Disclaimer: All characters from ANGEL belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. If they aren't on the show they belong to me.
Summary: A different turn of events after Season 1 Episode 12 "Expecting." A/C pairing.
CHAPTER 6
Angel, Wesley, and Gunn sat on the lobby floor of the Hyperion Hotel with weapons lying all over the ground.
"I'm so sick of cleaning these." Gunn said, rubbing his baldhead. "When are we gonna actually get to use them?"
"Tonight." Angel told him. "We're going after that gang that took your sister from you."
"Tonight?" Gunn was suddenly interested.
Angel nodded.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Wesley asked narrowing his eyes. "I mean with Cordelia in the shape she is in, not to mention she is ready to give birth any day now..."
Angel sighed. "Well, considering she is not talking to any of us-"
"And hasn't come out of her room since that night at the diner." Gunn added.
"Right." Angel stood. "She won't let us around her so it's stupid to just sit here, crossing our fingers that she might finally decide to talk to one of us."
"I'm just saying, I don't think she should be left alone in the state she is in." Wesley said. "She's blaming herself for that night and your near death situation, Angel, when she shouldn't."
"I know, Wes." Angel told him. "But you know Cordy, once she get's something in her head she won't let it go."
"Still leaving her alone-" Wesley continued.
"Oh, it's only for a few hours. She ain't gonna explode while we are out." Gunn said, taking an axe in his hand. "Now let's go do some damage."
Angel nodded. "You guys go out to my car. I'll be right out, I just want togo tell Cordelia we are going out. Just so she knows she is here alone."
Wesley and Gunn nodded and Angel made his way up the stairs.
The knock on the door startled Cordelia. She had gotten used to the quietness of her room. She hadn't spoken to anyone in about a week and it seemed like everyone had forgotten about her. She didn't mind it. She was out of everybody's way, and they didn't have to worry about protecting her.
"Cordy?" Angel's voice sounded hopeful from the other side of the door. He was praying that this time it would be different then the other two-thousand times he had done this over the past week. This time she would let him come in, but when he got no response after a minute he knew it wasn't. "I...uh...I just wanted to tell you that me and Wesley and Gunn are going out tonight, so...uh...you'll be here alone...until we get back..." He went to turn from the door, when he suddenly heard it.
"Angel?" Cordeli'a voice was weak. "Come in."
Angel practically tripped over the door when he scrambled into her room. He found Cordelia sitting up in bed with a magazine on her enormous stomach. "Hey...uh..." He smiled.
"Hey..." Cordelia managed to get out. Her voice was strained from not talking at all the past week.
"How are you feeling?" Angel sat down on her bed.
"Ok..." Cordelia looked down at her stomach and then up at Angel a lot. "They've stopped kicking as much." She looked down again. "Since the night at the diner...they don't kick anymore..." Her voice was hoarse and tears feel from her eyes as she talked about her unborn children.
"Cordy..." Angel took her hand. "That night was not your fault. That kind of stuff happens to us all the time, you know that."
Cordelia nodded and wiped her eyes. "So, where are you guys going?" She asked changing the subject.
"After those vampires who killed Gunn's sister. He's ready and we've got nothing better to do tonight."
Cordelia nodded. "Sounds...fun?"
Angel laughed. "I guess."
"Look, I really want to talk to you."
"About?"
"Um...things...us, actually."
"Us?" Angel asked, trying to hide his excitement.
"Uh...yeah." Cordelia looked down. "But we will do it when you come back."
"I don't have to go."
"You promised Gunn you would. So, yes, you do have to go."
"Oh yeah." Angel looked down. "I guess you're right."
"I always am." Cordelia smiled at him. "Now go get some of those bad guys. I'll be here when you get back."
Angel smiled and kissed her on the cheek quickly. "Alright." And then he exited.
Cordelia inhaled deeply once she heard Angel go down the hall way. Then she rubbed her stomach and began talking to her children. "This is it. Mommy's going to tell Angel all about how she's sat up here alone all week, and all she could think about was him." She laughed and spoke to herself. "Lovely plan Cordelia. I'm sure he just can't wait to hear some big fat pregnant girl thinks he's the man of her dreams." She sighed and leaned back into her pillow.
Angel was smiling the whole car ride to the place where Gunn said the vampires were hanging out.
