Chapter 3 ~ I can never die
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"Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed, just to find tomorrow."
"Amazed" The Offspring
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Cordelia took another sip of the water Angel had given her, watching Gunn and Angel load up.
"Ready to go man?" Gunn said, tucking a stake in his coat pocket. Angel nodded,
"Cordelia stay here. Watch the phones."
"Hey I've been watching those phone for the past week and they ain't going anywhere." Cordelia said getting to her feet and grabbing her coat,
"I'm coming with you!" Angel looked as though he was going to argue but Cordelia was there first,
"No arguments pal! He's my friend too, and I don't want him dead!" Angel looked at Gunn for some help but he just shrugged,
"Your call man."
"It ain't his call buddy! I get the visions I call the shots! And I say I'm coming with you two whether you like it or not." Cordelia said moving menacingly towards Gunn before marching past them both towards the door. Angel and Gunn both stood watching her go, a puzzled look on their faces.
"Plus, I have the car keys." She said dangling them in view of Angel and Gunn, before beating a hasty retreat out the hotel, a grin on her face.
"Cordelia, maybe you should let me drive." Angel said moving after her,
"Hey, they ain't the keys to my girl are they?" Gunn said searching his person before following both Cordelia and Angel out of the hotel.
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Lights flashed on and off overhead.
Changing colours.
Pulsating.
"Yeah I am the dark.
Hound of hell you cry.
Devil on your back.
I can never die."
The music blared over the speakers.
Vampires reigned supreme.
Wesley felt his body slam to the ground and he let out a small groan, before he brought his eyes into focus. His eyes scrunched up, away from the strobe light as it glared in his face. The music screamed loudly in his head and he thought it would explode. He was grateful when the music stopped abruptly,
"Shut them up."
Wesley rolled himself on to his side, pulling himself to his hands and knees. Another ear piercing scream shot through Wesley like a bullet, before it disappeared in an instant, leaving a horrible silence in its wake.
Wesley could hear footsteps moving closer too him as he tried to pull himself to his feet. Suddenly a foot slammed into the small of Wesley's back and he dropped back face down onto the floor. His head connected with the floor and he thought he would pass out again.
"Get him up."
Wesley was pulled roughly to his feet, and left to stand on his own accord. His knees locked to stop him crumpling in a heap again. The cold, hard face of his father met him,
"Welcome to my world Wesley." Wesley blinked a couple of times, before his eyes started to move round the room. Vampires surrounded him. There must be at least two if not three dozen of them. A large group of people in their late teens, early twenties were huddled in the corner,
"You'll be joining it soon."
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"Yo English?" Gunn called pushing open the door of his apartment with the handle of his axe cautiously. The door had been open already, swinging back and forth in the dented doorframe. Gunn stepped forward into the apartment, looking about as a cold wind passed over him. He noticed the window was open but shrugged it off continuing to look round the flat and the state it was in,
"Wesley?" Angel called, next into the apartment. He took at the shattered coffee table and smelt the air, subtly.
"Wes?" Cordelia called moving passed Angel and heading down the corridor.
"He's not here." Angel said moving back to the door,
"He's been here though." Angel disappeared out the door again,
"Angel man, where yah going?" Gunn called after him, still poking through Wesley's papers.
"Talk to the neighbours." Angel's voice said drifting back down the hall.
"He's not here." Cordy said coming back into the living room,
"Yeah Angel said. You know with the vamp hearing and stuff."
Cordelia looked offended,
"Yeah well I did it the old fashioned way and still reached the same conclusions. So what does that tell you?" She said sitting down on the couch.
"English needs to get himself a cleaner." Gunn said taking one look in the kitchen and coming back out again. Cordelia looked up at him,
"No dumbass! It means that the old fashioned way works just as well." Gunn looked at her and thumbed in the direction of the kitchen,
"Yeah but you should see the state of his kitchen. Makes soup kitchens look clean." Cordelia stood up and went to look in the kitchen,
"Wesley doesn't do messy and yet here I am in his apartment suddenly thinking there might be rats under the fridge." Cordelia said timidly as she started to back away from the fridge. She stopped though as she noticed something dripping from the handle. She reached forward to touch it with her fingers,
"Blood." Angel said for his position behind her. Cordelia jumped and turned to look at him,
"Neighbours said that they heard Wesley come home about a half hour ago and then there was some banging and they've not heard anything since." He said watching Cordelia's concerned face. He moved towards her and touched the blood with his fingers. He sniffed at it and Cordelia turned away, slightly repulsed.
"It's Wesley's."
"Guess we're going to find a party." Gunn said, shouldering his axe as he headed out the door. Angel went to follow, but stopped short of the door. He watched Cordelia still standing, staring at the fridge,
"Cordelia?" Cordelia turned to look at him.
"If you want to -" Cordelia marched towards him,
"You're not getting rid of me that easily." She said leaving the apartment.
Cordelia had seen what the vampires were planning to do with everyone in the club. They were making an army and if Wesley was in amongst that group then that meant that he was going to be part of that army too. It would be bad enough to see him die, but to have him turned - She continued to walk towards the car, purpose in her stride.
