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"Kiss me, kill me, turn me. You're my sanctuary"

Angel groaned, as Darling Violetta's 'Sanctuary' ringtone played near his head. Spitting up blood, he groggily grabbed his phone and answered the call

"Angel?"

"Wesley?"

"I have good news for you. I think I've found a way to remove the Beast-Master"

"Why do I detect some sort of bad news in that?"

"Because you'll pretty much have to kill her in order to do it"

Just then, the phone was torn from Angel's hand and tossed aside, smashing against a pile of bricks, as Cordelia grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off his feet

"Naughty, naughty, who were you calling?"

Cordelia then threw Angel into a roadblock. He cried out as pain shot through his back, before slowly getting to his feet, as Cordelia smiled at him. Gritting his teeth, Angel vamped out, anger and pain coursing through him

"There's my boy," Cordelia smirked, "Coming out to play"

She charged at Angel, but he grabbed a nearby brick, smashing it across her face. She spat blood, as he smashed her again. Spitting up more blood, Cordelia swung her fist, but Angel blocked with the brick. However, her fist smashed through the brick and into his face, making him stagger, following up with a roundhouse kick that knocked Angel to the ground. Groaning, he got up, as Cordelia uppercutted him, sending him flying through the air and crashing over another roadblock

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"Damn, Wes, what are you doing, going to war?" Gunn asked

"I'm going to help Angel," Wesley replied, "Cordelia has cut off communications, which means I will have to deliver the spell to him in person"

"Do you want us to come with you?" Fred offered

"No. I can do this on my own"

Cocking his shotgun, Wesley left the hotel, as Fred and Gunn exchanged looks

"I hope he's going to be okay," Fred said

"Yeah, just as long as Cordelia decides not to kill him"

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Angel groaned as Cordelia lifted him up by the duster, before turning him around and holding him by the jaw, a dagger in her other hand. She stabbed it at his throat, but Angel caught her wrist. Cordelia responded by slinging him around and kicking him in the stomach, sending him sliding along the ground. Gritting his teeth in pain as tiny pieces of concrete cut into his back, Angel got up, dodging Cordelia's fist and punching her in the face, followed by an uppercut, then an outside roundhouse kick that threw Cordelia onto her back. Angel grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up

"I don't need to breathe, but you do," he growled, "Now, leave Cordelia"

"Make me," Cordelia replied

Grabbing Angel's wrist, she twisted it aside, before swinging her body upwards so her legs fell on other side of Angel's head. He had no idea what was happening until too late, when he was lying on his back again, groaning in pain as Cordelia stood over him, grinning triumphantly

"Now then, how about you be a good little bloodsucker and die, while I get back to my ritual that you so rudely interrupted"

Grabbing a stake out of her coat, Cordelia grabbed Angel by the coat, then raised the stake over his heart, a sinister smile on her face

"Time to say goodbye

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The SWAT team were regathering their numbers following the vampire attack. Luckily for them, they hadn't lost many lives and were thankful that their Master was able to assist them in the battle. However, they had a new problem: smoke grenade. While those without masks succumbed to the grenade, those with masks were able to search for the intruder, but they didn't get very far, thanks to another problem: flash grenade. As the blinding light swept throughout the SWAT officers, Wesley made his way through them, hurrying towards the construction site. One SWAT officer raised his shotgun, but Wesley was quicker, shooting a round into the officer's knee. He went down screaming, clutching his knee, as Wesley reached the building and made his way into the site itself, finding Cordelia holding a stake over Angel. Taking aim with his handgun, he fired a single round, straight into her shoulder. Cordelia cried out, dropping the stake, as Angel threw her over his head, before getting up

"Wesley, what are you doing here?"

Wesley gave him a look as Angel remembered the interrupted phone call. However, Cordelia was starting to get to her feet, so Wesley started preparing the spell. She saw Wesley and realized what he was going to do and started heading for him. Angel intervened, punching her in the face, followed by a spinning backhand that she ducked, before slamming both palms against Angel's chest and knocking him aside

"Stay out of my way, dammit. Wesley, I'm gonna kill you"

"Angel, you have to place her at the brink of death," Wesley called

"What, are you insane?" Angel demanded, getting up

"The Beast-Master can't survive in a corpse. It makes it so much easier to banish her back to wherever she came from"

Cordelia raised her hand to Wesley, but Angel knocked her arm aside, elbowing her in the stomach and winding her, then driving his fist up into her jaw, making her stagger. She swung her arm, but Angel caught her wrist, before twisting it so he was behind her, pulling her arm up behind her back. He then vamped out, before sinking his fangs into Cordelia's throat. Cordelia cried out, as Angel started drinking her blood, while Wesley was reading the spell

"Tribuo mihi ops expello is malum. Tribuo mihi ops defaeco is animus. Tribuo mihi ops purgo is mens. Tribuo mihi ops aufero is macula. Tribuo mihi-"

Angel drew back once he heard her heart beat getting very faint, as blood dribbled from the puncture wounds. Cordelia raised her hand, knocking Wesley back with a shot of telekinesis, as Angel turned her around

"Come on, Cordelia, fight this. You can fight it. For me, for our friends, for the kids"

"-Ops deleo is existence. Tribuo mihi ops eradicate is vereor," Wesley finished

Cordelia tossed her head back and let out a scream, as a huge rush of light engulfed both her and Angel. He was yelling too, feeling the power of the Beast-Master inside him. The light spread out over the entire block, before fading away completely. Angel could no longer feel the Beast-Master inside him, as he turned back to Cordelia. Her eyes had turned back to her normal chocolate brown, as she gave him a weak smile, before her eyes closed and her body slumped in his arms

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Gunn, Fred and Lorne looked up as Angel and Wesley entered the hotel. Angel looked worse for wear, as he carried the unconscious Cordelia in his arms, before gently placing her on the couch, as Ashleigh entered the room. Angel quickly scooped her up, pulling her into a tight hug, then handing her to Lorne

"Take her to her room," he whispered

Lorne nodded and headed upstairs, as Angel turned back to Cordelia

"Is she?" Fred asked, not wanting to finish her question

Angel shook his head, "No, she's just in a coma"

"So the Beast-Master is all gone now?" Gunn asked

"Completely," Wesley replied, "Angel drew the Beast-Master into his body and since the Beast-Master can't survive in a corpse, I was able to banish her"

"But how does that explain…oh, now I understand"

"So, what now?" Angel asked

"Strap yourselves in for the next ride you're gonna love," answered a female voice

Everyone whirled around, their jaws dropping in shock

"Lilah?" Wesley cried

"That's right. I'm here to give you the opportunity of your life," Lilah smiled, but then the smile faded, "Well, except for mine"

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This is Wesley's spell translated from Latin: Give me the power to banish this evil. Give me the power to purify this soul. Give me the power to cleanse this mind. Give me the power to remove this stain. Give me the power to erase this existence. Give me the power to eradicate this fear