Title: Temptation Island
Author: Spike 'n Cordy
Summary: When the reality television show "Temptation Island" guests start disappearing Angel and Cordelia must go under cover to find out why. Special appearances by Xander and Anya.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Author's Notes: I've only ever watched one episode of Temptation Island and didn't think it was that great but when I came up with this idea I had to go with it. I know my name makes me Spike/Cordelia shipper but if I put Spike in Angel's place he'd have sex with everyone and ruin my story line. I thought that the couple should have allies on the island and I thought Anya would be great in this role with her point blank view on sex. I hope you like it. Please review.
Timeline: Set during the third season of Angel, before Darla shows up, and sixth season Buffy before Xander announces their engagement and Buffy tells them they pulled her out of heaven. More or less just when everyone is happy and there's no real conflict happening.
Chapter One
Angel was bored. Normally having absolutely nothing to do but read a good book was refreshing. But after a week of having nothing to do but read, one got bored. Cordelia hadn't had a vision, no clients came in and none of the murders in the newspaper seemed to be demon related. Angel was bored.
Cordelia was at her desk reading a fashion magazine, Fred was wandering around aimlessly and Wes and Gunn were watching some television show in the lobby. Angel decided joining them in mindless entertainment might make him feel better. He left his office and strolled over to where the ex-watcher and vampire hunter sat.
"What 'cha watching?"
"Temptation Island," came a curt reply.
"What's it about?"
"Shhh," Gunn waved a distracted hand at him. His eye's never left the screen, "It's getting good."
Angel focused his attention on the television set. Some large breasted girl was crying her eyes out screaming, "How could he do this to me?"
"Who did what to her?"
"Angel!" Both Wesley and Gunn yelled.
"Okay, I'll leave you alone," he turned on his heal and walked towards Fred. "Hi Fred."
"Oh," she started to get flustered and unconsciously smoothed down her floral print dress. "Hey Angel. I had nothing to do so I just thought that I'd.It doesn't matter. I'm going to go and finish that then." She wondered away whispering to herself again.
Three down, one to go. Angel stood behind Cordelia and browsed the title of the article she was reading over her shoulder. "What to do if you suspect your man is cheating."
"Is your man cheating?"
Cordelia jumped in her chair, and put a hand to her heart. "Jeez, Angel. Haven't I told you to not do that."
"Yes. But you also told me not to read over your shoulder. You could sense that I was there and it bothered you. According to that you should have been able to sense me."
"What do you want?"
He pulled himself up onto the desk, "Nothing. There's just nothing to do and I'm bored."
Sitting back in her chair and crossing her jean-clad legs Cordelia sighed, "Welcome to the club. I've read that article three times already. I'm pretty sure that if I ever got a man, I'll be able to tell if he's cheating the second he walks in the door."
"You want to do something? We can go to the sewers and hunt.anything," He gave her a pleading look.
"There is no way in hell I'm going down there. No matter how bored I am."
"At this point I'm even willing to sing for Lorne just so he came tell me that my life's in mortal danger, you know, something to look forward to."
"There's no way in hell I'm going to listen to you sing," she gave him a joking smile.
"Fine. We'll just sit here and do nothing."
"Man, that was the best episode. I can't believe Phil cheated on Suzy. Especially with Alicia, yuck," Gunn shuddered at the thought.
Wesley led them behind the counter, "I know what you mean. Suzy was such a sweet girl."
"Sweet, yeah, and did you see her rack?"
"Excuse me," Cordelia raised her eyebrows at Gunn. "Did you just refer to a woman's chest as a 'rack'?"
Gunn laughed at her look, "Don't worry Cordy, you've got her beat hands down."
She threw her pen at him, "Get out of here you pig."
He caught the pen with ease.
"You know what was too bad."
"What?" Gunn put the pen down on the desk.
"Troy and Linda. I really thought that they would last the week."
"Yeah, they loved each other, you could tell."
"Who are Troy and Linda?" Angel asked.
"They're just a couple of contestants on their favorite show," Cordelia said already dreading the long discussion that was going to catch Angel up on the happenings of 'Temptation Island'.
"They were the one couple that we thought wouldn't cheat on each other," Wesley supplied, "But we were wrong."
