Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Anything and everything before Birthday with references to the episode Birthday.
Timeline: Connor is around, Lorne is not living at the hotel, and Cordelia is not part-demon.
Summary: What if the gang found out about the affect the visions were having on Cordy before the episode Birthday? What if the group didn't know about the part-demon loophole…until it was too late?
Disclaimer: Let it be known, I own nothing in Angel-verse.
Author's Notes: Just for kicks, why don't you review it? If it sucks, tell me. If it doesn't, I'd like to know too!
~*A False Sacrifice*~
~*Chapter 13*~
~*Rewards*~
The streets of LA were quiet for a Friday night. Strolling casually, Cordelia made no effort to hurry back to the Hyperion to deliver the heartbreaking news that she had failed. In fact, she didn't even want to go back to the hotel. She whipped out her cell phone and dialed the number to Angel Investigations. It rang for a while before a stuttering British accent greeted her on the other end.
"A-Angel Investigations, we help the-"
"Save it, Wes. It's me."
"Cordelia, are you all right?"
"I'm just great. Angel isn't there by chance, is he?"
"No, no. Should he be?"
"I suppose not. Look, Wes. I'm just gonna go home. I-I guess I have to accept the fact he's really gone."
"The Powers didn't reason then?"
"Maybe the vision was a fluke, maybe I'm just imagining things. Anyhow, they didn't listen and Angel is, he's really gone."
"Get some rest, Cordy. We'll be around if you need anything." All she needed was Angel, but she supposed that wasn't going to be a service that Wesley could provide.
"Thanks, Wes. You should get some rest too. I'll see you at the office tomorrow." She clicked her phone off and walked on in the direction of her apartment. Finally making it to the front steps, which a few mile back seemed like an impossible feat, she realized she had left her keys at the hotel. Walking up to her door she called out to Dennis.
"Dennis! It's me, open up." The door magically opened, God she loved having a ghost as a roommate. As she entered the room, the lights were dimmed. She stumbled across the entryway and she looked below her. Rose petals lined her hardwood floor seeming to be going in the direction of her bedroom.
"Dennis, I'm in pain and honestly not in the mood for this." She inwardly smiled at her ghost's sweetness, but shrugged it off as she recalled the pain shooting up and down her body. She thought to go straight to the bath, but then she decided to play along with charming, Dennis and follow the path. As she approached the bedroom, a thought had occurred to her. Holtz. He said she'd pay, but this wasn't how she would pay, was it? He'd be lying on the bed with a crossbow or something of the sort. Although, thinking again, why would Dennis open the door so readily? So many options popped into her head, which was now spinning, and so Cordy just thought it best to grab a sword that she oddly enough kept under her sofa. She edged to her doorway, this time from the side, and she peered into the bedroom. And what she saw made her drop the sword on the spot, having it clatter about the floor. She sprinted towards the bed and jumped upon the person that lay atop of it.
"Angel!" She shrieked joyfully as she squeezed him tightly.
"Oh, God! Cordy! I missed you so much." Smiling vibrantly, she looked him in the eyes.
"Oh, you have no idea! Wait," She backed off of him for a moment,
"You aren't, you aren't Angelus, are you?" He looked at her quizzically, and then he shook his head.
"No, Cordy, I'm not." She looked to him, a bit conflicted,
"Prove it."
"You were willing to sacrifice yourself for me. I saw you at the conduit."
"Oh, Angel!" She placed her hands on his chest and she breathed heavily. That's when she realized she wasn't the only one breathing in the room. She felt Angel's upper right chest and her broad smile broadened some more as she felt his heart beating.
"You're-you're human!"
"In the flesh." He smiled to her, accepting her into his loving embrace.
"The Powers realized that I sacrificed my redemption for another. This is how they rewarded me."
"Oh, Angel!" She was crying now, but with a smile on her face.
"I finished my mission. And you were there to help me through it, Cordy. You fulfilled your promise to me." He looked at her sternly,
"So, if you want, you never have to see me again. You're not obligated to-" She quieted him with a longing kiss.
"I take it you want me to stay?" Grinning towards her, she nodded and kissed him again. They leaned back onto the rose petal covered bed and they shared something they will never forget. He had shanshued, and she was there as promised. And now they were both being rewarded.
~*THE END*~
*Note: Ah, "The End", I never thought I'd see those words! And on "lucky" chapter 13, too! Oh, I hoped you liked this. It didn't take that long, but it feels like it did!
**Second Note: I thank you all for reading this and following along up until now! Perhaps I foresee a sequel, which touches on the "hell to be paid" (the threat from Holtz in chapter 11). Let me know if you would want to see something like that in the future. Thanks again!
***Ah, yes…a third and final note: I have an alternative ending which is even MORE farfetched than this one! It is posted, but don't look too much into it, because it was really just a silly ending full of fluff and weird stuff…but, hey! Don't let that stop you, look if you want!!!
