Part 3 – An evening at the Bronze
So just about everyone was out, mostly celebrating the successful completion of the SAT's and that it was a Saturday night. Cordelia had said her hello's to Willow as she sat listening to Oz's band. There was no sign of Xander yet, so she decided she would hang with Harmony and Aura. It was fun to be young and gossip and ogle the cute football players, even though most of them were dumb as sticks.
"Now there is one piece of salty goodness." Harmony said, looking at a football player.
That phrase is so my phrase, Cordelia thought, then let it go, being popular meant that one was emulated. "And he is looking at you Harm." She said encouraging her friend.
People were dancing and having fun, and one of the guys from the team came up to Cordelia. "Hey want to dance Cordy?" Justin asked. Hopeful that the head cheerleader would say yes, especially since Xander Harris was no where to be seen.
"Sure Justin, I am dying to dance!" Cordelia said brightly and loudly over the music and let him pull her to the dance floor. This was turning out to be a great night.
From a dark corner of the bronze a tall dark figure lurked, watching the events taking place. He felt his demon rise up when he saw the brunette, his girl, being dragged out onto the dance floor by the boy. They are dancing way to close together. Angel thought.
Angel had left the Mansion about a half hour earlier, tired of being alone, missing Cordy, and realizing that she might need protection tonight given the shortness of her skirt.
He had spent the short time he was there watching, he was fine when Cordelia was talking with the girls. He didn't need to kill any boys for looking at her, but the thought was present and pushed to the back of his mind. He had done a scan of the Bronze and noted that there was no sign of Xander or for that matter Buffy. It looked like the only two Scoobies present were Willow and Oz. Good, if he did have to admit his existence he was not ready to have the first conversation be with Buffy.
Angel's eyes moved back to Cordelia and she was dancing very close and very fast with the boy. The music changed to a slower song and the boy tried to pull her closer. Angel growled. Cordelia shook him off and then made the motion for thirsty and going to get a drink. Good, I won't need to tear his limbs apart.
Cordelia worked her way through the crowded dance floor towards the bar. She unknowingly got into arms reach of Angel and was pulled into his dark corner and grasp.
"Hey...Buddy let go!" Cordelia said trying to pull away, use to being groped and how to deal with it. It was dark in the corner and she couldn't make out the dark figure.
"Now, I thought you would be glad to see me." Angel said suavely.
"Angel!" Cordelia practically jumped into his arms.
"Glad to see me?" Angel asked, knowing what her answer would be, moving his arms to tighten around her body, pulling her into the darkness of his corner and closer to his chest.
"Yes, I am so proud of you." She beamed.
"I was lonely without you, and got tired of feeling that way. Plus you obviously needed protection tonight." Angel said a little miffed that she was dancing with someone not him.
"Oh Justin, that was no biggie, he is a good dancer, and well I like to dance." Cordelia said, snuggling in closer. Loving the smell of his leather duster, and the smell that was purely man coming from him.
"Do I get a kiss hello as a reward for venturing out to be your protector?" Angel asked, he had many decades of seducing women and decided to put it to use tonight with Cordelia.
"Yes, I say that deserves a kiss." Cordelia said very seriously.
Angel acted quickly and lowered his head and claimed what was his with a kiss.
"Aura who is that kissing Cordy? It so does not look like Xander...he is so much hotter." Harmony said, having noticed Cordelia talking to a stranger a moment ago on the other side of the bar, and then saw them starting to kiss.
"I don't know Harm, but he looks good enough to eat." Aura replied, slightly jealous that Cordelia always got all the good men.
"Hey Willow, what is up?" Buffy asked having just arrived at the Bronze after patrol.
"Not much, glad you came out tonight Buff." Willow said smiling at her best friend.
"Well I decided that brooding at home was no fun, and after Patrol what better place to be then here with my gang. Where is everyone?" Buffy asked, putting on a smile.
"Oz is playing...well obvious, and Xander hasn't shown yet, but he said he would be here. And Cordy was out dancing a moment ago." Willow said, looking over Buffy's shoulder at the dance floor trying to locate Cordelia, when her eyes past over a couple making out in the corner of the dance floor. Buffy turned around and followed Willow's gaze, seeing the couple as well.