"Ok Angel, enough with the laughs and giggles. What the hell is going on?" Gunn asked from the backseat, after he had enough of Angel's good mood.
"Cordy talked to me." Angel smiled.
"Really?" Wesley said. "And what did she say?"
"She wants to talk to me. About us." Angel smiled wider. "Us...me and her..." he smiled again.
"Angel..." Wesley warned. "Remember what we talked about. Nothing can happen between you and Cordelia.
Angel's smile faded.
"And why not?" Gunn jumped in. "Let dead boy get some."
"I cant...well...I can't get any...I mean-" Angel started.
"Yeah, the curse, I heard. And man let me tell you how sorry I do feel for you." Gunn patted Angel's back.
"Thanks Gunn." Angel said sarcastically. "Now back to those vampires...where is this place?"
"Up here on the left." Gunn pointed Angel which direction to take the car.
Cordelia was sitting in bed reading her magazine when the first wave of pain hit her. She didn't know what it was. At first, she thought she was having a vision.
"First one in weeks. Thank you Powers That Be!" She said out loud, but when no vision came she didn't know what to make of the pain. Then it struck again and she realized all to well what was happening.
"No...not now..." She said holding her stomach and clenching her teeth as another contraction hit.
The gang of vampires were surprised when Gunn, Wesley, and Angel entered their layer, but their eyes all soon fell on Gunn, and they all began to smirk.
One of the larger vampires stepped forward. "Well look boys, it's Mr. Gunn, and he's brought some friends with him."
Another vampire, in a cowboy hat also took a step up. "They look like new friends too."
"New...old...what's it matter?" Angel asked. "Personally, I beat I'm a lot older then all of you in here."
"I'm doubting that." Said the larger vampire.
"Really?" Angel vamped out. "Then let's start counting." He then leaped at the large vampire who pulled out a knife and sliced Angel's hand, but Gunn and Wesley followed behind him with their swords held high.
Cordelia moaned as she made her way into the bathroom. She leaned against the sink to wash her face between contractions.
"Well, you look just wonderful..." She said to her reflection.
Then another one hit and she leaned against the wall, holding her stomach. "Oh God...why now..." She gasped and relaxed as the pain seized for a moment. "Ok it's time to call----ANGEL!" She screamed as another contraction hit.
Angel, Gunn and Wesley had all the vampires cornered and were just about to finish them off when Angel stopped dead in his tracks.
"Angel? What are you doing?" Wesley asked. "We need to finish this!"
"Something's wrong." Angel replied.
"What! Get ya head in the game!" Gunn told him.
Angel shook his head. "No. Something's wrong." He turned to Wesley. "It's Cordy."
"Angel..." Wesley began.
"I need to get back to her. Something's wrong. I just know it. You guys can handle it from here." Angel told Wesley and Gunn.
Wesley nodded. "Go on. Go!"
Angel turned and ran out the door.
Cordelia cried out in pain as she sunk to the floor. She had tried to make it back to her bed, but it was no use. The contractions were coming too strong and too close together. When the pain passed she closed her eyes and began to cry. The next thing she knew she was laying on her bed. She opened her eyes to find herself face to face with Angel.
"Cordy?" Angel asked frantically. "What's going on? What's wrong?"
"They're coming..." Cordelia said weakly as she gasped for air. "The babies..."
"What! Now? Their coming now?" Angel asked.
Cordelia nodded as another contraction hit. "Oh God!" She screamed as she grabbed Angel's hand.
Angel tried to pull his fingers out of her grasp but she was holding on to tight. When the contraction passed he checked to make sure he still had five fingers on his hand. When he had counted them over at least four times, he looked back up at Cordelia. "Cordy, we've got to get you to the doctors."
"Gee...you think?" Cordelia snorted, clearly in pain.
Angel nodded. "Ok, how far apart are the contractions?"
"I'm...not...sure." Cordelia panted. "Close?" Another one hit and she screamed again.
"Really close." Angel said as he moved to pick her up. "Ok, let's just get you up-"
Cordelia dug her nails into his back as yet another contraction hit her. "Angel, we're not going to make it to the doctors..."
Just then Cordelia's bedroom door busted open and Gunn and Wesley charged in.
"Damn, dead boy. You really did know something was wrong!" Gunn called out.
