*Can vampires even go numb?* Angel idly wondered, *Surely you go numb because your blood isn't pumping properly? And seeing as my blood doesn't pump, is it even possible?*
He stood up and wondered slowly around the cell containing him and his soulmate. As he had tried to leave to find the key to release Buffy from her handcuffs, he had found the door was locked.
He had now been with Buffy for what he guessed, around five hours. Every now and then Buffy would stir and groan in pain, before he cradled her and rocked her back to soothing sleep.
Angel put his strong hand on the door handle once more in a ever hopeful attempt the door would be open. He twisted it with all his strength. Nothing. He growled in frustration and kicked it as hard as he could. Nothing.
A small whimper caught his attention. He rushed across the room and sat beside Buffy.
He gently pulled her in to his arms, stretching her chains to the full capacity.
"Shh love." he comforted, caressing her hair.
"Angel?" she asked in the questioning way she always said his name.
"I'm here sweetheart. It's ok." he continued, gently rocking her frail body.
"It hurts." Buffy whispered.
"Where does it hurt?" Angel asked. Frustration growing that he couldn't help her while he was stuck in the cell.
"Everywhere." She groaned, before darkness swallowed her once more, taking the pain away.
Angel continued stroking her hair even though he knew she was asleep. He closed his eyes and soon exhaustion claimed him, and he fell asleep.
"Angel?" a voice cried piecing through to his dream. "Angel, fucking wake up already."
He opened his eyes and gazed at the girl squatted in front of him and Buffy.
"What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise.
"Not happy to see me?" she snapped.
Angel adjusted Buffy in his arms, "Of course I am, just....are you real?"
The dark haired girl laughed, "Yeah, last time I looked. So we planning on sitting here makin' small talk or getting out this shit-hole?"
He nodded towards his sleeping blonde, "Her chains are magical, they give her a shock every time you pull on them excessively. She's too weak to try anything."
"Good job I got the key then." The girl laughed.
"How did you get them?" Angel asked.
"Nicked 'em. Can we go now?"
She leaned forward and slid the key in the lock. Once the chains were off Angel stood up and gently cradled Buffy in his arms.
"How are you here?" Angel asked the girl as they walked back through the room Angel had entered through. Joyce had gone. They went out through another doorway, the girl leading.
"They let me out early on good behaviour. I went to Sunnydale to see Buffy, Willow, Joyce and Xander. To say sorry, like you told me to. But you and Buffy are lying in the middle of her living room all coma-y. Plus Joyce is dead. So I offered to come and help you to prove how sorry I was to them. So, here I am." She explained.
"It's good to see you Faith." Angel said.
"You to. Who's the asshole that did that to her?" Faith asked, pointing at Buffy.
Angel shrugged, "I don't know, but someone's gonna pay."
They walked down the corridor's in silence for awhile, until they got to the end where there were a choice of two ways.
"It's this way." Faith said, motioning to the right.
"You sure?" Angel asked.
Faith nodded.. They continued until Faith suddenly stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Footsteps." Angel confirmed.
"In here." Faith whispered, nodding to a nearby door. Faith opened it and held it open for Angel. It was a medium sized room. A bed was on the far wall, with a cupboard, bedside table and other objects you would find in a normal teenage girls bedroom. The bedside table was littered with photographs and other ornaments.
Faith picked up one of the pictures, "That's Joyce.." She showed it to Angel.
Angel put Buffy down on the bed. "Yeah. This is Buffy's old room in LA."
Faith looked around, "How do you know? I didn't think you knew her before she came to Sunnydale."
"I watched her for awhile. Before she moved to LA." Angel explained.
"Oh. So you were like her stalker?"
Angel smiled, "Something like that. It was only for a few days."
Buffy whimpered in his arms, and he gently lay her on her old bed.
She opened her eyes. She looked around and then at Faith, finally looking at Angel. "Dream, right?" she asked.
Angel smiled, "No. What's the last thing you remember?"
She frowned in concentration, "I remember Warren shooting me. Then I remember waking up in hospital, then waking up in this other room."
"You're in another dimension." Angel explained.
"Yeah, I figured that out. Same old." She rolled her eyes.
"How many dimensions you been to then B?" Faith asked.
"At least two." Buffy answered, a deep sadness in her eyes.
"I'm sorry about your Mom." Faith blurted out.
Angel winced. He looked at Buffy who's face was blank.
"Thanks." Buffy finally answered.
He sighed in relief.
"Buffy," Angel said gently, "Who did this to you?" He gently stroked her hair.
"These people." She said, tears filling her eyes.
