Chapter 15
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At two in the morning the phone rang. Buffy stirred slightly and Angel reached over her for the phone. He knew it had to be important. The gang wouldn't call this late knowing he was with Buffy unless there was a demon or someone was in trouble. So he picked up the phone and said,"what is it". "I just had a vision," Cordelia's
voice told him on the other end. When she finished telling him all about it he knew he had to go. Some guy was being cornered in an alley by three girls. Something
about them was off, but Cordelia hadn't been able to figure out what it was. One thing about those pesky visions, not only did they not always reveal all of the details.
Sometimes they chose to occur in the middle of the night at inconvenient times. Angel didn't want to leave Buffy, but he knew the guy was in trouble and it was his job to save him. So as gently as he could so that he didn't wake her Angel slid his arm out from under Buffy and went to put on some clothes. After he was dressed he went
back and kissed her on the forehead and then headed out to save the guy. Cordy had said the guy was in the alley outside of a bar on the other side of town so Angel jumped in his car and began the drive. When he pulled up at the end of the alley the guy was already cornered and the girls were moving in on him. "Hey ladies," Angel
said," looking for a late night snack". The three of them turned to look at him. Their eyes were glowing red, but they were human. "Kill him," the lead girl told the other two. They headed towards Angel while the other continued her advance on the guy in the corner. "You might want to tell your eye doctor you need a new pair of
contacts," Angel said to the two coming at him," the color of those ones seems to be a little off". They continued toward him so he punched the first one out. It didn't take much, but they were a little stronger than normal people. The second one saw the first go down and was more determined to beat Angel. She took a swing and he dodged
it. She immediately swung again and this time connected with his jaw. However his being a vampire helped and it didn't really phase him. She went to swing again and he grabbed her arm. Twisting it behind her back and throwing her down to the ground. He took that moment to see what the lead girl was doing to the guy. She had ahold of
him and was pulling him up from the ground. He'd been cowering on the ground trying to get away from her. Angel saw the girl holding a pointy thing in the hand she wasn't using to hold the guy up. It looked as though she planned to poke his eyes out. The girl Angel had just thrown to the ground got up and went for another attack on
him. He had no choice, but to knock her out too. Then he charged toward the leader. The guy was squeezing his eyes shut waiting for the impact on his eyes. It never came. Angel grabbed her just in time to pull her away from the guy. She whipped around and tried to stab Angel instead. If he wasn't going to let her get her revenge then
she'd take it out on him. Might not be as much fun, but she figured it would do. Angel grabbed the metal spear out of her hand and threw it to the ground. She was surprised by how strong he was. She tried to knock him down, but he was too fast and had predicted her next move. Instead he knocked her to the ground. "God what is
it with you girls picking on a helpless guy like that," Angel said mockingly. "Let us get our revenge," the girl said her eyes glowing brighter. "Revenge?," Angel questioned. She tried to ignore him and get up, but he grabbed her again and held her down. "He betrayed us," she said the glow dimming a bit. Then she shook her head and closed
her eyes. When she opened them again they were blue. "What's going on," she asked. "You tried to kill me," the guy said finally speaking. Upon seeing the guy she took a tone close to the one she'd had when she her eyes were all glowy. "You cheated on me," she said to him," with both of them". She pointed to the other two girls
who were just now waking up and getting up off of the ground. "How did you find out," he said openly admitting it. "Well usually if you cheat on your fiance you don't give the girls you're cheating with the number to the house you share with her," the girl said obviously pissed, but also clearly hurt. "I was drunk," he said defending himself,"
besides that still doesn't give you the right to try and kill me". "Well I didn't mean to do that," the girl said still pissed, but also slightly guilty. "Then why did you," Angel asked as the other two girls approached them. "It was as if something took me over and I couldn't stop myself," she said. "Yeah me too," both of the other girls said. "So
