Chapter 27: The spell.
Title: Reunion time.
Author: Nikka
Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.
Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.
Author's remark: My chapters as of ch 12 will no longer be reproof by Sigma due to the fact that I have no internet and I'm asking someone else to post the remaining chapters for me. I want to take this opportunity and thank sigma for all the help. And I hope you will continue reading my story even without the excellent work sigma has done. Thank you again sigma for all your great work.
"Where have you been?" Giles asked angrily when Buffy, Willow and Xander came to the shop. "Oh it's so sweet of you to worry about me like this, really Giles." Xander teased him. "Not you." Giles was obviously angry. "We talked, we made plans. You were supposed to be here hours ago. It's almost time." He snapped at Willow while pointing at his watch. He didn't even notice Buffy. "I'm sorry Giles but something came up." Willow tried to explain, but Giles wasn't in the mode for excuse. "Do you know what's at stake? Do you know we're gambling on someone's life? Cordelia's life." Giles kept on. "It was completely irresponsible of you, and I'm deeply disappointed of you." Giles walked away and took off his glasses and robbed his eyes. Buffy walked up to him. "Giles don't you think you were a bit harsh on Willow." "Tell that to Cordelia." He said and walked to the back room. Willow followed him "Tell me what?" Cordelia who just came in followed by a covered up Angel asked. "Nothing." Buffy brushed it off. "Is everything all right?" Cordelia asked when she noticed all the tension in the room. "Everything is fine. And right on schedule." Wesley assured her. Cordelia didn't really believe him but decided to leave it at that.
"Giles." Willow came in to the back room where Buffy trained knocking softly on the door, not to startle him. "What?" He asked coldly without even turning around. His back was facing her. "I'm sorry. I know you depended on me and I know I let you down. But all I can say in my defense is; that what I was doing was also very important." Giles turned to face her. "True it didn't involve life and death situation. But it did involve our life. Mine's Buffy's and Xander's." Giles started to understand what the delay was all about. "We had some things to work out, and before you jump the gun, we didn't plan for it to be today. It just happened." His expression changed he seemed a bit calmer. "And despite everything I'm glad it happen today before we preformed the spell." Giles looked beveled. "We're stronger when we're together, when we trust one another. And until today we didn't have that. We were living in a lie and that wasn't good for any of us." She stopped waiting for his reaction. "Giles? I'm done." She said after he didn't say anything. "I know. I was just trying to find the best way to say; I'm sorry I acted like a British pompous ass." He smiled. So did she. She knew he understood and he knew she forgave him already. "So, I'm looking for this book can you lend a hand?" Giles asked as he was going through a pile of boxes. "Sure." Willow joined in on the search.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Cordelia asked Wesley for the instructions. "We wrote down the words of the spell for you, they're in English." He handed her the text. "Good my Latin is a bit rusty." Cordelia tried to relief the tension with a bit of humor. It didn't work much. "Then." The squad of people who came in interrupted Wesley. Gunn, Fred and Tara said hello to everyone. "Where's willow?" Tara asked. "She's in the back with Giles. She'll be right out." Buffy said. "Can we help?" Gunn asked. "No we're almost ready. I'm just giving Cordy last instructions. The door opened again. This time it was Anya. "I'm back." She yelled. "With the smelly herbs." She waved the bag in the air. "Honey why are you yelling?" Xander asked. "I wasn't yelling." She got inside and tossed the bag on the table. "So you we're saying." Cordelia tried to get Wesley's attention. "Ho yes, sorry. As I was saying, first we create a circle of sand to bind the portal and the magic within, from this sand." He picked up a bag filled with green sand. "Then the five will create an outer circle." "The five?" Buffy asked. "We found the book." Willow said proudly as she and Giles came out from the back. "Have you explained the ritual to Cordelia?" Giles inquired. "He's been trying to but we keep on getting distracted." Cordelia snapped at him. Everyone quitted down. "Wesley, do continue." She said calmly. "Five people will stand outside the sand circle with candles, creating a second circle." Wesley answered Buffy's question. "For what?" Gunn asked intrigued. "To create the path." Wesley answered. "In order to create the gateway we need light, life and purity of the heart. The five will fulfill that task." "Is it dangerous? I mean for the five?" Fred asked concerned, knowing her or Gunn might be one of the five. "No. They will only feel a burst of energy going through them, and might lose consciousness for a few seconds. But that's all. Nothing will happen to them." Wesley assured her. "At this point, after the five will light up the candles." Giles stepped in and took over from Wesley who seemed a bit disappointed. "You'll drink this." He handed her a mug. "Wait we didn't add the smelly herbs." Anya pointed out. "Don't worry Anya we will before we start the ritual. Think of it as general rehearsal." Willow smiled thinking of her analogy. "Simple so far." Cordelia smiled nervously. Angel who noticed that held her hand. She smiled at him thanking him for be here with her. "After you finish resisting the text Giles will keep on reading a few lines in Sumerian." Wesley said. Cordelia nodded her head. "Then you will start to feel dazed like you're in some kind of trace." Giles explained. "A light will surround you and after a few minutes you'll fall down to the ground unconsciousness." Giles finished off.
