Title: Dealing With Your Demons
Author: ANGCOR707
Posted: 07-26-2002
Rating: NC17
Email: angelcakes345@yahoo.com
Content:
Summary: A series of plots boiling down to one ultimate climax. This story is an idea I got after reading several stories. I started to draw from the ideas and start to input special little twist. This is also a crossover involving a Scooby Gang. Spike has his soul, but no one knows yet.
Spoilers: 4th Season
Disclaimer: The characters of the Buffy& Angel verses are copyright of Fox Twentieth Century, Monster Enemy and all those other people on top. Lyrics from Sophie B. Hawkins The Darkest Childe.
Distribution: Just tell me first
Notes: This is also added speculation on what’s going on in the fourth season. I heard some real big spoilers, but I won’t add to the rumors. ****- Means dream
Feedback: Do I want feedback? Of course I do it’s the only thing that keeps me writing.
Prologue
Cordelia was sitting at her desk tapping a pencil. It was the only thing of interest to do. Plus it was driving Wesley into an insanity that made her chuckle. She had been thinking about a case they were working on and it was really starting to go to her head.
“ Would you stop that drumming!” Wesley yelled as he slammed a book shut. Cordelia snapped out of her daze long enough to notice everyone was looking at her. She’d been having a lot of those lately.
“ Sorry just a little out of it.” She said sheepishly.
“ You’ve been out of it for a awhile.” Gunn said smartly. Angel gave him a sharp glance.
“ Well it’s just this case. The lady gave these people something generous and instead of being thankful they ask her to do it again.” She said with a slight grimace on her face.
“ You ask me to do that every night.” Angel said with a grin. Cordelia tilted her head a little as if in awe.
“ That’s because I keep waiting for you to get it right.” She shot back. Gunn started to bite his lip in a visible attempt to hold back laughter. Fred all a sudden became very interested in the counter and Wesley just rolled his eyes.
“ And now the lady is dead and for nothing.” Cordelia continued. Everything seemed surprisingly real to her. It had taken awhile for her to remember everyone, and even then she felt herself straining to remember a name.
“ Well I’m paying Wolfram & Hart a visit see what they had to do with it. This case reeks of them.” Angel said as he put on his jacket.
“ Can I come?” Connor asked. Which in Cordelia’s world was new. He usually just went taking no regard to the fact that he was Angel’s son before. He was getting used to it though.
“ Nope.” Angel replied simply.
Cordelia didn’t boter asking. She just grabbed her coat.
“ Ther isn’t by any chance a way for me to tell you to stay with you actually staying is there? He questioned.
“ Nope.”
***
Lilah handed the warlock the money. Sh was expecting Angel any minute. She had a surprised planned for his seer. “ You know what to do?” she questioned one last time. The warlock nodded behind a cloaked head.
“ Good.” I hope this plan works. After Gavin screwed over the last one before it even began she had let him in on it. She smiled slightly as the vampire censors went off. / This is going to be so fun./
Part 1
Cordelia quickly followed Angel into Lilah’s office. All around them the censors were going off maniac style.
“ Hello, Angel.” Lilah said from her desk. She barely looked up from her computer screen. The warlock was sitting down at the couch not really paying them any mind.
“ Hi, now that we’re done with the pleasantries. Who is Sandra Gainer and what is she to Wolfram and Hart.” Angel asked quickly.
“ What makes you think that we have anything to do with this Sandy Garver or what not?” she questioned.
“ She’s dead whoever killed her tried to kill me and my family. So I go and wonder who’s life is so lacking of anything fun as they’d send someone after me. Your name was one the top of the list. Followed by Wolfram and Hart of course.”
“ Well I’m sorry someone wants you dead again, but don’t go blaming me.” Lilah responded. Angel caught her do a motion with her hand. It was so slight he almost missed it.
“ Angel let’s go, the guards are coming. She’s not going to tell us anything unless we get something more concrete.” Cordelia said as she started to drag Angel towards the door. Just before they got to the door the warlock appeared in front of them and blew a black smoke in her face. Cordelia shoved him out of the way.
She started to look pale about half way back to the Hyperion. He grew worried as he sensed her body temperature rising. “ Are you alright?” Angel questioned as he took his eye’s off the road to look at her. She nodded with a meek smile on her face. HE was ashamed at his thought. As her blood seemed to pulsate through her. AS if she was a victim. He’d felt the hunger before when he’d hunt his victims. He could taste her fear. It was on the tip of his tongue. It teased him and his demon.