"What kind of game show is this?"
"It's not a game show it's reality television."
"But Cordelia said that they were contestants."
"They all play the game."
"And the game is to try and cheat on your girlfriend?"
"No, it's." Wesley took a deep breath, "I'll explain it all to you later. Any way, yes they cheated on each other."
"At least that's what Robert said," Gunn put in.
"Who's Robert?"
Wesley looked at the ceiling like he was praying for God to let it fall in on him, "He is the host of the TV program. You don't believe that they cheated on each other."
"No way man. They were devoted. He had that fine girl, Trish, rubbing herself all over him and he pushed her away. That takes control. More then I have."
"You're right. Neither of them would have cheat."
Cordelia stood up and walked to the coffee machine, "Well, obviously they did you guys. Unless someone killed them," she joked.
Wesley looked like he had a revelation, "Of course."
"Wes, I was just kidding," she couldn't believe they were taking it this far. "It was just a show. No one killed anyone."
"This happened last season as well."
"There was more then one season?"
"What happened last season, English?"
"My favorite couple, Judy and Frank, supposedly cheated on each other and left the island before the show ended. Robert gave the same story, too. That they were both so ashamed at what they had done, they didn't want to humiliate themselves on television."
"And you think that there's more to it then they're saying," Gunn finished.
"Exactly. We should get on this right away." Wesley focused on Cordelia, "Start looking for newspaper-"
"No. I am not helping you find gossip about some television show. Especially about that TV show," she stepped away from the computer. "You want it, you find it." She shook her head and went to sit on a couch in the lobby.
Wesley took a seat behind the computer, it couldn't be that hard. Gunn was leaning over his shoulder, "No you have to click there first, then the page comes up."
After fifteen minutes they were on the internet. A half hour later, Angel, Fred and Cordelia were watching a movie and eating popcorn, while Wes and Gunn fought over whom should have control of the mouse.
As the credits began to roll for the movie Wesley finally gave a shout of triumph. "I've found something."
Gunn pulled his chair closer to the computer as the other three gathered around behind them.
"See," Wesley pointed excitedly to the screen. "Right here. This newspaper article was written almost a year ago. It says that Judy and Frank were leaving the island in a small boat without any help. The boat was too small and capsized and they drowned."
"See, no foul play," Cordelia turned to leave.
"But it's quite a coincidence that both couples leave before the last episode without telling anyone, the first couple ends up dead."
Angel made a suggestion. "How about we wait and see what turns up about the new missing couple, and if it's nothing, it's nothing. But if it does happen to be something, we'll deal with it."
~*~*~*~
Anya sighed as her favorite television show ended for the season. "Temptation Island", was there anything better? She gave her fiancée a quick sideways glance. Not recently, no. Xander still wanted to keep their engagement a secret. Did he really love her or was it a heat of the moment thing that he now regrets?
"Do you want to be a guest on our island," her attention was drawn back to the TV set. "'Temptation Island' is looking for couples to star in next season's episodes. Do you and your significant other need to work on your relationship? Can you really trust them not to fool around behind your back? If you want to test the strength of your love, just send us a home video of the two of you answering this one question. Why should we choose you?"
Anya felt the light bulb go off in her head. If Xander really loves her, and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, they go on the show and he proves it. Maybe he even gets a little jealous at the attention other men will be paying her. Plus they mentioned money. She's sure she heard something about money.
"Xander, I want to go to 'Temptation Island'," she stated, point blank.
Xander's mouth was open and a sandwich positioned to enter, "What?"
"The TV show 'Temptation Island' is accepting video applications for next season. I want to go."
"I can't just pick up and leave for six weeks."
"The show is filmed in one week, they just stretch it out over six weeks to make more money. It's quite ingenious actually. Plus they said that all the winning applicants will get money. I want money to buy me pretty things."
"You have a lot of pretty things, Anya."
"Yes, but this way I get paid to test your fidelity. If you cheat I will have money to console me," she kneeled in front of him. "You don't want to announce our engagement and I feel that it is because you don't love me."
"I love you," he reached out and caressed her face.
"Then prove it. If you love me, you will go to this island and not have sex with other girls."
"You really want to do this?"
She smiled, he was easy to wear down, "Yes."
