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[wickedslayer]

Took me and Wes a wicked long time but we finally managed to convince Cor to go confront Soul Boy with us. I, for one, was sick and tired of sittin' around and talkin' to the polite fridge while Angel was goin' off the deep end. Didn't really get why Cordelia was so scared to just go and ask him what the fuck his problem was. In the last month or

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[__visiongal]

It would've been easy to blame the whole headache deal on the hangover. Faith and I drank enough alcohol to-- Well, do what we did. My headache wasn't from that.

They'd stood there the entire morning, telling me that it was for the best - that me coming here, confronting everyone I'd tried to avoid - Angel - was a good plan.

I didn't look at them as I got out the car. Couldn't. What would I say?

I looked up at Fred's door when Wesley knocked, took a breath. She didn't remember - none of them did - and yet it felt like I was going up in front of judge, jury and executioner... And this was just Fred for God's sake.

I heard Wes say something beside me and turned, my eyes wary. "What?"

[boyhostage]

On our way to Fred's doorway I had noticed Cordelia acting strangely out of sorts, even for her. It was true, she had been behaving in a peculiar fashion all morning as Faith and I continued to coerce her into confronting Angel with us.

I feared that Angel had lost his soul, with the reappearance of Buffy Summers it did not seem improbable. On top of that if he was indeed aligned with the senior partners of Wolfram and Hart we were all in for a world of trouble.

"I asked if you were alright." I said, returning my attention to Cordelia. I had the feeling that she wasn't paying very much attention to me.

[__visiongal]

"I'm fine, Wes." I said with all the enthusiasm I could muster. I was always good at this - hiding my feelings, making sure I looked like I at least thought everything was fine.

I'd even managed, during these past few weeks with Faith, to pretend that everything was semi-normal. Apparently that hadn't wanted to last though. And also? Wes? Not believing me.

"Really, I'm okay." I looked at him. I really did have to snap the fuck out of this funk I was in. I took a breath and gave Faith a smile - albeit a nervous, semi-shaky one. If I believed I was okay, I'd be okay... It was the motto I'd lived by only for, like, ever.

[fredburkle]

I closed the book on ancient spells and curses when I heard the knock. It was late, and the only person who would show up here that late, was Wesley, or a demon. And since I was a 'glass-is-half-full' kind of girl, I was going to bet on Wesley.

I peeked out the peep hole and smiled at his familiar face. Opening the door, my smiled faltered a little as I saw Faith and then Cordelia standing next to him. It wasn't that I wasn't happy to see them, but I just wasn't expecting them. I opened the door wider and gave them all a big smile, "Hey...come on in."

I smiled as Wesley gently kissed my lips and walked into the kitchen. I followed him, because it was obvious that something was up, I just didn't know what. I leaned against the door frame and looked at him, "What's wrong, Wes? What happened while you were gone?"

[_wes_pryce_]

What's wrong? God, where to begin. Rubbing my hands over my face, I glance back at Cordelia and Faith. Who's hands I can still feel on my throat by the way. "Well, I uh...found Cordelia and Faith." Yes, because that's not obvious. Smooth Pryce, you're really gaining points here. Risking another glance at Cordy and Faith I shrug and turn back to Fred. Holding one of her hands I sigh deeply. What a mess.

"It took me some time to convince them that I wasn't uhm...evil." A lot of time. Valuable time. We need to find out what is wrong with Angel and if he is indeed Angelus. That is what we should do. "Perhaps Cordelia can explain what happened. Apparently they've been hunted down by Angel, who wanted them dead." That still doesn't sit right. Something not right with that.

[fredburkle]

"Are you kidding, Wes? Angel wanted to hunt down Cordy and Faith...so he could kill them...?" I shook my head, "That just doesn't make sense. Why? Why would he do something like that?" I frowned and looked at the floor. Maybe Angel was Angelus now and he was trying to take out the good guys so no one could restore his soul ever again.

I looked at him, "What are we going to do? Are we going to confront him? What if he's Angelus? He could kill one, or all, of us." I walked over to him and slid my arms around his waste, "I don't understand what's going on, Wesley. One minute, I'm down in the lab trying to re-corporealize Spike and the next, Angel's off his rocker."

I sighed and pulled away, "And to top it all off, Harmony kissed me."

[_wes_pryce_]

Nervously I glance over at Cordelia and Faith for some answers, but they seem to have only eye for each other. And if that isn't the oddest thing I've ever seen, I don't know what is. And I don't want to know right now, we've bigger problems on our hands.

"I don't know Fred," I sigh, circling my arms around her and holding her close. "I guess we're going to have to either confront him or find out more. There has to be a way to find out if he really lost his soul. And if he hasn't he'd better well have a bloody good reason for this mess."

Letting go of her I'm about to try and reassure her some more when she mentions Harmony. And that has to be the oddest thing I've heard today. I open my mouth several times as I gape at her and then blink. "Excuse me? Harmony did what?" I cannot believe I'm suddenly having jealous feeling because of Harmony of all peop-vampires.

