Lily surfaced for air again. Even with her slayer strength getting the box
open was harder than she thought it would be. The man in there didn't
respond and he was a vampire but the Voice in her head was telling her
about him and what he was like while she struggled to free him. Maybe, Lily
thought, Buffy was right that a soul did make a difference to vampires it
certainly had to Angel. It was weird now she felt as though she had known
him for years and he didn't even know her name. She dove down again and
continued to attack the lock on the box with a stone. Finally it gave way,
she pushed open the lid and undid the straps tying him into the box. He was
a dead weight in her arms but she fought her way to the surface and began
to swim them back to the shore.
Angel felt like he was in a dream, not totally aware of what was going on. He didn't have any strength any more and was vaguely aware of the feeling of cool night air on his skin. Lily swam with a purpose the Voice in her head had told her where to take him when she got to the shore and how to heat his blood after she got it from the butchers on the same street as the Hyperion hotel. As she swam she continued to talk to the voice.
Who are you? Lily asked A friend. What's your name? Does that really matter? Yeah, I don't want to keep calling you the voice in my head. It sounds kinda insane. Cordelia. Is that your real name? It used to be when I lived in your dimension. Where do you live now? Beyond your comprehension but maybe one day you'll see me How do you know Angel? I have to go now. But you didn't answer my question. I want you to tell Angel something for me What? Tell him that I'm safe and that I can't come back ever no matter what he does. Tell him that I love him, that I really love him. Groo was just a mistake. It's angel who has my heart now and forever. Please look after him for me Lily. Goodbye. I promise I will. Goodbye Cordelia.
Lily reached the shore and headed for the hotel. She carried Angel in her arms but they must have looked very, very strange. When she got to the hotel she was surprised to see lights on. She entered cautiously not sure what she would find. There was a man asleep on a couch to the side of the foyer. He looked exhausted. There were dark circles under his eyes and his glasses were cast carelessly onto the ground. A slim girl was asleep on a chair beside the coach looking just as tired as the man. At her feet slept a cute, black man looking so innocent and childlike. She carefully carried Angel up to the room Cordelia said was his and put him into the bed. After she fed him some blood she debated weather or not she should take off his we clothes in case he got a cold. Hold on, she thought, vampires don't get colds. She pulled a blanket up around him and grabbed another for herself as she settled in to sleep in a chair beside the bed.
The next morning she woke up with a cramp in her neck. She checked on Angel. He was still sleeping, recovering his strength. She went downstairs to heat some blood for him, following Cordelia's instructions to the letter. That was when she discovered that last night's sleeping beauties were up and roaring to go. She stopped on the stairs and eavesdropped on their conversation for a while.
'Maybe they're just having a good time on their holiday' the black man protested. 'Gunn, they would have contacted us again by now' the slim girl took Gunn's hand and kissed it gently. 'Fred is right Gunn' the man with the glasses was English noted Lily. 'Thank you for helping us Wesley' said Fred 'It means a lot especially as you and Angel weren't on the best of terms' 'I couldn't just ignore the fact that he's in trouble. I misinterpreted the prophecy so I should be the one to apologise and if he still wants to kill me when we find him I'll just leave and maybe go back to England. But I need to know that I tried to make amends with him' the English man, Wesley, seemed sad when he spoke of the past.
Well, Lily thought, I'd better go and give them the good news right away but how do I just walk in go 'Hi there you don't know me but I got Angel out of an iron box at the bottom of the ocean last night and now I'm just going to heat some blood for him' they'd think she was insane.
Maybe she should just let them find him in his room recovering, or maybe she should ring them and give them a tip off that he's in his room. However she didn't think that's what Cordelia meant when she wanted her to help Angel, she'd better face this people.
She had intended to walk down stairs calmly and explain to them exactly what happened unfortunately she tripped over her own feet and went flying head first down the flight of stairs and then they all got antsy and pulled out weapons and started yelling. So she tried to explain but they couldn't really understand her because she kept talking about Cordelia being in her head.
The next day she looked back fondly on the meeting. They had eventually sorted it out when Fred had run upstairs to make sure Angel was back. Then, they had rejoiced until they realised that Angel's son Conor wasn't there and Lily didn't know what happened to him. The only person who knew that was Angel and he was still conked out recovering. Now Lily was sitting with Fred, Gunn and Wesley by Angel's bedside waiting, praying for him to wake up.
She had found out from Fred who Cordelia was and Wes had put what I told them and what happened together and summarised that Cordelia was now a PTB. They told me about Angel's son Conor as well how he and Angel had disappeared and they thought because of a note left that they had gone on holidays but finding Angel on the seabed had put an end to that little story.
Lily slipped out about midnight to call Jack to check up on him. She was kind of surprised when Dawn answered the phone, what had those two been getting up to?
