Title: Children of the Grave
Author: Lily ( lilyana_vamp@yahoo.com )
Disclaimer: Whedon, Greenwalt, ME, all them, not me
Summary: Couple: C/A
Rating: R-NC-17
Category: Angst, Romance
Spoilers: None
Part 1 Gone Again
She ran through the doors of the five star hotel and screamed for help. She ran for the elevator as the doors began to slide shut. "No! Please! Let me in! Help me!" She banged frantically at the closed, metal doors, but no one headed her pleas. They all passed her off as the crazy pregnant lady.
"Cordelia, I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help."
"The way you helped before? I don't need that kind of help!" she snapped and tried to run past him. The pain in her abdomen betrayed her, throwing her into his arms.
"What are you doing here?"
"That doesn't matter right now. You need a hospital. You're bleeding." He scooped her up and walked out of the busy hotel, virtually un-noticed.
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"You've called all of the hospitals?"
"Yes," Fred nodded sadly.
"Are you sure? There are a lot in the area. Maybe you missed one."
"Angel, we've called them all. Our police contacts are aware of the situation and keeping their eyes out for her."
Angel sighed and collapsed into his chair. The days of searching for the woman he loved and his unborn child were beginning to catch up with him.
"She has to be somewhere. I have to find her."
"She'll come back when she's ready. Give her time Angel," Wesley tried to reason.
"I can't give her time Wes. Something's wrong and she needs help."
Wesley nodded and looked toward the door. "Well, hopefully something will turn up soon. If she's as in danger as you sense, I pray that she seeks help, if not in us, in someone else."
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He carried her into the hospital and called for help. "Please, she needs a doctor!"
"What happened Sir?"
"I'm not sure. She's pregnant. When I saw her, I noticed she'd been bleeding." He motioned to the dark red covering her pants. "She could hardly stand."
"What's her name?"
"Cordelia Chase."
"Are you family of Ms. Chase?"
"No, I'm.I'm an acquaintance."
"We need to contact her family."
"The only person you could call is."
"Who Sir?" As the nurse questioned him, the medical personnel took her from his arms and rushed her into a room. "We need to know who to contact Sir."
"I have to go." He turned and walked back out of the hospital.
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"I just can't wait around here!"
"What are you going to do? Run out into the sun? Don't think you'd do Barbie much good as a Crispy Critter."
"Gunn, you don't understand-"
"Yeah, I do Angel. I want to find and help Cordy too, but I don't think the answer's going to come knocking on the door." Gunn trailed off at the sound of banging. "Okay, I stand corrected."
Angel bolted for the door and threw it open. His eyes narrowed at the man who stood before him. "Tell me what the hell you're doing here!" he growled and grabbed the man by the throat, slamming him against the door.
"Cor.delia." the man gasped.
Angel tightened his grip. "What have you done to her? Tell me or lose your other hand."
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Angel looked at Lindsey McDonald with skepticism. "You expect me to believe that you just happened to be there when Cordy needed to be taken to the hospital? You seemed to send her to the hospital an awful lot."
Lindsey rubbed his neck gently and looked seriously at the extremely pissed off vampire. "Look, I don't expect you to be okay with my story, but I do expect you to go to Cordelia. She's in trouble and she needs the people she loves. That's you Angel."
"Last time I checked, she didn't want to be anywhere near me." Angel looked at her desk longingly. "She didn't even want to be carrying my child."
"The baby's.yours?" Lindsey looked at Wesley in disbelief. "How can that be?"
"We've been asking ourselves a lot lately."
"What was wrong with Cordy, when you took her to the hospital?" Fred asked.
"She'd been bleeding and she was weak. She could hardly stand up. She did make a valid attempt at running from me though," Lindsey pointed out, impressed by her strength.
"Well, can you blame her, given your past?" Wesley stared at the ex-lawyer sternly.
"No, I can't. But I swear I was just trying to help her. She.she didn't look good. I've never seen her like that."
