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Disclaimer: Joss owns all. Summary: Willow is trapped with Angelus but is it Angelus?
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Spoilers: None of the third season happened and Angel never got his soul back. So he is still Angelus.
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Willow rolled over and groaned.
< What in the heck happened to me? I feel like I went 5 rounds with Buffy>, She thought as she sat up slowly.
She opened her eyes blinking them slowly. She fully expected to see her stuffed animals, computer, dresser, and her bedroom. Instead she saw a huge wooded archway, Persian rugs, velvet chairs, a house she had never seen before.
Willow sat up slowly, thinking. <Ok this isn't so bad I mean… ok who am I kidding. It's horrible, Rosenburg. You're in a house that you have never seenbefore; you have no idea where you are or who put you here, and you're alone.>
She looked at the couch across from her and made a loud "eep" when she saw Angelus lying there unconscious.
<Ok maybe not so alone. I need a stake before he wakes up. Need a stake, Need a stake, Need a stake, Need a stake, Need a stake, Need a stake…> she chanted over and over again to herself. Coming up empty handed, and finding none of the doors that lead out side opened, she sat down to think of another plan.
Then she heard it. A low growl from the vampire as he came to. <Oh no.> was Willow's only thought as she got up to hide somewhere in the house that was as far from the vampire as she could get.
End Prolgue
Angel rolled over and groaned. Sitting up, he glanced around taking in his surroundings. He was in a house he had never seen before. From what he could tell, there were no windows. At least not in the room he was in. His vampire sense told him it was night. He sat there trying to figure out what happened.
He left his sense extended, seeing if he could find anyone else in the house. Then he smelled her. Getting up he crossed to the couch directly across from him and smelled the air. < Yeah,> he thought to himself, < It's Willow. But where is she now. And where is here?> Sitting down on the couch Willow had occupied at some point, Angel began to think about everything. He realized that he didn't remember the last couple of months and that the demon seemed more subdued.
He wasn't fighting it for control anymore. < What's going on? What happened? Why can't I remem…> his thoughts were cut short because he did remember. " Nooooooooo!!!!!" His scream echoed threw the house. On the flight of stairs that seemed to lead to the hundredth floor of the house Willow stopped suddenly. <What's going on?>
Curiosity got the better of her and she started down the steps toward the bottom floor. At the top of the flight of stairs that lead to the ground floor she stopped again. < I can run up and live until he finds me, or I can see what's going on and then die.> Starting down the steps she thought < You know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat. Of course I never took it in such a literal sense before.> She gasped slightly at what she saw when she reentered the room she had woken up in.
There was Angelus lying on the couch she had woken up on. He was curled in the fetal position, bloody tear tracks on running down his face. Angelus looked up at her and she expected him to be "grrr" but he was in his human face.
" Willow?" He asked in a small voice. Looking deep into his eyes Willow felt she could see his soul. < his soul? Vampires don't have souls. Wait…> Angel she asked in disbelief.
" Willow, I am so sorry." He told her before more bloody tears started rolling down his face. Willow crossed the room sitting by his head she petted his head. Angel moved his body toward his, placing his head on her knees. Finally, after about 20 minutes Willow had a vampire asleep in her lap.
End Part 1
Willow stared sightlessly at the wall across the room and tried to make sense of their situation. She remembered leaving the library early to get home before sunset. A car had pulled up alongside the sidewalk, and a man had stepped out to ask directions to--somewhere. The memory was still hazy, and it was the last thing she remembered before waking up here, wherever here was, with Angelus, who was no longer Angelus.
Willow looked down as Angel stirred against her lap. Brown eyes met green, and he pushed himself up off her and moved to the opposite end of the couch.
"Angel?" Willow asked.
"I'm sorry," he spoke softly. "I'm sorry I...Oh, hell, you must hate me."
The little redhead smiled, "I could never hate you."
"But after what I--" he moved off the couch and turned away from her.
"Angel, it doesn't matter," she told him.
"Of course it matters! Buffy, Giles, you, all of it matters!"
She went to him and laid a hand on his arm, entreating him to look at her.
"Then, why didn't you make it stop?" she asked.
His tortured eyes looked down at her, "I couldn't, Willow. It wasn't me--"
"Exactly," she nodded. "It wasn't you. I don't hate you. Now, Angelus--there's definitely a hate-hate relationship there--but never you."
He shook his head and touched her cheek with an unsteady hand, "Do you know how incredible you are?"
"No, but you can tell me later," she grinned. "First, I'd really like to get out of here."