He sat down next to her, "Sweetheart, you have to tell me, what did they look like?"
There was a loud bang and the door was flung open. Four vampires stood peering in.
One vampire sneered, "Oh lookey what we found. Our little Slayer and two trespasser's. Elgin won't be pleased."
"Who the fucks Elgin?" Faith snapped.
"The boss." Another vampire smirked.
"Kill the trespasser's. Get the Slayer back to Elgin." The tallest vampire commanded. He looked as though he had been a club bouncer in his life.
Faith and Angel left in to action. Angel smashed his fist in to the nearest vampires nose taking him be surprise, while Faith snap-kicked another between his legs. Another two vampires came running in. Angel grabbed and chair and snapped the leg off. He plunged it into a vampires chest and it exploded into dust. Faith grabbed the other leg and did the same to another vampire. Angel killed another of the vampires quickly. He turned to get another but found the remaining three had cornered Faith. She was struggling against them. Suddenly two turned to dust. Angel grabbed the last one and staking him though the back. Buffy was sitting up and she had a crossbow in each hand, pointing towards the two vampires that were dust.
"Thanks B." Faith grinned.
"No problem. I thought I'd left some weapons here." Buffy smiled, still leaning against the wall.
"So this Elgin's the big bad around here then." Faith said.
"How do we get out of here." Buffy asked.
"Willow gave me this ritual, but we need to be outside to do it. It needs the four elements." Faith explained.
"Willow told me that ritual as well. Where are we going to find fire, water and earth around here? Air is easy." Angel complained.
Angel picked up Buffy in his arms again. "Lets get out of here."
Faith led the way, they kept to the sides being as quiet as possible.
"Angel, I think I can walk." Buffy protested. Angel gently set her on her feet and help her steady until she had he balance.
"Through this door." Faith exclaimed, she yanked the handle and they went outside. "Is it light?" Angel asked.
"No. It's dark." Faith replied.
Angel followed supporting a limping Buffy.
It was desolate. A huge vast of dessert stretched before them.
"Shall we risk just leaving here?" Faith asked.
"I want to get away from here. Maybe find some kind of Oasis." Angel replied. They set off.
After about half an hour of walking, Buffy looked as though she was going to faint, so Angel once again picked her up and carried her.
"I wish I had thought to bring a tent and a bottle of water." Faith complained.
TBC.......
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He stood up and wondered slowly around the cell containing him and his soulmate. As he had tried to leave to find the key to release Buffy from her handcuffs, he had found the door was locked.
He had now been with Buffy for what he guessed, around five hours. Every now and then Buffy would stir and groan in pain, before he cradled her and rocked her back to soothing sleep.
Angel put his strong hand on the door handle once more in a ever hopeful attempt the door would be open. He twisted it with all his strength. Nothing. He growled in frustration and kicked it as hard as he could. Nothing.
A small whimper caught his attention. He rushed across the room and sat beside Buffy.
He gently pulled her in to his arms, stretching her chains to the full capacity.
"Shh love." he comforted, caressing her hair.
"Angel?" she asked in the questioning way she always said his name.
"I'm here sweetheart. It's ok." he continued, gently rocking her frail body.
"It hurts." Buffy whispered.
"Where does it hurt?" Angel asked. Frustration growing that he couldn't help her while he was stuck in the cell.
"Everywhere." She groaned, before darkness swallowed her once more, taking the pain away.
Angel continued stroking her hair even though he knew she was asleep. He closed his eyes and soon exhaustion claimed him, and he fell asleep.
"Angel?" a voice cried piecing through to his dream. "Angel, fucking wake up already."
He opened his eyes and gazed at the girl squatted in front of him and Buffy.
"What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise.
"Not happy to see me?" she snapped.
Angel adjusted Buffy in his arms, "Of course I am, just....are you real?"
The dark haired girl laughed, "Yeah, last time I looked. So we planning on sitting here makin' small talk or getting out this shit-hole?"
He nodded towards his sleeping blonde, "Her chains are magical, they give her a shock every time you pull on them excessively. She's too weak to try anything."
"Good job I got the key then." The girl laughed.
"How did you get them?" Angel asked.
"Nicked 'em. Can we go now?"
She leaned forward and slid the key in the lock. Once the chains were off Angel stood up and gently cradled Buffy in his arms.
"How are you here?" Angel asked the girl as they walked back through the room Angel had entered through. Joyce had gone. They went out through another doorway, the girl leading.
