Chapter 25:

Angel leapt to his feet, and glared a the bleached blonde vampire as Spike asked, " Aw what's wrong mate?"

Angel vamped out as he growled, " That wasn't very nice Willy."

Spike sneered, " Do something bout it poof."

Angel yelled as he punched Spike in the face, " Make sure the bitch don't escape."

Cole nodded as he transformed into Belthazar, and glared at her as he stood in front of her. Spike, having regained his footing hit Angel with a spinning hook kick in the stomach, he was about to kick Angel again, when he was suddenly knocked from his feet by an energy ball. Belthazar said as he lowered his arm, " You are lucky that was a low voltage energy ball, or you'd be dust."

Spike smirked as he glared at the former assassin, and sneered, " Well innit special, Angelus has a protector."

Angel slammed a fist into Spike's face as he sneered, " It ain't like that Willy Cole just has my back."

Spike jumped back to his feet, and launched a spinning roundhouse at Angel's head, but Angel sidestepped, and threw Spike out of the window. Once that was taken care off he turned glowing predatory eyes on Lilah as he growled, " Yer goin ta tell me how ta turn Paige back."

Lilah kept shooting nervous fearful glances at Cole as she said, " I have no idea, what you are talking about."

Angel smirked as his eyes glowed a bright feral yellow, and he growled, " Tis not the answer I was lookin fer."

Lilah glared defiantly at Angel as spat, " Well that's the only answer you'll be getting from me."

Angel smirked as he suddenly reached out, and backhanded her as he said, " Is that so?"

Lilah slammed against the wall, and crumpled to floor, Angel reached down, and roughly jerked her to her feet by her hair, and tossed her into her chair. When she tried to get up, Angel slammed her back into the chair as he growled, " This don't end till ye give me the answers I want."

Lilah glared up at Angel as she said, " There is no way of turning her back."

Angel felt his white hot rage instantly cool to a calm deadliness. He released his hold on her shoulder, and calmly asked, " Cole can ye hand me the bag?"

Cole reached into his back pants pocket, and handed Angel a slim black leather bag. He set the bag on the desk, and unzipped it as he asked, " Ye sure there's no way ta turn er back?"

Lilah bit out defiantly, " I already told you there wasn't."

Angel reached into the bag, and pulled out a small scalpel, and slowly began to cut a long line down Liah's left arm. She screamed as Angel asked, " Ready ta tell me anything?"

Lilah shook her head as she spat, " What are you dense, I already told you."

Angel smirked at her as he continued the cut until he reached the point between her middle, and ring finger. Then he laid the blood covered scalpel on the desk, and lowered his mouth to her arm, and began to drink, causing her to shriek in intense pain. He continued for several minutes, then he raised his head, and asked, " Ready ta talk."

She spit in his face, but other than she stayed silent. Angel grabbed her right arm, brutally jerked her shoulder from the socket, causing her to shriek again. Angel sneered as he picked up the scalpel again, and to cut around her right eye, " I bet this hurts like a bitch, all ye gotta do is tell me what I want ta know,"

Lilah glared at him, but otherwise remained silent. Angel shrugged as he continued to cut out her eye. She shrieked a load bloodcurdling scream as Angel extracted her right eye, and began on her left. Lilah asked in a quivering voice, " Are y-you going to make me blind?"

Angel lowered the scalpel as he said, " All ye have ta do is tell me what I want to know."

Lilah sighed heavily as she stood with much difficulty, and pain, walked over to her wall safe, and opened it. Then she handed Angel a vial, and a slip of paper as she said, " Throw this potion on her, and recite this incantation. It will bring Paige back, and kill Illyria."

Angel glared at her as he put the objets in his duster pocket, then gathered up his torture implements, and carefully put them back in the bag, zipped it closed, and stuck that in his pocket as well. Then with one last glare at Lilah Cole shimmered them back to the manor.

How did y'all like Angel torturing Lilah. Also tell me what y'aall thought about the cure for Paige