"What do you mean unconsciousness?" till when?" Angel asked nervously. "Cordelia can't go back to the past life physically, only her consciousness can do that." Giles explained. "So?" Gunn asked confused. "A body can't exist without a consciousness. So when Cordy's consciousness is away." Gunn cut off Wesley. "Her body won't work? She'll die?" Gunn asked in panic. "No, no, she's not going to die. Her body will only shut down for a while until it is united with his consciousness once again. Like what happened to Cordy on her birthday." Wesley tried to simplify it. "Yeah but Cordy almost died on her birthday." Fred reminded him. "She won't now. It's different." Wesley reassured them, with little luck. "Guys we knew this would happen." Cordelia tried to calm them. "We knew the risks and we knew what's at stake. Remember?" She looked at Fred and Gunn who still weren't convinced. "These guys have been to several apocalypses and lived to tell the tale." She pointed at the scoobies. "Heck I've been to a few myself." She smiled remembering the old days in Sunnydale high. "It will be all right. We have to do this, there's no other way. I wish there was." She looked a bit sad. "I promise I'll come back." She looked at all the A.I. team. "I promise."
"Who's the five?" Xander asked all of the sudden. "I beg your pardon?" Giles was caught off guard. "Who are the five people who will create the circle?" Xander asked again more particular this time. "Oh right." Giles remembered. "Well I can't be because I'm reading the spell. And Wesley needs to make sure everything is going as planned." Giles looked around the room. "That leaves us with seven people including myself." Buffy did a headcount. "No you can't take part of this." Giles said. "Why?" Buffy asked confused. "You said the spell is harmless to the five?" "It is, but it also weakens themd for a while maybe even several hours and we can't afford to have the slayer not at full strength." Giles explained. "Okay then 6." Buffy looked around the room. "Wrong again." Anya said. "Why is that Anya?" Buffy was annoyed. "You need five people who are alive, with purity of the heart." Anya explained. "So?" Buffy asked no understanding. "God." Anya rolled her eyes. "That disqualifies me and Angel." "Why us?" Angel didn't get it either. "Because neither of us have purity of the heart, and technically you're not alive." Anya set down. She hated to explain everything. "Why are you and Angel. well I get angel." Xander said. "But why don't you have the purity thing?" Xander wondered. "Because she's an ex vengeance demon, just like Angel is an ex bad demon." Willow filled in the blanks. "They killed or maimed or generally hurt people in the past. Their hearts are not pure." Anya stared at Willow. "At least not pure for the spell." "So count me and ex demon out." Angel said. "Hi I've got a name vampire." Anya snapped at Angel who didn't seem to care. "Count us out that leaves; Willow, Fred, Gunn, Tara and Xander. five people." Angel summed it up. "By the way where's Lorne?" Fred asked when she noticed he wasn't around. "Taking care of Conor. He's out of the equation." Cordelia said. "Okay people time is running out. We have the five we have the text all we need is the poison and to set up and we're good to go." Everyone stared at Xander. "What? Can't I be commando guy for once?"
Apparently they weren't exactly on schedule. It was closing in on 16:00 and they still haven't started. All the explaining took longer then they expected. Buffy who needed some fresh air went outside by the back door. "Busy busy in there." A voice from the shade spoke to her. She came close to it. "Spike." What are you doing here?" "I thought you might need a hand?" He said. "No thank you, we're doing okay." Buffy sounded confident more then she actually was. "It doesn't seem like that. All the arguing and explaining, it looks like you're not doing just fine." He smiled. "You were in the shop? Why didn't you say anything? What are we back to the stalker routine?" She said sarcastically. "Bloody hell. I should've come." He turned heading for the sewers. "Spike wait! I'm sorry." She called out to him. "You can help. But only if you really want to." "Cross my heart." He did the sign and smiled. "No hidden agendas?" She wasn't completely sure of his honesty. "Promise." He took another puff from his cigarette. "Okay lets go inside. And lose this." She pointed to the cigarette. "Buffy?" He called her as she was standing in the doorway. She turned. "Can you throw me a blanket?" He said looking to the sky. It was still day outside. "Wait here." She went inside and came back out a few seconds later with a blanket. "Here." She throw him the blanket. "Now let's go, we're about to begin.
