Title: Changes Series (Pt. 6)
Subtitle: So Close to Death
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me! It all belongs to the genius Joss Whedon, I'm just merely borrowing the characters.
Rating: PG maybe PG-13
Summary: Willow is in the hospital and Angel and Spike are worried about her. If I said any more it would spoil things, and then Spike would be upset that no one's reading his story.
Pairing: Duh! Willow/Spike. But there's still a slow connection between the two. Angel's in the story but is not paired up with anyone in the story.
Spoilers: Oz didn't brake up with Willow like in the show. Verruca doesn't exist. Something Blue didn't happen, so no spell was done.
Author's Notes: * Thoughts *, ~ Demon thoughts ~, - actions -
Feedback: PPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'm done begging. (Make Spike happy and send some feedback.)
In Room 214
Spike and Angel walked into the room and notice the very pale redhead in the bed. "Do you think she'll be okay?" Spike asked hoping that he didn't just lose the best part in his un-life.
"Do you care about her?" Angel asked. Spike nodded and Angel continued, "I think she'll be fine."
"Angelus? William?" Doctor Bartel asked when he walked into the room.
"Yes." Angelus said turning to look at the doctor. "Will she be okay?" He asked walking out of the room.
"We still need to run some more tests before we're sure. But my thought is that she's got a concussion. The cause is unsure, but I don't think she'll be waking up anytime soon. She's got a lot of brain activities which is a good sign." Doctor Bartel said calmly.
"Will we be aloud to stay over night incase she wakes up?" Angel asked looking into the room at Spike and Willow.
"For tonight I'll make the arrangement for one of you to stay here with Miss. Rosenburg. The choice is up to you who stays." The doctor said, before he turned to walk towards the lab he said, "Leave a number with one of the nurses so we can be in touch when/if something happens."
"Thank you, Doctor." Angelus said, taking an unneeded breath before walking in to the room.
"I want to stay tonight." Spike simply said, hearing the whole conversation.
"That's fine. I'm going to stay at Willow's tonight." Angel said before walking out the door. He paused to say, "Take care of her while I'm gone."
"I always will." Spike said softly.
At Willow's House
Angel walked in and took in the sight in front of him. He sat on the couch attempting to rest when the phone rang. Angel got up but let the machine answer it. "Hi, you've reached the Rosenburg's. We're not available right now, but if you could leave your name, number and a short message we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Beep!"
"Willow, it's me Cordelia if Angel's there...."
"Cordy? What's wrong?" He questioned worried about his seer that found her way into his heart.
"Nothing much. I had a vision about Willow. I can't explain it but she fainted. But before she fainted she was arguing with someone." Cordy said remembering the vision and the pain that was a reminder of it.
"Was it a man?" Angel asked wondering if maybe Cordy knew what was happening to Willow.
"Yes, a tall man with blonde hair. She seemed to know him." Cordy said hoping to the PtB that she wasn't too late.
"Cordy do you know what happened to Willow, other than that she fainted?" Angel asked getting worried that her fainting was mystical.
"I'm not sure I felt a different ora. I'm not sure how to explain...wait! Wesley found something." She paused reading something that Wesley handed to her. "Oh my. Angel something has taken control over her mind. This demon called a Valcore."
Angel knew the demon that Cordy was talking about. "What does it want?" He asked not sure why he'd picked Willow.
"It seems that he wants to drain her mystical life from her. Angel it's not pretty what happens when it's done." Cordy said not wanting to tell him.
"What happens Cordy? How do I stop it?" Angel asked needing to sit down with the news this brought.
"In short it'll kill her. If I understand what Wesley's telling me, Willow's magick is a part of her. If he takes her magick away she wont be able to survive without it. We're not sure how to stop it yet. But we don't have much time. I'll call you once we know more."
"Okay, thanks Cordy." Angel said discouraged.
"Angel?" Cordy called.
"Yes, Cordy?" Angel replied.
"Get some rest, you'll need your rest to defeat this demon." Cordy said.
"Okay, thanks again Cordy." Angel said and was about to hang up when she again called to him.
"Angel, I love you." Cordy said quietly before hanging up.
"I love you too, Cordy." He said back hoping that she heard him.