"Yuck, don't they know that PDA (public displays of affection) does not mean full deep throat kissing for everyone to have to suffer through." Buffy said turning back to Willow.
"Yeah...oh my god!" Willow said, seeing the light just right on the kissing couple.
"What?!" Buffy asked looking around to see what had shocked Willow.
"That's Cordelia and that is not Xander!" Willow said to Buffy.
"What's not Xander?" Xander asked coming up behind Buffy, having just arrived himself.
Buffy and Willow both looked at each other and decided they would protect Xander from whatever might be happening till they found out more, and silently agreed to wait before saying anything.
"Just 'not Xander' here. You know you're late and I said it was not Xander to be late." Willow babbled.
"Well Will, I have been known to be late." Xander said, sliding onto the stool next to Willow.
"Yes truer words could not be said." Buffy said...she was looking at Willow with a wild, what the hell is going on look on her face, and making sure she blocked Xander's view of Cordelia behind her kissing some random guy.
"Hey have you guys seen Cordy yet, she didn't answer her cell phone earlier, and I wanted to apologize." Xander said, looking around the Bronze, but not behind him.
"Cordelia, uhh, yes, I mean no, yes, no" Willow said continuing to be flustered. She looked over Buffy's shoulder and saw Cordelia and the guy move toward the back of the bar, to the quieter lounge area, where there were couches, and other comfortable places to kiss, she meant talk.
"Well which is it Will, is she here or not?" Xander asked, use to translating Willow gibberish.
"What Willow was trying to say is that Cordy was here, but isn't here now, isn't that right Willow?" Buffy said putting the words into Willow's mouth for her.
"Yes, here and gone." Phew, Willow concluded. "Well that is fine, I have my best two girls here with me and that is all that matters. Can I get you guys anything from the bar?" Xander asked.
"No!" Both Buffy and Willow shouted at once.
"Alrighty then, I am just going to go get myself some caffeine, you too have obviously had way too much!" Xander said, noting both Buffy and Willow were acting a bit tense. It must be the after-effects of test taking.
"No, I mean, we were just going to go up, my treat this time." Buffy said quickly, wanting to talk to Willow and see if she could confirm what they saw Cordelia doing and with whom.
"Yes, good idea Buffy. Xander save our table, Oz will be right over once this set is done. Come on Buffy...lets get beverages." Willow said, jumping down from her stool and grabbing Buffy by the hand towards the bar.
"Great...thanks" Xander said as he watched the girls head toward the bar.
Willow nearly knocked over her stool when getting up in a rush to talk to Buffy without Xander present. Xander grabbed the stool before it fell to the floor, "Easy Willow, don't take out the place."
Willow laughed nervously and grabbed Buffy's hand, "Come on." The two girls practically raced over to the bar and out of Xander's earshot.
"So Will, was that Cordelia making out in the dark corner?" Buffy asked. Looking around the bar and not seeing the cheerleader anywhere.
"Yes, I think so, but I couldn't tell who she was with." Willow said, sad for Xander.
"I can't believe she is cheating on Xander, I mean how could she sink so low?" Buffy said, thinking about how she could get away with slaying Cordelia for hurting Xander.
"Well, maybe it wasn't her, or maybe it was some kind of fluke, maybe a clothes fluke." Willow said, thinking back to several heated kisses she had shared with Xander over the past 3 weeks. Guilt was getting harder and harder to deny.
"Hey there is Harmony and Aura, I am going to go see if they know anything about this mystery guy." Buffy said, wanting to take action any kind of action. She walked over to the corner of the bar that Harmony was leaning against.
"Hey Harmony." Buffy started casually.
"Hi Biffy, what is up?" Harmony asked, wondering why this freak, as Cordelia had called her multiple times, was bugging her.
"It's Buffy." The blonde really grated on Buffy's nerves.
"Pfft..." A less than perfect imitation of Cordy.
"I am looking for Cordelia; do you know where she is or who she is with?" Buffy cut to the punch line, not wanting to spend a lot of time Harmony, so she could focus her energy on hurting Cordelia if she was hurting Xander.
