Thanks for the reviews guys! Yes, this is BA, I'm a die hard fan, and would like nothing more than to see them together for all time. Sorry this chapter's so short... Hope you enjoy it!

'Kate, where is she?'

'Who?' He heard her say after a pause. Angel growled in annoyance. It had taken him a long time to find a phone after waking up in a warehouse by the pier about an hour ago. He had been tied up, and Cordelia and Wesley staring down at him. They'd told him he'd been given a happiness drug, and they'd followed his trail here. They'd untied him, and he'd sat there for a moment, taking it all in before the memories hit him.

'Please Kate, I need to see her, I know she's there.' His tone was desperate. He needed to see her, make sure she was safe. He'd stopped the gang members from their assault on her, but…

'What's her last name?' Kate's tone was impassive, but he could tell she was annoyed.

'She doesn't live near here, I'm the closest thing to family she has that isn't hours away.'

'What's her last name, Angel?'

'Summers.' He said resignedly. There was the noise of hurried typing, then a pause.

'Her files say her father lives here.' Damn! He'd forgotten about him. How could he? Visiting her father was what Buffy was doing in town almost every time she came to see him.

'He can't help her.' He said quietly, not sure of how to respond. Kate had been extremely edgy since she'd discovered his vampirism.

'Faith told me that.' She said, her tone one of disapproval and dismissal.

'What else did Faith tell you?'

'That he name is Buffy, that she messed up her and her boyfriend, and she mentioned something about a slayer.' Angel drew in an unnecessary breath. He hoped Faith hadn't told Kate about being a slayer. Or about Buffy being a slayer for that matter. Still, that was the least of his worries. 'I want to know what's going on Angel.'

Angel didn't respond. He heard sobbing in the background. Kate sighed.

'I'm calling her father.'

'Just let me come out and see her first.'

'You have ten minutes to get here, then I'm calling him.' She hung up. Angel cursed softly to himself before sprinting over to his car where Cordelia and Wesley waited.

'Who was that?' Cordelia asked curiously as Angel started the engine and sped down the highway.

'Kate.' He said shortly.

'Where are we going?' Wesley asked, slightly worried.

'To the police station.'

'Did Faith harm anyone?' the former watcher asked, concerned. Cordelia snorted.

'No.' was the short reply as Angel swerved wildly to avoid hitting a truck.

'Why are we going then?' Cordelia asked, exasperated.

'Buffy's hurt.'

'What? Buffy's here?'

'She came last night.' Angel said in a pained voice.

'When you were…' Silence descended, no one speaking.

'I can help her. I have to get there before Kate phones her father.' Terrifying images of Buffy bruised and broken were running through his mind, bleeding into each other.

'Angel, shouldn't Kate be phoning Buffy's father?' Wesley questioned gently.

'No.' Angel said, sure of himself. 'It's my fault she's hurt so badly, I have to help her, to make this right… she's hurt more than physically, I can help her heal… I need to…' How badly was Buffy hurt? She didn't bruise easily, being the slayer, and many of her wounds would heal quickly, but he couldn't be sure… And the mental trauma she must be going through… to be beaten up, raped, to go through all that alone would be bad enough, but to be rescued, and have her brave champion inflict those same torments on her…

Wesley and Cordelia both nodded at varying times, accepting. They knew that Angel would never forgive himself for not doing anything in his power to try and right this wrong. A minute's pause.

'Angel, do you know how to reach the station from above ground?' Wesley asked sensibly.

'Ah, I'm pretty sure it's just around this… damn!' He did a U-turn to get back on the main road, increasing his speed.

'What's your plan, get us arrested so the police will take us to the station?' Cordelia asked sarcastically.

'Cordelia, Wesley, do either of you know how to get to the station?'

'Take a left.' Cordelia said randomly. The car almost hit the sidewalk as Angel turned the steering wheel two or three times in rapid succession. This would never work, he thought in dismay as Cordelia and sometimes Wesley barked out directions at the last second. They had less than five minutes to reach the station, and were quickly running out of time.

'Just two more right turns!' Cordelia exclaimed happily, caught up in giving directions and sounding very un-Cordelia-ish. They had to get there, he thought desperately, following the instructions. There was no telling what would happen to Buffy if they didn't…

'We're here!' Wesley said, then his face fell. The office had moved; their old building was abandoned. Or at least that was what it looked like. Angel stared in rising horror. He had failed, Buffy would be sent to her father's, she would…

Suddenly, something caught his eye. An arm was waving furiously from a window on the side… a cell? Faith! His heart soared. They'd made it.

Faith growled low in her throat. Why the hell didn't they have any lights on? She knew perfectly well that everyone else was out on a huge case, leaving only Kate, herself and Buffy, but Kate could've at least turned some lights on to show Angel the place wasn't abandoned. She smirked thinking about the fact that while Kate had been too thick headed to call him, he'd called her anyways. Getting an idea, Faith thrust her arm through the bats of her cell window, waving it wildly. She could only hope that Angel's vampire eyes would see it.