Title: Turned

Author: SylviaMoon

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in the Angelverse. David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon do.

Couples: A/C (Main), G/F, Etc. I might mix up couples and stuff 'cause vampires are sexual beings. Like maybe a F/W or C/G moment, but it would just be pure smex, ya know..yeah..heh


Summary: Set in season 3, Offspring. Darla shows up but she's not pregnant and she turns all of Angel's friends, he's devastated and he's so depressed he goes purely dark, Angelus doesn't take over his body, he just goes becomes Dark Angel.

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A/N: Angel does not become Angelus, he just goes dark. Like Dark Angel. But not all weird and sarcastic like Angelus. 'Cause he's Angel, just, his soul is like..screwed up I guess? Like in season 2 during his beige period sort of. Anyways, READ.

Everyone was shocked to see Darla enter the lobby of the Hyperion.

"Hello, lover." She grinned, smiling at Angel.

"Darla!?" Cordelia was shocked to see her back, she had after all, dissapeared with out word. She had automatically assumed she had died somehow. What was she doing back so suddenly?

"Dear lord.." Wesley removed his glasses, wiping them on the small cloth he had in his pocket.

"What-are you doing here?" Angel backed up slightly, causing the rest of his friends to back up also.

"Thought I'd drop by. I went to San Fransisco for a while, but that place is just so boring. Why be there, when I can torment you here? I see the whole gang is here..New player?" Darla looked over at Fred, smiling. Fred widened her eyes, and Gunn stepped in front of her.

"Get out of here." Angel turned to his friends briefly, looking back at Darla.

"No need to alarm them. I'm not going to kill any of you..yet. I'll see you later lover." She laughed, her red lipstick standing out on her pale face. Her blonde hair neat, straight down just a little bit below her shoulders. She swiftly turned and headed for the door, to be grabbed by Angel. Wesley hadn't even blinked before seeing him dash across the room. Angel spun her around and vamped out, punching her in the face swiftly. She laughed in response, and grabbed Angel by the throat, throwing him to the wall. He jumped back up on to his feet, but she had ran out, the Hyperion doors just closing shut.

"..Dear lord.." Wesley stated again, furrowing his eyebrows at the quick scene that had just taken place.

"Everyone sleeps over at the hotel tonight, I'm not letting anything happen to you guys."
"What? Why!? No! I have a ghost. He can help me. Plus, she's never been in my home. No invitation. But here she has an invitation since I don't live in any of these rooms! So, she could easily eat me." Cordelia babbled. Angel paused a moment, considering it.

"Fine. Everyone can stay at their homes, but I'm driving you. Fred, while I'm driving them, stay in your room, and no matter what don't open the door to your room or invite Darla in, in any way." Angel warned her, speaking firmly.

"Promise. I'll go right now!" Fred jogged up to her room.

"No need to drive me, I got my stake. I'm cool." Gunn nodded his head at Angel.

"No, I'm driving all of you. I can't risk it. I won't."

"Angel, man it's-" Gunn halted during his sentence when Angel growled in frustration. "Alright, fine, you win." He put his hands up, and backed up a few steps. Angel walked over to the counter, and took his keys out of the small drawer.

"Let's go." They followed him out to the car, Angel was careful as he stepped, inhaling deeply to make sure her scent wasn't near.

"Shot gun!" Cordelia squealed out, pushing Gunn out of the way, and jumping over the car door, and getting in the passenger seat. Neither of the men argued, and got in to the backseats, just as Angel started the car.

"Remember-"

"Don't ever open your door for Darla, don't invite her in, and don't let her eat you, blah blah blah. We know, Angel." Cordelia interrupted, rolling her eyes.

"Just be careful."

"Last time Darla was in town she didn't go after any of us. So why should we care now?" Gunn asked, crossing his arms.

"You heard her. She said she wouldn't kill us..yet. Emphasis on the yet."

"Perhaps she was trying to frighten Angel."

"Wes, why would she want to just scare him?" Cordelia asked, still looking forward on to the dark road, the head lights brightening her view.

"To distract him in to only protecting us, so that he isn't determined to kill her, as much as keep us safe."
"But, what would be the point in coming back to L.A then?" Gunn asked, looking over at the ex-watcher.

"Valid point."

"You guys, it doesn't matter if what she wants right now, either way, I'm focused on your safety. Stop arguing." Angel pulled up at Wesley's apartment.

"I'll see you all tomorrow." Wesley nodded at them, opening the car door and closing it softly. Angel made sure he at least entered the apartment building before pulling away.

"I can't believe Darla's back. This doesn't mean you're gonna fire us and go local again does it?" Cordelia looked at him, clearly worried.

"No, I would never do that."

"Again. You mean again." Gunn spoke from the back seat.

