DISCLAIMER: Not mine! I hate the fact that they are just NOT mine...

RATING: Will definatly go up to R... an extremely hard Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr if you know what I mean... (eye wink)...

SUMMARY: Angel's has got problems living with his... body-mate... Dru is in town with Spike and she wants 'mummy' back, she wants daddy back... wants the family together... (Not really sure when, in terms of series, this is taking place but Spike and Dru are still together, Angel is in LA, A.I. has already been opened and Darla is dead).

THE COMING Chapter 2: Secrets ~*~

Dru was outside beneath the stars...Spike was glad she was happy, she was truly something else when she wasn't... He looked at her through the window of the house thinking how truly beautiful she was. But he had a feeling that she was going to get hurt, they had been through the 'bringing the family together' so many times that Spike had lost count... It never worked. Spike knew if this failed, Dru was most certainly going to punish him by abandoning him somewhere for some Ugly Ass Demon... He left the house and walked to her, determined to talk her out of it...

"Dru, love?" Dru had been looking up and she did not move or respond to his calling, acting as if he was not there. Spike was used to that, he had been with her, had loved her long enough to be able to tell when she was listening to some unknown power he could not hear. "Dru pet? What you are listening to? Dru?"

She turned around and put her fingers to her lips "Sssshhhhhhh! You're not being nice Spike..." Spike watched her trying to determine whether or not to press, pissing her off had pluses but often enough had negatives, deciding he spoke: "Pet, listen to me... How'bout we just forget this love...We forget the slayers, we forget this bringing the blood gang together and just move...Let's go back to Europe..."

"I don't like you right know Spike, your being a bad boy..." She looked down from the stars "I am going to have to punish you..."

Spike was not letting in "But, Love-" she paid him no heed and she pointed to the stars "So young and fresh in the sky...So new and happy...Can you hear them?"

Sighing Spike shook his head "No love, I can't hear them..." Dru made a sad sound and twirled beneath them, her crimson stained white dress twirling about her "Oooohhh I can hear them...And the ones deep in the ground...They are so angry. There is a big surprise coming Spike!"

Spike stared at her not sure if he should press her any further. She had obviously chosen to ignore his words. This time deciding against it. She smiled and looked at him "The ground's got secrets...It wants me to name the stars Spike...It asked me too...It's angry at the stars...There are so many of them, but I could think of only two names... And there will be hell to pay..."

Spike watched her, loving her insanity; she was charming that way. He couldn't help but love her. She looked down, letting her hair spill over her face shadowing her eyes...But he could see the demons' eyes staring at him, he could see the feral yellow watching him as she spoke "Now you, awful child, haven't been nice to me..." Spike felt his body respond to her actions and words. Felt an urgent want shoot through him, this was the pleasurable part of pissing her off. She stepped forward and ran a sharp nail along his cheek and neck, drawing blood "Bad boys always get their spanking..." Spike smiled at her, lust creeping into his features at the same time as the demon " I wouldn't have it any other way pet..."

~*~

Angel was damn near pulling his hair out...The demon had stopped rhyming poems and settled on a song:

"Boys and girls come out to play..."

He was sitting on the stairs in of the main doors of the Hyperion, it had been a quiet night.

"The moon doth shine as bright as day"

A night like this, in the past was often treasured.

"Leave your supper and leave your sleep"

No one had come in to complain about an unknown and ugly breed of 'rats' in their basement or big, awfully and oddly slimy flock of 'bats' attacking their dog.

"Come join your bedfellows in the street"

Right now Angel just wished a Warlock, or some other ugly demon would attack someone.

"Up the ladder and down the wall"

That way he knew he was fitting something physical, something he could actually win.

"A half penny loaf will serve us all..."

Instead he was stuck sitting and listening to the on going ranting and ravings of a very irritating, psycho demon... Not giving a moments rest Angelus started over again "Boys and girls come out to play the moon doth shine as bright as day..." Angel felt the explosion in his stomach before it came out of his mouth: "For the hundredth time would you SHUT THE HELL UP?!"

Cordy, Gunn and Wes had been sitting around the front desk...Cordy had been rambling on for the past hour about some of the clothes she had managed to get on sale. She jumped and looked at Angel, the expression on her face, as well as on the faces of the others was plain surprise...But there was a little hurt in her face...