Angel's eyes swept the room, "Where are we?"
"I have no idea," she answered. "But there's a stairway through that door. Maybe it's a way out."
"It's worth a try," he agreed.
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"No one's seen her all day?" Giles asked.
"She never went home last night. I called her house, and her mom said it was nice that she spent the night at my house! And there's something else that's bothering me even more," Buffy told him.
"I hesitate to ask."
"Angelus is missing, too. He hasn't been out on the streets maiming and torturing for two nights," she said.
A chill ran down the watcher's spine, "Of course, that could just be coincidence."
"Giles, my best friend is missing, and Angelus is nowhere to be seen. That can't be a coincidence," she argued. "We have to find Willow, fast. I'm going to track down Spike."
"Buffy, I don't think that's wise," Giles cautioned her.
"He may know something. I'll rip it out of his throat if I have to, but I am going to find Willow!"
"All right," he nodded. "But I want you back here in two hours, understood?"
"Two hours," she agreed.
End Part 2
Angel pounded, pushed, hit, kicked, and even tired pull the door off its hinges, but it wasn't moving.
" Sorry, Will. It's not budging." Looking at Angel, Willow could tell he was blaming himself for this to.
"THAT'S IT," She yelled at the startled vampire. She advanced on a very surprised Angel. " Next time you apologize for something you didn't" Angel's back hit the wall and Willow stood there hands on her overall clad hips. "
Next time you look guilty or I even THINK you look guilty I'm going to…well I'm gonna… I am going to smack you upside your pretty little head! DO. YOU. Understand. Me.? She poked him in the chest with each word of her last sentence.
" Ok" Angel hung his head. His first thought was < She thinks my head is pretty? > Shaking himself out of it he muttered "Yes, Willow." Remembering her threat he lifted his head and smiled at the small redhead who had just backed him, a 243-year-old vampire, into a corner.
"Good" Willow smiled. " Okay! You go left; I'll go right. Let's see what we can find!" Angel raised this hand in mock salute and went in his appointed direction.
End
Part 3
Willow wandered around, looking into doors and opening any drawers she happened to see. She noticed 2 things, though. Any doors that lead to the outside were locked and all the windows had been bricked up from the outside.
Willow walked to a large kitchen. There was what looked liked 2 huge walk in pantries and 2 refrigerators about the same size. She opened one of the pantries and was surprised to find it fully stocked. < That can't be good. > She thought. She walked over to open one of the refrigerators; it was full of blood bags. <Ewww. > She thought to herself, then yelled "ANGEL!" Angel came running in a minute later.
" I think someone was expecting us."
" What?" Angel asked. She opened the door wider so he could see inside. Willow thought she saw his game face flicker but it happened so fast she couldn't really tell. He pushed past her and shut the door to the fridge. He opened the other fridge out of some sense of sick need to know. Instead of blood there was an assortment of soda and other food for humans that had to be kept cold.
" That's a lot of food." He told Willow.
" Oh! Coke." Angel watched as she grabbed a red can out of the fridge, opened it, and took a drink.
" Yeah it is" She agreed.
" Enough for a couple of months at least." Angel analyzed.
" Months?" Willow squeaked. " I don't want to be here for months." She told him.
" What am I bad company?" Angel looked ashamed. Willow walked over to him. She smiled at him tenderly before reaching up and smacking the back of his head, lightly.
" Hey!" Angel steeped back in surprise. He never thought she would hit him.
" NO brooding!" She emphasized the word "no".
" Ok, ok." Angel took her hand. " Come on! Let's explore." They walked out of the kitchen hand in hand.
End Part 4
"Giles." Buffy's voice thundered threw the libray as the wooden door's swung shut behind her. She got no response. " GILES!!!!" She screamed. She found Giles stareing in what appeared to be shock at the old rotary phone in his office.
d shot up and he appeared as if he had just woken up. He looked at her in confusion for a minute before he cleared his throat and stood.
" Yes, Buffy, what can I do for you?"
What's wrong with you?" Buffy asked suspiciously
" Not..Nothing. I …um…the council phoned me, seems there a new problem coming our way. That's all I know right now."
" Oh well, we have more important things to deal with at the moment. Angelus is not only gone, he was taken. This Vamp I got some info from told me that these guys came into the mansion during the day and took him."
" Oh dear, oh dear."
It was later that evening and after several hours of searching the house and finding nothing Willow and Angel were sitting on the couch that Willow had woke up on, their positions reversed. Willow now had her head in Angel lap as they watched Dawson's Creek. Angel was trying to figure out what was so funny as Willow laughed hysterically at some a boy named Pacey had said. She finally stopped laughing and looked up at Angel. The look on his face sent her into fits of laughter again.
