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"Wait a minute shouldn't we be celebrating" said Xander with a confused grin on his faith.
"Look"Buffy replied, "It's great that I killed the uber vamp but we still need to be worrying about the first"
"Ya, Xander the longer the First is out of commission the worse the bite will be when it comes back" added Willow, who was sitting on the coffee table "For all we know the First could be working on something to send the world plummeting into hell tomorrow and there might not be anything we could do to stop it.I mean its not like this is some TV show, where everything always turns out great"
As this information hit Xander and realization spread across his face he couldn't even think about what he was about to say "At least things can't get any worse" The two girls stared at each other before they both angrily yelled "Xander!!" *~*~* As the haunting laugh bounced off the black stone walls of the basement and penetrated the bodies of the seven friends, it sent cold shivers down their spines. Each successive face seemed to be more in pain from seeing their friend being stripped of his soul.
He looked into each of their faces and was delighted at the pain that showed in them. As he came upon Connor's face he cringed at the love he had felt for the human boy when he had his soul. But an evil grin spread across his face when he thought of all the possibilities his son brought him. When he finally came to Cordelia, a look of confusion and dread slowly grew.
"So Angelus I'm sure you remember why we brought you back?" said an apprehensive Wesley
Silence
"I'll take that as a yes, we need to know what the Beast wants and his plans"
Angelus stared into his eyes and seemed to agree " His plans are.to have some fun"
"We don't have all day you know, and your not helping" said Wesley as the shauman slowly stepped outside the cage.
"Ya I know but I'm supposed to be evil remember.but in all seriousness its goal is to." replied Angelus all the while never looking directly at Wesley
"Yes.go on"
"What do I get out of it?"
"What?" "Well you expect me to spill some info on the Beast out of the evilness of my unbeating heart, I expect an award for my deed!!"
"What do you want?" spat Gunn
"Something I haven't had in five years, a nice, fresh, kickin body to suck dry.preferably young and alive.I don't like to be fed"
"You sure their isn't something else you'd like?" asked Lorne, trying to get some common ground.
Angelus looked hungrily at Cordy and said "Well, there is, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't go for it."
"We obviously aren't getting anywhere," said Wesley with a tired tone in his voice "we'll pick this up later," turning to look at the others he continued " we'll take turns watching him, Cordy and Lorne can go first, the rest of us can go over our next moves." Wes led everyone out while Lorne tried to get comfortable in a wooden chair with only slight cushioning that was up against the wall.
Cordy didn't move from her spot by the cage for the next ten minutes. When she finally sta down in a medal chair she had pulled slightly closer to the cage she never took her eyes of him.
*~*~* An hour later, during Lorne and Cordy's riveting conversation about choices in hair gel, Angelus began talking to them.
"So beautiful, how's your life goin? Talk to your fam lately?" asked the soulless vamp
"What do you care?" replied Cordy.
"Actually, I was talking to the other beauty in the room," Angel replied with a smooth seemingly apologetic tone.
"I've been thinking of trying Skippy do, mine just doesn't really seem to hold as long as I'd like," Lorne said, completely ignoring the shackled vampire.
"How long's it been since you talked to your parents, if you could even call them that?"
"I mean mine works but it seems like I'm reapplying it every other hour."
"The last time you saw them was when you told them you where opening up Caritas wasn't it? I bet that was pleasant."
"You should try Motions hair spray, its easier to deal with and lasts all day" said Cordy trying to take his mind off the vamp trying to torment her friend. "You know I've never met them, sure you introduce me to them someday," continued Angelus with his tiraid.
Lorne looked down at his clenched fists then at the grinning vampire, then back at his fists. "I always love meeting another heartless killer. Especially the ones that don't really put any thought into it. It's refreshing to see that kind of lust for pain."
He clenched his teeth, everything he could not to open the cage and stake him right there.
"But I'm sure you know all about that."
Lorne got up and pushed his chair back into the corner it had been in. He sat and closed his eyes so that the creature couldn't see the hurt he had caused. Lost in his own thoughts of pain, he quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
Cordy looked at the vamp and snapped " Why did you do that?"
"It was the fastest way to get him out of the convo so I could talk to you."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I can still feel it," replied with a softer look on his face.
Her curiosity peaked as she leaned forward. "Can feel what?."
"His love for you."
As she got up and walked to the cage, she couldn't help but place her hand on the lock.
" I can feel the way he does whenever he looks at you, the wayhis metaphorical heart skips a beat whenever he hears your voice, and shiver in his skin whenever he touches you."
As gazed into the vamps eyes she could swear she saw a glimpse of his soul.
