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Chapter Nine
"We need to find Wes and the others" Angel said as he surveyed the room from the door
Buffy nodded "We should split up"
Angel looked at her with worry
Buffy smiled "I'll be fine..."
"You're not up to full strength yet..."
Buffy reached for his hand "I'll be fine"
Angel pecked her on the lips "Be careful"
Angel went up the right staircase and Buffy up the left as they went to explore the hotel.
Buffy went down the long corridor passing the robed followers as she went. She smiled back at them, as to not draw too much attention to herself. She stopped when she saw Fred passing her by.
"Fred?"
Fred stopped and looked to her "Buffy" she smiled brightly "You came. Let me introduce you to Jasmine" she grabbed a hold of Buffy's wrist to lead her up a staircase
Buffy pushed her hand from her "Jasmine? Who is Jasmine?"
Fred sighed "She is wonderful, she's beautiful, she has great hair and did I mention how wonderful she is"
Buffy looked at her with a blank face "Yeah you said that...listen Fred, what happened here, where did all these people come from?"
Buffy was taken back by Fred's sudden change in facial expression. She went from happy chirpy Fred to deadly serious "You do not love Jasmine as we do"
Buffy stepped back nervously as the many people in the hallway turned to look at her after Fred's statement.
"You are evil" Fred moved closer to Buffy "You must be destroyed"
Buffy looked around nervously "This is not good..."
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Angel was continuing his search through the hotel. Something smelled very off. Every person he passed had been manipulated, as if they were possessed.
Angel noticed one of the rooms down the hall was lit up and he skulked closer to find what was inside.
He noticed a dark skinned brunette standing in the room speaking to a young boy.
"Connor" he whispered in realisation
Angel figured that the women must be "Jasmine"
He saw them both turn towards the bed he followed their line of vision to see "Cordelia" who was fast asleep on the bed. Dressed in a white gown and with a silver blanket over her, she looked so peaceful.
Angel was about to make his presence known when he heard a lot of commotion back in the lobby.
"Buffy..."
He made a run back to the lobby.
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I'm in big trouble, was all Buffy thought as she was held by three of the followers and an even bigger group of them surrounding her.
"You know I think I'm having a change of heart. I'm all for this Jasmine chick" Buffy said trying to sway her captors "So you can let me go now"
"You will be destroyed"
Buffy turned to the voice and saw a possessed Wesley coming towards her with a knife
"Wes!" Buffy looked at the knife "Have I ever told you how much I don't like knives...when there're coming towards me in the hands of an insane person!"
"Why don't they ever keep them in the asylum" Angel said as he dropped from the balcony knocking Buffy's captors to the ground.
Buffy fell with them to the ground but was quickly back on her feat.
Angel looked to her "Got into some trouble?"
"You know me" Buffy looked back to the people surrounding him "I'd say it's safe to say we found your friends" Buffy said as they saw Wesley, Fred, Gunn and Willow all surrounding them.
Angel nodded "We need to get out of here" As he punched one of the followers who came at him
"I'm with you there" Buffy grunted as she too hit back an attacker
They two fought back to back as they quickly knocked away the followers. It wasn't too hard as they were all human.
They had backed themselves up to the Hyperion entrance "Time to go" Angel announced
Buffy followed his lead and they exited the Hyperion.
As they retreated down the stone steps of the building a large lightning strike fell at Angel's feat, almost knocking him off him to the ground.
"What the hell?" Angel mumbled as he looked behind them and saw Willow standing outside, her hand glowing orange.
Buffy saw this too "Not good" Buffy and Angel jumped apart just in time to dodge a fireball that she threw at them.
Angel was quickly back on his feat a quickly glanced at Buffy, who was a few metres from him, to see that she was slowly getting back up.
Buffy knew she'd undone some stitchers as she got back on her feat. She looked back to Willow in time to see her knock Angel to the ground with an electricity shock "Angel!"
Buffy went to move to help Angel when she was stopped by a force field which surrounded her like a bubble. Buffy watched in horror as Willow shook Angel with more electric shocks.
Angel could feel his whole body tingling and coming alive as each shock hit him. If anything the shocks were making him stronger.
Willow looked shocked as Angel stood back up and charged at her. She was about to throw a fire ball at him when he suddenly backhanded her and sent her back into the wall, knocking her unconscious.
Buffy stumbled as the force field fell from around her, setting her free. Angel came quickly towards taking her hand "Now it's really time to go"
"Agreed" Buffy breathed before they jumped in Angel's convertible and drove away. "Can we stop somewhere so I can change?"
