Title: Desperate Measures 5?
Author: Wereleopard Rating: PG Pairing: C/A Crossover Angel/Buffy Email: Genre: Romance Summary: Cordy is dying from the visions and the AI gang will go to any lengths to save her, but they first have to go to Sunnydale to help the Scoobies 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.
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N/B When Tara and Willow split up due to the magicks; Tara moved to LA and joined AI. And the timeline may not be correct but it is my story so just ignore it ok LOL

Would also like to thank Hotstuff406 for beta'ing this you do a wonderful job Sorry for the long wait guys but r/l has sucked a bit.

Chapter 5

Angel paced his room until the sun finally went down so he could finally leave it, they just had to stay at a place where the sun hit the door directly and there was no shade, so there was no way that he could make it to Cordy's room, being by himself for just this one night was almost more than he could bare. They had finally made there way to each other just in time to find out that she was going to die. But he wasn't going to allow that too happen, she was going to be by his side, he couldn't, no he wouldn't lose her now.

He rushed out of his door and down to the room that Cordy and Tara were sharing, he smiled softly as he thought of Tara she had been so lost when she arrived in LA just like the rest of them had been until they had found each other, this make-shift family and she had fitted with them perfectly. Everything she had done for Cordy it was beyond anything they would have ever asked of her but she had suggested it and when they said no she took control and told them it was her decision, she had definitely been around Cordy too much, Angel laughed to himself. As he knocked on the door leading to their bedroom, the door swung open.

"Cordy! Tara?" He called out, a frown covering his handsome face, there was nothing just deadly silence in the room, he couldn't even hear their heartbeats. "WESLEY" Angel screamed at the top of his lungs.

The disheveled ex-watcher opened the door to his room and peaked his head out.

"What is it?" He grumbled.

"There gone, they've been taken." Angel replied flatly, it seemed every second that she was gone the humanity, the thing that made him a hero slowly started to vanish, the vampire looked like a lonely little boy who had lost something he treasured, the thing that meant most to him in the world.

Wesley rushed from his room through the door that Angel was standing near and came out a few seconds later, his face pale. He turned to his friend and noticed that at the moment the vampire was not going to be of any help.

"Angel." Wesley said softly and when there was no reply he shook the tall mans shoulder. "Angel." He said a little louder, Angel turned to him, his eyes lost and full of pain. "We need to get everyone together, we have to find them and stop this from happening. Angelus cannot be released back into this world.

Angel's eyes went cold, as he seemed to stare through Wes. "If anything happens to Cordy they're going to see an Angelus they never have before, they think he was a nightmare before, which will seem like a walk in the park compared to the darkness that will come." Angel growled as he turned and stalked back to his room.

Wes's eyes opened wide at the possibility of what could happen; if Cordy dies it may mean the death of a hero but those who took her, when he found them they were going to wish that they never existed. Angelus would create a horror and torture them so they begged him to kill them and what would the soulless vampire do; he would laugh and continue to do it over and over again. They had to find Cordy and Tara before it was too late for them and the rest of the world.

Cordy groaned her head was aching, lucky enough it wasn't as bad as the pain from a vision but it was still bad enough.

"Cordy, are you ok?" Tara whispered her voice full of fear.

"Yeah I think so. Where are we?" The seer asked.

"I don't know, they haven't hurt us." Tara replied.

"They haven't hurt us yet." Cordy mumbled, knowing that this was the time that could bring Angelus back to the world. "As soon as they take me get the hell out of here and get the spell undone."

Tara turned to look at her friend; she knew what she was asking. It was so when Cordy died Tara wouldn't follow her; she was trying to give the young witch time. "If one of us gets out the other does as well."

"So what was the book you were reading at the Magic Shop?" Cordy asked the question that had been bugging her.

Tara sighed deep down she knew that Cordy would have asked at some point.

"It was an incantation that creates a portal and a possibility of a way to save you so the visions won't kill you." Her voice was quiet.

