Chapter 7 The Scoobies Come to Town
"Good morning." Angel said as Cordelia opened her eyes. Her head was on his arm. He hugged her tightly to his chest. "I love you Cordy. Promise me that you will never leave me. No matter what I do or say tell me that you will never leave me."
"I will never leave you Angel. I love you too much. You are a part of me. We will live as one. I will give you sons that will grow to follow in their fathers footsteps. But I will have only one daughter. Because she will take my place as her brothers Seer."
"You have this all planned out don't you. I thought the man determines what the sex of the baby is."
"Ah yes that old myth. Well that isn't true. That myth was started by a woman scientist that wanted to make her husband think that it was all his fault that they had a rotten son."
"I didn't know that you could come up with such whoppers." Angel got out of bed and just looked at her.
"It's true Angel. Go ahead and ask Dr. Martin if you don't believe me."
"I am calling your bluff lady. I'm going to ask her as soon as I see her."
"I suggest you put something on first before you go downstairs. Now if it was just you and I here I would let you go around with nothing on just so I could admire your physique all day and night."
"Last one downstairs has to make breakfast for everyone." Angel said as he jumped into the shower.
"How do you know their isn't someone down there already?"
"I don't hear anyone downstairs." Angel didn't hear anything further from Cordelia. He hurried up and dressed and ran downstairs. He thought she must have gone to her room to shower and get dressed.
He could smell coffee as he came downstairs. He thought for sure he had beat her. As he approached the kitchen though he knew he had lost. Cordelia was sitting at the kitchen table in her nightgown and the beautiful flowing robe that came with it. She was sipping at her coffee and flashing a smile at him.
"I think I would like one of your famous omelettes. Wheat toast, lightly buttered, with a sprig of parsley on the side of the plate. I'll be waiting at the main dining room."
Everyone else was starting to come downstairs as Cordelia went to the dining room. The men were used to just sitting down and being served by the women but this time Angel came out and told them "I lost a bet guys so I'm making breakfast which means you 3 have to help me."
"How come we have to help when you lost the bet?' Gunn said.
Angel didn't answer so they just followed him into the kitchen. "Rats." Gunn said.
Just as Connor finished setting the table the other men brought in the food. Angel brought in just Cordelia's plate along with her toast and a refill of coffee. He looked around the table and noticed that Dr. Martin was missing.
"Has anyone seen Dr. Martin?" Apparently Cordelia was the last one to see her.
"I'll go and check on her Angel." Fred said.
By the time Angel came back with his own breakfast Dr. Martin and Fred were coming downstairs. Fred sat down again and Dr. Martin came over to Angel and Cordelia and gave them an envelope then sat down. She then went to her usual chair and sat down heavily. She looked like she hadn't been able to sleep last night. Of course Gunn piped up with the obvious.
"You look like you haven't slept all night Doc."
"Not quite Gunn but pretty close. I received a page from my assistant. One of my patients was trying to commit suicide and would only talk to me. Right now though I'm more hungry then tired so let's eat." Everyone was quite for awhile while they all worked on their breakfast.
Dr. Martin saw Angel looking at the envelope. Cordelia was too.
"Well, are you going to open it?" Dr. Martin said.
Angel looked at the envelope. He picked it up and opened up. They could see him starting to tear up. Angel gave the envelope to Cordelia. She read it carefully then got up and sat in his lap and hugged and kissed him. The tears were tears of happiness.
"Well are you two going to keep us in suspense or are you going tell us what's going on?" Wesley asked.
"Pass this down to Wesley please." Angel picked up the envelope and put the report back in then gave it to Connor.
Wesley opened the envelope. His eyes grew wide as he read it.
"Well are you going to keep the rest of us in suspense?" Gunn said.
"That's up to Angel and Cordelia. Is it okay to share this with them Angel?"
"Shall we?" Angel asked Cordelia. She hesitated for a moment while she thought about it.
"Yes. We're a family and everything that happens to us will affect them as well."
"Go ahead Wesley."
"This is the results of 2 days of testing with a heart monitor on Angel. During normal activity, heart rate is 1 beat every 15 minutes. During sexual activity the heart rate increases to 1 beat every 5 seconds. Sperm count is normal for a 27 year old male."
Everyone was looking at the pair and no one said anything until Fred jumped up and ran to Cordelia and hugged her and Angel.
"I'm so happy for you Cordelia. This is an answer to your prayers."
They were so happy that both of the women were crying and Angel had a big grin on his face.
