Duncan stared at his friend. "Why don't you train her?"
Adam grinned at him. "How about we both do it."
"How about you both stop talking about me as if I wasn't here. Angel trained me with a sword before umm I went into a coma."
"An immortal stabbed her why she was in her coma and was going to take her head as soon as she awoke as an immortal. I think we better start training her straight away." Adam explained.
Duncan nodded in agreement. "So why was your friend teaching you how to sword fight." He asked curiously.
"To uhhh defend myself." Cordy replied carefully.
"Look we have to start trusting each other." Duncan said.
"Ok you two first tell me about yourselves."
"I am Duncan McLeod from the clan McLeod I was…"
"Hold it only the bases please not your whole life story." Cordy interrupted.
"Ok I am immortal and over 400 years old." Duncan finished quickly.
"Gee never meant anyone quite as old as you I thought 250 years was old but." He mind went to Darla. "Ok I did meet someone who was 400 the less said about her the better."
"They were immortals?" Adam asked.
"Well not like you anyway." She replied.
"Then what do you mean?" Duncan asked.
Cordelia sighed. "They're vampires."
"Vampires" Duncan replied skeptically.
Adam grinned at him. "I've met a couple not nice people umm vampires."
"Well duh most aren't you get a few exceptions though, like Angel."
"Angel?" Duncan asked.
"Yeah he is a vampire with a soul he helps people he is umm was my boss and best friend." Cordy said with a big smile, which fell when she realised she might never see her brooding boss again.
"So you have dealt with vampires before." Adam asked.
"Yeah I'll tell you what I will tell you my secrets if you tell me yours" She told Adam.
Duncan watched Adam curiously was he going to tell her who he was.
"Ok deal but you first I have to see if you are interesting enough for me to spill my life story." Adam goaded her.
Cordy grinned. "Ok I was from Sunnydale home of the hellmouth I was attacked pretty much weakly by a vampire of some kind or something else equally unusual. Uhhh you can keep this a secret right?" she asked cautiously.
"Of course we have had to keep who we are a secret." Duncan answered.
Cordelia nodded. "Of course, sorry, well a lot of this wouldn't have happened if I had not been dragged into the company of crybuffy umm sorry Buffy the vampire slayer, the chosen one etc and so forth she is stronger and all that so she can kill the vampires and then had this great big tragic romance with Angel and she sent him to hell."
Adam watched her carefully. "So school was dangerous for you."
"We were lucky to live from week to week. I had a boy who brought his brother back from the dead and they wanted to put my head onto a body of a girl they had made and they used different parts."
Duncan's face paled. "You're kidding."
"Nope and I dated the biggest loser Xander, he cheated on me I found them and ended up with a rebar through my stomach, my parents had to leave cause the tax man was after them and I ended up in LA and Angel saved my life."
"Is there a lot more to this story?" Adam asked and Duncan glared at him.
"Ok Doyle had visions from the PTB that showed Angel who needed help, he kissed me when he was giving up his life and passed them onto because Doyle was half demon he could survive I was dying so I gave up a life of being rich and famous and became part demon. Not sure if I still am but if I glow we know I am. But some recent events I am not ready to talk about yet." She shrugged her shoulders.
"An interesting life you have led Cordelia. Ok my real name is not Adam Pierson, now this you can't tell anyone everyone would be after my head. My name is Methos and I am the oldest immortal alive I am over 5000 years old." Methos told her.
Cordelia laughed thinking he was joking and when she turned and looked at Duncan he nodded.
"Oh my god." She paused and grinned. "Looking good for your age old man."
Duncan laughed as he watched Methos' face fall.
They headed into a room, which had no furniture and plenty of room to practice.
Duncan looked at her. "I do have lots of questions for you but we have plenty of time but what is the PTB."
"The Powers That Be, they send visions of people in trouble they used to be like migraines but with pictures I feel what the victim is feeling but now I sometimes float or my eyes turn white. If I get one I have to let Angel know. I am going to have let him know I am alive. I won't let innocent people suffer." Cordy said stubbornly.
Duncan and Methos looked at each other and nodded.
"Ok you can call but for the moment don't let them know where you are we need to train you just for a bit. Give us some time." Duncan pleaded.
"Ok" Cordy went over to the phone and dialed Angel's mobile from heart. "Hey Angel it's Cordy."
TBC