Part 2
"Spike, what's wrong?" Willow asked chewing on some popcorn while she and Spike watched 'Interview wit the Vampire'. Spike who usually loved the movie, which he said was so fake was strangely quiet. "You've barely said more than two words since we left Giles house."
"Nothing's wrong," he responded.
Willow gave him a look that said 'do you think I'm stupid?'
Spike sighed, I can't get anything past you can I?"
"Nope," Willow grinned.
"Before we left Giles' house I got this really weird feeling in my stomach."
"Yeah you had a really funny look on your face." Willow pointed out. "What do you think it was?"
"Angel,"
"Angel?" Willow frowned. "What does he have to do with this?"
"He has everything to do with it, because the last time I got that feeling was when he and Slutty made with the whoopee."
"Whoopee?" Willow questioned, then gasped. "You mean that Angel's lost his soul?"
"That's exactly what I mean." Spike said. "The poofs soul is gone, vanished, disappeared.
"This isn't good," Willow babbled getting up from the couch and pacing around the room. "If Angel's lost his soul, then that means that Angelus is back and he's going to come back and kill us all! He might have even already killed Cordelia and Wesley!"
Spike jumped up from the couch and grabbed Willow by her shoulders. "Willow! Calm down. Nothing bad is going to happen to you, I'll make sure of that. You just need to calm down. I'll know if Angel gets close to us, I'll be able to feel him okay? So just calm down." He pulled her into his arms and hugged her.
Willow hugged him back tight. She loved the smell and feel of him; he always made her feel so good. It was a shame that he doesn't feel the same way about me, Willow thought sadly to herself. She pulled away from him slowly, taking a deep breath. "We better go tell Buffy and Giles about this so they can prepare for what might happen." She headed for the door.
Spike seemed a bit hesitant to go with her, but shrugged his shoulders and followed her to Giles.
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"What do you mean Angel's lost his soul?" Buffy demanded.
"It's gone, poof, disappeared, no longer there." Spike said sarcastically.
"I new he had lost his soul when he came here before to talk to Buffy." Riley said nodding his head.
"No," Willow said, "Spike said that he only lost it recently. So that means that he still had it when he was here before."
"Well…" Spike started. "I'm not really sure about that."
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked hesitantly.
"It means that I'm not really sure when he lost his soul, but it has been for a little while." Spike responded.
"So he could have had no soul when he came here before!" Buffy shrieked. "And you just decided to keep this little tid bit to yourself! He could have killed us all! Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because I wasn't sure," Spike said.
"Then what made you so sure tonight?" Willow asked softly, hurt that he didn't tell them about Angel before. They could have all died and he didn't even care. Well, I guess that proves that he doesn't like you after all, Willow thought to herself.
Spike didn't see the hurt in Willow's eyes because he was looking at Buffy who was currently glaring at him, but he answered her question anyway, "Because he sent out… I don't really know how to explain it, but it let me know that he was back. Before he was hiding I guess you would say, he didn't let me know that he was back."
"So you didn't know." Giles said.
"No, I didn't."
"So why did he let you know that he was back now? Why didn't he let you know he was back as soon as he got back?" Giles wondered.
"I don't know. He has to have some reason for keeping this from me though." Spike said. "Maybe he's not going to even come here. Maybe he just going to leave all of you alone."
"I seriously doubt that." Buffy said.
"Wait Buffy, maybe Spike's right. If he's been back for a while now and hasn't come after us before now, then maybe he really has lost interest in us."
"What about Cordelia and Wesley?" Willow asked.
"What do you mean Willow?" Buffy frowned.
"I mean that if Angelus really has come back and they don't know about it, then they could be in serious danger."
"Oh God!" Buffy exclaimed, "I never even thought of that. We need to call them now." Buffy grabbed the phone of Giles' desk and punched in the numbers for Angel's place. When the operator's voice came on the line saying that the number she was trying to call was no longer connected, Buffy yelled and hung up. "The number doesn't exist any more!"
"Of course it doesn't exist." Willow said taking the phone from Buffy. "Angel's building was blown up. They're using Cordelia's number for the moment." Willow dialled the number to Cordelia's house.
"Angel Investigation's, we help the helpless, also Cordelia's house." Cordelia's voice came over the phone, awfully cheerful.
"Hi, Cordelia, it's Willow."
"Oh, Willow, hey, how's it going?"
"Fine, look I have a question to asked you, it might seem a little strange, but please just answer me."
"Okay shoot," Cordelia said sounding a little nervous.
"Are you alright Cordelia?" Willow heard Angel's voice in the background.
"Yeah I'm fine." She said. "Willow's on the phone."
"Willow?" Angel's voice sounded husky and Willow frowned, she could have sworn that it wasn't like that before. "How is she?"
"Fine. Wait a minute Angel you can talk to her after me if you want. What were you saying Willow?"
"Well I was just wondering how Angel is?" Willow said.
"Angel? He's fine. Why wouldn't he be?" Cordelia frowned.
"I just wanted to ask you if you had noticed anything different about him lately? Maybe he's been a bit restless?" Willow asked almost fearfully.
"No he's fine, why wouldn't he be?" Cordelia asked confused. "You can talk to him if you like."
"No it's okay! Really Cordelia, don't worry." Willow started, but Cordelia had already give the phone to Angel."
"Willow? What's going on? Is everyone okay?" Angel asked his voice worried.
From the tone of his voice Willow was sure that it was Angel she was speaking to because Angelus' voice had sounded different. "No Angel everything's been fine. How is it working out of Cordelia's place?"
Everyone in Giles' apartment seemed shocked that Willow was talking to Angel. They didn't think that he would still be there at Cordelia's.
"Things are fine here. How are you Willow?" Angel's voice defiantly sounded huskier than it had before.
"I'm fine Angel. How are you?" Willow asked nervously.
"I'm good." He laughed. "I'm great, things are going good."
"That's great Angel. Could you put Cordelia on for a minute, I need to ask her something." Willow asked.
"Sure," he handed the phone to Cordelia.
"Yeah Willow?" Cordelia asked.
"When did Angel get so happy? He was laughing just now." Willow said.
"I know, he's been like that all night." Cordelia said. Willow's eyes opened wide in alarm but Cordelia continued on. "I think I let him have too much coffee. He's had a least four cups so far, so I think I should keep it away from him at the moment."
"Okay, thanks Cordelia. I better go, I have homework to do." Willow said sounding happier.
"Okay, bye Willow." She hung up the phone
Willow turned around to face the others, smiling. "I think everything's okay. I mean, I was worried there for a second when Angel laughed, but Cordelia told me that he was on a major caffeine high, so there was nothing to worry about. And she said that he hasn't been acting different or anything lately. So there seems to be nothing wrong. You must have been wrong Spike."
"Yeah, I guess I was." Spike said shrugging his shoulders. "I guess I'm stuck with you until someone else decides to come along all kill all of you. What a shame."
Everyone laughed, even if some of it was a bit forced.