"Wait a minute. What's going on here. I thought that Vampires were dead." Gunn said.
"You want to explain everything to them Dr. Martin?" Wesley said.
"Remember that I had said that I had read all of the Watchers Chronicles on Angelus?"
"Yes." Wesley answered.
"While reading the Chronicles it shocked me to read that everyone thought that people died when they became Vampires. In fact even the Vampires thought they died. Since I'm a doctor I read that and questions started to come up in my mind. For instance, if their dead then how is it that they are able to speak? How can the men possibly have sex? How was Angel able to father a son? Why are Vampires afraid of the Catholic Church and all that it represents? Why don't Vampires cast a reflection? Have you ever thought of these things Wesley?"
"Not really. I just excepted it as fact. I guess because I grew up with these facts being drilled into my head. I was taught that the Watchers Chronicles were practically the family Bible, and you just don't question the Bible." Wesley said.
"Well I did. Ask yourself Wesley, how is Angel able to speak?"
"Air passes over the vocal cords in order to produce sound." Wesley said.
"Which means Angel does breath right? So now right off the bat we have proof that a Vampires lungs do work. When I put the heart monitor on him the readout gave us proof that his heart does work. The semen sample proved that Angel Jr. and it's support team works." Everyone cracked up at Dr. Martin's description of Angels boys, as men liked to call them.
"Ladies, as a Doctor and as a formerly married women, I can tell you that all men have names for their penis and testicles. If they don't tell their wives or girlfriends what they call them then they at least have a name for them inside of their own heads. By the way Angel who came up with the name 'the twins' when you refer to Cordelia's breasts? Was it you or Angelus?"
Angel was embarrassed about that. If he could have blushed he would have. Everyone was still looking at him waiting for an answer. He ran his hand over his face as he tried to wipe away his embarrassment.
"Angelus did. It's how he referred to Darla's."
"How do you know this? Do you and Angelus have regular conversations sometimes?" Dr. Martin asked. She found this very interesting.
"Sometimes. Sometimes we talked just like I would talk to Gunn or Wesley. We did it when he was in control. I guess he would get bored sometimes talking to only Darla and Drusilla all of the time. He wanted another man to talk to sometime. It never occurred to me before as to why I have memories of these conversations until you told me that Angelus and I are two entirely different people. After Drusilla sired Spike we seemed to have stopped those conversations."
"That's very interesting Angel I want to talk to you more about this at a later time. For now though lets get back to proving you still live." Dr. Martin said with a smile. Wesley took the opportunity to ask some questions of his own.
"If people that become Vampires don't die then why do they experience a death and all that's associated with it?"
"Let me answer that with the test strips on Angel." Dr. Martin pulled out the test strips and flattened them out for everyone to see. "This first one is from the first night. See how his heart beats so slowly. I believe that what they perceive as their death is not a death but a drastic slowdown of all organ activity. This slow down also explains why they can live as long as they do. Their internal organs only have to work a fraction of the amount that they did before they were turned. When a person dies and they are lets say 98 years old. They don't die because they are 98 years old. They die because their internal organs are worn out. That's also the reason why doctors tell people that proper nutrition and a regular exercise routine will help them to live well beyond the average life span."
"How do you explain their ability to heal so fast and their desire to consume blood only." Wesley asked.
"Both of those come strictly from the demon that is in residence in their bodies. Nothing else can explain this. Their greatly increased speed, strength, their heightened sense of smell, their increased sexuality and everything else that is not normally a part of the human makeup can all be attributed to the resident demon."
"What's happening here Doc." Gunn was pointing to the second strip. It was showing Angels heart was beating once every 5 seconds for an extended period of time. Dr. Martin had also marked them for actual clock time.
"If you think about it Gunn I think you will come up with the answer yourself." Gunn had a blank look on his face. When Dr. Martin looked at the others she could see that no one else could guess either.
"That's okay guys. I had to explain it to Angel and Cordelia to. In order for a man to have sex his penis becomes engorged with blood and in order for that to happen his heart beats faster. Take that information and look at the strip again. Now what do you think was going on at that time?" Gunn studied it for awhile then it was like a light bulb was just turned on inside of his head. He looked at Angel.
"Thirty minutes, my hero." Everyone started laughing.
"Yes, you may come and worship at my temple, and if you prove yourself worthy I will impart to you the secrets that you seek." Angel said. Having received such good new this morning he was feeling generous.
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny, but I believe we would have to become Vampires also in order to do the same thing." Wesley said.