The Next Evening
Angel walked into Willow's room and tapped Spike on the shoulder. Spike looked annoyed but saw the look in his sire's eyes made him worry.
"What is it, Angel?" Spike said walking away from Willow's bed.
"Cordy called me last night and told me that she had a vision of Willow fainting. She said that she felt something mystical. They researched the mystical energy that Cordy felt and found out that a Valcore demon is taking Willow's magick. If we don't find a way to stop it..."
"She'll die." Spike finished. Cursing to himself, he turned to look at the beautiful redhead that captured his thoughts and kissed her cheek. Then walked out of the room with Angel looking after him.
Angel walked up to Willow's bed and took her hand in his and kissed it lightly. Wondering how he could help her when her time was running out. He put her hand down and decided to talk to Rupert about this. Find out what he knew. Before leaving his kissed Willow on the forehead and whispered, "We'll save you I promise."
At Giles' House
"Angel?" Giles questioned after opening up his door.
"Rupert, I need your help. It's Willow." Angel said hoping that the older man didn't hold any grudges against him anymore. And if he did, he hoped that he'd still help for Willow's sake.
"Come in Angel." Giles said. "What seems to be the trouble?" Giles said sitting down at his bar getting his drink.
"Her mind was attacked by a Valcore demon...." Angel stopped at the look of Giles' face.
"What demon did you say?" Giles asked taking his glasses off to clean them and replaced them on his face.
"A Valcore demon." Angel watched as Giles' face paled and asked, "Rupert what is it?"
"A Valcore demon is a power seeker wanting to attain very powerful magicks." He said rushing over to his cabinet that held his books and grabbing one he opened it up to the page that he was looking for. "Here it is. Oh dear." He said again taking off his glasses and re-reading the passage.
"Rupert what is it?" Angel asked his fears about losing the one thing that meant so much to his child coming forth.
"It seems there's no real way to stop it. It seems that Willow is the only one that can stop him." Giles said sitting down feeling weak in his knees.
"How does she do that?" Angel questioned not sure if he wanted to know.
Lowering his eyes from the thoughtful brown ones, he quietly said, "she has to will to live."
"That's great." Angel said and immediately responded, "what?"
"Buffy told me about Oz leaving. It's traumatic things like that, that attracts the demon to a person. She has to look at her life and know that something or someone will be waiting for her." Giles said closing the book and placing it back on the shelve.
"Is there anything that we can do?" Angel asked and Giles looked up at him and nodded 'no'. "What if she knew of Spike's feeling towards her? Or that her friends care and lover her? Or that her friends will be there for her always and forever?"
"You might be on to something." Giles said reaching for another book. "Ah, it says 'that a person that is unconscious under the Valcore demon can hear things said to her'. So if we all go show our support for her, she'll realize all the things she'll miss." Giles said new hope flowing through him.
"Good, I'm going to find Spike. You call everyone and tell them what's happening and we'll meet you at the hospital." Angel said walking towards the door, feeling 100 pounds lighter. "Oh and tell Buffy that I'm not sorry for what I said, but it's important that she thinks of Willow in her time of need." With that said he walked out the door.
He could feel his child near by so he followed his feeling. He stopped at Willow's house and walked up to a tree and said, "Spike?"
"Angel?" Spike returned the greeting.
"Giles and I found something that might help Willow. We found that she's the only one that can stop the demon from feeding off of her. We also found that she has to want to come back, so to speak, so we are all meeting at the hospital to show her that she's got something to come back to." Angel said enjoying the smile that appeared on Spikes face.
"Well let's go then, mate." Spike called walking off towards the hospital.
At the Hospital
Everyone gathered in the waiting room until Spike and Angel showed up. When they did they were all waiting to see how they were going to do this. Giles had explained everything once everyone got to the hospital waiting room.
"Angel, Spike good you're here." Giles said before continuing, "how do we want to do this?"
"Well they don't allow more than two or three people in the room at a time. So how about you, Xander and Buffy go first." Angel said but Spike growled. Angel turned to Spike and whispered, "If we let them go first the more time you'll have to talk to her about your feelings." With a slight nod, Angel continued talking, "We only have a short time before visiting hours are over so we'll have to go in quickly and stay for a maximum of ten minutes to allow enough time for everyone."
