"You don't know me pet." Cordy's captor said with a smirk.
"Yes, I do. I've seen your sketch. Angel told me about you."
"Aw yes, Angelus."
"His name is Angel."
"He took away my prodigy. Now, I'm taking his."
"Why this baby? He does have another child. You will have to wait years until this baby is grown. Why not an already grown child of Angel's?"
Forgive me Connor, I'm trying to stall. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you. Cordy thought
"I've thought about, young Connor, but I'm over 600 years old, and not as strong as I used to be. I never would be able to hold him against his will Yes, I do know that I will have to raise this child, but the child will be raised evil."
"Ohhhhhhhhhhh." Another pain shot through her belly.
"Just relax; it will be much easier if you do."
"You won't touch my baby."
"I really don't think that you have much choice. Call if you need anything. We'll be back to check your progress shortly."
Once Cordy was alone, she checked out her accommodations. There was nothing in there but a bed. She climbed on top of it and checked out the window. It was made out of something hard like glass. She took a shoe off and banged it against the window. Nothing happened. Not a crack or even a dent.
Ok, think, Cor, think. You can't let that piece of shit touch your child. Maybe I can stab him with my shoe. He said he was weak. Dammit, today of all days, I wore flats. Damn swollen feet. Ok, plan B. I got nothing.
"God Dammit." She screamed into the empty room. Suddenly plan B, jumped into her head. Cordy gasped in pain as another contraction came. She had to hurry.
Ok, I'm half demon. I have powers. I'm not sure exactly what they are, but I have them. All right Cor it's now or never. Just, relax and focus. Close your eyes. Focus. Focus on the man that can save you. Focus on Angel.
--
Angel stormed back into hotel. His crew was all there.
"Well, anything? Please tell me you have found something." The group didn't respond. "WELL?"
"There was nothing in any of the prophecies about Cordy or the baby." Wes said
"My contacts haven't heard bupkus about an attack or possible kidnapping." Lorne said
"Did you use the power of persuasion?"
"Oh, yeah, they were definitely persuaded to talk." Gunn said
Angel walked over to Ciara who was lying in Connor's arms with an ice pack on her head. He knew that he had to be gentle with her. She was already terrified and he didn't want to make it worse. He sat next to her.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"My head hurts."
"Do you remember anything?" Tears filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry I don't know what happened. I was typing one second, and the next thing I knew was my head felt like it was going to explode, and then I woke up on the floor. I should have done something." Connor kissed the top of her head.
"Ciara, there was nothing that you could of done. It's not your fault."
"Obviously, Wolfram & Hart had nothing to do with this huh?" Connor asked
Angel stared at his son.
"How did you know that's where I was?"
"I know you Dad."
"You're right. They're clean this time."
"So what do we do now?" Justine asked
"I have no idea. I need to think." Angel said as he began to pace the lobby. He has never felt as helpless as he felt right then. He promised Cordy that he would protect her and the baby and he failed. He couldn't lose either of them. Suddenly, he got a severe pain in his head. It brought him to his knees.
"Ohhhhhhhhhh God." He screamed as he held his head in his head. His friends rushed over to him. Angel saw Cordy.
Angel, I hope this works. We need you. He gave me medication and my labor has started. I am in a basement of some sort. I don't know where I'm at. I can hear a train, not so far in the distance. It runs about every ten to twelve minutes. I'm looking out the window to show you what I am looking at. Lots of warehouses and factories. I can smell something like steel burning. I can make out partial letters from the building to my left. MAR. Angel, my captor, he is older and uglier then you said. It's the vampire who sired Darla. He told me that you took his prodigy away from him, so now he will steal yours. Our baby. Please Angel…
Cordy's water broke. She was pulled out of her trance. She fell onto the bed and grabbed her belly. She had a good feeling that Angel got her vision.
"Don't worry baby. Daddy's coming." She whispered as she began to silently cry. "Daddy's coming."
--
"Angel, are you ok?" Fred asked as he slowly sat up.
"Paper. Pencil." Angel gasped. He felt like he was going to puke.
"What happened?" Gunn asked
"Vision, Cordy sent me a vision."
"Cordy sent you a vision?" Wesley asked
"Yes. Where is my paper and pencil?" He snapped, still sitting on the floor. Justine handed him what her requested.
"What are you doing?" Connor asked.
"I saw where she is. I need you guys to see it." Angel quickly sketched what Cordy showed him in his vision.
"This is where she is." He passed the paper around. "She can smell steel burning and there is a train that runs every ten to twelve minutes. We need to hurry. Her contractions have started."
"Does she know who has her?"
"A very old and weak vampire. He sired Darla."
"My mom?" Angel nodded.
"He calls himself The Master. He may be old and weak, but he is powerful. He has so many followers who will do anything that he demands. It's his followers that worry me. They will be strong. He likes to live underground. So wherever she is, there has to be sewer access and a basement."
They all began talking at once passing Angel's sketch around. Wes and Fred were on the computer looking at maps, trying to narrow down Cordy's location. After an hour they all were becoming increasingly frustrated. They still had not discovered her location. It was narrowed down to about ten places, but it was nine to many.
"I know where she is." Justine shouted
"Where is she?" Angel asked
"I remember this when I was searching for my sister's killer. These warehouses, they hold lots of nests. There was a big one that had lots of vamps, but I was never able to infiltrate it. There is a train that is always running and the letters MAR stand for Markson factory. This has got to be it."
"I'll bet the big nest is that of The Master." Wesley said
"OK, let's go stake some vamps." Gunn said
"And get Cordy." Fred said.
"Angel, please, bring Cordy back." Ciara begged.
"I plan on it."
--
Cordy was lying in the bed, in extreme pain. Her contractions were coming more frequently. At first they had been every fifteen minutes, but within the last hour, they were now, every five minutes apart.
"Oh God." She gasped between clenched teeth as she rode out her next contraction.
"There there, it won't be long now."
"Go to hell."
"Come now. Let's examine you and see how much you have progressed." The vampire that was in charge of her delivery grabbed one of her legs, to position it for the exam. With what little strength that she had left, she kicked him in the face.
They suddenly heard screams and fighting. The vampire doctor fled the room.
"Angel, go find Cordy." Wes yelled as he staked a vamp.
"Connor, come with me." Angel yelled as they headed towards the stairs that would lead them to the basement, staking vampires left and right.
"OK, right or left?" Connor asked once they reached the bottom. Before Angel could answer, they heard a scream come from the right.
"The right." Father and son said at the same time.
"Cordy" Angel shouted.
Oh, God, is the pain causing me to hallucinate? She thought as she heard Angel calling her name.
"Cor, where are you." He's here.
"ANGEL." She screamed. The door to her room was kicked off its hinges. Angel rushed over to her.
"You got my message." She said, her voice full of relief.
"I got your message. We'll talk about it later."
"Dad." Connor screamed as The Master came into the room.
"Angelus. What a pleasant surprise." Angel grabbed the old goat, and shoved him against the wall.
"It shouldn't have been a surprise. You should have known that I would come after her."
"It's been a long time."
"Not long enough."
"I heard, you killed Darla."
"The first time I did."
"How is that soul of yours?"
"Working well for me. Thanks for asking."
"Excuse, me, Could we save the pleasantries for another time. In labor over here."
"Sorry, to cut the reunion short." Angel said smiling as he shoved a stake through his heart.
"AWWWWWWWW." She screamed. Angel scooped Cordy up in his arms and carried her to safety.