I own none of the characters of Angel or the song Mandy by Barry Manilow
Well you came and you gave without taking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Mandy
"For the love of all things holy, will you shut the hell up, you tone-deaf ponce?" Spike roared. Angelus had been singing that song for hours and Spike was ready to lose his mind.
"I'm bored and you didn't let me finish." Angelus smirked before starting the song all over.
"I swear to God, if you don't shut up, I'll come in there and stake you myself."
"Come on Willy, let me out. Think of the fun that we could have again. Angelus and William the Bloody. We could turn LA red."
"I don't do that anymore. I got me a soul and microchip."
"You will do anything to get laid, won't you?"
"At least I can get laid mate."
"I'm not Angel. I can get me some any damn time that I want." Angelus growled
"Not from behind those bars you can't." Spike said laughing.
"God Dammit Spike, be your own man and let me the hell out of this damn cage."
"I am my own man Angelus. I'm a man on the free side of the cage."
"If you let me out of here, I promise to let you have a go at Cordelia before I kill her. I must admit she is a pretty decent piece of ass. The noises that she can make and the things that she can do with her mouth. I'm getting hard just thinking about it."
"I have no interests in your leftovers."
"You've never had a problem with them before. Dru, Darla, Buffy, why not add Cordelia to the list?"
"You are not getting out of there so give it up old man." In a rage Angelus grabbed the cage and shook the bars.
"You know, I always thought that you were weak, and you have just proven it to me, you sorry little man. Letting humans, lower beings; dictate how you live your life. You disgust me."
"First of all, no one tells me how I live my life. I am living my life how I want to live it."
"Yeah, sure you are."
"And secondly, I am by no means a little man. I have never had any complaints."
"I'm bigger."
"Bullshit. Check this out." Spike's hand reached for his belt buckle
"Keep it in your pants. I don't need to see that shit and besides I'm not carrying my magnifying glass."
"You must be losing your memory old man because Darla always liked what she saw."
"Darla was pathetic. She'd do anything with a penis, even it was smaller than mine."
"Is not"
"Is too."
"Is not."
"You're just jealous." Angelus sneered.
"Of what? Being locked in a cage?"
"Asshole."
"Asswipe."
"Wannabe."
"Old fart."
"Cocky bastard."
"Arrogant bastard."
"Prissy pants."
"Self serving dimwit."
"I'll give you that one Spike. I am self-serving, but it's the only way to live. I serve my self and no one else. What about you? Who do you serve?"
"It's not all about me anymore Angelus. It's about what is good."
"It's about what is good." Angelus mocked in a high-pitched voice. "You are such a woman."
"Am not."
"Am too."
"Am not."
"Jesus Spike, why are you here in LA? For the greater good? Hell no. You are here because Buffy told you to come not for the greater good. You hate Angel. You would have been fine just letting LA fall to pieces."
"Means to an end my friend. Means to an end."
"You came here to help Buffy's one true love so she would have a sense of gratitude and as a thank you she would bang you."
"Something like that."
"You are a vampire Spike and we take what we want. You want to bang Buff, then you bang her."
"You insensitive jackass."
"You pompous prick."
"Whiny bastard."
"I am so sick of you Spike. Make yourself useful and get me some blood. I'm hungry. How about an appetizer of Justine with a side of Wesley."
"Anything to get the hell away from you." Spike grumbled as he stomped upstairs to the lobby.
As much as he loved tormenting Spike and he wasn't really hungry, he needed to be alone. In his moment of rage when he shook the bars, he felt one loosen under his grip. He needed time alone to see if he could get it apart and then get out of the damned cage. With minimal force applied, he was able to remove the loosened bar. He slid his hand through the opening, and was able to reach the padlock. He easily pulled it apart.
"Simple minded fools, thinking that they can keep me locked in here like an animal." He said happily when he stepped out into the basement. He heard Spike coming back down the steps with his blood. He didn't have enough time to get back inside the cage so he improvised and hid behind the steps.
"Oh Angelus, breakfast is ready." Spike said. He was three steps from the bottom when Angelus reached out from behind his hiding place and grabbed his ankle, causing Spike to fall to the floor.
"God Dammit, Son of a bitch." Spike yelled as he picked himself up off the ground. He turned around and came face to face with Angelus. "How the hell did.." A fist making contact with his face, sending him across the room, into the wall, knocking him unconscious interrupted him.
"Now who is the man you little pipsqueak?" Angelus said grinning.
Hearing the ruckus, Wes, Gunn and Cordy ran down the steps.
"Oh dear God." Wesley said as soon as he saw Angelus.
"Yummy, I guess breakfast is really ready." He charged at them as they ran up the stairs. Gunn and Wesley locked the door behind them but he quickly knocked it down. "Now, I don't really appreciate being locked in a cage like I am a monster."
"You are a monster." Connor spat and Angelus threw him across the room.
"Son, is that anyway to talk to your daddy?"
"You. Are. Not. My. Father." Connor punctuated each word with a poke in the shoulder. "My father is Angel."
"You say Angel, I say Angelus. By the way, where is my beautiful daughter in law? I would love to give her a nice hello kiss?"
"You stay the hell away from my wife." Connor roared as he lunged towards Angelus who quickly sidestepped him and Connor crashed into the floor.
"God Connor, you disappointment me. No son of mine would have fallen for that pathetic move. " Connor quickly rose to his feet and lunged at Angelus again. This time he was able to knock him on the ground, but he quickly recovered.
"Connor." Ciara screamed from the top of the stairs.
"Ciara, darling, come give daddy a kiss." Angelus said happily.
"Ciara run." Cordy yelled but it was too late. Angelus was up the stairs in a flash and he grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Daddy's home." He leaned in to bite her but suddenly stopped and dropped her to the ground. Cordy's blood chilled when she heard a small happy voice.
