Help! (Part 3)

[Cordelia Chase]

(( Okay, I'm gunna make this thread fun again... lemme know if I missed anything ))

Cordelia came charging down the stairs when she started to hear voices. She could definitely tell it was Angel down there but she didn't really take any notice of the other two, considering it was Angel she wanted to see at the moment the most. It'd seemed like forever that she'd been pacing all around the hotel, nervously waiting for someone at least to come back.

"It's about time you got back! Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to return?! Why is it when I need you the most... you're not here!" Once she got to the bottom of the staircase, she finally looked up from her ranting and noticed... Xander? Cordy stopped short, gaping with shock.

"Oh. My God. Xander? Is that you?" Cordelia ran to him and engulfed him in a hug. "It's been sooo long!" Beaming, Cordelia forgot for a moment that she had something to tell Angel. She was so thrilled so see Xander Harris that she didn't even notice the unconscious woman.

[Xander Harris]

Xander returned the hug that Cordelia embraced him in. "Hey, Cordy!" He said, shocked to see her. "Angel said that you weren't working, tonight. But I'm glad to see you anyway" his hug tightened.

"It has been too long, hasn't it? How are you?" He asked when he released his hold of her.

He stared at Cordelia, by appearance she hasn't changed much however, by her personality she a whole new woman. "Well it looks like we decided to catch up at the wrong time. Angel and I just returned from Wolfram and Hart." He turned to Lilah still unconcious on the couch.

"It looks like our friend here has a problem and she wants our help. Our problem however is, that she lost her memory." He sighed about what he was about to ask her, "we could use your help" he put on an award winning smile for more chances that she'd agree.

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Angel looked up when he saw Cordy come down the stairs. "What?" He said standing. "I thought I told you guys to take the day off?" Angel was about to ask what it is she 'needed' her for when she noticed Xander. Angel went to put his glass on the desk and he leaned against it as Xander and Cordy reunited. He listened silently to their banter before saying in reference to Lilah, "We'll take her back where she belongs, at Wolfram & Hart." His words were decisive, revealing his annoyance with that woman.

He looked at Cordy, concerned. "Did you have a vision?" he asked. Maybe it would tell him what Lilah's deal was. He didn't even realize that Xander didn't know about her visions. He found it hard to care about that, especially in between Xander showing up unexpectedly, Cordy now 'needing' something from him, and Lilah. He wanted to know what was going on here.

[Cordelia Chase]

Cordelia laughed when Xander hugged her back tightly. In fact, it was a little too tight... "Okay, okay. I still need to breathe, you know. I'm not Angel."

"Oh, you know, the usual... fighting the evil, helping the helpless..." She answered when Xander released her. She looked over to the unconscious woman and then back to Xander when he explained where they'd been. "She lost her memory? Last time I knew you didn't fall unconscious from memory loss." Cordy turned to Angel with a frown. "Why must you always resort to violence, Angel?"

Cordy put her hands on her hips when Angel reminded her that she wasn't supposed to be here. "Oh, I guess the visions weren't listening when you said we had the day off. Maybe say it louder next time?"

She sighed, not knowing exactly how to tell Angel about her newest vision. It definitely wasn't going to be easy. Hesitating, Cordy remained silent, trying to find the right words to say.

[Xander Harris]

"Oh so not much then?" He joked when Cordelia told him what she's been up to.

Xander had to admit, it was great seeinig Cordelia. Despite those rough times in High School when he told, more so forced himself to hate Cordelia but his heart wouldn't let him.

"It wasn't Angel" Xander raised his hand, guilty. "I hit her over the head with a book, that's how she's unconcious, we don't know how she lost her memory. She walked through a portal which ended up here and her memory was gone. We have no idea how though."

"Visions?" He asked dumbfoundley, "what visions?"

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Angel sighed at her smart comment, giving her a look that read "Give me a break,"

Angel pushed himself off the desk he was leaning on and approached them as he explained. "Cordy was granted these...visions, from the Powers that Be. She can see when something is going to happen and that way we can stop it."

He stopped by Cordy,crossing his arms over his chest. "Did you see something?" He said a bit more forcefully. He could tell she did and whatever it was, it wasn't pretty.

[Cordelia Chase]

Cordelia gave Xander a look of disbelief when he admitted it was him who had caused Lilah to be unconscious. "Oh." Was all she could say to that.

She caught the look Angel sent her and replied with a look of her own that said 'Never.' She opened her mouth to answer Xander's question about the visions when Angel got there first. "Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Oh, you forgot the painful migraines that usually follow."