“ Why are you scared?” he asked trying to escape his thoughts.
“ I’m not scared just tired.” She lied. He liked that she denied. His demon stirred with joy. If she wasn’t scared yet she would be. He could make her afraid. He on some deep level wanted her to fear him. Knew he could make it happen. Wanted her to scream in pain cause of him. That’s the fear he smelled. The same kind of fear he had reveled in before each kill. With each victim.
He shook himself of the though as he pulled into the Hyperion. He couldn’t think like that.
Cordelia felt exhausted. She hadn’t lied about that part, but she had been afraid. She just didn’t know of what. All she knew was that Angel’s presence hadn’t helped. Infact it had made it worst. His hush had made it almost unbearable. She had handled it calmly, or at least put up the bravado. Everything inside her was becoming lack tired as if her system had shut down. She just needed to be in bed. Safe in Angel’s arms. The thought almost made her scream in terror, but she needed to be there.
When they had gotten back Wesley and Gunn had already left. Fred was heading up and Connor was already asleep. It had been late when we left hadn’t it. Yeah it was. They had trudged up to his room and had started to get ready to go to sleep. Angel was already lying in the bed, but she had locked herself away in the bathroom. She needed to think and that was the only place she felt safe. Maybe because he wasn’t there. That creeped her out more than the thought of being near Angel. She left the bathroom and was greeted by the darkness of the room. She could see Angel lying in the bed watching her. It made everything worse. / What’s happening to me?/ She made her way towards the bed and laid down next to him. Allowing him to spoon her. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Angel’s demon stirred. The amount of fear radiating off of Cordelia made him hungry. He needed to taste her. She was calling out to him. Offering herself, and her fear it was almost to much. Sometimes when she as afraid of him it made him back off. It repelled him, but now it was like she was his drug and couldn’t wait for his next fix. His demon façade flickered on and off. He found himself hoping the demon won out. He didn’t try to prevent himself from nuzzling her neck. Inhaling the fragrance of copper tinged liquid. He forced himself to sleep. To get his mind off things, and he drifted.
·******Cordelia didn’t know where she was. But it definitely wasn’t in the present. She ran smack dab into a tall man.
“ Helloe, love. What’s a lady of your stature doing in the likes of the East End. Especially in the time of the Ripper. “
“ I can take care of myself.” She said quickly wanting to get away from this man of whom she didn’t recognize. She started to walk down the small road and turned into the alley. “ Where am I and why does it smell like Boston Harbor?’ she questioned herself. She heard soft whimpering and headed towards it. She came across Angel well a different Angel feeding off a girl.
“ Angel, what are you doing?’ she asked walking forward.
Angelus gave her a devilish grin. “ I’m know Angel, but if you give me sometime I can make sure you meet one.” He said cruelly as he went back to the girl. She started to back away until she hit another body. She turned around quickly to see Angel.
“ Angel we have to stop him He’ll kill her.” She said urgently. Angel gave her a smile too. Not as bad as Angelus’s but enough to make her quiver.
“ We can’t help. It’s already been done, but trust me this one is worthwhile to watch. She’s a screamer. You don’t want to miss this.” He said quickly as he grabbed her arm and twisted it around so she had to watch. ****
Cordelia bolted upright in bed. Her body covered in a cold sweat. She prevented herself from recoiling when Angel pulled her close to comfort her. The force he used reminded her oddly of her dream and her fear was once again remembered. He pulled her close to him and she felt his erection against her back. His hands slid over her body and it calmed her for a little bit. Until she realized what he wanted.
His hands were everywhere at once and she didn’t know what to do. She was so scared to pull away, and it worked against her in two ways. To scared to leave his embrace. To scared to be trapped in it. His hands slipped into her panties and he started to massage her clit. Cordelia couldn’t think. All she knew was that she was glad with the distraction from the fear.
Angel stopped as he realized what he was doing. Not that he wanted to stop. He just knew if it went to far. HE wouldn’t be able to come back. Not with that way hi mind had been working lately he knew he had too. The fear that had topped with his ministrations didn’t come back quickly. As ashamed as he was he wished it would. It was fueling his desire, and he so wished to be able to do the things he imagined. He kissed her neck and let his fang prick the skin a little. Ahhh!!!!there it was. The fear that was fueling his fantasy flooded his senses and he let himself drift back to sleep.
Part 2: Falling Fast
*****“ You know what I want.” Angelus said coldly as he pinned her arms above her head and pushed her against a wall. Cordelia watched as Angelus forcibly removed her shirt.But she was motionless. She saw the far away look in her eyes. AS if she was starring through Angelus rather than at him.
