Title; Forbidden Love; Ch 31 part 1
Author; DreamInfinity0
Rating; R. language, violence.
Characters; Buffy/Angel, Willow/Xander, Giles, Cordelia
Disclaimer; All characters belongs to Joss Whedon
Author Note; Spoilers for So 3. Amends. (This chapter is split in two parts. Next chapter will be up soon.) Has been beta
It's Dublin, Ireland, 1838. It's Christmas time, and there is snow on the ground. The people in the streets are all dressed in warm cloaks. A carriage goes by, behind it a very worried-looking young woman. She is dressed in a long coat made of sheep skin as she hurries along the street. She frequently looks back to see if She's being followed. She passes a choir group singing "Silent Night", but pays them no mind. In a more crowded area, she pushes his way through the people knowing he was very close by. She pushes past a few people, eliciting a few comments on her rudeness. She makes it past 1st street when she was suddenly pulled into an alley way by a pair of arms. She quickly is tossed to the snow covered ground. She looks up bracing herself on her hands when she looks up to the face of the man she has seen earlier. Only this time his face was different, and it scared her to think he wasn't human.
"Diana where are you going?"
Diana looks up terrified into his eyes. "Your! You're not human."
Angelus Smiles. "Not of late, no."
Diana quickly stands up and starts to back away from him. "Wh-what do you want?"
"Well, it happens that I'm hungry." He looks at her up and down and smiles wondering what's under that jacket of hers. "And we didn't happen to finish on our little intimate moment, we shared."
Diana looks at him frighten and starts to run, but he pulls her arm back. "Please, I don't want to, I don't want this."
"Well that is not what you said to the last hundred of men you slept with. You after all a slut." He chuckled.
Diana's fist swings towards his face but Angelus catches it and slams her back against the wall. "That was a mistake."
Angelus grabs her face and forces her to face him. I guess I'll have to do this the painful way.
Diana cries and tries to push him away, but he was far too strong. "Please don't."
Angelus rolls his eyes at her protest and forces her neck to the side. "Be of a good cheer. It's Christmas!" He then bites her violently on the neck."
Angel awakes with a start. He takes a couple of breathes trying to get over the fact he just had a dream about Angelus. He hasn't had a dream of his demon, since he turned human, and it frightened him. He takes another deep breath and presses his right hand to his chest feeling his heart thump loudly against his palm. He takes a sign of relieve thanking god it was just a dream. At first he thought it was all but a dream of him becoming human.
He starts to scoot over when he suddenly feels a warm body against his. He looks over to his right to see his lover sleeping beside him. She was curled up right next to him as her back was pressed against his chest. He smiled and pressed his right hand on her stomach as he laid his head on her shoulder, listening carefully at the two heartbeats thumping.
It was like this every morning, since he learned of her pregnancy. He would stay with her until she awoke and would listen to the heart beat of his child and hers. It was like listing to a perfect melody that never ends. Knowing that fact he still couldn't believe she is two months pregnant now. Her belly is swelled with his child and for the first time in his life. he is truly happy. Nothing else could be perfect than this moment right here.
A few minutes later Buffy awoke slightly to feel someone placing soft kisses on her neck. The kisses were warm making her quiver all over. Then she noticed a hand massaging her swollen belly. "I think the baby likes that."
Angel smiled and leaned his head against hers. "Are you sure it's the baby and not you?"
Buffy smiled and was about to make a comment when she felt her blouse being unbuttoned and pulled apart. She then felt Angel's mouth on one of her nipples. "Oh god…Angel." She moaned. "If you keep this up were never… be getting out of bed."
Angel grinned and released his mouth. "Sorry baby…can't get enough of how beautiful you are."
Buffy pouted and sat up. "Beautiful? I look like a tub. Can you imagine what I'll look like in eight months?
"Angel smiled. A beautiful Swan."
Buffy smacked him in the arm. "I will not be. I'll be a balloon and can you imagining when school lets back up. Everyone will be thinking I'm a slut because I'm knocked up." She cried.
"Buffy you're beautiful; you're the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my 200 years." Angel leaned in and gave her hug trying to calm her down. She was like this since a few days ago. The doctor said it was normal for a pregnant women to act this way, especially since she's young. Angel was just glad she wasn't blaming him since technically he did get her knocked up.
