Title: A Spiritual Weekend

Summary: Courtesy of Cordelia's parents, Cordelia, Buffy, Angel and Spike spend some time up in Colorado. But their weekend ends up disastrous when spirits of past lives decide to haunt them.   

Author's Note: I know Cordelia's parents could have come up with something better then Colorado but that's the only place I've been to go skiing. I was thinking of the Alps but since I've never been there I don't know what's there.

Feedback: Does a writer's block good!

Disclaimer: Characters are not mine, except the ones you don't recognize b/c I made them up. Other then that, I'm just borrowing them. ************************************************************************************

"Isis! Isis!" Angel yelled for the female bartender as the four of them entered the entertainment side of the hotel towards the bar. "She's not here. Let's look for the manager."

Buffy looked over the counter. "Wait guys, look." She held up a necklace. "This is the pendent she was wearing."

"I think I found her." Spike held open a door showing Isis's body slouched over in the liquor closet. He squatted down to brush the hair from her face and noticed her hair drenched with blood.

"She was hit over the head with a wine bottle." Buffy picked up a piece of glass near Isis's leg. "She must have been getting refills when something knocked her out."

"Or someone," replied Angel.

"You think it was the spirits?" Angel nodded and headed towards their rooms.

"We need to get that information Giles gave us and perform this exorcism before someone else gets hurt."

"Uh guys…I think I found the manager." Cordelia had accidentally pushed in one of the liquor bottles and the whole wall opened up, revealing the bodies of the whole hotel crew including the manager. She looked down and noticed a good 10-foot drop to the bottom that would knock anyone out if they fell off. "OK…everyone ready to go home raise their hands." Cordelia's hand was the only one up. "OK then, see you guys back in Sunnyhell." Angel caught her wrist as she tried to leave. Flashes of their incident flashed again through her mind and she tried to snatch her wrist away but his grip tightened.

"You can't leave now."

Cordelia looked down at her wrist, which his hand was still on. Her voice was just above a whisper. "And why not?" He moved his hand so it was now in hers, pulling her towards him. He looked at their adjoined hands then up into her eyes, which were now looking at him with fear and compassion.

"Because I need you…" She gave him a warm smile, which soon fell when he finished his sentence. "…here to help with this and I don't really want to be stuck with Romeo and Juliet here." Cordelia snatched her hand away and crossed her arms, rolling her eyes. What a charmer.

Buffy crossed her arms and closed her eyes, shaking her head. She thought they were actually going to figure things out but whom was she kidding. It took Angel a least a week to figure out *she* was hitting on him. Cordelia should just throw in the towel. At least Spike knew she liked him but their relationship was just as complicated. They hadn't discussed what happened in their room that morning and he didn't seem to really care. Buffy just shrugged it off. 

Spike patted Angel on the back. "Good job you poof, you really had her eating your every word." Angel just smiled. He knew what he was doing and he would soon let it all come together just as soon as they fixed their spirit problem. He just hope he wasn't pushing it too far because he just might push her away. Spike, just noticing the last of Angel's sentence, hit him on the back again even harder, sending him stumbling forward. "Who you bloody calling Romeo and Juliet?"

Cordelia wrapped her arms around her body as if feeling a cold breeze hit her body forcefully. She wasn't technically cold but she could feel the chill in the way Angel's actions were playing on her emotions. Dammit, she wanted him to notice her and it was getting really annoying that he was playing these stupid games with her. She smacked herself mentally for even getting involved in the first place but decided to put it behind her.

Buffy looked down at the bodies below them. "Why would there be such a large drop if they knew that this was here?"

"Maybe they didn't know. Maybe it had stairs but they were knocked down and this was covered so someone could hide something here," stated Angel.

"Maybe six dead bodies?" Spike pointed out in the far corner and there they were. He could tell because of the fact that they were nothing but bones compared to the freshly killed bodies around them.

"That's just gross. Remind me never to…" Before Cordelia could say anything else something pushed her, sending her flying off the edge of the opened wall. The last thing she heard was the wall slamming shut before everything went black.  ******************************************************************************************       TBC! Sorry so short. Had to go away for a couple of days but more should be up soon! ~Michele~