He arrived in Angel's apartment to see his boss sat in front of the TV sharpening stakes, though the vampire's mind seemed to be on something else aside from Martha Stewart's home made chocolate Flann.
"I thought you were taking Cordy out for a drink." said Angel before Doyle said a word.
"I did but she disappeared home without finishing her drink," said Doyle as Angel put the stake he'd finished into the pile of others in a corner.
"So why aren't you checking up on her?" asked Angel getting up and turning the TV off before scooping up an armful of stakes, careful not to stake himself,to put in the weaponry closet.
Doyle picked up the remaining stakes as he followed Angel's lead, ignoring the Vampire's Question.
"You've met a girl I presume?" asked Angel when Doyle didn't answer as the half demon threw the remaining stake into the closet before he shut and locked the door.
"She's so beautiful Angel. I almost forgot about our Cordy," said Doyle leaning against the wall as Angel rolled his eyes.
"Really? And her name is?" asked Angel as he led the way to the kitchen.
"Damini Ajax." said Doyle watching his boss go to the fridge and pull out a bag of pigs blood and a bottle of beer, the beer which he threw to the half demon.
"Hm...sounds like she'd beautiful too but you really need to check on Cordy." said Angel giving Doyle a look as he emptied the blood into a mug and put it in the microwave.
"I know and I will but I was wondering if Damini could come and work here," asked Doyle opening the beer and downing it in one gulp with surprising stamina for someone who'd been in a bar most of the night.
Angel rolled his eyes but nodded reluctantly.
"Thanks mate you won't regret this." said Doyle before he left to check on Cordelia.
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Cordelia heard a knock on the door as Dennis threw a plate, which barely missed her head.Sometimes the poltergeist had moments like this where he acted like his mother had.
"Don't come in!" yelled Cordelia against the loud music Dennis had turned on when she'd got home.
"Princess it's Doyle! Are you Ok in there? I never thought you were much of a... rock... fan..." said Doyle as he opened the door and saw the mess Dennis had made, it looked as bad as what the poltergist's mother had done when Cordelia had first moved in.
"Doyle duck!" yelled Cordelia as Dennis launched a chair at him.
Doyle threw himself to the ground as Dennis began to throw books in his direction. He crawled across the floor to where Cordelia was cowering in a corner.
"Come on princess let's get you out of here." said Doyle kneeling in front of her but ducking every time something nearly hit him.
"I can't..." said Cordelia and Doyle could tell how scared she was by the way her eyes glittered with tears that looked ready to erupt.
"Come on Princess, I've got you covered. Just crawl toward the door you can do this!" Said Doyle pushing her head down as a picture frame missed and smashed into the wall above her head.
Cordelia nodded as she bit her lip and began to crawl toward the door with Doyle behind her.
As the two reached the door a lit candle flew through the air and set the doorway alight.
Cordelia screamed and backed into Doyle as the fire began to spreadaround the wooden door frame.
Doyle took off his jacket and covered her with it before easing her out the door carefully avoiding the burning flames.
He soon followed her out the burning doorway and shut the door as the sound of something big hit the door.
"Come on princess let's take ya to Angel's." said Doyle as he got to his feet.
Cordelia sat shaking on the floor pulling his jacket closer around her, at that moment she didn't seem like confident old Cordelia who he'd met that night Angel rescued her from a vampire.At that moment she seemed more like a scared childall alone in a big city where she only knew two people both of whom she worked with.It wasenough to make the half demon's heartache.
Doyle helped her carefullyto her feet, putting his arm around her waist to support her asthe two of them walked out the building.
