Buffy and Cordelia

"Season 6"

Disclaimer: I don't own it!

Pairings: B/C, X/A, W/T, (Maybe A/K)

Summary: My re-write of season 6…and Angel season 1…but just because Cordelia went to L.A. and I had a really good idea on how to intertwine the shows…I hope it turns out okay.

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Chapter 1: City of…

Cordelia's apartment

Cordelia sat in her apartment like she had been doing for the past two months…ever since Buffy died. She hadn't moved since she arrived back in L.A. after Buffy's funeral. The truth was that she couldn't and didn't want to moved. She hadn't show up to work and they called her the other day and told her that the deal was off. Who wants to work at a place called Wolfram and Heart anyway?

Cordelia looked around her master bedroom and saw that her boxes were still packed and she had ice cream cartons and empty bags of potato chips lying around…basically since Buffy's death she has lost all reason for living. Buffy was the main reason why she took the job in L.A. she hopped that she could help Buffy out with the bills that had pilled up since her mom died…but it seems she is no longer needed for bills.

Cordelia sat on her bed and watched the infomercial…that was her life now…now that Buffy was gone. She had never made plans of what she would do one Buffy died, because lets face it all slayers died eventually, but that never seemed to occur to Cordelia…she thought Buffy would live forever. But no she had to go do something stupid like jump into a vortex that would kill her just to save the world…who cared about the world anyway?

Okay so she did care about the world but why did Buffy have to jump? Isn't Faith a slayer too? No Buffy had to…it was her sister who was the key…so it had to be her blood…right? Cordelia was trying to come up with a reasonable solution to why Buffy jumped instead of Faith…you would think if Faith really loved her that she would have taken the plunge of her…Cordelia knew she would have.

She would have done anything Buffy had asked her too do…that is how much she loved her. Cordelia never thought that she would ever love someone that much…but she did and now she hurt like hell inside. Just as Cordelia was about to turn to a different infomercial her phone rang…she didn't answer she let the machine get it.

"Cordelia are you there?" It was Willow…she has called her every day since Buffy's death, but Cordelia didn't want to talk to her because she was Buffy's best friend and it would bring back too many happy memories of her dead girlfriend. "Okay I guess not. Well anyway I just thought I would call to tell you that Giles is going back to England…he said there is no longer a reason for him to stay in Sunnydale. Which by the way really hurts my feeling because that is like saying that the only reason he stayed was because of Buffy, which we all know isn't true because he loved us all…even you, he told me once but then I had to swear on my grave never to tell you." She paused and Cordelia knew she was trying to contain her babble to tell her something. "We miss her too Cordelia and we miss you…believe it or not. You haven't talk to us since her funeral…if you shut us out we can't help you with your loss." She added. "Call me…we can maybe get together to talk about Buffy…and other stuff," she paused again. "Bye."

Cordelia had a weak smile on her face, she knew Willow was trying to make things better but the truth was simple…Cordelia just needed her space to deal with the loss. When she was ready she would call. Just than he phone rang again, but once again she let the machine get it.

"Cordelia I know your there…ever since your friend Buffy died you haven't left your apartment. Man it make me think that she was more that a friend but then I remember that your Cordelia Chase and I rethink my theory." It was her friend Serena. She had met her on her first night in L.A. right before she got the call. She had told her all about Buffy…except the part about them together. Serena was an old friend from High School but she moved to L.A. junior year, so Cordelia filled in the blanks from the past three or so years. "I have an invitation to this big party downtown and you are coming with me…I will not take no for an answer…I will be at your apartment in an hour so you better be ready… and stop eating that ice cream," Cordelia put down the ice cream she was holding. "Bye."

Cordelia sighed as she slowly got herself out of bed. If she didn't Serena would take her to the party in her sweats and that was not how Cordelia wanted to make an impression. Plus she needed something to get her mind off of Buffy…even if it was for a little while.