~TBC~
Author: Spike 'n Cordy
Summary: When the reality television show "Temptation Island" guests start disappearing Angel and Cordelia must go under cover to find out why. Special appearances by Xander and Anya.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Author's Notes: I've only ever watched one episode of Temptation Island and didn't think it was that great but when I came up with this idea I had to go with it. I know my name makes me Spike/Cordelia shipper but if I put Spike in Angel's place he'd have sex with everyone and ruin my story line. I thought that the couple should have allies on the island and I thought Anya would be great in this role with her point blank view on sex. I hope you like it. Please review.
Timeline: Set during the third season of Angel, before Darla shows up, and sixth season Buffy before Xander announces their engagement and Buffy tells them they pulled her out of heaven. More or less just when everyone is happy and there's no real conflict happening.
Chapter One
Angel was bored. Normally having absolutely nothing to do but read a good book was refreshing. But after a week of having nothing to do but read, one got bored. Cordelia hadn't had a vision, no clients came in and none of the murders in the newspaper seemed to be demon related. Angel was bored.
Cordelia was at her desk reading a fashion magazine, Fred was wandering around aimlessly and Wes and Gunn were watching some television show in the lobby. Angel decided joining them in mindless entertainment might make him feel better. He left his office and strolled over to where the ex-watcher and vampire hunter sat.
"What 'cha watching?"
"Temptation Island," came a curt reply.
"What's it about?"
"Shhh," Gunn waved a distracted hand at him. His eye's never left the screen, "It's getting good."
Angel focused his attention on the television set. Some large breasted girl was crying her eyes out screaming, "How could he do this to me?"
"Who did what to her?"
"Angel!" Both Wesley and Gunn yelled.
"Okay, I'll leave you alone," he turned on his heal and walked towards Fred. "Hi Fred."
"Oh," she started to get flustered and unconsciously smoothed down her floral print dress. "Hey Angel. I had nothing to do so I just thought that I'd.It doesn't matter. I'm going to go and finish that then." She wondered away whispering to herself again.
Three down, one to go. Angel stood behind Cordelia and browsed the title of the article she was reading over her shoulder. "What to do if you suspect your man is cheating."
"Is your man cheating?"
Cordelia jumped in her chair, and put a hand to her heart. "Jeez, Angel. Haven't I told you to not do that."
"Yes. But you also told me not to read over your shoulder. You could sense that I was there and it bothered you. According to that you should have been able to sense me."
"What do you want?"
He pulled himself up onto the desk, "Nothing. There's just nothing to do and I'm bored."
Sitting back in her chair and crossing her jean-clad legs Cordelia sighed, "Welcome to the club. I've read that article three times already. I'm pretty sure that if I ever got a man, I'll be able to tell if he's cheating the second he walks in the door."
"You want to do something? We can go to the sewers and hunt.anything," He gave her a pleading look.
"There is no way in hell I'm going down there. No matter how bored I am."
"At this point I'm even willing to sing for Lorne just so he came tell me that my life's in mortal danger, you know, something to look forward to."
"There's no way in hell I'm going to listen to you sing," she gave him a joking smile.
"Fine. We'll just sit here and do nothing."
"Man, that was the best episode. I can't believe Phil cheated on Suzy. Especially with Alicia, yuck," Gunn shuddered at the thought.
Wesley led them behind the counter, "I know what you mean. Suzy was such a sweet girl."
"Sweet, yeah, and did you see her rack?"
"Excuse me," Cordelia raised her eyebrows at Gunn. "Did you just refer to a woman's chest as a 'rack'?"
Gunn laughed at her look, "Don't worry Cordy, you've got her beat hands down."
She threw her pen at him, "Get out of here you pig."
He caught the pen with ease.
"You know what was too bad."
"What?" Gunn put the pen down on the desk.
"Troy and Linda. I really thought that they would last the week."
"Yeah, they loved each other, you could tell."
"Who are Troy and Linda?" Angel asked.
"They're just a couple of contestants on their favorite show," Cordelia said already dreading the long discussion that was going to catch Angel up on the happenings of 'Temptation Island'.
"They were the one couple that we thought wouldn't cheat on each other," Wesley supplied, "But we were wrong."
"What kind of game show is this?"
