Chapter 4 - 'Is it Christmas already?'
Cordelia awoke to a cold body next to her, normally that would be unusual but not everybody woke up to the only souled Vampire in existence. The feeling of cold comforted her until the harsh reality of what they had done settled into her mind. She gazed at the muscular man lylng next to her. He smiled one of his loop-sided smiles and went back to sleep. All she wanted was for him to open his eyes, but nothing that looked that innocent could be a heart-less killer like Angelus.
"Angel," She nudged. "Angel wake up, please!" She pleaded
Angel stirred and smiled at her. He saw the worry written on her face and immediately sat upright.
"What's wrong?"
"Duh! Are you Angelus?" Cordelia asked backing across the bed.
Angel just stared at her. "I'm big and bad but I'm not Angelus." He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. She let out a shrill giggle.
Downstairs
Fred sat at the scrolls. Cordelia had worried her yesterday about Angel's soul and how vulnerable he really was. She had been up all night and was so close to translating the last paragraph of the Phoenix language. It kept repeating the same phrase; 'The Light' She cross referenced the books and found herself staring at the answer.
The Sunnydale Gang plus Gunn sat in the early morning sunshine in the courtyard swapping stories of battles and demons gone by. They heard a shout. Gunn recognised it as Freds and scrabbled to his feet. Willow, Buffy and Xander followed suit Gunn found Fred in the middle of Wesleys office clutching the tattered pieces of paper that were Angels scrolls.
"God girl." Gunn shouted. "What are you doin'? What have you got there? Fred, speak to me." Gunn tried shaking her.
"I've cracked it. I've translated the middle of the scrolls. The one that tells of Angels future, the one that they stole out of Wolfram and Harts vault, which was not nice, the one that Wesley...
"Get on with it Fred." Buffy shouted. "It's about Angels future. What does it say?" Buffys' eyes glinted in hope.
"I can't tell you without Angel and Cordelia being here. CORDELIA, ANGEL." Fred shouted.
"What does Cordelia have to do with this?" Buffy asked almost sarcastically.
"She is part of the prophecy, part of Angels future. Opps. I've said too much." Fred was now bouncing on her toes, on the spot.
Angel came down stairs wearing a pair of black joggers and not top, his muscles contracting as he walked. He stopped at the top of the stairs, Cordelia running into him. She was wearing Angels blue Japanese robe haphazardly pulled at the waist. The group stared at them.
"What? Where's the fire?" Cordelia shouted looking down on the little group and wondering why Fred was bouncing on her toes like a little kid at Christmas.
"Fred says she's cracked the prophecy, you know the one with the Light. Cordelia what are you doing here? I thought you went home last night. And why are you wearing Angels robe?" Buffy quizzed.
"I think they already know about the prophecy." Fred pointed out laughing while everyone stared at her. "Ya see first of all, Angel's soul has been sealed as a like engagement present. It means he can be with who he wants to now. "Fred pointingly stared at Cordelia. "Wesley and me were stuck on what the Light is." Cordelia now held her full attention. "At first I thought it was some heavenly light, like a portal, but then I figured out that it meant a person, a being. There were mentions of the 'Baby Gabriel' when it was talking about the Light. Gabriel was an angel so it was talking about a baby angel, Angels baby! It's the wedding present. I don't know when though, could be now, could be when you get your Shansu. I can't tell you."
"I know someone that can." Cordelia looked at Angel. "The Oracles brood-boy. Come on we need to take a trip there." She grabbed Angel and pulled him upstairs.
Later
The Oracles did not look pleased at them.
"What do you want Lower Beings?"
"Hey I'm no Lower Being."
"We thought that you would be exploring the new gift we gave you Warrior." The female giggled while the man smiled smugly.
"We want to know when Angel will get his baby. Will it be while he is Vampire, even though everyone knows Vampire can't have children, or will it be when he is a human?"
The female Oracle looked confused. "Do you not know Seer?" Cordelia shook her head. The Oracle reached forward to Cordeliats stomach and then moved her hand to the wall. "It is happening now." Cordelia and Angel looked at the wall. There was a picture, like an ultrasound, of a baby sucking it's thumb. "The Light lies in you."
Angel moved forward and slid his hand around Cordelia's waist. They stood side-by-side and watched as the baby moved. Sucking what looked like a fist.
"Be warned though. The balance is tipping to the dark side too fast and we need our light now. You have three months until the Light will be ready. He will be human, but excel in speed, strength, vision and smell. He will be genetically everything of you and he will grow as a normal boy. We have chosen a boy so he will be able to carry on the line. You must ensure that he learns the ways of a warrior yet be gentle and respectful of human life and nature. We wish you well."
Again Angel and Cordelia found themselves outside the chamber, on the sandy floor. Cordelia wrapped her hands around her stomach. She could feel the slight bump where her baby now lay, Hers and Angels baby.
