When Buffy arrived at the Hyperion all looked normal. Cordelia was sitting reading some magazine and Buffy knew Angel was most likely in his office. She walked quickly past Cordelia without as much as a word and went into his office and let out a sigh of dread when she saw him sitting there.

He looked up and said "Buffy what are you doing here?" She smiled nervously and said "I have to do something I am going to regret but you have to understand that I am only doing it because I love you and I need you." He got up and said "Buffy I thought I told you this before, I am with Cordelia." She walked over to stand in front of him still holding the axe and said "I know that but I also know that you are going to not remember anything and I have to do this before you look at me the way you used to."

He looked down at the axe and back and her and said "Do what Buffy?" She smiled and said "Do you trust me?" He started to shake his head but then suddenly he looked a little shocked and Buffy nearly hit herself, she was too late.

He looked at her again and said "Buffy what's happening? What are you doing here? Why does it feel like I haven't seen you in ages?" She took a deep breath and repeated her question "Do you trust me?" He tilted his head and said "Of course". She took that second to smile and felt the tears appear in her eyes. He took her face in her hand and wiped a tear that escaped and said "What's wrong?"

She bit her lip and looked into his eyes and said "I have to do something that you may not forgive me for but I, I love you." The last part was said with strained voice and she kissed him on the lips. He pulled back and whispered "I love you too." His eyes were closed and Buffy thought how ironic it was that they told they loved each other and his eyes were closed and she was going to kill him yet again. She raised the axe and closed her eyes as she swung and heard Cordelia scream as her axe connected with Angel's neck.

She didn't look but turned around, she knew without a doubt Angel was dead, the feeling in her stomach telling her so. Tears flowed down her face as she went out to face the demon who was staring at the body shocked. The demon now looked like one but Buffy could see that it still had Cordelia's hair and eyes, it's skin was rotting away and although her eyes were the same they had an evil tinge of red around them.

It was staring in shock at the body and Buffy swung her axe once again hitting the neck causing the demon's head to fall off. She was about to walk away when she was hit in the back. She let out an "Ow" and turned around to see the demon putting its head back on. She let her mouth fall open and it proclaimed "Like I'm that easy to kill". She jumped up quickly and went into a fighting stance.

There was a flurry of movements and Buffy found she was evenly matched. The demon managed to get a lucky hit in and Buffy felt blood drip down her face, she raised a hand and stepped back and said "Lucky hit". The demon snarled and with Cordelia's ever so annoying voice said "Luck has nothing to do with it, I am older than you, smarter than you, I am stronger than you and I can break you like a twig." Buffy laughed and hit and ducked again before saying "Oh you mean you were so smart that I was able to kill your obsession before you could react". The demon eyes widened and Buffy did a flip over it and grabbed her axe again. It spun around and let out an unearthly howl of anger and tried to attack her again, only managing to scratch Buffy's arm.

Buffy looked at the scratch and said "Bitch" before flying into a kick and knocking the demon to the ground." She swung the axe once again chopping the head off. This time she grabbed the head and watched as the body tried to grab for it but Buffy swung the axe cutting off the arm and then the other before slamming the sharp end of the axe into the heart. The head she was holding started screaming, Buffy threw it and covered her ears as the ear-splitting noise continued.

She watched in shock as the body started producing little slivers of golden light which was shinning in all direction. It looked like it was going to explode, so she ran for cover and ducked and then there was a deafening sound and Buffy blacked out.

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Angel awoke very confused, he was lying on his floor and having a hard time processing what had just happened. He had been in love with Cordelia, why? He did not know but he had professed his love constantly. Buffy had told him she was pregnant with his baby and yet he didn't go running to her like he wanted, why? He did not know.

She had taken blood from him and then returned the next day and killed him. Again why? He felt more confusion than anger, she had said there was a reason but she loved him so there had to be a good reason for killing him. The pain he felt on his neck had only lasted a second so at least he couldn't say it was painful.

He got up slowly, rubbing his neck and walked out of the room and stared around at the disaster in front of him. There was a scorch mark in the centre of the room and debris everywhere but no sight of what had caused it. He heard a moan and walked around the desk and stared in shock.

Buffy was laying unconscious on the floor, a nasty gash on her forehead which was bleeding badly and a cut on her arm, she was bruised badly and he knew she needed the hospital. He rushed over to her and picked her up cradling her in his arms. She woke for a minute and looked up at him smiling. She said in a quiet voice "See I knew you would be alright." He kissed the unharmed side of her head and said "It's going to be ok Buffy." She smiled and said "Forgive me?" Just before she passed out she heard him say "Always".

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Author note: I couldn't do to much too Cordy it was too mean so no bashing about the death. I thought about burning her but really how could she pull it off with such a short notice.

So did we like? I thought about Angel being angry but when you think about it he wasn't angry about the whole Hell thing and he doesn't know about Cordy yet so what's there to be angry about? So the question to you guys is, does he really forgive Buffy for killing Cordelia without telling him or does he understand and is sad about losing Cordy as a friend but understands?