"Okay, let's go see Wills." Xander said not wanting to waste another minute. "Ah what room?"
"Room 214." Angel said. "The next batch will be Riley and Dawn..."
"Hey. When can I see her?" Cordy said walking in and kissing Angel. "Hey Dawn, how are you?" She asked hugging the girl she didn't remember meeting but knew her story.
"I'm doing good, Cordy." Dawn smiled as Cordy walked back to Angel and took a hold of his hand.
"Hunny you can either come in with us or you can go with Dawn and Riley." Angel said catching the look of his child and asked, "what?"
"Nothing, just never thought about the two of you together." Spike said smiling. "How are you mum?"
"Did you just call me 'mum'?" She asked looking at Spike. "Did he just call me 'mum'?" Looking at Angel.
"Yes he did, hun. You see since you're with me...."
"Yeah I know I'm the 'mum' of the platinum blond over there." She dryly said smiling at Spike.
"I get it, I'm the platinum blond but she's the May Queen." Spike casually said getting her drift.
"Queen C and don't you forget it." She said like her old self. Walking the short distance between her and the blond vampire she said, "come here and give me a hug."
10 minute later Buffy, Xander and Giles walk back into the waiting room.
"Cordy?" Xander said with a look of shock on his face.
"Hey Xander, Buffy and Giles." Cordy replied.
"How are you?" Xander asked hoping that she was here to help Willow.
"I've been good helping Angel, and having these mind splitting visions given to me by the PtB." She casually said and laughing to herself at the looks she was getting.
"You're a seer?" Giles asked fascinated by the news.
"Yep, given to me by a friend, bless his heart, who died helping out half-breed demons." She said bowing her head to give Doyle's memory a moment of silence. Once that was done, she looked up at Angel.
"Dawn and Riley if you'd like to go see her now you can." Angel said squeezing his seer's hand knowing that she didn't like to talk about Doyle with out giving him a moment of silence out of respect.
"Hey guys." Everyone turned to see Oz.
"What are you doing here?" Spike growled.
"I heard about Willow, and so I came to see her." Oz said taken back by Spike's rudeness.
"You can go in with Dawn and Riley." Angel said which received another growl from Spike. Angel flashed his yellow eyes at him and Spike stopped growling.
"So you're a seer? What's a seer?" Xander asked while sitting on the other side of Cordy.
"A seer is someone that can see danger that the Powers that Be want a warier to know about. When Doyle was around he helped Angel get out of his depressed state to help the helpless. Angel and I ran across each other at a party and ever since that day I've been helping Angel. Doyle selflessly gave his life up to help the half-breeds that I mentioned earlier, but he passed his visions on to me." Cordy finished again bowing her head for a moment of respect, she didn't realize that Angel too had followed her lead.
"Wow." Was all Xander could say. Cordy had changed so much since she left Sunnydale. He'd never expected them to cross each other's paths, but was glad that they did. That's when he noticed it. They were holding hands. When they lifted their heads Xander was about to question it, but was beat by the blond slayer.
"Why are you two holding hands?" She asked not really angry, but was upset because they hadn't told her.
"Are you blind? They're in love, not that it should matter to you. You have soldier boy to snuggle up too." Spike said angry that she was questioning Angel and Cordy's relationship.
A bit taken back by Spike's outburst Cordy quickly recovered and smiled. "Thanks, 'son'." She said purposely to make Buffy turn red and smiling when she did.
To go along his mum he quickly replied, "No problem, mum." With the look on Buffy's face all three of them started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Buffy huffed.
"You're face, luv." Spike said regaining himself but ultimately lost it once more.
Buffy was about to say something when Riley, Dawn and Oz walked back into the waiting room.
"Well now that everyone's seen her Spike, Cordy and I will go in there. If anything changes we'll call you." Angel said to Giles, getting up still holding Cordy's hand and following Spike out of the room.
"Go ahead, Spike. We'll wait out here until you're finished then we'll all go in." Angel said turning to Cordy and hugging her again.
"Oh good, Angelus. I have some news for you." Doctor Bartel said. Not seeing the look Cordy gave to Angel he said, "We got the tests back. I'm sorry there's nothing we can do medically. I have, however, looked into a magically inclined person to check her out." Seeing the look both Angel and this women were giving her and asked, "What?"
