"Angel In-"
Terrified and in pain, the young woman had interrupted. "I need Angel," she informed them, pressing the object against her ear in an effort to keep herself awake. Two o'clock in the morning and she was in the middle of an empty street, leaning heavily against the pay phone, her body limp from exhaustion and pain due to another run-in with LA's undead. Hazel eyes darted around her, praying that she was finally alone. She was so damned tired...
"I'm sorry but-"
"I need Angel."
"Angel's busy-"
"People I care about are dying," she informed them, her free hand curling into a fist as she fought against the urge to rip the phone away from the machine. "I don't give a damn if he's busy. Get him on the phone now."
"Maybe I-"
"LET ME TALK TO ANGEL!" She screamed, though regretted it the moment she did not because she thought she was being rude but because it compromised her position. If they were still looking for her...
"Hello?" Angel's voice was heard on the other end.
She sighed in relief, allowing her body to relax if only a little. "Angel-"
"Faith?" His voice filled with dread.
A cry escaped her lips, "She's- They have her. Angel, they have Cordelia."
"No," the vampire muttered on the other end before a distinct shattering of glass was heard. Faith pressed her eyes closed, her head falling against the pay phone in an attempt to ward off her tears.
"I trusted you to keep her safe- I trusted all of you. You promised me that she would be okay, Faith. You promised me."
She nodded, guilt in her brown eyes. "I'm so-"
"NO!" Angel bellowed over the phone, a loud crash was heard next. Faith imagining that he had thrown his arm out in a sweeping motion, sending the contents of a table crashing to the floor. "No," he repeated, his voice a little subdued. "I don't want your apologies, nor do I want to hear any excuses. Cordelia's in danger right now and that's your fault, Faith. I am holding you personally responsible. Do you understand me?"
Faith nodded, knowing that even though he couldn't see her, he understood her enough to know that she had done so.
"Tell me what happened."