Angel saw his mistake...Cordy thought she was talking about him, but Angelus' mocking laughter in the back ground distracted him. Without a thought of what was going on around him he snapped "You are a serious asshole! You know that?"

Wes and Gunn had blank faces they looked completely dumb-founded. Cordy's jaw dropped open, her eyes were wide... Once again understanding what was going on Angel cursed beneath his breath then quickly walked over to Cordy who had gotten up off the chair... He put his two hands on her shoulders and said "Cordy I wasn't talking to you..."

He saw the rage flare into her eyes "You weren't huh? I mean if you wanted me to shut up, all you had do was say so...I mean you didn't have to be so rude about it! Now your you have the gall to put your demon hands on my shoulders and lie to me?"

Angel open his brown sorrow filled eyes and shook his head... "No really Cor, I wasn't talking to you...Guys help me out here..." But neither spoke. When he looked up he saw that they were both still as shocked as before. No help from them was going to come anytime soon.

Angelus was hooting and howling. Just loving every second of it... "Ohh. Look at the pain you just caused Angel! How hurtful you are being." After another interlude of maddening laughter Angelus continued " There is blood on your shirt, crimson secrets on the wall... Was it you who called me evil? You have the gall!" he ended the rhyme using Cordy's own words...

One of Angel's hands left Cordy's side and he placed it on his head, he didn't dare speak, in fear of making the matter worse.

"What are you going to tell me now Angel? A bad dream again? Was it me driving you crazy in your sleep?! Am I giving you a headache? "

Angel opened his eyes giving her an apologetic look he covered her mouth with his hand... "Cordelia, listen to me please! Look at me, I'm not lying to you..." After a few seconds of staring into his eyes, Cordelia nodded "Ok...But this had better be good mister!"

With that Angel put his hands on the table and looked at his quiet yet curious group of friends... He covered his eyes, he had just gotten a headache; Angelus just wouldn't shut up.

Taking in a deep breath, that he really didn't need, he spoke "Guys I've been sort of keeping a little secret..." He waited for a reaction, when there was none he continued "I can usually hear Angelus in my head, I mean, we couldn't have conversations or anything... I could usually just feel his presence along with his wants and needs...But recently things have been going kinda weird..." Angel had been looking down but know he looked up and saw their faces again...

First there had been quiet curiosity written in the lines of their faces but now there was only alarmed fear... He wondered whether he should continue, then decided he couldn't back out of this now. The thought was backed up by Cody's' "Yeeesss?" and Wesley's "Go on..."

Angel nodded " Well he has been louder then normal. He keeps riddling, rhyming and singing in my head...It's driving me crazy...I mean he just won't shut up...And I could probably have a conversation with him if I wanted...If he wanted. But he doesn't cooperate. He just keeps going and laughing and taunting and I just can't shut him the hell up! If we don't do something fast, I'll be madder then a hatter in a three days...And crazier then Dru in a week and a half..."

"You can't be serious, it would take that short a to go insane...From something perfectly normal to something that psycho? A week and a half..." Angel looked at her "Trust me...It could take a whole lot less. And might if he doesn't shut up!"

Wes' brain had already started turning then he said "Are you sure this is Angelus...Couldn't it be Wolfram & Hart playing games with your mind?" Angel shook his head "No, believe you me this is Angelus and he is getting a happy out off of it..." Cordy shuddered "Angelus getting a happy is kinda scary...Something serious is going to go down..." Angel looked at Cordy "I really don't think so, I think he's just being the ass that he is...Trying to drive me crazy, I mean he really couldn't know anything that we wouldn't." Gunn nodded "That's true...Cordy would have had a vision by now..." "Yeah, and I thank God that I haven't ...I gotta tell you I'm not missing the ick factor that comes with this profession..."

Wes nodded "Ok...so we'll just do some research to find a spell to shut Angelus up..." Angel nodded "Alright, that sounds good...I'll hel-" Cordelia patted his back "No you won't you got me feeling bad about my little outburst...You go lie down, I'll warm you up some blood, then come do enough research for ten people..."

Angel didn't have to be told twice he smiled and lumbered his way up the stairs... Cordelia made her way to the kitchen "Poor guy...never has a moment of quiet...

Chapter 3 coming soon...