Letting the Bad in with the Good
Part 5
Angel pressed his foot harder on the gas. He had just found out that Lilah had gone to the Hyperion. He called Cordelia's to update them, only to find that Wesley had called and insisted that Fred come down immediately. "If anything happens to her..." he thought as he made a sharp turn onto the street. Angel killed the engine, stepped out of the car, and popped his trunk. After examining his weapons, he thought a stun gun might do the trick, in case Wesley was trying to do what Angel thought he was trying to do to Fred.
Once he reached the door, he noticed all the lights were out. "Good." He murmured. Angel could see much better in the dark. Angel pushed the door open a little and he heard soft moans. He fought the urge to run in there and decided to wait and see if he was right on thinking that Wesley was...he couldn't even finish the thought. After a while he had deciphered that Fred was in there.
Angel couldn't wait any longer. He burst through the doors. The first thing he saw was Fred Sprawled out on the floor behind one of the couches. Angel ran over and gently lifted Fred's head. "Fred?" he whispered. She looked pale and weak. Her energy had been drained, Angel was too late. Then she moved in his arms. "Fred?"
"Angel," she said in a barely audible voice. He was about to ask what happened? Where was Wesley, but then he looked up. Wesley was a few feet away, looking very similar to Fred. "What happened?" he asked as he focused back on her. "Not...much time...energy...low," Fred stuttered. "Take your time." He whispered.
"Wesley had it...he tried to...with me," Fred took a moment to inhale a shaky breath before continuing. "Gunn came...but I had it...and my desire...oh, God, Angel...I stopped...fighting it...it left me...went to Charles...I thought I could...stop it by...giving in."
"But you didn't?" Angel asked eagerly. Fred nodded. "He's still..." Fred was getting worse as she continued. "He's here...and I don't...don't know...what he...wants."
"Don't you worry about that, OK?" Angel said as he pushed some of the hair out of her face. "I'll stop this, and that'll get you your energy back." Fred forced her trademark smile on her face and Angel smiled back. "You...don't know...that." "Of course I do," Angel lied. "Now, I'm gonna lay you down, and you're going to take it easy. Conserve your energy."
Angel gently lifted her on to the couch. "It's going to be OK." Fred tried smiling again, but it faded. Fred's eyes looked wide and frightful suddenly. Angel glanced over his shoulder. He wasn't alone. Gunn emerged from the shadows. He was pulling his shirt on over his sweaty body. Angel looked at Fred and, as he looked back at Gunn, his face was vamped out.
"What did you do to her?" Angel snarled as he stood up. Gunn smiled. "She was practically begging for it," He said. "Didn't seem like I was the first one there though, like I thought." Angel snapped. He was on top of Gunn in a flash. Gunn let Angel get a few punches in, the he laughed and pushed Angel off with a force Angel knew wasn't human. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to start something with me?"
Angel's face had returned to normal. He went up and stood in front of Fred. "It's all your fault you know," Gunn said as he slowly advanced on Angel. "My sister, my gang turning on me, what happened to Fred and what's going to happen to everyone else, everything."
"Is this your deepest desire, Gunn? Is this how you really feel about me deep down?" Angel asked him calmly. Gunn pulled an axe out from behind him. "I've been waiting a long time for this." Angel took out his stun gun and shot it. The dart hit Gunn in the neck and he crumpled to the floor.
Angel pocketed the gun and looked back at Fred. "You OK?" he asked as he bent down next to her. She nodded. "OK, we're going to Cordy's." Angel scooped Fred into his arms easily. "But...Charles..." Angel stopped Fred by saying, "Trust me, when he comes to, he'll find us."
After placing Fred into his car, Angel went back in to get Wesley. Then they were off to Cordelia's. "Angel!" Cordelia exclaimed. She then gasped at the sight of Fred. "Fred!" she exclaimed. Angel pushed past and placed Fred on the couch. "I'll be back up in a second. Wesley is down there."
