Four Corners

Part: 3/?
Rating: PG-13
Couples: Same as previous chapters.

Spoilers: Set in Angel around 'Billy'. Set in Buffy after 'Wrecked'.

Feedback: Comments are greatly appreciated!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. The storyline was derived from the episode "Secrets and Lies" in ER. The name of the fic was taken from the episode "Four Corners" also in ER.

Summary: Angel, Cordelia, Spike and Buffy mysteriously get stuck in a room. Who put them there? How will they spend their time?

A/N First of all I gotta warn you that this chapter is full of false lies and stuff. It's mainly unrealistic and facts are screwed around with to provide more entertainment [you'll get what I'm talking about when you read on]. Also I'd like to thank everyone for the great feedback…you're making my day! Esp. Insane1 who's like a brilliant writer…so check her fics out! Love ya too! Imzadi, just wanna say you've made some very good points. To be completely honest, I have no idea where I'm taking the whole Wolfram & Hart thing. But when I do, I'm going to try to cover everything you mentioned [hopefully!]. Basically, I'm thinking of going for a not-evil Lindsey, but a not-good one either. Like he's his own person. But then of course…I'm utterly crap at writing Lindsey [and Lilah come to think of it] so it may come across differently. So I apologise, beforehand. Any tips would be great! Well enough of my blabbing…on to the story!

Chapter 3

~*~Cordelia~*~

" Nuh uh!" I protested when Spike stated that the door was locked. All eyes averted from Spike to me.

" I held the door open with a bucket. I know that those doors automatically shut. I'm not stupid!" I declared when everyone looked at me accusingly. They all had assumed that I was the culprit, which did not set to well with my thumping brain.

" A *bucket*?" Buffy asked, looking at me as if I *was* stupid. Didn't she hear me?

" A *fire* bucket. It was pretty heavy!" I pronounced. I still got sceptical looks.

" Well I sure as hell didn't close that door!" Why were they accusing *me*?

" I know exactly what you mean." Spike whispered to me. Ummm…ok why is he leering at me? God, Spike was creepy…and drunk.

" So Cordy, you're sayin' someone locked us in?" Angel asked looking at me perplexed.

" Maybe. Or maybe *you* closed the door!" I said pointing my finger at Angel. I hated being blamed!

" Ummm…so *obviously* a set up." Angel stated.

Wait…so *I* could be dumb enough to close the door but *Angel* couldn't?

" Me and Spike thought someone set us up before. That trunk is full of slaying goodies. I'm thinkin' not exactly the kinda thing a vampire cult would want." Buffy replied.

" See! I didn't close the door." I stated, glaring Angel. But he was just looking at Buffy.

" You and Spike? Now you two *think* together?"

What is wrong with him? Since when did he become a paranoid freak? Now I totally understand where Spike was coming from with the gagging himself view. I could sure use something to strangle myself right now…or maybe just Angel.

So now Angel began to argue with Buffy…*again*.

" Angel, honey. *Let*…*it*…*go*!" I enunciated loudly, interrupting him. Angel looked at me questioningly for a second before wisely shutting up. I think I heard Spike murmur a 'thank you'.

" Not to be Ms. Negative but we're going to be stuck here for a *long* time…so I'm thinking we should get along! So Angel…you will forget about anything you saw in here and the fact that Buffy and Spike seem to well…be together?" I questioned looking at Buffy who shrugged.

Wow…she's helpful!

" But Cordy…" Angel started. No way was he picking a fight with me. I seem to be the only sane, non-envious person in the room. God, will he stop staring at Buffy…he's meant to be talking to *me*!

" Someone set us up. We can't do anything 'bout it. We're stuck. So I say *we* stop acting like children and behave more like adults."

Hey I was like the leader! I was actually bossing two vamps and a slayer! Maybe this *isn't* so bad! I think that visions screwed up some of my brain…I was definitely thinking weird.

" So what do you propose we do now?" Buffy asked me. Crap…time to put my leadership skills to work. Now…what could we do?

Moments later I had them all seated around the coffee table. (A/N Ooops. Let's say there were *four* chairs in the room, not the two I wrote before.)

" We play a game. *My* way. Person tells us whom they lost their virginity to and who's the last person they slept with. It'd be interesting and fun." I replied brusquely, causing the others to share awkward glances.