Cordy narrowed her eyes suspiciously she knew there was something Tara had missed out knowing that it would upset the ex-cheerleader and before any spell was done she was going to find out what it was.

The door of the Magic shop swung open with a bang as Spike prowled in, his long leather jacket hitting the back of his legs as he walked, his lean frame shown in tight black jeans and a t-shirt to match. He ignored Buffy and walked over to the seemingly caged vampire who was walking from one side of the room to the other.

"Angel." Spike said in a clear business tone, no joking, no winding Angel up since falling in love with Buffy he knew how Angel felt about Cordelia Chase and he was doing everything he could to help find her but it was also selfish in his point of view it meant that he would not be coming to Buffy for a shoulder to cry on, or she would be 'checking up on him' to make sure that he was ok.

Angel turned and looked at the younger vampire, his usual warm and loving eyes were cold, unfeeling, you could see the darkness, the demon that was always hiding shining deep in their depths.

Spike stepped back automatically he could see how dark the future would be if Cordelia died, he now knew more than ever why it was important.

"What is it Spike?" Angel asked emotionless, everything was bottled up deep inside waiting to be released, waiting to cause the pain.

"I know where they are!" He said simply.

Angel's gaze was now totally focused on the blonde in front of him; Spike felt a shiver run through his entire body not knowing why but could see why people found him attractive, the ultimate bad boy, and the darkness that always just bubbled below the surface. Spike had no patience but Angelus, that was one thing he did always admire, as much as at times he really annoyed the hell out of him was the planning, the cool way he handled things, the mind games, the slow torture and enjoyment of the fear, terror and pain of the other person and at that moment he knew why people were terrified of what Angelus was.

"Well." Angel asked impatiently.

"The old ware house on the outskirts." Spike told him, it had taken him a while and he had to hurt a few, well actually a lot of people but it had to be done.

Angel's knee-length cloak swung around him as he turned and stalked out of the shop, with the others following close behind him.

"Tara, what is it that you didn't want to tell me about the incantation?" Cordy asked her cellmate quietly.

Tara turned and looked at the beautiful brunette and just stared at her for a moment.

"It just says a sacrifice is needed, I am guessing whoever is going to sacrifice themselves for you is going to have to jump into the vortex that is created." Tara mumbled, she closed her eyes and saw the words in her mind and quietly said them, there was no need to scream or shout them it was the power within and the correct phrasing that gave it power.

"No Tara stop." Cordy cried out knowing what her friend was about to do.

The vampires slowly started to surround the cage.

"It's time." One of them muttered their eyes seeming to strip Cordy of everything she was; she shivered in revulsion and took a step back.

The main door flew open with a bang and standing there was Angel and just behind him was Spike and Buffy, with all of the others right behind them.

The vampires moved away from the cell that held the two young women, leaving a clear view, they didn't mind going up against Angel, or Spike or the slayer but not all three of them together and that wasn't including the people behind them who were all armed to the teeth and holding weapons like they knew how to use them.

A vortex grew in the cell holding Tara and Cordy, they all backed away and watched as it grew and grew.

"Angel remember I love you and no matter what happens you are meant to help people, when one door closes another one opens, I will always be with you my love." Cordy shouted across to him.

"Cordy?" Tara whispered from next to her.

"Tara." Willow called out and just as Tara turned Cordy stood and ran at the vortex jumping in before anyone could stop her and then it closed, disappeared as if it had never been there apart from one thing, Cordy had gone with it.

Angel roared as he rushed and ripped open the cell door and threw it across the room, he fell to his knees where the vortex once was and buried his head in his hands.

"Angel." Tara whispered, the vampire didn't move. Everyone else had stood back to watch, not knowing what to do they all felt lost, but not as much as the man huddled on the ground. "Angel," Tara said a bit more forcefully but he still didn't move so she punched him hard on the shoulder, he looked up and growled. "I'm alive Angel."

His angry brown eyes stared at her not understanding what the young witch meant. "The spell I did, it was to give Cordy more time. When she died I would go with her, I'm still here which means somewhere out there so is she."

TBC