Title: Moving Back 5/5

Author: Wereleopard
Rating: PG

Pairing: C/A

Crossover Angel/Buffy
Email: Romance

Summary: Cordy had a vision and it tells her that they have to move back to Sunnydale to help Buffy and the Scoobies fight the first.

Spoilers: All of Buffy and Angel

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: Let me know

Feedback: Yes please!

N/B Cordy is part demon, no one knows what she can do but the visions are still painful. Connor never dropped Angel in the sea and his loves Cordy like a mother, that is all. Fred and Gunn have split up and Lorne has left. If I think of anything else I will let you know.

A great thank you to Hotstuff she has done an outstanding job especially with all the chapters of different stories I have sent, her head must be spinning

Chapter 5

Cordy thrashed around on the floor, Angel's arms holding her against him, trying to control the erratic movements. Ten minutes had passed and still the vision continued the vampire glanced up at Wes his face full of worry, the memories of when Cordy had visions 24/7 came flooding back to them.

"Cordy, what is it what have you seen?" Angel cried out hoping that his voice would wake her from her trance.

Buffy's face paled at the terrified screams that came from Cordy's mouth, the horror that was plastered across her face.

"What's going on?" Buffy whispered.

"She's having a vision." Fred mumbled holding Connor close to her side.

Angel could finally feel her body relax against his and he held her tightly against his body as he gently kissed her forehead. As her screams faded away, Cordy laid in Angels embrace breathing heavily as if she had run a marathon.

"It's coming." She whispered as the tears fell from her eyes at what she had witnessed, what she had felt.

"What's coming?" Wes asked as he moved to kneel down beside her.

"The first." Cordy said her eyes wide with fear.

"We already know that Cordy." Xander answered softly afraid to talk too loud.

The young brunette gripped Angel's shirt and bunched it in her fists, her eyes full of terror.

"It's coming soon; it's coming because you're here Angel. It will be here in a matter of days, it's going to be the end of the world as we know it." Cordy told him, her voice shaking. "Everything will be coming at us, there will be no escape."

Angel looked into Wes's face, they knew that whatever Cordy had seen scared her and with everything that she had already seen, it worried them.

"We'll beat it." Buffy said confidently. "Together we'll be able to beat this."

Cordy moved closer to Angel's body, her own shaking, the cold deep within her bones and the bottomless pit of dread that lay in her stomach.

"The world is going to be in darkness, monsters will control the world." Cordy muttered as her mind went back to the horror.

Angel held her more tightly wanting to take away the nightmare, wanting to protect her knowing that he couldn't, no one could. They might not survive this battle.

"What ever is coming we will stand together just like we always have." Angel said.

Wes, Fred, Gunn and Connor came and sat on the floor next to Angel and Cordy.

"We're a family, we stick together." Fred said with a smile.

Angel looked around at them and smiled. If he was going to die then at least he would be standing side by side with his family, he had only one regret and that was Cordy, that he had never told her how he felt, feels about her. Angel turned and looked at Buffy; she was standing alone looking very confused.

"Look you have all had a shock tonight; we'll head to the mansion and come back tomorrow when we can start making plans." Angel said his voice full of command.

Spike stood in the doorway watching the little soap opera happening right in front of him.

"The kid and the visions aren't the only things that have changed." Spike muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Giles sighed not really wanting to know.

"The chit, she's part demon. I can smell it." Spike grinned as Cordy glared at him.

Xander's mouth fell open in surprise. "You're a demon."

Cordy turned a little too quickly and grabbed her head as the room span.

"Well I had a choice to make and this was the decision I came to." Cordy muttered closing her eyes and waiting for everything to stop spinning.

Angel stood bent over and lifted Cordy into his arms.

"We'll talk to you all tomorrow night; we have a battle to get ready for." Angel said to the room, he then turned and walked out of the shop followed by the rest of his family.

