And so we meet again

 Week after Collinwood was burned to the ground, Barnabas was insisted to start rebuilding. Some of old rooms was saved but they needed to build big part of the mannor again.
  Elizabeth instead wanted to focus on getting business started again, now since Angel Bay didn't have their witch boss anymore. Somehow Barnabas still doubt that Angel Bay would be shot down only by death of Angelique. Knowing Angelique better than anyone else, Barnabas was sure she had made perfect back-up plan for her company in case if something happened to her.
 Before they had decided on anything, Willie brought letter for Barnabas.
 He opened the letter and read it through, his expression getting more and more pale.
"Barnabas?" Victoria asked in gentle voice, "What is it?"
Barnabas shake his head, "None of your concern my dear" He turned to look at Elizabeth, "A word with you Elizabeth, if you may?"
 Seeing his serious expression, Elizabeth nodded and stand up, following Barnabas to farter away from others.
  "For heavens sake Barnabas, what is it?"
Barnabas turned around and show the letter, "Angel Bay has invited me to greet their new boss."
Elizabeth looked at him eyes wide, "New.. Boss?"
Barnabas opened the letter and looked at the sign, "Angelina." He sighed and shake his head. "I swear to god Angelique didn't have children. Never. And this seems too obvious... She must have survived from the fire."
"I think you're over reacting Barnabas. She couldn't have survive. Didn't you say her heart shattered to pieces?"
"Yes, but would it be first time when she surprise us?"
Elizabeth didn't know what to say.
Barnabas turned around and walked away.
"Barnabas!" Elizabeth called after him, "What will I tell Vicky if she asks where you are?"
Barnabas stopped, "Tell her I am in town, taking care of business." then he left.
He remembered way too well Angeliques ability to survive most dangerous situations...

... Unbearable pain in his mouth, Barnabas stumble back to Collinwood. Heart broken, he fight back his tears on his way home. Sorrow of his beloved Josettes death and hatred he felt for Angelique, haunted him all the way from Widow's Hill.
 Once he got back home, he run to his bathroom, trying to see from mirror what was truly happened to him.
"No... " He step back from mirror, looking at his demonic hands again, trying to feel his teeth with his cold fingers.
Fangs.
His eyes got wide as truth hit him. He knew he had changed, but he didn't have imagined his fangs were so big, nor that his heartbeat was nearly gone.
 "Angelique Bouchard!" He walked around Collinwood trying to find her.
"Master, what are you looki-" Johnson stopped as he saw what was happened to Barnabas.
 "Bouchard, where is she?" Barnabas hissed.
"I.. I haven't seen her master.."
Barnabas narrowed his eyes, feeling irresistable need to kill that man "I'm very sorry." Barnabas said, piercing fangs into his neck and sucking him dry.
 When someone screamed, he let go of his dead servant and looked up.
"Where's Bouchard?" He asked from another maid.
"I don't know master... Please forgive me, I haven't seen her."
Barnabas could sense her fear, it still made him only want to kill her.
"Run" He said and looked away, trying to control himself.
"Excuse me?"
Barnabas growled and attacked on her, biting her deeply in her neck.
 As her dead body dropped to the floor, Barnabas looked around trying to see any sign where Angelique would be.
 That was when she came back home.
"There you are, Devils whore! Come here my dear." Barnabas growled and came closer.
Angelique stand still, watching him carefully. "You seem to have got all pleasure out of your new life my love."
"What have you done to me?! Change me back on this instant!" Barnabas said taking tight hold of her arms and pushing her against the wall.
Angelique smiled and kissed him, "Mm, how can you be so desirable even you're covered with blood?"
Barnabas hissed and step back. "Don't you dare place your wicked lips upon me!"
"Or what? You bite me?"
"Very gladly so, but I need you to release me from this curse and unfortunately you cannot do that if you are dead!"
Angelique laughed, "Make this easier for yourself Barnabas and learn to love me. We're going to spent eternity together."
"Never!" Barnabas pierced his fangs into her neck, causing her to cry out weakly in pain, but instead of tasting blood, he realized she got deep wounds with nothing in her.
 He back away from her, wathing as she covered her wound with her hand.
"How is this possible?" He asked in pure curiousity.
Angelique looked at him, "Well my love, I may be little different than other human beings."
"I have come to notice." Barnabas hissed, "But I doubt you will be able to survive everything."
"What you mean?"
Barnabas took nearest candle and got her dress on fire, watching as she screamed in pain and tried to tame the fire.
 He got distracted when someone knocked the door.
While he took quick look towards the door, Angelique had stopped screaming and she had disappeared.
"What?!" Barnabas looked around, looking for any sign where she was.
 Hoping deeply that she had been destroyed now, he tried to figure out how to control himself. Unfortunately his tries were useless, and he felt constant need to kill.
 Only three days later, he heard terrible noise from his door.
Opening the door, he saw that everyone from town was come to revenge him for his evil acts, but greatest shock was to see the leader of this group.
Angelique herself stand front of him, pointing him with her finger, "There's the monster!"
 Too shocked to fight back, Barnabas soon found himself locked into his coffin.
"Let me out! Release me! Let me out, I say!"
 Long after being buried to the ground, Barnabas still wondered how on earth Angelique was able to survive from the fire...

  As Barnabas now came to Angeliques office, to meet new boss of the company, his cold heart got heavy hit when he saw black haired woman with wickedly seductive eyes and blood red lips.
 "Come in Barnabas Collins. You're late." She said and pointed the chair other side of her desk.
Barnabas sit down. He felt like going back in time now as he saw her with black hair again.
"Angelina, is it not?" Barnabas asked narrowing his eyes.
Woman laughed, "I think you know who"
"Angelique Bouchard..."
"Missed me already my love?" Angelique asked, smiling sweetly.
Barnabas licked his lips and thought, "I do not answer this question."
Angelique stand up and came behind him, resting her hands to his shoulders.
"I heard what you said before you left me there to burn to death... You still love me, don't you?" She run her hand down his chest, caressing gently over his heart, "Say it... You love me."
 Barnabas looked down her hand, "Hm... Have we not have this conversation before?"
Angelique pressed her nails through his shirt, causing him to hiss in pain.
"Say it"
Barnabas looked up into her ice cold eyes. "If you heard me, you know the truth."
Angelique lean down looking his lips like she was going to kiss him, but she whispered against his lips, "I will not give up my love... Never."
He groaned as she pulled back and go sit down to her chair, smiling him seductively.
He stand up, "I must go... Victoria-"
"Barnabas, I killed your girlfriend before, I can easily do it again."
"She's vampire Angelique!"
"Little doll who's afraid of the sun. What would be better way to make day better than barbecue her in sunlight?"
Barnabas closed his eyes, "You really are back from Hell Angelique."
Angelique winked, "Anything for you darling."
Barnabas shake his head and left, knowing this was certainly not last time when he met her.