Chapter 19

Angelus smirked as he listening to Cordy's sobs on the other end of the phone.

"Don't lose it now sweetheart we have a long way to go." He grinned down at the immortal whom he was straddled with a knife sticking out of his chest, Methos' eyes had started to glaze, he was coughing up blood from his mouth. Angelus pulled the sword out quickly and the body beneath his jerked with pain and the blood began to pool more around the wound spreading out over the shirt he was wearing.

Buffy's face had paled, her eyes wide and scared. She tried to scream but the make shift gag had stopped that; she struggled fruitlessly against her bonds. Her mind screamed that she needed to help him, but she couldn't get free the slayer had no choice but to sit and watch, tears falling from her eyes, her heart aching for the man on the floor and what he was going to have to live through.

Angelus picked up Methos and threw him against the far wall, his back hit first, his head was flung back and whacked against it, the immortal groaned in pain as he slid to the floor, barely conscious. The vampire stalked across the room and picked him up by the collar of his shirt and then slapped him. Methos eyes were wide but dazed he was trying to stay with it but his mind and his body wanted this too end. "Stay with me immortal you don't want to miss all the fun do you?" Angelus asked silkily.

He moved Methos and gently laid him on the bed as he would a lover, and caressed the man's face. Angelus reached over and picked up the phone that had dropped onto the floor. He could hear Cordelia crying and begging him at the end of the line.

"Oh my luscious Cordelia, I will get to you but I will save the best for last and I want to savour every inch of you, I am going to learn every inch of your body, I am going to lick and taste every inch of you. I am going to continue where the soul left at the ballet. He could even tell you he loved you all that stuttering and the minute he was about to say it that fool Groo came in. I can understand why you turned away from Angel you want a real vampire, you want me."

*****

"LET HIM GO ANGELUS COME AND GET ME. I'LL DO ANYTHING." Cordy screamed down the telephone. "Please." She added softly tears falling down her cheeks.

Wesley watched Cordy he wanted to pull the phone away and tell Angelus all the things that he was going to do to that damn vampire. How he would pour holy water slowly over his body, how he would add a little sunlight to parts of his body, he would show how adapt he had become with a knife and then finally when the former watcher was happy that he had suffered enough he would finally stake him.

But Wes knew he wouldn't do that not yet, they hadn't been pushed enough, if Methos died then they would be but they were still doing what they could to bring their friend back. Wes shook his head and thought of their friend how was he going to deal with what Angelus had done?

Cordy was know on her knees as she listened to what Angelus was going to do to her, even though it was the man she loved on the other side, it was his voice, his face, his body but it wasn't him.

Oh how she wished it was and if he had his soul he could have done all of that and so much more and she would have explored his body to her hearts content which would have taken forever, which for Angel she had.

But this was Angelus and it would be rape and torture, eventually her death would come but she didn't know when. "Oh Angel." She whispered as she heard how much he loved her but she turned away from him and ran into Groo's arms.

*****

Angelus growled as he heard the soft whisper of his soul's name. "NOOOOOO" He roared he would make her forget the soul every existed it would be him and only him. He still had another obstacle as he looked at the man on the bed.

He grabbed the immortal by the neck and punched him over and over again. The vampire's mind saw nothing but red as he fists could barely see. All of sudden Angelus released quickly and Methos fell back to the bed his face nothing but a bloody pulp. Angelus managed to get control of his anger.

"We don't want this to end too soon now do we?" The vampire said to Methos as he leaned in close but spoke into the phone.

Buffy was yanking as hard as she could on the chains she could feel them loosen but it was quick enough, her tears were blinding her. She had to help him, Methos had just helped Cordelia and now he had been dragged into this.

Angelus ripped Methos' shirt down the front, he reached over to the bed side table and pulled out a knife, straddling the man once again his eyes gleamed as bright as the metal on the knife as the light caught it. He looked down at the prone body and evil smirk came across his face.

He climbed off the body and sauntered to the door. He opened it and called in the vampire that was there.

"Take him." Angelus ordered and his gaze focused on the slayer. "Don't worry sweetheart it isn't your time yet, it will be soon." He looked the slayer up and down and could not imagine what his soul saw in her with that he turned and left Buffy alone.

The slayer struggled harder and harder, frustration flowing through her veins. Anger, fear and helplessness flooded her as she struggled harder.

*****

Angelus stood outside the door he could hear the rattle of the chains, the sob behind the gag. One thing about Buffy she hated to feel helpless but not as much as she hated people she loved being hurt.

Buffy no longer did anything for him but the curvaceous Cordelia she certainly did, he ran his hand up and down his chest, he rubbed his nipples and his hand slowly slid down to the waist band of his leather trousers, he wanted to reach down and touch his hot flesh but he stopped himself.

He was saving himself for his brunette seer, but he ran his hand across the front of his leather trousers even through his clothes he could feel his throbbing erection, he ached with need, but only one person would satisfy him and he had no doubt that she would be in his clutches soon.

"Dawnie" he sang as he headed towards the room he kept her in. This was getting better and better he hadn't had so much fun in such a long time. With that he turned off the phone and grinning. He loved it when plans came together.

He opened the bedroom door as the teenager cowered as far away as he she could.

"Please." She sobbed.

"Please what?" Angelus asked his voice was like velvet the slid over your skin.

He slammed the door closed behind him and all the guards at the door could hear was his laughter.

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Cordy sobbed as she dropped the phone, Wesley, Gunn and Fred rushed to her side and held her tightly. She wrapped her arms around as many of them as she could, she couldn't get them close enough, to wipe away the pain.

"I have to go." She cried. "I have to do something."

"No Cordy." Wesley told her.

Cordy stood up and turned to her friends. "They have Methos, they have Buffy and they have Dawn."

The Scoobies ran forward their faces pale. "That is how they got Buffy!" Willow stated.

Cordy nodded in acknowledgement. "If I can distract him maybe we have a chance to rescue them." She told them determination written all over her face.

The Sunnydale crew wanted their family back but they didn't like the idea of sacrificing Cordy to Angelus to save them.

"Maybe you could use some help." Said a voice from the door.

They all turned amazement written all over their faces.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Cordy asked.

*****

The vampires laughed as they took one last look at Methos.

"Angelus is going to have fun with this." With that they shut the door behind the oldest immortal.