Buffy pulled away and wiped her tears off her face. She stared at him and gave him a glare. "You're just saying that because my boobs are bigger."
Angel smirked agreeing with her that fact her boobs are bigger but not because that was the reason he loved her. "Buffy I loved you, since I first laid my eyes on you."
Buffy smiled at him. "Really, is that the truth?"
Angel smiled at her and pulled her into his arms. "With my heart and soul." He kissed her again and grabbed a robe and wraps around her body. He then turned her, around so he could get a good look at her. However, before he could tell her how lovely she looked, she lunched off the bed and ran to the bathroom. "Buffy."
Angel quickly jumped up and ran to the bathroom. He opened the door to see Buffy leaning over the toilet throwing up. Angel sighed feeling bad for her, so he bent down and grabbed some tissues that were lying on the counter. He was clueless in this whole pregnancy thing; he just hoped he could help her as much as he could.
Buffy sat up and laid her back against the wall praying she wasn't going to puke again. She looked over to see Angel move to her right as he gently started to rub and massage her back for her. She smiled feeling somewhat better. "That feels good."
"Are you feeling better?" Angel asked.
"I think… can you get me a glass of water?"
"Sure." Angel got up and kissed her on the cheek before going to the kitchen. He poured some water in a clear glass and was making his way back to the bathroom when he heard her barf again. He sighs and walks into the bathroom to find Buffy crying. "What's wrong baby?" He quickly knelt next to her placing the glass of water on the counter. He then took her shaking body in his strong arms.
"I got sick up all over the place, I got puke in my hair and my stomach hurts from barfing too much." Buffy cried.
"Baby it will be ok." Angel got some tissues and cleaned her face and hair the best he could he then gently rubbed her back again. A few minutes later he grabbed a soft towel and wraps it around her.
"It's okay Buffy, I'm sorry you have to go through this, but I'm here for you. You only have another six months to go then where have our bundle of joy."
"Six months seems like a long time, especially if I'm going to be puking all the time." Buffy mumbled.
Angel smiled. "The doctor said this should be your last month. You should be ok by next month."
Buffy smiled. "I had better be."
After a moment of silence Buffy stared at him noticing he was brooding again.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Our child." He smiled.
"I'm still trying to believe the fact that you and I are going to has a baby...I mean, all this time we thought this was never a possibility. Now it's real and….. I wasn't ready for this because I'm the slayer but now…..
Angel could see the confusion in her eyes, and it made him wonder if she really was ready for a child. The sinking feeling came to him that it was his fault once again that this happens to her. If it wasn't for him she wouldn't have been in this situation. Besides that if he has known he could have gotten her pregnant he would have waited so he could wed her. He felt bad that he messed up her life this way.
Buffy stared at him and could tell he had sadness in his eyes. She sighed once again wishing she didn't say anything. She didn't mean to make him feel bad. Buffy took his hand and placed it on her stomach. "I'm glad this baby is yours and mine. We created this, it's perfect, scary…I wouldn't change this for anything, and I'm glad it's with you, Angel. It's more than I ever could want.
Angel smiled and pulled her closer wrapping his arms around her. "You have no idea how happy you made me. You and our child are my everything. A moment later he pulled away and decided that he needed to talk to her about Elizabeth the girl he has seen yesterday.
"I….I saw Elizabeth last night. She said something that's been bothering me."
"Elizabeth?" Something in her filled her up with jealously then. "The girl you have seen outside the bar?"
"Yes." He could see the glare in her eyes, and it almost made him smirk at the thought. "It's not what you think Buffy. She mentions something about my father…. That…. she needed to help him." Angel said still not able to believe this.
"Your father? That's not possible …is it?" Buffy said.
"No…..but Giles knows about this. She said she talked to him a couple of days ago." Angel said.
"Giles…. When…. did she tell him this?" Buffy asked. "And why hasn't he told us."
"I'm not sure but it seems Giles is not telling us everything he knows.