Cordelia awoke to a cold body next to her, normally that would be unusual but not everybody woke up to the only souled Vampire in existence. The feeling of cold comforted her until the harsh reality of what they had done settled into her mind. She gazed at the muscular man lylng next to her. He smiled one of his loop-sided smiles and went back to sleep. All she wanted was for him to open his eyes, but nothing that looked that innocent could be a heart-less killer like Angelus.
"Angel," She nudged. "Angel wake up, please!" She pleaded
Angel stirred and smiled at her. He saw the worry written on her face and immediately sat upright.
"What's wrong?"
"Duh! Are you Angelus?" Cordelia asked backing across the bed.
Angel just stared at her. "I'm big and bad but I'm not Angelus." He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. She let out a shrill giggle.
Downstairs
Fred sat at the scrolls. Cordelia had worried her yesterday about Angel's soul and how vulnerable he really was. She had been up all night and was so close to translating the last paragraph of the Phoenix language. It kept repeating the same phrase; 'The Light' She cross referenced the books and found herself staring at the answer.
The Sunnydale Gang plus Gunn sat in the early morning sunshine in the courtyard swapping stories of battles and demons gone by. They heard a shout. Gunn recognised it as Freds and scrabbled to his feet. Willow, Buffy and Xander followed suit Gunn found Fred in the middle of Wesleys office clutching the tattered pieces of paper that were Angels scrolls.
"God girl." Gunn shouted. "What are you doin'? What have you got there? Fred, speak to me." Gunn tried shaking her.
"I've cracked it. I've translated the middle of the scrolls. The one that tells of Angels future, the one that they stole out of Wolfram and Harts vault, which was not nice, the one that Wesley...
"Get on with it Fred." Buffy shouted. "It's about Angels future. What does it say?" Buffys' eyes glinted in hope.
"I can't tell you without Angel and Cordelia being here. CORDELIA, ANGEL." Fred shouted.
"What does Cordelia have to do with this?" Buffy asked almost sarcastically.
"She is part of the prophecy, part of Angels future. Opps. I've said too much." Fred was now bouncing on her toes, on the spot.
Angel came down stairs wearing a pair of black joggers and not top, his muscles contracting as he walked. He stopped at the top of the stairs, Cordelia running into him. She was wearing Angels blue Japanese robe haphazardly pulled at the waist. The group stared at them.
"What? Where's the fire?" Cordelia shouted looking down on the little group and wondering why Fred was bouncing on her toes like a little kid at Christmas.
"Fred says she's cracked the prophecy, you know the one with the Light. Cordelia what are you doing here? I thought you went home last night. And why are you wearing Angels robe?" Buffy quizzed.
"I think they already know about the prophecy." Fred pointed out laughing while everyone stared at her. "Ya see first of all, Angel's soul has been sealed as a like engagement present. It means he can be with who he wants to now. "Fred pointingly stared at Cordelia. "Wesley and me were stuck on what the Light is." Cordelia now held her full attention. "At first I thought it was some heavenly light, like a portal, but then I figured out that it meant a person, a being. There were mentions of the 'Baby Gabriel' when it was talking about the Light. Gabriel was an angel so it was talking about a baby angel, Angels baby! It's the wedding present. I don't know when though, could be now, could be when you get your Shansu. I can't tell you."
"I know someone that can." Cordelia looked at Angel. "The Oracles brood-boy. Come on we need to take a trip there." She grabbed Angel and pulled him upstairs.
Later
The Oracles did not look pleased at them.
"What do you want Lower Beings?"
"Hey I'm no Lower Being."
"We thought that you would be exploring the new gift we gave you Warrior." The female giggled while the man smiled smugly.
"We want to know when Angel will get his baby. Will it be while he is Vampire, even though everyone knows Vampire can't have children, or will it be when he is a human?"
The female Oracle looked confused. "Do you not know Seer?" Cordelia shook her head. The Oracle reached forward to Cordeliats stomach and then moved her hand to the wall. "It is happening now." Cordelia and Angel looked at the wall. There was a picture, like an ultrasound, of a baby sucking it's thumb. "The Light lies in you."
Angel moved forward and slid his hand around Cordelia's waist. They stood side-by-side and watched as the baby moved. Sucking what looked like a fist.
"Be warned though. The balance is tipping to the dark side too fast and we need our light now. You have three months until the Light will be ready. He will be human, but excel in speed, strength, vision and smell. He will be genetically everything of you and he will grow as a normal boy. We have chosen a boy so he will be able to carry on the line. You must ensure that he learns the ways of a warrior yet be gentle and respectful of human life and nature. We wish you well."
Again Angel and Cordelia found themselves outside the chamber, on the sandy floor. Cordelia wrapped her hands around her stomach. She could feel the slight bump where her baby now lay, Hers and Angels baby.