" What?" He demanded. He got no response. "What?" he asked again. She kept laughing. " You want to laugh at me I'll give you something to laugh about."
He muttered, then started tickling her mercilessly.
End Part 5
"Stop," Willow gasped.
"Are you going to laugh at me?" Angel asked in a silky, dark voice. Willow, at hearing his tone, tensed. Angel felt her tense up and once again assaulted her rib cage with his fingers.
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"Why should I care that Angelus is missing? Why should you? I should think you'd be glad to be rid of him," Spike said to Buffy.
"I don't like not knowing who took him or where he is. And Willow's missing, too," she snapped.
"You think they took the little witch, too? Maybe they want Angelus to develop a taste for redheads."
"This isn't funny," she hissed. "Look, do you really like the idea of these guys skulking around, carting people off? Maybe they'll decide one vampire isn't enough. Maybe they'll decide they need another. Maybe they'll decide they need _you._," she said.
"Okay, I don't like not knowing who's taken him or why," Spike admitted.
"So, you'll help me?" she asked.
"You'll owe me, slayer," he cautioned her. "And I'll collect."
"Fine, whatever. Help now, threaten later," she answered impatiently.
"So, the little redheads gone too?" Spike asked conversationally. The slayer placed her hands on her hips.
"Look, Spike, I am so not in the mood to listen to you talk about how Willow is missing." She glared at him for effect. "Come on, we need to get to Giles." Buffy started for the school, never looking back.
" Damn, but she's beautiful." Spike muttered to himself, then ran to catch up with her.
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Willow had finally managed to escape Angel, but now he was chasing her. She had just run up 6 flights of stairs and locked herself in the house's attic.
< Smart, Will. Now you have nowhere to go. > She thought. Willow wandered around the attic opening box after box. All of them held books with the watchers symbol on them. < The watchers symbol? What the…? I'll have to look at them. > She opened another box and squealed in joy. It was her laptop.
Angel mistook her happy sound for one of pain, and all the sudden the attic door came crashing in. Willow jumped and whirled to face Angel, in full game face. After looking around and not finding an immediate threat, Angel charged Willow pulling her into his arms. Willow ran her hands up and down his back saying soft words. Angel pulled back to look at her and Willow's eyes fell shut as Angel pressed his lips to hers.
End Part 6
Willow pulled away from Angel after a few seconds. She looked at him and saw that he was no longer vamped out. Willow waited for him to say something, but all he did was look at her.
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"Giles!" Buffy half screamed, half shouted as she pushed open the heavy wood doors to the library. Spike followed close behind her, too close for Buffy's comfort.
" Buffy
I am not deaf. There is no reason to be so loud." Giles told her in exasperation
as he walked out of the stacks his nose in a book. " Now, what is the matt…."
Giles stopped talking as he looked up to find his slayer standing in front
of Spike.
" Hello, mate." Was all Spike said.
" Would you excuse us for a minute." Giles asked Spike in a polite tone that surprised all 3 of them, as he pulled Buffy aside. Once they were in his office and Giles had shut the door he turned on Buffy.
" WHAT
IN THE BLOODLY HELL IS HE DOING IN MY LIBRARY???" Giles shouted.
Buffy
placed her hands on her hips.
" Giles if you were going to yell, why'd we come in here? Hello? He's a vampire! He can hear every word you say from out there!" Buffy told him in a quiet voice.
" Oh, yes, quite. I'm sorry I am did not mean to explode. But what is Spike doing here?"
" Well……"
End Part 7
After several seconds of staring at one another Willow got her bearings and did the only thing that occurred to her at the moment she kissed him again. Angel pulled her tightly against and only released her lips when she needed air. As Angel trailed kisses down her neck, Willow wrapped her arms around his waist. Moving her head to one side to give Angel access to her neck she noticed again what had made her so happy that he screamed. She tried to pull away, but Angel held fast.
"Angel."
" Hummm" came the hummed response.
" You have to let go now."
" Nu-uh" was all she got as he continued to kiss her neck.
"Angel let go of me right this minute!" Angel pulled back to look at her."
" What?" he asked in exasperation. She pointed at her laptop. He glanced at it. " So, it's a laptop." He caught on! " A LAP TOP" that means…."
" It means," She said, " that if this house has any phone jacks I can talk to anyone in the world. Including Giles."
