This Angel Is Whose?
Chapter 10
Author: Nitrowugs
Chapter 10 Written: 08/10/2009
Angelus called Giles from Angel's cell phone. "Giles is Joyce back in town?"
"I don't believe so; I have not heard from her. She still doesn't know about Buffy."
"I need to get into Buffy's house to get to her weapons. I have my broadsword, but that will not be enough."
Giles could tell from his voice that this was not Angel on the phone. "Angelus what have you found out? Let me get the gang together; let us help you."
"No. I'll take your weapons, but I have all of the help I will need."
Angelus' next call was to the mayor's office. When the mayor's assistant answered the phone, Angelus simply said, "Collect squads one and two and meet me at the bottom of the Aislian Hills outside Sunnydale in thirty minutes." He hung up the phone without waiting for a reply.
It was now past sundown. Angelus and Spike left Giles' house with the Angel-mobile loaded down with weapons and a large cooler full of O pos thanks to Willie. When they reached their destination, Spike was amazed; he couldn't believe he was seeing Darla and Angelus childer that he hadn't seen in more than a hundred and fifty years. Angelus noticed his reaction and warned, "Hold the reunions until later; we have a war to win."
Outside the car he addressed the gathering. "Kill as few as possible. Incapacitate them. I want them for interrogation later. Choose your weapons. Fight well." He was not concerned about losing any of them; they were all experienced fighters and all except Spike and himself were protected by the cloaking spell.
The battle was brutal, but in the end Angelus and his team were victorious. He and Spike were injured, but nothing a good fill of O pos wouldn't fix. After the vampires had had their fill, he addressed his troops again. "You fought well. Squad One secure the prisoners in the basement of the mansion, put a ward around it and wait for me there. The rest of you return to your stations." He gave an evil smirk before continuing, "That is unless you're up to witnessing some more violence. In which case wait for me with the others at the mansion."
Squad Two along with Spike gave a loud "Oh, Yeah!"
"I am going to the hospital to check on my mate. I will come to the mansion later tonight." At that he left hoping to be able to shower, dress and get back to the hospital before Buffy woke up.
Angelus returned control to Angel as they entered the apartment where he was staying. "You enjoyed yourself didn't you?"
Angelus growled. "Not nearly as much as I'm going to enjoy myself later on tonight."
As Angel approached Buffy's hospital room he could tell that she was awake. When he opened the door he was pleasantly surprised to see how much she had improved. She had a new head dressing that did not cover her eye and most of the swelling in her face was gone. The left side of her face was still bruised but it was barely noticeable compared to the first time he saw her at Giles' house after the attack, and she was wearing her own pretty pink night gown. "Hello, Ionúin, how are you feeling?"
"Better actually," Buffy said smiling. It warmed his heart to see her smile. "You weren't here when I woke up. Where were you?"
"I figured I had better take a shower and change clothes while you were asleep. I didn't want you to have me thrown out of the hospital." Angel fibbed as he leaned over to kiss her on the lips.
"I'm afraid I slept through a visit from Giles, Willow and Xander. The nurse told me they had been here when she came in to change my bandage. The doctor said that the bandage can probably go tomorrow because I'm doing so well. Nothing like good old slayer healing."
"I thank the Powers for slayer healing; that's probably what saved your life." Angel said soberly holding onto her hand and fighting back the tears.
"You're right. I thank them too." She reached up and touched his face with the fingers tips of her right hand. Her right hand, wrist and half way up her arm were bandaged. X-rays had revealed that the wrist was not broken, but it was badly sprained.
"I love you, Buffy. I love you so much."
"I love you too."
They talked quietly for the next two hours until Angel could see that she was tiring. At which time he turned control over to Angelus so he could say goodnight. Angelus kissed her gently. "I love you, Buffy."
Without opening her eyes Buffy said, "I love you too, Angelus, both of you."
"How did you know that I wasn't Angel?"
"I don't know, but I can always tell. And by the way, I knew that it was you following me on patrol several times recently,"
"Oh, man, I'm losing my touch. I can't even track any more."
Buffy giggled. "That's not it. You're my mate. I can always tell when you're near. As far as whether it is you or Angel, I don't know how I know, I just do."
Angelus smiled at her, his dead heart was so full; she had called him her mate. It was a few moments before he could speak again. "Good night, baby. Sweet dreams." He kissed her again. Buffy was already asleep.
End of Chapter 10