A/N: NEW UPDATE! This has got to be a record for updating again this early :P
Last time I forgot to say the time frame. It is sometime after Wolfram and Hart took over Cordy's visions and before Conner.
Disclaimer- the word says it all…I disclaim the characters of Angel. The only thing I own is the word 'spasmed'.
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Chapter 2- Vision Priorities
The Angel Investigations team walked back into the hotel discussing the Damai they had just taken care of. Cordelia went straight for the couch and sat down, stretching out her legs. Fred and Gunn hopped on top of the counter with Angel leaning casually against it. Wesley sat on the front steps. Gunn dropped the weapon bag on the floor. He saw the stare he received from Wesley. "I'll put them away later. Anyways, what's next for tonight?"
"Quiet, I hope," Angel answered.
"Well I hope for a generous wealthy someone to walk through that door with a problem that only we can help cause rent is almost due and we're $100 short," Cordy said.
"Don't worry, we'll take of it. We always do," Wes reassured her.
"I hope cause you all are not setting up camp in my living room again, no offense." Fred looked confused as Cordelia said this.
"We had an incident a while ago that made us lose our first office so I had to stay at Cordy's until we found this place," Angel explained.
Cordelia coughed and said the word 'shanshu' at the same time. She smiled at Wesley.
"God woman, will you ever let that one go," Wesley said incredulously.
"Nope!"
Fred watched from the side and giggled at everyone quarreling like little kids. She was happy to be back in the real world and to have found a family as great as these people. She was caught off guard by Gunn.
"What are you laughin at?"
"Oh nothing," she said innocently. He smacked her arm playfully.
Cordelia suddenly sat upright with her hand going instinctively to her head. Angel went to her side and kept her from falling off of the couch, holding her hand until the vision passed. Wesley went for pain killers and water while Gunn grabbed a pad and pen off of the nearest desk. Fred watched, not sure what to do. They all looked so organized like it was a natural occurrence. 'It is a natural occurrence, but it shouldn't be,' she told herself. She still couldn't get use to watching her friend go through so much pain.
Cordelia spasmed as the images flashed before her eyes:
Her and Angel were walking down the dark street. She was snatched into an alley by a demon of some sort. Angel followed as quickly as possible. Something grabbed him from behind, two somethings. He struggled in their grasp as Cordelia was stabbed with their long claws, impaling her, killing her. Angel screamed and sunk to his knees. The demon then walked toward him with a stake. He looked up and tried to get away but he was over powered. In an instant, he was turned to dust and blown away…
Cordelia screamed when she came out it and frantically looked around, her vision blurry. "Angel…" she whispered. As she got her voice back, she yelled louder for him.
"Cordelia, it's okay, I'm right here."
She looked in the direction the voice came from. Her normal vision returned, only to be blurred out again by tears. "Oh god," she whispered and hugged him to her, making sure he was really there. He held her while she cried, looking at the others confused but determined to stop whatever she saw that was causing her this much pain. He kept telling Cordy it was okay until she finally stopped crying. "I'm sorry," she mumbled, feeling stupid for crying in front of them. She normally hid it until they left but this was different, she couldn't control herself. She hated that feeling.
Fred retrieved some Kleenex and handed the box to the girl. Cordelia gratefully accepted. Not trusting her voice, she pointed to Wes and ushered him over for the pain killers. She gulped them down and signaled Gunn over with the pad. She began to sketch the demons she saw, with Angel watching over her shoulder. When she was done, she handed the pad over to him. She attempted to stand up but her knees gave way. Angel dropped the pad and caught her in his arms before she hit the floor.
"Why don't you rest awhile first? You can stay in my room," Angel offered.
"That's okay, I'll be fine."
"Cordy, please." She was surprised at the slight plead she heard in his voice. She gave in and tried to stand up again but failed. Angel picked her up bridal style and carried her upstairs. She felt kind of foolish but liked the feeling of being in his arms. Fred smiled to herself and remembered the time she had told Angel her thoughts about him and Cordelia. Kye-rumption is the word she used to describe them, meaning when two heroes meet on the field of battle and recognize their mutual fate. They looked right together. She was going to get them two together if it was the last thing she did. 'Maybe I should recruit Wesley and Charles for this one,' she planned to herself.
Angel gently laid his seer down on his bed. "You didn't have to carry me up here. I could of walked," Cordelia tried to convince them both.
"You couldn't even stand let alone walk."
"I would of made it…somehow," she mused.
"Just rest, I'll come by later to check on you."
"You don't have to, I'm fine now. Really."
"You can try that all you want but I know what I saw. Cordy, I've never seen a vision impact you so hard. What exactly did you see?"
The thought made her gaze down sadly for a moment, making Angel regret asking her but knowing he'd have to find out eventually. "It doesn't happen to tonight, so can we please drop it, at least for now?"
"Yeah, sure. Let me know if you need anything."
"I will. Thanks Angel."
"Your welcome," he said as he went to close the door behind him so they wouldn't wake her.
Angel came back down the stairs. "She okay," Gunn questioned.
"Yeah, she seems to be. She wouldn't tell me what she saw, just said that it doesn't happen tonight. I've never seen her like this. She's trying to be her normal self, but its just a cover up." He placed his hands over his face, sighing audibly into them. Fred got up and went over to sit by him, offering her support.
Wesley went over and picked up the forgotten pad on the floor of the hotel. "Well maybe finding out what these are may help." He stared at the demons for a while before saying, "I haven't ever seen these before, they're remarkable, resembling more to an overgrown golem of some sort. Maybe from the same descent. I'll go look them up right away."
"Thanks Wes," Angel said to the ex-watcher. Wesley smiled a 'your welcome' and went straight to work.
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A/N: yes, spasmed is a word to me. If you have read my other fics, you know that I have used it in there too.