Angel's apartment

Angel had just gotten back from his nightly patrol in L.A. First he went to a bar and pretended his was drunk and then he followed a group of for people…two of which were far from human…out into the alleyway. He killed the nonhuman's…vampires and then left before he got the urge to suck the girls blood from her body.

So he came to his apartment to sulk about the latest death in his life…his one time love of his life Buffy Summers. Funny he had always picture her going out by some evil thing…not a vortex. Sure it was an evil vortex but he always pictured her fighting to the death not leaping to it.

Just as he walked into his apartment he felt someone behind him…he turned around but they was no one there. "Show yourself," he said as he turned in the other direction.

"Easy," a voice said from the shadow. "I am not here to kill you or anything." He said showing himself.

"Like you could," Angel said as he turned away from the intruder.

"Oh I could if I wanted too…but I don't." He said. "Names Doyle," he said. And then he sneezed. "Sorry." He said as his face suddenly shot out blue spikes, and when he shuck his head they went away. "I hate it when that happens…hey you wouldn't happen to have any beer would ya?" he asked and Angel shuck his head 'no'. "Didn't think so."

"Can you please tell me why you're here?" Angel said as he tried to restrain himself from throwing this guy out. This was not a good time to be bothering a vampire…not after the death of a loved one.

"Okay, here it goes," he paused. "Once upon a time there was a vampire. And he was the meanest vampire in all the land. All the other vampires were afraid of him; he was such a - bastard. Then one-day gypsies curse him. They restore his human soul. And all of a sudden he is mad with guilt. You know? What have I done? You know, he's freaked."

"The story of my life…why are you telling be this?" he asked as he sat in his chair with a heavy sigh.

"Shut up and listen." Doyle said continuing. "Yeah, well, it's a fairly dull tale. It needs a little sex, is my feeling. So sure enough: enter the girl. Pretty little blonde thing, Vampire Slayer by trade. And our vampire falls madly in love with her. Eventually the two of them, well, they get fleshy with one another. Well, I guess the technical term is perfect happiness. But when our boy gets there, he goes bad again. He kills again. It's ugly. So when he gets his soul back for the second time, he figures hey, he can't be any where near Miss young puppy eyes without endangering them both. So what does he do? He takes off. Goes to LA. To fight evil - and atone for his crimes. He's a shadow, a faceless champion of the hapless human race." He paused. "What ever happened to the vampire slayer anyway?" he asked suddenly curious.

"She fell in love," Angel leaving the part about Cordelia out. "Then she died to save the world…why am I tell you this?" he asked. "Okay I am going to ask you this one more time…why the hell are you here and why am I not kicking you out?" Angel asked.

"Because I am the one that lets you know what happens next," he said with a cocky grin on his face. "The powers sent me to guide you…to help you find redemption." He said.

"The powers?"

"The powers that be," Doyle said as if it was something everyone knew. "They want you to be their champion." He said. "Here," he said reaching into his pocket.

"Tina?"

"A girl who needs you help. I don't know with what…but I do know she needs you." He said.

"How am I supposed to get her to talk to me?" Angel asked.

"You a good looking fella…now just got out there and get to know her…that is what all girls are looking for aren't they, someone to listen." He explained.

"Not all girls," he said thinking of Cordelia and Buffy. "Some already found there one and only." He finished. He got up out of his chair and walked over to his table and sat down. He looked straight ahead. He was aware of Doyle, who was still talking, but he wasn't listening. He was thinking about Buffy and the last conversation they had.

Flashback

He was sitting in his apartment in the middle of the after noon when the phone rang. He walked over and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Angel…it's Buffy," she said into the line. "I need a favor from you," she said.

"Anything."

"Cordelia is in L.A. with some new job offer," she said. "And I have a hell of a fight ahead of me so I couldn't go with her…"

"I'll keep an eye on her…just make sure that you make it through this fight and come back to her." He said.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." Buffy said. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it." He said.

They said their goodbyes and hung up the phone and he went in search of a certain brunette.

