DISCLAIMERS ETC IN PART 1.
TIMELINE: AFTER "ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN" AND BEFORE "FIRST IMPRESSIONS"
ONCE UPON A TIME... NOT SO LONG AGO - PART 13
"Angel!" Buffy heard Cordelia yell. Suddenly Angelus was thrown away from
her.
"Let's get out of here..." Holland said quietly and walked away with Lindsey
and the other lawyers. "Good job, boys."
Cordelia and Wesley grabbed Buffy. "You're okay?" Cordelia asked.
Buffy looked at Angelus fighting with the demon.
"It's not Angel..." She whispered.
"Angelus?" Wesley asked.
Buffy nodded, tears forming in her eyes.
"Okay... He was kinda suicidal..." Cordelia murmured.
They looked as the demon ripped Angelus apart with great strength. His claws
ripped at Angelus' body mercilessly.
"Can we curse him again?" Cordelia asked. "Or should we let this ugly demon
kill him?"
Wesley rubbed his head in frustration.
"I have to kill him... he asked me..." Buffy whispered huskily. "But I
can't... I just can't do it…"
It seemed like Angelus was starting to get the upper hand on the animalistic
demon.
The demon screeched in pain and threw Angelus across the room.
Before Angelus could calculate his next move- towards the exit, he was hit
by a bolt and burst into ashes.
Buffy, Wesley and Cordy looked towards the entrance to the hotel, seeing the
tall black man standing with his crossbow aimed. Behind him there were other
black men.
"Gunn..." Wesley whispered.
"What are you doing here?" Cordelia asked him.
"Angel asked me to come here... he said he will lose his soul and be evil at
this time, and he said he can trust only me to kill him."
"Now we need to kill this fiend over there..." One of Gunn's friends said.
Buffy watched the demon limping towards them. Gunn shot the demon in the
chest. It screamed, taking the arrow out of its chest.
Buffy shook her head, remembering the demon throwing Angelus off her.
"Don't hurt him! He saved me!" She called.
She stepped closer to the demon.
"Buffy... Be careful..." Cordelia clung to Wesley.
Buffy looked confused at the demon. It was ugly... green skin, spikes
circled its features. His fangs were scary and enormous. His eyes were red.
But something was familiar.
She looked into his eyes.
"Angel?" She whispered. The demon screamed and ran away, throwing the people
that were in his way.
"Buffy are you okay?" Wesley approached Buffy. She was still standing numb
near the altar, looking at the exit. Gunn and his friends had already left.
Cordelia was sweeping Angel's ashes. "What are we going to do with his
dust?" She asked.
"What did you say to the demon to drive him insane like that?" Wesley asked.
Buffy turned to face him. She was pale and looked haunted. "I gotta go find
him... he's wounded..."
"What? Who? Buffy, you talk like you're possessed."
Buffy didn't reply. She walked away and left the hotel.
Buffy could sense he was near. She could smell his blood and the scorched
meat. It took her a few minutes, or was it hours, it felt like hours, until she found his hiding
place.
It was an abandoned building.
"Angel? I know you're there..." She called looking around. She heard the demon snarl. "I
won't hurt you... You saved my life..."
She paced further inside. She saw the demon crouched in the corner. He was bleeding badly. He looked up at her and growled.
Buffy hesitated and stopped in her tracks.
"Let me help you... you're wounded..." She whispered softly and kneeled
beside him. "You're not gonna hurt me…."
He gasped when she touched his torn flesh.
"What is that?" Cordelia didn't hide her disgust when Buffy walked into the
Hyperion, holding the green ugly demon's hand.
"He's not going to kill us, is he?" Wesley asked.
"It's Angel..." Buffy said quietly.
"What?" Both Wesley and Cordelia looked stunned at the terrifying demon.
"I don't know how to explain this," Buffy said. "He's wounded.. He needs
help."
"How about a plastic surgery?" Cordelia suggested.
"Come," Buffy pulled AngelBeast's hand. "Don't be afraid."
