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T h e V i s i o n
Prologue
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| C o r d e l i a |
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I sat at the computer, looking up something for Angel as usual. God, my head hurts. I reached up to rub
my temples, sighing as I waited for this damn site to load. I stared at the screen until my eyes hurt and looked away before I went blind. I turned in the swivel chair to see Angel
and Wesley conversing about Demons, no big surprise there.
Wesley hovered over his precious book while Angel listened to what he read off of it. Which seemed
like nothing but melodramatic psycho babble to me. Nothing new there either.
"Wesley.." I soon heard Angel say with the hint of annoyance in his voice.
Wesley sighed and shook his head lightly, holding up a mean looking jagged edged dagger. I didn't
quite catch what Wesley said but Angel looked skeptical.
And just as my headache started to let up I felt like my head was going to explode, again. Both my
hands shot up to my temples, as The Powers That Be poured molten lava in my skull. Through
my literally blinding pain I found I'd fallen off the computer chair and onto the floor, where
either Wesley or Angel eventually pulled me into his arms. Probably Angel.
Suddenly everything went completely out of focus... like I was drowning. I faintly heard Angel yelling
at me but it was muffled and I couldn't make out a word of anything he said. Most likely the
usual. "What do you see, Cordy!" God, I hate that.
Soon there was a bright flash of light and there was this... woman standing in an arched doorway.
A home. She was standing in the doorway of a home. Something wasn't right about this woman. Something was off. The sounds were so clear now, clearer than usual. Funny... it seemed like
everything was enhanced all the sudden. This wasn't a normal vision, that was for sure.
Thud, Thud, Thud, Thud.
Two pairs of feet against a hardwood floor. The footsteps were interrupted by another very
loud noise. It was so loud I reached up and covered my ears. Thunder! It was thunder and a bright
flash of lightning followed, this woman's form a silhouette in the momentary light.
She came closer and the vision flicked to a close-up of her eyes, pale violet. They were fierce but in
the strangest way so innocent, misguided. And just as quick as it came, it went, and everything
went dark for a long moment until the next round of lightning struck and I know I must have flinched
in surprise as another figure emerged from the darkness behind this mysterious woman.
He stood beside the woman as she stared coldly ahead. They were in the middle of the living room on
closer inspection. A nice one too. My focus shifted temporarily to a digital clock mounted atop a huge oak entertainment center and moved back to the two, just standing there looking around for a minute
in the darkness. They gave me the creeps. And I think I know why.
They appeared like some kind of hellish nightmare in the next volley of lightning strikes. The
woman's beautiful features had become twisted and deformed, her eyes a demonic gold. She was a vampire! I knew it!
A picture slowly came into view on a wooden fireplace mantle. A picture of a man and a
woman with two small children. No doubt the family that lived there. And suddenly without
warning it fell from the wooden mantle and broke to pieces on the now blood covered floor, sharp
shards of glass falling everywhere.
The Woman walked along the mantle dragging her arm along it, shoving all of the small knickknacks
and more importantly the pictures off of it and onto the bloody floor where the first Human corpse
lay, lifeless, limp. The unfortunate man's eyes were still half open, staring up at the ceiling. I felt
tears uncontrollably stream down my face. I can't stand this!!
The female vampire's blonde friend hovered over the more or less dead woman from the picture
with his bloodied fangs bared and his head tilted back, taking in stolen blood. Yeah. That's right.
Enjoy it now while you can, buddy. Fuming over the whole situation I didn't notice that the other vampire had disappeared from the room until screams echoed out from the next room. Children's
screams.
I couldn't see what horrible things the bitch could be doing in the next room but I heard it all and I was totally helpless... I can't stand this.
Female Vampire of Brunette had appeared and was standing over the bloodied picture on the floor, staring with hatred in her eyes as she lifted a single foot clad with metal tipped combat boots and stomped wildly on the picture with an angered roar. As the horrific vision faded I found myself
looking up at a frantic Wesley and Angel. Angel now apparently shaking me. Poor guy.
I could barely talk over the painful knot in my throat, growing all the more immense
as I choked down my hysterical tears.
"It's too late..."