Rating: R to NC-17
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Summary: Angel is sent back to hell for the second time and it's up to Willow to once again get him out.
Disclaimer: Willow, Angel, and the rest of them, are sole property of Joss Whedon and Fox.
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~Part: 1~
Willow woke up in a cold sweat she has been waking up this way for the past 7 years. She didn't know what to do anymore her life was falling apart day by day and there was nothing she could do about it. Willow dreaded to go to sleep at night knowing that she would go to him even when she said she won't and he would beg her to get him out almost breaking her heart. She would stay up all day and most of the night just to stay wake. Willow could tell that he was in so much pain as the demon that was assigned to torture him for all eternity would puncture his skin with every type of torture equipment there was. The demon would even set him on fire and that was the worst thing Willow could have ever seen. Willow use to think that if she ever was turned into a vampire that she knew how to inflict the right amount of pain to her victims.
Willow remembers that when she is asleep she would walk around hell looking for him. This place smelled of death, the heat she felt on her skin, and the darkness only proved that she was actually there. Willow would look for Angel even when she knew she didn't want to but she was always drawn like a moth to fire. Once she made it to the cage she would watch as Angel would once again ball his fists up and close his eyes waiting on the next pain he know he would feel from the demon. What amazed Willow the most about her dreams was Angel would never cry out in pain or even let a tear fall from his eyes as she had seen and heard and seen from the other cages.
Willow thought and wonder did he only not cry when she was around was she the one that he didn't want to look weak to or did he not want to scare her even more than she already was. He would just suck it all in as to have his ego to protect. Once in a while the demon would leave Angel to his dreams of torture of the world he use to live of the people he knew. While he slept Willow would inch closer to Angel and the table he was tied to. She would call out to him but nothing would come out of her mouth. But it was almost as if he would hear her calling and wake up and turn towards her. Angel would open his eyes and stare at Willow, they was always golden and full of hate but she could tell they where not at her because his features would lighten the moment he looked at her. He would move his mouth and she could hear very light pled of help but every time she would go to help him she would wake up cursing herself, every time.
Willow was now shaking as she tried to get the thought of the smell and the way she felt in hell out of her mind.
At this point in time Willow was so confused because she also remembered when Angel came to her and it seemed that he was in heaven. The dream when he was in heaven only came once in a while but she loved it when she had them. He was so happy and he would always tell her that he was all right and don't worry about him. What frustrated Willow the most was just like in hell she would try to ask him questions and tell him she was sorry for him being there instead on Earth but her voice seems to be gone. In heaven he did hear her like in hell and she would only sigh and be happy for him until the next night and the hell dream is back.
Willow continued to sit on her bed rocking just a little. She was beginning to think about how all this started.
***
Angel, Buffy, Xander, Cordelia and her were on patrol that night when they were suddenly swarmed by twenty or thirty vampires. They all began to fight each of them having their fair share of vampires. With all of them fighting no one noticed when Spike and Dru coming out of the darkness standing in the back watching it all happen. So no one noticed when Spike pulled up a cross bow from under his jacket and aimed it at Willow, he always had a thing to kill her first and she knew it. Spike placed it almost to his eye in efforts to hit his target. The way the crossbow glisten off the moon is was finally caught Angel's eye as he dusted another vampire. He looked and saw Spike aiming it at Willow which caused him to take off towards Willow at top speed. At the moment the bow was released and headed for Willow she finally noticed it but it was too late for her to move. Everything seem to be going in slow motion as Angel ran and grabbed Willow just as the bow made it to her cause it to pierced through Angel's back and into heart.
"Angel," Willow screamed looking in his eyes one last time before he turned into dust.
"No…Angel nooooo…..," Willow screamed looking up at Spike and Dru smiling faces as Spike snapped his figures and the vampires seem to run off in different directions.
Willow fell to her knees at the sight where Angel had been turned to dust crying. All her friends ran up to her side thinking she was hurt.
"Willow what's wrong….are you hurt?" Buffy asked bending down to her best friend trying to comfort Willow as she was shaking violently and crying.
That's when Xander looked up asking everyone where Angel was. Everyone else looked around looking for him then back to Willow whom now pointed her shaking hand at the pile of dust in front of her. Willow looked at Buffy and said, "Spike and Dru shot a bow at me and Angel jumped in the way and it got Angel instead."
