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[Pairing] A/C...kinda
[A/N] Sort of a Buffy X-over (Also, the stuff in (parentheses) are translations)
"Why didn't we just eat them?" Angelus asked, annoyed.
Cordelia stared down at the baby in her arms. "Because I didn't want to. You hungry? There's a mall right up the road. You're not eating them, and if I find out you do I'll give your soul back my damn self."
Angelus growled at her and she growled right back. From behind Cordelia, Angelus' hands snaked around her waist and eventually rested on her stomach. "I have to keep my appetite." He said, "We're going to visit Wolfram and Hart later."
Cordelia smirked at him. "Sounds like tonights gonna be a fun night."
*****
"She's got the spell?" Wes asked, excitedly.
Gunn nodded. "She said she would do it as soon as possible. Buffy is taking her somewhere to hide her, so that Angelus won't come after her. Angel should be back to normal soon... as normal as Angel gets anyway."
Wes nodded. "Ok. Go to the weapons cabinet and get anything that may be useful to us. Crossbows, stakes, holy water, swords." Wes helped Fred lay down on the couch as he spoke. "Last time was my own mistake. I forgot, if thats possible, how horrible Angelus was." Gunn left for the basement and returned a moment later. Wes walked to him and lowered his voice, "Gunn, I want you to take Fred to the top floor. Put her in a room and lock her in there. I have a feeling things are going to get very dangerous."
*****
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Lilah Morgan's stiletto heels made a rhythmic click as she walked briskly through the abandoned parking garage. She wouldn't admit it aloud, but that place always scared her. Lilah looked over her shoulder, and began walking faster. That was the motto here in the City of Angels. Run, or be raped, murdered, eaten, or sacrificed to a Motnah demon. Her BMW finally came into view, and she gave a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a strong hand came down on her shoulder. "OH!" She screamed with a gasp. She turned and saw the face of Gavin Park. "Gavin, you dumbass, what are you doing?" She demanded.
Gavin smiled at her, "Congratulating you on your success with Angelus." He smiled at her and turned to leave, then turned back to face her "Oh yes, when he kills you, I do hope you know that I'm getting your place as the favorite with the Senior Partners." With one last smile he turned and left.
"What an asshole." Lilah muttered as she continued walking to her car.
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As she reached her car, she pulled out her keys, and became aware of a presence behind her. She whirled around. "Gav-" She stopped midsentence as she saw Cordelia. "Its you." She said, relieved. "You're one of Angel's lackeys, aren't you?"
"Lilah Morgan." Cordelia said with a low, menacing voice, "I was a part of his life. But you and you're firm came and took his soul."
"I had nothing to do with that."
"Yeah, I'm sure you didn't." Cordelia took a step closer to her. Lilah found herself pressed against her car. "He was my best friend, you know that? I cared about him. We had a good life going on there. And you ruined it. But I'm not here to hurt you." Cordelia morphed into vamp face, and Lilah let out a startled yelp, "Not at all. I'm here to say thank you. When you took his soul, he took my humanity. Opened my eyes to a new world. But the thing about being a vampire, I don't have a soul. No conscience. No remorse. I could gut you right now, and not care." Cordelia let out an evil chuckle and placed her fingers against Lilah's throat. Lilah felt her nails digging into her skin and her heart beat faster. "But I'm wouldn't do that, you know." Cordelia pulled her hand away from Lilah's face. "I like it when a plan backfires. Fate has a way of kicking you in your ass, doesn't it? I could rip your throat out right now. But I think I'll let him do it." Cordelia took a step back and for the first time, Lilah noticed Angelus standing in the shadows, enjoying the show.
"Hello, Lilah." Angelus said. He smiled as her heart beat faster. He could smell the fear on her. Taste it. Cordelia moved out of his way as he stepped in front of Lilah. "You think you would learn. You bring Darla back. Brought Dru. And they tried to kill you. They could have killed you, you know. But you got off lucky. You think that maybe after that experience, you would have realized that when you messed with vampires, you're going to get bit. But no. You didn't. You went and pulled the rug out from Angel, and here I am. And Lilah?" Angelus put his mouth close to her ear and whispered, "I'm not Darla. I will kill you." He felt her shudder under him and he smiled.
Cordelia watched with glee as Angelus morphed into game face and bit into Lilah's neck. Lilah let out a scream, which made Cordelia laugh.
Lilah felt her knees go weak and her vision became blurred. She couldn't think of anything but the pain. She closed her eyes and didn't think she would open them again. In the far distance, she heard Angelus offer Cordelia something to eat. Then, Lilah heard something else.
"Hey! Whats going on here!"
Cordelia dropped Lilah and looked at Angelus. "Company."
"Let's go." Angelus said. He wrapped his arm around Cordelia's waist and started walking away.
Just as she was about to enter the street, Cordelia turned and blew Lilah a kiss. "Sweet Dreams."
A security guard ran to Lilah's collapsed body. "It's ok, Miss" he said as he lifted her up, "You'll be ok." Lilah muttered something about vampires, quickly losing consciousness.
From the shadows, Angelus and Cordelia watched. "Lets get out of here." He said, "We'll come for her again. Later."*****
"Angelus, I'm hungry." Cordelia whined as she flopped down on her bed. She had brought Angelus and Connor to her apartment, and Dennis didn't make himself known. Now, Connor snoozed away in a crib in the corner of the living room, and Angelus and Cordelia relaxed in her bedroom.
"You should have eaten faster." Angelus replied, "Its not like a parking garage stays empty at closing time."
Cordelia growled at him and he shot her a look. "If you're really that hungry, then let's go find someone."
