Hey, all! Sorry for the delay into updating this story. Work is such a bitch!

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"Buffy!"

Willow and Cordelia went after their friend to her bedroom.

"Buffy. What happened?"

Willow gathered a sobbing Buffy in her arms, while Cordelia sat on the bed.

"Willow. I feel like I'll die at any minute. I feel like I can't breathe… again. Angel… Angel doesn't want me anymore. He doesn't love me."

"Buffy"

Cordelia could not believe her ears.

"Buffy. What is it? What that damn bastard told you?"

"Cordelia. Angel… was human… He… he… just threw away our chance. He… he… preferred the demon to be with me."

"Oh, Buffy. Do you think this was easy for him?"

"You… you knew."

"Yes. But only what Doyle told me. Angel didn't tell me anything about it. After you left, Angel became more and more brooding. He sometimes yelled at us for no apparent reason… well… we were bickering, but Angel was used to it. I thought it was weird, one day Doyle told me to get a chill because Angel was having a hard time. I told him that the next time you'd go to LA to pest Angel I'd stake you myself. Then, he told me everything. Buffy, Angel... didn't give up everything because he didn't want you. He couldn't fight the Morah and he thought he would be some sort of liability to you. How stupid can my boss be anyway? He didn't stop to think about Giles and Xander, who are just the plain human and still fought by your side… thinking of it… me too. Ooh! I'm going to have a word with Angel when he comes back. Who he thinks I…

"Cordelia!"

"Oh, Sorry! Well, as I was saying Angel panicked when the Morah said you were to die and the Oracles agreed to it. Doyle said Angel told him he was happy to finally have you. He saw you in the sun. He ate food again. He loves you pretty much."

Buffy heard everything, although she could not stop the crying. Suddenly, she cleaned her face and gave a small smile.

"I had these weird dreams. They seemed a lot real to me, but… we were kissing in the sun and we spent the day at bed, eating and laughing. We broke his table…."

"Ewwww… don't need the visual here!"

Willow smiled. She had to do something. These two couldn't go on much more like this. If these Oracles could reverse time like they did, they could help with Angel's soul. Well, he was their warrior after all… could they afford to lose him again?

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"Daddy is there?"

Drusilla and Darla were looking at the Summers's house from the shadows. Darla knew she had to get to Angelus before the spell protecting the body end.

"Yes, Dru. Daddy is there and we are going to get him out… to play."

"I want to play. Miss Edith tells me the nasty one is coming. He will help us. He will take Daddy from the slayer"

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The sound of glass breaking was all they heard. Buffy was the first to run outside her room to see what was happening. The house was full of a white thick fog. She heard coughing around, but couldn't see anything much. Then, she saw something black. A commando? Riley?

Everything went dark.

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"Riley Finn"

Angel sneered while looking at the soldier in front of him. He heard the commotion upstairs and knew the boy was around. He could smell him.

"Yes, Angel. Me"

"Name is Angelus… for you. It is nice to know you personally… I have to say I am impressed you cooked up all of this. I want to thank you for setting me free… show my gratitude before… I eat you."

"Not is going to happen"

Riley shot Angelus with a tranquilizer dart.

"What? Everyone carries a tranquilizer in this damn town now!

He dosed off.

"Graham. Forrest. Take him outside. Professor Walsh will be very pleased we captured the hostile. I'll cover for you."

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With all the commotion, nobody saw two soldiers being attacked outside of the Summer's house. Angelus was laying down still passed out on the yard while Darla and Drusilla drank the blood of the soldiers that were carrying him before. Darla left the body of Forrest and got to Angelus. She caressed his face.

"Hello lover"

"Daddy is home! Daddy is home! The stars are singing. Oh! We have to get my Spike now!"

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"She is waking up"

Buffy heard Willow's voice, but she couldn't open her eyes. It was so heavy. Her head was pounding.

"Buffy. Are you alright?"

"I… my head…"

"Calm down. It seems they injected some sort of tranquilizer in you and it knocked you out for a while. You have a bump in the head"

Buffy finally opened her eyes better to see Giles hovering over her.

"Angel… Angelus?"

"They took him."

"Commandos?"

"Yes. We couldn't do much. They came in full force. We don't know where they took him since their old place was destroyed."

Buffy lift a little from her bed to look at Willow.

"Can you… can you curse him already?"

"I tried, but it seems the spell was cast again"

"We have to find him. He can't be left free. We can't afford more death."

"Shshsh! Buffy. You have to calm down and rest."

"NO! That bitch can send her commandos after me, she can try to kill me… but nobody messes with my boyfriend"

Buffy stopped her outburst when she saw Xander standing in the beginning of the corridor to the stairs with a grave expression on his face.

"Xander?"

"Buffy. I saw the commandos leaving. I could disguise Riley's voice. He was furious. Someone killed Forrest and Graham… and took Angelus"

"Darla."