Angel stood in the corner of Cordy's room watching her, memorising every part of her. If he was going to die, he wanted to close his eyes and have his last memory of his family, his son and the woman he loved.

"Angel what are you doing staring at me, you know I told you that it was creepy." Cordy said.

Angel's eyes met hers and he could see the laughter in them, a smile slid onto his face as they both started to laugh. Cordy held out her hand to her best friend and watched as he walked forwards and took hold of it and she pulled him onto the bed next to her.

"Are you ok?" The vampire asked.

"I'm afraid to be alone, every time I close my eyes I see the never-ending darkness, it's cold and I can't escape from it." She whispered scared that if she spoke any louder that it would bring the horror to them quicker.

Angel pulled her against him; Cordy's head lay on his shoulder with their arms around each other.

"I love you Cordy." He whispered against her hair.

Cordy lifted her head, her eyes shining with unshed tears but most of all they were full of love, love for him.

"I love you too Angel." She said smiling at him.

He lent towards her and pressed his lips gently against hers, she sighed against his mouth and opening her own needing more, needing more than he could give but this would be enough for now, enough to know that even if they died they loved each other. Their kiss deepened trying to get closer to each other, putting everything they could into it, every little emotion.

Cordy finally pulled away and stared into his deep brown eyes, with one quick kiss against his lips she pillowed her head back onto his shoulder and breathed deeply, she felt safe in his arms. Closing her eyes she let her mind shut down as she settled into a dreamless sleep.

Angel kissed the top of her head and closed his own eyes just happy to have her in his arms and know that she loved him.

Faith lifted her head above the bar and then lowered herself; she did it again and again. This life wasn't so bad not really, her other inmates had learnt that they couldn't get the better of her so everyone mostly left her alone now, She sighed to herself, well some people thought that they would still give it a go. She dropped from the bar and turned to the woman who was advancing on her with a knife.

"You don't want to do this." Faith warned her but the woman kept on advancing.

The brunette picked up some weights and hit her around the head with them, for a slayer these weighed nothing. A whistle blew and guards suddenly surrounded them, Faith dropped the weights and raised her hands in the air.

"I didn't start it." She told them.

"We know, we just didn't think anyone would be crazy enough to go after you." After they picked the other inmate from the ground, the guard turned to her. "Faith your lawyer is here."

Faith narrowed her eyes but still followed wondering who the hell would want to see her, the only visits she ever got were from Angel, but there was nothing that surprised her more than the person sitting there.

"Wesley." She whispered to herself, sitting down she picked up the phone that connected her to her visitor.

"Well I'm surprised to see you." Faith muttered and she was Wesley did not look the same, he had that haunted look that her and Angel had, something awful had happened to him.

"Something evil is coming to Sunnydale and we are going to need your help." Wes told her simply.

Faith knew that it had to be some thing extreme for him to get her help, which means that Angel needed her and she owed him a lot, she owed them all for what she had put them through.

"Stand back." She ordered and as soon as Wes had moved away from the glass she dived through it, the echoing of it smashing rung around the room and then without a second glance the two of them were off and running.

Wes and Faith arrived back in Sunnydale during the day, Angel was still upstairs asleep but Cordy couldn't she was wide-awake, her whole body throbbing with fear about what was too come.

Cordy walked into the kitchen and saw the two of them sitting there. Faith got to her feet and looked around nervously.

"I'm sorry about hitting you and Wes said that my help was needed, so I…" Her voice faded.

The seer walked over to Faith and pulled her into her arms and held her tightly. "I know what you went through, what you are trying to do. I saw it all I felt it all. Thank you for coming." With that Cordy pulled away and turned to the kettle to make a hot drink.

Faith turned to Wes confusion written all over her face.

"It's been a tough time." Wes answered cryptically.

"Yes it has and if we survive this we might even get to tell you about it." Cordy said as she turned around with a cup of coffee.

Angel sat in The Magic Box looking sceptical about the current plan.

"It's risky, if she can do it." Angel told them.

Kennedy smiled at her girlfriend Willow.