Cordelia propped herself up on hands and knees. "Im not hungry anymore." She said as she crawled to the beds edge. "I want to play now." She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and brought him to her in a kiss. He let out a satisfied growl and pushed Cordelia back onto her bed, climbing on top of her.
Cordelia smirked as Angelus nibbled on her neck. "God, I love being evil."
*****
"Ok. Here goes." Willow sat down in her dark room, surrounded by candles and incense. She looked up to Tara, who gave her a reassuring smile. Willow smiled back and began her spell.
Quod perditum est, invenietur.
(what is lost, return)
Not dead... nor not of the living. Spirits of the interregnum, I call.
Gods, bind him. Cast his heart from the evil realm.
Te implor, Doamne, nu ignora aceasta rugaminte.
(I implore you, Lord, do not ignore this request.)
*****
"Ah!"
Cordelia let out a gasp as her and Angelus continued their rendezvous.But as Angelus finished undressing her, he realized something was wrong. He lifted his head of out of the crook of her neck, and morphed into human face.
"What?" Cordelia asked, "Why are you stopping?"
"Something's wrong."
"Yeah, somethings wrong! I havent had sex in two years, thats whats wrong!"
"No. Its serious... I cant quite name it..."
*****
Nici mort, nici al fiintei...
(Not dead, nor of the living) Lasa orbita sa fie vasul care-i va transporta, sufletul la el. (Let thes orb be the vessel that will carry his soul to him) Asa sa fie! Asa sa fie! Acum!(So shall it be! So shall it be! Now!)
*****
Angelus let out an unneeded gasp and felt energy drain from him. He weakly laid his head on Cordelia's chest.
"Angelus?" She asked, "Whats... oh god, your soul! They're putting it back, aren't they?"
Angel lifted his head and looked her in the eyes. "Cordy?"
"God, no!" She yelled as she squirmed to get out from under him. "Get off me!" She rolled out from under him and stood up next to the bed. Cordelia brought her hands to her face in frustration. "This is horrible. I can't believe this! We have to take it back!"
Angel stood and tried to touch her but she slapped his hand away. "Get away!"
"Cordy..." Angel pleaded and tried again to touch her.
"Get out of my house!" She growled.
"What's going on?"
"I've always wanted to be with you" Cordelia's voice began to break, but she swallowed it away, "But I couldn't because of your stupid curse. But we found a loop hole, and even if it wasn't you at least I could pretend but now it's all ruined!"
Angel once more tried to touch her, comfort her, but he grabbed him and pinned him to the wall. "Get out of here." She growled.
A look of horror crossed Angel's face as he stared at her vamp features. He reached his hand out and traced the bumps on her cheek. "I did this."
Cordelia snapped away from him and walked into her bathroom, locking the door behind her.
Angel just stared at the closed door. He killed his best friend.
*****
"Yes... I suppose it makes sense." Wes said disappointedly into the phone. "The curse was designed for Angelus. Thank you for your help." Wes sadly hung up the phone and turned to face Gunn. "The spell won't bring Cordelia's soul back. It was written for Angelus. Not Cordelia. I'm actually not surprised... But I don't think we can get Cordelia back. Maybe-"
"Wesley!"
Wesley turned to the sound of Angel's voice, echoing in the main lobby. Gunn and Wes exchanged looks, then warily walked into the lobby. Willow had said the spell went ok... but in this case, they can never be too sure. As they stepped out of his office, a look of relief passes Angel's eyes.
"Wes." He said.
Wesley relaxed a little, he knew it was Angel by the way he spoke. "Angel?"
"Wes, what happened? What's going on?"
"Wolfram and Hart. They did a spell which removed your soul. We had Willow put it back."
"And Cordy? I did that, didn't I?"
"No. Angelus did it. He-"
"Me. I did it. Me and Angelus are the same person, even though we hate to admit it. I killed Cordelia." Angel was silent for a moment before perking up. "Willow. Willow can put her soul back, right? She did it for me. Maybe she can do it for Cordelia."
"She tried. Its...futile. The spell was written for your soul. Not hers."
"There has to be some way."
Wes said nothing, but exchanged another glance with Gunn.
"Connor." Angel said out of nowhere. "Where's Connor? I didn't...."
Wes cleared his throat. "No. Not that I know of. You and Cordelia came by here today... took him from us. We don't know where he is."
*****
Cordelia hummed to the infant in her arms. "Looks like Daddy left you here, too. That makes two of us. That's ok, we're going to have our own little party." She bundled Connor up tight and walked out the door. She hummed to herself as she walked to her next door neighbors house and knocked on their door. A moment later, a pajama clad woman opened the door.
"Hi, Allison!" Cordelia said hurriedly, "There's a family emergency. I need to run to the hospital for a little while. Can you watch my nephew?"
"Why, of course!" Allison reached out and took Connor and Cordelia handed her a few bottles and a few more diapers. "I hope everythings ok!"
"I'm sure it will be. Thank you so much, I wont be long." She turned to leave then faced Allison again, "Oh, his mom and dad just had a terrible divorce. If his father comes, looking for him, don't let him in. He's dangerous."
"I'll take note of that."
Cordelia smiled and said her goodbyes and began making her way to the building of Wolfram and Hart. They were going to pay.
*****
"He's gone?!" Angel asked, appalled. "How could just let him go?"
"We didn't let him go." Gunn said, "With all do respect, you and Cordelia made quite a dangerous team and we were not about to go after you. Not to mention, we knew Cordelia wouldn't even let Angelus touch a hair on that kid's head. So don't get all pissy with us because you failed your mission, bro."
Angel shot him a look but didn't say anything. He knew Gunn was right. "Are you sure there's no way to turn her back? Willow can't make a spell or anything?"
Wes sadly nodded. "Angel...Cordelia's dead. And she's not coming back."