They walked in. "What is he doing here?" Xander asked angrily. "He wants to help." Buffy explained. "I have to agree with him." Angel pointed at Xander. "What is he doing here?" "Angel we don't have time for this, just let it go." Cordelia said to him and without argument he dropped the subject so did Xander. "Is everyone ready?" Wesley asked. Everyone nodded. "Is there anyone here who doesn't remember what he's supposed to do?" Wesley asked again making sure. "Okay then, let's get started. "Cordelia please stand here." Giles asked. As she stood in her place Wesley spread the sand around her forming a circle. Then Willow, Xander, Tara, Fred and Gunn set down and created another circle surrounding the sand circle and Cordelia. They lit the candles. Giles looked at Cordelia. "Are you ready?" "Yes." She said and gave one last look at Angel who stood right in front of her outside the circle. He refused to move. Giles said his line in Latin then Cordelia said hers: "Let the gateway open, let the truth be seen." Giles said another line. Then Cordelia: "Let my being open the door, let it show the way." And so on Cordelia said her lines; "I ask of you to bestow me the power with your blessing, the power to see, the power to feel, the power to live. Let my life be my compass, let them serve as a key to go back into the past and return to this present. Let me see with my mind what my eyes cannot see." Giles said his final line and Cordelia was ready to drink the potion as she said her last line: "Let my heart be guide, and my soul be my anchor. May the powers lead the way." She drank the poison. She was holding on to the mug like it was her last link to this reality. Then Giles began to speak in Sumerian. Cordelia started to feel dizzy. The room was spinning. What the rest saw was her body moving back and forth her eyes were closed. Giles kept reading the text and Cordelia started to glow. The five surrounding her closed their eyes. Suddenly Cordelia dropped the mug to the floor and it broke. "Keep on. Don't break the spell." Wesley ordered them. They did as he said. Cordelia stood there glowing, almost floating. Just as Giles said the last word the five raised their candles up high as a ray of bright light shot out from each candle and onto Cordelia's buddy. The light heat her like lighting. Her body Bended like it was hit by something. She screamed. Angel wanted to run to her But Buffy held him down. As the screaming continued Angel fought harder to release himself from her grip. "It's okay, she's okay." Buffy kept on telling him, trying to calm him down. Then the screaming stopped and the light was gone All the candles were put out. Cordelia fell to the ground just in time for Buffy to let go of Angel so he can catch her. So did the rest. Their upper bodies fell backwards. Luckily Tara remembered to put pillows behind each of them. Slowly they each came to looking dazed like they just woke up from a long sleep.
Everyone slowly got up and it wasn't until a few minutes later they saw the unconsciousness Cordelia laying on the floor in Angel's arms. "Is she all right?" Fred was worried. "I think so." Wesley replayed. "What do you mean you think so? Is she or isn't she?" Gunn had little patience. "It's not that simple. She's breathing and she's alive. We can only hope the spell worked and she returned to her vision. But there is no way to know for sure, at least not now." Wesley was also upset. "It's not like we taped a home beacon to her arm." He said angrily to Gunn. "I know, I'm sorry man, I'm just worried about her." Gunn apologized. "I know so do I, so do all of us." Wesley understood Gunn's reaction. "How will she wake up?" Tara asked. "I don't know. I imagine when she learns all she needs to she'll wake up." Giles was guessing and it showed. "Will she know how to do that?" this time it was Fred. "I don't know. I'm sorry but we told you there's isn't a spell like the one we did. We created it; we combined a few other spells. I can't say for sure. I just don't know. "Can we move her?" Buffy asked. "Yes the spell is done. We don't need the circle anymore." Giles answered her question hoping it was the last one, knowing it won't be. "Well I guess all we have to do now is figure out how to move Angel?" Spike said while they all looked down at Angel and Cordelia. He just set there holding her not saying a word. Just like before when she was out. Only this time it was worse. This time he didn't say anything at all. "So do you have any suggestions?" Buffy asked.
TBC
Hi ppl, I hope you'll enjoy this ch. If you have any ideas or wishes as to what happens on Cordelia's journey sent me a review. I'll appreciate all ides. As usual thank you for your wonderful reviews. Nikka.