"Are you sure you're a doctor?" Angel asked wondering why he believed in magic.
"Yes, oh you're wondering about the magical part. I have a magically inclined sister and I believe that this isn't anything medical because of what I saw on my chart." He replied getting looks of understanding. "The doctor of magicks will be here later tonight, so if you'd like to stay after visiting hour you can talk to her."
"Thank you doctor." Angel said smiling and shacking the doctor's hand. After the doctor walked away Angel said, "Maybe there is hope after all."
"Angel!" Spike said walking out of the door into the hallway. "Get a doctor! She's awake."
"What?" Angel cried. Cordy took that hint and walked to one of the nurses and said that Willow Rosenburg was awake and to tell the doctor.
"Angel, Spike I'm so glad to see you. I had this awful dream." She started when she saw someone else walk into the room. "Hey, Cordy. Hope that I didn't trouble you too much to come all the way here to see me."
"No trouble at all hun." She said bending over to hug the petite redhead. "Besides I had a vision about you."
"Really? Hopefully you're not mad at me for causing you so much pain." She said with worry in her voice.
"No I'm not mad, I'm just glad that you're okay. I'd miss you if you were gone." Cordy said softly squeezing her hand slightly. "Besides, I have a vacation to visit you. A little while away from the ugliness of some demons isn't that bad." She said with laughter in her voice.
Just then the doctor walked in. He was unbelieving when he heard that Miss Rosenburg was awake. "Miss. Rosenburg, how are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling a little tired. I have a slight headache but other than that I'm okay." She said happy to be awake.
"Well we're going to keep you over night to make sure that you're okay. I've got a mystical expert coming in to do a check up on you." He chuckled at her look and said, "Angelus and his lady friend can explain it to you. I'll check up on you later."
"Angelus?" Willow question raising her eyebrow.
Spike intervened, "you know, your brother. The one that came from out of town to visit. Besides Angelus is a better name than Liam."
"Watch it, boy." Angel warned but ended up grinning in agreement.
TBC
Subtitle: So Close to Death
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me! It all belongs to the genius Joss Whedon, I'm just merely borrowing the characters.
Rating: PG maybe PG-13
Summary: Willow is in the hospital and Angel and Spike are worried about her. If I said any more it would spoil things, and then Spike would be upset that no one's reading his story.
Pairing: Duh! Willow/Spike. But there's still a slow connection between the two. Angel's in the story but is not paired up with anyone in the story.
Spoilers: Oz didn't brake up with Willow like in the show. Verruca doesn't exist. Something Blue didn't happen, so no spell was done.
Author's Notes: * Thoughts *, ~ Demon thoughts ~, - actions -
Feedback: PPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'm done begging. (Make Spike happy and send some feedback.)
In Room 214
Spike and Angel walked into the room and notice the very pale redhead in the bed. "Do you think she'll be okay?" Spike asked hoping that he didn't just lose the best part in his un-life.
"Do you care about her?" Angel asked. Spike nodded and Angel continued, "I think she'll be fine."
"Angelus? William?" Doctor Bartel asked when he walked into the room.
"Yes." Angelus said turning to look at the doctor. "Will she be okay?" He asked walking out of the room.
"We still need to run some more tests before we're sure. But my thought is that she's got a concussion. The cause is unsure, but I don't think she'll be waking up anytime soon. She's got a lot of brain activities which is a good sign." Doctor Bartel said calmly.
"Will we be aloud to stay over night incase she wakes up?" Angel asked looking into the room at Spike and Willow.
"For tonight I'll make the arrangement for one of you to stay here with Miss. Rosenburg. The choice is up to you who stays." The doctor said, before he turned to walk towards the lab he said, "Leave a number with one of the nurses so we can be in touch when/if something happens."
"Thank you, Doctor." Angelus said, taking an unneeded breath before walking in to the room.
"I want to stay tonight." Spike simply said, hearing the whole conversation.
"That's fine. I'm going to stay at Willow's tonight." Angel said before walking out the door. He paused to say, "Take care of her while I'm gone."
"I always will." Spike said softly.