"You obviously didn't see her when you put her in the hospital the first time," Angel growled at the man who sat on his couch. "I don't like this one bit. I don't care if you don't work for Wolfram & Hart anymore or not. I don't trust you."
"Like I said, I don't expect you to."
"Shut up. If you caused one bit of harm to Cordelia, I iwill/i cut off your other hand, and I won't stop there. I'll continue with each of your body parts until I rip out your miserable heart. Are we clear?"
Lindsey looked up at the vampire and swallowed hard. "Crystal."
*********************
Angel met the others in the lobby of the large hospital. "Did you find out where she is?"
"Yes, she's in the." Wesley began.
"Where? Where is she Wesley?"
"She's in the Intensive Care Unit. Angel! There's something you should." Wesley trailed off when he realized Angel wasn't listening; he was well on his way to Cordelia's bedside.
Angel ran from the group and to the elevator. As he got to ICU, a nurse attempted to stop him. "Sir, you can't go in there. Only family is allowed. I'll have to ask you to show some ID."
"I don't have time for that! I need to see her!" He easily pushed past the small nurse and through the doors.
"Sir! I'll have to call security!"
"That won't be necessary Miss," Wesley told her as he approached the station. "We are her family.
The woman looked at the group with her eyebrow raised. "An English guy, a black guy, a scrawny little twig, and a psycho. You're her family?"
"We're the best family you can get, and you'd better not try to keep us from her," Gunn warned, but backed off as he felt Fred's hand on his arm.
"We're just worried about her." She looked up as she heard the commotion from inside of the Unit. "That doesn't sound good."
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*A few moments earlier*
Angel rushed to her bed and looked down at her. She was pale and still. He looked at the tubes and wires that were hooked up to her and felt his heart sink. It was worse than he imagined. He didn't know how much worse though.
His eyes moved down to her stomach and he immediately sensed something was wrong. "No." He spun around and grabbed the nearest attendant roughly. "Where is it?"
"Where is what?" the young man asked, his voice shaking uncontrollably.
"Where is my baby? What did you do to it?"
Disclaimer: Whedon, Greenwalt, ME, all them, not me
Summary: Couple: C/A
Rating: R-NC-17
Category: Angst, Romance
Spoilers: None
Part 1 Gone Again
She ran through the doors of the five star hotel and screamed for help. She ran for the elevator as the doors began to slide shut. "No! Please! Let me in! Help me!" She banged frantically at the closed, metal doors, but no one headed her pleas. They all passed her off as the crazy pregnant lady.
"Cordelia, I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help."
"The way you helped before? I don't need that kind of help!" she snapped and tried to run past him. The pain in her abdomen betrayed her, throwing her into his arms.
"What are you doing here?"
"That doesn't matter right now. You need a hospital. You're bleeding." He scooped her up and walked out of the busy hotel, virtually un-noticed.
*************************
"You've called all of the hospitals?"
"Yes," Fred nodded sadly.
"Are you sure? There are a lot in the area. Maybe you missed one."
"Angel, we've called them all. Our police contacts are aware of the situation and keeping their eyes out for her."
Angel sighed and collapsed into his chair. The days of searching for the woman he loved and his unborn child were beginning to catch up with him.
"She has to be somewhere. I have to find her."
"She'll come back when she's ready. Give her time Angel," Wesley tried to reason.
"I can't give her time Wes. Something's wrong and she needs help."
Wesley nodded and looked toward the door. "Well, hopefully something will turn up soon. If she's as in danger as you sense, I pray that she seeks help, if not in us, in someone else."
***************************
He carried her into the hospital and called for help. "Please, she needs a doctor!"
"What happened Sir?"
"I'm not sure. She's pregnant. When I saw her, I noticed she'd been bleeding." He motioned to the dark red covering her pants. "She could hardly stand."
"What's her name?"
"Cordelia Chase."
"Are you family of Ms. Chase?"
"No, I'm.I'm an acquaintance."
"We need to contact her family."
"The only person you could call is."
