Cordy's POV

"So, what?" I snapped. "She just won't come?"

"Miss Summers wouldn't talk much about it." Wesley replied. "She just kept saying that Miss Rosenberg wasn't there."

"Where is she?" Angelus asked, his voice a purr.

I didn't even look his way. "Where is she, Wes?"

Wesley looked flustered. "Well…uh, it seems that she has been missing for quite some time."

"Where'd she go?" I demanded.

"They have no idea."

"I have an idea." Gunn said suddenly, coming into the room followed by the redhead in question.

"Willow!" I yelled, advancing to her quickly. I stopped in front of her, looking her up and down. "You look great." I told her truthfully, surprised at how much she'd changed.

Willowsmiled. "Let's get this soul back in his body, 'kay?"

"Aw, come on." Angelus purred. "I know you miss me, baby."

"Where's the jar?"Willowasked Wesley.

"Don't ignore me, witch." The caged vampire snapped. "I'm not Soul-boy. And you know that. So you must know that when I get ahold of you, you're going to be severely punished."

Wesley watched the interaction, like I did, slightly mystified. Why was Angelus so familiar with Willow? Finally, Wesley seemed to snap out of it and hurried upstairs for the jar.

"Are you still ignoring me, baby?"

"Stop calling me that."Willowsnapped, finally facing the vampire down.

"We had a deal, dear Willow." He said, his voice going seductive again.

"Who's the babe?" Connor asked, entering the little dungeon-y room and nodding his headWillow's way.

Willowignored him, along with Angelus' growl at Connor. "And I didn't break our deal."Willowtold the psychotic murderer.

"You hid from me."

"You never told me I couldn't."

"It's common sense."

"I said I'd do anything you said. I didn't say I'd have common sense."

"Let me out of the cage." He ordered.

Willowshrugged. "Okay, now I'm breaking the deal because there is no way in hell I'm opening that cage."

"Will-ow." He sing-songed. "Didn't you enjoy our time together? Why are you being so rude to me now? There will be minimal spankings if you let me out now."

A harsh bark of laughter came fromWillow. "Wesley! Hurry the- oh, there you are." She took the jar from the ex-watcher and started her preparations on the floor.

"Are you going to answer me?"

"No."

"Why not? I thought we had something."

"You had a little possessive crush on me. That was it." She said, still setting up her little witch circle.

"That night in the school…seemed like more than a crush to me."

Willowtook a deep breath as she took her place in the circle. "I let you kiss me to save Miss Calendar. That isn't a big deal."

"And what a kiss it was." He declared, stepping as close to the bars as possible. He rocked against it provocatively. "Your tight little body wriggling under me-"

"Angelus." She hissed out in warning. "You were trapping me to the floor. Stop making it sound like something it wasn't."

"I'm just glad you started wearing clothes to show that body off." He continued speaking as if she hadn't interrupted. "Hiding it back then…I never would have even known… never would have wanted to turn you. Drain you. Fuck you. If it hadn't been for your little fighting lessons with Soul-boy." I noticedWillowflinch at the words. "All that spandex….God!"

"Shut up." She demanded, her voice seeming to weaken.

"Oh baby…don't be like that. Soul-boy didn't get it, but I've always wanted you." He motioned to Connor with his head. "Sure as hell wasn't me that knocked Darla up with him."

Willowglanced to Connor suddenly. "You're a vampire? I didn't feel-"

"He's human." I interrupted. "Darla and Angel's son, stuck in a dimension for three days and it was fifteen years there."

"Oh."

"Disappointed that it wasn't you?" Angelus taunted her. I watched her closely. Did her and Angel have something going on before? Or her and Angelus?

I didn't get a chance to ask, because something about Angelus' taunt strengthened her and she started her chant.

"Willow! We made a deal! He doesn't care about you like I do, baby! Hey!" She was ignoring him. "Willow, when I get out of here…you'll be first to know." He threatened. Still,Willowchanted. Her voice got stronger, her hair started to bleed white, and there was a glow that passed through her before zooming into Angel.

"How did you know we needed you?" I asked her once Angel collapsed.

She looked up, her eyes sagging. "I felt it." And then she disappeared in a swirl of smoky clouds.