you didn't mean to try and kill him," Angel asked. "Of course not,"the leader said," I mean get some kind of revenge yeah, but I'm certainly not a killer". Then she looked around noticing something. "Hey where's that other girl you cheated with," she asked the guy. "What other girl," the guy asked," there wasn't another girl. Just you
three". At this comment he got evil glares from all three. "I'm betting this missing girl has something to do with what messed with the three of you,"Angel told them," what'd she say to you". "She told us that he'd been sleeping with her too," one of the other two said. "I said I wished we had the powers to make him pay," the leader
said. "Did you say wish," Angel asked. "Yeah," she said a little uneasy. "A vengeance demon," Angel said to himself. "What," the guy asked. "Nothing," Angel told him. "You should seriously learn to treat women better," Angel told the guy," cause next time I probably won't be around to save you". "And you guys should all head
home," Angel said," I'd recommend just forgetting this whole experience and this guy altogether". The two who had been knocked out nodded and walked off, but the other one stayed. "Well I live with him," she pointed out," He's my fiance, I mean he was". "My advice," Angel said," don't bother with revenge. It's a viscious cycle. Just
gather all of his stuff and set it outside. He can come get it and you can move on. It'll be hard, but eventually you'll be ok". "Thanks," the girl said and also headed off. "Well now what am I gonna do," the guy said as Angel turned to go also. "I don't know," Angel said," that's not my problem. I saved your life and now I'm done. Like I said
before stop cheating on women and treat them with the respect they deserve and if you're lucky you'll find a good person to love you for the rest of your life". With that said he walked off and left the guy there to fend for himself.
Meanwhile back at Angel's place Buffy had just woken up to find that Angel wasn't there. She'd reached out for him and when she felt he was gone she opened her eyes and sat up. She looked around the room, but there was no sign of him. "Angel," she called out into the apartment. She got no response back. So she threw the
blankets back and got out of bed. She searched the whole apartment on the off chance that he hadn't heard her, but she could yell pretty loudly and he had vamp hearing
so she knew that wasn't likely. She couldn't find him anywhere though. She was worried. She knew they'd just made love all day, but maybe Angel didn't lose his soul
until they finally went to sleep. He'd told her his soul was permanently intact, but this was the first time they'd tested that out. She was starting to panic, but she knew she had to calm herself down for Sierra's sake. She thought of calling one of Angel's gang to see if they knew anything, but she didn't know any of their numbers and she
couldn't find them written down anywhere. "Ok ok don't freak out," she said to herself," I'm sure it's nothing. It has to be nothing. He wouldn't be with me unless he was sure, but then why would he leave me here alone again like last time". Just then she heard the elevator. She went to the elevator doors and waited for them to open. Sure
enough it was Angel. "Buffy you're up," he said. "Well I woke up and you weren't here and I remembered last time we made love or at least the last time I can fully remember and I got scared," she rambled on," I thought that maybe you were wrong about your soul and that we'd screwed up again and....". She left off tears finally
coming to her eyes. She'd held them off until he was finally there. She had been trying to be strong, but the thought of losing him after they'd just gotten each other back was too much for her. "Shhh shhh," Angel said pulling her into his arms and rocking her," I'm so sorry Buffy. I didn't mean to scare you. I didn't think you'd wake up with
the amount of sleep you've been needing lately and I didn't think to leave a note. Cordelia called about a vision and it was already in action when she called so I was in a hurry. I'm really sorry Buffy". "It's ok," Buffy said forgiving him easily,"I mean when you have to save people there's not always time to write a note. I;m sure part of it's just
hormones making me crazy like this". "I'm still sorry," Angel told her. "You're forgiven," Buffy said kissing him," it's like almost time for the sun to rise so I think we should get some sleep". She stood and grabbed his hand leading him back to bed. He had his clothes off again and his arms back around her in record speed. Both taking
comfort in the nearness of the other. They would never take this for granted.
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Feedback: It's a necessity. Very important. Crucial even. You know what I'm saying. Now on with the story.