"Right.." Angel said so quietly that only he heard himself. Soon, they arrived at Gunn's place, and Angel pulled up in front of it.

"Thanks, man. Only took forever. See you at work." Gunn jumped out of the car and walked inside of the building. Angel drove away, the rest of the ride was mostly silent.

"You gonna be okay? This is probably, hard for you."

"I'm just..I'll be fine, Cor."

"No you won't. Don't bottle yourself up again Angel. That's what caused you to go all nutty and fire the only people who wanted to help you."
"No, that wasn't the reason."

"Then what was?" Cordelia asked softly. She swallowed, clearing her throat. Thinking about the time when Angel had fired them, and when they were on their own, always hurt her to think about.

"I didn't want to hurt you guys. Physically. I knew if I continued down that path that I would hurt you all. And I couldn't.."

"Oh..It's going to be alright. I promise. As long as you don't lock yourself up in a dark room all day, everything will be super cool, with all of us. You're my best friend. I won't let you give up." She flashed him her huge smile, making him smile a little bit. He pulled up at her building.

"How do you do that?" He asked her.

"Do what?" She put her hand on the door handle to get ready to get out.

"Make me smile like that?"
"Magic. I'm Cordelia Chase, remember? I can make anyone smile." Cordelia smiled at him again, and he chuckled quietly.

"Be careful."

"Yeah, yeah." She got out of the car, and he tugged on her wrist.

"Hey." He spoke firmly.

"Yeah?"
"I mean it." He looked at her with worry in his eyes, making sure he understood her. If anything happened to her, he wouldn't be able to deal. He had just recently realized that he was in love with her.

"I will. I promise."

"I'm walking you inside your apartment." Angel turned off the car and got out.

"Angel, I think I can walk up one floor in the building to get to my apartment."

"I won't risk it. Come on." She knew he wouldn't budge, and rolled her eyes. They both silently walked to the building, and went inside. He followed her up the steps to her door.

"Okay. Bye." She smiled at him, turning to face her dor.

"Uh Cordy.." Angel knew that he loved her now, and so badly wanted to tell her. Especially if something happened to him, or worse, her. She needed to know, it was eating at him.

"Yeah?" She spun around.

"I know this is..sudden..and really well strange..It's just. I know a lot has been going on, and I know that you think that-"

"Spit it out."

"Uh..okay..well. I'm in love with you."

"Come again?" She blinked rapidly.

"I'm in love with you, I don't know when this really happened..I just. I was talking to Fred earlier, and I guess...I just..Realized it. I think I've been in love with you for a while but just realized it recently.." He cleared his throat and looked around at the ceiling, floor, sides, anywhere but at her. After a moment he lifted his gaze to her eyes, she looked shocked.

"I-I love you too.."

"What?"

"I love you too, Angel.." She bit her bottom lip.

"You do?" She nodded at him slowly, being able to tell that this was about to be a little bit of an ockward moment.

"When?"

"I'm not sure either.." He interuppted her by kissing her sweetly on the lips, deepening it by running his tongue on her bottom lip asking for permission to kiss her deeper. She opened her mouth in acceptance, and roughly kissed him back, her tongue intwining with his. After a few moments he realized she needed air, and stepped back, giving her space. Cordelia inhaled deeply, panting slightly.

"This is.."

"Ockward?" Cordelia finished for him.

"Yeah..Maybe I shouldn't have..We couldn't be-Angelus.."

"I want to be with you. Sex isn't everything Angel."

"But you should have normal."

"Angel, I'm not Buffy. I don't want normal. Maybe I thought I did. But, let's face it Angel, we're not normal. I'm not normal."
"Are you sure-"

"Positive." She kissed him once more, a popping noise when they stepped apart. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah.." He said sheepishly, smiling at her. Cordelia opened her door, and walked in, shutting it behind her. Angel put a finger to his lips, and smiled, walking away. Darla is revealed, stepping in to view from around the corner. Angel doesn't notice her and keeps walking the way he was. Once he was out of hearing range she spoke.

"That was..interesting. I guess I know who my first target is..." Darla chuckled, and walked down the hall. She couldn't strike yet. Maybe wait until their love is stronger, then rip her away from him. Plus, she was in her home right now.

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Angel walked in to the lobby, it was ten o'clock AM. Fred was already eating cereal, leaning on the counter, humming.

"Good morning!" He smiled brightly, he had on a dark blue button down shirt, with black pants to match.

"Uh..hi?" She was taken aback at his sudden outburst of hapiness. "You okay?"

"Definitley. It's such a wonderful morning."

"Uhm. Yeah. You sure you're okay? You're..happy..Not that you're usually not happy, because sometimes you are. But not that much. Oh god, I'm not calling you depressed or anything-I'm saying this wrong.."