End Flashback

When Angel looked up Doyle was nowhere to be seen and all he saw was the piece of paper on top of the one that had Tina written on it. "Are you game?" it said and Angel smiled…a little. Then he heard a little voice in his head say, Buffy would want you to keep up the good fight. So he grabbed his jacket and went in search for this Tina person.

Party building

He walked into a party that the girl Tina had invited him too. She told him that she really didn't want to go alone and he said he didn't have any plans to night and that he would go with her…so here he is, some party where he knows nobody.

Or at least he thought he didn't know anybody. As he walked further into the party and starting mingling with the guest while keeping an eye on Tina he started to hear a familiar voice that he thought he would never hear again. He walk toward the voice and soon he saw who he assumed it would be…Cordelia Chase.

Cordelia Chase, girlfriend to one Buffy Summers, head cheerleader at the old Sunnydale High, and resident of the Summers house…on weekends to keep on eye on the littlest Summers, Dawn. She was laughing with her friends and she seemed to be having a good time but he could tell that she was forcing it all…that inside she was depressed and lonely just like him.

He walked over to her slowly and as he grew closer to her she turned to look at him and he could see the pain in her eyes. She missed Buffy. She walked straight toward him and with out warning she gave him a hug. Than again without warning she pushed him away from her. "What are you doing here?" she asked. 'Wait your not evil again are you?" she asked. "Because if you are…" she paused. "I would so be running away from you." She added with a trademark Cordelia Chase grin. Then she features softened. "How have you been?" she asked.

"I've been okay," he said. "How about you?"

"Been better," she said with honesty. "I miss her. A lot." She said as she hung her head a little. "I don't like feeling like this," she said as she looked up at him. "I never thought I would hurt this bad." She added.

"It's okay…you'll be okay. You just have to give it time," he said as he took a step toward her but she took a step back.

"Not it isn't…no I will never be okay because the one person that I ever truly loved and the one person that truly loved me in return is dead, and she isn't coming back." Cordelia said as she looked up at Angel. "Ever." And then she smile which caught Angel a little off guard. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to go talk to people who actually matter." And then she left.

After she left Angel let a small smile grace his lips. Same old Cordelia. Just than a hand came upon his shoulder and he turned to look at Tina. A girl about Buffy's height, with blonde hair and blue eyes. "Who was that you were talking to?" he asked. Even though he was talking to Cordelia he could still see Tina out of the corner of his eye.

"Who? Oh him…is was just Stacy, he works for Russell." She explained. "You think we can get out of here this party is kind of boring," she said as she looped her arms with his.

"No problem," he said and together they walked out of the building and into the parking garage where Angel had parked his car. As they were exiting the elevator a group of men dragged Angel back into the elevator and dragged Tina out. He punched one of the guys in the face and he fell to the floor out cold. The other one got a good shot in on his and he was stunned for a second, but not long enough for anyone to notice. He grabbed the man by the throat and slammed his against the wall knocked his out cold along with his friend. Then he turned to his enext obstacle…the elevator doors. He got his fingers in-between the doors and pried them open. "I am gonna feel this in the morning," he said as he slipped through.

He saw that Stacy guy putting Tina in the car so he ran to his car started it up and drove toward the group. The car Tina was in was driving straight for him and he wasn't making any moved to get out of the way. But the man in the driver seat of Tina's car was starting to get nervous and he swerved off the road and into a pillar. With out any hesitation Angel got out of his car and went over to Tina's car. He punched the first man and then kicked his in the stomach and he was out cold. And then the other man got out of the car Angel just shut the door back in on him and he went to the ground. Then Stacy got out of the car.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with man," he said in a scared voice.

"Watch me and see that I don't care," Angel said as he opened the other door. "Come on Tina we're leaving." He said and Tina got out. She got into Angel's car and together they drove off, he figured he might as well talk her to his place because Russell didn't know where it was…so that is where they went.