Willow couldn't help it she grabbed her head crying even more. Willow only looked up as she heard a loud bump on the ground beside her. She looked up to see that Buffy had passed out.
That was the night when Willow left Sunnydale and move here.
***
Willow was now staring off into space at the memory of that night the tears had started once again.
{Damn after seven years he's still fucking with me} Willow thought as tried to stop the tears of pain, hurt and regret.
"It should have been me NOT him it should have been ME. That's why he still hurts me. I was only 17 when it happened. I'm 24 now so why….why do I have to suffer?" She asked and empty room not expecting to hear a response.
After about an hour or two of crying Willow finally pulled herself together and got out of the bed. It was 7 a.m. and now it was time to end this whole thing. She would get Angel out of hell again and then he can go back to Buffy wherever she was.
Willow could only think of where her best friend was. After it happen Willow had left Sunnydale and never thought to go or write to anyone there again. Now here she was in LA in her own 4-bedroom home, not too far but far enough from Sunnydale and she was OK in her on weird way. She was so happy that her Internet business was going well and she didn't have to really meet with people, which was how she wanted it. Willow didn't know why she had so many rooms but she had to have the house it was just calling out to her the day she was looking for one.
{Yep that's what I'll do get him out and then he would leave me alone} she thought as she walked into her bathroom to take a shower.
"I'm going to the shop and get what I need this has to stop today." She almost shouted to herself.
***
About an hour later Willow walked into the witchcraft store just down the street from her. The guy smiled at Willow as she walked in. He liked when she came in and just sat for hours so he could look at her. Willow blushed as she looked at Tim as she walked up to him she didn't know why he would work in this type of store. But it didn't matter her was there and a very handsome man.
Willow maybe wanted to be alone all the time but she wasn't blind he was a nice looking man tall, handsome and very well built, but she wasn't interested in finding a man she was more interested in getting her life back together.
"Hi Willow. What can I do for you today?" Tim asked her.
"Well, I am looking for a spell." Willow told him honestly.
"What type?"
"Well, it's kinda of difficult to explain."
"Try me." He challenged.
"It's to bring someone back from hell."
"Now why would you want to do that? Eventually if they are there they deserved to be." He told her not seeing the gleam of anger in her eyes.
"It's a long story you wouldn't understand and I really don't have time to explain it." She snapped. Tim looked at her in shock that Willow had snapped at him. Seeing his reaction Willow sighed and apologized, "Sorry Tim rough day."
"It's Okay Willow. But all ready it's just after 8 a.m." He comforted.
"Yeah….so do you have some?" She asked.
"I think it some in the third row on the second shelf. But it's a dangerous spell Willow."
"I know but I have done it before." She told him as she walked and looked for the books.
~Part: 2~
The next three hours Willow threw herself in the books trying to remember the spell she used on Angel so many years ago. After about the first two hours of researching in the magic shop it finally came to her that she would never find that spell. Willow slammed down another book and threw it on the table in front of her. Willow was surprised that Tim didn't even bother her today like he always would. She was frustrated and tired but she had to keep looking. She keep doing it for another hour until she came across a mythical book about hell. Willow read it for about until she came across the spell but is was different from the one she used on Angel years ago. This one required for her to go get him.
Willow shivered at the thought of actually having to walk through the gates of hell to save Angel but she had too he was suffering and it was because of her.
Willow looked at what she needed for the spell and began to walk around looking for the things she needed to perform it. Willow had been looking and stacking things on the table. She had everything she needed. Now all she needed was the courage to do the spell.
Willow quickly put everything on the counter where Tim was and paid for it. He put it in a box for her and she and headed out of the shop.
Tim only shook his head hoping that she knew what she was getting herself into perform such a spell.
***
Willow had waited two more weeks until the moon would be full to try to do spell. During the two weeks Willow had snuck back to Sunnydale to the mansion to find something of Angel's. She read that she needed something of his to find him in hell or she probably would wonder around hell for years trying to find him. She had read that hell having so many levels in it that it could take a lifetime to make it to the next level. Willow walked around the mansion looking and searching for something until she found the ring in a drawer that was a duplicate to the one that he gave Buffy. She use to wear it ever day until that day Angel was turned and she took it off. Willow smiled as she remembered going through Buffy jewelry box looking for a necklace one day and there was Angel’s ring that he had given her.