She was watching the situation as if it were a vision, but that couldn’t be it. Angelus grabbed her throat roughly. “ If I’m going to do this you’ll have to be aware. I don’t care whether you want to or not. One last question. Are you a screamer?” Angelus said before entering her hard. She let out a blood curdling scream, but it didn’t stop she was still ther. It wasn’t vanishing like a vision should. She wasn’t waking as if from a dream. She heard a small chuckle and looked towards the corner. There smiling as if nothing was wrong was Angel.
“ Hi, Cordy. You enjoying this. It looks definetly painful, but hey you should already know that it’s happening to you.” Angel said coolly. Damn his vampire speed. HE was behind her in an instant pulling her close to him. She felt the friction caused as their bodies rubbed together. The action chilled and heated her at once.
“ You like this don’t you. You like what I can do to you.” He said as he let his hand go under her shirt. He started to stroke her stomach lightly then with force. She felt a sharp prick and in a few seconds her world went blurry. She no longer saw Angelus raping her. She no longer felt Angel pleasuring her. All she knew was darkness. Nothing. This place she was at was just like her stay in hell. There was nothing, but inside she felt everything.**********
Cordelia bolted upright in bed. Fear spread through her as she initially didn’t recognize where she was. Angel was holding her in an instant. He felt the cool sweat on her skin and knew instantly that she had had a nightmare. She pulled away from him quickly and rushed to the bathroom. He listened as the shower came on. He heard the rustling of the curtain being pulled to the side then back again, but he listened closely and heard the sound he knew was there. She was crying. He felt hurt that she hadn’t told him why.
He felt angry that she hadn’t let him hold her. He had felt her fear all through the evening. He wasn’t even sureif she was aware of it. She’d been afraid like this before. When she had first come back it was unbearable then. She had been afraid of all them, but had been afraid of him the most. She wouldn’t go near him. It had been all her in the beginning, but now it was as if she was slipping away from him.
Cordelia let the hot water run over her body. It was warm. It was different from nothing. She felt the rush of cool air as Angel opened the curtain and entered the shower from behind. The fear was still there. It wasn’t the same as before. In fact she was filled with an odd sense of alm. As Angel gave her a huge grin. “ Hey.” She said coyly.
“ Hey, what’s wrong? You left in a hurry didn’t even explain why.” He asked blatantly.
“ I just had a bad dream. Needded to think it through. “ she replied. Angel pulled her towards him and nuzzled her neck. He needed to be in her so bad it hurt him. He didn’t want to mess with with foreplay. HE just wanted it done.
“ Want me to make it better?’ he asked as she arched against him. He heard a soft moan and took it as a yes. He started to trail kisses down her collarbone. Moving his tongue out to tease her flesh and to tease himself. He would do foreplay. He’d make her feel safe. Then he’d go for the kill. He let his tongue slide over her navel as he made his way down to her curls.
.. ~~Lost lover shameless girl
Bury me in your sultry curls
I'm in the wilderness alone
Let me kiss you until the dawn
Let me put your wilde things on
I've been howling in the fog so long~~
Angel started to kiss and nibble at the pink flesh of her heat. Her arousal was almost overpowering. Her blood was practically screaming out to him. He darted his tongue in and out of her. He felt her climax coming.
Cordelia was about o explode. The things his tongue was doing. He pause for a few seconds after darting it in and lick around her walls. She felt a sharp prick as he bit her slightly. That was her end. All the fear and safety were forgotten as she rode her orgasm back down to earth. HE took the same trail up her body his tongue until he was kissing her deeply. Letting his fangs catch trails of blood as he scratched her tongue. When he pulled away his human fatures were back and he was pushing her against the tile. He hefted her leeg slowly and buried himself inside her warmth. He started to thrust against her as she met each one.. Her fear and his passion the only thing fueling his need.
HE read the expression in her eyes. The shock that he had actually tasted her blood was in her eyes, but further down he could see her desire and fear burning as one. His thrust became more violent and as he stared into her eyes. He wanted her to bring it forward to lose control. To allow him to lose it. To taste her. He was reeling and his mind didn’t care. The soul didn’t care and his demon was waiting. He moved his head for her neck and gave it a soft nibble with his blunt teeth. She exploded against him. Her growls and screams singing to him.