Cordelia's apartment

Cordelia went back to her apartment after the party, even though she was asked to go back to a bunch of guy's apartment she decided not to. Not that they weren't cute or anything just that in a way she still thought she belonged to Buffy and she didn't want to cheat on her.

She changed in her pajamas and then hung her dress up in her closet. Then she walked over to her couch and took a seat. She picked up the picture on the coffee table and she held it. It was a picture of her and Buffy on their first anniversary. They had decided to go to the mall to spend money that they didn't have…Joyce had given them a credit card, big mistake. They decided to do one of those silly machine things that take your picture and they got one that said "Love you always" and in the picture Buffy was giving Cordelia a kiss on the forehead…it was the bets picture that they ever got together. "I miss you," Cordelia said to herself.

Angel's apartment

He was just getting back to his apartment after and all night researching he did on Tina and that friend of hers that disappeared. It had turned out that she hadn't disappeared at all…she had been murdered by someone. Angel walked back into his apartment but this time he had to come through the sewers because it was the middle of the afternoon.

When he walked in he saw Tina sitting there looking at nothing, he walked over to her and kneeled down in front of her. "Tina…is something wrong?" he asked.

"Yeah everything is fine," she said. "Where were you?" she asked.

"I was at the library…researching." He said. "I found something that I thought you would like to know…about your friend…Denise." He said as he saw the horrified look on her face. "I think you might have been right when you said that someone…maybe Russell…had killed her. Because she is dead, but the case was never solved." He said and the next thing he knew she was in his arms crying. "Don't worry…I wont let anything happen to you." He said as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Oh my god," she cried as she held on to him tighter. "If Russell did it than I am in so much trouble," she said. "I knew I never should have gotten mix up with him…I knew he was going to be trouble, but no I wanted a chance at being famous," she said.

"It's okay," he said. And before he knew she was away from him looking scared. "What's wrong?" he asked confused.

"Um…why…did…you…" she paused. "Through the sewers?" she asked.

"I have a sun condition," he said without a moments pause. "It makes me sick," he added.

She didn't know what to think, Angel could see that in her eyes, and before he knew she bolted for the door. He ran up the stairs after her but he knew he wasn't going to get very far because it was the middle of the afternoon and he couldn't go out into the sun. She turned back to see his right on her heels but then she saw him come into contact with the sun and he flinched away revealing his true face. And vampire face. She opened her mouth as if to say something but she was too scared and the words wouldn't come out.

"Tina!" she heard him yell and she ran out the door. Just then someone came walking up behind Doyle but he never took his eyes off the door. "What do you want Doyle?" he asked as he turned around to see the demon/human.

"Just here to see how your doin," he said as he looked at Angel. "And I am guessing not to good." He added and Angel turned to look at him. "What?" Angel didn't say anything he just walked right on past him. "Was it something I said?" Doyle said as he followed Angel down into the basement that he called his apartment. When he arrived downstairs Angel was already getting hid battle bag packed. "Um…what are you doing?" he asked.

"Getting ready to face a nasty vampire," he said. "Or at least I think he is a vampire."

"And how are you going to do that…track him down I mean?" he asked.

"I am going to follow Tina…he is very interested in her." Angel said as she slung the bag over his shoulder.

"Is this the part were I say good luck?" Doyle asked. Angel just stared at his. "Okay…good luck."

"Your not coming?" Angel asked.

"No, no, I just get the messages…you're the fighter." He said as he put his hands up in defense. Angel said nothing as he walked out of his apartment and went into the sewers where he would wait for the sun to set and then he would go after Tina.

Tina's apartment

She had ran as fast as she could from Angel while tears were streaming down her face. She thought she could trust him, he was so nice and thoughtful, but no her turned out to be a monster just like the rest of them. As soon as she entered her apartment she started to pack her things…she was going to get the hell out of L.A. there was nothing here for her, at least back home she had family.