Title: Reunion time.
Author: Nikka
Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.
Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.
Author's remark: My chapters as of ch 12 will no longer be reproof by Sigma due to the fact that I have no internet and I'm asking someone else to post the remaining chapters for me. I want to take this opportunity and thank sigma for all the help. And I hope you will continue reading my story even without the excellent work sigma has done. Thank you again sigma for all your great work.
"Where have you been?" Giles asked angrily when Buffy, Willow and Xander came to the shop. "Oh it's so sweet of you to worry about me like this, really Giles." Xander teased him. "Not you." Giles was obviously angry. "We talked, we made plans. You were supposed to be here hours ago. It's almost time." He snapped at Willow while pointing at his watch. He didn't even notice Buffy. "I'm sorry Giles but something came up." Willow tried to explain, but Giles wasn't in the mode for excuse. "Do you know what's at stake? Do you know we're gambling on someone's life? Cordelia's life." Giles kept on. "It was completely irresponsible of you, and I'm deeply disappointed of you." Giles walked away and took off his glasses and robbed his eyes. Buffy walked up to him. "Giles don't you think you were a bit harsh on Willow." "Tell that to Cordelia." He said and walked to the back room. Willow followed him "Tell me what?" Cordelia who just came in followed by a covered up Angel asked. "Nothing." Buffy brushed it off. "Is everything all right?" Cordelia asked when she noticed all the tension in the room. "Everything is fine. And right on schedule." Wesley assured her. Cordelia didn't really believe him but decided to leave it at that.
"Giles." Willow came in to the back room where Buffy trained knocking softly on the door, not to startle him. "What?" He asked coldly without even turning around. His back was facing her. "I'm sorry. I know you depended on me and I know I let you down. But all I can say in my defense is; that what I was doing was also very important." Giles turned to face her. "True it didn't involve life and death situation. But it did involve our life. Mine's Buffy's and Xander's." Giles started to understand what the delay was all about. "We had some things to work out, and before you jump the gun, we didn't plan for it to be today. It just happened." His expression changed he seemed a bit calmer. "And despite everything I'm glad it happen today before we preformed the spell." Giles looked beveled. "We're stronger when we're together, when we trust one another. And until today we didn't have that. We were living in a lie and that wasn't good for any of us." She stopped waiting for his reaction. "Giles? I'm done." She said after he didn't say anything. "I know. I was just trying to find the best way to say; I'm sorry I acted like a British pompous ass." He smiled. So did she. She knew he understood and he knew she forgave him already. "So, I'm looking for this book can you lend a hand?" Giles asked as he was going through a pile of boxes. "Sure." Willow joined in on the search.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Cordelia asked Wesley for the instructions. "We wrote down the words of the spell for you, they're in English." He handed her the text. "Good my Latin is a bit rusty." Cordelia tried to relief the tension with a bit of humor. It didn't work much. "Then." The squad of people who came in interrupted Wesley. Gunn, Fred and Tara said hello to everyone. "Where's willow?" Tara asked. "She's in the back with Giles. She'll be right out." Buffy said. "Can we help?" Gunn asked. "No we're almost ready. I'm just giving Cordy last instructions. The door opened again. This time it was Anya. "I'm back." She yelled. "With the smelly herbs." She waved the bag in the air. "Honey why are you yelling?" Xander asked. "I wasn't yelling." She got inside and tossed the bag on the table. "So you we're saying." Cordelia tried to get Wesley's attention. "Ho yes, sorry. As I was saying, first we create a circle of sand to bind the portal and the magic within, from this sand." He picked up a bag filled with green sand. "Then the five will create an outer circle." "The five?" Buffy asked. "We found the book." Willow said proudly as she and Giles came out from the back. "Have you explained the ritual to Cordelia?" Giles inquired. "He's been trying to but we keep on getting distracted." Cordelia snapped at him. Everyone quitted down. "Wesley, do continue." She said calmly. "Five people will stand outside the sand circle with candles, creating a second circle." Wesley answered Buffy's question. "For what?" Gunn asked intrigued. "To create the path." Wesley answered. "In order to create the gateway we need light, life and purity of the heart. The five will fulfill that task." "Is it dangerous? I mean for the five?" Fred asked concerned, knowing her or Gunn might be one of the five. "No. They will only feel a burst of energy going through them, and might lose consciousness for a few seconds. But that's all. Nothing will happen to them." Wesley assured her. "At this point, after the five will light up the candles." Giles stepped in and took over from Wesley who seemed a bit disappointed. "You'll drink this." He handed her a mug. "Wait we didn't add the smelly herbs." Anya pointed out. "Don't worry Anya we will before we start the ritual. Think of it as general rehearsal." Willow smiled thinking of her analogy. "Simple so far." Cordelia smiled nervously. Angel who noticed that held her hand. She smiled at him thanking him for be here with her. "After you finish resisting the text Giles will keep on reading a few lines in Sumerian." Wesley said. Cordelia nodded her head. "Then you will start to feel dazed like you're in some kind of trace." Giles explained. "A light will surround you and after a few minutes you'll fall down to the ground unconsciousness." Giles finished off.
