~*~
Harmony and another group of girls ran out the door to see Xander and Cordelia being attacked. They began to charge Willow's group, in fury that they'd even try to hurt Cordelia. Harmony grabs Willow's ax and tries to rip it out of the redhead's hands. There was screaming all around them from girls fighting.
Harmony yelled at Willow, "Get away from her! She's mine!"
Figuring this was there means of escape, Xander grabbed Cordelia's hand and bolted away from the mob of angry women. However, their departure didn't go unnoticed as the group of girls, banned together, began to chase them.
~*~
In the school basement, Buffy scurries down the stairs and heads towards the boiler room. Oz is right on her trail, having tracked the Buffy rat this far. Once reaching the bottom of the steps, he scanned his flashlight around his surroundings in search of Buffy. The Buffy rat managed to make it in the boiler room and Oz soon followed. However, Buffy met up with a cat that hissed at her. The Buffy rat, sensing trouble for her own well being, squeaked and ran away from the feline. The cat meowed in protest before chasing after Buffy.
~*~
Xander and Cordelia ran down the street in the dark. Looking over his shoulder and seeing no one behind them, Xander slowed down to a quick walk and Cordelia joined him.
"My God," Cordelia breathed, "Elvis died and made me king. well queen in my case."
"Let's keep walking," Xander ordered, looking over his shoulder again.
"Where are we going?" Cordelia asked.
Xander looked over his shoulder again before answering, "To Buffy's house."
They both run up to Buffy's house and began banging on the door, alternating between looking over their shoulders for a mob of women hot in pursuit and knocking on the door in a frenzy.
"Come on!" Cordelia yelled.
Joyce finally opened the door, "Xander, Cordelia, what..."
The two students pushed past her and Cordelia greeted the older woman, "Yeah, hi."
Joyce closed the door after they entered. Both Cordelia and Xander looked out the small windows, watching for any crazed mobs coming there way.
Once satisfied, they all got situated in the kitchen.
"What happened? Why are you all scratched up? Where's Buffy?" Joyce questioned worriedly.
Cordelia replied, "She's um. around."
The older woman gestured to a stool, "Well, sit down and tell me about it." Cordelia grabbed a seat while Joyce looked at Xander, "Why don't you run upstairs and grab some bandages out of the bathroom, Xander?"
The young man nodded before walking down the hall and headed up the stairs.
Joyce walked around the kitchen, "Let me, uh, get you something to drink. You in the mood for cold or hot?"
"I'm not really that thirsty," Cordelia replied, "but thank you for offering."
It looked like Joyce didn't hear a word the brunette said because she walked behind her and continued, "I think it's," The older woman began massaging Cordelia's shoulders, "more of a hot night, don't you?"
Cordelia's body froze when she heard how Joyce used the word hot. She mentally screamed 'oh God' over and over in head.
Buffy's mom went on unperturbed as she massaged the brunette's shoulders, "Oh, you are so tense."
The older woman kissed Cordelia's neck and the former May Queen visible flinched.
"Oh boy," Xander said, having seen what just happened. He sort of hoped that Joyce wasn't affected by the spell, but that idea obviously went out the window.
Joyce looked up at the interloper, "Xander, go back upstairs. This is between us."
"I think not," Xander replied while grabbing Joyce's arm and pushed her towards the door. He opened it and Joyce began to protest.
"What are you doing? Hey! Get your hands off me!" Joyce said, but Xander closed the door in her face and locked it.
"This has really got out of hand," Xander stated.
Cordelia rolled her eyes, "You think?"
Suddenly, the window pane breaks and Joyce's arm is reaching for the lock.
Buffy's pleaded, "Cordelia, honey, let Joycie in. Hon, let Joycie in!"
Thinking quickly, Xander grabbed Cordelia's hand and ran away from the kitchen.
"Let's go to Buffy's room," He offered to his ex, dragging her up the stairs.
Joyce finally worked the lock, "Sweetheart."
Cordelia ran in Buffy's bedroom with Xander close behind her. She stood by the window while Xander closed and locked the door. He paced over towards the windows, "Good. The mob still hasn't found us. We should be safer up here."