Angel laughed remembering the Candy stripers outfit she was still in.
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"I am very sorry Jasmine, they got away" Willow said as she knelt in front of Jasmine
Jasmine touched her head "I forgive you child"
"No you shouldn't, I should be punished"
"Do not worry" Jasmine smiled "They'll be back"
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Buffy and Angel pulled up outside The Lone Bar.
"What is this place?" Buffy asked as they got out of the car, already in her new outfit of dark denim jeans, black loose singlet leather jacket.
"A friend works here. He might be able to help us with information"
"Your very own Willy the Snitch" Buffy smiled
"Sort of" Angel said as he went to go inside
Buffy looked around the bar as they entered "It's a bit more happening then Willy's"
It was like a karaoke bar and full of demons of all sorts.
Angel nodded at her and pointed to the demon behind the bar. He was green and had small horns on his head. "That's him"
"He's a demon" Buffy pointed out
"Yeah" He took the lead "C'mon"
Buffy followed him to the bar.
Lorne looked up from the bar to see Angel standing there "Angel cakes! What can I do for you?"
"Hey Lorne, I need some information"
Lorne nodded and got distracted when he noticed the short blonde next to him "Well aren't you just the sweetest thing I've ever seen" Lorne smiled at Buffy
"Lorne this is Buffy" Angel said
Lorne smiled and shook Buffy's hand "So you're Angel's girl"
Buffy laughed uncomfortably "It's nice to meet you"
"So what can I help you with?" Lorne said
"Everyone had been possessed" Angel said "We went to the Hyperion and there was hundreds of people there all following a women named Jasmine"
"Jasmine...hmm, I have heard a few whispers about a new power. But that's all I really have heard, sorry Angel cakes"
"Not even from anyone who sang?" Angel asked
Buffy looked at him confused "Huh?"
"Lorne can read people's souls when they sing" Angel explained
"That's a little creepy" Buffy replied
"It's my gig" Lorne smiled "You can always get up there you know" he said as he pointed to the stage
Buffy shook her head "No thank you"
Lorne smiled "Ok..." he turned back to Angel "Sorry I can't help more Angel"
"That's alright"
Buffy breathed a sigh of relief at Angel's queue to exit. Frankly she was getting a little twitchy from all the demonic energy in the bar and her stomach wound was beginning to burn.
After leaving Lorne's Angel pulled up outside a building block, quite like a townhouse.
"Who lives here?" Buffy asked as they made their way inside the building and up a flight of stairs
Angel pulled out a key and held the door open for Buffy "This is my place, it's here for when I need to get away from it all" He said as he closed the door and turned on the lights.
Buffy looked around "It's nice" she replied with a yawn
Angel smiled at her "You look exhausted"
Buffy smiled back "I'm fine" she sat down on the nearby couch
Angel noticed her hiss as she seated herself "Are you okay?"
Buffy nodded "Yeah, I think I just pulled one of my stitches in the fight"
Angel came over to her and sat in front of her on the coffee table "Can I see?"
"It's probably nothing..." Buffy said as Angel helped her from her jacket and lifted her shirt, Buffy looked down at the trinkling blood coming from the wound "...or it might have been a few stitches"
"I'll get the first aid kit" Angel said as he went into the kitchen
"So why don't you live here all the time?" Buffy called
Angel came back out from the kitchen with the first aid kit "I like having a place that no one knows about"
Buffy smiled "No one but me now"
Angel smiled "You can be the exception"
She saw Angel take the alcohol out and a thin needle and stitch "Are you serious?"
Angel looked at her with a serious face "Buffy the wound is deep and you need it to stay clean and that means your stiches need to be fixed"
Buffy pouted
Angel shook his head "That's not going to work"
"Fine" Buffy said as she lifted her top completely off, leaving her in her lace bra
Angel pushed backed her half nakedness and began to pour alcohol over the wound causing Buffy to grunt in pain "Ouch" she breathed
"Sorry.." Angel said as he put the alcohol down and began to stitch the wound
"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" Buffy whined
"Just breathe" Angel said softly
Buffy bit her lip "Do you promise me something nice after you're done?"
Angel smiled up at her "Of course"
Buffy was too busy with her thoughts of her and Angel together she hadn't realised that he was finished.
Angel noticed her distraction and met her lips with a soft kiss "All done"
Buffy returned his kiss and looked to her wound noticing the large bandage he had wrapped over it. "Thanks"
"How about I show you the bedroom" Angel said as he helped her up from the couch
"I'd love to see it" Buffy said with a cheeky grin as she wrapped her hands around his torso
Angel pulled her closer "Oh you will"
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