Spoilers: Anything and everything before Birthday with references to the episode Birthday.
Timeline: Connor is around, Lorne is not living at the hotel, and Cordelia is not part-demon.
Summary: What if the gang found out about the affect the visions were having on Cordy before the episode Birthday? What if the group didn't know about the part-demon loophole…until it was too late?
Disclaimer: Let it be known, I own nothing in Angel-verse.
Author's Notes: Just for kicks, why don't you review it? If it sucks, tell me. If it doesn't, I'd like to know too!
~*A False Sacrifice*~
~*Chapter 13*~
~*Rewards*~
The streets of LA were quiet for a Friday night. Strolling casually, Cordelia made no effort to hurry back to the Hyperion to deliver the heartbreaking news that she had failed. In fact, she didn't even want to go back to the hotel. She whipped out her cell phone and dialed the number to Angel Investigations. It rang for a while before a stuttering British accent greeted her on the other end.
"A-Angel Investigations, we help the-"
"Save it, Wes. It's me."
"Cordelia, are you all right?"
"I'm just great. Angel isn't there by chance, is he?"
"No, no. Should he be?"
"I suppose not. Look, Wes. I'm just gonna go home. I-I guess I have to accept the fact he's really gone."
"The Powers didn't reason then?"
"Maybe the vision was a fluke, maybe I'm just imagining things. Anyhow, they didn't listen and Angel is, he's really gone."
"Get some rest, Cordy. We'll be around if you need anything." All she needed was Angel, but she supposed that wasn't going to be a service that Wesley could provide.
"Thanks, Wes. You should get some rest too. I'll see you at the office tomorrow." She clicked her phone off and walked on in the direction of her apartment. Finally making it to the front steps, which a few mile back seemed like an impossible feat, she realized she had left her keys at the hotel. Walking up to her door she called out to Dennis.
"Dennis! It's me, open up." The door magically opened, God she loved having a ghost as a roommate. As she entered the room, the lights were dimmed. She stumbled across the entryway and she looked below her. Rose petals lined her hardwood floor seeming to be going in the direction of her bedroom.
"Dennis, I'm in pain and honestly not in the mood for this." She inwardly smiled at her ghost's sweetness, but shrugged it off as she recalled the pain shooting up and down her body. She thought to go straight to the bath, but then she decided to play along with charming, Dennis and follow the path. As she approached the bedroom, a thought had occurred to her. Holtz. He said she'd pay, but this wasn't how she would pay, was it? He'd be lying on the bed with a crossbow or something of the sort. Although, thinking again, why would Dennis open the door so readily? So many options popped into her head, which was now spinning, and so Cordy just thought it best to grab a sword that she oddly enough kept under her sofa. She edged to her doorway, this time from the side, and she peered into the bedroom. And what she saw made her drop the sword on the spot, having it clatter about the floor. She sprinted towards the bed and jumped upon the person that lay atop of it.
"Angel!" She shrieked joyfully as she squeezed him tightly.
"Oh, God! Cordy! I missed you so much." Smiling vibrantly, she looked him in the eyes.
"Oh, you have no idea! Wait," She backed off of him for a moment,
"You aren't, you aren't Angelus, are you?" He looked at her quizzically, and then he shook his head.
"No, Cordy, I'm not." She looked to him, a bit conflicted,
"Prove it."
"You were willing to sacrifice yourself for me. I saw you at the conduit."
"Oh, Angel!" She placed her hands on his chest and she breathed heavily. That's when she realized she wasn't the only one breathing in the room. She felt Angel's upper right chest and her broad smile broadened some more as she felt his heart beating.
"You're-you're human!"
"In the flesh." He smiled to her, accepting her into his loving embrace.
"The Powers realized that I sacrificed my redemption for another. This is how they rewarded me."
"Oh, Angel!" She was crying now, but with a smile on her face.
"I finished my mission. And you were there to help me through it, Cordy. You fulfilled your promise to me." He looked at her sternly,
"So, if you want, you never have to see me again. You're not obligated to-" She quieted him with a longing kiss.
"I take it you want me to stay?" Grinning towards her, she nodded and kissed him again. They leaned back onto the rose petal covered bed and they shared something they will never forget. He had shanshued, and she was there as promised. And now they were both being rewarded.
~*THE END*~
*Note: Ah, "The End", I never thought I'd see those words! And on "lucky" chapter 13, too! Oh, I hoped you liked this. It didn't take that long, but it feels like it did!
**Second Note: I thank you all for reading this and following along up until now! Perhaps I foresee a sequel, which touches on the "hell to be paid" (the threat from Holtz in chapter 11). Let me know if you would want to see something like that in the future. Thanks again!
***Ah, yes…a third and final note: I have an alternative ending which is even MORE farfetched than this one! It is posted, but don't look too much into it, because it was really just a silly ending full of fluff and weird stuff…but, hey! Don't let that stop you, look if you want!!!