HE continued to thrust he didn’t wait couldn’t wait. Her hands were clutching at his back. Rubbing it gently as she came down. She was kissing his neck tenderly as he continued. / She’s mocking you? His demon taunted. IT only made him calm down, and gain control of his thrust.. She bit him gently, but that’s all it took to for him to climax. The intensity of the climax threw him. It was so strong so primal. He wanted it again.
Cordelia kissed his lips as he brought her down. He gave her a chiller smile. “ You like this don’t you. You like what I can do to you.” He said as he started to kiss down her body once again. The fear was back and she had the strangest feeling that he liked it.
Part 3: Trip into the Past
Cordelia watched as Angel downed his fourth glass of blood that morning. It was the most he’d ever drank in one day. Even though for the past week his blood consumption was up by considerable amounts. It had been just a week, but every time Cordelia got close to Angel she had mixed emotions. Not like when they had first gotten together, but stronger. He made her feel like no matter what she was safe with him, but at the same time that she should fear him.
She’d catch him watching her from across the room. Not a protective gaze, not even a possessive gaze. It was primal almost implacable. It made her feel like she was being hunted. Like she was being tracked. He’d also become a bit more violent. Not as much physically as it was verbally. The other day when she had greeted Wesley with a hug he had been there and said something particularly harsh about how if Wesley wanted to keep his hands he’d better not touch her. He’d laughed it off as a joke, but it didn’t seem that way.
‘ Cordy do you love me?” Angel asked as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
“ Of course I do. More than I thought it possible to love someone. “ I replied as I leaned back into him.
“ Then why’d you choose Groo?” he asked harshly. His hold on my waist becoming tighter as he started to tease my heat.
That dumb ass knew what that did to me.
“ He couldn’t make you feel this way. Could he? Not like I do. Do you love me?” he asked again. I let out silky “Yes.” He let out a predatory growl.
“ Does that mean you love all of me. All I have to offer.”
His caresses had turned rough. The pain and the pleasure from it was almost to strong. She nodded her head not trusting her self to speak audibly.
Angel’s game face flickered on and he sunk his fangs into her décolletage. Her body jerked closer to his as she came violently. The pleasure and the pain coming down in waves, bu he wasn’t stopping and the pain and the pleasure was slowly becoming nothing. She slipped into the state of nothing again.
“ Sunnydale!” Cordelia screamed before slipping into the obscurity that her reverie was taking her. Angel was at her desk in an instant. Trying to shake her back into consciousness, but her eyes were empty and sullen almost inert.
“ Cordelia, you’ve got to comeback to me. Please say something. You can’t do this again. You can’t just slip like this. I won’t let you.” Angel said as he shook her.
“ You’re going to hurt her if you keep shaking her.” Fred said as she tried to pull Cordelia away from him. Cordelia’s eyes blinked a few times as she recoiled away from both of them.
“ Cordy, are you okay?” Angel asked pulling her to him. She was cold. Her body didn’t even feel alive. The fear that had heated their every encounter was going helter skelter. Now it was the source of his anger and his arousal. He used it anytime he could. His mind filling with images that he could only dream of .
For now. His demon told him.
His body was for aching her and repelling her at the same time. He didn’t care to figure out why.
***
“ “ Is it working?” Lilah questioned as she put a hand up to shush Gavin as he entered her office.
“ Yes tit is working. They will be heading to the mouth of hell. Angelus will rise and you will owe quit a bit of money if I do as you ask.. Stealing a person’s soul is no easy task.” The warlock said as he sat in his dimly lit room. the only light shining from the candles that lined the walls..
“ But you can. So do it. No money until we get a word.” She said hanging up the phone to block response. Gavin gave her a questioning glance.
“ What do you want?” she asked harshly.
“ To tell you we may have problem with this operation.” Gavin responded.
“ That would be?”
“ A certain William ‘the bloody’ aka Spike another of Angelus’s camaraderie. Sired by Drusilla.”
“ What’s the problem there?”
“ IT would seem that he has his soul too.” Gavin replied.
Wesley and Connor watched from the backseat as the tension fueled the air between Angel and Cordelia. Not anger, no definitely not that, but something was wrong. Gunn, Fred and Lorne ( for what ever odd reason) were following in Gunn’s truck.
“ What exactly did you see in your vision?’ Angel asked again. The words were filled with something Connor couldn’t place and what Wesley was sure of as amusement. As if enough goading would get out whatever had sent Cordelia into a great state of distress.
“ I don’t remember. I just know the trouble is in Sunnydale. I don’t know exactly when or even where, but the Scoobies are in trouble.” She said flatly like she couldn’t muster up enough courage to care.
