Hope slid quickly and easily through the tiny window despite the fact she was easily 10 times bigger than it.
The hospital was still open- nauseatingly bright lights and the foul stench of disinfectant still filled the room but the visiting hours were over and the patients wards were shut off and dark.

Tap, tap, tap..

Hope lithely ran through the dorms, barely making a noise as she did so. Her vampire senses on all alerts.
Sodding humans she thought rolling her eyes as she ran past what seemed like thousands of occupied beds.

She felt strong life, so close in a place where she would have least expected it.
And it was absolutley brimming, her nose was overpowered by the sweet scent of fresh blood, running thickly through purple veins mmmnnhhh... it was enough to let her forget the typical disinfectant smell.

This wasn't just any old body. It had to be something special.


...And of course, very soon that something special would be gone, she thought with a small smile as she pushed open another door and entered ward 13.

Willow emerged from the bushes, pulling leaves from her hair and running up to the window.
"All right then Willow, do your stuff, get the goods and go tell Buffy"
She told herself fiddling with a green crystal that shone white as she muttered something under her breath.
Taking out a screwdriver from her bag she began delicately levering open the window untill the gap was big enough so she could get through.
"Jellybabies!"
she exclaimed as she wriggled around, unable to escape the window. Her top half getting muddled in a mess of thick hospital curtains and the other half dangling out of the window.

She stopped, why was she doing this? It was so strange...
she was acting like the thing she depsised most in the world, she wanted to kill vampires not become like them.

But then the feeling started again, blood... she thought over and over, it invaded all of her senses, Blood, blood, blood.. she could see it behind her eyes and taste it in her mouth.

She began to run. Sprinting towards the smell, the end of the ward- closer. closer.
She found the bed and began frantically throwing the covers around desperatley. The cupboard.. she turned on her heel and flung open the tiny drawer, gasping at what she saw inside.

She clasped it in both hands and held it close to her heart, she felt so much more powerfull... it was amazing.