"Why what is your deal?" Harmony was just a little curious as to why Buffy wanted Cordelia, and was sure that Cordy would not want her spilling any of the juicy details about kissing that tall dark college boy.
"Well she is Xander's girlfriend, and he is here, and we thought we saw her kissing some guy in the corner earlier." Buffy spilled more details than she anticipated spilling.
"I don't think so Biffy..." Harmony started...
"BUFFY!" Buffy practically growled at the girl.
"Whatever, anyway, she was here and danced a bit with Justin and then she left." Harmony failed to add the part about her leaving with the tall dark salty goodness college boy...who kinda looked like the guy Buffy dated last spring. Wonder if Cordy decided to take what she wanted and take Buffy's boyfriend. Go Cordy!
"Oh, so just dancing..." Buffy knew Justin and knew that kissing him was the last thing Cordy would do...he was a great dancer but just not kissable.
"Yah, so why don't you go back to your little wacko click and do whatever it is you do." Harmony tried to pull of a Cordelia and did not even come close.
"Argh.." Buffy sighed and walked away from Harmony, well that was helpful. She moved back over to Willow who had 4 beverages in front of her.
"Hey I ordered some sodas, did you find out anything from Harmony?" Willow asked, not sure what she hoped the outcome to be, but knowing instinctively that Xander was going to be hurt.
"Just that Cordelia danced with Justin and then left. You didn't notice her dancing did you?" Buffy took a soda off the bar and took a large drink. She didn't realize how thirsty she was after her patrol, and the cold soda tasted good.
"Yes, I thought I saw her a few times out on the dance floor and come to think of it, she was dancing with Justin. Eew, you don't think she was making out with Justin?" Willow asked, Justin was a nice kid and a great football player, but can you say dumb as a stick.
"Hmmm...I wonder...well I don't think we should say anything until to Xander until we confront Cordelia. If she is cheating on him, I am going to kill or at least maim her. Lets get back to Xander before he thinks we have totally abandoned him." Buffy said, picking up two of the glasses from the bar, while Willow took the other two.
...meanwhile in the ally behind the Bronze
Cordelia had her arms around Angel's neck and they were making out, like teenagers, except for the fact that one of them wasn't a teenager, wasn't even human. Angel's kisses were addictive, once she had one, she just couldn't seem to stop.
Angel pressed her body against his and the wall of the ally. Feeling her body soft and willing against his, his lips drinking up her taste. Kissing Cordelia made him want to own her completely, to never release her from his site. He didn't think that he ever remembered wanting Buffy this much. Cordy was pure intoxication to him. He wanted to stay drunk like this forever.
"Well lookie what we have here...snacks!" Said a college age looking boy who was now a vampire coming across the two lovers in the ally, to his 3 other friends.
The second one, already in vamp face, looked over Cordelia, "Mmmm I love the taste of a cheerleader, especially one that is so horny."
Angel turned around at the voices of the young vampires who had come up behind him, and moved so that Cordelia was behind him, protected.
"I don't think so boys." Angel said quietly. He didn't vamp out, but he knew he exuded power, and experience, something these fledgling vamps obviously did not have.
"Oh yah, and what are you going to do about it." The third vampire, a tall dark kid, who looked fairly strong piped in.
"You don't know who I am," Angel then laughed, this might be fun.
"Nope, and don't care, you are between me and a Happy Meal." The first vampire stated, hoping that bravado with scare away the protective boyfriend. His instincts must be wrong, but the guy almost smelled like a Vampire, but there was something different.
"I don't think you boys are going to be doing any snacking tonight, why don't you run along before I decide not to let you go and just kill you." Angel said, surveying the ally and noting that there were several broken pallets with an ample supply of stakes to be used.
All three of the vampires started laughing, the third one stopped laughing – "And who do you think you are, how are you going to stop the three of us?"
This should be fun. "Because...I'm Angel" Angel took a dive at the first vampire and knocked him out. Time to get rid of these guys quick, Angel thought, they were interrupting some interesting happenings with Cordelia.
