Haunting memories
Chapter 1 demons
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.
The door creaked open and Angel stumbled inside his body alight, the flames cascading furiously over his crumbling form.
He couldn't take it any longer the pain was too much.
The ground beneath him began to shake vigorously; a wide slash suddenly opened with a groan and swallowed Angel smothering him in darkness.
He was falling, crashing through searing hot flames that seemed to engulf him, welcoming him home……………..
But this wasn't his home.
"Angelus" the voice seemed to rumble and shake this hellish place as a shape moved swiftly through the shadows toward him. Angel stumbled back searching for a wall but instead he was engulfed in flames again. He screamed out in agony as they scorch his already charred flesh. "Angelus" the thing said again as the flames stopped and Angel fell to the floor in a crumpled heap unable to move unable to care.
Angel slowly moved his head up enduring the excruciating pain to get a glance at his opponent who had dragged him down here. Wherever here was. His eyes roamed the small-unlit room he noticed pits of magma that shot up flames surrounded the floor. He rolled over onto his back and came face to face with it!…
The demon was swathed in flames his face was a glowing orangey colour and thorns randomly shot out of his face piercing Angel's as he lay helplessly pined beneath it. It stared at Angel as if contemplating his pain then it laughed the sound coming from deep down in its ugly orange chest coming out raspy like blood squelched underfoot, it wasn't a pleasant sound.
Angel stared up at it and moaned, "Who are you". The demon seemed to be enraged by his question, his eyes glared down on him bogey green in the pale light and replied in that same raspy tone "I am Demrahc!" he glared at Angel again then quiet suddenly stood and threw Angel across the room. He smashed into the hard rock face and hit the lava with a splash, he didn't even have time to scream this time before he was tugged up by his hair and air born again Demrahc had thrown him into another wall.
Angel stumbled to his feet blood running down his face his right shoulder numbed against the pain of a shard of rock gaping through it. He grabbed at the shard of rock and wrenched it out grunting as pain seeped through him. He clung to the wall and stared at Demrahc through hooded eyes.
The demon Demrahc advanced again but Angel was ready for him this time and as he advanced he hid the shard of rock thick with blood by his thigh and waited. When Demrahc was within striking distance Angel acted, he lunged forward with the last reserve of strength and stabbed the rock like a knife into Demrahc's gut ripping it upward.
Demrahc staggered backward a few steps tearing the knife from Angels grip. He pulled it out slowly smiling hauntingly all the time at Angel. Black blood started to gush form the wound but if it fazed Demrahc he hid it well.
"Now that wasn't nice." Demrahc said to Angel still staring at him. He advanced forward again throwing Angels last defence away- the rock.
He grabbed Angel in a vice grip and pulled him in close to his face, so close that Angels face caught on fire again. Angel grimaced as he thought this isn't my day.
Demrahc applied pressure to Angels wind pipe and angel managed to say "for an ugly guy you sure aren't that smart!" well Angel thought that wasn't a smart thing to say as he was yet again thrown into a wall. He seeped into unconsciousness staring up at Demrahc.
His head felt huge…actually his whole body felt huge! What had happened? Where had the demon Demrahc Gone? And why was he hanging by his wrists? Well that's it he thought he's off my Christmas card list. Angel stared around hoping to get out of here before "it" came back, so far nothing he was as stuck as paper to glue! Angel wiggled trying his bonds and was met by a sharp shot of pain from his shoulder wound.
Buffy's P.O.V"Angel?" she asked stepping over the threshold staring at the open door as she did so. "Are you here?" then she saw the gaping hole in the floor and the hideous demon standing opposite it.
"Slayer." It rasped
"And who would you be?" "Mr…" she smirked as it grimaced. "Oh the big bad scary demon cant handle the sarcasm." She added.
"Do not mock me slayer." It said
"What is that all you can say" Buffy replied and in a raspy imitation of it "do not mock me slayer?" it snarled and lunged at her, she smiled playtime she thought and danced out of the demons clumsy jab. "So are you a mate of Angels or what?" she asked kicking him in the stomach watching him reel back.
The demon smirked and replied "Angelus had a surprise"
Buffy panicked "What kinda surprise?"
"The deadly kind" the nasty demon answered.
Buffy studied it looked down at the hole and made a quick plan. She darted forward and distributed a round of harsh blows then seeing the tear in its chest pulled out "Mr pointy" and stabbed him into the ripped shreds of the wound. Watching the demon fall backward she smiled again.
Then dived down into the pit of darkness.
Angels P.O.VHe heard a crash from where he hung and stoped struggling against the bonds and listened. There was an "ewwwww" of disgust and Angel smiled.
"Buffy in here" he called out. There were small cries of
"Ewww" every few steps and Angel glanced up and saw her enter the hole where he was dangling. She was beautiful all deadly standing there in her sweats a stake in one hand her other at her side blood dripping off it-black blood. Angel saw her look of shock at seeing him injured.
"Im ok Buffy" Angel said, "Did you see Demrahc?"
"Is that its name?" "Yea I saw him and kicked his ass, he's up in the mansion" Angel was staring past her and she turned and heard him reply, "no he's not"………