At Willow's House
Angel walked in and took in the sight in front of him. He sat on the couch attempting to rest when the phone rang. Angel got up but let the machine answer it. "Hi, you've reached the Rosenburg's. We're not available right now, but if you could leave your name, number and a short message we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Beep!"
"Willow, it's me Cordelia if Angel's there...."
"Cordy? What's wrong?" He questioned worried about his seer that found her way into his heart.
"Nothing much. I had a vision about Willow. I can't explain it but she fainted. But before she fainted she was arguing with someone." Cordy said remembering the vision and the pain that was a reminder of it.
"Was it a man?" Angel asked wondering if maybe Cordy knew what was happening to Willow.
"Yes, a tall man with blonde hair. She seemed to know him." Cordy said hoping to the PtB that she wasn't too late.
"Cordy do you know what happened to Willow, other than that she fainted?" Angel asked getting worried that her fainting was mystical.
"I'm not sure I felt a different ora. I'm not sure how to explain...wait! Wesley found something." She paused reading something that Wesley handed to her. "Oh my. Angel something has taken control over her mind. This demon called a Valcore."
Angel knew the demon that Cordy was talking about. "What does it want?" He asked not sure why he'd picked Willow.
"It seems that he wants to drain her mystical life from her. Angel it's not pretty what happens when it's done." Cordy said not wanting to tell him.
"What happens Cordy? How do I stop it?" Angel asked needing to sit down with the news this brought.
"In short it'll kill her. If I understand what Wesley's telling me, Willow's magick is a part of her. If he takes her magick away she wont be able to survive without it. We're not sure how to stop it yet. But we don't have much time. I'll call you once we know more."
"Okay, thanks Cordy." Angel said discouraged.
"Angel?" Cordy called.
"Yes, Cordy?" Angel replied.
"Get some rest, you'll need your rest to defeat this demon." Cordy said.
"Okay, thanks again Cordy." Angel said and was about to hang up when she again called to him.
"Angel, I love you." Cordy said quietly before hanging up.
"I love you too, Cordy." He said back hoping that she heard him.
The Next Evening
Angel walked into Willow's room and tapped Spike on the shoulder. Spike looked annoyed but saw the look in his sire's eyes made him worry.
"What is it, Angel?" Spike said walking away from Willow's bed.
"Cordy called me last night and told me that she had a vision of Willow fainting. She said that she felt something mystical. They researched the mystical energy that Cordy felt and found out that a Valcore demon is taking Willow's magick. If we don't find a way to stop it..."
"She'll die." Spike finished. Cursing to himself, he turned to look at the beautiful redhead that captured his thoughts and kissed her cheek. Then walked out of the room with Angel looking after him.
Angel walked up to Willow's bed and took her hand in his and kissed it lightly. Wondering how he could help her when her time was running out. He put her hand down and decided to talk to Rupert about this. Find out what he knew. Before leaving his kissed Willow on the forehead and whispered, "We'll save you I promise."
At Giles' House
"Angel?" Giles questioned after opening up his door.
"Rupert, I need your help. It's Willow." Angel said hoping that the older man didn't hold any grudges against him anymore. And if he did, he hoped that he'd still help for Willow's sake.
"Come in Angel." Giles said. "What seems to be the trouble?" Giles said sitting down at his bar getting his drink.
"Her mind was attacked by a Valcore demon...." Angel stopped at the look of Giles' face.
"What demon did you say?" Giles asked taking his glasses off to clean them and replaced them on his face.
"A Valcore demon." Angel watched as Giles' face paled and asked, "Rupert what is it?"
"A Valcore demon is a power seeker wanting to attain very powerful magicks." He said rushing over to his cabinet that held his books and grabbing one he opened it up to the page that he was looking for. "Here it is. Oh dear." He said again taking off his glasses and re-reading the passage.
"Rupert what is it?" Angel asked his fears about losing the one thing that meant so much to his child coming forth.
"It seems there's no real way to stop it. It seems that Willow is the only one that can stop him." Giles said sitting down feeling weak in his knees.
"How does she do that?" Angel questioned not sure if he wanted to know.
Lowering his eyes from the thoughtful brown ones, he quietly said, "she has to will to live."