The fight went on for a little bit, as Angel was not up to full health yet, but he dusted one of the three vamps fairly quickly. As punches were thrown and violence ensued, Cordelia stayed out of the way. Then she saw an opportunity that she just couldn't pass up. The taller dark vampire moved past her and Cordy stuck out her leg and tripped him. He went flying into the broken pallets, not prepared that the girl would fight back, and he landed so that one of the pieces of wood stuck straight through his heart. Puff. What a great sound, Cordy thought.
Angel was punching the last surviving Vampire and seemed to be enjoying himself. This one he was not going to kill, he needed to get the message out that he was back and that no one was to touch his property.
"Not so tough now are we boy." Angel said to the beaten vampire he was holding by the shirt collar.
"No...who are you?" the vamp asked, hoping he would get out of this without a stake through the heart.
Angel vamped out at this point to prove a point, "I am Angel and you see that girl over there, who so easily dusted your buddy?" Angel turning the vampire so he could see Cordelia who was standing against the wall, catching her breath.
The vampire nodded, sensing that at this point saying anything might be a life ending decision.
"Good, she is mine, my property, you make sure you tell all your little friends that I am back, and she is not to be touched." Angel looked down at the other vampire, and waited for an answer.
"Yes your property, I will get word out that she is not to be touched." The vampire said humbly, hoping that he was safe to hunt another day.
"Good." Angel said, and then punched him one last time, knocking him out cold. He dropped the vampire like trash and then looked over to Cordelia, still fully vamped out.
"You okay?" Cordy asked, concerned that the fight had taken a lot out of Angel, moving away from the wall to stand next to him. She reached up at touched the bruise on his bumpy forehead.
"Fine, you aren't hurt?" Angel said, taking inventory of her, heartbeat a little faster than normal, and he didn't smell any blood, so he knew she hadn't been scratched.
"No I am fine. Thank you." Cordelia said, and then did the only thing she could think of...she kissed him...while he was fully vamped out.
Angel kissed her back hard, trying to be careful not to cut her with his fangs, she was kissing him in his true demon form, and it drove him wild. He pulled away from the kiss and shook off the demon face and then pulled her into the tightest embrace he could do without breaking her bones.
"Anytime Sweetheart, anytime." Angel said and leaned down and kissed her thoroughly.
So just about everyone was out, mostly celebrating the successful completion of the SAT's and that it was a Saturday night. Cordelia had said her hello's to Willow as she sat listening to Oz's band. There was no sign of Xander yet, so she decided she would hang with Harmony and Aura. It was fun to be young and gossip and ogle the cute football players, even though most of them were dumb as sticks.
"Now there is one piece of salty goodness." Harmony said, looking at a football player.
That phrase is so my phrase, Cordelia thought, then let it go, being popular meant that one was emulated. "And he is looking at you Harm." She said encouraging her friend.
People were dancing and having fun, and one of the guys from the team came up to Cordelia. "Hey want to dance Cordy?" Justin asked. Hopeful that the head cheerleader would say yes, especially since Xander Harris was no where to be seen.
"Sure Justin, I am dying to dance!" Cordelia said brightly and loudly over the music and let him pull her to the dance floor. This was turning out to be a great night.
From a dark corner of the bronze a tall dark figure lurked, watching the events taking place. He felt his demon rise up when he saw the brunette, his girl, being dragged out onto the dance floor by the boy. They are dancing way to close together. Angel thought.
Angel had left the Mansion about a half hour earlier, tired of being alone, missing Cordy, and realizing that she might need protection tonight given the shortness of her skirt.
He had spent the short time he was there watching, he was fine when Cordelia was talking with the girls. He didn't need to kill any boys for looking at her, but the thought was present and pushed to the back of his mind. He had done a scan of the Bronze and noted that there was no sign of Xander or for that matter Buffy. It looked like the only two Scoobies present were Willow and Oz. Good, if he did have to admit his existence he was not ready to have the first conversation be with Buffy.
Angel's eyes moved back to Cordelia and she was dancing very close and very fast with the boy. The music changed to a slower song and the boy tried to pull her closer. Angel growled. Cordelia shook him off and then made the motion for thirsty and going to get a drink. Good, I won't need to tear his limbs apart.
Cordelia worked her way through the crowded dance floor towards the bar. She unknowingly got into arms reach of Angel and was pulled into his dark corner and grasp.
