Disclaimer on Chapter One. Part Three in the Lost Years Series.
Summary: Cordelia and Angel come face to face with an unexpected guest.
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Chapter 3
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Back at Angels Apartment:
"Wesley don't worry she can kick some serious ass. She almost knocked Angels head off, lucky she can stop pretty fast as well. Are you OK? You're still a bit pale. You want some coffee? Ohh Wesley sometimes you really annoy me..."
Wesley turned, shocked. "How do I annoy you?"
"Your daughter shows up on the doorstep and you don't even stick around to find out about her and now she's off fighting the demon scum of Los Angeles. I mean she's not normal, good shoe sense, but she's you kid. I mean at least your family is starting to come together, mine has either ran out of money or are of a demon nature. "
"I know I shouldn't have run out like that but..."
The door to the sewers burst open. A ragged Angel drawing in deep, unneeded breaths stood in the doorway cradling a small ginger-haired figure in his arms.
"Help her!" he managed to rasp before buckling to the floor. Anastasia fell from his arms. She had a large gash to her abdomen which leaked the dark-red life line from her veins. Her face was covered in scratches, her lip
broken open, the bruises blemished her skin.
"How could you? How could you let this happen to her. Your meant to protect her." Wesley shouted running at a now standing Angel. "She only Sixteen for goodness sake."
Angel staggered before toppling to the ground. "I tried, but she tried to stop him from hurting me and he was too strong. I told her not to come out with me but...I tried to..." Angel tailing off as he heard a moan from behind him. He whipped around to see Anastasia trying to get to her feet. Her scratches already healed and the gasp to her stomach had stopped bleeding and began to close up. Just like his cuts did.
"I'm fine." she gasped at the wound to her stomach, wobbling slightly on her feet. "OK maybe not but give me an hour and I'll be ready to kick some demon ass."
"Your not going anywhere. You were almost killed for heaven sakes. I won't let you go out again. How do you heal so fast?"
"Oh great now he decides to become all father-like. Wesley get a grip. I can do what I want. Look what that thing did to me! I heal so fast because I have the healing ability of our dear Angel here only better. When The Powers That Be saw what I was they gave me the powers of the Slayer. I can kick demon ass and it doesn't bother me. Trust me, I've been through worst." She explain, now fully standing her gash almost gone now.
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Back at Cordelias apartment. The doorbell has just rung and the sound of the shower can be heard in the background:
"Don't worry Cordy I'll get it." Angel padded through to the living room in Cordelia apartment, leaving wet footprints behind him. He opened the door to find Buffy The Vampire Slayer standing in front of him. He stood, his jaw dropped in surprise, speechless.
"Who is it? If it's Wesley tell him we..." She stopped mid sentence at the
person standing in her doorway. Suddenly becoming aware of the scene. Angel standing with a towel round his waist, water sliding down his chest, and Cordelia also wearing only a towel standing while Angels true-love stood in the doorway. The phrase Opps... sprung to her mind.
"Oh Buffy...Come in...We were just...well...Cordelia say hi to Buffy while I go and dry off." Angel awkwardly said before making his exit.
"Well this I didn't expect. So Cordelia Chase finally got her man eh. I must admit I didn't think you went for cast-off's. Here's me coming here as a friend to tell you something so important I left Sunnydale and came all the way here. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered."
"Hold it Little-Miss-Likes-To-Fight, firstly Angel is not a cast-off. You gave up on him and I didn't get my man, you got all the men I ever wanted like Xander. Secondly you and me were never friends. I put up with you because of Xander, big mistake. So you can take you and your little stakes and go back to Sunnydale, 'Cos we don't need you here." Cordelia spat back at Buffy.
"You don't even want to know why I'm here? Xander asked me to come. He's ill, very ill. We don't know why. He came back from New York to help me, Riley and Willow fight he scum of Sunnydale and a demon bit him. Giles doesn't know what to do but Xander wants to see you, to say goodbye...God knows why."
Angel reappeared less wet and wearing black pants and a purple shirt. "So why are you here?"
"Xanders ill and he wants to see me. Giles thinks he could die. He's in Sunnydale." Cordelia whispered, emotion filled her voice. "Will you please come with me? I don't want to go alone. I'm scared." Cordelia was almost in tears by now.
Before Cordelia and Angel became a couple they were best friends so Angel more than anyone knew how much Xander had hurt her. Of course he would go. He was surprised at how little he felt for Buffy, they had said goodbye a long time ago. Cordelia and Xander were different. Xander had got one last dance with her then she left. That much he could understand. The fear and the pain in her eyes as she stood there caught him of guard. "Of Course I'll come. You can't go through this alone. Anastasia and Wesley need some time to themselves. I think they have a lot to talk about. Buffy I think you met Anastasia when she went to Sunnydale looking for Wesley. Well she found him here."
"Anastasia? Oh yeah the little girl who can kick ass. She's something else. I've never know a human could act the way she does, only Slayers. Well are we going or what I want to get back to Sunnydale. This place is wiggy." Buffy uttered, her nose screwing up.