" I can remember him wanting to kiss you, but not knowing that it might lead to more. I can remember because its in me, somewhere. But I can also feel the hurt. The hurt he felt from seeing you with the boy. Seeing him touch your body in a way he never could. From seeing your lips touch his."
All the while Cordy, in a fuzzy daze she had been in from the word love, had been unlocking the cage and coming closer and closer to the vamp
" I can feel the hurt that you caused him in my core," suddenly his hands flew up, breaking the shackles from the stone board. He stood up infront of Cordy who was to shocked to even say a word. "And I'm about to return the favour" with that he punched Cordy squared in the face knocking her out cold.
Luckily the ruckus had wokin up Lorne who was about to pick up the double sided axe that lay at his side. But he was too slow. With lightning speed, Angelus picked up the large metal lock and banged in against the demon's head so hard he turned a shade of teal.
*~*~* "Maybe we should just do it," Stated an agitated Fred from behind the hotel's counter.
"You've gotta be kiddin Fred we can't just feed him some unexpected, innocent person," spat Gunn shocked from his girl's comment.
"Well, isn't it better to sacrifice oneperson's life for the fate of the world?"
"Fred, Gunn is right, its not our place to choose who should live and who should die," stated Wes looking up from a book he was absent-mindly reading.
"Then what are we supposed to do, just sit here while the Sun is blacked out and just let everything go to hell"
Just as she said it a voice came from behind her " Should've thought of that before you brought me back"
Turning around she saw an evil smile spread across the vamp's face, not even bothering with Fred he jumped over the counter and went straight for Wes's head, taking him out temporarily then heading for the door. By the time Gunn finally jumped into action, he was able to run out to see Angel drive off in an old Cadilac. When Gunn, ran back inside Wes was just getting up and Lorne and Cordy were coming up stairs.
"What happened?" cried Fred
"This is all my fault" sobbed Cordy " I let him out I just thought.. Oh God"
"I don't even wanna think about what he's doing, He could be anywhere in LA" gasped Wes still trying to shake off the attack.
*~*~* The shadowy figure stoon still in the cemetery . His duster swayed against the tall grass as he stood next to the tree hiding his figure. A manic grin spread across his face as he watched the petite blonde walk through the cemetery with the redhead. He watched her every movement, even the flinch she got which seemed to come from nothing. As she paused for a moment and turned around to look at the emptiness, the grin grew wider.
"This will be fun."
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"Wait a minute shouldn't we be celebrating" said Xander with a confused grin on his faith.
"Look"Buffy replied, "It's great that I killed the uber vamp but we still need to be worrying about the first"
"Ya, Xander the longer the First is out of commission the worse the bite will be when it comes back" added Willow, who was sitting on the coffee table "For all we know the First could be working on something to send the world plummeting into hell tomorrow and there might not be anything we could do to stop it.I mean its not like this is some TV show, where everything always turns out great"
As this information hit Xander and realization spread across his face he couldn't even think about what he was about to say "At least things can't get any worse" The two girls stared at each other before they both angrily yelled "Xander!!" *~*~* As the haunting laugh bounced off the black stone walls of the basement and penetrated the bodies of the seven friends, it sent cold shivers down their spines. Each successive face seemed to be more in pain from seeing their friend being stripped of his soul.
He looked into each of their faces and was delighted at the pain that showed in them. As he came upon Connor's face he cringed at the love he had felt for the human boy when he had his soul. But an evil grin spread across his face when he thought of all the possibilities his son brought him. When he finally came to Cordelia, a look of confusion and dread slowly grew.
"So Angelus I'm sure you remember why we brought you back?" said an apprehensive Wesley
Silence
"I'll take that as a yes, we need to know what the Beast wants and his plans"
Angelus stared into his eyes and seemed to agree " His plans are.to have some fun"
"We don't have all day you know, and your not helping" said Wesley as the shauman slowly stepped outside the cage.
"Ya I know but I'm supposed to be evil remember.but in all seriousness its goal is to." replied Angelus all the while never looking directly at Wesley
"Yes.go on"
"What do I get out of it?"
"What?" "Well you expect me to spill some info on the Beast out of the evilness of my unbeating heart, I expect an award for my deed!!"
"What do you want?" spat Gunn
"Something I haven't had in five years, a nice, fresh, kickin body to suck dry.preferably young and alive.I don't like to be fed"
"You sure their isn't something else you'd like?" asked Lorne, trying to get some common ground.
Angelus looked hungrily at Cordy and said "Well, there is, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't go for it."
"We obviously aren't getting anywhere," said Wesley with a tired tone in his voice "we'll pick this up later," turning to look at the others he continued " we'll take turns watching him, Cordy and Lorne can go first, the rest of us can go over our next moves." Wes led everyone out while Lorne tried to get comfortable in a wooden chair with only slight cushioning that was up against the wall.