"I didn't say I would enable just impart." Angel said.
"I told Angel that it would be nice if I could have another Vampire to test and compare their results with his. Then I could prove that Angel is the norm and not just an unusual case."
"That's why I invited the Sunnydale gang. Buffy said they would be here sometime later tonight."
"With all of that said I am going to go to bed and try to get some sleep. If I'm not up would someone come and get me when they get here."
"Dr. Martin I have a question to ask you." Angel looked at Cordelia and smiled.
"What's the question."
"Cordelia and I were having a discussion this morning about who determines the sex of a baby. The man or the woman. I said I thought it was the man who when his sperm fertilized the woman's egg the chromosomes in the man's sperm determines the sex of the baby. She said that it's the woman that decides and what I said was just a myth started by a woman scientist that wanted her husband to think it was his fault that they had a rotten son."
Dr. Martin turned around and started down the steps. She had a slight smile.
"Cordelia come here please. I'll get back to you in a second Angel."
Cordelia came over to the stairs. She had her head down trying to hide her smile.
"Cordelia you know that he is right and you are wrong. You know how men think that women are the keepers of the keys to life. You know how they think that we know all about the creation of life. You also know that what you are doing is very wrong. Mens minds are very fragile when it comes to matters concerning the creation of life. Now, if I were you, I would stand here by the stairs and after you apologize, run... like... hell." "Yes I think that would be a good idea." Cordelia said. She still had her head down like a child that had just been scolded.
"Angel, Cordelia has something to say to you." Dr. Martin said.
"Angel I was just pulling your leg. It does happen like you said I was just having a little fun with you. It was just a joke. Ha! ha! I think I'll go and take a nap too. See you later guys."
"I knew I was right Cordelia. I was just giving you enough rope to hang yourself." He yelled at her as she ran up the stairs. Then ran after her.
Dr. Martin just shook her head and went to her room for a few hours of well deserved sleep.
The Scoobys arrived by 8 pm that night. Even though Sunnydale was 2 hours away they couldn't head out until it got dark. At 8 o'clock the Hyperion lobby suddenly became full. Dr. Martin had been up since 5 talking to her patient back home. Angel was also up and in the lobby. Everyone greeted each other. By now everyone from AI was acquainted with the Scoobies and vice versa. Dr. Martin was the only stranger to the group. Cordelia introduced her to the Scoobies and explained who she was and what she was doing here.
"Why don't we get you guys settled in before we do anything else. Buffy and Spike, uh you do sleep together right?" Cordelia said.
Buffy's eyes went wide while Spike's face almost split , he had such a wide grin on his face. Buffy saw the looks on every ones face and before she knew it she reached out her hand and took the key. "Yes we are." She said defiantly. She looked at Xander and Willow and then turned to Spike. Cordelia looked at Buffy, smiled and stuck her thumb up at her, "way to go girl." Buffy smiled back at her. Fred and Cordelia gave out the rest of the keys. Xander and Anya were together. They had dropped Dawn off at her fathers house and Willow and Giles each had their own rooms. After the keys were handed out they all went to help bring the luggage in and park the cars in the back. After parking the cars Gunn and Xander came in. At the same time they said "when do we eat I'm hungry." They looked at each other and cracked up.
"Lorn is coming with the usual and should be here any moment. Fred and Cordelia have made some refried beans and rice." Angel said.
Fred and Cordelia came down stairs after showing every one their rooms and started setting the table and warming the food up. Just as everyone started coming downstairs Lorn came walking through the front doors laden with several grocery size paper bags full of Tacos, Burritos, Enchiladas and Taquitos. Everyone took what they wanted and went to sit down at the table. Cordelia went back to the kitchen to warm up some blood for Spike and Angel and also a couple of very rare steaks. When the blood was done she added a little chili powder to the them and took them into Spike and Angel while Fred brought in the steaks.
Spike looked at Buffy then at Angel and the warm mugs of blood and near perfect steaks. They were cooked on the outside and the inside was just warm but not over cooked. Everyone was aware of how Buffy, Willow and Xander felt about Spike and Angel drinking blood in front of them. Spike and Angel knew that it didn't really bother Willow but she just went along with Buffy and Xander.
"I have just 3 words for you Angel." Spike said. "And what's that Spike?" Angel said.
"You lucky bastard." Spike said.
"You better believe it." Angel said as he sliced into the steak and drank some of his blood.
When he was done he said "best dinner I've had in 250 years. Thank you." Angel gave Cordelia a kiss on the cheek. "No, thank you for last night." she said and kissed him on the lips.