Mayor Wilkins was surprised by the luck he ran into. Mr. Trick had run into a gold mine when they found a hidden cave near the Hellmouth. Inside had tons of books, but they weren't just any type of books. Most were watchers diaries and old artifacts but most importantly he found the book of Drakon. It had the complete history of the beginning of time. How vampire and demons truly came to this earth. Including how the first slayer was born. However, of course that is not the reason why he wanted the book. The book gave him full details of how to resurrect Drakon. It was only a matter of time now before one of his allies found a way to translate the book and then Drakon would rise. But for right now he had to resurrect his son Damon, which was a big part of the ritual.
Mr. Trick walked by and placed the book on the table as the mayor's minions prepared the spell. "The spell is almost ready mayor." Mr. Trick said.
The mayor smiled. "Perfect."
Mr. Wilkins was on his way to his office when he noticed his assistant on the phone. He was talking to someone very important.
He listened carefully and glared at the man before him. He knew there was a spy in his office, he just never expected it to be his assistant. He smirked and walked back to Mr. Trick to make sure they took care of his assistant permanently.
Elizabeth was running. She didn't' know what was compelling her to run but something was. She never felt something so strong, so forceful that she thought if she didn't' make it there fast enough she would die. However, she knew this feeling. It felt so familiar that she couldn't place where she had this feeling before. It's been so long ago since she felt his presence. She wasn't even sure if it was his presence.
She kept running until she stopped at a building that was on the west side of town. Her body hummed and tingled as she got close to it. She knew that feeling and it suddenly came to her what this reminded her of.
She could remember it clearly now. It was a family connection, and she could tell at that moment that it was her that was calling her. However, that was impossible right. He had died in the battle with Drakon or at least that's what she thought.
She took a step forward and could see two vampires guarding the building. She took a step forward and growled when they walked towards her. She quickly kicked the first and punched the second sending them flying in the air. She then ran inside not noticing the man behind her with a dart gun.
She ran until she came across the hallway to the basement. She stopped suddenly feeling the tingeing feeling pounding in her chest calling out to her. She started down the basement when something hit her sharp in the shoulder. She quickly reached over and pulled a dart out. She tossed it to the side and turned to see a cloaked man staring at her. He was no doubt a vampire. She started towards him when her legs started to give out. "No." She started to crawl back but the vampires leaned over and picked up her now paralyze body.
"Let go of me! Get your filthy hands off of me right now!"
The blue eyed vamp stared at her and smiled. "Don't get your panties in brisk sweet cheeks. I'm just doing as I'm told, something I usually never do."
Elizabeth struggled but gave up when she could not feel her arms. "Why are you doing this then? You're supposed to be William the bloody, not someone's lap dog.
Spike growled and grabbed her jaw. "Don't think this is me darling. It's just the cover." He let her jaw go and kicked open the door.
The mayor smiled as he looked up to see Spike come in. "Great timing Spike. I think the ritual is ready."
"Ritual?" Elizabeth said suddenly frightened. The tingeing in her heart was pounding louder and when she looked up, she could see why. She was staring at a solid rock that was shaped as a demon. She knew who it was then, and she had to hold back the tears from falling down her face. She knew what this met if they were awakening him, it could mean the end to everything,. She knew what the consequences would be if they completed the spell, but at this point she wasn't able to do much anyway. She couldn't escape and if she even could she doesn't even know she could leave her father here like this.
She looked one last time before her vision blurred and her eyes widen as she seen the dagger Spike held in his hand.
Giles place;
Willow and Xander were sitting on the couch while Jenny and Giles were researching. Angel and Buffy were curled up next to each other on the other side of the couch waiting for Giles to come up with some news about Elizabeth.
To say the least when she first came in she yelled at Giles for lying to her and of course afterwards she felt bad about it. She apologized and made up. A few minutes later Giles and jenny left the table and sat on the couch in front of them.
"Buffy….I'm sorry for not tell you this sooner. We wanted to but your life might be in danger, and I couldn't do it." Giles said.
Jenny placed a hand on his shoulder and stared at the couple. "We thought it was best."
Buffy rolled her eyes and stared back at her watcher annoyed that once again they were keeping things from her. "What do you mean Danger?" Buffy said. Angel was sitting beside her, and now he was just as curious and worried as she was.
Giles takes off his glasses and staring down at a book beside him. "Well the girl that came to me…..