Wesley would have to check with Giles maybe he knew a spell. HE wasn’t liking the idea that they hadn’t told anyone they were coming. They had rented a few rooms at the Sunnydale motel before they had started down to Buffy’s. Almost made it like sneaking around. He also didn’t like that every look Angel sent him was murderous and rage filled. Not that he could change that. What he had done was wrong. And he knew he could never truly be forgiven. Hell he’d never truly forgive himself, but he wasn’t wallowing in the guilt. His time at Wolfram and Hart taught him that was useless.
Connor looked at his father and knew something was weird. He wasn’t giving Cordelia those smiles he reserved for her when she was most down. The one he thought no one else caught. Most of the looks he reserved for her now had hidden meaning. He couldn’t tell of what. He snapped out of his haze when his father pulled onto the curb in front of a nice little house. It brought on memories of Holtz’s promises. HE didn’t tell anyone, but he missed him. He’d
always be apart of him. He held hate towards him to. He had taken him away from his family and feed him hatred. He couldn’t forgive that.
Buffy was sitting on the couch watching a movie with Dawn when she felt the familiar prickle on her neck. Well now familiar cause of Spike and Angel she had to admit to herself, but it couldn’t be Spike he was warming himself a cup of blood in the kitchen. She had kept her promise to herself. Her and Spike were just friends. That’s how it’d remain.
She nearly slapped herself when she jumped at the knock on the door. Spike got there before she could and she heard him mutter something completely blasphemous before slamming the door.
“ Who was that?’ she asked as she started to open the door. She got her answer as she saaw Angel a very different looking Cordelia, Wesley and other people she didn’t know at the door.
“ Hi, can you let me in?” Angel said with a wry smile.
Part 4: Harsh Words
“ So you’re saying you had a vision of us in danger, but you can’t remember because it was just a flash shot of us?” Buffy asked. After they had come in she had sent Dawn to her room, and had called Willow downstairs. Now they were all sitting in the living room. Buffy watched as Cordelia nodded. She saw that her eyes looked empty of any amusement. So she decided to believe her.
“ Since we have nothing else to go on we figured we should come down until the big nasty clears.” Gunn said, but Buffy didn’t pay attention to that. She watched as Cordelia’s eyes glazed over and how her body stopped it slow rock as if witnessing something. Her body went slack and she slipped onto the floor. With a quickness Buffy didn’t know was possible Buffy watched as Angel pulled Cordelia into his arms. Cordelia shot up and there was a loud pop noise as there heads connected.
“ Damn it.” Cordelia said as she put her hand to her forehead. “ Why do you always do that?” she asked harshly.
“ Do what?” Angel asked as she maneuvered out of his grip. Whoa! Buffy felt like she had just stepped into very bad play. Where you didn’t know what was going on.
“ That. That hovering thing that you do. You may not need to breathe, but that’s a luxury I like.” Cordelia spat.
“ What the hell is wrong with you. A few minutes ago you’re all silent and stand offish. You have a vision which by the way aren’t supposed to hurt, and you turn into bitch,”
“ I knew it. I knew it. I knew you thought I was bitch !”
Buffy didn’t know how the minuet little argument had turned into a full blownspat.
***
Spike watched the argument progress. He had to restrain himself a few times as he saw Angel’s eyes flicker yellow every once in a while. He could smell them all over each other. So this is Angelus’s new chit. She’s hot enough, but something’s off. She’s afraid. Her emotions are so mixed up it’s almost to hard to sense anyone’s emotions. What’s with Jungle boy junior? Spike wondered as he looked at Connor. There’s a story that remains to be told.
“ What’s wrong?” Angel asked as he calmed himself down. She wasn’t supposed to be his. She was his. Only his. He was angry now. She was looking at him with shifty eyes. AS if searching for a close exit. She won’t escape me! She’s mine. She belongs to me…Stop it. Don’t think like that. ‘ You need to think like that. You need to keep her yours. She belongs to you. She made that decision on her own. She choose wher she is now.’ He’s not mine. She’s not mine. I don’t own her. But his demon laughed at him with a cruelty that filled him.
“Don’t do that. Do get angry then try and soften yourself.” Cordelia yelled again. The images she had seen had thrown her enough. She didn’t know whether this was her imagination or if it was real. She just knew that right now she needed to protect herself. “ Because you can’t just soften up. You’re a monster. You’re evl!” the room fell silent after that. Everyone stood waiting for Angel’s reaction.