At two in the morning the phone rang. Buffy stirred slightly and Angel reached over her for the phone. He knew it had to be important. The gang wouldn't call this late knowing he was with Buffy unless there was a demon or someone was in trouble. So he picked up the phone and said,"what is it". "I just had a vision," Cordelia's
voice told him on the other end. When she finished telling him all about it he knew he had to go. Some guy was being cornered in an alley by three girls. Something
about them was off, but Cordelia hadn't been able to figure out what it was. One thing about those pesky visions, not only did they not always reveal all of the details.
Sometimes they chose to occur in the middle of the night at inconvenient times. Angel didn't want to leave Buffy, but he knew the guy was in trouble and it was his job to save him. So as gently as he could so that he didn't wake her Angel slid his arm out from under Buffy and went to put on some clothes. After he was dressed he went
back and kissed her on the forehead and then headed out to save the guy. Cordy had said the guy was in the alley outside of a bar on the other side of town so Angel jumped in his car and began the drive. When he pulled up at the end of the alley the guy was already cornered and the girls were moving in on him. "Hey ladies," Angel
said," looking for a late night snack". The three of them turned to look at him. Their eyes were glowing red, but they were human. "Kill him," the lead girl told the other two. They headed towards Angel while the other continued her advance on the guy in the corner. "You might want to tell your eye doctor you need a new pair of
contacts," Angel said to the two coming at him," the color of those ones seems to be a little off". They continued toward him so he punched the first one out. It didn't take much, but they were a little stronger than normal people. The second one saw the first go down and was more determined to beat Angel. She took a swing and he dodged
it. She immediately swung again and this time connected with his jaw. However his being a vampire helped and it didn't really phase him. She went to swing again and he grabbed her arm. Twisting it behind her back and throwing her down to the ground. He took that moment to see what the lead girl was doing to the guy. She had ahold of
him and was pulling him up from the ground. He'd been cowering on the ground trying to get away from her. Angel saw the girl holding a pointy thing in the hand she wasn't using to hold the guy up. It looked as though she planned to poke his eyes out. The girl Angel had just thrown to the ground got up and went for another attack on
him. He had no choice, but to knock her out too. Then he charged toward the leader. The guy was squeezing his eyes shut waiting for the impact on his eyes. It never came. Angel grabbed her just in time to pull her away from the guy. She whipped around and tried to stab Angel instead. If he wasn't going to let her get her revenge then
she'd take it out on him. Might not be as much fun, but she figured it would do. Angel grabbed the metal spear out of her hand and threw it to the ground. She was surprised by how strong he was. She tried to knock him down, but he was too fast and had predicted her next move. Instead he knocked her to the ground. "God what is
it with you girls picking on a helpless guy like that," Angel said mockingly. "Let us get our revenge," the girl said her eyes glowing brighter. "Revenge?," Angel questioned. She tried to ignore him and get up, but he grabbed her again and held her down. "He betrayed us," she said the glow dimming a bit. Then she shook her head and closed
her eyes. When she opened them again they were blue. "What's going on," she asked. "You tried to kill me," the guy said finally speaking. Upon seeing the guy she took a tone close to the one she'd had when she her eyes were all glowy. "You cheated on me," she said to him," with both of them". She pointed to the other two girls
who were just now waking up and getting up off of the ground. "How did you find out," he said openly admitting it. "Well usually if you cheat on your fiance you don't give the girls you're cheating with the number to the house you share with her," the girl said obviously pissed, but also clearly hurt. "I was drunk," he said defending himself,"
besides that still doesn't give you the right to try and kill me". "Well I didn't mean to do that," the girl said still pissed, but also slightly guilty. "Then why did you," Angel asked as the other two girls approached them. "It was as if something took me over and I couldn't stop myself," she said. "Yeah me too," both of the other girls said. "So