"Hey...Buddy let go!" Cordelia said trying to pull away, use to being groped and how to deal with it. It was dark in the corner and she couldn't make out the dark figure.
"Now, I thought you would be glad to see me." Angel said suavely.
"Angel!" Cordelia practically jumped into his arms.
"Glad to see me?" Angel asked, knowing what her answer would be, moving his arms to tighten around her body, pulling her into the darkness of his corner and closer to his chest.
"Yes, I am so proud of you." She beamed.
"I was lonely without you, and got tired of feeling that way. Plus you obviously needed protection tonight." Angel said a little miffed that she was dancing with someone not him.
"Oh Justin, that was no biggie, he is a good dancer, and well I like to dance." Cordelia said, snuggling in closer. Loving the smell of his leather duster, and the smell that was purely man coming from him.
"Do I get a kiss hello as a reward for venturing out to be your protector?" Angel asked, he had many decades of seducing women and decided to put it to use tonight with Cordelia.
"Yes, I say that deserves a kiss." Cordelia said very seriously.
Angel acted quickly and lowered his head and claimed what was his with a kiss.
"Aura who is that kissing Cordy? It so does not look like Xander...he is so much hotter." Harmony said, having noticed Cordelia talking to a stranger a moment ago on the other side of the bar, and then saw them starting to kiss.
"I don't know Harm, but he looks good enough to eat." Aura replied, slightly jealous that Cordelia always got all the good men.
"Hey Willow, what is up?" Buffy asked having just arrived at the Bronze after patrol.
"Not much, glad you came out tonight Buff." Willow said smiling at her best friend.
"Well I decided that brooding at home was no fun, and after Patrol what better place to be then here with my gang. Where is everyone?" Buffy asked, putting on a smile.
"Oz is playing...well obvious, and Xander hasn't shown yet, but he said he would be here. And Cordy was out dancing a moment ago." Willow said, looking over Buffy's shoulder at the dance floor trying to locate Cordelia, when her eyes past over a couple making out in the corner of the dance floor. Buffy turned around and followed Willow's gaze, seeing the couple as well.
"Yuck, don't they know that PDA (public displays of affection) does not mean full deep throat kissing for everyone to have to suffer through." Buffy said turning back to Willow.
"Yeah...oh my god!" Willow said, seeing the light just right on the kissing couple.
"What?!" Buffy asked looking around to see what had shocked Willow.
"That's Cordelia and that is not Xander!" Willow said to Buffy.
"What's not Xander?" Xander asked coming up behind Buffy, having just arrived himself.
Buffy and Willow both looked at each other and decided they would protect Xander from whatever might be happening till they found out more, and silently agreed to wait before saying anything.
"Just 'not Xander' here. You know you're late and I said it was not Xander to be late." Willow babbled.
"Well Will, I have been known to be late." Xander said, sliding onto the stool next to Willow.
"Yes truer words could not be said." Buffy said...she was looking at Willow with a wild, what the hell is going on look on her face, and making sure she blocked Xander's view of Cordelia behind her kissing some random guy.
"Hey have you guys seen Cordy yet, she didn't answer her cell phone earlier, and I wanted to apologize." Xander said, looking around the Bronze, but not behind him.
"Cordelia, uhh, yes, I mean no, yes, no" Willow said continuing to be flustered. She looked over Buffy's shoulder and saw Cordelia and the guy move toward the back of the bar, to the quieter lounge area, where there were couches, and other comfortable places to kiss, she meant talk.
"Well which is it Will, is she here or not?" Xander asked, use to translating Willow gibberish.
"What Willow was trying to say is that Cordy was here, but isn't here now, isn't that right Willow?" Buffy said putting the words into Willow's mouth for her.
"Yes, here and gone." Phew, Willow concluded. "Well that is fine, I have my best two girls here with me and that is all that matters. Can I get you guys anything from the bar?" Xander asked.
"No!" Both Buffy and Willow shouted at once.
"Alrighty then, I am just going to go get myself some caffeine, you too have obviously had way too much!" Xander said, noting both Buffy and Willow were acting a bit tense. It must be the after-effects of test taking.