They had to get to him before that happened.
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"Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed, just to find tomorrow."
"Amazed" The Offspring
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Cordelia took another sip of the water Angel had given her, watching Gunn and Angel load up.
"Ready to go man?" Gunn said, tucking a stake in his coat pocket. Angel nodded,
"Cordelia stay here. Watch the phones."
"Hey I've been watching those phone for the past week and they ain't going anywhere." Cordelia said getting to her feet and grabbing her coat,
"I'm coming with you!" Angel looked as though he was going to argue but Cordelia was there first,
"No arguments pal! He's my friend too, and I don't want him dead!" Angel looked at Gunn for some help but he just shrugged,
"Your call man."
"It ain't his call buddy! I get the visions I call the shots! And I say I'm coming with you two whether you like it or not." Cordelia said moving menacingly towards Gunn before marching past them both towards the door. Angel and Gunn both stood watching her go, a puzzled look on their faces.
"Plus, I have the car keys." She said dangling them in view of Angel and Gunn, before beating a hasty retreat out the hotel, a grin on her face.
"Cordelia, maybe you should let me drive." Angel said moving after her,
"Hey, they ain't the keys to my girl are they?" Gunn said searching his person before following both Cordelia and Angel out of the hotel.
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Lights flashed on and off overhead.
Changing colours.
Pulsating.
"Yeah I am the dark.
Hound of hell you cry.
Devil on your back.
I can never die."
The music blared over the speakers.
Vampires reigned supreme.
Wesley felt his body slam to the ground and he let out a small groan, before he brought his eyes into focus. His eyes scrunched up, away from the strobe light as it glared in his face. The music screamed loudly in his head and he thought it would explode. He was grateful when the music stopped abruptly,
"Shut them up."
Wesley rolled himself on to his side, pulling himself to his hands and knees. Another ear piercing scream shot through Wesley like a bullet, before it disappeared in an instant, leaving a horrible silence in its wake.
Wesley could hear footsteps moving closer too him as he tried to pull himself to his feet. Suddenly a foot slammed into the small of Wesley's back and he dropped back face down onto the floor. His head connected with the floor and he thought he would pass out again.
"Get him up."
Wesley was pulled roughly to his feet, and left to stand on his own accord. His knees locked to stop him crumpling in a heap again. The cold, hard face of his father met him,
"Welcome to my world Wesley." Wesley blinked a couple of times, before his eyes started to move round the room. Vampires surrounded him. There must be at least two if not three dozen of them. A large group of people in their late teens, early twenties were huddled in the corner,
"You'll be joining it soon."
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"Yo English?" Gunn called pushing open the door of his apartment with the handle of his axe cautiously. The door had been open already, swinging back and forth in the dented doorframe. Gunn stepped forward into the apartment, looking about as a cold wind passed over him. He noticed the window was open but shrugged it off continuing to look round the flat and the state it was in,
"Wesley?" Angel called, next into the apartment. He took at the shattered coffee table and smelt the air, subtly.
"Wes?" Cordelia called moving passed Angel and heading down the corridor.
"He's not here." Angel said moving back to the door,
"He's been here though." Angel disappeared out the door again,
"Angel man, where yah going?" Gunn called after him, still poking through Wesley's papers.
"Talk to the neighbours." Angel's voice said drifting back down the hall.
"He's not here." Cordy said coming back into the living room,
"Yeah Angel said. You know with the vamp hearing and stuff."
Cordelia looked offended,
"Yeah well I did it the old fashioned way and still reached the same conclusions. So what does that tell you?" She said sitting down on the couch.
"English needs to get himself a cleaner." Gunn said taking one look in the kitchen and coming back out again. Cordelia looked up at him,
"No dumbass! It means that the old fashioned way works just as well." Gunn looked at her and thumbed in the direction of the kitchen,
"Yeah but you should see the state of his kitchen. Makes soup kitchens look clean." Cordelia stood up and went to look in the kitchen,
"Wesley doesn't do messy and yet here I am in his apartment suddenly thinking there might be rats under the fridge." Cordelia said timidly as she started to back away from the fridge. She stopped though as she noticed something dripping from the handle. She reached forward to touch it with her fingers,
"Blood." Angel said for his position behind her. Cordelia jumped and turned to look at him,
"Neighbours said that they heard Wesley come home about a half hour ago and then there was some banging and they've not heard anything since." He said watching Cordelia's concerned face. He moved towards her and touched the blood with his fingers. He sniffed at it and Cordelia turned away, slightly repulsed.
"It's Wesley's."
"Guess we're going to find a party." Gunn said, shouldering his axe as he headed out the door. Angel went to follow, but stopped short of the door. He watched Cordelia still standing, staring at the fridge,
"Cordelia?" Cordelia turned to look at him.
"If you want to -" Cordelia marched towards him,
"You're not getting rid of me that easily." She said leaving the apartment.
Cordelia had seen what the vampires were planning to do with everyone in the club. They were making an army and if Wesley was in amongst that group then that meant that he was going to be part of that army too. It would be bad enough to see him die, but to have him turned - She continued to walk towards the car, purpose in her stride.
They had to get to him before that happened.