As she was packing she felt someone behind her and when she turned around she saw Russell standing there. She jumped a little when she saw him and that brought a smile to his face as he reached out to her. "I didn't mean to scare you." He said.

"No, no you didn't I was just packing," she said as she turned away from him.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"I am going back home," she said. And when she turned around to look at him he had changed into the face that Angel had and she screamed.

"Well that's too bad," she said. Then next thing she knew he was drinking from her neck and she couldn't even call out for help.

Later that night…

Angel stood on the rooftop across from Tina's apartment and he saw all the police cars and police men as they walked in and out of her apartment which only meant one thing…she was dead and it was time to find Russell.

Russell's mansion

Russell had invited her to his mansion and she thought that if she went that she could somehow get a jump-start in her acting career. So here Cordelia was, standing with Russell. He was going on and on about he had lost a good friend of his named Tina.

"So have you ever lost anyone?" he asked as he sat in a seat across from her.

"Oh yeah…just recently actually," she said. "Her name was Buffy." She said. When she said Buffy's name Russell's eyes widened. "Do you know Buffy?" she asked and then he dawned on her. "Oh…My…God…you're a vampire," she said. "That is why your have all the curtains." She said.

"No I am not," he said.

"Yes you are. I am from Sunnydale and I dated the slayer I surely know a vampire when I am in a room only with one…nice house by the way." She said as she suddenly felt really nervous. "I um…I have to go," she said as she took off out the door. He followed her and caught up with her on his balcony. "Help!" she screamed.

"Russell!" Someone yelled from the shadows. "I have a message from Tina for you," the voice said.

"Angel," Cordelia said when she could see him. "Oh my God Angel." She said. "You are so gonna get your ass kicked," Cordelia said when Russell turned to look at her.

The next thing Russell knew he was flat on his back because Angel had pulled the carpet out from underneath him. When he got to his feet he saw him men pointing their guns at Cordelia and Angel running toward her. He got in front of Cordelia just as the first shot was fired. Then Angel turned around picked Cordelia up and jumped off the balcony. He ran to the door when he landed and ran out to the front gate.

"Doyle way are you here?" he asked.

"I couldn't let you have all the fun," he said. "Hi." He said to Cordelia.

"Hey…we needed to get him somewhere," she said indicating Angel. And the next thing all three of them knew they where driving down the street toward Angel's apartment. Then Cordelia addressed Angel. "Why did you take a bullet for me?" she asked.

"Because I promised someone I would look out for you," he said and Cordelia knew who he meant…Buffy.

Wolfram & Heart

Russell was sitting in front of his lawyers talking about Angel and they were all coming up with ways to stop him and ways that they are going to take care of him…but he wasn't listening. All that he could remember about last night was Cordelia and the fact that she knew the slayer and that the slayer was dead. That was an interesting piece of information.

"Sir, I assure you that this…Angel will be taken care of," Lindsey, head of his lawyer team and best defense layer he knows said. Just then Angel came walking in and Lindsey smiled. "I am Mr. Russell attorney any matter you have with him need to be discussed with me," he said handing the vampire a card.

Angel took the card and put it in his pocket than he approached Russell. "Angel…I am sure they is something that I can do for you…just name it." He said.

Angel let a smile grace him lips. "Can you fly?" he asked just as he pushed the chair out of the twelfth floor window and Russell turned to dust before he hit the ground. "I guess not," he said and then he walked out of the offices.

Angel's apartment

When Angel arrived back at his apartment he saw Cordelia sitting at the table with Doyle and it didn't look like there had been much talking. But when she noticed that he was there she got up.

"Angel, I want to tank you for helping me and I know that you did it for Buffy, but I know I need to ask you a favor?" she asked and he nodded. "I want to help you…because I know Buffy would have wanted me too," she said. "Plus I don't have a job and I need money," she added. And Angel smiled so she took it as a yes…after all he would do anything for Buffy, and her girlfriend.

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AN: I hope you like it!