"It's not a game show it's reality television."
"But Cordelia said that they were contestants."
"They all play the game."
"And the game is to try and cheat on your girlfriend?"
"No, it's." Wesley took a deep breath, "I'll explain it all to you later. Any way, yes they cheated on each other."
"At least that's what Robert said," Gunn put in.
"Who's Robert?"
Wesley looked at the ceiling like he was praying for God to let it fall in on him, "He is the host of the TV program. You don't believe that they cheated on each other."
"No way man. They were devoted. He had that fine girl, Trish, rubbing herself all over him and he pushed her away. That takes control. More then I have."
"You're right. Neither of them would have cheat."
Cordelia stood up and walked to the coffee machine, "Well, obviously they did you guys. Unless someone killed them," she joked.
Wesley looked like he had a revelation, "Of course."
"Wes, I was just kidding," she couldn't believe they were taking it this far. "It was just a show. No one killed anyone."
"This happened last season as well."
"There was more then one season?"
"What happened last season, English?"
"My favorite couple, Judy and Frank, supposedly cheated on each other and left the island before the show ended. Robert gave the same story, too. That they were both so ashamed at what they had done, they didn't want to humiliate themselves on television."
"And you think that there's more to it then they're saying," Gunn finished.
"Exactly. We should get on this right away." Wesley focused on Cordelia, "Start looking for newspaper-"
"No. I am not helping you find gossip about some television show. Especially about that TV show," she stepped away from the computer. "You want it, you find it." She shook her head and went to sit on a couch in the lobby.
Wesley took a seat behind the computer, it couldn't be that hard. Gunn was leaning over his shoulder, "No you have to click there first, then the page comes up."
After fifteen minutes they were on the internet. A half hour later, Angel, Fred and Cordelia were watching a movie and eating popcorn, while Wes and Gunn fought over whom should have control of the mouse.
As the credits began to roll for the movie Wesley finally gave a shout of triumph. "I've found something."
Gunn pulled his chair closer to the computer as the other three gathered around behind them.
"See," Wesley pointed excitedly to the screen. "Right here. This newspaper article was written almost a year ago. It says that Judy and Frank were leaving the island in a small boat without any help. The boat was too small and capsized and they drowned."
"See, no foul play," Cordelia turned to leave.
"But it's quite a coincidence that both couples leave before the last episode without telling anyone, the first couple ends up dead."
Angel made a suggestion. "How about we wait and see what turns up about the new missing couple, and if it's nothing, it's nothing. But if it does happen to be something, we'll deal with it."
~*~*~*~
Anya sighed as her favorite television show ended for the season. "Temptation Island", was there anything better? She gave her fiancée a quick sideways glance. Not recently, no. Xander still wanted to keep their engagement a secret. Did he really love her or was it a heat of the moment thing that he now regrets?
"Do you want to be a guest on our island," her attention was drawn back to the TV set. "'Temptation Island' is looking for couples to star in next season's episodes. Do you and your significant other need to work on your relationship? Can you really trust them not to fool around behind your back? If you want to test the strength of your love, just send us a home video of the two of you answering this one question. Why should we choose you?"
Anya felt the light bulb go off in her head. If Xander really loves her, and wants to spend the rest of his life with her, they go on the show and he proves it. Maybe he even gets a little jealous at the attention other men will be paying her. Plus they mentioned money. She's sure she heard something about money.
"Xander, I want to go to 'Temptation Island'," she stated, point blank.
Xander's mouth was open and a sandwich positioned to enter, "What?"
"The TV show 'Temptation Island' is accepting video applications for next season. I want to go."
"I can't just pick up and leave for six weeks."
"The show is filmed in one week, they just stretch it out over six weeks to make more money. It's quite ingenious actually. Plus they said that all the winning applicants will get money. I want money to buy me pretty things."
"You have a lot of pretty things, Anya."
"Yes, but this way I get paid to test your fidelity. If you cheat I will have money to console me," she kneeled in front of him. "You don't want to announce our engagement and I feel that it is because you don't love me."
"I love you," he reached out and caressed her face.
"Then prove it. If you love me, you will go to this island and not have sex with other girls."
"You really want to do this?"
She smiled, he was easy to wear down, "Yes."
~TBC~