"No, you're not. I just had..a good night."

"Whash smafpened?" She slurred, a spoonful of cereal in her mouth.

"Huh?"

"What happened?" Fred spoke after swallowing. Angel opened the fridge and took out blood, pouring it in to a white mug, and placing it in the microwave.

"Hey." Gunn and Wesley walked in together.

"Angel's creeping me out." Fred spat out immediatley.

"What's goin' on?" Gunn looked at him, and back at Fred, raising his eyebrows, and sitting down on the grey couch.

"I'm just really happy."

"Hopefully not too happy. What happened?" Wesley asked his friend, taking off his jacket, and folding it in his arms.

"Well.."

"Well what? Just tell us for gods sake." Gunn started. "Sorry, cranky. Hardly got any sleep."

"Cordy and I..decided to..take it slow..I mean..we are..maybe. We decided to try going out."

"Angel-" Wesley furrowed his eyebrows.
"I know, Angelus. We don't have to-you know..she told me she didn't really care about that. I know I can't offer her much, I'm just..Is this..Selfish?" He didn't even know. Maybe he should tell her they coudn't, he didn't have enough to offer her in his thoughts.

"I don't think so. You guys totally belong together." Fred finished her cereal, and sipped her orange juice.

"Give it a try. But if you hurt her, I'll stake ya dead." Gunn told him honestly. Cordelia was a sister to him.

"I'm sure of it." Angel smirked at him. Cordelia had just walked in.

"Sorry I'm late." She stopped walking when she realized all eyes were on her. "What I do?"

"You're dating Angel." Fred went straight to the point.

"Well, I wouldn't call it dating."

"Then what is it?" Angel stepped back, his feelings a little hurt. He thought they were going to try going out.

"We just said our feelings last night. We said we'd take it slow. I'm really not sure where we are right now. But you-want to-you know..go out?"
"Yeah-I mean if you want to."
"My god! You're both acting like middle schoolers." Wesley smirked. Their friends chuckled. Fred tried to hide it, but Gunn didn't care and he laughed louder than her. Cordelia's lips curled in to a smile.

"Fred, you wanna go shopping today? I could really use new clothes."
"Mm! Totally! I think I'm taller, my clothes are tinyish. And also, clothes, fun!" Fred giddily, grinned wickedly.

"Wesley, mind if Fred and I take the day off?"

"Well..It's not like business is jumping. If you have a vision immediatley come back, or call us." Wesley told them, his eyes directed on Fred.

"Thanks! Bye!" Cordelia spun around, to see Angel. She yelped. "Geez, stealthy much?" He smiled, and decided to make them official, he lowered his lips and kissed her so softly their lips barely touched. She smiled at him.

"I'll see you later, okay?" Cordelia said quietly.

"Yeah. Don't be too long."

"Yep." Cordelia walked around him, leaving with Fred, purses in hands. "Oh, wait Angel. Can we use your car?"
"Fine. Be careful." Angel walked over to the desk and picked up his car keys, tossing it to Cordelia who caught them.

"Thanks!" Fred and Cordelia huddled out, giggling and whispering.

"Dude! You and Cor! Never saw it coming. I knew you had a thing for her but I had no idea she liked you." Gunn cocked an eyebrow at his friend, and walked over to the desk.

"I didn't no either.." Angel told him truthfully.

"And Fred and I weren't going to tell anybody just yet, but we decided to go steady too." Wesley stared at them in disbelief, and he groaned, trying to melt in to the couch. Everyone was coupling but him.

"Really?" Angel looked at Gunn, who was smirking.

"You gotta get busy, Wes!" Gunn called over to Wesley, who slouched further in to the couch. "What's up with him?" Angel shrugged in response.

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It was about seven thirty at night. Fred and Cordelia had only one shopping bag each. They spent most of the day just trying things on, they couldn't really afford much. They held ice cream in their hands.

"Mmmm." Fred said, biting in to the cold ice cream, shivering. They stood up off of the bench, and started walking again.

"Let's get back, before Angel has a heart attack."
"Charles and I are going out." Fred blurted out.

"Serious!? Oh my gosh thats great! I knew you guys-okay not really. I thought you and Wes sort of, but you guys are good too!"

"Nah, Wesley and I are just good friends." She licked her ice cream again.

"I'm so happy for you guys!"

"And I can't believe you and Angel. It must suck that you guys can't. You know.." Fred blushed sheepishly.

"You don't know the half of it! Have you seen his muscles?" Cordelia smiled at her friend. Fred had cherry colored cheeks, slowly fading back to her normal color.

"I know I have." They turned around to see Darla, grinning. Fred and Cordelia screamed in unison.

"RUN!" Cordelia screamed. They dropped their ice cream, and shopping bags, and took hands so they didn't get seperated, dashing. They ran down an alley.