" So that means were saved?" he asked.
" You sound disappointed." She observed.
" It's just that, well I was kind of liking the idea of being stuck alone with you where no one can get us." His smiled at her. " Plus things just got good." He smile turned to a grin as he kissed her again.
End Part 8
Willow giggled at Angel words. Before kissing him back. After several minutes of Angel nibbling on her bottom lip, Willow opened her mouth for him. Angel moaned outright as Willow tongue can into contact with his own. Angel slipped his hands under the back of Willows shirt. Pulling back to allow her to breath, Angel placed small kisses on her neck. Willow tilted her head to the side, allowing him access. All the sudden Angel stepped back.
"What?" Willow asked opening her eyes. Looking at Angel she almost passed out.
" YOUR GLOWING!" They said in unison.
Buffy sat on the table in the library, reading the book on her folded legs. Spike was leaning against the check out counter, staring at her.
"I need caffeine." Buffy said all of the sudden, closing the book on her legs. She didn't really but she wanted Spike to stop looking at her. She could feel it and it was given her the wiggins. "You want, Giles?"
" No, thank you though." He responded his eyes never leaving the book he was reading. Buffy jumped off the table. Landing gracefully on her feet. She walked out of the library, and Spike followed her.
"Last time I checked, they didn't put blood in vending machines." Buffy told Spike.
" I thought I'd walk with you. Don't want whoeer is taking people to find you alone, do we?" He asked. Buffy sighed, <He's right.> "Plus," he added " I want some M&M's." She laughed.
< Even her laugh is beautiful.> Spike thought. < Well its now or well….later. But I don't want to wait.> Buffy was surprised, to say the least, when Spike grabbed her and kissed her.
End Part 9
Buffy stopped short. < Spike's kissing me. > The though went in and out of her head at lighting speed as Spike's tongue swept threw her mouth and his arms encircled her waist. Before she knew what she was doing, her own arms has wrapped around his neck, and she kissed him back.
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Willow stared in utter shock at her hands and at Angel, both of which were glowing gold. "Um…ok…we can deal with this…this…Angel what is this?" Willow asked.
" One hell of a problem." He replied."Gee, You think?" she answered sarcastically.
" Hey! This isn't my fault!" Angel retorted at hearing her tone. Suddenly Willow grinned, throwing herself into Angel arms, she kissed him soundly on the lips. Angel responded instantly, crushing Willow against him. He touched his tongue to her lips and she open her mouth wide allowing him entrance.
Willow felt like she was on fire, the feelings were so intense. She tired to decided if breathing was actually something she needed to do. Pulling back to allow her to take in much needed air Angel asked, " What was that for?" then added, "Not that I mind." Willow bounced once on the balls of her feet.
" You didn't blame yourself. Something happened that was completely out of your control, and for once, you didn't blame yourself for it. You actually said it wasn't your fault." Willow grinned at him. Angel chuckled.
" So, what your saying is, if I brood your going to smack me, like this morning. And if I don't blame myself, your going to kiss me like that?" he whispered in her before biting the lobe lightly. Willow nodded once, then pulled away. Angel advanced, trying to keep her close.
"Angel?" she called softly, her arms going around his neck on their own accord. " Angel we need to find out why we were…are glowing." Angel sighed and then placed his head on her shoulder.
"Research?" he asked.
"Research." She agreed.
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When Spike finally pulled away allowing the Slayer to breathe, he kept his arms around her waist. < In for a penny, in for a pound. > He thought. Buffy's hands were on his shoulders, and she seemed to be dazed. After a few minutes Buffy looked up at him.
"Wow." Was all she said, looking him in the eyes. She expected his eyes to be hard, the eyes of a killer, but instead they were soft. For the first time since she had meet Spike, his smile meet those eyes. " Yes, pet. Wow." He pulled her closer, hugging her tightly.
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Willow sat in a chair, trying to read the book on her folded legs. Although, Angel was making it hard. They had been reading threw all the books with the watchers symbol that they had found in the attic, for the past six hours.
They had found nothing. About fifteen minutes ago, Angel had closed his book and was now trying to distract Willow from hers by rubbing her shoulder and kissing her neck. Willow had tired to shrug him off but he would not be detoured. So, now she was just trying to ignore him. Willow was translating the Latin as best she could. The pages she was reading were the only ones in Latin in the book she had. It seemed to be making sense, but she had an impending feeling of dread. As Willow translated the passage she sat straight up, causing Angel to fall ungracefully on his butt.
Willow muttered one word, "Shit."
