Chapter 12: Half demon, half beauty-queen.



Cordelia's apartment - principal room - the camera walks around, there is nobody, it's a little dark but not too much - it's silent - the camera approaches to the door and stops. Suddenly somebody bangs on the door, three big knocks, a few seconds pass and three big knocks again. Cordelia gets out of her room, with dishevelled hair and just a dressing grown.



CORDELIA: (grimacing and going to the door)

I'm coming! Don't break the door! - lower - Fuc***g impatient.



Cordelia opens the door, it's Wesley, he comes in abruptly and looks around - Cordelia just looks at him.



CORDELIA: (sarcastically closing the door)

You're please to come in!



WESLEY:

Where is Angel?!



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

He's hidden under my coach - silent - I don't know!



WESLEY:

He's not in the hotel!



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

Well, you know, he gets out of it sometimes.



WESLEY:

In the daylight!



Cordelia looks trough the window.



CORDELIA:

He had a phone call about four hours before, it's weird that he's not came back. OH! I hope he realized that we were in the morning! - panicked.



WESLEY: (thoughtfully)

Oh! Damn!



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

Why? What's the problem? You don't have anymore alcohol?



WESLEY: (coldly)

I don't see the link.



CORDELIA:

Tell me.



WESLEY:

I've found a place, where there is syntax of the prophecy that one Wolfram & Hart has stole to us..



CORDELIA:

That one we stole too..



WESLEY:

Yeah..



Silent - they look at each other.



CORDELIA: (with an insistent glare)

And?



WESLEY:

And?! Ah, yes! The problem is the pure blood can't enter in it.



CORDELIA: (intrigued)

The pure blood?



WESLEY:

Humans. So I counted on Angel for go in there, but I guess I gonna wait.



CORDELIA:

I'm part demon.



WESLEY:

Yes! That's true! Great! We can go so? - he directs him toward the door.



CORDELIA: (for herself)

Oh! Why I said that. - catching Wes - Wait! We can't go like that!!



WESLEY:

I assure you it's not dangerous, well I guess, I'd do it myself if I wasn't a human.



CORDELIA:

It's not that - she throws to him big stares - I'm naked!!!



WESLEY:

Oh! Yeah! What do you do naked in the middle of afternoon?



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

I don't know, maybe sleeping!



CUT TO: They arrive into suburbia. Wes stops front of a little ordinary house. Cordelia gets down.



CORDELIA:

It's that?! That sure it's not very dangerous. We go for take the tea with some grandma?!



They advance and enter in the house.



CORDELIA:

I thought you couldn't enter in?!



WESLEY:

The entry is the basement door.



CORDELIA:

Oh! I was sure there was a trap!



They approach of the basement door.



WESLEY:

It's your game now.



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

GREAT!!! And what I'm supposed to search?



WESLEY:

None idea.



CORDELIA:

Thanks Wes, about prophecies stuff you are still a big help!



She opens the door, comes in and goes downstairs. Suddenly the door slams.



CORDELIA: (surprised)

More and more great.



She continues she takes her head in some spider's webs.



CORDELIA:

Not good for my hair! - putting away the cobwebs.



In front of her extend a grand place kind of medieval donjon, with a lot of spider's webs, smoke and mud.



CORDELIA:

Oh! Damn hell!! One minute before I was in my bed, tranquil, and the minute after I'm in the Adams' family's basement.



She walks slowly when suddenly a flag or a piece of the floor collapses. She puts away her foot before fall in the hole.



CORDELIA:

AH!!!!!!!! - she looks through the hole there is just empty. - What's the hell is this house!!



She continues...



CORDELIA:

I'm feeling like Indianna Jones. Come on Cordy you have to find the lost relic.



She goes on and sees front of her the parchments on a kind of lectern. She approaches and puts her hands on the two sides of the parchments.



CORDELIA:

Here we are, it's the moment when if I take it everything will quake and break down. - she takes the parchments waits a few seconds when all begins to quake and break down - Back at cha!!



She runs crying every time a flag collapses under her feet. She rejoins the door and hurries out.



WESLEY:

You have it?!!



CORDELIA: (sarcastically)

How are you Cordy? Fine, thanks Wes. Yeah, I have it!! And you was right that was really easy, like going at the dentist.



PC: Chapter 13: Angel & Lorne wait in the hospital.