"Who Sir?" As the nurse questioned him, the medical personnel took her from his arms and rushed her into a room. "We need to know who to contact Sir."
"I have to go." He turned and walked back out of the hospital.
*******************************
"I just can't wait around here!"
"What are you going to do? Run out into the sun? Don't think you'd do Barbie much good as a Crispy Critter."
"Gunn, you don't understand-"
"Yeah, I do Angel. I want to find and help Cordy too, but I don't think the answer's going to come knocking on the door." Gunn trailed off at the sound of banging. "Okay, I stand corrected."
Angel bolted for the door and threw it open. His eyes narrowed at the man who stood before him. "Tell me what the hell you're doing here!" he growled and grabbed the man by the throat, slamming him against the door.
"Cor.delia." the man gasped.
Angel tightened his grip. "What have you done to her? Tell me or lose your other hand."
********************************
Angel looked at Lindsey McDonald with skepticism. "You expect me to believe that you just happened to be there when Cordy needed to be taken to the hospital? You seemed to send her to the hospital an awful lot."
Lindsey rubbed his neck gently and looked seriously at the extremely pissed off vampire. "Look, I don't expect you to be okay with my story, but I do expect you to go to Cordelia. She's in trouble and she needs the people she loves. That's you Angel."
"Last time I checked, she didn't want to be anywhere near me." Angel looked at her desk longingly. "She didn't even want to be carrying my child."
"The baby's.yours?" Lindsey looked at Wesley in disbelief. "How can that be?"
"We've been asking ourselves a lot lately."
"What was wrong with Cordy, when you took her to the hospital?" Fred asked.
"She'd been bleeding and she was weak. She could hardly stand up. She did make a valid attempt at running from me though," Lindsey pointed out, impressed by her strength.
"Well, can you blame her, given your past?" Wesley stared at the ex-lawyer sternly.
"No, I can't. But I swear I was just trying to help her. She.she didn't look good. I've never seen her like that."
"You obviously didn't see her when you put her in the hospital the first time," Angel growled at the man who sat on his couch. "I don't like this one bit. I don't care if you don't work for Wolfram & Hart anymore or not. I don't trust you."
"Like I said, I don't expect you to."
"Shut up. If you caused one bit of harm to Cordelia, I iwill/i cut off your other hand, and I won't stop there. I'll continue with each of your body parts until I rip out your miserable heart. Are we clear?"
Lindsey looked up at the vampire and swallowed hard. "Crystal."
*********************
Angel met the others in the lobby of the large hospital. "Did you find out where she is?"
"Yes, she's in the." Wesley began.
"Where? Where is she Wesley?"
"She's in the Intensive Care Unit. Angel! There's something you should." Wesley trailed off when he realized Angel wasn't listening; he was well on his way to Cordelia's bedside.
Angel ran from the group and to the elevator. As he got to ICU, a nurse attempted to stop him. "Sir, you can't go in there. Only family is allowed. I'll have to ask you to show some ID."
"I don't have time for that! I need to see her!" He easily pushed past the small nurse and through the doors.
"Sir! I'll have to call security!"
"That won't be necessary Miss," Wesley told her as he approached the station. "We are her family.
The woman looked at the group with her eyebrow raised. "An English guy, a black guy, a scrawny little twig, and a psycho. You're her family?"
"We're the best family you can get, and you'd better not try to keep us from her," Gunn warned, but backed off as he felt Fred's hand on his arm.
"We're just worried about her." She looked up as she heard the commotion from inside of the Unit. "That doesn't sound good."
****************************
*A few moments earlier*
Angel rushed to her bed and looked down at her. She was pale and still. He looked at the tubes and wires that were hooked up to her and felt his heart sink. It was worse than he imagined. He didn't know how much worse though.
His eyes moved down to her stomach and he immediately sensed something was wrong. "No." He spun around and grabbed the nearest attendant roughly. "Where is it?"
"Where is what?" the young man asked, his voice shaking uncontrollably.
"Where is my baby? What did you do to it?"