Onwards to Chapter 2!

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Codelia blinked furiosly and frowned.

'Angel?' He stood up in his chair, dumbfounded.

Angel. In charge...of Wolfram and Heart? She gasped. Evil Angel! Angel with the fangs!

'Uh, yeah, but uh...Angel, or Angelus...just uh...stay away...sorry to have bothered you..' she stammered, backing towards the door. Dam, I don't have a stake.

'Cordelia, I-' he made his way towards her and she gave a small scream.

She frowned to herself. This wasn't right. She wasn't the weak, helpless Cordelia she once was. She was a Power That Be. Or, ex-Power That Be if she was really here. 'Look you...evil souless thing! You can't just go around biting people ok? I know there aren't like, patches or anything you can wear to stop you craving human blood but if people can quit smoking, then why can't you?' She stood with her hands on her hips.

Angel grinned. Yup, that was Cordelia all right. But why did she think he was evil? He looked around at the office, a company sign hanging on the wall. Oh, that's why.

'Cordelia will you please calm down?'

'No, I won't cal- Wesley?' She stared to her left, where Wesley had been standing. 'But you, and him, evil...huh?' Her mouth continued to hang open. Boy, they had some explaining to do.

He stepped next to Angle. 'Look, we run this place now.' Angle explained slowly.

'So..you're not all...fangy or anything?' she asked.

Angel grinned. 'Nope.'

'Oh good, good.' She looked down at her bare feet. She smiled to herself. They hadn't needed to wear shoes where she had been.

Then, all of a sudden, she launched herself at Angel, wrapping her arms around him and sobbing into his jacket. Perplexed, he held her close until the sobs subsided. Wesley stood awkwardly to the side, adjusting his glasses.

'Cordy,I-' Angle begun, but Cordy cut him off with a smile and a nod.

His demeanor then changed, and he held her at arms length to take a good look at her. She sniffled but smiled up at him. Angle was confused. Why wasn't she dirty...or sick or hurt? Where had she been? And where had she gotten that elaborately beautiful purple dress?

'Where were you' he whispered, letting her go.

She pointed upwards, and grinned as she ran over to give Wesley a big bear hug.

Needless to say, he blushed a little.

'The roof?' Angel queried.

'No! I was a Power That Be! Which is weird right? But I'm glad to be back, it was ok but really boring and I'm so glad your not evil. You called me down!'

Angel stood stock still. 'What?!'

She looked deep into his eyes. 'I went up when we going going to meet. And, now, here I'am.' She grinned again. God, she was just so happy to be here again. Actually on earth.

'We called you down?' Angel was still amazed and confused. They would have to talk about this.

'Yup. I was just going through my usual PTB business, and then BAM here I was!' She threw her hands up matter-of-factly. 'Who did you send up then?'

'Who did we...?'

'Send up. I can't just come down, the balance will be off. Someone has to go back up in my place. Don't you know how it works?'

Angel looked across at Wesley, who shrugged. They hadn't read anything about that.

'Willow summoned you. Did she tell you to come up here?' Wesley asked suspiciously. Something wasn't right here.

'Willow? She wasn't there.'

Angel's eyes widened.

Codelia though about it for a second, then it clicked. 'Ooooo no.'

Far away, Willow looked down forlornly. She hadn't known at all. She had wanted to do and say so many things before she left. Now she would never have the chance. With a single tear that dropped onto the clouds, it began to rain.

Buffy.

'Angel?' she stood still, shocked. She hadn't spoken to him in ages. Why was he calling now.

Buffy, something happened to Willow.

'Willow was in L.A with you! What could possibly have happened to her? Where is she?' She asked quickly. She winced when she realized that she had sounded as if she was blaming him. He would never let anything happen to Willow, would he?

Well she's...well not exactly on earth.

'Where the hell is she then?' Buffy was scared. Something had happened to Willow, her best friend and all powerful witch. How could something have happened to her?

She heard Angel sigh. She summoned one of the Powers That Be. Well apparently, thats what Cordelia is. Thats where she had been all this time. Another sigh. We didn't know that someone had to take Codelia's place. So now she's a Power That Be.'

'She's a whaty that what?' Buffy asked, her voice rising. Xander had popped his head around the door, hearing Buffy's voice growing louder as he walked past.

Buffy, I'm not explaining the concept of the PTB again ok. Listen, we have to sort this out. I'll keep you updated.

Her voice cracked with emotion and she whispered- 'We need her back Angel.'

I know.

She sighed and hung up the phone. Xander stood next to her, confused.

'Willow's...well not alive technically.' She explained, close to tears.

Xander's eyes widened. 'Buff, I-'

'Get the others,' she whispered, plonking herself on the couch with her had in her hands.

Shortly Xander, a digruntled Andrew, Dawn, Giles and Faith had congregated in the living room. No on spoke. Buffy looked up at them all, tears streaming down her face. She explained to them the little that she knew.

'Whose ass do I need to kick to get Willow back?' Faith asked.

Trust her to want to fight, Buffy thought to herself.

She looked up at them all, the Scooby gang. But they weren't the Scooby gang without Willow. They weren't anything without Willow.

'We're going to L.A.'

Preview: So Angel stood there in the rain, tears streaking down his face. This is what it felt like. This was true agony. Why wasn't he there in time? He could of, would have stopped it. But now... now everything was lost.

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