'See that is why I hate that bloody soddin son of a bitch, always poncing
around oh look at me I'm Angel champion of the people I fight alone in this
big bad world, seeking redemption.....but no don't give me a reward I do
this because it's my destiny to help young defensive less women...but I can't
even get a decent shag because if I do....oh you don't want to know what will
happen....so dear listeners there is my story I give but never receive and I
wonder these lonely earths alone and miserable.....so do you feel sorry for
me yet?'
Buffy laughed as Spike took the piss out of Angel. Spike's anger softened
at the sight of Buffy laughing and he felt a smile creep across his face.
'What you two grinning about?' said Giles who had just walked in.
'Oh it's nothing Spike was just taking the mick out of Angel', Buffy replied.
'Oh right......can I join in?' Giles asked.
'Go ahead', Spike said.
'Um let's see.....I um brood a lot and um....I...I'm always moody and feeling sorry for myself', Giles said lamely.
'Giles, Buffy interrupted, please don't try to tell jokes....ever again.'
''I'll have you know I'm quite the joker when I want to be', Giles said. Buffy looked at Spike and they both quickly looked away so they wouldn't burst out laughing.
'What...don't look at me like that I'm a funny guy...and yeah so I like work to be done but I can be sarcastic every now and again', Giles said defensively. Buffy smiled at him.
'I know we were just messing around with you', Buffy said.
'Which just goes to show you can take a joke really well', Buffy added sarcastically.
Angel and Gunn entered the lift.
'So I told him that I didn't need to try to be the nicer guy that I already was', Angel told Gunn.
'Bet that pissed him of', Gunn laughed.
'Yeah it did but I just walked off and I think Buffy stopped him from running after me and beating me up', Angel replied.
'Yeah he was probably....' Gunn started but his voice trailed away. Angel looked at Gunn, his eyes were wide and his mouth half open. Angel followed his gaze and gasped.
'Oh my God.'
There lying sprawled out on the floor and bloody was Fred and Wesley. Angel and Gunn ran over to their sides.
'Oh God please don't be dead', Angel prayed, kneeling down beside Wesley while Gunn checked Fred.
'She's cold', Gunn said very hoarsely. Angel closed his eyes in despair hoping that when he opened them he would wake up from this nightmare.
He opened them but he was still here and Fred and Wes were still unconscious on the floor.
'I think their....' Gunn began but he couldn't get the words out.
'NO!!!' Angel yelled.
'Their not dead I won't let them be', Angel said furiously.
'Now now calm down Angel their not dead.....yet' Angel spun around. It was Chris.
'What are you doing here', Angel snarled and in one quick movement he shoved him against the wall holding his neck.
'Hey didn't I say calm down', Chris choked fear shining in his eyes.
'Not likely after what you've done to my friends', Angel growled every line in his face narrowed in cold fury. Chris struggled to loosen Angel's grip on his neck.
'I'll explain if you let me go', Chris said. Angel hesitated then let him go.
'Thank you, Chris said rubbing his neck, now where was I...oh yeah your friends...I knocked them out....'Chris said.
'Yeah we'd noticed, Gunn said impatiently, what we want to know is why and what do you want from us.'
'I beat them up for the fun of it of course, Chris replied smiling, and seeing your faces was real swell, I just love that fear people get in their eyes before you're about to kill them or they go home and find half their family dead....it's so wonderful you know what I mean (Chris looked at Angel who quickly looked away) and what I want from you is very simple.....Spike.'
'What!?' Angel and Gunn said startled.
'Don't look so surprised guys all I want is for you to hand him over', Chris said calmly.
'Why?' Gunn asked accusingly.
'We have our reasons, Chris muttered, look just think about it no more worrying about whether he is going to over take you Angel, no more worrying about who will shanshu.....or who Buffy will choose to be with.....you'll never have to worry about Spike ever again, we'll take care of him.'
'I don't worry about Spike I.....'
'What do you mean take care of him?' Gunn interrupted Angel.
'Well me and Pete wanted to kill him but Dru wasn't so keen so it hasn't been decided what we'll do with him yet....but we want you to win Angel, it's your destiny', Chris said.
'Really? And why would you care whether I won or not', Angel spat.