"You mean Elizabeth?" Buffy said.
"The vamp Girl?" Xander said.
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Yes so what kind of danger are we in?"
"She said you were in great danger from something and did not what you or Angel to be involved. She said some starting information that I can't find no prove of yet." Giles said.
"That my father is alive." Angel said.
"Your father? How's that possible? He would be like three hundred years old." Xander said.
Angel glanced at him and shook his head not even bothered to answer him. He was starting to get annoying.
"Wow, so how old was he when he had you?" Willow asked.
Buffy smiled while Angel looked dumb founded. "If he is truly your father like Elizabeth said then you and Elizabeth are sister's." Giles said.
"A sister." Angel said shocked. "That's not possible; I would have felt a connection."
"Well it's possible you didn't feel a connection because she is centuries older than any other being." Giles said.
"Older?" Buffy asked curiously.
"Yes she was born in 666 B.C. The same year the first slayer and the first Demon were created. She was killed by rivals of Drakon. It says here Drakon then turned her father "Damon". He was human but on that day he was turned into an evil full fledge vampire. Drakon then declared him as his son adopting him.
"Wow the perfect year for them to pick. Is that why 666 is a bad number?" Willow said.
"Wow, that's convent." Xander said
"Guys!" Buffy glared at her friends then back at her watcher. "What happen next?" Buffy said
"Damon then killed and turned his wife that was a slayer. But when she awoke she still had her soul. Damon was disgusted and left her." Giles said." Soon after that he found his daughter and turned her."
"Wait, wait…she was turned and she still had her soul." Buffy asked surprised.
"Well yes. Since she was the first slayer, I guess she could handle it. I never heard of any slayer getting turned." Giles said.
"Didn't you say the demon takes over the body but not the soul? Why didn't it take hers?" Buffy wondered.
"It should have, I'm not really sure. There is not much information on how the first slayer got her powers."
Angel just looked at her then at Giles very confused. "This is not possible Giles?" He stared at Buffy as she placed a gentle hand on his arm to confront him. He was confused and more then that he didn't know what to think any more. His parents and his sister that he was raised with was killed over a century ago was not his real family. How can this be true? This has to be some awful joke. "So you're telling me that Damon could be my father, and he was a vampire and he was….married to a slayer." He said angered and hurt that this information he was just finding was possible true that his whole life was nothing but a lie. "This can't be true."
"Angel…it's ok. Where find out the truth." Buffy cupped his hand and squeezed.
"What happen to the slayer?" He asked curiously.
"Well, it says she became immortal when she was turned, and she still kept her soul just like her daughter. There is little information about her. The only thing they mentioned was she went into hiding after she was turned. She had the council after her and not to mention her husband and Drakon. Elizabeth she was on the run also. There is no mention of her either and no mention of the boy the slayer gave birth to.
Feeling the faintest bit of hope, Angel held Buffy's hand holding the urge to walk away. He didn't know if he could listen to anymore. He didn't have the greatest parents in the world, but he was still raised by them. Now to find out those people who raised him wasn't even his parents was mind boggling.
Giles removed his glasses, rubbing the bridge of his nose as his speech became slightly more stumbled. "Although if any of this information is true, then I'm truly thinking you will both be in great danger if anyone knew who your real parents are. No one can't know this information, especially the council; they would have a field day with this information. Not to mention your be on the run for the rest of your life.
'So you're saying Angel is a descendent from Drakon. The demon that supposed to kill us all." Xander said not really surprised at all.
"Not technically. He might be a descendent by blood like the Order of Aurelius but not by birth. Angel would be actually a descendent from Damon and the first slayer.
Buffy stared at him shocked. "Well if they are your parents at least I know why you love slayer's so much." she teased.
Angel gave her a little smile while everyone else was staring at him amazed especially Giles. "Actually I think it's quite remarkable."
"Where did you find all this information at Giles? I never even had seen them in the watcher's diary." Willow said and noticed that glare. "I mean I never read them…or anything." Willow grinned.
"Ah I have a council member working on the inside with the Mayor, and it seems he's the one behind it all." Giles said. "He gave me a book he found."
"See never trust a politician."Buffy quipped.
"The mayor is the one doing all of this, but why?" Willow asked.