you didn't mean to try and kill him," Angel asked. "Of course not,"the leader said," I mean get some kind of revenge yeah, but I'm certainly not a killer". Then she looked around noticing something. "Hey where's that other girl you cheated with," she asked the guy. "What other girl," the guy asked," there wasn't another girl. Just you
three". At this comment he got evil glares from all three. "I'm betting this missing girl has something to do with what messed with the three of you,"Angel told them," what'd she say to you". "She told us that he'd been sleeping with her too," one of the other two said. "I said I wished we had the powers to make him pay," the leader
said. "Did you say wish," Angel asked. "Yeah," she said a little uneasy. "A vengeance demon," Angel said to himself. "What," the guy asked. "Nothing," Angel told him. "You should seriously learn to treat women better," Angel told the guy," cause next time I probably won't be around to save you". "And you guys should all head
home," Angel said," I'd recommend just forgetting this whole experience and this guy altogether". The two who had been knocked out nodded and walked off, but the other one stayed. "Well I live with him," she pointed out," He's my fiance, I mean he was". "My advice," Angel said," don't bother with revenge. It's a viscious cycle. Just
gather all of his stuff and set it outside. He can come get it and you can move on. It'll be hard, but eventually you'll be ok". "Thanks," the girl said and also headed off. "Well now what am I gonna do," the guy said as Angel turned to go also. "I don't know," Angel said," that's not my problem. I saved your life and now I'm done. Like I said
before stop cheating on women and treat them with the respect they deserve and if you're lucky you'll find a good person to love you for the rest of your life". With that said he walked off and left the guy there to fend for himself.
Meanwhile back at Angel's place Buffy had just woken up to find that Angel wasn't there. She'd reached out for him and when she felt he was gone she opened her eyes and sat up. She looked around the room, but there was no sign of him. "Angel," she called out into the apartment. She got no response back. So she threw the
blankets back and got out of bed. She searched the whole apartment on the off chance that he hadn't heard her, but she could yell pretty loudly and he had vamp hearing
so she knew that wasn't likely. She couldn't find him anywhere though. She was worried. She knew they'd just made love all day, but maybe Angel didn't lose his soul
until they finally went to sleep. He'd told her his soul was permanently intact, but this was the first time they'd tested that out. She was starting to panic, but she knew she had to calm herself down for Sierra's sake. She thought of calling one of Angel's gang to see if they knew anything, but she didn't know any of their numbers and she
couldn't find them written down anywhere. "Ok ok don't freak out," she said to herself," I'm sure it's nothing. It has to be nothing. He wouldn't be with me unless he was sure, but then why would he leave me here alone again like last time". Just then she heard the elevator. She went to the elevator doors and waited for them to open. Sure
enough it was Angel. "Buffy you're up," he said. "Well I woke up and you weren't here and I remembered last time we made love or at least the last time I can fully remember and I got scared," she rambled on," I thought that maybe you were wrong about your soul and that we'd screwed up again and....". She left off tears finally
coming to her eyes. She'd held them off until he was finally there. She had been trying to be strong, but the thought of losing him after they'd just gotten each other back was too much for her. "Shhh shhh," Angel said pulling her into his arms and rocking her," I'm so sorry Buffy. I didn't mean to scare you. I didn't think you'd wake up with
the amount of sleep you've been needing lately and I didn't think to leave a note. Cordelia called about a vision and it was already in action when she called so I was in a hurry. I'm really sorry Buffy". "It's ok," Buffy said forgiving him easily,"I mean when you have to save people there's not always time to write a note. I;m sure part of it's just
hormones making me crazy like this". "I'm still sorry," Angel told her. "You're forgiven," Buffy said kissing him," it's like almost time for the sun to rise so I think we should get some sleep". She stood and grabbed his hand leading him back to bed. He had his clothes off again and his arms back around her in record speed. Both taking
comfort in the nearness of the other. They would never take this for granted.
Feedback: I know I know I always want it, but it makes me really happy and the better my mood the easier it is for me to stop being lazy and write another chapter or two!