After everyone was done and the table cleared they all sat down again with cups of coffee and hot tea. Wesley and Dr. Martin explained why she was here and what had transpired so far.
"Okay but you still haven't told us why you asked us to come down to L.A.." Buffy asked. Angel took a deep breath and looked at Spike.
"Dr. Martin has performed several medical tests on me that has proven that I am still human." If Giles hadn't been sitting down he would have fallen over.
"What do you mean your human? How can that be. In all the history of the Watchers it has been our understanding that all Vampires are demons." Wesley who was sitting next to Giles put his hand on his shoulder.
"Take it easy old man. I reacted the same way. But all of Dr. Martins tests prove that Angel's heart still beats and his lungs still take in oxygen."
"Dr. Martin wanted another Vampire to test to see if I as a special case or if all Vampires still breathed." Angel was looking at Spike all the time he was explaining this."
"And I'm the test subject right?" "Your it Spike. At least you're the only one I wouldn't have to chain down in order to perform the tests." Angel said.
"So when do we start?" Spike asked. Angel was going to say something but Cordelia thought they should save the explanation for what the tests were until Buffy, Spike, Angel, herself and Dr. Martin could be alone.
"Why don't the rest of you put the food away and clean up the kitchen while Buffy, Spike, Angel, Dr. Martin and I meet up in Angels suite." The test group went upstairs and as Cordelia instructed the rest went to clean up the kitchen and put the food away.
"Does everyone always do whatever Cordelia tells them to do." Xander asked Fred.
"Yes we pretty much follow her direction for anything involving our home or the day to day activities in the hotel. Angel takes care of anything to do with the business and Cordelia takes care of our home. I am kind of Cordelia's and Wesley's assistant. Gunn and Conner usually fight side by side with Angel. Cordelia though, she is the heart of our Angel Investigations family. I don't think that Angel would want to continue living, so to speak, if he ever lost her. We would all be devastated." Fred said as she was putting the leftovers in plastic bags.
As the test group was going upstairs Spike was looking at Angel. "You sure look a lot more rested since I last saw you. Is my Sire getting old and taking it easy these days?"
"No Spike. It's all because of Dr. Martin. Besides the sessions that we have she keeps on giving me something to make me sleep. But it's all for the good though. She say's my mind needs to rest in order to deal with everything. Which is good because if she didn't Angelus would be constantly on my back."
Cordelia made some coffee for everyone then came and sat down with the rest. Once she sat down Dr. Martin started to explain what the tests were for. She explained that the first night when he was ready to go to bed she would come into their room and show Buffy where to put the sensors and how to operate the heart monitor.
"The first night your not to do anything but sleep Spike. No cigarettes at least several hours before going to bed. If you can't sleep I can give you something to help you. The second night you will have the opportunity to be much more active. Now these are all tests that Angel has gone through already. I believe Cordelia and Angel will attest to the fact that it was the nicest test they've ever gone through."
"What is so special about the second nights test?" Buffy asked.
"The second nights test needs to produce two items. First I want the test strip from the heart monitor. Second I want a specimen cup filled with Spike's semen."
Buffy and Spikes eyes both went wide. Once again Spike had a big grin on his face.
"Why is it important that I be their when Spike gives that sample?" Buffy asked.
"Well, specifically, I need to see the monitor readings on Spike from inactivity to a lot of activity." Dr. Martin explained.
"What's the matter Buffy don't you think you can get his heart beating fast enough. Dr. Martin do you have Angels readings?" Cordelia was going to make this a challenge for Buffy. She had talked to Dr. Martin before they came and told her this would probably happen.
"Yes, I just happen to have them with me." They all gathered around the table while she explained the readings.
"Top that Buffy." Cordelia just pushed the right button. A red hot, fire truck red button. She knew that Buffy could not pass up a challenge. This time Angel looked at Spike and said "you lucky bastard."
"Okay I think you will be in quiet capable hands Spike. Buffy when your ready to go to bed you can either come and get me or Cordelia, she knows how to attache everything. She'll also explain to you how and when you have to attach everything tomorrow night. The reason I am letting you know this is because I might be on the phone when you need me. I have a patient back home that has tried to commit suicide. She lost her husband a few months ago and she misses him mostly at night. I'm going to try and get some sleep early just in case I get paged again. Spike I would like to speak to you privately for a minute out in the hallway."