"Gunn! Wesley! Go get Dr. Everets! Cordy's not going to make it there. Hurry!" Angel ordered as he put Cordelia back down.
"Alright." Wesley said quickly as he exited.
"Well, keep her legs closed until we get back." Gunn told them as he followed Wesley.
Angel rolled his eyes and then turned his attention back to Cordelia. "Ok, Cordy. Everything's going to be ok."
Cordelia nodded as tears began to form. "Angel, they're coming."
"I know. Just relax-"
"No!" Cordelia grabbed him by his collar. "Now! They are coming now!"
Angel's eyes grew wide and he began to think. What did he know about women in labor? About child birth? He thought even harder. He knew nothing. Back in his day, men didn't really play a big role in this part. What was he gonna do.
"Are you sure they are coming now?" Angel asked.
Cordelia nodded as another contraction hit. Angel grabbed her hand. "Breathe Cordy, come on. You can do this."
Cordelia shook her head. "I can't...Angel, they are not going to wait for the doctor to get here..."
"Ok." Angel moved to the foot of the bed. "Then I guess I'll be Doctor Angel and uh...you can...you know...start the pushing?"
Cordelia let out a moan and flopped her head back into her pillow.
Gunn and Wesley rushed into Dr. Everets' office. He was sitting at his desk going through some paperwork when he looked up at them. "Oh, hello boys. What can I do for you?"
"You need to come with us, Gramps." Gunn told him sharply.
"What?" Dr. Everets was confused.
"Cordelia, the seer you saw-" Wesley began.
"Of course. What a lovely girl she is." Dr. Everets told them.
"She's having the demon spawn!" Gunn spit out.
"She what?" Dr. Everets asked as he stood up.
"Yes, she went into labor. She is at the hotel with Angel right now." Wesley told him.
"Well then!" The Doctor said, grabbing his coat. "Tell the nurse to get everything ready! We have to get over there before those things are born! They could be killers! Angel and Cordelia could be in great danger right now!" Dr. Everets rushed out of the room with Wesley and Gunn trailing behind him.
"Angel!" Cordelia said frantically as another contraction hit her. "I can't do this! I can't!"
"Cordy!" Angel looked up from the foot of the bed. "You can. I know you can. You're strong. Don't give up."
"I think I need to push..." She told him as tears fell from her face.
"Then push. I can catch...I think. A baby shouldn't be any harder then a baseball."
"Angel!"
"What? I was joking..."
"I can't have them. Not without the doctor. They're going to be--ahhh!" Another contraction hit and she fell back into her pillow. When it was over she stuck her head back up. "If...they...are demons..." She gasped. "They could kill us...Ah!" Another contraction.
"Well, it's a chance we will have to take. I don't think they are waiting for Dr. Everets." Angel told her. "So..."
"Push!" Cordelia finished his sentence as she began pushing.
"Uhh yeah..." Angel kneeled at the base of the bed, in position to catch and slice up a demon spawn. Then he saw the head crown, and a mess of black hair. He put his hand there to support it. "Come on Cordy, it's right here...push!"
"I'm pushing! I'm pushing!" Cordelia snapped.
"One more, Cordy..."Angel looked up at her. "You can do it."
"I can't..." Cordelia cried.
"You can."
And with one more push the first baby was out. Cordelis sank into the bed for a moment, then looked back up at Angel frantically. "Angel! Kill it! Kill it--"
Angel smiled up at her and place the child on Cordelia's stomach. "It's a beautiful baby girl, Cordy."
Cordelia felt her eyes tear and then another contraction hit. "Angel! The rest of them are ready-"
Dr. Everets rushed into the room, followed by Gunn, Wesley, and a nurse. "I'm here! Watch out Angel!"
"They're human!" Angel pointed to the baby girl Cordelia was holding.
"Good!" Dr. Everets smiled. "Get that one wrapped up, we've still got 6 more to go! Angel, get by Cordelia's head now. I can take it from here."
Wesley went and took the little girl from her mother and wrapped her in a towel.
"Alright Cordelia. Are you ready to push again?" Dr. Everets asked her.
Cordelia sighed. "Do I have a choice?"
Angel took her hand and smiled at her. "You're doing great Cordy."
Cordelia smiled and began pushing again.