Xander walked towards the bed and looked back to Cordelia in time to see Angelus grabbing her.
The vampire smiled, "Works in theory."
He pulled the cheerleader out of the room.
"Cordy!" Xander yelled fearfully.
~*~
With the cat gone, Buffy wiggled her nose, finding a hint of a delicious smell. Following her nose, her destination came to be a piece of cheese in a mouse trap.
~*~
Angelus threw the cheerleader on the ground and he immediately followed. He landed on his feet gracefully while Cordelia didn't have the pleasure. She groaned in pain, but Angelus roughly picked her up. He held Cordelia close, her back was to him and he noticed a vein throbbing on the young girl's neck.
He sniffed Cordelia, finding that the cheerleader's scent was mixed with something he was all too familiar with. Buffy.
"Where's Buffy?" He snarled in Cordelia's ear.
Xander looked out the window and screamed, "Cordy!"
"I. I don't know where she is," Cordelia admitted softly.
The recently soulless vampire grinned, tilting Cordelia's neck for easy access, "I smell her all over you."
"Cordy," Xander yelled, "I'm coming."
His demon visage masking over his human features, Angelus laughed, "Perfect. I wanted to do something special for Buffy, actually to Buffy, but this is so much better!"
Cordelia head butted the vampire's face and she momentarily freed. Taking her chance, Cordelia made a bolt for it, but Angelus quickly recovered. He snatched the beautiful young woman again and chuckled heartlessly, "Feisty aren't you?" When Cordelia didn't reply Angelus continued, "If it's any consolation, I feel very close to you right now."
Just as he was about to bite down on Cordelia's neck, a hand grabbed his shoulder and threw him into a tree. The vampire hit his head, his game face reverted back to human form and was in a daze for a second or two.
Cordelia jumped to the conclusion it was the blonde slayer that saved her, "Buffy, how."
She looked up and her savior was definitely not Buffy.
"Don't fret, kitten," Drusilla helped Cordelia up, "Mummy's here."
Angelus' eyes flashed yellow, "I don't know what you're up to, Dru, but it doesn't amuse!"
Drusilla growled at her sire and he easily returned the gesture.
The insane vampire raked her cold fingers threw Cordelia's long chestnut hair, "If you harm one hair on this girl's head..."
The male vampire looked incredulous, "You've gotta be kidding. Her?"
"Just because I've found something real, Daddy, doesn't mean you have throw a tantrum," Drusilla replied sweetly.
Angelus shook his head, "I guess I really did drive you crazy." With his parting words, Angelus faded into the night.
Drusilla turned to the frightened young woman before her, "Your face is a poem." She moaned, "I can read it."
"Really?" Cordelia inquired sarcastically, "Does it say 'destined for stardom as soom as she gets the hell out of Sunnydale' by any chance?"
The vampire lightly kissed Cordelia on the lips and murmured, "How do you feel about eternal life?"
Cordelia attempted to reply, but fear was etched in her body, and she couldn't grasp any words.
Drusilla ran a finger over Cordelia's jaw that slowly crept to the column of her neck. Her cold fingers felt a palpitated pulse, and she could hear Cordelia's frenzied heartbeat echoing in her ears.
"No need to be frightened, kitten," Drusilla whispered in Cordelia's ear. She gently bit the younger girls ear and Cordelia gasped.
Drusllia's cold lips latched on to Cordelia's hot skin. The former May Queen felt equally cold arms wrap around her. She was paralyzed with fear, and her body so tense that she couldn't even move.
The vampire kissed Cordelia's neck, the throbbing of the younger girl's vein tingled her whole body.
Cordelia heard a bone-crunching noise and knew that the vampire was in her demon visage. She was held tight as Drusilla softly sank her teeth in Cordelia's neck.
The cheerleader winced, but the pain was gone as quickly as it came. Drusilla drank and drank, while Cordelia's eyes began to water. Cordelia gazed at the star-filled night as she felt her limbs go numb. Hot tears scorched their way down from the corners of her eyes.
