Chapter 5
"WAKE UP!" A voice screamed as the lights turned on in the tiny room. Jax groaned, pulled her mink cat blanket over her head and curled up in a fetal position. Lysh sat up, the top of her tiger mink blanket falling into her lap as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"What time is it?" She asked stifling a yawn.
"Almost 7:00." Elle said. Lysh plopped back down and put the pillow over her head.
"Too early." She mumbled through the down of the pillow.
"But we'll be late for work!" Elle exclaimed, her voice whining.
"Work?"
"Angel Investigations? Remember?" Lysh rolled her eyes at Elle.
"It's a night job." She laid back down and closed her eyes.
"Not all demons are night creatures you know."
"Don't I know it." Lysh groaned as she tried to block out the blonde's voice without success. "If you don't shut up I'm going to bite you!" She threatened.
"Come on!" Elle pulled the covers off of Lysh.
"Hey! Give those back." Lysh jumped up and wrestled with Elle for the blankets. Abruptly Elle let go and Lysh fell back on the floor, her legs and arms tangled in the blankets.
"Good your up." She moved across the room to her next victim. Jax lay on her bed near the small window. "Jax. Oh Jaaaaxxxx. Wake up." She said drawing her words out, making her sound like a mother enticing her child out of bed. "Wakey, wakey."
"Elle, Angel is a vampire, he's not going to work till night so we go then."
"But Cordelia and Doyle go in the morning."
"They file things Elle, we fight."
"But what if Doyle has a vision?" The blonde said raising an eyebrow. Lysh sighed lowdly.
"Fine, I'll call. But if I'm right I get to pick what's for dinner. If I have macaroni and cheese one more time I'm going to stake myself."
"What's wrong with mac-n-chees?" Lysh growled as she headed for the next room and the telephone. Elle continued her wake up call without success. A few minutes later Lysh came back. "Okay we have to be there at 9:00." Elle smiled widely.
"Told you so."
"Oh shut up and wake Jax already."
"Okay." She walked over to Jax's bed and quickly pulled off the covers. "Wake up!" Jax screeched and rolled off her bed.
"Ouch." She stood up and gave Elle a dirty look. "What's your problem?"
"We have work."
"It's a night job."
"No it's not, we just called in." Jax groaned as she headed for the bathroom.
"I get shower next." Lysh called.
~*~
Cordelia Chase sat behind her desk staring intently at the phone. Her long hair brushed the desk as she stared, unblinking. Doyle at on the couch, once again reading a magazine.
"You know if you star at it long enough you'll burn a whole in the desk."
"I'm waiting for it to ring numbbrain."
"Didn't your mother ever tell you a watched pot never boils?" Cordelia sighed loudly as she sat back in defeat.
"We'll never get any money if no one's in trouble. Ring!" She yelled at the phone. The phone obediently rang. Cordelia's eyes went wide before she picked it up in the middle of the first ring.
"Angel Investigations we help the hopeless I that's you you'v-"
"Cordelia it's Lysh."
"You know it's a crime to bring people hopes up like that."
"Yeah, whatever you say Cordy look I just need to know when we're suppose to be in."
"In?"
"To work? You know fight evil yaddah, yaddah, yaddah?"
"Oh, um." Cordelia looked at her watch. "I guess 9:00 would do. Doyle is pretty much the non-vision guy until he's fully awake."
"Okay, we'll be there at nine then." Cordelia hung up the phone with a huff.
"Jeeze, they don't even know when to get to work." Doyle looked up from his very interesting magazine.
"This isn't exactly you run of the mill job Cordy. If I was them I'd expect to be working at night, it's a wonder they called at all." Cordelia rolled her eyes.
"Not all demons are night guys. They should know that."
"Yeah, but it's when the majority of them come out."
"Whatever. I we don't get a call soon, I'm going got have to find another job, I mean how's a girl suppose to live on this salary?" Doyle sat up in his chair. His face had gone red and a vein was popping out.
"Cordelia." He said through his clenched jaw. Cordelia ignored him as she continued to talk.
"I have needs you know? I need designer clothes and shoe. Snd the make up I've had to wear lately? Ugh. I might as well wear Halloween paint, I mean what do these people use to make their product? And I think I'm starting to get a rash right here-"
"Cordelia!" Doyle yelled. He held his head in his hand as Cordelia looked up.