"Daddy."
"Catherine no." Everyone yelled but it was too late. She was running towards the man who had her father's face and she threw herself into his arms.
"Well hello there kid." Cordy and Connor were at the top of the steps within seconds.
"Angelus, please. She's just a little girl." Cordy begged as she moved towards him.
"Now now Cordelia, don't come any closer or Catherine here will take a dive over the railing." He had her sitting on the railing. There was no doubt in Cordy's mind that Angelus would drop her and not think twice about it. "Catherine sweetie pie, would you like to fly?"
"Fly." She giggled.
"Angelus, please don't hurt my baby. You can have me. Take me and leave Catherine alone." She sobbed.
"Aren't we in a predicament Cordelia. Hmm you come after me and the little brat takes a flying leap." Angelus looked at Wes and Gunn who had their tranq guns pointed at him. "Your boys here shot me, I drop the little brat and she goes flying. What to do? What to do?"
Cordy closed her eyes, praying that she was about to make the right decision. "Shoot him." She whispered and Angelus just laughed.
"Nice try Cordelia."
"Shoot him." She repeated
"Cordelia are you sure?" Wes asked.
"SHOOT HIM." She screamed and Wes and Gunn both fired hitting Angelus in the chest. As if everything was in slow motion, Angelus lost his grip on Catherine and she went flying over the edge of the rail and he collapsed to the ground. Summoning all of her demon powers she raised her arms and she began to glow. Catherine had stopped falling and was temporarily suspended in mid-air, then she slowly began to float up and into her mother's arms.
"Mommy I fly." Catherine said.
"Oh baby, mommy is so sorry. I am so sorry." Cordy sobbed into her daughters' hair.
"Ow mommy hurt." Catherine said and Cordy realized that she was squeezing Catherine tightly.
"Sorry baby."
Wes and Gunn had joined them on the landing. "Justine, grab the chains. We need to chain him up this time." Wes shouted.
"I'm on it." She shouted as she ran down to the basement.
"Will that hold him this time?" Ciara whispered and Cordy walked over to her.
"It will sweetie. Are you OK?"
"He tried to eat me." She cried
"Ciara, that man is not Angel. He is not the man that loves and adores you. He is evil. You need to remember that."
"Can I take Catherine to play in her room? It will help keep my mind off of all of this."
"Of course you can. Catherine would love that."
After Catherine and Ciara were settled Cordy went back to the basement. Spike was rubbing his head.
"That God damn evil son of a bitch. I 'm going rip his throat out and shove it so far up his ass that it will come out through his mouth."
"Shut the hell up Spike. You're making my headache worse. You are all talk and no action." Angelus growled and Spike rushed towards the cage, but Wes and Gunn held him back.
"Is he chained up?" Cordy asked
"He's not going anywhere." Gunn responded.
"Good." Cordy grabbed the stake out of Justine's hand and stormed into the cage. Before Angelus had time to react she shoved the stake an inch above his heart. "You asshole, how dare you threaten my daughter." She yanked the stake out and plunged it in again, this time it was an inch below his heart. "I swear to God, if you ever so much as look at Catherine again I will not hesitate to turn you into a pile of dust."
"What about your precious Angel?"
"It would break my heart to have to live without Angel, but I couldn't live with myself if I let anything happen to Catherine." She growled and painfully pulled the stake out of his chest twisting it as she pulled. She walked out of the cage and looked at Connor. "You're turn."
Connor stormed into the cage and pummeled Angelus on the face. "I should kill you. I should kill you for trying to kill my wife and sister. You are a cold hearted bastard." Connor continued to punch Angelus until Gunn and Wes pulled him off.
"All right man, I think that he got the point." Gunn said.
"Can I have a turn now?" Spike asked and everyone shouted no and Spike sulked out of the basement mumbling, "Man, I never have any fun."
Cordy had offered to take the first shift watching Angelus. He looked pathetic sitting on the floor, holding his hand to his chest wounds and his face beat all to hell. She didn't feel sorry for him because she knew that he deserved it but her heart was breaking because she knew that when Angel came back to her, he would remember attacking Ciara and threatening Catherine and he would probably never forgive himself even though it wasn't him.
"What the hell do you see in Angel? It's obviously not for the sex because you hardly ever get any from him."
"Yeah well look what happened."
"I just don't see it. All he wants to do is help the helpless. How boring is that?"
"He is an amazing man and father. He loves us more than his own life He has done so much good in the world by helping the helpless. It makes him the wonderful man that he is today."
"No doll, those damn gypsies did that. Do have any idea what it was like for me before I got the stinking soul? People feared my name. It is such a powerful feeling to hold a life in your hands. If I just take a sip, they live but if I am really hungry, they die. Sometimes I wasn't even hungry. I drank because I could, because I'm Angelus."
"You make me sick."
"Are you trying to turn me on Cordelia?"
"In your dreams Angelus."
"But see baby, I've had you. I'm still a part of Angel so when he is banging the hell out of you, remember, I'm there getting my jollies off right along with Angel"
"You do realize that you won't be here for much longer don't you?"
"I have resigned myself to that sad fact but I can still have fun while I'm out can't I?"
"You almost killed Angel's daughter and daughter in law. Why would you risk getting captured again?"
"Because it would have tormented soul boy for eternity and that would have made it all worth it, speaking of which, how is our girl?"
"My daughter is fine."
"That demon shit that you did was pretty cool."
"I did what I had to do to save my daughter's life."
"Oh well, Angel will suffer anyway because I tried to kill them."
"You sadistic son of a bitch."
"My favorite nickname." He said as he grinned his most evil grin.
"Willow is here." Wes said from the top of the stairs.