Willow put the ring in her pocket and then looked for some of clothes of his. She walked out of the mansion glad that after all these years something was still there and no one seen her. Before Willow had made it home she had stop and picked up blood for him she knew he would need it badly.
Willow was now sitting in the middle of the floor in her bedroom with everything she needed. First she had to perform an invisibility spell for her and if down correctly only Angel would be the only one to see her. She did that one with no problem because it was easy to perform. Willow looked down at her hands to see the floor right through them.
{Cool} She thought.
She reached down and picked up the ring surprisingly that she was able too then she placed Angel's ring in the middle of the herb and began to chant. Willow's room seem to squirm around a little then that's when it happen a door appeared right in front of her. She stood scared as hell and walked towards it.
Willow took a deep breath it was now or never. She opened the door automatically hearing the screams of pain that came from the people on the inside. Willow was about to turn and forget the whole thing but she took a deep breath and walked through the door. Once inside Willow walked to the edge of the railing it looked just like in her dream. The placed looked like a big circle with cages only a foot apart and only big enough for a table and one person to stand in.
{No need for comfort here} she thought.
Willow looked down and it seems to go for what seems like forever she couldn't even see the ground. Then she looked around see demon flying and walking all around paying no particular attention to anything.
Willow shook in fear as she saw at least three demons coming her way laughing mostly. They walked past her and entered the rooms not paying any attention to her or the opened door that lead to the outside world.
Willow was beginning to feel sick again the smell burning flesh and vomit and the lack of oxygen was getting to her. She held her stomach as she proceeded and looked through the doors of the cages as she did in her dreams. Willow couldn't believe the things she saw she was beginning to cry at some of the people, as the demon that was assigned to them tortured them just like that did to Angel in her dream. Willow walked on looking in seeing old people, young people, and handicapped people.
{Damn hell doesn't discriminate} she thought as she had almost walked around the whole level when she spotted him.
"Angel," she spoke before she realized it.
The demon that was torturing Angel stopped what it was doing and turned looking toward Willows direction. The demon red eyes looked confused as he tried to find the voice that had spoken. Frustrated the demon screamed at the top of it voice, it almost sounded like a banshee screaming that made Willow's bones shiver.
Willow almost turned and ran when the demon screamed until she noticed the demon now turning his attention back to Angel. Willow then walked up slowly looking at Angel taking in his bloody chest with gashes in it. His eyes the color of the demon and he was in full game face snarling at the demon when he began to lash out on him with a whip of some sort. Angel did the same thing in his dreams he would close his eyes as his back arched up off the table he was tied down too. When Angel's back touched the table again after about ten minutes of torture he had passed out.
Willow waited, hating to have to see him like this. Tears sprung into her eyes. The demon that was watching over Angel stopped and left the room. It walked past Willow and down to another cage.
{Guessing he's going to torture someone else now} she thought.
Willow walked up too Angel slowly as spoke softly, "Angel…Angel….wake up it's me Willow."
Angel stirred and opened his eyes they were still as golden as they were in her dreams. He opened his mouth to speak but snarled at the ability to not talk. To him it was just another dream anyways. Nothing more.
"Don't worry Angel I am going to get you out of here." She promised as he watched her go to the chains and spoke a couple of Latin words and the chains unfastened. "Come on Angel. We don't have all day."
Angel seems to understand and began to push himself up off the table. He didn't care if it was a dream as long as it meant getting out of here. Willow grabbed his arm and helped him up. She spoke again and Angel seemed to disappear like she was. They walked out of the cage unnoticed to the demons, Willow mostly taking Angel's weight on her shoulder as they walked toward the door to their freedom. They were almost to the door to get back in her room before she turned around and saw the demon come out of the other room and going back into Angel's cage. It was a couple of seconds before she heard an earth-shattering scream coming from that room. It echoed through hell and then place began to shake violently almost knocking them to the ground.
"Guess he wasn't happy to see you go Angel. Let's go." Willow spoke as she was dragging him to the door.
A whole army of demons flew past Willow and Angel going to see what the problem was. Willow was now at the door helping Angel through at that time. Angel crawled through and hit her herb jar knocking it over and the invisibility spell was broken and Willow appeared. Willow decided not to waste any more time see that she wasn't invisible anymore and leap through the window or so she thought. Willow was stopped in mid-air by a pain go through her starting at her left leg.
