Angel 6X06: Enter Sandman
Chapter 4: Frightful
"Don't worry," Oz said, cradling Laura in his arms. "It's okay. I'm here and it was only a dream."
Laura looked up at Oz, fear still in her eyes.
"It felt so real... I was terrified."
"What was the dream about?"
"There was a demon, and it made me face my worst nightmares... I was trapped in my own dreams and forced to fight the armies of the Senior Partners, without my powers."
"Well don't worry," Oz said, holding her close to his body. "I'm here now..."
Unseen by Laura, a vicious grin spread across Oz's face.
Laura and Oz walked downstairs into the lobby of the Hyperion, where the others sat talking.
"Awake at last then!" Faith said. A grin spread across her face. "Up late again were we?"
Laura poked her tongue out at the older slayer and took a seat.
"Whats going on then guys?" Laura said.
"Well," said Angel, "The Council have asked us to look into some mystical comas that have been cropping up."
"What?" said Laura, a surprised look on her face.
"Whats wrong?"
"I just.. I had a nightmare last night. It started off with us investigating a load of mystical comas."
"What happened after that then?" Angel said.
"Well, we found that there was a demon called The Sandman. He was jumping into victims' bodies, and making them live out their worst nightmares, feeding on their fear. He.. he got inside me."
"No offense Red," said Spike, "But the bad dreams of some stupid little girl probably ain't gonna help us here."
"What?" Laura said, shocked.
"Spike's got a point." said Faith. "She's never been much use to us, always the one getting hurt. Never did get what you saw in her Oz, especially when you got me down the hall..."
Faith walked over to Oz and started kissing him.
"Why are you saying these things?" Laura shouted. "Stop it!"
Faith and Oz looked at Laura and began to laugh.
"Well Laura." said Angel. "Looks like Spike, Faith and Oz want you out. Just one more person to make a decision."
His face morphed into that of the demon inside him.
"Angelus."
"Oh my god." Laura said, fear in her voice.
"God's gonna sit this one out, cutie." Angelus said. He turned to Spike.
"Willy! What say you and me have ourselves a little game while the lovebirds over there have their own fun?"
"What you got in mind?" said Spike, his face twisted into the demonic visage of a vampire.
"Give her a ten second head start. First one to catch her, gets to keep her as a little toy." Angelus grinned. "Just a shame we like to play rough..."
Laura turned and ran. Her heart pounded, it felt like it was going to burst out of her chest.
"One." she could hear Angelus' voice echoing down the corridors. She had to find a weapon and get out of the hotel. "Two."
I have to get to my room, Laura thought. Get my weapons, then I can fight them.
She ran up the stairs to her floor and kicked down her door. Who am I kidding? I couldn't take on Angelus on his own, let alone with Spike as well..
She stepped through the door into her room, and suddenly stepped out into the corridor of the tenth floor.
Crap.
"Three."
I'm still in the nightmare. Laura thought. The walls continued to shift, to change until Laura was totally lost.
"Four."
Laura turned a corner, and at the end of the hall stood Spike, grinning.
"I was never any good at maths anyway.."
Laura turned and ran. She had no weapons, nothing to defend herself with. Spike would tear her apart. She ran through a door and straight into someone.
"Surprise!" said Angelus.