Angel made a step towards her and she stepped back. HE made another step towards her. More predatory, it was immediately recognized as that by Gunn, Buffy, Spike, and Connor who all made steps towards the vampire. “ You think I’m a monster, I’ll show you a monster.” Angel said lunging towards Cordelia who easily dodged him as Buffy and Spike held him back.
“ Fuck you!” Cordelia yelled as she raced towards the door. Angel gave a devilish smirk that sent chills running down Buffy’s spine.
“ You’d like to fuck me wouldn’t you?” he stated more than asked, but no response came. Cordelia was already gone and Angel snapped back to the reality. His memory was in a blur about what had happened. Everything came back in a strong current as he broke free of Spike and Buffy’s grip. He raced towards the door and shouted, “ Cordelia!” but she was already gone.
Cordelia’s mind snapped her out of the daze about five minutes later. She turned around to see no one was chasing her. What had that been. She knew that she had been within some sort of day dream, but her mind kept going from that to reality to fast for her to cry out, but quickly enough so she knew what was going on.
“ What the hell did I just do?” se asked herself as she ran her fingers through her russet hair. She couldn’t go back there, but she couldn’t exactly leave. She started to walk towards Sunnydale High. She’d go there, to the halls of her high-school nightmare.
Part 5: Awaken
Wesley opened the door to his room to see a very jumpy looking Angel. “ I need your help.” Angel said quickly as he entered the room.
“ Good morning to you too. How did you sleep? I slept very well thank you Wes, and You? Very fine indeed. You said you needed to talk.”: Wesley said filling in the blanks of the conversation. Wesley decided to put on his shirt. /Infact that new turtleneck would be great/ he thought as he realized Angel’s gaze was on his neck. “ So you needed to talk.”
“ Yeah, lately I’ve been feeling evil. Angelus evil.” Angel said plainly as if nothing was wrong with it.
“ To many boughts of perfect happiness I assume.” Wesley joked. Angel and Cordelia never seemed to be apart from each other if nudity was involved.
“ No, I mean the other day when you hugged Cordelia I literally wanted you dead and wanted to be the one to do it.” This ca
“ Oh.” he replied silently caught Wesley’s attention.
“ Have you been doing anything that would cause this to happen?” Wesley questioned.
“ You think I’ve been going around trying to set Angelus free. It’s not even supposed to happen. Worse of all I’ve been having all kinds of weird things with Cordelia.”
“ I’m sorry I didn’t’ mean to. what kind of weird things with Cordelia?” Wesley questioned.
Wesley almost shivered at the gleam that became apparent in Angel’s eyes. / I don’t really want to hear what I’m about to hear do I//
“ All kinds of things. Lately she’s had fear radiating of of her when she enters a room I’m in.”
“ This is good or bad?”
“ Good,” Angel answered without hesitation. “ When she’s near me I almost can’t restrain from taking hr in everyway possible. When we make love it’s sort of been this constant need to keep her afraid. It makes me work harder. I don’t have much control, but I always manage to stop myself before I bite her. “
He’s smiling. The loon is smiling about the fact that he wants Cordelia afraid of him.
“ I get off on it. She didn’t come back last night so I took a pair of her panties and let my brain carry me. I almost wish I could make it real. Her blood always taste great in my fantasies. Which have been all that’s in my head for awhile now.”
“ I don’t know what to say, but we could probably get the Sunnydale Gang to help us research it. It may be some kind of spell. If you’d like we don’t have to tell them the specifics just the greater scale of things.” Wesley offered. Angel gave him sadistic smirk.
“ It’s okay they’ll have to find out eventually. I’m not staying here for God knows how long without getting some and I plan on it to be with Cordelia. One more thing. Sometimes when we mess around. It almost feels as if I rape her. It makes it more fun makes her climax so much more intense. By the look on your face you seem to think I’m crazy, but I’m not so don’t worry. I won’t jump off the deep end,” Angel finished as he got up to leave. He was out the door and headed towards the sewer access in an instant.
“ You sure you’re not already off the deep end?” Wesley questioned agitatedly..
***
Everyone was spread out in the Magic Box.
“ So you tell us we need to research something that affects Angel and his sanity and soul. Yet you say you don’t know where to start.?” Xander questioned as he drank from his cup of coffee.
“ Yes, ys, and sort of. What we basically want to find are basic spells having to do with tainting the soul.” Wesley said as he plucked a donut from the box.