'Because you delivered us to immortality', Chris answered.
'Bullshit, Angel snapped, you're a vampire; vampires are only out for themselves they don't give a crap what happens to their sires especially if they have a soul.'
'Actually that's not true all vampire respect their sires', Chris argued.
'Fine I guess that's true but why do you want me to shanshu so much...we're noy even sure if the prophecy is real.'
'We hate Spike I've already told you....'
'But why?'
'I...he....he ruined Drusilla', Chris stammered.
'Liar Drusilla was already ruined and she has me to thank for that.'
'I'm getting tired of all these questions', Chris said angrily.
'Don't you mean your running out of answers', said Angel. Chris gaped stupidly.
'Look I'm the one in control here and I'm ordering you to give us Spike or I will kill your friends here', Chris warned pointing down at Wesley and Fred.
'I'll stop you I'm a better fighter and you know it, you fight me and I'll dust you in a second', Angel said calmly. Chris was looking more and more uncomfortable by the second.
'Plus I'll back him up', Gunn said. Chris backed away, swallowed hard and pulled out something small and rusty.
'You see this (Chris held it up) this grenade thing has so much power that if I was to drop it right now the whole of Wolfram and Hart would be blown up', Chris threatened.
'You're bluffing', Gunn said.
'Am I? well why don't I just drop it and you can see for yourself', Chris said and he let the grenade slide slowly out of his hand.
'NO!' Gunn bellowed.
'Ah so you don't think I'm bluffing after all or if you do you don't trust your instincts enough to risk it.'
'Don't drop it....I'm sure we can reach an agreement', Gunn said walking slowly and carefully to Chris.
'No, Angel said, we're not reaching any agreement with an evil vampire.'
'In case you haven't noticed we don't have many other options', Gunn said through the corner of his mouth.
'Yeah we do....we fight', Angel said and he kicked the Chris' arm so it bent backwards.
'What are you doing!?' Gunn yelled.
Chris moaned in pain, and the grenade slid slowly out from his hand.
Angel didn't have time to think, his mind was completely numb and without hardly realising what he was doing he threw himself forward in an attempt to catch it, he head Gunn muttering.
'Oh my God, oh my God.'
It was as if time had slowed down, nothing else mattered except catching the grenade because if he didn't he would be responsible for the death of everyone in Wolfram and Hart.
But the grenade slipped through Angel's waiting fingers, and hit the ground....
'What you two grinning about?' said Giles who had just walked in.
'Oh it's nothing Spike was just taking the mick out of Angel', Buffy replied.
'Oh right......can I join in?' Giles asked.
'Go ahead', Spike said.
'Um let's see.....I um brood a lot and um....I...I'm always moody and feeling sorry for myself', Giles said lamely.
'Giles, Buffy interrupted, please don't try to tell jokes....ever again.'
''I'll have you know I'm quite the joker when I want to be', Giles said. Buffy looked at Spike and they both quickly looked away so they wouldn't burst out laughing.
'What...don't look at me like that I'm a funny guy...and yeah so I like work to be done but I can be sarcastic every now and again', Giles said defensively. Buffy smiled at him.
'I know we were just messing around with you', Buffy said.
'Which just goes to show you can take a joke really well', Buffy added sarcastically.
Angel and Gunn entered the lift.
'So I told him that I didn't need to try to be the nicer guy that I already was', Angel told Gunn.
'Bet that pissed him of', Gunn laughed.
'Yeah it did but I just walked off and I think Buffy stopped him from running after me and beating me up', Angel replied.
'Yeah he was probably....' Gunn started but his voice trailed away. Angel looked at Gunn, his eyes were wide and his mouth half open. Angel followed his gaze and gasped.
'Oh my God.'
There lying sprawled out on the floor and bloody was Fred and Wesley. Angel and Gunn ran over to their sides.
'Oh God please don't be dead', Angel prayed, kneeling down beside Wesley while Gunn checked Fred.
'She's cold', Gunn said very hoarsely. Angel closed his eyes in despair hoping that when he opened them he would wake up from this nightmare.
He opened them but he was still here and Fred and Wes were still unconscious on the floor.
'I think their....' Gunn began but he couldn't get the words out.