"That's great." Angel said and immediately responded, "what?"
"Buffy told me about Oz leaving. It's traumatic things like that, that attracts the demon to a person. She has to look at her life and know that something or someone will be waiting for her." Giles said closing the book and placing it back on the shelve.
"Is there anything that we can do?" Angel asked and Giles looked up at him and nodded 'no'. "What if she knew of Spike's feeling towards her? Or that her friends care and lover her? Or that her friends will be there for her always and forever?"
"You might be on to something." Giles said reaching for another book. "Ah, it says 'that a person that is unconscious under the Valcore demon can hear things said to her'. So if we all go show our support for her, she'll realize all the things she'll miss." Giles said new hope flowing through him.
"Good, I'm going to find Spike. You call everyone and tell them what's happening and we'll meet you at the hospital." Angel said walking towards the door, feeling 100 pounds lighter. "Oh and tell Buffy that I'm not sorry for what I said, but it's important that she thinks of Willow in her time of need." With that said he walked out the door.
He could feel his child near by so he followed his feeling. He stopped at Willow's house and walked up to a tree and said, "Spike?"
"Angel?" Spike returned the greeting.
"Giles and I found something that might help Willow. We found that she's the only one that can stop the demon from feeding off of her. We also found that she has to want to come back, so to speak, so we are all meeting at the hospital to show her that she's got something to come back to." Angel said enjoying the smile that appeared on Spikes face.
"Well let's go then, mate." Spike called walking off towards the hospital.
At the Hospital
Everyone gathered in the waiting room until Spike and Angel showed up. When they did they were all waiting to see how they were going to do this. Giles had explained everything once everyone got to the hospital waiting room.
"Angel, Spike good you're here." Giles said before continuing, "how do we want to do this?"
"Well they don't allow more than two or three people in the room at a time. So how about you, Xander and Buffy go first." Angel said but Spike growled. Angel turned to Spike and whispered, "If we let them go first the more time you'll have to talk to her about your feelings." With a slight nod, Angel continued talking, "We only have a short time before visiting hours are over so we'll have to go in quickly and stay for a maximum of ten minutes to allow enough time for everyone."
"Okay, let's go see Wills." Xander said not wanting to waste another minute. "Ah what room?"
"Room 214." Angel said. "The next batch will be Riley and Dawn..."
"Hey. When can I see her?" Cordy said walking in and kissing Angel. "Hey Dawn, how are you?" She asked hugging the girl she didn't remember meeting but knew her story.
"I'm doing good, Cordy." Dawn smiled as Cordy walked back to Angel and took a hold of his hand.
"Hunny you can either come in with us or you can go with Dawn and Riley." Angel said catching the look of his child and asked, "what?"
"Nothing, just never thought about the two of you together." Spike said smiling. "How are you mum?"
"Did you just call me 'mum'?" She asked looking at Spike. "Did he just call me 'mum'?" Looking at Angel.
"Yes he did, hun. You see since you're with me...."
"Yeah I know I'm the 'mum' of the platinum blond over there." She dryly said smiling at Spike.
"I get it, I'm the platinum blond but she's the May Queen." Spike casually said getting her drift.
"Queen C and don't you forget it." She said like her old self. Walking the short distance between her and the blond vampire she said, "come here and give me a hug."
10 minute later Buffy, Xander and Giles walk back into the waiting room.
"Cordy?" Xander said with a look of shock on his face.
"Hey Xander, Buffy and Giles." Cordy replied.
"How are you?" Xander asked hoping that she was here to help Willow.
"I've been good helping Angel, and having these mind splitting visions given to me by the PtB." She casually said and laughing to herself at the looks she was getting.
"You're a seer?" Giles asked fascinated by the news.
"Yep, given to me by a friend, bless his heart, who died helping out half-breed demons." She said bowing her head to give Doyle's memory a moment of silence. Once that was done, she looked up at Angel.
"Dawn and Riley if you'd like to go see her now you can." Angel said squeezing his seer's hand knowing that she didn't like to talk about Doyle with out giving him a moment of silence out of respect.
"Hey guys." Everyone turned to see Oz.
"What are you doing here?" Spike growled.
"I heard about Willow, and so I came to see her." Oz said taken back by Spike's rudeness.