Spike followed the Doctor out of the rooms and into the hallway. "Do you understand what I'm here for Spike?" "Yeah you're here to help Angel,"
"Yes that's correct. You've heard of what they call 'The Powers that Be' I'm sure. Well I've been sent by the Boss of the PTB's to help Angel."
"God sent you?" "Yes." she answered. Spike gave a high pitched whistle.
"Actually it was St. Michael the Archangel, he is Angels guardian angel. He became his guardian angel when he was cursed with his soul again. What I need from you Spike is information."
"What kind of information?"
"The kind that can give me further proof to Angel that he isn't responsible for what Angelus did while he was in control of his body. Starting tomorrow you and the rest of the Sunnydale gang will take part in our sessions. I need you to come up with situations that happened that didn't consist of violence or when an innocent person suffered. The reason for that is that Angelus likes torturing people so much that he would let Angel be aware of what he was doing just so that he could torture him later and accuse him of taking part of the torturing. Changing the subject for a second here, Spike can you hold your own when going against Angel in a fight?"
"No, never could. Of course when we fight we never try to kill one another. Angel is a Master Vampire now he's many times stronger now. I don't think even Buffy could survive a confrontation with Angelus."
"Tomorrow I want you to sit on Angels left side. If something should happen both you and Connor have a better chance of stopping him."
"What could possibly happen?" Spike asked.
"I just want to be careful. Good night Spike, remember nothing but sleep tonight."
"Okay Doc, goodnight."
Angel and Spike stayed in his rooms after Buffy and Cordelia went downstairs. They talked way into the night about all that he was going through. He also told him how Angelus had been constantly trying to get him to leave. "He keeps telling me that when he was in control that I could have stopped him but I didn't want to because I liked killing and torturing people. He never stops Spike. The only time he shuts up is when Cordelia is with me. Sometimes I think he is going to make me go crazy like I made Drusilla go crazy."
Spike had never seen Angel like this. He had never heard him talk like this either. It was like watching someone actually taking their first step into insanity and insanity for Angel would be a step into oblivion. No more memories to haunt him, no more Angelus to taunt him. Complete oblivion for Angel now would be very inviting. He had stopped pacing back and forth and sat on the floor in the corner of the room and as far away from the light as he could possibly get. He just laid down and curled himself into a fetal position. He curled up as small as he could so that Angelus wouldn't see him anymore and then he would leave him alone.
Spike went to the door and called for Cordelia.
"What is it Spike?" "Their's something wrong with Angel. You better get up here quick and get Dr. Martin."
Cordelia told Fred to get Dr. Martin as she ran up the stairs as fast as she could. When she entered Angel's room all she saw was Spike standing there looking at something in the dark corner of the room. She walked over to Spike. "Where is Angel Spike?" In answer Spike looked at her then at the corner again. Cordelia went over to the corner. She found Angel on the floor, curled up and facing the wall. She carefully approached him and kneeled on the floor next to him. At the same time everyone else entered the room and looked at the corner of the room where Cordelia was. Dr. Martin came running in with Fred behind her. When she saw Cordelia kneeling on the floor in front of Angel she decided to see what would happen. She walked over to Spike instead.
"What happened?" Spike told her what Angel had been talking about before he went to the corner of the room.
"Doc, he said that the only time Angelus would shut up was when he was with Cordelia. He was talking about how he made Drusilla go crazy and he was talking like her insanity sounded very inviting. He sounded like he wants to go into that world that Drusilla lived in."
Cordelia put her hand on Angels shoulder. "Angel, look at me. It's me, Cordelia."
Angel opened his eyes and turned to her slowly. At first he had a blank look on his face, but as he looked at her recognition slowly came into his eyes. "Cordy?" "Yes Angel it's me." He turned to her and grabbed onto her as though she was a lifeline.
"Help me Cordy. He won't leave me alone. He doesn't bother me when your with me. Don't leave me Cordy. Please don't ever leave me. I'm afraid. I don't want to become like Drusilla. Cordelia put her arms around his shoulders and hugged him as tightly as she could. "I won't ever leave you Angel. The only thing that will separate us is death." She kissed his head and sat on the floor beside Angel and let him lay down and put his head in her lap and his arm around her waist. She ran her hand through his hair, soothing him with her voice and hands. Dr. Martin came up behind him and gave him a tranquilizer that would make him sleep for the next 8 to 10 hours.
Angel began to relax within minutes. This in itself was testimony to how exhausted he was. Cordelia could see that he was asleep now.