End Part 10
"OUCH!" Angel said as he picked himself up off the floor.
" Willow, what's wrong with you?"
" I found what we are looking for." She muttered.
" And that would be?" he asked." A prophecy."
" Shit" Angel muttered.
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Buffy looked up at Spike and jumped away from him.
"Ok, that did NOT just happen!" She exclaimed as she started pacing.
"Yes, Slayer, it did."
" No!"
She shouted. " It didn't! I am not ever going to get involved with a vampire,
again. It always ends in tears. My tears! I can't do this, again." Buffy
ran out of the school and Spike gave chase.
Meanwhile:
Willow paced. Angel sat on the couch watching as she went back and forth, back and forth, and back and forth.
" Will, sit down please?" He pleaded. " You're making me sea-sick."
Willow dropped down next to Angel. Angel started to hug her, but she pulled away. Angel looked hurt.
" We have to fight this." She told him.
Why?" he asked bluntly.
" 'Cause people will get hurt. Buffy, Oz, and Xander will get hurt. I can't do that to them." She told him as she rose from the couch and started pacing again.
" You can fight it if you want, Willow. But I am not going to try. I know it was meant to be. I know we were meant to be."
"Ang…" her words were cut off as she spun around to face him, only to find herself nose to chest with the tall vampire. He towered over her. Then grinning slightly, he pulled her against him, and kissed her deeply.
End Part 11
Willow didn't react for a second, just stood there as Angel kissed her with passion she hadn't know anyone was capable of. Then Willow's brain jump started and she tried to push him away.
Angel held fast, threading one hand threw her hair, keeping her head in place, and the other wrapped firmly around her waist holding her against him. Finally, after several long minutes of just standing there while he kissed her, the soft pressure of his mouth was to much, and Willow kissed him back.
Smiling internally to himself, Angel thought, in a very immature action <Yay! I win.>
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Spike was chasing the Slayer threw Sunnyhell. He knew he was getting closer, he was following her heartbeat threw the deserted streets.
"Buffy!" He called as he ran. She didn't answer, not that he had expected her too.
He knew she could only run for so long before, even with her Slayer strength, she would have to rest.
Spike realized they were nearing her house, and he knew once she got inside he had no way of getting to her. He ran harder.
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Willow had tried to fight Angel, she really had.
But it was just to much,she returned his kiss with equal passion. The dark haired vampire slowly backed up till her back collided with the nearest wall, freeing his hands. He ran his the tips of his fingers up and down her sides lightly, causing Willow to squirm.
Her hands seemed to have a mind of there own as they glided over his shoulders and back. Angel finally pulled out of the kiss, letting Willow take in some much need air.
Leaning his forehead against hers he asked, "How can you say this is wrong?"
Willow shook her head, "I can't anymore."
End Part 12
Angel smiled," So what if it took some stupid watchers locking us in a house for us to find each other. According to the prophecy we would have anyway. I guess, the watchers just needed it to happen sooner then later,"
" The question," Willow pointed out, " is why did they need us sooner rather then later?" Angel ran a hand threw his hair and asked,
" More research?" in a whinny tone. Willow grinned.
" Oh, poor baby. Yes, more research." Angel pouted.
Oh, come on, Angel. The sooner we know stuff, the sooner we cannot have to research anymore." Willow pointed out.
Angel smiled, <She's so cute when she does that Willow-speak thing.> Angel grabbed a book. Willow thought of something.
" Angel, just because the watchers symbol is on the books, there's no sure way of knowing that they put us here." Willow pointed out.
" Shit" Angel muttered.
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Spike finally managed to catch up with Buffy on her front door step. She was shaking so hard she couldn't get her key in the door.
" Buffy" The Slayer spun around.
" Stay away from me." She gasped between each word.
" No." Spike refused flatly. " I'm not going to. Whatever just happened, you felt it to. I know you did. Buffy, I know what happened with Angel hurt you a lot. But I am not him. I don't have a soul, I know that. But I am not all evil. I care about you. You saw it when we kissed. You know the feelings are there. But I don't have a soul to lose. And I am not going to let you go."
Spike told her in a gentle and honest manner she didn't know he was capable of. Buffy made a decision then. There was no way to know what would happen, if she didn't risk her heart again. She kissed and surprised Spike.
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In the library:
Giles stared at the book in front of him in shock. He didn't believe it." The Weeping tree and the ensouled demon will find each other and save the world." That was it that was all it said, but it was more then enough.