"Awwwweeee….oh God Oh GOD. Let me go…..let me go." Willow screamed as she struggled with a demon that had to be passing by. When he saw Willow appear from nowhere he had grabbed her leg as she tried to escape and scratched her with its long nails as he gripped her. The blood was gushing from her leg as she struggled to pull herself free. She kicked at the demons face as it growled at her. The demon was trying to pull her back into hell to punish her for taking a prisoner that everyone was looking for. Willow looked at Angel he was trying to get up from the spot where he had fallen.
"Angel…..Angel get up. Oh God help me please." She pleaded with him as she looked back and seen at least fifty other demons coming to help pull her back in. His golden eyes finally focusing on Willow and the demon attached to her leg. He crawled over to Willow and growled and with shift move he swung his hand and cut the demons arms almost taking it off, making him pass back out from the lack of strength. The demon howled and let go of Willow’s leg allowing her to scramble and crawl back through the portal. The demon began to try to get through the portal as Willow crawled over to crystal orb and smashed it on the floor. The door disappeared and Willow passed out beside Angel.
Willow laid there for a couple of minutes before the pain in her leg began to bother her. She almost screamed as stood up and hopped to the bathroom. Willow opened the medicine cabinet and took out the peroxide and a wrap. She placed it on the side of the tub and turned on the walked in the shower. She undressed quickly and got in when the water was to her liking. The warm water brought tears to her eyes as it hit her leg but she had to take the pain she didn't want it to get infected. Willow bathed quickly turning the water off. She stood in the tub and grabbed the peroxide and poured it on her leg. Willow waited for it to stop forming before getting a towel and drying off while taking her time with patting leg her dry. Willow grabbed the wrap and walked over to the towel to sit. She began to wrap her leg slowly, making sure it didn't hurt before going back into her bedroom.
Angel was still where he had passed out before.
{Great how am I going to get him in the tub.}
Willow bent down beside him and looked at his chest as the wounds were already beginning to heal as she ran her fingers over the marks making him jump. His skin had burned marks on it and now Willow could smell the brimstone that came off of him. Willow sighed and began to remove the rest of his torn clothes.
After removing them she began to say {Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod} over and over in her mind. She was 24 and had never seen a naked man in person. This was a little embarrassing for her.
Willow look at Angel's body, blushing she almost slapped herself for looking at him in that way. Willow went back into the bathroom and ran the water in the tub. She knew if she could wake him he wouldn't have the strength to stand.
Willow walked back into her room and bent down calling him softly not wanting to scare him.
"Angel…..Angel please wake up." She waited a couple more seconds and called him again. This time he growled at her and began to stir. His golden eyes finally opening and looking at Willow making her jump from the pain that showed in them. He finally stopped growling at her when he knew that he had frightened her and that's not what he wanted. Even if this was another dream he still didn't want to frighten her away for fear that she might not come back.
"An…Angel…you have to get up." She almost pleaded with him.
He began to move and Willow stood and helped him to his feet but still taking a lot of his weight on her. He might not be talking but she was glad he understood her.
Once they made it to the bathroom Willow helped him in the tub and sat him down. She was trying not to think of his nakedness while washing his body gently avoiding all the parts she could. He growled at her at first then he began to purr as she washed his back.
{He sounds like a big cat} Willow giggled to herself as she finished with his body then started on his hair. Angel seemed to relax some as the tension slipped away from his body as she massaged his scalp with the shampoo. Willow took a cup that she had and leaned his head back and poured the water to wash the shampoo away and then she grabbed the conditioner and did the same thing.
Willow told him to stand and he complied. She dried him off then took the towel and wrapped it around his waist. Willow grabbed his hand and lead him back to her room. She quickly dressed him and sat him on the bed motioning for him to stay as she turned to go into the kitchen but his growled stopped her..
"No Angel. I'll be right back I'm just going to get you some blood out of the kitchen." She tried to explain. His growling stopped as she turned again to leave again.
Willow walked into the kitchen and warmed up two pints of blood and walked back to her bedroom. He was sitting right where she left him staring off into space. Willow walked up to him making him jump a little she handed him the blood. He looked at her and tilted his head as to wanting her to turn away.