"Anastasia isn't human she's a demon, a good one. I'll pack. Angel just take your stuff that's here, We haven't got time to go back to A.I. Sorry." Cordelias voice filled with worry and guilt.
Angel knew that voice. It was the same voice she used the weeks after Doyle died, when she was looking for memories of Dolye like his coffee cup. She blamed herself. Angel blamed himself. He hadn't got to the ship in time to warn Cordelia and Dolye to get out. But that was the past yet so was Cordelia and Xander. Why was his mind filled with these thoughts. He trusted Cordelia with is unlife, with his unbeating heart. He shouldn't feel like this, he wouldn't feel like this. "Thanks I'll be there in a minute."
"Kinda cosy isn't?" Buffy spat
"What is that meant to mean. You've moved on so I can't? Yeah I know about you and Riley. Cordelia and I fell in love so file a lawsuit, it won't change things."
Buffy stood, her eyes wide in shock. Did he just say he loved her? "Did you just say you loved her? Are you insane? Pee-brain Cordelia knows what will happen if you...the big happy thing. So I take you aren't...well...sleeping together?"
"Oh I get it, your worried I'll lose my soul again, like I did with you. In the 5 years since I last seen you things have changed. We, or Cordelia cut a deal with TPB and they agreed to give me the permanent soul deal as long as I keep fighting for the 'Good Side'. So don't worry you won't have to come and send me to hell again. I couldn't...wait for you forever. I realised you weren't mine anymore, you had moved on and I had too as well." Angel said, his head hanging.
"I waited. When I gave you the Gem I thought you might come back but you didn't so I gave up in the end but I never thought you would move on, much less straight to Cordelia. Help me understand. Please, I still love you. You will always be in a piece of my heart." Buffy stepped forward.
"Cordelia and I need each other. We're both working for the same goal. I never expect for you to understand my feelings for Cordelia. All you need to know is that I love Cordelia very much and I need her, but I will always love you." Angel could see the tears forming in Buffys eyes. "Why does Xander want to see Cordelia of all people?"
"You don't get it do you? Xander still loves Cordelia, he didn't get the chance to say goodbye. She took off. Where is she we need to go?" Buffy whispered.
"It's OK I'm coming, soul-boy and I can go in the convertible since it's dark. Is he at Giles's or at the hospital?"
"He's in the hospital. Faiths still there." Buffy said in almost sadness. "The doctors think it's some sort of virus. We didn't know what else to do."
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Summary: Cordelia and Angel come face to face with an unexpected guest.
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Chapter 3
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Back at Angels Apartment:
"Wesley don't worry she can kick some serious ass. She almost knocked Angels head off, lucky she can stop pretty fast as well. Are you OK? You're still a bit pale. You want some coffee? Ohh Wesley sometimes you really annoy me..."
Wesley turned, shocked. "How do I annoy you?"
"Your daughter shows up on the doorstep and you don't even stick around to find out about her and now she's off fighting the demon scum of Los Angeles. I mean she's not normal, good shoe sense, but she's you kid. I mean at least your family is starting to come together, mine has either ran out of money or are of a demon nature. "
"I know I shouldn't have run out like that but..."
The door to the sewers burst open. A ragged Angel drawing in deep, unneeded breaths stood in the doorway cradling a small ginger-haired figure in his arms.
"Help her!" he managed to rasp before buckling to the floor. Anastasia fell from his arms. She had a large gash to her abdomen which leaked the dark-red life line from her veins. Her face was covered in scratches, her lip
broken open, the bruises blemished her skin.
"How could you? How could you let this happen to her. Your meant to protect her." Wesley shouted running at a now standing Angel. "She only Sixteen for goodness sake."
Angel staggered before toppling to the ground. "I tried, but she tried to stop him from hurting me and he was too strong. I told her not to come out with me but...I tried to..." Angel tailing off as he heard a moan from behind him. He whipped around to see Anastasia trying to get to her feet. Her scratches already healed and the gasp to her stomach had stopped bleeding and began to close up. Just like his cuts did.
"I'm fine." she gasped at the wound to her stomach, wobbling slightly on her feet. "OK maybe not but give me an hour and I'll be ready to kick some demon ass."
"Your not going anywhere. You were almost killed for heaven sakes. I won't let you go out again. How do you heal so fast?"
"Oh great now he decides to become all father-like. Wesley get a grip. I can do what I want. Look what that thing did to me! I heal so fast because I have the healing ability of our dear Angel here only better. When The Powers That Be saw what I was they gave me the powers of the Slayer. I can kick demon ass and it doesn't bother me. Trust me, I've been through worst." She explain, now fully standing her gash almost gone now.
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Back at Cordelias apartment. The doorbell has just rung and the sound of the shower can be heard in the background:
"Don't worry Cordy I'll get it." Angel padded through to the living room in Cordelia apartment, leaving wet footprints behind him. He opened the door to find Buffy The Vampire Slayer standing in front of him. He stood, his jaw dropped in surprise, speechless.