End Part 13
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Giles sighed, "Great! Just great! Another damn phorphecy. Just what I needed." He reached for the phone and dialed Buffy's number. He just hoped when she left the school without telling him that she'd gone home.
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Spike growled as Buffyn pulled away. She smiled apologetitly at him.
"Phone." she told him. "Could be diar"
Spike nodded. Buffy opened the door and entered, forgetting Spike couldn't.
She ran into the kitchen and grabbed the reciever.
" Hello?"
" It's me. I found something."
" I'll be right back"
Buffy took off out of house, grabbing Spikes arm as she passed him, she pulled the door shut after her.
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Willow picked up her laptop and started typing.
"Ok, this is what we know. We were taken. When we were taken he were still Grrrr. But now your not. We found books with the watchers symbol on them. I found the passage telling us that we were going to fall in love and save the world." Willow summed up.
" Thats about it." Angel agreed. " What we don't know is who put us here. How I got un-grrrr, and what that entails. Why we had to fall in love, not that I mind, to save the world. Or how we are going to save it. Or how we are going to get out of here."
" More questions then answers?" Willow asked.
" Yeah." Angel agreed.
" What are we going to do?" Willow asked.
" This." Angel replied. Then he kissed her.
End Part 14
Willow sighed, then pulling away from Angel she told him, "If you keep that up, we won't ever get any work done." Angel grinned at her and started to advance on her. Willow stood her ground as she placed------- her hands on her hips, she looked sternly at him.
"Angel if the world depends on you and I falling in love, and someone is trying to force us together earlier then planned, I'd like to know why. I'd also like to know who, or possibly what, we are up against when we have to do this. Not to mention, the how and the when. As much as I enjoy standing here and making out with you, now is not the time to do that. Once we find out what's going on, I'll be more then happy to "explore" our new feelings with you, but first I want to know what's going on and why. Is that clear?" Willow looked sat him expectantly.
Angel hung his head like a scolded four year old and muttered, "Yes, Ma'am."
"Good. Now, you take that pile of books and I'll take this one." She handed Angel a sheet of paper and pen. " If you find anything you think is important write it down, along with what book you found it in. That way we can refer back to it when and if we need to." Willow started going threw her pile of books. Angel looked longingly at the beautiful redhead across the room. < Oh, well, the sooner I get started, the sooner I am done. > He thought, as he started on his own pile of books.
Back in Sunnydale:
Buffy started at her watcher in shock.
" Are you telling me that someone kidnapped Willow, Vamp-napped Angel, and took them somewhere where they could restore Angel's soul, so that Willow and Angel could fall in love, team up, and save the world?" Buffy asked in an astonished tone.
"That about sums it up." Giles replied, as he glanced from his book to his Slayer and back again.
" I don't believe it! If it was meant to happen anyway, why take them? I mean, that leads me to believe that whatever they have to save the world from is coming up soon, right?"
Spike looked on as the Slayer and Watcher tried to figure out what they were dealing with. He didn't know anything but he part of him that was still evil couldn't bring himself to try and help. < I'll have to work on that. > he thought to himself. Instead he stood there, watching as Buffy paced and as Giles read book after book. Buffy and Giles both froze, as the phone rang, neither moved to get it.
" Well, isn't someone going to answer that?" Spike finally asked. Giles came out of his daze.
"Ye…Yes. Of course." Giles replied as he reached for the phone. Spike looked at Buffy.
"Oh, um, the phone in here never rings unless it's bad news, or the council."
Buffy thought for a second. "Thinking about it now, it's usually the council giving us the bad news." Giles replaced the phone.
" That was the council."
" Oh man…" Buffy groaned.
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Willow paced as she read the book in her hands. This was important, she just wasn't sure how important.
"Angel?" She called. About 10 minutes ago, the dark haired vampire had risen and gone in the direction of the kitchen. Willow hadn't followed, knowing he needed to fed, and also knowing that he didn't want her there when he did.
Angel reemerged; looking slightly disgusted with himself. Willow knew why, but didn't comment.
" Alright. This book says that you and I had to fall in love to save the
world."
"Which we knew." Angel interjected.
"Right. It also says that the prophecy can only be set in motion when the
light shines."
"So, do you think that was what the glowing was?" Angel asked Willow.
" That's what I was thinking. Although, we have one problem if that's true."
"What's that?" Angel asked.
" Well, if you and I kissing triggered the start of the prophecy, I'd think that the council would be trying to keep you and I apart, not pushing us together. Meaning…." She trailed off.
"Meaning," Angel finished, " most likely, a demon put us here."
End Part 15
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