"Gunn and Connor would you put Angel on the bed please." Connor took Angels legs and Gunn started to pick up Angel by his shoulders. Then Spike came over and put his hand on Gunn's shoulder. "Let me do it." Gunn and Connor stepped back and even though Angel was bigger then Spike he easily picked him up and put him on his bed. When he picked him up everyone could see that Angel had been crying because the front of Cordelia's clothes were stained with Angels blood red tears. Cordelia went over to the bed and started to take his shirt off of him when Dr. Martin turned to everyone and said, "lets go downstairs everyone. Spike would you come down when your done helping Cordelia put Angel to bed?" Spike just nodded and continued to undue Angels pants. Dr. Martin closed the door after her and Spike continued to help Cordelia.
"Does he sleep in the buff or is he modest." "He usually wears something that will make him think twice if he starts getting too excited." Spike went ahead and left Angels shorts on and pulled his shoes and socks off then his pants. Cordelia had Angels shirt and T-shirt off. Spike picked him up once again and they put him under the covers.
"Thank you Spike. Would you tell Dr. Martin that I'll be going to bed also."
"Would you like me to help you undress and put you under the covers also?" Spike said with a naughty grin on his face.
"No, nice try though. You thought you would get me at a weak moment though didn't you?"
"You can't blame a guy for trying now can you?"
"No I can't so Im going to give you a treat for helping me with Angel." Cordelia started to unbutton her blouse and that's when Spike quickly made an exit. "No thanks. I don't fancy
Angel using me as a punching bag tomorrow morning." He closed the door then a second later he opened the door again "well maybe just a little peak at the twins." Cordelia threw her blouse at him as he closed the door. When Spike turned to leave he almost ran into Buffy who was standing with her arms folded across her chest.
"Uh, uh I, uh I was just coming downstairs luv. I thought I heard something so I was just checking." Buffy didn't say anything, she just stood there. Spike knew he was in trouble so he just went downstairs. When he left Buffy had a big grin on her face as she followed him downstairs.
"Doc, Cordelia said she was going to go to bed also. She didn't want to leave Angel alone." Spike said as he joined the group.
"That's okay she doesn't really have to be here. Spike when Angel was talking about driving Drusilla crazy did he say Angelus or did he say I drove Drusilla crazy?"
"He said I drove Drusilla crazy."
"Okay that means that Angel just lost a battle with Angelus. He must be very happy with his victory. But that's okay, I expected this to happen. You can't win all of the battles. What's important is that Angel win the war."
"Why are you making Angel sleep for so long. He looked pretty rested to me." Spike asked.
"When Angelus is torturing Angel his mind gets very tired. You heard him say how Angelus was being particularly nasty recently and wasn't letting up at all. Angel wasn't getting a moment of peace. Let's go and sit down Spike. I want to learn a little more about you." Spike and Dr. Martin went over to the dining room table and had a seat. Buffy and Giles came to sit with them also.
"What happened to you when you got your soul back Spike? From what I've read you expected to get that chip out of your head and they gave you your soul back instead."
"Yeah, they double crossed me. They said I had to go through these tortuous trials before they would give me my hearts desire. The problem was that I was thinking of the chip being taken out of my head. I guess they could see further into my head because instead of taking the chip out they gave me my soul back."
"What happened afterwards Spike ? Did you experience any guilt like Angel does?"
"No, he gets mad at me because I went through it in such a short amount of time. I'll tell you the same thing I tell Angel. My demon and I just go with the flow. When he was in control he let me in on everything. I knew I couldn't do anything about it. But Angel, he has a nasty demon. Angelus is so mean even my demon kept his mouth shut when Angelus was in a bad mood. That's why Angel has been suffering for so long. Angelus is just an "A" number one bastard. Angelus can't torture anyone anymore since he's not in control anymore so he gets his kicks out of torturing Angel."
"Spike, do you think Angelus is afraid of Cordelia?" "Yes, I think he is. Cordelia is a threat to him. He knows that Angel will walk through hell for her and in order for Angel to be able to do what he wants that's exactly what he's doing."
"Thanks Spike, I really appreciate it. When your ready to go to bed Buffy can come and get me." Dr. Martin went back to Angels bedroom to check on him. He was still sleeping peacefully. Cordelia was sitting up in bed reading. "How's he doing?" "He's sleeping peacefully." "I just came to get the monitor for Spike tonight." Dr. Martin unplugged the monitor and gathered everything. "He should wake up in a much better frame of mind tomorrow. Any problems just come and get me. Good night." "Good night Dr. Martin and thank you."
TBC........