"Who is it? If it's Wesley tell him we..." She stopped mid sentence at the
person standing in her doorway. Suddenly becoming aware of the scene. Angel standing with a towel round his waist, water sliding down his chest, and Cordelia also wearing only a towel standing while Angels true-love stood in the doorway. The phrase Opps... sprung to her mind.
"Oh Buffy...Come in...We were just...well...Cordelia say hi to Buffy while I go and dry off." Angel awkwardly said before making his exit.
"Well this I didn't expect. So Cordelia Chase finally got her man eh. I must admit I didn't think you went for cast-off's. Here's me coming here as a friend to tell you something so important I left Sunnydale and came all the way here. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered."
"Hold it Little-Miss-Likes-To-Fight, firstly Angel is not a cast-off. You gave up on him and I didn't get my man, you got all the men I ever wanted like Xander. Secondly you and me were never friends. I put up with you because of Xander, big mistake. So you can take you and your little stakes and go back to Sunnydale, 'Cos we don't need you here." Cordelia spat back at Buffy.
"You don't even want to know why I'm here? Xander asked me to come. He's ill, very ill. We don't know why. He came back from New York to help me, Riley and Willow fight he scum of Sunnydale and a demon bit him. Giles doesn't know what to do but Xander wants to see you, to say goodbye...God knows why."
Angel reappeared less wet and wearing black pants and a purple shirt. "So why are you here?"
"Xanders ill and he wants to see me. Giles thinks he could die. He's in Sunnydale." Cordelia whispered, emotion filled her voice. "Will you please come with me? I don't want to go alone. I'm scared." Cordelia was almost in tears by now.
Before Cordelia and Angel became a couple they were best friends so Angel more than anyone knew how much Xander had hurt her. Of course he would go. He was surprised at how little he felt for Buffy, they had said goodbye a long time ago. Cordelia and Xander were different. Xander had got one last dance with her then she left. That much he could understand. The fear and the pain in her eyes as she stood there caught him of guard. "Of Course I'll come. You can't go through this alone. Anastasia and Wesley need some time to themselves. I think they have a lot to talk about. Buffy I think you met Anastasia when she went to Sunnydale looking for Wesley. Well she found him here."
"Anastasia? Oh yeah the little girl who can kick ass. She's something else. I've never know a human could act the way she does, only Slayers. Well are we going or what I want to get back to Sunnydale. This place is wiggy." Buffy uttered, her nose screwing up.
"Anastasia isn't human she's a demon, a good one. I'll pack. Angel just take your stuff that's here, We haven't got time to go back to A.I. Sorry." Cordelias voice filled with worry and guilt.
Angel knew that voice. It was the same voice she used the weeks after Doyle died, when she was looking for memories of Dolye like his coffee cup. She blamed herself. Angel blamed himself. He hadn't got to the ship in time to warn Cordelia and Dolye to get out. But that was the past yet so was Cordelia and Xander. Why was his mind filled with these thoughts. He trusted Cordelia with is unlife, with his unbeating heart. He shouldn't feel like this, he wouldn't feel like this. "Thanks I'll be there in a minute."
"Kinda cosy isn't?" Buffy spat
"What is that meant to mean. You've moved on so I can't? Yeah I know about you and Riley. Cordelia and I fell in love so file a lawsuit, it won't change things."
Buffy stood, her eyes wide in shock. Did he just say he loved her? "Did you just say you loved her? Are you insane? Pee-brain Cordelia knows what will happen if you...the big happy thing. So I take you aren't...well...sleeping together?"
"Oh I get it, your worried I'll lose my soul again, like I did with you. In the 5 years since I last seen you things have changed. We, or Cordelia cut a deal with TPB and they agreed to give me the permanent soul deal as long as I keep fighting for the 'Good Side'. So don't worry you won't have to come and send me to hell again. I couldn't...wait for you forever. I realised you weren't mine anymore, you had moved on and I had too as well." Angel said, his head hanging.
"I waited. When I gave you the Gem I thought you might come back but you didn't so I gave up in the end but I never thought you would move on, much less straight to Cordelia. Help me understand. Please, I still love you. You will always be in a piece of my heart." Buffy stepped forward.
"Cordelia and I need each other. We're both working for the same goal. I never expect for you to understand my feelings for Cordelia. All you need to know is that I love Cordelia very much and I need her, but I will always love you." Angel could see the tears forming in Buffys eyes. "Why does Xander want to see Cordelia of all people?"
"You don't get it do you? Xander still loves Cordelia, he didn't get the chance to say goodbye. She took off. Where is she we need to go?" Buffy whispered.
"It's OK I'm coming, soul-boy and I can go in the convertible since it's dark. Is he at Giles's or at the hospital?"
"He's in the hospital. Faiths still there." Buffy said in almost sadness. "The doctors think it's some sort of virus. We didn't know what else to do."
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