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[Location: Fangtasia then Hack Residence]

Because walking is good for you, Cassie headed out into the city for a while. Hands shoved into the pockets of her hoodie, Cassie wandered, trying to avoid the areas where she remembered slaughtering people. As she was in the general area of Eric's vampire bar, she frowned, stopping for a moment. A tentative sniff was followed by a deeper one. Smoke. Something was on fire. Cassie scanned the rooftops, seeing the plume of smoke heading towards the artificial sky. Rushing in that direction, Cassie found the building that the map had entitled as 'Fangtasia'. Her heart froze in her chest at the sight of flames licking up the sides of the building, as if fueled by something other than gasoline.

"Oh my god!" Cassie exclaimed, rushing towards the entrance, the fire having destroyed the small red canopy that protruded overhead. She stopped short, seeing that the door had been ripped off its hinges. A small explosion from within, more than likely caused by alcohol, sent a wave of smoke and flames towards Cassie. She stumbled back, coughing hard to get the smoke from her lungs.

Panic held a tight grip on Cassie's chest. She didn't know who had been in the bar at the time of the...it had to be an attack. She hoped it wasn't. Whoever it was, they'd gotten out. Unless another explosion had caused the door to rip off like that. Cassie's no arson investigator-type person. She's just going on guesses and bad feelings. And she's not liking any of this. "Oh, god...." Cassie whispered, hugging herself gently, thinking the worst.

((ooc: Set a little while after the Scoobies are beamed up, up, and away.))

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Godric had reassured himself that Eric had sustained no lasting damage, so he was only mildly frustrated that the humans who had set the club on fire had gotten away. At least he'd done damage they wouldn't soon forget. Godric had sympathy for the human fear of vampires, and even the need for revenge, but some things were unforgivable.

But that could be addressed later. For now, there were more immediate matters to deal with. The club was a loss and there was no telling if the nest had also been targeted. They needed to locate Pam, and they needed a safe place to rest.

He was distracted from his thoughts by the sound of human footsteps and the beating of a human heart. He moved silently around the side of the burning building, giving the flames a large berth.

"Cassie?" He hadn't expected to see her here. If he had, he might have at least attempted to clean the blood off of his face in an effort to look a bit less frightening.

Eric still had some small burns and a few now-minor cuts - nothing close to life-threatening, and it was all healing even as he sat on the pavement. He supposed it was lucky that Fangtasia was mostly constructed of steel and concrete instead of wood. Otherwise, this might have actually ended badly.

Of course, none of that would have stopped him from following Godric had he not known exactly who it was he was going to meet.

"At least bring her back here before she chokes to death," he called out conversationally.

Through the sound of burning, Cassie heard someone call her name, she turned, in a circle, seeing Godric not far off. A gasp, followed by some coughing due to the inhalation of smoke (way to go, Cassie), she rushed forward and without thinking, threw her arms around his neck.

Awkward.

"God, I was so scared. Are you okay? Is Eric? Pam?" Cassie asked, holding on tightly for a moment.

Godric wasn't used to being hugged at all, much less by a human, so he was briefly surprised into immobility. After a moment's hesitation, he returned the embrace a little awkwardly and patted Cassie on the back. He observed distantly that Cassie was slightly taller than him, and that he was getting blood all over her where she was pressed against him.

"I'm fine, as are Eric and Pam." Eric would have sensed if anything had happened to Pam.

"Come away from the fire." He pulled out of the embrace to lead her to where Eric was sitting, mindful of Eric's mocking warning. Smoke inhalation was bad for humans.

Eric snorted where he was sitting, having the benefit of feeling both ends of the hug which made it just hilarious.

"Your concern is touching, little breather," he said as they both came closer, a wry little grin on his face. "It's making me all warm inside. Of course, that could be from the fire."

Cassie's used to ruining her clothes with blood, so this is nothing new, Godric. When he reassures her that the three vampires are fine, Cassie lets off a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god. I saw the bar and the fire and I just...I couldn't think straight."

Cassie followed Godric to where Eric was and relief swept over her once more. At his little grin and quip, Cassie frowns, walking over to the blonde and punches him in the arm. "It's not funny when people show concern, Dracula."

Godric smiled at Cassie's boldness, hoping she didn't hit anywhere that was still tender. That could be dangerous for Cassie, though Eric's temper would doubtless be soothed at least in part by her pet name. Why Eric was so fond of Dracula was something Godric had never really understood, but he always lit up like a young boy at the very mention of the absurdly famous vampire.

Eric mock-pouted, rubbing his arm petulantly. "Ouch. And after everything else I've suffered tonight." But even as he stood up he couldn't stop the grin from spreading across his face. That nickname just instantly made him feel better.

And don't start on Eric's massive fanboy status, thank you very much.

"Yeah, well, I think you can deal with a small hit to your damn arm," Cassie said, watching Eric, making sure she hadn't actually hit anywhere that would hurt him.

Cassie took a small step back as Eric rose, feeling a small stab of guilt. When he was standing, she moved forward, wrapping her arms around his waist, giving him a quick hug. She blames the bond.

Godric had to bite his lip to keep from laughing. The look on Eric's face was priceless, and a definite highlight to an otherwise upsetting evening. He was sure he must not have looked much different when Cassie had hugged him, but at least there had been no witnesses. Vampires simply weren't the hugging type, in general.

The day a tiny human like Cassie could actually hurt Eric with a punch would be the day he started nesting with Bill Compton and he would have said as much except. All of a sudden there was hugging. What was it with this girl and the hugging? He stood for a second with a blank look on his face before awkwardly patting her on the head.

Then he shot a look at Godric, even though he'd been so quick to laugh at his maker's discomfort. Hypocrisy, what.

Cassie released Eric just as quickly as she'd wrapped her arms around his torso. She lifted a hand to rake her finger through her hair before looking at the vampires.

"Okay, what the fuck happened?" Yes. Get down to business. And no more of this ever-so-awkward hugging thing.

Godric's mood darkened again with the change of subject.

"We had an incident with a Slayer a few days ago. I had thought it was resolved, at least tentatively, but it seems she sent her friends to burn the club with Eric inside." And they had probably intended more than just Eric as a target. It was terribly unfortunate for them that Godric hadn't also been caught inside.

"It's possible the nest is also compromised." He directed that comment at Eric, who had probably come to the same conclusion.

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