Cordy didn't move from her spot by the cage for the next ten minutes. When she finally sta down in a medal chair she had pulled slightly closer to the cage she never took her eyes of him.
*~*~* An hour later, during Lorne and Cordy's riveting conversation about choices in hair gel, Angelus began talking to them.
"So beautiful, how's your life goin? Talk to your fam lately?" asked the soulless vamp
"What do you care?" replied Cordy.
"Actually, I was talking to the other beauty in the room," Angel replied with a smooth seemingly apologetic tone.
"I've been thinking of trying Skippy do, mine just doesn't really seem to hold as long as I'd like," Lorne said, completely ignoring the shackled vampire.
"How long's it been since you talked to your parents, if you could even call them that?"
"I mean mine works but it seems like I'm reapplying it every other hour."
"The last time you saw them was when you told them you where opening up Caritas wasn't it? I bet that was pleasant."
"You should try Motions hair spray, its easier to deal with and lasts all day" said Cordy trying to take his mind off the vamp trying to torment her friend. "You know I've never met them, sure you introduce me to them someday," continued Angelus with his tiraid.
Lorne looked down at his clenched fists then at the grinning vampire, then back at his fists. "I always love meeting another heartless killer. Especially the ones that don't really put any thought into it. It's refreshing to see that kind of lust for pain."
He clenched his teeth, everything he could not to open the cage and stake him right there.
"But I'm sure you know all about that."
Lorne got up and pushed his chair back into the corner it had been in. He sat and closed his eyes so that the creature couldn't see the hurt he had caused. Lost in his own thoughts of pain, he quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
Cordy looked at the vamp and snapped " Why did you do that?"
"It was the fastest way to get him out of the convo so I could talk to you."
"Why?"
"I just wanted to let you know that I can still feel it," replied with a softer look on his face.
Her curiosity peaked as she leaned forward. "Can feel what?."
"His love for you."
As she got up and walked to the cage, she couldn't help but place her hand on the lock.
" I can feel the way he does whenever he looks at you, the wayhis metaphorical heart skips a beat whenever he hears your voice, and shiver in his skin whenever he touches you."
As gazed into the vamps eyes she could swear she saw a glimpse of his soul.
" I can remember him wanting to kiss you, but not knowing that it might lead to more. I can remember because its in me, somewhere. But I can also feel the hurt. The hurt he felt from seeing you with the boy. Seeing him touch your body in a way he never could. From seeing your lips touch his."
All the while Cordy, in a fuzzy daze she had been in from the word love, had been unlocking the cage and coming closer and closer to the vamp
" I can feel the hurt that you caused him in my core," suddenly his hands flew up, breaking the shackles from the stone board. He stood up infront of Cordy who was to shocked to even say a word. "And I'm about to return the favour" with that he punched Cordy squared in the face knocking her out cold.
Luckily the ruckus had wokin up Lorne who was about to pick up the double sided axe that lay at his side. But he was too slow. With lightning speed, Angelus picked up the large metal lock and banged in against the demon's head so hard he turned a shade of teal.
*~*~* "Maybe we should just do it," Stated an agitated Fred from behind the hotel's counter.
"You've gotta be kiddin Fred we can't just feed him some unexpected, innocent person," spat Gunn shocked from his girl's comment.
"Well, isn't it better to sacrifice oneperson's life for the fate of the world?"
"Fred, Gunn is right, its not our place to choose who should live and who should die," stated Wes looking up from a book he was absent-mindly reading.
"Then what are we supposed to do, just sit here while the Sun is blacked out and just let everything go to hell"
Just as she said it a voice came from behind her " Should've thought of that before you brought me back"
Turning around she saw an evil smile spread across the vamp's face, not even bothering with Fred he jumped over the counter and went straight for Wes's head, taking him out temporarily then heading for the door. By the time Gunn finally jumped into action, he was able to run out to see Angel drive off in an old Cadilac. When Gunn, ran back inside Wes was just getting up and Lorne and Cordy were coming up stairs.
"What happened?" cried Fred
"This is all my fault" sobbed Cordy " I let him out I just thought.. Oh God"
"I don't even wanna think about what he's doing, He could be anywhere in LA" gasped Wes still trying to shake off the attack.
*~*~* The shadowy figure stoon still in the cemetery . His duster swayed against the tall grass as he stood next to the tree hiding his figure. A manic grin spread across his face as he watched the petite blonde walk through the cemetery with the redhead. He watched her every movement, even the flinch she got which seemed to come from nothing. As she paused for a moment and turned around to look at the emptiness, the grin grew wider.
"This will be fun."
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