'NO!!!' Angel yelled.
'Their not dead I won't let them be', Angel said furiously.
'Now now calm down Angel their not dead.....yet' Angel spun around. It was Chris.
'What are you doing here', Angel snarled and in one quick movement he shoved him against the wall holding his neck.
'Hey didn't I say calm down', Chris choked fear shining in his eyes.
'Not likely after what you've done to my friends', Angel growled every line in his face narrowed in cold fury. Chris struggled to loosen Angel's grip on his neck.
'I'll explain if you let me go', Chris said. Angel hesitated then let him go.
'Thank you, Chris said rubbing his neck, now where was I...oh yeah your friends...I knocked them out....'Chris said.
'Yeah we'd noticed, Gunn said impatiently, what we want to know is why and what do you want from us.'
'I beat them up for the fun of it of course, Chris replied smiling, and seeing your faces was real swell, I just love that fear people get in their eyes before you're about to kill them or they go home and find half their family dead....it's so wonderful you know what I mean (Chris looked at Angel who quickly looked away) and what I want from you is very simple.....Spike.'
'What!?' Angel and Gunn said startled.
'Don't look so surprised guys all I want is for you to hand him over', Chris said calmly.
'Why?' Gunn asked accusingly.
'We have our reasons, Chris muttered, look just think about it no more worrying about whether he is going to over take you Angel, no more worrying about who will shanshu.....or who Buffy will choose to be with.....you'll never have to worry about Spike ever again, we'll take care of him.'
'I don't worry about Spike I.....'
'What do you mean take care of him?' Gunn interrupted Angel.
'Well me and Pete wanted to kill him but Dru wasn't so keen so it hasn't been decided what we'll do with him yet....but we want you to win Angel, it's your destiny', Chris said.
'Really? And why would you care whether I won or not', Angel spat.
'Because you delivered us to immortality', Chris answered.
'Bullshit, Angel snapped, you're a vampire; vampires are only out for themselves they don't give a crap what happens to their sires especially if they have a soul.'
'Actually that's not true all vampire respect their sires', Chris argued.
'Fine I guess that's true but why do you want me to shanshu so much...we're noy even sure if the prophecy is real.'
'We hate Spike I've already told you....'
'But why?'
'I...he....he ruined Drusilla', Chris stammered.
'Liar Drusilla was already ruined and she has me to thank for that.'
'I'm getting tired of all these questions', Chris said angrily.
'Don't you mean your running out of answers', said Angel. Chris gaped stupidly.
'Look I'm the one in control here and I'm ordering you to give us Spike or I will kill your friends here', Chris warned pointing down at Wesley and Fred.
'I'll stop you I'm a better fighter and you know it, you fight me and I'll dust you in a second', Angel said calmly. Chris was looking more and more uncomfortable by the second.
'Plus I'll back him up', Gunn said. Chris backed away, swallowed hard and pulled out something small and rusty.
'You see this (Chris held it up) this grenade thing has so much power that if I was to drop it right now the whole of Wolfram and Hart would be blown up', Chris threatened.
'You're bluffing', Gunn said.
'Am I? well why don't I just drop it and you can see for yourself', Chris said and he let the grenade slide slowly out of his hand.
'NO!' Gunn bellowed.
'Ah so you don't think I'm bluffing after all or if you do you don't trust your instincts enough to risk it.'
'Don't drop it....I'm sure we can reach an agreement', Gunn said walking slowly and carefully to Chris.
'No, Angel said, we're not reaching any agreement with an evil vampire.'
'In case you haven't noticed we don't have many other options', Gunn said through the corner of his mouth.
'Yeah we do....we fight', Angel said and he kicked the Chris' arm so it bent backwards.
'What are you doing!?' Gunn yelled.
Chris moaned in pain, and the grenade slid slowly out from his hand.
Angel didn't have time to think, his mind was completely numb and without hardly realising what he was doing he threw himself forward in an attempt to catch it, he head Gunn muttering.
'Oh my God, oh my God.'
It was as if time had slowed down, nothing else mattered except catching the grenade because if he didn't he would be responsible for the death of everyone in Wolfram and Hart.
But the grenade slipped through Angel's waiting fingers, and hit the ground....