Connor decided he didn’t like Xander. HE had called him something of the sort of ‘ Conan Jr.’ He didn’t like what was going on. These Hellmouth people didn’t seem to care about anyone besides his Father. Except for the Dawn girl who had been nice to Cordelia and Fred all morning. Connor could sense admiration. He liked Dawn. A lot.
Now would be the time to ask for information. “ Why would your soul be endangered? It’s not like you’ve been having sex.” Buffy questioned. Buffy could’ve sworn all the LA crew had shifted uncomfortably as one. Except Angel who just shrugged carelessly.
“ Have you been sleeping with someone?” Buffy asked harshly. They weren’t together anymore and she didn’t want to relight an old flame, but she was still jealous.
“ Yeah.” Angel replied a little more sheepishly.
“ This person would be?”
“ Cordy.” Angel replied simply. His voice was back to careless jackass mode.
Wesley spit out some of his donut as Xander choked on his coffee. Cordelia didn’t even seem to here. Which Buffy couldn’t decide was a good or bad thing. The way Angel had spoken ha made Cordelia out to be his fuck buddy or something. Not what was obviously there.
“ Oh.” She replied silently. “ Oh well I guess we have Cordy to blame for all of this.”
Cordelia didn’t respond. She just kept on shaking her head no. Tears were falling from her face. Buffy chose to ignore it. Even though it freaked her out that Cordelia’s eyes were on Angel only.
“ No we don’t, For one thing Angel Cordy have been going at it for months now and if this is due to the sex I’m guessing Angel is having performance issues.” Gunn joked. Xander and Spike both laughed at the joke, but Angel let out a gaze so harsh it shut everyone else up.
“ Let’s just research please. It’s no doubt that if we want to help Angel we have to figure things out first.” Wesley said as Fred helped him hand out a few volumes. “ Just look for specific spells pertaining to tainting the soul, or taking it away.”
***
They had been researching for a few hours. Well if you asked Spike ‘they had been researching for a few hours. The cheerleader had been starring at Angel as if she was scared but fascinated at the same time. While Angel has been stealing small blood chilling smirks in her direction.
She’s either crazy or going there. Spike thought. Sometimes she’ll totally go out other’s it’s just half and half. Same with the poof. Maybe there I something more to this.
“ Have you been drinking her blood?” Spike asked patiently. Angel gave him a hard glare.
“ That’s none of your business. For your information no.”
“ Doesn’t seem like that to me. You check out every part of her body that you could get blood from any chance you get. Maybe that’s why she’s afraid. Maybe you’re already Angelus and you are forcing her into submission.” Spike said again with more finesse.
Before Angel could say anything Cordelia shot out of her chair like she had just been shot and hit the door to the shop hard. “ Don’t you see it? He’s coming for us, but we can’t even run. We’re trapped.” She said in a voice so chilling it sent shivers through Spike’s body.
Angel was at Cordelia’s side in an instant holding her close to him. “ Who’s coming, Cor? Tell me who’s coming?” he questioned.
She looked into his eyes a darkness marring her features. “ Why you silly? Angelus.”
Lilah watched from the side as the warlock started to finish the spell. “ This s going to get me to the top.” She whispered to herself.
“ What about Spike?” he asked.
“ Like I care about Spike. He’s not important. A casualty at best. Now shut up it’s nearly finished.”
Cordelia started to glow a pale white and Angel was shot clear across the room.
“ What the hell was that?” Xander yelled.
“ Yeah, and why can’t I do it?” Anya questioned.
But Cordelia didn’t answer the questions she walked over to Angel crumpled form. Spike didn’t even have time to register as Angel’s arm shot up and shifted Cordelia with a soft grace so her back was against his chest.
“ Cordy, Cordy you can’t even listen to your own warning. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. I’m going to have to punish you.” Angelus said sadistically.
“ Oh in the name of all senseless and wrong happenings. He’s back.” Buffy said as she realized that Angelus was n the way of her and the weapons.
“ Yeah, baby I’m back, and this time it ain’t no vacation.”
“ You mean isn’t a vacation. Not ain’t no.” Fred corrected.
Part 6: To much talking
“ Fred this really isn’t the time to correct anyone.” Gunn said as hepulled her away from Angelus.
“ Yeah Fred listen to, Gunn.” Wesley said.
“ Come on Fred don’t you remember I’m not a monster.” Angelus said sweetly.
“ I’m crazy. I’m not stupid.” She replied.
“ IS it anyone else or did that just come out wrong?” Xander asked as he raised his hand slightly.