"Go ahead Angel. I know you change." Willow told him as he brought the mug up to his mouth and drank it fast shifting to the demon and right back to his human form just as fast. He handed her the mug and Willow sat it on the dresser. She looked at the clock and noticed that it was 4:00 p.m. She was happy she already had the thick drapes up to her window because Angel could have been dusted when she pushed him through the portal. That would have meant she would have had to go right back into hell which she wasn't prepared for. Willow couldn't believe that she had been in hell that many hours. She had gone in at 10:00 p.m. last night and she could have sworn she was only there an hour and now it was 4:00 the next day.
Willow looked at Angel. He looked like he needed rest. She did too but she still wasn't ready to fall asleep even if she knew that her dreams probably wouldn't be full of hell now.
"Angel why don't you lay down and get some sleep." She told him as she walked over to him and pushed him back to the bed. She was glad that he laid down without any fight. He did need some sleep. Willow was about to go into the living room to give him his privacy when a hand caught her wrist.
She sighed turning and looking into his golden eyes knowing that he didn't want her to go. "OK, Angel…I'll lay down just until to you fall asleep." Willow kicked off her shoes and laid down beside him. He drew her into his arms and it made him think that this dream was one of his favorites yet.
To Willow it was really funny feeling having her best friend's boyfriend….well ex boyfriend well soon to be boyfriend again holding her like he was.
It didn't take Willow long for her to notice Angel was asleep. She tried to move but his grip only tightened. It was more to her like he was holding onto her for dear life. After about another ten minutes of trying Willow finally gave up and decided to take a nap herself. He wasn't letting her go and frankly she was tired of trying to get up. Willow didn't know why but she needed to sleep and think about what she had done.
~Part: 3~
Willow had to be dreaming there was a hand moving all over her body. Willow could feel the heat of her body responding to the touch but she had to open her eyes because she knew that there was no reason for a hand to be on her that wasn't hers.
"What the…..," Willow spoke as she jerked fully awake. She was lying on her back and Angel was lying on his side almost on top of her and his hand was feeling all over her body.
"Angel…..Angel you have to stop." She pleaded with him. She was beginning to think that he was going to just roll over and take her and that wasn't something she was prepared to let happen. As he continued to explore her body Willow couldn't help but let out a soft moan as his hands made contact with her breast.
Willow came back to her senses and tried to stop his hand with hers but he only growled at her. Willow was beginning to wonder if he was asleep or not. She turned to look at him closely as his head laid on the pillow beside her his eyes were shut and he wasn't moving anything but his right arm.
{He must be in some sort of trance or something.} She thought as his hand began to go down to her stomach then it started to go lower. Willow tried to stop him again and again another growl.
"OK this is not…goooood." She moan as his hand made it to her now wet folds. His hand was rubbing her gently as her slipped one finger into her.
Willow started to grab his hand but remember that he is only going to growl at her and probably hurt her if she pulled his hand away. Even if he was asleep he probably didn't know he was doing it. He began to pump his finger faster in and out of her slick passage. He added another finger and got another moan from Willow. She couldn't help it he was good even if he was asleep.
He knew he was dreaming, he had to be. The demon was going to come and get him anytime soon so he might as well let her enjoy herself before she was taken. He wanted to make her cum even she was just another dream trickery. He had wanted her for so long even before he was sent to hell.
He finally inserted a third finger and he heard her moan louder which cause him to growl and grow even harden than he already was. He couldn't believe that the demon would let him get this far as he was he was actually enjoying himself and that's not a part of torture. He was sure that the demon would have changed her to somebody he couldn't stand or something hellish.
Willow was going out of her mind. No man has ever seen her naked let alone touched her like he was.
"Yes…." Willow moaned before she could stop it. He was bringing her close to something only she had done before. With a couple of more seconds Willow felt him shift his body so that he had access to her neck. Willow wasn't sure what he was going to do when his mouth came into contact with her neck, licking it.
{I am so going to hell for this} She thought as she felt her orgasm hit harder than one she could have brought herself. As her orgasm wracked her body she felt him bite down into her neck with a snarl.
He couldn't help it the way she was moaning was driving him crazy he had to taste her as her body shook. He knew this was a dream so he could at least taste her and she wouldn't wake up in the morning hating him.
He finally pulled back and looked into Willow's eyes. This had to be a dream, didn't it? Then he felt the heat off her body and thought that it may not be a dream maybe the witch did come for him.
Willow was still shaking as she tried to calm her body down. She couldn't believe she had let him do that even it he was asleep. Willow looked at him as he lifted his head from her neck and looked down at her. His eyes weren't as golden as before but they shown lust, want and a slight of confusing in them.