Harmony and another group of girls ran out the door to see Xander and Cordelia being attacked. They began to charge Willow's group, in fury that they'd even try to hurt Cordelia. Harmony grabs Willow's ax and tries to rip it out of the redhead's hands. There was screaming all around them from girls fighting.
Harmony yelled at Willow, "Get away from her! She's mine!"
Figuring this was there means of escape, Xander grabbed Cordelia's hand and bolted away from the mob of angry women. However, their departure didn't go unnoticed as the group of girls, banned together, began to chase them.
~*~
In the school basement, Buffy scurries down the stairs and heads towards the boiler room. Oz is right on her trail, having tracked the Buffy rat this far. Once reaching the bottom of the steps, he scanned his flashlight around his surroundings in search of Buffy. The Buffy rat managed to make it in the boiler room and Oz soon followed. However, Buffy met up with a cat that hissed at her. The Buffy rat, sensing trouble for her own well being, squeaked and ran away from the feline. The cat meowed in protest before chasing after Buffy.
~*~
Xander and Cordelia ran down the street in the dark. Looking over his shoulder and seeing no one behind them, Xander slowed down to a quick walk and Cordelia joined him.
"My God," Cordelia breathed, "Elvis died and made me king. well queen in my case."
"Let's keep walking," Xander ordered, looking over his shoulder again.
"Where are we going?" Cordelia asked.
Xander looked over his shoulder again before answering, "To Buffy's house."
They both run up to Buffy's house and began banging on the door, alternating between looking over their shoulders for a mob of women hot in pursuit and knocking on the door in a frenzy.
"Come on!" Cordelia yelled.
Joyce finally opened the door, "Xander, Cordelia, what..."
The two students pushed past her and Cordelia greeted the older woman, "Yeah, hi."
Joyce closed the door after they entered. Both Cordelia and Xander looked out the small windows, watching for any crazed mobs coming there way.
Once satisfied, they all got situated in the kitchen.
"What happened? Why are you all scratched up? Where's Buffy?" Joyce questioned worriedly.
Cordelia replied, "She's um. around."
The older woman gestured to a stool, "Well, sit down and tell me about it." Cordelia grabbed a seat while Joyce looked at Xander, "Why don't you run upstairs and grab some bandages out of the bathroom, Xander?"
The young man nodded before walking down the hall and headed up the stairs.
Joyce walked around the kitchen, "Let me, uh, get you something to drink. You in the mood for cold or hot?"
"I'm not really that thirsty," Cordelia replied, "but thank you for offering."
It looked like Joyce didn't hear a word the brunette said because she walked behind her and continued, "I think it's," The older woman began massaging Cordelia's shoulders, "more of a hot night, don't you?"
Cordelia's body froze when she heard how Joyce used the word hot. She mentally screamed 'oh God' over and over in head.
Buffy's mom went on unperturbed as she massaged the brunette's shoulders, "Oh, you are so tense."
The older woman kissed Cordelia's neck and the former May Queen visible flinched.
"Oh boy," Xander said, having seen what just happened. He sort of hoped that Joyce wasn't affected by the spell, but that idea obviously went out the window.
Joyce looked up at the interloper, "Xander, go back upstairs. This is between us."
"I think not," Xander replied while grabbing Joyce's arm and pushed her towards the door. He opened it and Joyce began to protest.
"What are you doing? Hey! Get your hands off me!" Joyce said, but Xander closed the door in her face and locked it.
"This has really got out of hand," Xander stated.
Cordelia rolled her eyes, "You think?"
Suddenly, the window pane breaks and Joyce's arm is reaching for the lock.
Buffy's pleaded, "Cordelia, honey, let Joycie in. Hon, let Joycie in!"
Thinking quickly, Xander grabbed Cordelia's hand and ran away from the kitchen.
"Let's go to Buffy's room," He offered to his ex, dragging her up the stairs.
Joyce finally worked the lock, "Sweetheart."
Cordelia ran in Buffy's bedroom with Xander close behind her. She stood by the window while Xander closed and locked the door. He paced over towards the windows, "Good. The mob still hasn't found us. We should be safer up here."