"No, I mean, we were just going to go up, my treat this time." Buffy said quickly, wanting to talk to Willow and see if she could confirm what they saw Cordelia doing and with whom.
"Yes, good idea Buffy. Xander save our table, Oz will be right over once this set is done. Come on Buffy...lets get beverages." Willow said, jumping down from her stool and grabbing Buffy by the hand towards the bar.
"Great...thanks" Xander said as he watched the girls head toward the bar.
Willow nearly knocked over her stool when getting up in a rush to talk to Buffy without Xander present. Xander grabbed the stool before it fell to the floor, "Easy Willow, don't take out the place."
Willow laughed nervously and grabbed Buffy's hand, "Come on." The two girls practically raced over to the bar and out of Xander's earshot.
"So Will, was that Cordelia making out in the dark corner?" Buffy asked. Looking around the bar and not seeing the cheerleader anywhere.
"Yes, I think so, but I couldn't tell who she was with." Willow said, sad for Xander.
"I can't believe she is cheating on Xander, I mean how could she sink so low?" Buffy said, thinking about how she could get away with slaying Cordelia for hurting Xander.
"Well, maybe it wasn't her, or maybe it was some kind of fluke, maybe a clothes fluke." Willow said, thinking back to several heated kisses she had shared with Xander over the past 3 weeks. Guilt was getting harder and harder to deny.
"Hey there is Harmony and Aura, I am going to go see if they know anything about this mystery guy." Buffy said, wanting to take action any kind of action. She walked over to the corner of the bar that Harmony was leaning against.
"Hey Harmony." Buffy started casually.
"Hi Biffy, what is up?" Harmony asked, wondering why this freak, as Cordelia had called her multiple times, was bugging her.
"It's Buffy." The blonde really grated on Buffy's nerves.
"Pfft..." A less than perfect imitation of Cordy.
"I am looking for Cordelia; do you know where she is or who she is with?" Buffy cut to the punch line, not wanting to spend a lot of time Harmony, so she could focus her energy on hurting Cordelia if she was hurting Xander.
"Why what is your deal?" Harmony was just a little curious as to why Buffy wanted Cordelia, and was sure that Cordy would not want her spilling any of the juicy details about kissing that tall dark college boy.
"Well she is Xander's girlfriend, and he is here, and we thought we saw her kissing some guy in the corner earlier." Buffy spilled more details than she anticipated spilling.
"I don't think so Biffy..." Harmony started...
"BUFFY!" Buffy practically growled at the girl.
"Whatever, anyway, she was here and danced a bit with Justin and then she left." Harmony failed to add the part about her leaving with the tall dark salty goodness college boy...who kinda looked like the guy Buffy dated last spring. Wonder if Cordy decided to take what she wanted and take Buffy's boyfriend. Go Cordy!
"Oh, so just dancing..." Buffy knew Justin and knew that kissing him was the last thing Cordy would do...he was a great dancer but just not kissable.
"Yah, so why don't you go back to your little wacko click and do whatever it is you do." Harmony tried to pull of a Cordelia and did not even come close.
"Argh.." Buffy sighed and walked away from Harmony, well that was helpful. She moved back over to Willow who had 4 beverages in front of her.
"Hey I ordered some sodas, did you find out anything from Harmony?" Willow asked, not sure what she hoped the outcome to be, but knowing instinctively that Xander was going to be hurt.
"Just that Cordelia danced with Justin and then left. You didn't notice her dancing did you?" Buffy took a soda off the bar and took a large drink. She didn't realize how thirsty she was after her patrol, and the cold soda tasted good.
"Yes, I thought I saw her a few times out on the dance floor and come to think of it, she was dancing with Justin. Eew, you don't think she was making out with Justin?" Willow asked, Justin was a nice kid and a great football player, but can you say dumb as a stick.
"Hmmm...I wonder...well I don't think we should say anything until to Xander until we confront Cordelia. If she is cheating on him, I am going to kill or at least maim her. Lets get back to Xander before he thinks we have totally abandoned him." Buffy said, picking up two of the glasses from the bar, while Willow took the other two.