" What?" Angel responded, with a what-the-hell-are-you-on look.

I know…very awkward game…but being stuck in a room with people bickering and post-vision headache was getting to me! I couldn't think of anything else!

" Fine." Buffy quietly agreed after a moment of hesitation. That was enough of an approval that I needed…let the game begin!

~*~Angel~*~

I can't believe we're doing this! I can't believe *I'm* doing this!

" So hey who wants to start first? Spike?" Cordelia asked, eyeing my 'childe'. Spike looked uncomfortable…don't know why.

" This is a stupid game Cordy." I responded and once again I got an evil glare. Why was she so moody today?

" Fine Mr. Brood…why don't *you* think of something!" My seer exclaimed. I stopped talking and thought. Hmmm…ok my mind's blank.

" Didn't think so! *So*…Spike who'd you lose your virginity to? At what age?" Cordelia asked excitedly. This was going to be one hell of an embarrassing time between the four of us.

" Ummm…I lost mine at…can we *not* start with me?" Spike stated after a while. Wow, he was stammering! What happened to Mr. Evil eh? God this must be bad!

Yay!

" Come on we're all going to do it."

" Fine. (he sighed) Drusilla. I lost my virginity to her. I was…uhhhh…21." Spike responded. That brought about some giggles and a snort from me.

" Hey! I wasn't so good with the babes when I was human. " Spike declared…clearly embarrassed. This was good retribution.

" Awwwww poor Spikey." I remarked. Off my look Spike continued.

" Oh and my last was *Buffy*." Spike retorted, glaring at me with a 'ha-ha' look. That caused me to snarl…damn him! He knew that'd get to me.

" Ummm…who's next?" Cordelia interrupted quickly.

" How 'bout you cheerleader? Who'd ya lose yours to?" Spike asked her.

" This guy who impregnated her with demon spawn."  I found myself blurting out. Buffy and Spike shared a look. Buffy then giggled, as if she knew something I didn't. I turned to Cordy who looked uncomfortably at me. Did I miss something?

" Uhhhh…actually…hehehe…ummm…I lost my virginity to Xander." Cordelia stated. Whoa…now that was a major blow!

To steal a phrase from Spike: Bloody Hell!

" X-Xander?" I stammered, composing myself slightly. I think my mouth was gaping open.

" Burn." Spike muttered.

" Yeah…it was when I was 17. When we were still going out…gotta tell you…best minute of my life." Cordelia replied chuckling and Spike joined in. I remained still.

How come she never told me that? Why didn't I know? I'm her *best friend*!

" Hey, but the guy you said was the *last* guy I slept with." Cordelia assured me noticing my glum expression. She quickly wiped traces of her laughter tears. I gave her a 'gee-thanks' look.

" I thought Xander lost his virginity to Faith?" Buffy spoke up. Cordelia's eyes instantly turned to her. Shock overcame me again. Xander had slept with Cordelia *and* Faith.

" What'd you mean?"

" Well…the two kinda slept together a while after you two broke up." Buffy stammered uncomfortably.

" Oh. Well…uhhhh…ahmmm…who's next?" Cordelia coughed out. I raised an eyebrow, a trait picked up from her. Wow, Xander had really hurt her!

" What about you?" Buffy asked quietly, turning to me.

" Me?" I repeated meekly.

" Yeah…spill." Cordy insisted dully.

" I don't want to." I protested. Cordelia glared at me first and then suddenly her eyes sparkled and she batted her eyelashes.

" Please Angel!" She pleaded sweetly. God I hate how much that look gets to me!!

" Ummm…a maid…at a friend's party. I was…uhhhh…11."  [A/N Hehehehe…I made a connection between Carter & Angel!]

" 11! Whoa!" Cordy replied.

" Uhhhh yeah."

" And your last?" Spike asked casually.

Uh oh…bad time to be sitting here. If I can just reach that stake…I might be able to dust myself quickly.

" Buffy obviously." Cordelia answered as Buffy blushed. At least she was squirming as much as I was.

Phew…that was close!

" But I heard, from Dru, that you recently nailed Darla. Is that true?" Spike asked with a smirk.

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~*~Buffy~*~

Darla?

Wasn't she dead? I personally saw Angel stake her. I think Spike has had too much alcohol. Well even if Spike is drunk and lying…why is Angel really twitchy? What's going on? Why is Cordelia looking at Angel like that?