Almost jumping out of her skin when Angel was next to her and spoke like that, Cordelia placed a hand over her heart. "You're really scary sometimes, you know that, don't you?" She sighed in defeat, knowing she couldn't, and shouldn't, be keeping it from him any longer.

"Three people we know are involved... Spike, your unconscious friend over there and..." Cordy looked at Angel with regret and continued, "Buffy."

[Xander Harris]

"Oh, is that all you can say, is oh? Is it really that hard to believe that I can do that to someone?" He asked, and gestured to Lilah.

After Angel explained about the visions, all that he could dignify that with was "oh". He turned to Cordelia, judging wheather or not to ask her about them. He finally decided to ask one. "How did you get them?" He asked, impressed.

"I got to say, I'm impressed. You have this new superpower and all I have is my parents basement" he said mumbling the last part. "Oh and a new girlfriend!" He said enthusiastically, not taking in account that his last girlfriend was Cordelia, and wasn't sure how she would react to that.

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Angel just sighed impatiently at Cordy, wanting her to just spill it. She finally did, and he wished she had said something different...ugly demon. Vampire attack in LA. Something else other than...Buffy. Angel's expression dropped. "Buffy?"

Then it occurred to him. That is what Xander has been trying to tell him all this time. He turned to him. "Care to explain? What exactly is going on in Sunnydale?" Spike. That was not a name he looked forward to hearing from one of Cordy's visions. Maybe it was the whole thing about Spike torturing him for the ring of Amara that left a bad taste in his mouth. Either way, it can't be good.

[Cordelia Chase]

Cordelia beamed at Xander. "No, no, it's good. I just remember you as the... never mind! You did good!" She was going to say that he'd been the 'weak' one, but that was what the old Cordelia would have said. She was long gone.

Her expression did drop a little at the mention of a new girlfriend, surprised that she did feel a little jealous. Trying her hardest, Cordy brightened back up, but it did look a little forced. "Wow, really? Don't tell me you finally wooed one of the popular girls?" She punched his shoulder lightly.

She glanced at Angel at his reaction, then looked back at Xander. "Do tell. Don't hold back, tell us everything!" Cordy told Xander in her same teasing voice, but she was a bit more serious than before. The mention of Buffy's name had clearly gotten to Angel.

[Xander Harris]

Xander's was impressed at this new Cordelia. They've been together for five minutes and she hasn't yet insulted him. He decided to say something, he leaned over to Angel, "where's the old Cordelia and what have you done to her?"

He turned back to Cordelia with a smile, "well yeah in a way I did 'woo' one of the popular girl. Do you remember Anya?" He asked.

He sighed and turned back to Angel, knowing that he had to answer his question. "Well there's a slight Apocalypse in Sunnydale, you know nothing new." He smiled to lighten the mood.

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Angel glanced uneasily at Cordilea when Xander made his little comment. She has changed for the better over the years. When she's been through the things she's been through, and seen the things she's seen, it was inevitable. He turned to Xander, letting his light-hearted comment pass right through him, his expression still serious.

"Yes, I know that. Spike. Lilah. What do they have to do with Buffy? And why is Cordy having visions about them?" Then it came to him. He looked at Cordelia in realization. "Spike is working for Wolfram and Hart."

Angel went straight to the weapons cabinet and grabbed a few stakes and knives. "I'm going over there. Xander, you can come with if you want. Cordy, tell Wes where I am."

(I was thinking of ending off this thread as what triggers Angel to go to Spike in the graveyard if thats ok).

[Cordelia Chase]

Cordelia laughed, hearing what Xander said to Angel. It was true, she was nothing like the old, snobby, rich girl who could have anything she wanted whenever she wanted. She had changed, and definitely for the better.

"Anya? Oh yeah, I remember her... good for you." She replied, a bit hesitantly. That girl was a little strange to Cordelia, and she'd once had a dream that had seemed so real about Anya... that she'd granted Cordy's wish to make it like Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. But she shrugged that off now, knowing it was just a horrible dream.

"Good to know some things haven't changed, Sunnydale being one of them." Cordy looked over to Angel about the same time he looked at her, her face grave. "Bingo." She replied softly, knowing it wouldn't be easy for Angel to hear that. She watched in silence as Angel gathered weapons, not bothering to attempt to stop him.

"Just be careful." Was all Cordelia told Angel.

(( This thread done then? ))

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