"Just our luck, right!?" Fred screamed, turning at the dead end to face the approaching Darla.

"Uhh. Back!" Cordelia was about to get her cross out of her purse when she realized that she had dropped it when they were running.

"What do we do!?" Fred screamed.

"You die." Darla vamped out, and ran at them, grabbing them both by the throat. She threw them on to the closed lid of the dumpster. Darla dropped Fred in the corner next to the dumpster, and cornered her, grabbing Cordelia by the throat, and lifting her in front of her. She placed her on her legs, and held her arms in place so that she wouldn't be able to espace.

"No!" Fred and Cordelia screamed together. Darla bit in to the flesh of Cordelia's neck, and Fred stood up to stop her, she just kicked her back to the place she was in. She kept drinking her blood, the blood dripping down on to her shirt, staining it on the back. Darla stopped when her heart was so slow it was almost stopped. She used her sharp finger nail to cut a straight line on her own skin on her wrist, and pulled Cordelia's face on it, forcing her to drink.

"Oh god.." Fred cried out. She dropped Cordelia's lifeless body after a moment, and turned to Fred.

"Your turn. We'll make quite the team won't we?" Darla grinned, and lifted up Fred, who shrieked.

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Angel paced in the hotel lobby, holding the cell phone he had to his ear. Wesley sat on the couch, and Gunn was behind the desk.

"Cordy's not picking up."

"Dude, their chicks. I'm sure their fine. Probably shopping still."

"It's eight o'clock. They left at twelve." Wesley told Gunn.

"Their women. If they tell you five minutes, they mean hours and hours. They didn't say five minutes, so that means even longer." Gunn leaned his head on to his palm.

"I'm going to track their scent. I don't care what you think." Angel growled.

"I'm with Angel on this one." Wesley told them, getting off the couch. Gunn sighed heavily, and followed them out.

"Oh-they have-my car.."

"Use my truck. Come on." They followed Gunn to his truck.

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Gunn, Angel, and Wesley were walking near the alley. They paused, and Angel inhaled.

"Cordy's scent is strong down there." Angel pointed to the alley, and they rushed in, Angel ahead of them. They stopped in front of the dumpster.

"Damn." Wesley said, they weren't there.

"Look." Gunn pointed at the few blood drops on the floor.

"They aren't-Are they?" Wesley asked, his eyes still on the blood.

"It's both..Fred, and Cordy's blood in there..." They all paused, mouth a gape, Angel's eyes flashed yellow, and he growled, loudly.

"We'll find them, Angel." Wesley choked on his words, and they all backed up.

"Come on." Angel said lifelessly, moving at a quick pace out of the alley.

"Oh god.." Was all Gunn could say.

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Cordelia's eyes slammed open, she hyperventilated, gasping for air. She inhaled, and exhaled deeply, sitting up immediatley. Cordelia couldn't seem to get the air she wanted, and stopped herself from inhaling, she was okay..she didn't need to breathe...why..? She looked to her right, Fred was still 'asleep'. She leaned over her.

"Fred. FRED!" She shoved her friend, and realized that Fred wasn't breathing. The memories of the night came back to her, or was it the night before?

"Oh god.." She remembered, and felt her face, her forehead was wrinkled. She shot up immediatley, standing. "No..no..I keep saying that..but..It's not really..bothering me..this is..kind of nice actually." Cordelia grinned a little. They were in some sort of old shack, the floor creaked, and she walked over to the bathroom, and switched on the light, no reflection. "I'm..dead.." Cordelia blinked a few times. "Dead..Wow..I'll never get used to not having a reflection." She turned around as soon as instinct told her someone was looking at her. Fred was standing, blinking fiercely.

"What.." Fred looked at Cordelia, wide eyed.

"We're dead, Fred. That rhymed!"

"We're...dead?" Fred ran in to the bathroom and looked at the mirror. Cordelia felt her face shift back to normal.

"Aha! I figured out how to make my face normal again." Suddenly they heard footsteps, and with their new hearing they got out of the bathroom, to see Darla.

"Ah, you're awake."

"We're vampires." Cordelia lifted her eyebrows.

"Yes. I know. We are going to do some damage. We sha'll paint the town red! It will be glorious. But first things first, you need to train a little more, I won't have my childe die the first day it walks this planet, will I? But first, you're probably starving. I'll take you out just for a little while, we won't do any shopping or anything yet, just a quick snack. God knows, Angel and his lackies are probably looking for you."

"Sounds like a plan. I'm starving." Cordelia put a hand on her stomach.

"Very well, let's go girls. Oh and Fred, take off that mask." Fred took off her game face.

"Forgot I had it on." She smiled at them, and they followed Darla out of the shack warily. They had to make sure Angel wasn't nearby.

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