"Of course she can do it, she can do anything and I'll be there to help her." The young potential said.

Willow laughed nervously Angel had only said what she had been thinking.

"You might have to kill me." Willow said in a whisper to Kennedy who whipped her head around her eyes wide open in surprise. "I'm serious I have to know that you will do it."

Kennedy nodded in silent agreement knowing that it would kill her inside to actually kill the witch but also knowing that this wasn't taken lightly and it would have to be done.

Buffy turned around and stared at Faith, she had gone for the other slayer as soon as their eyes had met but Angel and his friends stood in her way protecting her, but the one thing that they said was right they did need her but after this was finished, if they won and if they both were alive they were going to have words, the blonde slayer breathed deeply and then turned and looked at everyone. "Are we ready?"

"Not really but there isn't much choice is there." Cordy muttered.

Angel turned to her and smiled softly. "You'll be great, we all will be great. I love you." He kissed her quickly.

"I love you to." She replied with a shy smile but her eyes shone brightly.

Buffy opened her mouth and then closed it, hopefully she would, they all would have time to digest this at a later date, and they had to deal with the first, well first.

Willow sat crossed legged on the floor; Kennedy sat the same way but across from her and in between them was a large axe. The small brunette gave her an encouraging smile that the redhead returned nervously.

The witch reached out and laid her hands across the weapon and started to chant. The wind blew around them appearing out of nowhere, it became stronger and stronger, a light shone from the witch and it lit up her hair, the power flowed around her pulling out her very essence, the evil coursing through her body, the colour seeping from her hair changing it from fire red to silvery white.

Willow screamed as the power was becoming too much for her she couldn't control it, it was controlling her.

"NOOOOOO!" she screamed. "HELP ME."

Kennedy could see that this wasn't working and that Willow was being dragged back to evil. The young potential walked over to her and hit her as hard as she could, Willow fell back the wind suddenly dying. Kennedy went to her side and looked down, some of the red had come back to her hair but it was dotted with white streaks throughout.

"Willow." She said softly. "Are you ok?"

Willows eyes opened and she nodded. "You'd better get to the fight they are going to need you, I'll be there as soon as I can."

Kennedy nodded she reached out grabbed the axe, stood and ran out of the door. Willow closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths there was no way that they were going to win now. Cordy was right the darkness had arrived.

They were being swarmed by monsters, demons, vampires you name it and it was being thrown at them. They fought as hard as they could but they were losing and this really hit home when Kennedy came running in with the axe and shaking her head, the plan had not worked, all the potentials were still just that.

A black mist arose from the deeps of the cavern rising from the very centre of the earth itself, sucking life as it went past. A demon grabbed Cordy and threw her and as she was about to be engulfed by the blackness Angel had got to her first and pushed her away but there wasn't anytime to save himself as he disappeared from sight. Cordy screamed and ran for him but Faith got to her first and slung her over her shoulder.

"We're not going to win we have to get out of her." Faith screamed and watched as Buffy nodded, but before they left a figure walked out of the shadow.

"Angel." She whispered.

Spike walked forward and pulled Buffy back. "It's not Angel, I can't smell any soul it's gone."

With that Angelus smirked. "Oh it's good to be back and what a world it's going to be."

Buffy turned and ran up the stairs, she glanced back briefly and watched Angelus laugh as the demons swarmed around him.

"What happened?" Cordy called out as she saw Buffy and Spike emerge.

"The first, it took Angel's soul." Buffy muttered her eyes on the floor.

Giles walked over and placed an arm around Cordy.

"We have to go." He whispered his heart broke as she looked up at him with tears in her eyes and nodded.

They all climbed into the school bus and drove away from Sunnydale, from what had been a home for most of them at one time or another once they had reached the freeway the bus stopped and they all climbed out and watched as the flames licked the sky and the demon played in their playground. The darkness would spread from Sunnydale like wildfire and no one knew how to stop it.

The End