Cordelia seemed to snap out of what ever haze she had been in. “ As much as being your new object of obsession doesn’t sound like fun I’ve gotta go.” Cordelia said before biting hard on Angelus’s arm. Angelus let go quickly and she broke away.
“ Aren’t you the feisty the one? You know that only made me want you more.” He grinned. Spike had the weirdest feeling. Cordelia seemed surprisingly not afraid of Angelus as if her brain had been fried.[I} /She’s scared of the Poof, but all of a sudden develops backbone when he’s evil. She’s crazy/[/I]
“ You’re not afraid.” Angelus quipped. “ I’ve been walking around with Soul Guard for the past week and all you ever do is make me hard with fear. Now that I can Actually take advantage you’re not afraid.”
Cordelia gave him a slight shrug.
“ You’re a victim. You’re supposed to be afraid.”
“ You’re a villain and you’re supposed to be killing yet I’m still alive.” Cordelia said smartly.
“ Don’t worry you’ll be afraid.” Angelus said and with that he left out the back and through the sewers..
“ Well that was new.” Willow said darkly.
“ Yeah if new is some odd sense of déjà vu.” Xander replied.
***
Cordelia didn’t no how she had done it. Of course she had been afraid. It was Angelus. She had hidden it well though. She could still sense Angel’s soul as if he was in limbo. She just needed to find out and she knew just who to ask.
*** “ Lorne can you read me?” she questioned as she entered his motel room.
Lilah looked at the set of clothes she had on her desk, and turned back towards the warlock. “ Finish it.” She said.
The warlock started to chant in some ancient language and a large blue-purple portal opened in the middle of her office, and a figue fell through. The portal closed and the warlock finished.
“ Tie him up and fix him. We need Angelus ready to kidnap the seer.” She said tossing a few assistants the clothes. “ Make sure you cut the hair just right. We want this to work.”
To guards walked over to Angelus’s prone and limp form and picked him up.
“ This is were the plan takes a turn for the worse.” Gavin said.
“ That’s the point.”
***
“ So what do you see?” Cordelia asked as she finished singing.
“Someone who should never sing again, Princess. Other than that your soul seems just fine. We should get back to the Magic Box though. Need to reconvine on the bad ass who’s ass shines in leather.” Lorne said standing up.
“ I’ll be right there. I have to go change or something. Maybe take a nap.” She replied.
Angelus waited in the shadows of the room. He was going to have her. He needed to. She would call it obsession, but it went beyond that. / There she is./ he thought as she entered the room. Her hair was darker. He noted as she it waved over her face when she closed the door.
***
Cordelia ignored the feeling of eyes on her as she slipped off her jacket. / Shower that’s what I’ll do…. Yeah then I’ll fall victim to a Psycho or Hollow Man killing or worse yet raping/
She headed for the bathroom and slipped out of her shirt. She finished getting undressed and started the shower. / I hate motel pressure. I never get the clean feeling./ She stepped in and was glad she had left her soap and shampoos in the shower. She let the heat waash over her and was soon feeling very bored. / I could go for one of those blooding screaming hallucinations right now.. At least there there’s sex./ That’s when one came.
Angelus maneuvered himself out of eye sight so he could watch her. Massage her body get off on the simple pleasure of sensing her fear and heer arousal as she started to stroke her own heat. / If only I knew what she was thinking about./
Cordelia felt the cool condensation of the tiles as Angelus pushed her against the wall. He felt so deep within her, but she wanted him to be deeper. She wanted to be his. She clung to him pushing him deeper and deeper.. She bit him on his shoulder. Not hard, but enough to break skin. He pulled her into a kiss. His game face was still on, and his fangs formed tiny cuts into her tongue.
But the taste of her blood on her own tongue made her hotter, and seemed to make him work hardier.
Angelus stroked his member roughly as he heard her moans and could nearly taste her heat. / To take advantage or not to take advantage.? Not yet./
Angelus moved his hand in between them and started to tease her clit. She broke away from him and threw her head back. The water was so hot. Too hot. It felt like being born and dieing at the same time, or at least what Cordelia thought dieing felt like.
***
Angelus opened his eyes and looked around the room. This definitely wasn’t 1890. The room he was in didn’t resemble anything he was familiar with, and his clothes were well not his clothes.
“ Hello, there Angelus. Nice to see you’ve finally waken up.” Lilah said from the doorway.
“ What the fuck do you want?’ he asked harshly.
“ To welcome you to the 21st century.” She replied.
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