"What!? God, can't you stop thinking of yourself for one minute and let me talk?" Cordelia stopped when she noticed Doyle's condition. "Oh! You're having a vision! Angel!" She yelled as she hurried over to Doyle. Images flashed in Doyle's mind.
FLASH.
Huge spiked demons stood in a circle around a strange symbol drawn in red. Blood? They were chanting, raising their arms and voices as one.
FLASH.
The demons carried in large potato sack. The sacks squirmed, like someone was inside trying desperately to escape.
FLASH.
There were college students chained to the wall, maybe six of them. He saw their faces. They were scared, some were crying. One girl particularly stood out in his mind, she was younger than the rest, a high school student. She had brown curly hair highlighted with blonde streaks. Her eyes were wide with fear and she was crying. Then her eyes shifted and Doyle could have sworn she was looking at him. She looked at him and mouthed two simple words. Help me.
FLASH
A large clock with a build in calendar filled his vision. The clock read 3:15 AM, February 3.
Doyle opened his eyes to find Angel staring at him intently. He was breathing hard, not from the pain of the vision this time, but in fear. He had felt the girls fear, that usually didn't happen. He graoned. His head felt like it was going to explode any second. He muttered "thanks" when Cordelia gave his two aspirin tablets.
"What did you see?" Doyle looked up as he swallowed the pill.
"You've got a nest of demons, big guys with spikes and slime. They're going to sacrifice the college student's they kidnapped " He looked at Angel, the horror of what he saw reflected in his eyes. "It was strange Angel, I swear on of the students looked at me." He shook his head. "Strange."
"Where? When?" Was all Angel asked.
"Tonight, underground, in a sort of cavern. It's big. Angel, there's too many. At least ten and each is as strong or stronger than you, I felt that much at least. If your going to save those kids your going to need backup." Angel looked at him emotionless.
"We have backup." Doyle's eyebrows bunched in confusion.
"Who?"
"JEL."
"You mean those three girls?" Cordelia asked. "You actually think they can help?"
"They're stronger than they look."
"How would you know that? Have you seen them fight?" She said her hands on her hips.
"I can sense it." Her hands dropped to her sides.
"Oh."
"Tonight we find out if my senses are correct."
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"WAKE UP!" A voice screamed as the lights turned on in the tiny room. Jax groaned, pulled her mink cat blanket over her head and curled up in a fetal position. Lysh sat up, the top of her tiger mink blanket falling into her lap as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"What time is it?" She asked stifling a yawn.
"Almost 7:00." Elle said. Lysh plopped back down and put the pillow over her head.
"Too early." She mumbled through the down of the pillow.
"But we'll be late for work!" Elle exclaimed, her voice whining.
"Work?"
"Angel Investigations? Remember?" Lysh rolled her eyes at Elle.
"It's a night job." She laid back down and closed her eyes.
"Not all demons are night creatures you know."
"Don't I know it." Lysh groaned as she tried to block out the blonde's voice without success. "If you don't shut up I'm going to bite you!" She threatened.
"Come on!" Elle pulled the covers off of Lysh.
"Hey! Give those back." Lysh jumped up and wrestled with Elle for the blankets. Abruptly Elle let go and Lysh fell back on the floor, her legs and arms tangled in the blankets.
"Good your up." She moved across the room to her next victim. Jax lay on her bed near the small window. "Jax. Oh Jaaaaxxxx. Wake up." She said drawing her words out, making her sound like a mother enticing her child out of bed. "Wakey, wakey."
"Elle, Angel is a vampire, he's not going to work till night so we go then."
"But Cordelia and Doyle go in the morning."
"They file things Elle, we fight."
"But what if Doyle has a vision?" The blonde said raising an eyebrow. Lysh sighed lowdly.
"Fine, I'll call. But if I'm right I get to pick what's for dinner. If I have macaroni and cheese one more time I'm going to stake myself."
"What's wrong with mac-n-chees?" Lysh growled as she headed for the next room and the telephone. Elle continued her wake up call without success. A few minutes later Lysh came back. "Okay we have to be there at 9:00." Elle smiled widely.
"Told you so."
"Oh shut up and wake Jax already."
"Okay." She walked over to Jax's bed and quickly pulled off the covers. "Wake up!" Jax screeched and rolled off her bed.
"Ouch." She stood up and gave Elle a dirty look. "What's your problem?"
"We have work."
"It's a night job."
"No it's not, we just called in." Jax groaned as she headed for the bathroom.
