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Angel was still strapped to the wall. He had been vamped up for the past 3 hours, channeling every bit of strength that he could muster, but it was no use. He was trapped. He could see and hear people rustling around outside of the dungeon. He knew that they were preparing for the ritual of returning Angelus. If Angelus were returned this would not end well for anyone involved. Angelus will kill anyone that is close to him. If Angel had a heart, he knew that it would be breaking right now. He was still holding onto hope that the fang gang would come to his rescue, but it has been hours and there had been no sign of them. Suddenly, a horrible thought crossed his mind. What if they had hurt Cordy after he was down? That would explain why no one had come to his rescue. Even though it was a possibility that Cordy was hurt or even dead he refused to believe that. If for some reason he made it through this as Angel, he couldn't imagine living without her. Suddenly he picked up a scent. It was a very familiar scent, a scent that brought a smile to his face. It was Cordy. She was here and she was alive.

"You guys have 5 minutes before we bring in the gypsies. Would you like to say goodbye?" Lilah asked

"Lilah, you cannot go through with this." Wes said.

"Times a wasting. Tick Tick." Lilah said looking at her watch "4 minutes 54 seconds remaining"

"Cordy, you go. Talk to him for all of us." Fred softly and Cordy nodded. As she walked into the dungeon she heard Wesley trying to reason with bitchface.

Cordy was shocked when she walked in. She wanted to run to him but the gun pointed at her head prevented it. She just stared at him. Her heart was breaking.

"Cordy" he said

"I am so sorry. We tried to get to you, but we couldn't." She said, her voice shaking

"Cordy I know that you did all that you could have done. I need you do me a favor."

"Anything."

"Tell Conner, that I do love him. He is my son and I am so proud of him." Cordy nodded. "Make sure that he is never alone. Angelus will want to turn him. They would be the ultimate vampire team and Angelus knows that so please, keep my boy safe."

"Of course we will."

"And if comes to it, if Angelus hurts you or anyone that I care about you have to stake me."

"I won't"

"You don't have a choice."

"Yes I do." She replied stubbornly

"Cordy you know how bad this can get."

"I won't stake you. I can't."

"It won't be me. It will be Angelus. You have to remember that. He looks just like me. But it's not me."

"I know that but you can't give up." She was mad. He was giving up.

"Cor, what choice do I have? I have used all of my vampire strength and I can't get out of this. You guys tried and I am still here. I am resigned to the fact that Angelus will be brought back. There is nothing else that I can do." Angel said sadly

"I'm not giving up." Cordy stated

"I know that. Just remember everything that I said." Angel said

"Angel, I love you."

"Cordy, I love you too."

"I am not going to let this happen." Cordy said as she quickly put an elbow into the guy who was holding the gun to her head. He gasped in pain and dropped the gun. Cordy picked it up and ran over to Angel and tried unsuccessfully to remove the chains and cuffs.

"Dammit, I can't get it loose." Cordy said desperately

"Cordy its no use." Angel said

"I have to save you."

"Cordy, you have already saved me in more ways then you could know." Suddenly the door was shoved open and a bunch of guards burst in with Lilah leading the way all of them pointing guns and wooden stakes at Cordy and Angel.

"Cordelia, you shouldn't of hit that nice man with the gun." Lilah said

"Go to hell." Was Cordy's response

"Your time is up. Let's go." Lilah said

Cordy just looked at Angel. He gave her the most wonderful smile. It was full of love. She stood on her tiptoes, closed her eyes and kissed him. She ran her hands through his hair. Angel was chained so he couldn't use his arms but he definitely made great use of his tongue and lips. Their tongues frantically searched for each other. Suddenly Cordy was pulled away from Angel. She struggled but the arms that held her were too powerful.

"Let her go." Angel growled

"What are you going to about soul boy?" A guard said laughing and Angel ignored him. Lilah then walked in with the rest of the fang gang and some very unhappy gypsies.

"I thought that you all would enjoy this." Lilah said

"This is stupid. In fact, it's suicidal." Cordy said, "Lilah, you have no idea what will happen if you do this. I am the only one who has had personal experience with Angelus. He will kill you."

"Get over it Cordy. " Lilah snapped "You." She said pointing to the gypsies. "Over here now." The gypsies slowly came in front of Angel.

"Why are you doing this?" Fred asked one gypsy that was standing near her.

"They have all of our children and they will be killed if we don't desoul him." The gypsy woman said sadly.

"Then you are doing the right thing." Angel spoke to the gypsies as they began to say their spell. Angel and Cordy stared at each other.

"I love you." Angel mouthed to Cordy

"I love you." Cordy mouthed to Angel.

The gypsies began chanting. It got louder. Angel and Cordy never took their eyes off of each other. A bright light came through Angel. He screamed. The chains and cuffs rattled. He was fighting it. Wes, Gunn, Lorne, Connor and Fred stared in shock and fear. They were scared for their friend and for themselves. Lilah was smiling. Finally Angel collapsed.

"Did it work?" Lilah asked the gypsies

"Yes mam. It should have worked." The leader replied

"I didn't ask if it should of work. I asked if it worked." Lilah was getting irritated.

The captive's eyes slowly opened. Cordy was still staring at him. As soon as those brown eyes focused on her she knew. Her Angel was gone. The monster was back. He laughed this horrible evil laugh.

"Man! It's good to be back." Angelus chuckled