All characters from the genius of Joss Whedon
Chapter 1
"I want to slay the dragon"
And with those 6 words the remaining staff of Angel Investigations flew into battle
They Lost!
One of the vampires with a soul came to and tried to wipe the blood from his brow and found he couldn't.
An English voice came from somewhere in the room he was in.
"I wouldn't even bother mate, we're chained up and upside down so any blood coming from you is ending up on the floor or to be more precise in the bucket underneath your head"
"Spike?"
"Who the hell you think it was? Paul O'Grady or something?"
"Who is Paul O'Grady?"
"He's some tv host in bligh… never mind that's something we can discuss later."
Angel looked around from his upside down position and tried to make sense of his surroundings.
"What about everyone else?"
"Oh they're here somewhere. Gunn is being tortured somewhere. I can hear him screaming 24 hours a day"
"I thought Illyria said he only had 10 minutes?"
"He did have 10 minutes but those buggers kept him alive to punish him"
"Why didn't they kill us then?"
"I haven't really worked that one out yet. But you see that figure chained up at the other wall?"
"Yeah who is it?"
"Illyria. From what I gathered they offered her a partnership and she refused. Seems they don't like refusal"
"Is she alive?"
"Yeah, well I think so. I can hear moans every so often and names being called out. Wesley's name is the one I can hear the most. It seems there might be a bit of Fred still in there."
Angel went quiet for a short time
"we're still alive and that means we can escape."
Spike looked at his sire
"You can tell you're going senile in your old age."