A/N: Thanks so much to all my reviewers- PadfootObsessed329; Celebwen Telcontar; Vikki; Gothwiccan87 and BlueEyedBrigadier. Thanks for all your suggestions too, especially BlueEyedBrigadier. I did like the demon suggestion, but I decided that I didn't want them having to deal with those sorts of issues tonight. I tried to incorporate some of all of your suggestions into it.
Chapter 9
Doyle frowned as he saw Cordelia follow the handsome director into the bedroom. Something definitely wasn't right here. He was about to follow them in to see what was going on when a woman in a sparkling pink dress approached him.
"Are you here alone?" she asked,
"No." he said, but then he regretted it immediately. I might as well be he thought if Cordelia keeps leaving me.
"Oh okay" the woman said, beginning to move away
"Well actually, the person I'm with seems to have disappeared" he said, smiling at her as charmingly as he could manage, "Maybe you could keep me company until she gets back." He'd decided he was sick of waiting alone. Maybe it was Cordelia's turn to be the jealous one. The woman smiled back and said
"Would you…" but she was cut off by a shrill scream from the bedroom. The very bedroom Cordelia had disappeared into. Doyle felt his blood run cold and he abandoned the woman immediately, hoping he wasn't too late to save Cordelia from whatever was behind that door. He wasn't the only one that had started to move towards the bedroom. Half of the party seemed to want to save the girl, whilst the other half were hanging back, guilty that they couldn't do anything to help, but not feeling the need to risk their lives for a stranger.
Doyle pushed his way through the crowd, struggling to get to the front. If this was a human attacker, he would be glad of the support, but if it wasn't, then he knew that he was the only one qualified to help. And even he wasn't sure if he could handle whatever this was on his own. For the first time, he regretted sending Angel away. He eventually reached the front of the crowd and opened the door.
He saw Cordelia struggling with a vampire and immediately slammed the door shut behind him and locking it. He didn't need any civilians involved in a vampire situation. It should be easy enough anyway, he reasoned. Just stake it and then move on. Then, to his horror he realised he hadn't brought a stake with him. Cordelia spotted him and shouted
"Doyle! I could use a little help here!"
"Oh sorry" Doyle said, and tackled the vampire to the floor, but unfortunately, the vampire was too strong for him and rolled over so that Doyle was beneath him, and he began to strangle the half demon
"Cordelia" Doyle managed to gasp, "Stake" Cordelia was already searching her handbag for the stake that she kept handy at all times, found it and thrust it into the vampires back. It howled in pain however, it didn't turn to dust and she realised that in her haste to kill it, she'd missed its heart. Doyle, taking advantage of its pain, kicked it off him and scrambled to his feet, but the vampire, realising it was fighting people who knew what they were doing, made a hasty escape through a nearby window. Doyle immediately collapsed against the wall, breathing hard
"Are you okay?" he asked her, looking at her with concern. Cordelia suddenly had a strong feeling of déjà vu, thinking back to the time they were attacked in front of the office.
"Yeah, thanks to you" she said, smiling warmly at him. Doyle looked down at the floor, embarrassed
"It was nothing" he said
"It wasn't nothing! Who needs Angel? We could have our own detective company. We could call it Cordelia Investigations!"
"I just don't think Cordelia Investigations has the same ring as Angel Investigations, princess" he laughed, "Now Doyle Investigations, that's a name!" They were interrupted by a heavy thump on the door and several men, running through.
"What happened?" One asked
"I was attacked." Cordelia told him, "My friend saved me. He got out through that window" she pointed. One man crossed the room and looked out.
"That's a 4 storey drop! How would he survive that?"
"I don't know" Cordelia said, standing up, and pulling Doyle up with her, "All I know is that he saved me, while the rest of you hid outside. I just want to forget that this happened."
Now that there was nobody to save, the crowds by the door gradually thinned until Doyle and Cordelia were left in the room alone.
"Thank you for saving me Doyle" Cordelia said sincerely and kissed him on the cheek before leaving the room. Doyle raised a hand to the place she had kissed him, grinned and followed her quickly
A/N: Well this is probably the penultimate chapter, unless I can find another chapters worth of stuff, so please all review so I can write the last chapter on a high note :D