Last time I forgot to say the time frame. It is sometime after Wolfram and Hart took over Cordy's visions and before Conner.
Disclaimer- the word says it all…I disclaim the characters of Angel. The only thing I own is the word 'spasmed'.
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Chapter 2- Vision Priorities
The Angel Investigations team walked back into the hotel discussing the Damai they had just taken care of. Cordelia went straight for the couch and sat down, stretching out her legs. Fred and Gunn hopped on top of the counter with Angel leaning casually against it. Wesley sat on the front steps. Gunn dropped the weapon bag on the floor. He saw the stare he received from Wesley. "I'll put them away later. Anyways, what's next for tonight?"
"Quiet, I hope," Angel answered.
"Well I hope for a generous wealthy someone to walk through that door with a problem that only we can help cause rent is almost due and we're $100 short," Cordy said.
"Don't worry, we'll take of it. We always do," Wes reassured her.
"I hope cause you all are not setting up camp in my living room again, no offense." Fred looked confused as Cordelia said this.
"We had an incident a while ago that made us lose our first office so I had to stay at Cordy's until we found this place," Angel explained.
Cordelia coughed and said the word 'shanshu' at the same time. She smiled at Wesley.
"God woman, will you ever let that one go," Wesley said incredulously.
"Nope!"
Fred watched from the side and giggled at everyone quarreling like little kids. She was happy to be back in the real world and to have found a family as great as these people. She was caught off guard by Gunn.
"What are you laughin at?"
"Oh nothing," she said innocently. He smacked her arm playfully.
Cordelia suddenly sat upright with her hand going instinctively to her head. Angel went to her side and kept her from falling off of the couch, holding her hand until the vision passed. Wesley went for pain killers and water while Gunn grabbed a pad and pen off of the nearest desk. Fred watched, not sure what to do. They all looked so organized like it was a natural occurrence. 'It is a natural occurrence, but it shouldn't be,' she told herself. She still couldn't get use to watching her friend go through so much pain.
Cordelia spasmed as the images flashed before her eyes:
Her and Angel were walking down the dark street. She was snatched into an alley by a demon of some sort. Angel followed as quickly as possible. Something grabbed him from behind, two somethings. He struggled in their grasp as Cordelia was stabbed with their long claws, impaling her, killing her. Angel screamed and sunk to his knees. The demon then walked toward him with a stake. He looked up and tried to get away but he was over powered. In an instant, he was turned to dust and blown away…
Cordelia screamed when she came out it and frantically looked around, her vision blurry. "Angel…" she whispered. As she got her voice back, she yelled louder for him.
"Cordelia, it's okay, I'm right here."
She looked in the direction the voice came from. Her normal vision returned, only to be blurred out again by tears. "Oh god," she whispered and hugged him to her, making sure he was really there. He held her while she cried, looking at the others confused but determined to stop whatever she saw that was causing her this much pain. He kept telling Cordy it was okay until she finally stopped crying. "I'm sorry," she mumbled, feeling stupid for crying in front of them. She normally hid it until they left but this was different, she couldn't control herself. She hated that feeling.
Fred retrieved some Kleenex and handed the box to the girl. Cordelia gratefully accepted. Not trusting her voice, she pointed to Wes and ushered him over for the pain killers. She gulped them down and signaled Gunn over with the pad. She began to sketch the demons she saw, with Angel watching over her shoulder. When she was done, she handed the pad over to him. She attempted to stand up but her knees gave way. Angel dropped the pad and caught her in his arms before she hit the floor.
"Why don't you rest awhile first? You can stay in my room," Angel offered.
"That's okay, I'll be fine."
"Cordy, please." She was surprised at the slight plead she heard in his voice. She gave in and tried to stand up again but failed. Angel picked her up bridal style and carried her upstairs. She felt kind of foolish but liked the feeling of being in his arms. Fred smiled to herself and remembered the time she had told Angel her thoughts about him and Cordelia. Kye-rumption is the word she used to describe them, meaning when two heroes meet on the field of battle and recognize their mutual fate. They looked right together. She was going to get them two together if it was the last thing she did. 'Maybe I should recruit Wesley and Charles for this one,' she planned to herself.
Angel gently laid his seer down on his bed. "You didn't have to carry me up here. I could of walked," Cordelia tried to convince them both.
"You couldn't even stand let alone walk."
"I would of made it…somehow," she mused.
"Just rest, I'll come by later to check on you."
"You don't have to, I'm fine now. Really."
"You can try that all you want but I know what I saw. Cordy, I've never seen a vision impact you so hard. What exactly did you see?"
The thought made her gaze down sadly for a moment, making Angel regret asking her but knowing he'd have to find out eventually. "It doesn't happen to tonight, so can we please drop it, at least for now?"
"Yeah, sure. Let me know if you need anything."
"I will. Thanks Angel."
"Your welcome," he said as he went to close the door behind him so they wouldn't wake her.
Angel came back down the stairs. "She okay," Gunn questioned.
"Yeah, she seems to be. She wouldn't tell me what she saw, just said that it doesn't happen tonight. I've never seen her like this. She's trying to be her normal self, but its just a cover up." He placed his hands over his face, sighing audibly into them. Fred got up and went over to sit by him, offering her support.
Wesley went over and picked up the forgotten pad on the floor of the hotel. "Well maybe finding out what these are may help." He stared at the demons for a while before saying, "I haven't ever seen these before, they're remarkable, resembling more to an overgrown golem of some sort. Maybe from the same descent. I'll go look them up right away."
"Thanks Wes," Angel said to the ex-watcher. Wesley smiled a 'your welcome' and went straight to work.
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A/N: yes, spasmed is a word to me. If you have read my other fics, you know that I have used it in there too.