"What does every villain want? To become rich and take over the world." Xander said. "Right."
"The only thing I'm worried about is. Why is Spike working for him and why does the mayor want with Drakon?" Angel said.
"I'm not sure but we could find out if we found the book of Drakon or ascension. Although it was lost centuries ago." Giles said.
"Centuries, that's impossible G man?" Xander said.
Jenny smirked at the nickname. "Well there might be a way to find it." Jenny said.
"Really." Giles said.
"Yes, by Magic." Jenny smiled as she watched Willow's face brighten.
Buffy smirked staring at her friends as she suddenly felt like she had a very bad feeling about all of this.
Angel smiles as he awakes in Dublin at a dinner party. The affair is very formal. He looks around noticing it looks very familiar but can't place it. Angel walks around wondering if Buffy is here. He walks around the corner near the hall when she sees a familiar looking woman walk past him. "No it couldn't be he thought. The girl he has seen walk by was dead. How is this possible? Angel followed her until he has seen someone grabbed her and pulled her near a darken room. Angel followed and stopped when he seen the man holding on to the girl. "Angelus."
Angel watches as Angelus grabs the girl by the neck roughly and bites her. He drinks her dry, and lets her body collapse to the floor. Angelus looks up and smiles at Angel.
Angel stands there to shock to move. Angelus stands near in front of him and smiles. "Don't frown soul boy, you knew this day was going to come." He then lunged sinking his fangs into Angel's neck.
"Angel has to have a phone." Willow said surprised.
"No Angel hates phones, but I do wish he would get one at his place. II feel so underprivileged." Buffy said.
"Why don't you just buy one? Especially now that you're expecting, I mean you only have what six more months." Willow said.
"Yes, I don't even know if it's a boy or girl and the fact I know Angel is going to be begging me to go to the doctors." Buffy said.
"I thought you went last week." Willow said surprised.
"I ditched again, I jhate hospitals." Buffy said. "Besides that if Angel finds out, he's going to flip. He's being really over protected and growly lately."
Willow smirked. "Growly?"
"Ya if I leave on patrol or go outside he's all growly. He's even stopped having sex with me because of the baby." Buffy pouted.
Willow's eyes widened and her face blush. "Oh"
Xander just walked in at that moment and wished he never walked in to hear that. "Buffy that's a little too much information there."
Buffy blushed and slapped her mouth realizing what she said. "Sorry, I wasn't supposed to say that."
"Ah have you thought about baby names yet." Willow asked.
"No, haven't had times yet. Maybe me and Angel will discuss it later." Buffy said. She was about to start researching when she heard Angel call her name. Buffy got up and walked towards him worried.
Angel awakes with a start sweating and shaking. "Buffy." He quickly sits up off the couch and runs his hands threw his hair trying to get the image out of his head of the girl Angelus killed.
Buffy walks over and sits beside him. "Angel what's wrong?" Buffy asked.
"I've been having bad dreams." Angel said taking another deep breathe. "I haven't had a nightmare about Angelus for months. "Now it's…."
"Angelus?" Buffy said suddenly feeling sick to hear about the demon that hurt her and him. Hasn't he done enough? She thought.
"Why would Angelus would be hunting you now? Your soul is permanent and the demon is out of your body right?" Buffy asked.
Angel looked at her sadly and took her hand. "Buffy when the oracles brought me back, they told me that I was immortal, but I had to keep the demon aspects."
"Keep it. I thought the demon was gone."
"No, it's still there." Angel said.
"Maybe he's just hunting your dreams." Buffy said.
"I don't know Buffy. He's making me replay all the victims that…..
Buffy stopped him and placed a hand on his cheek. "Angel it wasn't you who did this. Don't blame yourself for this.
"I'm trying." Angel said but he had a bad feeling it wasn't going to end yet. It was going to get worse before it got better.
Buffy caressed his back trying to make him feel better. She stared at him realizing he didn't look like he was sleeping well either. She splayed her hands across his back, holding him tighter. "Maybe we should go home and get some sleep." Buffy said.
"No, I'll be fine I'm positive." Angel said.
Buffy didn't agree but she planned on dragging him if she had to get him to bed. He definitely needed some sleep.
