Future Angel just stared at them he wasn't sure he heard that correctly, well he was hoping that he hadn't heard that correctly.
"Angelus?" He muttered.
"Are you all crazy, letting Angelus loose she just isn't worth it?" Buffy said petulantly.
Fred, Gunn, Wes and Angel all turned to her. Their faces screamed that she was worth it; she was worth a lot more.
"Why do you need his blood?" Future Angel asked.
"Well it seems for this potion it is something mystical to do with the soul, it needs your blood with the soul and without it. We combine it with hers, do the spell and voila a mystical cure." Wes said with a confident voice but that was not echoed deep within. They had no idea if it would work but it was their only chance.
Both Angel's could sense the lie in his words but they didn't say anything hope was all they had, this plan was all they had there was no time for anything else.
"Let's do it." Future Angel looked at his counterpart. "Take Cordelia and Connor hide them away, take the mobile with you and one of the others will let you know when it is safe. Protect my." He stopped. "Protect our son." Angel told himself.
The past Angel nodded he picked up Connor and Cordelia grabbed the bags and they left. Buffy just stood there her boyfriend had just left with someone else and he never even said goodbye. She couldn't believe that they were going forward with this plan it had to be the stupidest idea that anyone could have come up with and the only reason they did it was because of 'Cordy'. If she died then Angel would be free to love her again in the future. The slayer stopped and shook her head what the hell was she thinking, she couldn't let Cordelia die no matter what she felt towards the ex-cheerleader.
"We'd better make sure Angel is secured, we don't want Angelus escaping." Buffy told them her voice neutral. She was doing a job, she was the slayer this is what she did.
They all nodded in agreement and rushed around to get the stuff they needed for the spell and to keep Angelus looked up tight.
Willow and Xander were walking through the streets heading back to the library with the stuff that Giles had asked them to get.
"I can't believe that they are going to bring Angelus back." Muttered Xander he was jealous enough about how Cordy and Angel felt about each other and now the guys from the future were showing him how much a family they were and how they stuck together. "This is just such a bad idea, I mean in all bad ideas this is the worst."
Willow tapped him sympathetically on the shoulder, she did agree with Xander that maybe this wasn't the best of ideas but they had no choice if they didn't then Cordy would die and when she looked into the eyes of her friends and loved ones, and of course a little baby Connor she wasn't sure how they would manage without her, it seemed that the Cordelia from this time would turn into an amazing woman that effected those around her, in a good way.
As they walked past a dark area a vampire poked his head out and watched them vanish into the night.
"They're bringing Angelus back. We could use a leader like him." With that he rushed back to the others they had been a little lost not knowing what to do when Angel and Co had killed their former one.
Angel was tied down in the library everything had been secured he looked up at his friends and nodded, Wes and Gunn returned the gesture.
Buffy and the others watched knowing that some kind of private communication had just happened and not knowing what it was.
"What?" Buffy asked.
Gunn turned to her. "Angel asked us to kill him if Angelus escapes."
"And we told him yes." Wes added.
Angel grinned at the surprised look on everyone else's faces.
"I said thank you and to take care of everyone." Angel said with a sad smile.
"Ok." Buffy muttered why couldn't her Angel be like this with her friends? Why didn't they have that silent communication?
It looked like everything was ready to go everyone already seemed prepared but Buffy couldn't watch Angel being turned into Angelus. So she paced out side the library impatiently but it wasn't too long before a pale looking Willow came out and nodded to her friend.
The slayer took a deep breath and opened the swing doors of the library, her heart was in her throat, her legs were shaking and as for the fear it ate away at her inside. She wiped her sweaty palms on her trousers as each step took her to the man that was tied up, the future version of her boyfriend, the man she loved.
"Angel?" Buffy whispered as she gazed down at his handsome face.
"Sorry sweetheart Angel ain't home anymore." The vampire smirked at her.
She took at step back and Angelus just laughed it sent a shiver down everyone's spines he loved the smell of fear especially from a slayer it was such a turn on but she wasn't the one that he wanted no he wanted his kid and his seer and he was going to enjoy every second of it.
Wes walked forward with a needle in his hand and pulled up the sleeve that the vampire was wearing. "This won't hurt." Wes told Angelus.
"But I do ex-watcher. Where's daddy's little boy?" Angelus growled. "Let me go now." He struggled but he couldn't escape they had made sure of that.
Buffy stepped back as if she had been slapped she wasn't sure that she could deal with this. Angelus saw her reaction and smirked. Years ago all of his attention would have been on the slayer how he hated his soul for falling for the one person who had been put on this earth to kill them all. But now there was Cordelia yes she was a little yappy but what a rack? What fire? He couldn't wait to sink his teeth into that perfect flesh and he was going to enjoy every little drop of her life essence.
Wes pulled the needle out of Angelus and stared at the blood within the little glass container. He nodded to Xander who took the blood and hid it away until it was needed.
Wes called out. "Willow I need your help."
Willow walked back in and nodded in agreement.
Wes groaned as he tried to move his head hurt, actually his whole body did. He slowly opened his eyes and then he heard another groan. The ex-watcher glanced around the room and saw bodies laying all over the place.
"Oh god no!" He whispered in horror as he saw the empty place where Angelus was once tied up.
Buffy clambered to her feet, the slayers face was pale. "He's going to come after me." She whispered in a terrified voice glancing around afraid that he was still there.
Gunn snorted. "If he wanted you he would either have taken or killed you when you were unconscious, he doesn't want you he wants…." Gunn looked at Wes and Fred fear was written across all their faces, he didn't know where his son was because it was left to the young Cordelia to pick a place Angel wouldn't know about so that left only one person.
"Cordy." Fred said quietly hoping that she was wrong but deep down knowing apart from Connor, Cordy was next on his list or in this case she was in the number one spot.
"Willow we have to get the spell done now. We have to try and restore Angel's soul before its too late otherwise Cordy is dead or worse." Wes and all the others rushed around getting the blood and the ingredients for the spell that they had hidden away just as a precaution and it was a good thing they did.
Buffy's memories were coming back they had been attacked by a group of vampires who released Angelus. Angelus being the survivor that he is made his escape while the battle went out. Buffy and the others had managed to kill the other vampires but she was the last one standing and she managed to stake him before the blackness over came her and she slid into unconsciousness just like the others.
The slayer kept one eye on the door just in case anymore decided to pay a late night visit to the library while all the others got the spell together.
Sunnydale Hospital
Cordy lay in her hospital bed like sleeping beauty waiting for loves true kiss.
Something moved in the shadows and emerging from the darkness came Angelus a smirk on his handsome face as he gazed at the beautiful woman unaware what was about to befall her, he's eyes glittered dangerously as he made his way to her side.
He reached out and gently stroked her hair of her face and neck and gazed hungrily. Leaning forward he wrapped his arms around he pulled her up so her body was tight against his. He moved her head to one side so he could reach her neck and slowly he moved forward vamping as he did so and Angelus savoured each single moment until he sank his teeth into the flesh that haunted his dreams…
TBC