[fredburkle]

I nodded and made a face, "She called me from the hospital, said she was scared that Angel was going to kill her and could I come pick her up and take her home." I sat down at the tiny kitchen table and looked up at Wesley, "So of course I did. We don't know what's going on with Angel right now and Harmony...we'll, she's pretty defenseless, so I went, picked her up and took her home

[wickedslayer]

I hung back near Cordelia as the two lovebirds made with their smooching and talking and carrying on. Fuck, this was boring. Not to mention weird considering my morning with Cordelia. I gave Cor an awkward look as the two of us met eachother's eyes for a second and then walked up to Fred and Wes.

"Hi." I said bluntly. "This is all wicked interesting and everything, but do you think we could get to the part about Angel flipping the fuck out sometime today?"

[buffys_bitch]

I pop through the wall and find there's a little tea party going on without me. Had been coming to see if Fred and Wes were here, since they hadn't been at Percy's. Had needed to see them to, well, talk about Angel, let them know what I'd learnt.

Faith, and Cordy, huh? Well the gang's all here, or most of the gang, Gunn being gone for good.

"This is all wicked interesting and everything, but do you think we could get to the part about Angel flipping the fuck out sometime today?"

"He hasn't flipped out." I pipe up. "Not really. Well alright, when I left him he was pounding a werewolf into iddy biddy pieces and calling it Wes, and Cordy and such. But I don't think he's gaga crazy."

[__visiongal]

"He was calling it--" I pause, look at Spike. Spike who just... Walked through a wall. Is nobody else fixating on that?

"Where did you leave him?" They all look at me and I can almost tell what they're thinking. Change of heart - big change of heart.

Change of heart because... Because despite what happened, Angel's my best friend. I loved him. Am still in love with him, partly, I think... I owe him that much. "I need to talk to him. We need to talk to him. I think gaga crazy is, if it hasn't happened already, a couple of steps away. Hence the sending of people to kill me and Faith dead." I say, as if that needs confirming.

[_wes_pryce_]

Alright, now I'm getting not only confused, and not to mention very worried. Al signs indicate that we are indeed dealing with Angelus. Though Spike doesn't seem to be all that worried. That could be just Spike though. It's not as if I actually really know the fellow.

"He's shredding a werewolf calling it by our names," I wave between Cordelia and myself, exchanging a look with her, "and you don't think that's...'gaga crazy?" I give him an incredulous look at that.

Pulling Fred closer I sigh. At least we're all here and safe for now, except for Gunn that is. "Alright we need to figure out what to do exactly." When dealing with Anglus better not make any half arsed plans, "and we need to find out where Gunn is." I'm starting to fear the worst about Gunn. "And yes," I agree with Cordelia ."We do need to talk to him. But you're not going alone." Over my dead body. And from the looks of it Faith's as well.

[__visiongal]

"Yeah, Wes," I nod, "Trying not to fix on that whole shredding-and-calling-it-by-our-names part." Because that? Would lie the way of wiggage.

Wes probably doesn't understand why he's being mock-shredded by his friend. He gets the Connor thing - or at least how much I explained - but I kinda left out the parts where he's a big kid... Napper.

"So, game plan. We need to go find Angel, talk some sense into him then find Gunn, great. Only..." I look at Wes and then Faith in turn, "I do need to talk to him. Alone. Eventually, anyway. Not at first 'cause, y'know, he could still suck off my face through my neck."

[prodigal_slayer]

"No way." I shook my head at C, terrified of the thought of her talkin' to Soul Boy alone. Why exactly was that anyway? Cause Angel was clearly goin' mental and I didn't want him to hurt Cordy? Or was it something else....Okay, I was pissed off now for real. Needed to put the hurt on someone, preferably a souled or unsouled vampire that we all knew.

"He tried to kill us, there's no way in hell you're talkin' to him alone." I knew my words were totally pointless cause Cor would do what she wanted anyway. "'Sides, I'm the only one rockin' superpowers currently. Maybe I should just go find him." Too bad Spike wasn't gonna do me any good, bein' all Casperfied and everything.

"How do we make you a real boy again?" I asked Spike point blankly. I still remembered the last time I went up against Angelus, I was gonna need some backup if Angel really had lost his soul.

[__visiongal]

"Only one rockin' superpowers?" I asked, softly, "Hi, do you remember those in the room that can currently glow." She'd seen what I'd done to those guys. Why the hell was she--

Oh. I looked at Faith for a moment, wondering if she was-- Worried. She was worried?

"I'm not saying now. I'm just... Sooner or later. Preferably later, please." I nodded, then turned towards Spike, wondering if anyone was ever gonna fill me in on how he was suddenly able to walk through walls.

[buffys_bitch]

Cordy is giving me this look like she's half cocked, but then I realise it's because she doesn't know why I'm all ghostified.

"Long story, love. Tragic really, but the jist of it is I fried up in order to seal the hellmouth over Sunnydale, and now I get to haunt people and be completely soddin' useless. How was your coma thing?" I asked, not in the mood to share the ups and well mostly the downs of being lacking in a corporeal body.

Then I turn to Wes, my face sobering.

"You won't find Gunn. He's gone, a lost cause. Charlie boy was a good bloke and I'm sorry, but he got in the way of Angel's plans." I look down, not wanting to go into further detail. Problem was that underneath it all, I did understand why Angel might have done it.

"Listen, he's not Angelus. He's Angel ,with soul intact. He's got some grandiose plan, not sure what exactly, but the stakes are extremely high and I do think he believes it is for everyone's good. Absurd as that sounds."