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Abandoned warehouse;
Mayor Wilkins is kneeling in an inverted pentagram with his hands out to his sides. Five candles are burning at each point. He recites a spell.
Potestatem matris nostrae in tenebris invoco. Maledictum filium tuum abomni periculo custodias nunc et in saecula!
(Translation: Our mother of darkness, I summon thee. Curse now your dangerous accursed son and protect him into the new age!)
The building and the statue of Damon begins to shake. The Mayor remains still with his eyes closed and moves with the quake. Mr. Trick looks around nervously, as does Allen. Allen looks much shaken knowing if the Mayor and Mr. Trick ever found out he was working for the council he would be a dead man. He's just surprised he made it this far.
The building stopped shaking as Trick stared at the Mayor. "Did it work?" Trick asked.
"Doesn't look like it worked." Spike said.
The mayor stared at the arrogant vampire." You know kids now a day's should have respect for their elders."
Spike grinned."I don't have much respect for anyone."
The mayor stared at him then at Trick. "Open the cage."
"You sure?"
"I'm ready.
Trick steps around to the front of the cage, unlocks the padlock and removes the chains. The Mayor watches and waits calmly. Trick pulls open the door, and the vampire rushes out grabbing on to a sword, heading straight for the Mayor. He raises his sword high and brings it down hard on the Mayor's head, slicing it in two. Amazingly, he does not bleed. The flesh inside just shimmers as the vampire pulls back his sword. The two halves of the Mayor's head pull toward each other and seal themselves together. He stands before the vampire as though he was completely untouched.
"Now that was bloody sweet." Spike says.
Trick smiles amazed while Allen turns around and throws up.
The vampire stares back at them then at the mayor still astonished and starts to back away. Mr. Trick waits behind him and stakes him through the back. He explodes into ashes.
"Well that was interesting." The mayor said. Now we have one more thing to do. He stared straight at Allen.
Allen stared at him nervously then he glanced at Mr. Trick as he eyed him.
"Bring the sacrifice." The mayor said.
Spike stared at the young man and walked towards with a smile. Allen's eyes widen as he realized he was the one they were going to kill. He started to run. "No,No…NO…I didn't do anything." Allen cried.
"Now Allen you know better than that." The mayor said. "Do you really think I was that stupid not to find out about you working with the slayers council? I'm deeply hurt." The mayor grinned.
Allen started to cry. Spike grabbed a hold of Allen and dragged him to the statue. "Oh would you shut up, or you're going to have a slow and painful death."
The man began to cry again. "Can I kill him?" Spike said.
The mayor Looked at him. "No, and don't make a mess." Allen begged him but he wasn't listening to him.
Spike smiled. "Finally." He grabbed the knife lying on the table and sliced the man's throat. The man fell to the ground as the blood of an innocent poured into the circle surrounding the stoned demon.
A minute later the mayor watched as the solid rock shattered into pieces and crumbled to the ground. He watched fascinated as a man with black hair and fair skin fell to his knees. The man changed into his demon, as soon as he seen the man lying on the ground. His teeth enlarged and he lunged into the man's throat.
Elizabeth was awake now and could feel blood dripping down from her wrist. She looked over to her left to see the blue eye vamped stared at her. She growled angrily at him. She then looked to her right to see a face she hasn't seen in a life time. However, this man that she seen was nothing like her caring father, she knew. He was a beast. She watched as he ripped the man's throat out and drained what was left of him dry.
Scared, Elizabeth struggled to get free but the ropes were tied above her were too tight. Besides that she was losing a lot of blood from her wrist.
The Demon named Damon leaned up and stared at her. Faces and memories flashed before him of his family. He walked towards her and stared at her. She looked just like her mother, and it made him wonder where she was. His demon struggled to gain control but Damon has his soul somehow too. He could feel it. He couldn't understand how but he knew his demon was struggling to gain control, and he was on the brink of losing it. He stared around realizing that someone set him free. There were too many vampires and creatures around him to know. He only knew he had to get his daughter away from here before his demon took over. He quickly transformed and used his claws to break the chains around her wrist and feet. He then quickly bit into his wrist and placed his wrist to her mouth. She stared at him with wide eyes as she was forced to drink down a gulp of his blood. He then took his wrist away from her. She leaned up and felt a new surge of power go through her. Then unexpectedly he picked her up and stared at her. "Run." He then tossed her towards the back door Entrance as a group of vampires ran towards him.