"What happened with Wesley?" Cordelia asked suddenly. Angel didn't answer. That dart wasn't going to hold Gunn for long, especially if he was possessed by something this powerful. Moments later, Angel was up with Wesley. "Angel, tell me." Cordelia pleaded. Angel put Wes in Cordy's bedroom before kneeling with Fred and telling them what happened.
"From what I can tell, Lilah came to see me. She gave the force to Wesley. That's when he must have called you." Angel said. He looked up at Cordelia who was near tears. "I should have known. I'm so sorry, Fred." Fred smiled at Cordelia, but only for a moment. She was still fading with every minute that went by.
"Wesley acted on his feelings. Fred told me that Gunn saved her, but she had gotten the force." Cordelia looked confused. "How is she still...awake?" she asked. "She didn't use her energy trying to fight what the force was making her do. When...when it was done, the force must have left her."
"Oh, no...Gunn." Cordelia said as she covered her mouth. There was a knock on the door. Angel jumped. "Stay with Fred." He said calmly as he took out the stun gun. He had it aimed and ready when he opened the door. A scream sounded through the halls and Angel dropped his gun. "Lorne, where have you been?"
Lorne smiled, "Figuring it out." He held up a few books and smiled. "Wesley was busy before being possessed. He was really close." Lorne informed Angel as he stepped into Cordelia's apartment. "Can you figure the rest out?" "With time, boss." Lorne said as he stepped into the living room where Cordelia was kneeled next to Fred's fading form. "As fast as possible." Angel whispered as he came up behind Lorne. Lorne left for a quieter place to work.
"What are we going to do, Angel?" Cordelia asked in a helpless tone. Angel didn't know what to tell her, so he pulled Cordelia to him and held her. Fred's eyes had closed, but she was breathing. "We're going to get through this," Angel assured Cordy. "And Wes, Fred, and Gunn are going to be fine."
Just as soon as the words left his mouth, Cordelia's door flew open. Gunn walked in, dragging a duffle bag behind him and carrying a crossbow. He dropped the bag and stood on the fallen door. His face broke out into a deadly smile.
Part 5
Angel pressed his foot harder on the gas. He had just found out that Lilah had gone to the Hyperion. He called Cordelia's to update them, only to find that Wesley had called and insisted that Fred come down immediately. "If anything happens to her..." he thought as he made a sharp turn onto the street. Angel killed the engine, stepped out of the car, and popped his trunk. After examining his weapons, he thought a stun gun might do the trick, in case Wesley was trying to do what Angel thought he was trying to do to Fred.
Once he reached the door, he noticed all the lights were out. "Good." He murmured. Angel could see much better in the dark. Angel pushed the door open a little and he heard soft moans. He fought the urge to run in there and decided to wait and see if he was right on thinking that Wesley was...he couldn't even finish the thought. After a while he had deciphered that Fred was in there.
Angel couldn't wait any longer. He burst through the doors. The first thing he saw was Fred Sprawled out on the floor behind one of the couches. Angel ran over and gently lifted Fred's head. "Fred?" he whispered. She looked pale and weak. Her energy had been drained, Angel was too late. Then she moved in his arms. "Fred?"
"Angel," she said in a barely audible voice. He was about to ask what happened? Where was Wesley, but then he looked up. Wesley was a few feet away, looking very similar to Fred. "What happened?" he asked as he focused back on her. "Not...much time...energy...low," Fred stuttered. "Take your time." He whispered.
"Wesley had it...he tried to...with me," Fred took a moment to inhale a shaky breath before continuing. "Gunn came...but I had it...and my desire...oh, God, Angel...I stopped...fighting it...it left me...went to Charles...I thought I could...stop it by...giving in."
"But you didn't?" Angel asked eagerly. Fred nodded. "He's still..." Fred was getting worse as she continued. "He's here...and I don't...don't know...what he...wants."
"Don't you worry about that, OK?" Angel said as he pushed some of the hair out of her face. "I'll stop this, and that'll get you your energy back." Fred forced her trademark smile on her face and Angel smiled back. "You...don't know...that." "Of course I do," Angel lied. "Now, I'm gonna lay you down, and you're going to take it easy. Conserve your energy."
