Sorry for the lack of updating! I hope you like the story so far. Sorry for using the word plane so often. It would be super helpful if someone could figure out another word for it. Plot twists comin' up! Review when you're done!

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Previously in Inevitable-

Angel looked into Cordelia's eyes. He knew there was no way she would let him go back to La. To another plane. She had finally found the love of her life again, and there was no way she was allowing him to leave. "Angel, did you ever watch that movie Titanic?" said Cordelia, still looking into his eyes. "Uh, yeah..." said Angel, curious about how the movie related to the current situation. "Angel, I'll never let go."

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        Angel stared into Cordy's eyes. She loved him and... he loved her. Not Buffy or Nina, but Cordelia. The woman that was always there for him, that was like a mother to his son, and that always provided a witty remark or two to lighten the mood of even the darkest days. He dove in for a passionate kiss that felt like it lasted for centuries. He felt happy for the first time in a few years. Just happy.

        Angel had naturally assumed that since he was just a soul up in heaven, there was no curse applied to him. Even when he stepped outside the hospital, and the sun hit his pale skin, he knew he wouldn't burn up, that he was basically human. But he was wrong and there still was a curse. And when that moment of pure happiness came from that kiss, he burned. He opened his eyes and saw Cordelia look in shock to see Angel burning in up in flames. He felt more pain than when he was in the hospital, than when the dragon killed him, and more than anything he had ever experienced. This was his punishment. This was his penalty for being happy for even a second.

        Angel wasn't in heaven anymore. He awoke to find himself in a large canyon, where instead of water, there was lead flowing through it. But he wasn't Angelus. He still felt fairly non-evil. He did want to beat the living crap out of those gypsies but otherwise he was all right. Angel stood up and leaned against a canyon wall for support. The moment he touched it, all the horrible painful thoughts he had ever had came flooding back into his mind. He immediately let go and fell to the ground.

All that pain...

As the thoughts left his mind, something kicked him in the ribs. He looked up to see a familiar face. Drusilla.

        She kneeled down to look at a fragile Angel. "I found daddy! Huh? Why does daddy hurt? No... he is not daddy but he is the Angel fiend... He cries and whimpers because his love isn't here. Oh, how weak he is!" She said in a singsong voice. She quickly changed the subject for some reason. "The stars aren't here. How I miss them! They spoke to me and told me magical tales! The Shara tells me I will never see them again... but the shadows say differently. They whisper his plans to me and tell me about the horrors he will do! Then I will see the stars again..." Her words trailed off as she looked to the river of lead. Angel also turned his attention towards a form rising out of it.

        It was in the shape of a person. Angel could feel the energy pulsating out of it. Drusilla turned back to Angel and smiled, "The Shara has come. Punish you he will!" She stood back up and kicked him one more time before she ran off. The form fully rose out of the piping hot lead. It was almost featureless except for two red eyes. "You have awoken me. Pain comes to those who awake me from my slumber." It said without moving its mouth.

It must be the thing that controls this place

"Pain will come to those who awaken me with their petty cries!"

Angel staggered up. He looked it straight into the eyes of the metallic form. He had enough of being kicked around by higher beings. He wasn't going to stand for this. "Listen, lead boy. I have had a bad enough day without you taunting me! I got killed by a dragon, woke up in excruciating pain, got torn away from the woman I love, got all burned up, and got kicked in the ribs and taunted by some crazy vampire! Needless to say, I am pissed off enough without having you rubbing it in!" Angel said. He really was pretty pissed off. He didn't care if this would get his a thousand years of whippings, he just seriously needed to vent.

"Pain will come to those who awaken me with their petty cries?" the Shara said less than sure about what was happening.

"Uh huh! I thought so! So why don't you go tell your boss to get me the hell out of here, no pun intended, or... something bad will happen! Yah! That's it! Badness!"

The Shara retreated back into the lead river. Angel stepped back to admire what he had done.

Wow. I just stood up to a semi-devil. That feels good.

Just as Angel thought everything was going to be fine, the lead pool started bubbling up again. "Worth a try." He said, backing away.

        Cordelia sat on the ground, crying, scooping up Angel's dust. She got a little bag out of her purse and scooped up all the dust into it.

Stupid curse! Why couldn't it have ended!

She closed the bag and slipped it back into her purse. She had to get him back. If not back to heaven, then at least back to Earth, where he really wanted to be. She tried to cheer herself up.

Well at least I gave him a moment of pure happiness with just a kiss. It took Buffy sex to get that result. Something to be proud of, I guess.

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