Elizabeth landed on her hands and feet. She then quickly stood up amazed, he saved her. She looked to her right as two vampires lunged at her. She quickly killed them and kicked opened the door. When she looked back at her father, she could see the place was in total chaos. Her father had killed five vampires already, they were trying to get him tied him down. She was about to run in order to help until she seen Spike coming after her. She knew she wasn't no match for him in her weaken state so she ran to the only people that could help her.
Angel awoke again to another nightmare. He almost falls to the floor, clammy, shivering, and panting in horror. It was late out and Angel was losing it. He was deprived from his sleep because of his damn demon. He didn't know why his demon was doing this to him. He got up making sure not to wake Buffy as he left the room and walked to the fire place. He started to make a fire when he heard a familiar voice.
"The thing I remember most was thinking how artful it was. In the dark, they looked just like they were sleeping. It wasn't until I bent down and kissed them good night that I felt how cold they were. You grabbed me, and I thought who would go to so much trouble to arrange them like that?"
Angel turns around and stares wide eyes at a businessman that Angelus killed long ago. "NO….No….you're not real." Angel says suddenly terrified.
The businessman transforms into Margaret. "But you see, that's what makes you different than other beasts. They kill to feed, but you took more kinds of pleasure in it than any creature that walks or crawls."
Angel backs away. "Oh, God!"
"Yeah, cry out. Make a scene." Margaret says.
Angel jumps to his feet and tries to run away, but Margaret transforms into Daniel another victim of Angelus's.
"I was to be married that week, but then, as I recall, you knew that."
Angel shakes his head and buries his hands to his face. "It wasn't me."
Daniel then transforms into Kendra. "It wasn't you?"
Angel looks at her, remembering the other slayer. "A demon isn't a man. I was a man once, just as I am now."
"And what type of man was that?" Kendra spoke harshly.
Angel is forced to flash back to the days before he became a vampire, in a bar, singing and drinking, pulling at a woman's dress before passing out and falling to the floor. The flashback is over, and Margaret is standing before him again.
"A drunken, whoring layabout and a terrible disappointment to your parents. I would hate to see what your kid would turn out to be"
"Stop it!" Angel glared at her angrily. "I was young. I never had a chance to"...
"To die of syphilis? You were a worthless being before you were *ever* a monster."
Angel can't take much more, and he holds his hands to his ears. "STOP IT, STOP IT….
Margaret transforms to Kendra and she puts her hands on his, gently taking them away from his ears. I don't want to hurt ya Angel, but you have to understand. Cruelty's the only thing ya ever had a true talent for.
Angel moves his hand away from her confused to why his victims are tormenting him. "That's not true."
"Shh. Ya should Rest. Ya mistake it for a curse, Angel, but it's not. It's your destiny." Kendra smiles and stares at him. He starts to lie down on the couch and fall asleep. She sits down by his head and strokes his hair. "I'll show you. I'll show ya what you're really met for.
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Cut to Faith's motel;
Faith's struggling with the TV, slapping and shaking it to try to get some reception, but gets nothing. There is a knock at her door. She sighs and gets up to go to the door. She opens it and smiles.
"Hello blonde." She looks at him noticing he's got a black eye and a hurt shoulder. "Damn what beat the shit out of you?" Faith said.
Spike cursed slightly at Damon for doing this to him. If he wasn't seven feet tall he would have been able to take him down. However, the Mayor and with the help of his minions they got him under control.
"Nothing just a damn Demon, but he's taken care of." Spike said.
Faith smiled at him and pushed him to the bed. "So let me guess you came to talk or to fuck."
Spike smiled at the feisty slayer. Maybe…but I need you to do something for me."
"Really and what would that be?" Faith said.
"I need you to go to Buffy's watchers place tomorrow and see if they have a new guest." Spike said quickly rolling to the other side as she now lay under him. "But first I think you and me should spend some time together." Spike smiled.
Faith grinned and pulled him forward knowing this was going to be another long wild night.
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