Xander walked towards the bed and looked back to Cordelia in time to see Angelus grabbing her.
The vampire smiled, "Works in theory."
He pulled the cheerleader out of the room.
"Cordy!" Xander yelled fearfully.
~*~
With the cat gone, Buffy wiggled her nose, finding a hint of a delicious smell. Following her nose, her destination came to be a piece of cheese in a mouse trap.
~*~
Angelus threw the cheerleader on the ground and he immediately followed. He landed on his feet gracefully while Cordelia didn't have the pleasure. She groaned in pain, but Angelus roughly picked her up. He held Cordelia close, her back was to him and he noticed a vein throbbing on the young girl's neck.
He sniffed Cordelia, finding that the cheerleader's scent was mixed with something he was all too familiar with. Buffy.
"Where's Buffy?" He snarled in Cordelia's ear.
Xander looked out the window and screamed, "Cordy!"
"I. I don't know where she is," Cordelia admitted softly.
The recently soulless vampire grinned, tilting Cordelia's neck for easy access, "I smell her all over you."
"Cordy," Xander yelled, "I'm coming."
His demon visage masking over his human features, Angelus laughed, "Perfect. I wanted to do something special for Buffy, actually to Buffy, but this is so much better!"
Cordelia head butted the vampire's face and she momentarily freed. Taking her chance, Cordelia made a bolt for it, but Angelus quickly recovered. He snatched the beautiful young woman again and chuckled heartlessly, "Feisty aren't you?" When Cordelia didn't reply Angelus continued, "If it's any consolation, I feel very close to you right now."
Just as he was about to bite down on Cordelia's neck, a hand grabbed his shoulder and threw him into a tree. The vampire hit his head, his game face reverted back to human form and was in a daze for a second or two.
Cordelia jumped to the conclusion it was the blonde slayer that saved her, "Buffy, how."
She looked up and her savior was definitely not Buffy.
"Don't fret, kitten," Drusilla helped Cordelia up, "Mummy's here."
Angelus' eyes flashed yellow, "I don't know what you're up to, Dru, but it doesn't amuse!"
Drusilla growled at her sire and he easily returned the gesture.
The insane vampire raked her cold fingers threw Cordelia's long chestnut hair, "If you harm one hair on this girl's head..."
The male vampire looked incredulous, "You've gotta be kidding. Her?"
"Just because I've found something real, Daddy, doesn't mean you have throw a tantrum," Drusilla replied sweetly.
Angelus shook his head, "I guess I really did drive you crazy." With his parting words, Angelus faded into the night.
Drusilla turned to the frightened young woman before her, "Your face is a poem." She moaned, "I can read it."
"Really?" Cordelia inquired sarcastically, "Does it say 'destined for stardom as soom as she gets the hell out of Sunnydale' by any chance?"
The vampire lightly kissed Cordelia on the lips and murmured, "How do you feel about eternal life?"
Cordelia attempted to reply, but fear was etched in her body, and she couldn't grasp any words.
Drusilla ran a finger over Cordelia's jaw that slowly crept to the column of her neck. Her cold fingers felt a palpitated pulse, and she could hear Cordelia's frenzied heartbeat echoing in her ears.
"No need to be frightened, kitten," Drusilla whispered in Cordelia's ear. She gently bit the younger girls ear and Cordelia gasped.
Drusllia's cold lips latched on to Cordelia's hot skin. The former May Queen felt equally cold arms wrap around her. She was paralyzed with fear, and her body so tense that she couldn't even move.
The vampire kissed Cordelia's neck, the throbbing of the younger girl's vein tingled her whole body.
Cordelia heard a bone-crunching noise and knew that the vampire was in her demon visage. She was held tight as Drusilla softly sank her teeth in Cordelia's neck.
The cheerleader winced, but the pain was gone as quickly as it came. Drusilla drank and drank, while Cordelia's eyes began to water. Cordelia gazed at the star-filled night as she felt her limbs go numb. Hot tears scorched their way down from the corners of her eyes.