Finding out the Truth
Angel held her as her sobs started to slow down, she buried her head into his chest wishing the pain would leave knowing it was getting worse and worse and she knew what that meant. She was dying Cordy had been told that but it was getting harder and harder to make believe it was not true. What was she going to tell Angel? He would blame himself and then try and a way to stop the visions, her visions. She couldn't allow that too happen. She looked up and saw the worried look in her vampire's eyes, Cordy sniffed a few times and Angel reached down and wiped away the tears.
Buffy stood staring at them. "What the hell is going on?" she shouted.
Cordy jumped and tried to pull away from Angel but he wouldn't let her and helped her slowly to her feet and with his arm wrapped around her waist he led her to one of his sofas. Fred, Gunn and Wesley followed them.
"Well!" Buffy asked impatiently.
Wes had his notebook open ready to take notes, Gunn and Fred handed Cordy the water and the painkillers she smiled back at them.
"Thanks." She said quietly knowing that they were not going to take away the pain. It would go once Angel killed what had to be killed and saved the person that needed to be saved. "It's on fifth and something near that old church it is big and green and has claws the girl is so scared Angel, hurry."
Gunn and Wesley rushed to their feet and ran to the weapons cabinet.
"We will" Angel said kissing her on the forehead. "Take care of her Fred"
"I will Angel," a quiet voice said.
With that he rushed out of the door without glancing at anyone else. Buffy stood their opened mouth. What the hell had just happened?
Spike stood watching as well he was frozen to the spot, Angel had not seemed that interested in Buffy he was more worried about the cheerleader. What was going on around here?
"Umm. What was that?"Xamder asked.
Cordy and Fred looked at him with confusion on their faces.
"What happened to you Cordy?" He rectified.
Willow hissed at him. "Not now" she said through gritted teeth.
"It's ok Willow" Cordy answered. "It was a vision."
"A vision." Buffy asked skeptically she knew that she sounded bitchy but she couldn't seem to help it. Things weren't suppose to change Angel was supposed to look at her and she was the centre of his world. "What you get pretty pictures in your head telling Angel where people are."
Fred stood up and glared at her. "No she sees people being attacked and she feels everything the victim does."
Buffy opened her mouth then closed it again she was not sure what to say. "I'm sorry I don't know why I said that."
"It's okay Buffy you've been through a lot." Cordy replied softly.
Everyone stared at her.
"What?" she asked as she noticed everyone's eyes.
"You umm seem different." Willow said.
"You all changed did you think I wouldn't"
"I never thought about it you were always Cordelia." Willow replied not sure if that made any sense.
"I still am but I am also Cordy."
"The heart of Angel Investigations." Fred added knowing that is how they all felt about her.
"Thank you Fred sweetie."
"I'm gonna borrow Angel's bed until they get back ok?" Fred nodded and watched Cordy slowly make her way upstairs.
"Ok Fred can you explain about these visions." Xander asked starting to get impatient.
"Well I can tell you what I was told you see I wasn't around at the start no on here was I was in a hell dimension and they all rescued me I was a cow and they tried to take my head." Fred stopped as soon as she saw the blank look on their faces. "Sorry Cordy got them from Doyle just before he died, he kissed her and from what she said she had no idea what he had done. She then got her first vision and it was the time Wesley arrived. So after that they started working as a team and Cordy tried to get rid of them, she didn't want the pain it was kind of ruining her life."
"That sounds like the Cordelia we know and hated." Xander said with a laugh
Fred glared at him again; Willow dug an elbow into his ribs.
"Please carry on Fred?" Willow asked politely.
"Well from what Wesley told me, Angel doesn't like to talk about it. Wolfram and Hart had this demon they wanted something brought back and they needed the scrolls that Wesley had so umm" Fred paused for a moment as she remembered Angels face when she was told this story. "It touched Cordy's hand and she was taken into the neuro ward and sedated all she kept doing was screaming afterwards they found out she was having visions 24-7 she was feeling the pain of all the victims all over the world, it changed her. She knew what had to be done." Tears started to roll down her cheeks. "I'm sorry but Cordy has been through so much."
Fred headed towards the office and started to sort through paperwork and every so often her eyes would glance to the stairs.
"So you think she has really changed?" Buffy asked.
"Well it seems like it." Willow replied.
"I guess we wait and see." Xander put his thoughts in.
Cordy laying on Angel's bed trying to keep the pain at bay glanced over at the clock; it had been an hour since the others had gone. She hadn't meant to stay up her too long it wasn't fair to leave Fred down with strangers by herself. Cordy sat up and the pain began to fade. They had done it and they would be home soon.
Rushing down the stairs she ran straight to Fred in the office.
"I'm sorry for leaving you alone with them."
"That's ok" Fred mumbled into Cordy's shoulder as she was pulled into a hug.
Walking out into the lobby Cordy announced. "They should be back soon"
"How do you know?" Giles asked.
"The pain it is easing off only happens when the guys have slain the evil ones"
"Really" Giles replied absently staring at her with renewed interest.
"Fred can you grab the first aid kit please?"
"Sure Cordy will Angel need patched up again?"
"Probably he normally does."
The two female members of AI sat and waited for the heroes return and see which ones need to be patched up.
TBC