Title: Right Before Your Eyes
Author: Wereleopard
Rating: PG
Pairing: C/A
Email: Angst
Summary: Up to pregnant Darla it is AU, Angel's thoughts and questions about himself, his friends, his redemption and the love he has for Cordy.
Disclaimer: The characters in the Angel verse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just poor and the song doesn't belong to me either.
Distribution: FSB!
Feedback: Yes please!

A/N Ok this is AU duh! LOL. So instead of Spike making Buffy feel something it was Angel, but Spike IS still in love with her and we know whom Angel wants.

Chapter 12

Buffy ran quickly up the stairs her face emotionless, her eyes empty the knife clutched tightly in her hand. The slayer never once turned around to see if she was being chased, she had a mission to complete and that was all that was on her mind. She stopped for a moment at the wooded door, staring at it knowing that her prey was trapped within. In a few seconds it would all be over the predator would kill her prey.

Deep inside of the shell that was Buffy Summers her mind was locked away screaming and crying knowing what she, what it was planning to do. Cordelia might not have seen eye to eye and she was jealous of the ex-cheerleaders relationship with Angel but the last thing she wanted was to see Cordelia hurt or killed especially since she was carrying a child. This was the first time in her life that Buffy felt totally helpless and she knew it was her fault all the anger, jealousy and hate led her to this point, to kill someone who was doing what she could to help people. No one would ever forgive her for this, she would never be able to forgive herself if she managed to get control back of her body.

The hand on the doorknob twisted it and pushed the door open and she walked into the welcoming darkness.

Angel and Cordy's Room

Cordy's dreams, if that was what they were suddenly turned dark, blood dripped from the walls, day was turned into night, and the air was filled with screams of terror and pain. There was death and destruction in every direction she looked. The world that she had seen before the love, the happiness, the peace was eaten away and Cordy watched the world crumble around her if whatever was coming wasn't stopped and one by one human life would eventually be extinguished and the world would be overrun by demons.

Cordy's eyes snapped open and then she screamed, it was ripped from deep within her, it was a cry full of pain, fear and anguish at the darkness that could befall them all. The scream was cut off as Buffy grabbed her by the throat and slammed her against the wall, the noise echoing around the room.

Angel ripped the arrow from his shoulder and was running up the stairs before Fred, Gunn, Wes or Lindsey could move. The scream scared Angel but the sudden stop of the noise and the quiet afterwards was deafening and it fed fear straight into his very soul, fear for his beloved, and his heart.

He ran through the open door to their bedroom and there was the petite blonde slayer gripping Cordy by the throat squeezing the very life out of her and in her other hand was the knife.

"NOOOOO." The roar was ripped from Angel's throat as he moved and in a blink of an eye he had grabbed Buffy and pulled her away from Cordelia.

Buffy took hold of Angel and moved so she landed on top of him as they both fell to the ground and she sank the knife deep into his flesh.

Cordy shook her head trying to clear it, she looked around the room looking for Angel and in the centre of the room was the vampire and slayer. Angel pulled the knife out of his own body and aimed it towards Buffy's heart. All rational thought had fled from his mind, the demon within whispered all the things he should do to her because Buffy had tried to hurt what was his.

"No stop Angel." She cried out which turned to a cry of pain.

Angel froze her voice clearing his foggy brain, his gaze whipped around to her. Cordy's face was full of fear as she glanced down, her hands clutching at her stomach. Angel's gaze followed hers and saw the liquid at her feet.

"Angel it's not Buffy." Cordy gasped at the pain coursed through her.

Angel dropped the knife, just then the others walked in.

"Take her. Cordy says it's not Buffy. Find out who or what she is and what they have done to Buffy? Lindsey we've got to go." Angel ordered.

"What, why?" Lindsey asked confused at the sudden change of subject.

"You're about to become a father." Angel muttered as he walked over and picked Cordy up and held her gently against his chest.

Lindsey froze his mind at shut down as soon as Angel mentioned father. Fred walked up to him and smiling softly she took hold of his hand and pulled him along as they followed Angel and Cordy.

Wes and Gunn grabbed hold of Buffy and took her down to the basement where they chained her up. Some research was needed they had to find out what the hell was going on?

They climbed the stairs back to the lobby their minds going over what had happened and then the two of them looked at each other and grinned.

"Cordy's having her baby." Gunn said with awe.

"Cordy's having a what?" Muttered a voice full of disbelief.

Wes and Gunn turned and standing there was Xander, Anya, Willow and Spike.

"Cordy just went into labour." Wes answered as if it were obvious.

TBC