"I get shower next." Lysh called.
~*~
Cordelia Chase sat behind her desk staring intently at the phone. Her long hair brushed the desk as she stared, unblinking. Doyle at on the couch, once again reading a magazine.
"You know if you star at it long enough you'll burn a whole in the desk."
"I'm waiting for it to ring numbbrain."
"Didn't your mother ever tell you a watched pot never boils?" Cordelia sighed loudly as she sat back in defeat.
"We'll never get any money if no one's in trouble. Ring!" She yelled at the phone. The phone obediently rang. Cordelia's eyes went wide before she picked it up in the middle of the first ring.
"Angel Investigations we help the hopeless I that's you you'v-"
"Cordelia it's Lysh."
"You know it's a crime to bring people hopes up like that."
"Yeah, whatever you say Cordy look I just need to know when we're suppose to be in."
"In?"
"To work? You know fight evil yaddah, yaddah, yaddah?"
"Oh, um." Cordelia looked at her watch. "I guess 9:00 would do. Doyle is pretty much the non-vision guy until he's fully awake."
"Okay, we'll be there at nine then." Cordelia hung up the phone with a huff.
"Jeeze, they don't even know when to get to work." Doyle looked up from his very interesting magazine.
"This isn't exactly you run of the mill job Cordy. If I was them I'd expect to be working at night, it's a wonder they called at all." Cordelia rolled her eyes.
"Not all demons are night guys. They should know that."
"Yeah, but it's when the majority of them come out."
"Whatever. I we don't get a call soon, I'm going got have to find another job, I mean how's a girl suppose to live on this salary?" Doyle sat up in his chair. His face had gone red and a vein was popping out.
"Cordelia." He said through his clenched jaw. Cordelia ignored him as she continued to talk.
"I have needs you know? I need designer clothes and shoe. Snd the make up I've had to wear lately? Ugh. I might as well wear Halloween paint, I mean what do these people use to make their product? And I think I'm starting to get a rash right here-"
"Cordelia!" Doyle yelled. He held his head in his hand as Cordelia looked up.
"What!? God, can't you stop thinking of yourself for one minute and let me talk?" Cordelia stopped when she noticed Doyle's condition. "Oh! You're having a vision! Angel!" She yelled as she hurried over to Doyle. Images flashed in Doyle's mind.
FLASH.
Huge spiked demons stood in a circle around a strange symbol drawn in red. Blood? They were chanting, raising their arms and voices as one.
FLASH.
The demons carried in large potato sack. The sacks squirmed, like someone was inside trying desperately to escape.
FLASH.
There were college students chained to the wall, maybe six of them. He saw their faces. They were scared, some were crying. One girl particularly stood out in his mind, she was younger than the rest, a high school student. She had brown curly hair highlighted with blonde streaks. Her eyes were wide with fear and she was crying. Then her eyes shifted and Doyle could have sworn she was looking at him. She looked at him and mouthed two simple words. Help me.
FLASH
A large clock with a build in calendar filled his vision. The clock read 3:15 AM, February 3.
Doyle opened his eyes to find Angel staring at him intently. He was breathing hard, not from the pain of the vision this time, but in fear. He had felt the girls fear, that usually didn't happen. He graoned. His head felt like it was going to explode any second. He muttered "thanks" when Cordelia gave his two aspirin tablets.
"What did you see?" Doyle looked up as he swallowed the pill.
"You've got a nest of demons, big guys with spikes and slime. They're going to sacrifice the college student's they kidnapped " He looked at Angel, the horror of what he saw reflected in his eyes. "It was strange Angel, I swear on of the students looked at me." He shook his head. "Strange."
"Where? When?" Was all Angel asked.
"Tonight, underground, in a sort of cavern. It's big. Angel, there's too many. At least ten and each is as strong or stronger than you, I felt that much at least. If your going to save those kids your going to need backup." Angel looked at him emotionless.
"We have backup." Doyle's eyebrows bunched in confusion.
"Who?"
"JEL."
"You mean those three girls?" Cordelia asked. "You actually think they can help?"
"They're stronger than they look."
"How would you know that? Have you seen them fight?" She said her hands on her hips.
"I can sense it." Her hands dropped to her sides.
"Oh."
"Tonight we find out if my senses are correct."
All right another chapter! Ok now if u read this I want you to push that wonderful button down there that opens this box were u write a review! Cool huh? Yeah that's right that one right down there
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