Title: The First Defeat
Summary: Angelus is out and about - but will Angel ever get back?
Disclaimer: Not mine. It's Joss'. Which sucks but we all must deal.
Rating: M same as the show – I'll let you know if it changes
Feedback: Yes please, my first Fanfic so please go easy on me but constructive criticism is always welcome
Timeline: Just after Angelus is brought back in Season 4 and just after Buffy kills the Ubervamp in Season 7
Spoilers: Season 1 - 4 Angel and Season 1 - 7 Buffy
Author Note: I'm not to keen on Cordy, actually I hate her with Angel so if I'm a little harsh on her I'm very sorry to Cordy lovers, so just in-case I come off a little harsh a warning now, Cordy bashing ahead.
So far Angelus had been having heaps of fun and that's saying something since he's trapped in a cage. He'd had a run in with Fred and Gunn, capturing Fred and using her to taut Gunn. After waking up from a tranquiliser induced sleep from that round of laughs, he'd heard Gunn and Wesley fighting over Fred, no doubt his early conversation with Wesley had helped in stirring up their feelings and bringing out their inner violence towards each other, just a bonus really that Fred got in the cross-fire in his opinion. Now he was in the middle of messing with his son's head, which he was thoroughly enjoying til they got interrupted by Cordelia and he realised she was here to save him, all well he'll screw with his mind later.
"Yeah go to your room, mama's boy" Ok he just had to get that last gab in… now what's this, Cordy's planning to stay and chat, well this should be good
"Cordy, Cordy, Cordy… just couldn't stay away"
"It's been a long day and I think you've done enough damage"
"So… No hug?"
"You and I are going to make a deal"
'Oh this should be funny' "Tough. Did you practice that in front of the mirror a few times? Let me guess. You want to know about the Beast?"
"Everything you know"
"Oh. And in return, I get what? I wouldn't mind a car. I hear the new Mustang is nice"
"Something better"
Angelus knew what was coming, so he prepared himself now not to laugh when she said it "What's a better ride than a Mustang?"
"Me"
It didn't work; he still laughed "You, why would I want you"
But even with the laughing Cordelia held firm, she was going to get that information, if she could get it by screwing someone she's wanted to screw for ages… not really a problem, besides no male in their right mind would turn down Cordelia Chase "That's the offer, no more stalling, no more games, you tell us what you know, you get me"
'Wow she is dense, maybe the laughing wasn't a bigger enough hint' "Must be some confusion, you took out the soul, I still have a brain"
"Then use it. The Beast, the darkness… the world is falling apart. We're out of time. We're out of ideas. You're the end of the line"
'Oh, my, god… she really is that dense, ok time to spell it out for her' "Look I don't want you, I never did and as a matter of fact neither did soul boy, he was just following what everyone told him he was feeling so they'd get off his back about it. So what you're trying to propose here - stop now, before I barf"
Cordelia's face had turned red with anger, how dare he turn her down, well there had to be something he'd give up the information for, this was getting frustrating and it showed in her voice "Well then what do you want? Because we're not waiting around forever, either you tell us what we want to know or we put your soul back"
"There is only one person I'll give up this information for, I want exactly what you were offering" Cordelia smiled she knew he was just messing with her "except from Buffy" It was Angelus' turn to smirk at the look on Cordelia's face it was passed rage now
"BUFFY, YOU WANT BUFFY OVER ME?"
"Yes, I believe that's exactly what I said"
"But, why, she's been out of your life for years now, she has nothing to do with this and there is no way she is better then me, she's just a bitchy, cry-baby, annoying slayer who isn't even that good at it because she dies all the time, that shaman's soul removal thing definitely did something to your head because you've gone completely insane"
"First off, Buffy is way better then you, second, she has never been out of my life she is my mate, third call my mate names like that again and hell will seem like a vacation to you and fourth and this is just to rub your nose in it, her and Angel talk all the time, through phone calls, e-mails, you have nothing on her Cordelia and I suggest if you want the information your saying you so desperately need, you'd call her" Angelus turned and walked deeper into his cage sitting with his back against the wall, loving the expression on Cordelia's face, soon though she snapped out of her shocked gaze and rushed up the stairs. Good, so his mate would be here soon, he couldn't wait for her to get here.
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In the lobby, Cordelia and Wesley were having a heated discussion, well… argument, after their discussion cough argument cough it was decided that the information that Angelus held ransom was more important then Cordelia's case of, they just didn't need her help. So Wesley was off the Sunnydale to bring the slayer to L.A.
