TITLE: Between Angels And...Immortality
AUTHOR: Ragna (RaverRagna@excite.com)
RATING: PG overall
CLASSIFICATION: Past Angel/Cordelia.
SUMMARY: Cordelia gets hit by a Toth-like demon and splits into four, all four of whom no longer love Angel
SPOILERS: Set after the Pylea episodes.
DISTRIBUTION: Any sites with my fic up; you all have unspoken permission. I write it, you can post it. Everyone else just keep my name on it and let me know.
PREVIOUS PARTS/ARCHIVED AT: http://www.envy.nu/allthepain/index.html
DISCLAIMER: If you don't recognize it, chances are it's my own creation. If you do, Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Kazui Sandollar, FOX and the WB own it or them. Various friends of mine are holding characters hostage. You may see them by appointment only.
FEEDBACK: Sorry I'm not home right now I'm walking in the spiderwebs so leave a message and I'll call you back...in other words, I want it. Don't care if it's onlist or not, but I prefer offlist since I have quite a few lists on No Mail.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Answer to Gloveslap #4. Blaire, I was going to wait till it was finished, but since you're so impatient...
~*~*~
The Eternal Cordelia awoke. The hotel was quiet; no one was there except the human Cordelia, sleeping on the other couch.
She had to leave, had to escape...she was immortal. She had the world to see, and the urge to see as much as she could now.
She woke quietly and walked towards the door just as quietly.
And then, she was free.
***
She awoke again, with two African Americans standing over her.
"Lady, you okay? You got shot."
"I...I did?"
The man who didn't speak before nodded. "Yeah. Got caught in the middle of a gang fight, got shot up bad. But...you're healed. You're not a vampire, either."
"Are you some of Gunn's people?"
They both nodded. "He's on his way."
Cordelia stood up. "I need to get out of here. He can't get me."
"Why?"
"Because..." she trailed off. "Because I'm immortal. I'll never die. And I can't bear to be around the people I knew when I was whole, not this...quarter. I need to run. I need to be free!"
The two men looked at each other. "Lady, if we let you go...make it look like you escaped."
She smiled slightly. "I will."
***
Gunn went back to the hotel. She'd escaped. How he was going to break the news, he didn't know.
"Gunn?" Lorne asked.
"Yeah?"
"She escaped, didn't she?"
Gunn nodded.
"The immortal one?"
He nodded again.
"She was going to, you know. Immortals...they have a freedom most people will never have. They want to be free, to live anywhere they can. It's a good idea not to follow her."
"What do we do?"
"We let her run."
***
It wasn't until later that the postcards started to arrive from all over the world. It made her disappearance easier for Gunn to take, but it still hurt he couldn't help her, in some way.
AUTHOR: Ragna (RaverRagna@excite.com)
RATING: PG overall
CLASSIFICATION: Past Angel/Cordelia.
SUMMARY: Cordelia gets hit by a Toth-like demon and splits into four, all four of whom no longer love Angel
SPOILERS: Set after the Pylea episodes.
DISTRIBUTION: Any sites with my fic up; you all have unspoken permission. I write it, you can post it. Everyone else just keep my name on it and let me know.
PREVIOUS PARTS/ARCHIVED AT: http://www.envy.nu/allthepain/index.html
DISCLAIMER: If you don't recognize it, chances are it's my own creation. If you do, Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Kazui Sandollar, FOX and the WB own it or them. Various friends of mine are holding characters hostage. You may see them by appointment only.
FEEDBACK: Sorry I'm not home right now I'm walking in the spiderwebs so leave a message and I'll call you back...in other words, I want it. Don't care if it's onlist or not, but I prefer offlist since I have quite a few lists on No Mail.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Answer to Gloveslap #4. Blaire, I was going to wait till it was finished, but since you're so impatient...
~*~*~
The Eternal Cordelia awoke. The hotel was quiet; no one was there except the human Cordelia, sleeping on the other couch.
She had to leave, had to escape...she was immortal. She had the world to see, and the urge to see as much as she could now.
She woke quietly and walked towards the door just as quietly.
And then, she was free.
***
She awoke again, with two African Americans standing over her.
"Lady, you okay? You got shot."
"I...I did?"
The man who didn't speak before nodded. "Yeah. Got caught in the middle of a gang fight, got shot up bad. But...you're healed. You're not a vampire, either."
"Are you some of Gunn's people?"
They both nodded. "He's on his way."
Cordelia stood up. "I need to get out of here. He can't get me."
"Why?"
"Because..." she trailed off. "Because I'm immortal. I'll never die. And I can't bear to be around the people I knew when I was whole, not this...quarter. I need to run. I need to be free!"
The two men looked at each other. "Lady, if we let you go...make it look like you escaped."
She smiled slightly. "I will."
***
Gunn went back to the hotel. She'd escaped. How he was going to break the news, he didn't know.
"Gunn?" Lorne asked.
"Yeah?"
"She escaped, didn't she?"
Gunn nodded.
"The immortal one?"
He nodded again.
"She was going to, you know. Immortals...they have a freedom most people will never have. They want to be free, to live anywhere they can. It's a good idea not to follow her."
"What do we do?"
"We let her run."
***
It wasn't until later that the postcards started to arrive from all over the world. It made her disappearance easier for Gunn to take, but it still hurt he couldn't help her, in some way.