CHAPTER 11
Historical Note: By now, the story takes place in the end of the fifth season of Buffy, and the fourth season of Angel.
Author's Note: The time has come…. Cordy returns! I hope you guys enjoy! I REALLLY need feedback on Cordy/Connor relationship. If for some reason you guys don't wanna e-mail me, that's ok, just write your opinion in a submission! PLEASE tho! I really need opinions!
Author's Note/Historical Note: This part takes place three months after where the second one left off. Angel is still missing, leaving Buffy to deal with the Hyperion Hotel, and to raise Connor. Cordelia has also gone missing, and the crew is searching for her as well. Also, Joyce gets terminally ill, forcing Buffy to go back to Sunnydale and take care of things for awhile not knowing she'd end up doing it permanently.
Buffy quietly entered the hotel assuming everyone was asleep. As she walked further into the lobby, she realized Angel was sitting on the couch, in the dark, waiting for her.
"Hey, I thought everyone was in bed," she explained as she took off her jacket.
"I wanted to wait until you got home," he explained.
"Well, I'm home now, so we can...go to bed," she said wanting nothing more than to go upstairs to bed.
"Sounds good to me," he said as he got up. "It's been a long day," he said.
"It really has," she agreed.
Two Days later...
"So what am I going to do while you guys are out fighting?" Dawn asked as Angel and Buffy got ready to go out.
"What do you usually do?" she asked as she took out a stake and examined it.
"Yeah, but it gets boring after a while," she whined.
"Dawn, you did this routine when we were in Sunnydale, I don't see how it's different," she said as she turned around.
"Yeah, but it's weird without the scooby gang here, and usually someone would stay with me," she explained.
"I could call Fed," Angel offered. Dawn paused and considered her options; stay in the hotel alone and with occasional visits from Wesley, or hang out with Fred, who was pretty cool, Dawn said to herself.
"Alright, cool," she said. Angel smiled, and walked over to the phone.
"Dawnie, I know you miss the gang, and I promise as soon as all the chaos around here dies down, and you start school, I'll let you go back and visit," she promised.
"I know," she said as Angel walked back over to them.
"And maybe, they can come here," Buffy suggested. Dawn smiled and nodded.
"She'll be over in a few minutes. Are you ready?" he asked.
"Yeah, let's go," she said as they headed for the door.
* * *
Buffy and Angel headed back a few hours later. They had managed to track down a demon that was planning on making a meal on a few unsuspecting humans. Then after that, they had dusted a few vampires that were up to no good downtown. Buffy sighed in relief as they walked through the hotel doors.
"Dawn, were home," Buffy said as she and Angel walked into the lobby. As she walked further into the hotel, she realized Dawn and Fred were sitting with some one else.
"Dawn, who's-" she began before realizing who it was.
"Cordy?" Angel asked as they walked over to them. Cordelia was still wearing the gown he saw her wearing as a divine being in the other dimension. Buffy instantly noticed her hair was also a lot shorter, and had been lightened drastically.
"She, she just appeared in the hotel an hour or so ago, and we've been trying to settle her down since," Dawn explained.
"Cordy, do you remember what happened?" Angel asked as he and Buffy walked over to the couch where Dawn was sitting with Cordelia while the others were standing around in the lobby. Cordy shook her head.
"I don't remember anything," she admitted. She continued to look around the lobby.
"And I don't remember this place, or who I am," she said.
"That was the other part I was getting to," Dawn said. Buffy looked at Wesley worriedly.
"Why doesn't she remember anything?" she asked her ex-watcher quickly.
"Were not exactly sure yet," he admitted.
"Have you called Giles?" she asked.
"He's not sure either," he told her. Buffy sighed and walked over to her.
"Your name is Cordelia Chase. You're from a town called Sunnydale, which is also in California," she began.
"Oh," Cordy said.
"You don't remember anything?" Buffy asked again, despite she had already said she didn't.
Cordelia shook her head. "I don't remember anything about me, or my past," she said. "Or any of you," she answered once more as she tried to recall even a shred of her past.
"Well, you work with us," Angel began as he walked over to Buffy. "And you've been gone, for a long time," he told her. "But you're back now."
"God what's wrong with me? Why can't I remember?" Cordy asked sounding frustrated with herself.
"I, I think you may have amnesia," Fred told them as she stood in the back.
"Amnesia?" Cordy repeated. "Well, how do I get my memory back?" she asked.
"Well, I heard sometimes it helps if you go through your stuff," she suggested.
"Good idea. Dawn, some of her stuff is in my office. Why don't you help her look through some of it?" he suggested. "I'll be in, in a minute," he added.
"Ok," Dawn said as she got up. "Um, his office is this way," she said as she motioned to his office. Cordy smiled faintly and followed Dawn into Angel's office while keeping a safe distance.