...meanwhile in the ally behind the Bronze
Cordelia had her arms around Angel's neck and they were making out, like teenagers, except for the fact that one of them wasn't a teenager, wasn't even human. Angel's kisses were addictive, once she had one, she just couldn't seem to stop.
Angel pressed her body against his and the wall of the ally. Feeling her body soft and willing against his, his lips drinking up her taste. Kissing Cordelia made him want to own her completely, to never release her from his site. He didn't think that he ever remembered wanting Buffy this much. Cordy was pure intoxication to him. He wanted to stay drunk like this forever.
"Well lookie what we have here...snacks!" Said a college age looking boy who was now a vampire coming across the two lovers in the ally, to his 3 other friends.
The second one, already in vamp face, looked over Cordelia, "Mmmm I love the taste of a cheerleader, especially one that is so horny."
Angel turned around at the voices of the young vampires who had come up behind him, and moved so that Cordelia was behind him, protected.
"I don't think so boys." Angel said quietly. He didn't vamp out, but he knew he exuded power, and experience, something these fledgling vamps obviously did not have.
"Oh yah, and what are you going to do about it." The third vampire, a tall dark kid, who looked fairly strong piped in.
"You don't know who I am," Angel then laughed, this might be fun.
"Nope, and don't care, you are between me and a Happy Meal." The first vampire stated, hoping that bravado with scare away the protective boyfriend. His instincts must be wrong, but the guy almost smelled like a Vampire, but there was something different.
"I don't think you boys are going to be doing any snacking tonight, why don't you run along before I decide not to let you go and just kill you." Angel said, surveying the ally and noting that there were several broken pallets with an ample supply of stakes to be used.
All three of the vampires started laughing, the third one stopped laughing – "And who do you think you are, how are you going to stop the three of us?"
This should be fun. "Because...I'm Angel" Angel took a dive at the first vampire and knocked him out. Time to get rid of these guys quick, Angel thought, they were interrupting some interesting happenings with Cordelia.
The fight went on for a little bit, as Angel was not up to full health yet, but he dusted one of the three vamps fairly quickly. As punches were thrown and violence ensued, Cordelia stayed out of the way. Then she saw an opportunity that she just couldn't pass up. The taller dark vampire moved past her and Cordy stuck out her leg and tripped him. He went flying into the broken pallets, not prepared that the girl would fight back, and he landed so that one of the pieces of wood stuck straight through his heart. Puff. What a great sound, Cordy thought.
Angel was punching the last surviving Vampire and seemed to be enjoying himself. This one he was not going to kill, he needed to get the message out that he was back and that no one was to touch his property.
"Not so tough now are we boy." Angel said to the beaten vampire he was holding by the shirt collar.
"No...who are you?" the vamp asked, hoping he would get out of this without a stake through the heart.
Angel vamped out at this point to prove a point, "I am Angel and you see that girl over there, who so easily dusted your buddy?" Angel turning the vampire so he could see Cordelia who was standing against the wall, catching her breath.
The vampire nodded, sensing that at this point saying anything might be a life ending decision.
"Good, she is mine, my property, you make sure you tell all your little friends that I am back, and she is not to be touched." Angel looked down at the other vampire, and waited for an answer.
"Yes your property, I will get word out that she is not to be touched." The vampire said humbly, hoping that he was safe to hunt another day.
"Good." Angel said, and then punched him one last time, knocking him out cold. He dropped the vampire like trash and then looked over to Cordelia, still fully vamped out.
"You okay?" Cordy asked, concerned that the fight had taken a lot out of Angel, moving away from the wall to stand next to him. She reached up at touched the bruise on his bumpy forehead.
"Fine, you aren't hurt?" Angel said, taking inventory of her, heartbeat a little faster than normal, and he didn't smell any blood, so he knew she hadn't been scratched.
"No I am fine. Thank you." Cordelia said, and then did the only thing she could think of...she kissed him...while he was fully vamped out.
Angel kissed her back hard, trying to be careful not to cut her with his fangs, she was kissing him in his true demon form, and it drove him wild. He pulled away from the kiss and shook off the demon face and then pulled her into the tightest embrace he could do without breaking her bones.
"Anytime Sweetheart, anytime." Angel said and leaned down and kissed her thoroughly.