing Spike and Angelus being put in their place by the ancient vampire. The Master can see where this place and people have gone, hell in a hand basket. He feels that they have grown too soft and weak. They live above ground and that is why he is taking over. It was time to return back to the old days, back when vampires were the shadows everyone feared. "The games stop here my children. I have given you all life and I will take it away just as easily. We will defeat the slayer and her army but I can always recruit others." The Master gave his offer and threats. His family looked to each other knowing that a change in leadership could happen but for now the Master was the leader.

Meanwhile at the Hyperion Hotel the combined Scooby and AI were discussing the alarming revelations of last night that Darla and the Master were back. They had also kept Justine securely under lock and key. It was honestly like a high school reunion when you think about it.

"I think that we can tell that Wolfram and Hart wants to destroy the Slayer army and this is the reason why they have resurrected Darla and the Master." Angel was going ahead to state the obvious.

"Yes the idea of Darla and the Master working with Angelus and Spike makes them even more formidable than ever." Wesley said wisely and he had read enough stories about the Master when he was researching Angel's past.

"But Buffy dusted him once so it should not be that hard to dust him again." Xander commented and looked to Buffy. "So do it again." Buffy rolled her eyes knowing that was much easier said than done.

"When I dusted the Master he had been trapped so long in an underground church and you forget that he killed me until you used CPR to bring me back" Buffy recalled and she shuddered at facing her old enemy again. It felt like a life time ago she had done that.

"I agree with Wesley that the Master is a dangerous foe as he is now reunited with his dangerous relatives and has support from Wolfram and Hart and we must tell the girls not to engage him without sufficient backup." Giles interjected and he had a look for concern for the woman who was nearly his daughter. Maybe Buffy was just lucky all those years ago.

"Also, Connor and Dawn would be on the Master's side as vampires tend to follow the strongest demon." Angel added. "But from what I can remember, Angelus can hold his own too."

Back at Wolfram and Hart Connor walked in to find Angelus and Darla in one of the offices.

"What is it son?" Angelus asked sounding a little annoyed that their son had interrupted them kissing.

"Just to let you know that Justine Cooper is in town." Connor informed them.

"You mean Holtz's groupie don't you?" Darla asked remembering the story that Angelus told her and she considered it a little disturbing that someone like Holtz had groupies.

"That's right I do mom." Connor answered. It was weird to be talking to both his parents he thought.

"Well, now isn't this interesting." Angelus was smiling thoughtfully.

"I would like to discuss the fact that she helped Holtz to kidnap you over dinner." Darla was getting interested because she hated anyone that was associated with Holtz

Ok and she has changed from the woman that we knew dad because she is now a Slayer." Connor added which would make her even more unlikable to his soulless parents.

"A Slayer huh? I hope that she and Spike find each other as they can get rid of each other." Angelus was getting an idea now and he was busily thinking up a new plan to improve his standing now that the Master had announced his wish to take over. The Master might be old and powerful but just like before, it's time to have a new leader.

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