'Hello, Lily and Jack's ' 'Hey Dawn, awfully late for you to be answering my phone' 'Oh Lily, Jack has just gone out for ice cream. He should be back in a while will I get him to call you?' 'No, don't bother just wanted to let him know that I'm alive' 'I'll see you when you get back, bye'. 'Bye Dawn'.
Angel felt like he was in a dream, not totally aware of what was going on. He didn't have any strength any more and was vaguely aware of the feeling of cool night air on his skin. Lily swam with a purpose the Voice in her head had told her where to take him when she got to the shore and how to heat his blood after she got it from the butchers on the same street as the Hyperion hotel. As she swam she continued to talk to the voice.
Who are you? Lily asked A friend. What's your name? Does that really matter? Yeah, I don't want to keep calling you the voice in my head. It sounds kinda insane. Cordelia. Is that your real name? It used to be when I lived in your dimension. Where do you live now? Beyond your comprehension but maybe one day you'll see me How do you know Angel? I have to go now. But you didn't answer my question. I want you to tell Angel something for me What? Tell him that I'm safe and that I can't come back ever no matter what he does. Tell him that I love him, that I really love him. Groo was just a mistake. It's angel who has my heart now and forever. Please look after him for me Lily. Goodbye. I promise I will. Goodbye Cordelia.
Lily reached the shore and headed for the hotel. She carried Angel in her arms but they must have looked very, very strange. When she got to the hotel she was surprised to see lights on. She entered cautiously not sure what she would find. There was a man asleep on a couch to the side of the foyer. He looked exhausted. There were dark circles under his eyes and his glasses were cast carelessly onto the ground. A slim girl was asleep on a chair beside the coach looking just as tired as the man. At her feet slept a cute, black man looking so innocent and childlike. She carefully carried Angel up to the room Cordelia said was his and put him into the bed. After she fed him some blood she debated weather or not she should take off his we clothes in case he got a cold. Hold on, she thought, vampires don't get colds. She pulled a blanket up around him and grabbed another for herself as she settled in to sleep in a chair beside the bed.
The next morning she woke up with a cramp in her neck. She checked on Angel. He was still sleeping, recovering his strength. She went downstairs to heat some blood for him, following Cordelia's instructions to the letter. That was when she discovered that last night's sleeping beauties were up and roaring to go. She stopped on the stairs and eavesdropped on their conversation for a while.
'Maybe they're just having a good time on their holiday' the black man protested. 'Gunn, they would have contacted us again by now' the slim girl took Gunn's hand and kissed it gently. 'Fred is right Gunn' the man with the glasses was English noted Lily. 'Thank you for helping us Wesley' said Fred 'It means a lot especially as you and Angel weren't on the best of terms' 'I couldn't just ignore the fact that he's in trouble. I misinterpreted the prophecy so I should be the one to apologise and if he still wants to kill me when we find him I'll just leave and maybe go back to England. But I need to know that I tried to make amends with him' the English man, Wesley, seemed sad when he spoke of the past.
Well, Lily thought, I'd better go and give them the good news right away but how do I just walk in go 'Hi there you don't know me but I got Angel out of an iron box at the bottom of the ocean last night and now I'm just going to heat some blood for him' they'd think she was insane.
Maybe she should just let them find him in his room recovering, or maybe she should ring them and give them a tip off that he's in his room. However she didn't think that's what Cordelia meant when she wanted her to help Angel, she'd better face this people.
She had intended to walk down stairs calmly and explain to them exactly what happened unfortunately she tripped over her own feet and went flying head first down the flight of stairs and then they all got antsy and pulled out weapons and started yelling. So she tried to explain but they couldn't really understand her because she kept talking about Cordelia being in her head.
The next day she looked back fondly on the meeting. They had eventually sorted it out when Fred had run upstairs to make sure Angel was back. Then, they had rejoiced until they realised that Angel's son Conor wasn't there and Lily didn't know what happened to him. The only person who knew that was Angel and he was still conked out recovering. Now Lily was sitting with Fred, Gunn and Wesley by Angel's bedside waiting, praying for him to wake up.
She had found out from Fred who Cordelia was and Wes had put what I told them and what happened together and summarised that Cordelia was now a PTB. They told me about Angel's son Conor as well how he and Angel had disappeared and they thought because of a note left that they had gone on holidays but finding Angel on the seabed had put an end to that little story.
Lily slipped out about midnight to call Jack to check up on him. She was kind of surprised when Dawn answered the phone, what had those two been getting up to?
'Hello, Lily and Jack's ' 'Hey Dawn, awfully late for you to be answering my phone' 'Oh Lily, Jack has just gone out for ice cream. He should be back in a while will I get him to call you?' 'No, don't bother just wanted to let him know that I'm alive' 'I'll see you when you get back, bye'. 'Bye Dawn'.