"What do you mean unconsciousness?" till when?" Angel asked nervously. "Cordelia can't go back to the past life physically, only her consciousness can do that." Giles explained. "So?" Gunn asked confused. "A body can't exist without a consciousness. So when Cordy's consciousness is away." Gunn cut off Wesley. "Her body won't work? She'll die?" Gunn asked in panic. "No, no, she's not going to die. Her body will only shut down for a while until it is united with his consciousness once again. Like what happened to Cordy on her birthday." Wesley tried to simplify it. "Yeah but Cordy almost died on her birthday." Fred reminded him. "She won't now. It's different." Wesley reassured them, with little luck. "Guys we knew this would happen." Cordelia tried to calm them. "We knew the risks and we knew what's at stake. Remember?" She looked at Fred and Gunn who still weren't convinced. "These guys have been to several apocalypses and lived to tell the tale." She pointed at the scoobies. "Heck I've been to a few myself." She smiled remembering the old days in Sunnydale high. "It will be all right. We have to do this, there's no other way. I wish there was." She looked a bit sad. "I promise I'll come back." She looked at all the A.I. team. "I promise."
"Who's the five?" Xander asked all of the sudden. "I beg your pardon?" Giles was caught off guard. "Who are the five people who will create the circle?" Xander asked again more particular this time. "Oh right." Giles remembered. "Well I can't be because I'm reading the spell. And Wesley needs to make sure everything is going as planned." Giles looked around the room. "That leaves us with seven people including myself." Buffy did a headcount. "No you can't take part of this." Giles said. "Why?" Buffy asked confused. "You said the spell is harmless to the five?" "It is, but it also weakens themd for a while maybe even several hours and we can't afford to have the slayer not at full strength." Giles explained. "Okay then 6." Buffy looked around the room. "Wrong again." Anya said. "Why is that Anya?" Buffy was annoyed. "You need five people who are alive, with purity of the heart." Anya explained. "So?" Buffy asked no understanding. "God." Anya rolled her eyes. "That disqualifies me and Angel." "Why us?" Angel didn't get it either. "Because neither of us have purity of the heart, and technically you're not alive." Anya set down. She hated to explain everything. "Why are you and Angel. well I get angel." Xander said. "But why don't you have the purity thing?" Xander wondered. "Because she's an ex vengeance demon, just like Angel is an ex bad demon." Willow filled in the blanks. "They killed or maimed or generally hurt people in the past. Their hearts are not pure." Anya stared at Willow. "At least not pure for the spell." "So count me and ex demon out." Angel said. "Hi I've got a name vampire." Anya snapped at Angel who didn't seem to care. "Count us out that leaves; Willow, Fred, Gunn, Tara and Xander. five people." Angel summed it up. "By the way where's Lorne?" Fred asked when she noticed he wasn't around. "Taking care of Conor. He's out of the equation." Cordelia said. "Okay people time is running out. We have the five we have the text all we need is the poison and to set up and we're good to go." Everyone stared at Xander. "What? Can't I be commando guy for once?"
Apparently they weren't exactly on schedule. It was closing in on 16:00 and they still haven't started. All the explaining took longer then they expected. Buffy who needed some fresh air went outside by the back door. "Busy busy in there." A voice from the shade spoke to her. She came close to it. "Spike." What are you doing here?" "I thought you might need a hand?" He said. "No thank you, we're doing okay." Buffy sounded confident more then she actually was. "It doesn't seem like that. All the arguing and explaining, it looks like you're not doing just fine." He smiled. "You were in the shop? Why didn't you say anything? What are we back to the stalker routine?" She said sarcastically. "Bloody hell. I should've come." He turned heading for the sewers. "Spike wait! I'm sorry." She called out to him. "You can help. But only if you really want to." "Cross my heart." He did the sign and smiled. "No hidden agendas?" She wasn't completely sure of his honesty. "Promise." He took another puff from his cigarette. "Okay lets go inside. And lose this." She pointed to the cigarette. "Buffy?" He called her as she was standing in the doorway. She turned. "Can you throw me a blanket?" He said looking to the sky. It was still day outside. "Wait here." She went inside and came back out a few seconds later with a blanket. "Here." She throw him the blanket. "Now let's go, we're about to begin.