Both been a little speechless. He turned Willow back onto her side and grabbed her back around her waist ignoring his only need. Willow tensed when she felt him licking the bit mark he inflicted.
{God I am so dead} Willow thought as sleep consumed both of their bodies.
~Part: 4~
Once Willow was asleep she was yet again pulled into another Angel dream. This time he was in Heaven. It felt different from the others as she walked on the grass and up to him.
"Angel what are doing here, I got you out?" she asked.
"No Willow, you saved him, not me." Angel tried to explain.
"Him?" Willow questioned. "What do...noooo..I got Angelus out of hell," she realized as she fell to her knees. "I didn't mean to Angel, I thought it was you." Willow wanted to cry, but for some reason she couldn't.
"Don't worry, Willow. Believe it or not, you two are meant to be together."
"What do you mean `together'?" Willow asked, not really following him.
"Angelus is your mate. That's why they took me."
"Who took you?"
"The Gods," he explained. "Willow, I am so happy here, I'm finally at peace. My family is here and I don't have to worry about the pain that I felt on earth."
"So you don't want to leave?"
"No, never. You can be happy with Angelus, you just have to tame him," he smiled at her.
"Tame him.how?" Willow asked. "Angelus is a demon an he loves to have.well..ur?"
"Sex," Willow cut in as Angel helped her stand up.
"Yes, and that is a very controlling thing to vampires. You control that, and then you can control him," he looked at Willow and tried to make her understand what he was going to say next. "Willow, you are not meant to be alone in life."
"But, what if I don't love him?" she asked.
"You will grow to love him; he is here to help you from him."
"Who is him?" She asked as she felt as if someone was touching her but there were no hands on her.
"I can't tell you that Willow," Angel smiled as if he already knew what was going on.
"Why n..not?" Willow stumbled across as she could fill someone teasing her. Willow was getting a little embarrassed to fell this way in front of Angel and in heaven for God sake.
Willow eyes grew wide as she looked as Angel as he continued to smile. "YES," Willow moaned as she felt herself growing wet, confused by her body's out of the blue feelings of desire. "What's happening to me Angel?" She asked when she heard someone asking her something and she agreed.
"Looks like somebody is awake and ready," he teased. "Just remember, he's here to help you Willow."
Willow was pulled out of her dream when she felt Angelus slide into her with one thrust. Angelus couldn't help it, for some reason he had to have her now. He asked her for permission and she said yes, but she looked as if she was still sleep.
"Willow..Willow..Willow.God you feel so good," he moaned against her neck and thrust harder.
Willow could only moan and meet him thrust for thrust. They both seemed unable to control themselves as Angelus morphed and bit into Willow's neck as he emptied his seed into her. Angelus knew Willow had not come yet, so he went down and began licking her. He only had to make a couple of passes over her clit before she came, calling his true name and grabbing his hair.
He moved up and kissed her on the lips before moving to lie beside her.
"Willow," he called as he licked the few drops of blood coming from her neck.
"Yes," she answered, satiated.
"How did you know it was me, not Angel?"
"While I was asleep Angel told me that it was you, and are you and I are meant to be together."
"Huh?" Angelus asked a little confused.
"Don't worry about it," Willow teased at his confusion.
"Ok. If you say so," he answered not really wanting to get into it now. "I am sorry, but I couldn't help it, I had to have you. I would have waited if I knew you were a virgin," he confessed.
"It's ok," Willow stretched, for the first time realizing the pain had returned to her leg.
"Are you alright?" he asked as he jumped up.
"Yeah, just my leg. It happened when the demon grabbed me."
"I remember. I thought it was a dream at first," he looked at her and smiled. "Thanks Willow."
"For what?"
"For coming to get me."
"No problem," she told him as she got up to move.
Angelus grabbed her and pulled her back down playfully. "Where do you think you are going?"
"Bathroom, shower, and then I need to go to the magic shop to find a spell to heal my leg fast."
Reluctantly he let her go. Willow kissed him on the cheek as she got up and hopped to the bathroom. She turned on the shower and sat on the toilet to unwrap her leg. The wound seemed to be healing already, but she needed to get the right spell to heal it quickly and take away the pain.
Willow got into the shower and started bathing, being careful of her leg. A couple seconds later she felt a rush of wind as the curtain opened and Angelus stepped in behind her.