"They let me out early on good behaviour. I went to Sunnydale to see Buffy, Willow, Joyce and Xander. To say sorry, like you told me to. But you and Buffy are lying in the middle of her living room all coma-y. Plus Joyce is dead. So I offered to come and help you to prove how sorry I was to them. So, here I am." She explained.
"It's good to see you Faith." Angel said.
"You to. Who's the asshole that did that to her?" Faith asked, pointing at Buffy.
Angel shrugged, "I don't know, but someone's gonna pay."
They walked down the corridor's in silence for awhile, until they got to the end where there were a choice of two ways.
"It's this way." Faith said, motioning to the right.
"You sure?" Angel asked.
Faith nodded.. They continued until Faith suddenly stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Footsteps." Angel confirmed.
"In here." Faith whispered, nodding to a nearby door. Faith opened it and held it open for Angel. It was a medium sized room. A bed was on the far wall, with a cupboard, bedside table and other objects you would find in a normal teenage girls bedroom. The bedside table was littered with photographs and other ornaments.
Faith picked up one of the pictures, "That's Joyce.." She showed it to Angel.
Angel put Buffy down on the bed. "Yeah. This is Buffy's old room in LA."
Faith looked around, "How do you know? I didn't think you knew her before she came to Sunnydale."
"I watched her for awhile. Before she moved to LA." Angel explained.
"Oh. So you were like her stalker?"
Angel smiled, "Something like that. It was only for a few days."
Buffy whimpered in his arms, and he gently lay her on her old bed.
She opened her eyes. She looked around and then at Faith, finally looking at Angel. "Dream, right?" she asked.
Angel smiled, "No. What's the last thing you remember?"
She frowned in concentration, "I remember Warren shooting me. Then I remember waking up in hospital, then waking up in this other room."
"You're in another dimension." Angel explained.
"Yeah, I figured that out. Same old." She rolled her eyes.
"How many dimensions you been to then B?" Faith asked.
"At least two." Buffy answered, a deep sadness in her eyes.
"I'm sorry about your Mom." Faith blurted out.
Angel winced. He looked at Buffy who's face was blank.
"Thanks." Buffy finally answered.
He sighed in relief.
"Buffy," Angel said gently, "Who did this to you?" He gently stroked her hair.
"These people." She said, tears filling her eyes.
He sat down next to her, "Sweetheart, you have to tell me, what did they look like?"
There was a loud bang and the door was flung open. Four vampires stood peering in.
One vampire sneered, "Oh lookey what we found. Our little Slayer and two trespasser's. Elgin won't be pleased."
"Who the fucks Elgin?" Faith snapped.
"The boss." Another vampire smirked.
"Kill the trespasser's. Get the Slayer back to Elgin." The tallest vampire commanded. He looked as though he had been a club bouncer in his life.
Faith and Angel left in to action. Angel smashed his fist in to the nearest vampires nose taking him be surprise, while Faith snap-kicked another between his legs. Another two vampires came running in. Angel grabbed and chair and snapped the leg off. He plunged it into a vampires chest and it exploded into dust. Faith grabbed the other leg and did the same to another vampire. Angel killed another of the vampires quickly. He turned to get another but found the remaining three had cornered Faith. She was struggling against them. Suddenly two turned to dust. Angel grabbed the last one and staking him though the back. Buffy was sitting up and she had a crossbow in each hand, pointing towards the two vampires that were dust.
"Thanks B." Faith grinned.
"No problem. I thought I'd left some weapons here." Buffy smiled, still leaning against the wall.
"So this Elgin's the big bad around here then." Faith said.
"How do we get out of here." Buffy asked.
"Willow gave me this ritual, but we need to be outside to do it. It needs the four elements." Faith explained.
"Willow told me that ritual as well. Where are we going to find fire, water and earth around here? Air is easy." Angel complained.
Angel picked up Buffy in his arms again. "Lets get out of here."
Faith led the way, they kept to the sides being as quiet as possible.
"Angel, I think I can walk." Buffy protested. Angel gently set her on her feet and help her steady until she had he balance.
"Through this door." Faith exclaimed, she yanked the handle and they went outside. "Is it light?" Angel asked.
"No. It's dark." Faith replied.
Angel followed supporting a limping Buffy.
It was desolate. A huge vast of dessert stretched before them.
"Shall we risk just leaving here?" Faith asked.
"I want to get away from here. Maybe find some kind of Oasis." Angel replied. They set off.
After about half an hour of walking, Buffy looked as though she was going to faint, so Angel once again picked her up and carried her.
"I wish I had thought to bring a tent and a bottle of water." Faith complained.
TBC.......
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