"You can go in with Dawn and Riley." Angel said which received another growl from Spike. Angel flashed his yellow eyes at him and Spike stopped growling.
"So you're a seer? What's a seer?" Xander asked while sitting on the other side of Cordy.
"A seer is someone that can see danger that the Powers that Be want a warier to know about. When Doyle was around he helped Angel get out of his depressed state to help the helpless. Angel and I ran across each other at a party and ever since that day I've been helping Angel. Doyle selflessly gave his life up to help the half-breeds that I mentioned earlier, but he passed his visions on to me." Cordy finished again bowing her head for a moment of respect, she didn't realize that Angel too had followed her lead.
"Wow." Was all Xander could say. Cordy had changed so much since she left Sunnydale. He'd never expected them to cross each other's paths, but was glad that they did. That's when he noticed it. They were holding hands. When they lifted their heads Xander was about to question it, but was beat by the blond slayer.
"Why are you two holding hands?" She asked not really angry, but was upset because they hadn't told her.
"Are you blind? They're in love, not that it should matter to you. You have soldier boy to snuggle up too." Spike said angry that she was questioning Angel and Cordy's relationship.
A bit taken back by Spike's outburst Cordy quickly recovered and smiled. "Thanks, 'son'." She said purposely to make Buffy turn red and smiling when she did.
To go along his mum he quickly replied, "No problem, mum." With the look on Buffy's face all three of them started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Buffy huffed.
"You're face, luv." Spike said regaining himself but ultimately lost it once more.
Buffy was about to say something when Riley, Dawn and Oz walked back into the waiting room.
"Well now that everyone's seen her Spike, Cordy and I will go in there. If anything changes we'll call you." Angel said to Giles, getting up still holding Cordy's hand and following Spike out of the room.
"Go ahead, Spike. We'll wait out here until you're finished then we'll all go in." Angel said turning to Cordy and hugging her again.
"Oh good, Angelus. I have some news for you." Doctor Bartel said. Not seeing the look Cordy gave to Angel he said, "We got the tests back. I'm sorry there's nothing we can do medically. I have, however, looked into a magically inclined person to check her out." Seeing the look both Angel and this women were giving her and asked, "What?"
"Are you sure you're a doctor?" Angel asked wondering why he believed in magic.
"Yes, oh you're wondering about the magical part. I have a magically inclined sister and I believe that this isn't anything medical because of what I saw on my chart." He replied getting looks of understanding. "The doctor of magicks will be here later tonight, so if you'd like to stay after visiting hour you can talk to her."
"Thank you doctor." Angel said smiling and shacking the doctor's hand. After the doctor walked away Angel said, "Maybe there is hope after all."
"Angel!" Spike said walking out of the door into the hallway. "Get a doctor! She's awake."
"What?" Angel cried. Cordy took that hint and walked to one of the nurses and said that Willow Rosenburg was awake and to tell the doctor.
"Angel, Spike I'm so glad to see you. I had this awful dream." She started when she saw someone else walk into the room. "Hey, Cordy. Hope that I didn't trouble you too much to come all the way here to see me."
"No trouble at all hun." She said bending over to hug the petite redhead. "Besides I had a vision about you."
"Really? Hopefully you're not mad at me for causing you so much pain." She said with worry in her voice.
"No I'm not mad, I'm just glad that you're okay. I'd miss you if you were gone." Cordy said softly squeezing her hand slightly. "Besides, I have a vacation to visit you. A little while away from the ugliness of some demons isn't that bad." She said with laughter in her voice.
Just then the doctor walked in. He was unbelieving when he heard that Miss Rosenburg was awake. "Miss. Rosenburg, how are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling a little tired. I have a slight headache but other than that I'm okay." She said happy to be awake.
"Well we're going to keep you over night to make sure that you're okay. I've got a mystical expert coming in to do a check up on you." He chuckled at her look and said, "Angelus and his lady friend can explain it to you. I'll check up on you later."
"Angelus?" Willow question raising her eyebrow.
Spike intervened, "you know, your brother. The one that came from out of town to visit. Besides Angelus is a better name than Liam."
"Watch it, boy." Angel warned but ended up grinning in agreement.
TBC