TBC....
TIMELINE: AFTER "ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN" AND BEFORE "FIRST IMPRESSIONS"
ONCE UPON A TIME... NOT SO LONG AGO - PART 13
"Angel!" Buffy heard Cordelia yell. Suddenly Angelus was thrown away from
her.
"Let's get out of here..." Holland said quietly and walked away with Lindsey
and the other lawyers. "Good job, boys."
Cordelia and Wesley grabbed Buffy. "You're okay?" Cordelia asked.
Buffy looked at Angelus fighting with the demon.
"It's not Angel..." She whispered.
"Angelus?" Wesley asked.
Buffy nodded, tears forming in her eyes.
"Okay... He was kinda suicidal..." Cordelia murmured.
They looked as the demon ripped Angelus apart with great strength. His claws
ripped at Angelus' body mercilessly.
"Can we curse him again?" Cordelia asked. "Or should we let this ugly demon
kill him?"
Wesley rubbed his head in frustration.
"I have to kill him... he asked me..." Buffy whispered huskily. "But I
can't... I just can't do it…"
It seemed like Angelus was starting to get the upper hand on the animalistic
demon.
The demon screeched in pain and threw Angelus across the room.
Before Angelus could calculate his next move- towards the exit, he was hit
by a bolt and burst into ashes.
Buffy, Wesley and Cordy looked towards the entrance to the hotel, seeing the
tall black man standing with his crossbow aimed. Behind him there were other
black men.
"Gunn..." Wesley whispered.
"What are you doing here?" Cordelia asked him.
"Angel asked me to come here... he said he will lose his soul and be evil at
this time, and he said he can trust only me to kill him."
"Now we need to kill this fiend over there..." One of Gunn's friends said.
Buffy watched the demon limping towards them. Gunn shot the demon in the
chest. It screamed, taking the arrow out of its chest.
Buffy shook her head, remembering the demon throwing Angelus off her.
"Don't hurt him! He saved me!" She called.
She stepped closer to the demon.
"Buffy... Be careful..." Cordelia clung to Wesley.
Buffy looked confused at the demon. It was ugly... green skin, spikes
circled its features. His fangs were scary and enormous. His eyes were red.
But something was familiar.
She looked into his eyes.
"Angel?" She whispered. The demon screamed and ran away, throwing the people
that were in his way.
"Buffy are you okay?" Wesley approached Buffy. She was still standing numb
near the altar, looking at the exit. Gunn and his friends had already left.
Cordelia was sweeping Angel's ashes. "What are we going to do with his
dust?" She asked.
"What did you say to the demon to drive him insane like that?" Wesley asked.
Buffy turned to face him. She was pale and looked haunted. "I gotta go find
him... he's wounded..."
"What? Who? Buffy, you talk like you're possessed."
Buffy didn't reply. She walked away and left the hotel.
Buffy could sense he was near. She could smell his blood and the scorched
meat. It took her a few minutes, or was it hours, it felt like hours, until she found his hiding
place.
It was an abandoned building.
"Angel? I know you're there..." She called looking around. She heard the demon snarl. "I
won't hurt you... You saved my life..."
She paced further inside. She saw the demon crouched in the corner. He was bleeding badly. He looked up at her and growled.
Buffy hesitated and stopped in her tracks.
"Let me help you... you're wounded..." She whispered softly and kneeled
beside him. "You're not gonna hurt me…."
He gasped when she touched his torn flesh.
"What is that?" Cordelia didn't hide her disgust when Buffy walked into the
Hyperion, holding the green ugly demon's hand.
"He's not going to kill us, is he?" Wesley asked.
"It's Angel..." Buffy said quietly.
"What?" Both Wesley and Cordelia looked stunned at the terrifying demon.
"I don't know how to explain this," Buffy said. "He's wounded.. He needs
help."
"How about a plastic surgery?" Cordelia suggested.
"Come," Buffy pulled AngelBeast's hand. "Don't be afraid."
TBC....