"Can I help you wash something?" he asked, knowing it would make her blush, which it did. "Maybe more in the regional areas."
"Stop that Angelus," She told him as she slapped his hand away.
"I thought you needed some help," he told her playfully.
"I got it," she told him. "You just shower yourself."
Angelus pretended to pout as he grabbed a washcloth and began washing himself. Willow laughed to herself as he started back bathing.
After showering, Angelus and Willow waited until nightfall before going to the magic shop. They only made one stop, which Willow couldn't complain about, he was still a vampire without a soul and he needed to eat. So she shook the thought as they made their way. She tried not to think about the fact that he had just killed someone around the corner.
Willow and Angelus smiled at each other as they walked into the magic shop, talking about what they could do together later. They were so deep in conversation they didn't even notice Ted at the counter scowling at them as they made their way to the back of the shop.
As Willow looked for a healing book, Angelus walked around looking at some other things. Ted watched as Angelus left Willow, which gave him the perfect opportunity to talk to her. He walked up behind Willow, startling her.
"Hello Willow," Ted greeted.
"Hi Ted," She answered as she continued to look through the book.
"Could I help you with something?" Ted offered.
"No, I think I have it already," she answered, still not looking up.
"I can see that," He snapped.
"What is that supposed to mean Ted?" She asked finally looking up and for the first time noticing the look that Ted was giving her.
{Is that anger?} She wondered.
"Nothing," he spoke and turned to leave then all of a sudden he turned back to Willow. "It is just that I've wanted to go out with you for months and you didn't even give me the time of day. Now you have this man with you and I bet he is the one you got out of hell," He said as he grabbed her arm.
"Let me go Ted," Willow spoke calmly. She really didn't want Angelus to kill him.
"Or what, Willow?" Ted asked as his nails dug into Willow's skin, making her groan in pain.
"Or this," Ted heard as he felt himself being thrown across the room onto a table, breaking it in two. Angelus had witnessed the whole thing, but had chosen to wait to see the outcome.until he heard Willow cry out in pain.
"Did he hurt you?" Angelus asked examining her arm.
"No. I've never seen him act like that before," Willow said as she looked at Ted lying on the floor.
"What happened?" Angelus asked.
"I don't know..I guess he was upset," Willow told him.
"About what?"
"I knew he liked me, and asked me to go out once, but I told him I wasn't looking for anyone."
"Well Willow, maybe you haven't seen the real me before," Ted answered as he jumped at Angelus, catching him off guard. He knocked Angelus to the ground.
Angelus immediately put on his game face and lunged at Ted. Angelus punched Ted in the face a couple of times, when Ted grabbed both Angelus hands; he kicked Ted in the stomach knocking him back. Angelus tried to jump on him, but was stopped in mid air by a roundhouse kick in the stomach knocking Angelus back against Willow.
"Two birds with one stone, as they say," Ted said as he tried to keep his features together. Ted moved Angelus off of Willow and stood over her, "I was going to wait until you went out with me before I turned you, but I guess I have to do it now, before he does," he spoke as placed his hand over Willow's chest, draining the power from her. Willow screamed and felt as if she were dying, she could explain it no other way. As fast as the pain started, it stopped as she felt Ted being tossed off of her.
Breathing heavily, she sat up just in time to see Angelus snap Ted's neck. He let his body fall and walked back to Willow.
"Are you ok, Willow?"
"Yeah. I think that's who Angel was talking about," she said as Angelus helped her up.
"About what?" Angelus asked.
"Long story but Angel said you where here to protect me from him but he never said what him. I wonder was that him?" Willow smiled as she thought about how Angelus looked at her.
"I don't know Willow."
"If it's not, let's just get out of here," She told him as he helped her out of the shop.
Angelus and Willow walked back to her house, neither of them knowing what to expect from now on. If that was the man sent to take Willow, he was just too easy. Angelus had a strange feeling that it wasn't over.
"What do you want to do Willow? I don't think this is over," Angelus asked.
"Me either, but Europe is looking good this time of the year. Do you want to go?"
"Sounds good to me," Angelus told her.
"Then Europe, here we come. Before we go, would you do one thing for me, Angelus?"
"Anything."
"Would turn me and make me your mate?"
"Is that really what you want Willow?" he asked, excited by the thought. He wanted to claim her earlier today, but only if it was what she wanted.
"Yes Angelus, like I always say, Death Is Only the Beginning."
The End