Disclaimer: Not mine.Yada. Blabla. you get the picture.

Summery: Something is wrong with Angel.Gunn, Fred, Wesley and Cordy are trying to save him. The only problem is, this time, the only person who can save him is himself! (All I will say is: I'm fed up of the good side always winning!)

Eating from the inside out

Chapter 1

Part 1: We will fix it

"Oh my God!" Fred felt her eyes go wide and her mouth fall wide open. He wasn't moving. It was as if he was dead. But that was impossible because.because. "Wesley! Gunn! Help fast! HELPHELP!"

Fred heard the stomping feet rushing up the stairs her eyes were teary what was wrong? What on earth could be wrong? The stomping feet stopped in front of the door, then it burst open.

Wesley came into the room "What's wrong Fred?" "Are you OK?" Gunn echoed from behind him

Fred nodded "I'm fine! It's just.Look at him! There is something wrong with him! He's not moving!"

Both Gunn and Wesley look down at him. Gunn walks towards her and puts his arm around her "Fred he's dead, he doesn't move in his sleep!"

Fred's eyes got teary her voice uncontrollably loud. Somehow hopping her shrieks would wake him up "Yes I know but-but lo-ook." she grabbed his arm and shook him violently, managing to make the whole bed rock and squeak. "Angel! Angel! Angel please wake up! Wake up!"

Fred's eyes showered tears, while the two others stared on in astonishment. Angel didn't move an inch on his own. Not a single word left his lips. Not a single eyelid fluttered.

Fred whirled around her mind running in a thousand different places at once: "Maybe he's in a coma.No that's not possible.Is it? Maybe he's hibernating like vampires do in books.No they don't really do that.Do they? Maybe it's a curse.Maybe-"

Gunn put an arm "Fred, relax.Don't work yourself up! We will figure this out. We always manage to. Whatever is wrong.We will fix it. We always do." Fred's terrified eyes got sucked into the assurance of those in her partner's, though the tears continued flowing her heart fluttered and slowed a pace.

Wesley looked at them, swallowing his pain he said. "Well we have to know what wrong before we can fix it! So we had better get to work.Fred.if you are feeling up to it. Maybe you could go make us some tea." Fred had been clinging to Gunn, her face buried deep into his shoulder but she pulled away and nodded "Yes, I- I can d-do that." Wesley nodded as she made her way downstairs. "Gunn, call Cordelia! Let her know what's happening. I'm going to hit the books." ~ * ~

Part 2: Peek-a-boo! Guess who.

Angel was walking in a large dank room.Somehow it seemed familiar like he had been here before. But it was a twisted and perverted plave. Whatever inhabited it was far from human.

"Hello? Is anybody here? Hello?"

There was no answer. He was not surprised. He continued walking and looking every once and awhile shouting and waiting for an answer. And finally he got one.It was not the answer he was looking for but it was an answer none the less. Somewhere in the distance he heard a song:

"Little young Mary and her handsome husband Harry, Had three Joy filled children who lived down in the prairies. She raised them in love and bathed them in it too, but time came-a-callin' and left Mary a mournin'. Her husband passed away leavin' her a widow and her children rushed that mornin' and left her loud and callin'. One left to be a house wife, the other left to be a whore. the third happily left Mary to unite with a Moor. But sweet. Little Old Mary, what a wonderful Old lady, was always seen a- smilin'never secretly always winin'. Hopin' she'd be spared on that one fateful day.. Yet one cold winter's morning death came-a-callin', and Mary was spared no fate and simply went-a-fallin' "

Angel tensed.He knew the voice.But also knew that it was impossible. The person he was hearing could not be who he thought! It couldn't! His feet started moving fast towards the sound then stopped. He looked and could see no one at all. But then for some reason he could not explain he turned around and a figure popped out from within a wall. It was in the dark but Angel knew who it was.

His thoughts were only proved right by vehement laugh and the mocking tone in it's voice: "Peek-a-boo! Guess who."