They walked in. "What is he doing here?" Xander asked angrily. "He wants to help." Buffy explained. "I have to agree with him." Angel pointed at Xander. "What is he doing here?" "Angel we don't have time for this, just let it go." Cordelia said to him and without argument he dropped the subject so did Xander. "Is everyone ready?" Wesley asked. Everyone nodded. "Is there anyone here who doesn't remember what he's supposed to do?" Wesley asked again making sure. "Okay then, let's get started. "Cordelia please stand here." Giles asked. As she stood in her place Wesley spread the sand around her forming a circle. Then Willow, Xander, Tara, Fred and Gunn set down and created another circle surrounding the sand circle and Cordelia. They lit the candles. Giles looked at Cordelia. "Are you ready?" "Yes." She said and gave one last look at Angel who stood right in front of her outside the circle. He refused to move. Giles said his line in Latin then Cordelia said hers: "Let the gateway open, let the truth be seen." Giles said another line. Then Cordelia: "Let my being open the door, let it show the way." And so on Cordelia said her lines; "I ask of you to bestow me the power with your blessing, the power to see, the power to feel, the power to live. Let my life be my compass, let them serve as a key to go back into the past and return to this present. Let me see with my mind what my eyes cannot see." Giles said his final line and Cordelia was ready to drink the potion as she said her last line: "Let my heart be guide, and my soul be my anchor. May the powers lead the way." She drank the poison. She was holding on to the mug like it was her last link to this reality. Then Giles began to speak in Sumerian. Cordelia started to feel dizzy. The room was spinning. What the rest saw was her body moving back and forth her eyes were closed. Giles kept reading the text and Cordelia started to glow. The five surrounding her closed their eyes. Suddenly Cordelia dropped the mug to the floor and it broke. "Keep on. Don't break the spell." Wesley ordered them. They did as he said. Cordelia stood there glowing, almost floating. Just as Giles said the last word the five raised their candles up high as a ray of bright light shot out from each candle and onto Cordelia's buddy. The light heat her like lighting. Her body Bended like it was hit by something. She screamed. Angel wanted to run to her But Buffy held him down. As the screaming continued Angel fought harder to release himself from her grip. "It's okay, she's okay." Buffy kept on telling him, trying to calm him down. Then the screaming stopped and the light was gone All the candles were put out. Cordelia fell to the ground just in time for Buffy to let go of Angel so he can catch her. So did the rest. Their upper bodies fell backwards. Luckily Tara remembered to put pillows behind each of them. Slowly they each came to looking dazed like they just woke up from a long sleep.
Everyone slowly got up and it wasn't until a few minutes later they saw the unconsciousness Cordelia laying on the floor in Angel's arms. "Is she all right?" Fred was worried. "I think so." Wesley replayed. "What do you mean you think so? Is she or isn't she?" Gunn had little patience. "It's not that simple. She's breathing and she's alive. We can only hope the spell worked and she returned to her vision. But there is no way to know for sure, at least not now." Wesley was also upset. "It's not like we taped a home beacon to her arm." He said angrily to Gunn. "I know, I'm sorry man, I'm just worried about her." Gunn apologized. "I know so do I, so do all of us." Wesley understood Gunn's reaction. "How will she wake up?" Tara asked. "I don't know. I imagine when she learns all she needs to she'll wake up." Giles was guessing and it showed. "Will she know how to do that?" this time it was Fred. "I don't know. I'm sorry but we told you there's isn't a spell like the one we did. We created it; we combined a few other spells. I can't say for sure. I just don't know. "Can we move her?" Buffy asked. "Yes the spell is done. We don't need the circle anymore." Giles answered her question hoping it was the last one, knowing it won't be. "Well I guess all we have to do now is figure out how to move Angel?" Spike said while they all looked down at Angel and Cordelia. He just set there holding her not saying a word. Just like before when she was out. Only this time it was worse. This time he didn't say anything at all. "So do you have any suggestions?" Buffy asked.
TBC
Hi ppl, I hope you'll enjoy this ch. If you have any ideas or wishes as to what happens on Cordelia's journey sent me a review. I'll appreciate all ides. As usual thank you for your wonderful reviews. Nikka.