" Is that true Angel?" Cordelia repeated to Angel, a little tone of bitterness in her voice. Her cheerful eyes had darkened. What was going on? Doesn't Cordy know it can't be true?

Darla's dead!

" Uhhhh…" Angel responded as he cast his eyes.

Why the hell is he stammering? Of course he couldn't have slept with another woman! Curse!!! He last slept with *me*…right?

" Oh my god!" Cordelia declared as she shot up in her seat. She noticed something I didn't. What'd I miss?

" Cordy…" Angel stood up too. How many times had he called her that? Are they really that close that they're on nicknames?

Ok…went off track.

Now Cordelia was beginning to pace from one corner of the room to another. Angel followed her each step and stammered her name. I turned to Spike perplexed.

Was it true? Was Spike actually being honest? I looked at him, but the idiot just had a smirk on his face.

" Y-you slept with *her*!" Cordelia spat out as she came to a halt.

" What!" I exclaimed. Ok…I realised about halfway through Cordy's pacing but my voice came a little after that. Angel glanced at both Cordy and me.

" You slept with *Darla*." Cordelia repeated coldly, spitting Darla's name out. She was glaring at Angel…a look of pure venom. She looked even more pissed off than me. Angel turned to look at her and slowly nodded.

" You knew?" I demanded from my lover. He popped a cigarette in his mouth and nodded.

" Yeah."

" You said Drusilla told you. What when she came here?" I enquired as Spike lit the cigarette.

" Nah…after. Some demon told me she wanted to talk to me…so I did."

" Oh." That was all I could make out.

I was hurt.

I was hurt that Angel slept with someone else. I was hurt that Spike knew and kept if from me. Hell, I was hurt that Spike had talked to Drusilla after our previous encounter with her!

" Slayer, it was nuthin'. I only went to tell her to back off. I almost staked her you know?" Spike reassured me. I just meekly nodded. What was I meant to say? No, you shouldn't have gone to your ex-psycho girlfriend because that would hurt me.

I'm sure Angel would *love* to hear that!

" When did you sleep with her? After you fired us?" Cordelia's voice interrupted me. My attention went back to the two.

" Yeah."  Fired?

" The curse?" Finally…someone remembered that!

" It wasn't perfect happiness…it wasn't even near it." Angel insisted. Phew…at least he still *loved* me.

" So what was it? Why did you do it?" She asked.

Oh my god! I think tears are forming in Cordelia's eyes. She's really hurt by Angel. Angel opened his mouth to respond.

" Actually…I don't want to hear the details." Cordelia interrupted. They stood silent for a while. Angel kept giving her pleading looks, looking for forgiveness. I swear I haven't seen him grovel before!

" I just want to know one more thing…is that why you came back to us? After sleeping with her? Was that your 'epiphany'?" Cordelia asked…tears were seriously welling up in her eyes now. Angel looked at her and they shared an intense look. I shivered…this was kinda like déjà vu from Angel and my break-up.

" Yes." Angel quietly responded.

" Oh." Was all Cordelia could say.

~*~Spike~*~

Wow, never knew Angel had a thing for the cheerleader! The two of 'em are just as bad as Angel and Buffy…who thankfully doesn't look so distraught as Cordelia over the Angel/Darla revelation. Now the two are sharing a look…it's different one from the one Angel shared with Buffy. This time Cordelia was the one hurt…really hurt. I almost felt bad for blurting the Darla thing out.

Almost.

" So B-Buffy you're next." Cordelia stammered breaking the intense gaze. She sat into one of the chairs. I could hear her heart thumping. She was trying to calm herself down.

Failing miserably.

" Cordy?" Angel asked gently. He was obviously looking for forgiveness or *some* kind of emotion.

" We'll talk when we get to L.A. Right now…we're stuck in a room. No way out. So…I *don't* wanna deal." Cordelia responded. Her tone was dull…lifeless. I saw Buffy raise an eyebrow. She caught the tone too.

" Uhhhh…okay." Angel replied before awkwardly sitting on his chair. God, he could be stupid at times!

" Buffy you go…" Cordelia said and took a deep breath. I popped the cigarette outta my mouth and stubbed it.