Angel gently lifted her on to the couch. "It's going to be OK." Fred tried smiling again, but it faded. Fred's eyes looked wide and frightful suddenly. Angel glanced over his shoulder. He wasn't alone. Gunn emerged from the shadows. He was pulling his shirt on over his sweaty body. Angel looked at Fred and, as he looked back at Gunn, his face was vamped out.
"What did you do to her?" Angel snarled as he stood up. Gunn smiled. "She was practically begging for it," He said. "Didn't seem like I was the first one there though, like I thought." Angel snapped. He was on top of Gunn in a flash. Gunn let Angel get a few punches in, the he laughed and pushed Angel off with a force Angel knew wasn't human. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to start something with me?"
Angel's face had returned to normal. He went up and stood in front of Fred. "It's all your fault you know," Gunn said as he slowly advanced on Angel. "My sister, my gang turning on me, what happened to Fred and what's going to happen to everyone else, everything."
"Is this your deepest desire, Gunn? Is this how you really feel about me deep down?" Angel asked him calmly. Gunn pulled an axe out from behind him. "I've been waiting a long time for this." Angel took out his stun gun and shot it. The dart hit Gunn in the neck and he crumpled to the floor.
Angel pocketed the gun and looked back at Fred. "You OK?" he asked as he bent down next to her. She nodded. "OK, we're going to Cordy's." Angel scooped Fred into his arms easily. "But...Charles..." Angel stopped Fred by saying, "Trust me, when he comes to, he'll find us."
After placing Fred into his car, Angel went back in to get Wesley. Then they were off to Cordelia's. "Angel!" Cordelia exclaimed. She then gasped at the sight of Fred. "Fred!" she exclaimed. Angel pushed past and placed Fred on the couch. "I'll be back up in a second. Wesley is down there."
"What happened with Wesley?" Cordelia asked suddenly. Angel didn't answer. That dart wasn't going to hold Gunn for long, especially if he was possessed by something this powerful. Moments later, Angel was up with Wesley. "Angel, tell me." Cordelia pleaded. Angel put Wes in Cordy's bedroom before kneeling with Fred and telling them what happened.
"From what I can tell, Lilah came to see me. She gave the force to Wesley. That's when he must have called you." Angel said. He looked up at Cordelia who was near tears. "I should have known. I'm so sorry, Fred." Fred smiled at Cordelia, but only for a moment. She was still fading with every minute that went by.
"Wesley acted on his feelings. Fred told me that Gunn saved her, but she had gotten the force." Cordelia looked confused. "How is she still...awake?" she asked. "She didn't use her energy trying to fight what the force was making her do. When...when it was done, the force must have left her."
"Oh, no...Gunn." Cordelia said as she covered her mouth. There was a knock on the door. Angel jumped. "Stay with Fred." He said calmly as he took out the stun gun. He had it aimed and ready when he opened the door. A scream sounded through the halls and Angel dropped his gun. "Lorne, where have you been?"
Lorne smiled, "Figuring it out." He held up a few books and smiled. "Wesley was busy before being possessed. He was really close." Lorne informed Angel as he stepped into Cordelia's apartment. "Can you figure the rest out?" "With time, boss." Lorne said as he stepped into the living room where Cordelia was kneeled next to Fred's fading form. "As fast as possible." Angel whispered as he came up behind Lorne. Lorne left for a quieter place to work.
"What are we going to do, Angel?" Cordelia asked in a helpless tone. Angel didn't know what to tell her, so he pulled Cordelia to him and held her. Fred's eyes had closed, but she was breathing. "We're going to get through this," Angel assured Cordy. "And Wes, Fred, and Gunn are going to be fine."
Just as soon as the words left his mouth, Cordelia's door flew open. Gunn walked in, dragging a duffle bag behind him and carrying a crossbow. He dropped the bag and stood on the fallen door. His face broke out into a deadly smile.