" Ummm…everyone knows mine. Angel…Spike." Buffy responded uncomfortably.

" Funny ain't it? Of all the people to be stuck in a room with…it's your first and last fu…" I began trying to break the drama, but was cut off by Buffy.

" Shut up Spike!"

" Come on Buff…don't be so cruel to your lover." I responded. I was getting pissed off with the romantic/angst atmosphere and I loved torturing her.

" Spike, she's telling you to shut up…so *shut up*!" Angel defended.

" So what you defending her honor *now*?" I blurted up defensively.

" What'd do you mean?" Angel asked. Buffy looked at me…not getting what I said.

" Where were you when her sis was in danger? Where were you after she died eh?"

Dunno where that came from…but Angel was starting to piss me off. What did he think he could just waltz in here and suddenly save *his* Buffy. *I* was the one that took care of Dawn when Buffy was gone…*I* was the one that she came to when she was in trouble…*I* was the one she spilled her feelings too!

I'm still bad vamp Spike. If the Poof wanted to diss me…I'd just follow suit!

" Spike…I know I wasn't there for her *then*…but I was before that."

" What when you became Angelus and hurt her friends? Or when you broke her heart?"

" W-we didn't know 'bout the curse." Buffy spoke up. She had been quietly listening to the two of us bicker.

" That *still* apparently doesn't stop him from having sex." Cordelia mumbled. I heard her. Angel heard her. With that she turned and walked off to sit on a bed. Angel watched her walk with a frown. Then turned to me…the two of us chose to ignore the women…we were finally getting at it.

" Spike…I left Buffy for a reason."

" 'Cos you couldn't nail her."

" No."

" Yeah…that's why. We all know it Angel. You couldn't satisfy her…that's why she's with me. She's trying to get stuff from me which you couldn't give her." I taunted. I was hitting a nerve…and I was lovin' it! Angel surprised me though…he stormed past me. I thought he was gonna ignore me or sumthin'. But Nancy Boy went to the trunk and picked up two broadswords.

" You're really pissing me off Spike. We're gonna settle this…right now. Me and you…one on one! How 'bout it?" Angel replied as he threw me a sword. I caught it perfectly. So Poof wanted to see my fighting skills eh?

" You're on!"

~*~*~*~

" Miss Morgan, here's the bucket you requested." A young man said, bringing in the fire bucket that Cordelia had used to lodge the door open.

" Ahhh…good job Brett."

" They were too busy arguing with one another to notice."

" Good. Put it down over there." Lilah said, as the bucket was placed in a corner. She then began to indulge in a conversation with Brett.

" So this is Sunnydale?" Lindsey stated, interrupting Lilah's conversation with the young man. Lilah looked up at him, and saw Lindsey staring through a glass window at the town below.

" Yeah…kind of quiet isn't it?" Lilah responded. She brushed the young man off, who retreated to his position, guarding the door.

" The firm should place a sector here." Lindsey responded, turning to Lilah.

" Yeah…like they'd want to work *here*. That slayer is just as meddlesome as Angel." Lilah scoffed.

" Hopefully, there won't be a slayer after this plan."

" The plan. Leaving them to eliminate each other. That's very ironic."

" Yeah, that's why Wolfram & Hart agreed on it. They'll all destroy each other. If any of them do happen to survive…they won't withstand the anguish they went through."

" How do they exactly…you know…kill each other? They are all *good* after all." Lilah asked.

" Good? Hardly. Within them they all have a bad side. Angel and the blonde one were…*are* vicious vampires. As for the slayer, the files have shown much erratic behavior on her part. And the seer, she once had a very bitchy side to her."

" You've been researching?"

" I had to, to concoct this plan."

" So they all have had bad history. But aren't they attempting to atone for that? I doubt they will give up on their redemptions to you know…kill each other."

" Look at that. It's been half an hour and those two are already battling one another. That's the best bit to this plan. There are many possibilities. Angelus could be unleashed. Spike could get hungry. The slayer might get agitated. Cordelia…well from the looks of it, she just might die naturally after we send her a few more killer visions."

" What about their other friends? They'll come looking for them."

" We'll take care of them beforehand."

" Hmmm…so you've taken care of everything. One more question." Lilah responded.

" What?"

" When did you get so vengeful?" Lilah enquired as Lindsey turned to her.

~*~*~*~