One of two conversations at chez Chase. From harshlivinginsd
I had handled Michael Benedict, although I hadn't killed him, the way that I wanted to. I had met Buffy in the cemetary and after some tense moments, I convinced her that I was souled and that it wasn't unprecedented, that there had been another vampire with a soul in the world.
Of course, Buffy knew that, because she knew Angel and I immediately got the impression that she knew him in an intimate way. That led to me telling her that I sensed that he had been in the very spot that we were standing and that he had been here, very recently. Her reaction to that news was one of disbelief, like Angel wasn't supposed to be here, in Sunnydale. I left it alone, because she still didn't know me that well, and she did have a stake in her hands, and I was a vampire, one who had killed thousands of people in my three hundred years on Earth.
I told her that I had been souled by a warlock with wealth and that the warlock in question, Michael Benedict was here in Sunnydale and if he was here, nobody was safe. She didn't know him by name, but had a friend, named Cordelia Chase, who was also wealthy and was dating somebody new to town named Michael. Buffy Summers and I realized that it was time to check up on her friend Cordelia, and that's when the fun started.
We entered the house, triggering alarms, and heard a woman scream from upstairs. I leapt the three stories and entered the room, to see Cordelia battered and Angel with a magical ring around his neck, holding him in a stassis type of way. Michael didn't have time to use his magic's on me, and as I threw him across the room, with the intention of knocking the wind out of him before I killed him, even in front of Angel, Buffy and a girl that I didn't know, who was quite stunning, I failed and actually tossed him through a window and out. Buffy came in and there wasn't an effort by Angel to protect Cordelia anymore. His eyes were locked on Buffy's, just as I imagined would happen if Buffy saw Angel on this night, because of her reactions to my mentioning his name.
I helped Cordelia up and after a minute, she and I agreed that we should leave Buffy and Angel alone, even though I didn't know the story and wondered if a brutal fight was about to occur.
Cordelia turned off the alrms and locked the door as I studied her, suddenly interested in knowing what was going on around here, just as I was sure that she wanted to know why I had attacked Michael.
"In case you are wondering, Cordelia Chase, Michael Benedict is going to die at my hands. You see, and you well know, he's evil and thrusted a soul upon me, and robbed me of my friends and my life back in Italy. I don't mind the soul part, even though it's an adjustment, but I do know that ridding him from the world is something that somebody who is now a good being should do..."
I had babbled to a person that didn't even know me, and she needed ice for her face. I went to get ice from the freezer for her, and her home was beautiful, as was she, and reminded me of my former palace in Rome, where I was no longer welcomed by my legion.
[Cordelia]
Of course, Buffy knew that, because she knew Angel and I immediately got the impression that she knew him in an intimate way. That led to me telling her that I sensed that he had been in the very spot that we were standing and that he had been here, very recently. Her reaction to that news was one of disbelief, like Angel wasn't supposed to be here, in Sunnydale. I left it alone, because she still didn't know me that well, and she did have a stake in her hands, and I was a vampire, one who had killed thousands of people in my three hundred years on Earth.
I told her that I had been souled by a warlock with wealth and that the warlock in question, Michael Benedict was here in Sunnydale and if he was here, nobody was safe. She didn't know him by name, but had a friend, named Cordelia Chase, who was also wealthy and was dating somebody new to town named Michael. Buffy Summers and I realized that it was time to check up on her friend Cordelia, and that's when the fun started.
We entered the house, triggering alarms, and heard a woman scream from upstairs. I leapt the three stories and entered the room, to see Cordelia battered and Angel with a magical ring around his neck, holding him in a stassis type of way. Michael didn't have time to use his magic's on me, and as I threw him across the room, with the intention of knocking the wind out of him before I killed him, even in front of Angel, Buffy and a girl that I didn't know, who was quite stunning, I failed and actually tossed him through a window and out. Buffy came in and there wasn't an effort by Angel to protect Cordelia anymore. His eyes were locked on Buffy's, just as I imagined would happen if Buffy saw Angel on this night, because of her reactions to my mentioning his name.
I helped Cordelia up and after a minute, she and I agreed that we should leave Buffy and Angel alone, even though I didn't know the story and wondered if a brutal fight was about to occur.
Cordelia turned off the alrms and locked the door as I studied her, suddenly interested in knowing what was going on around here, just as I was sure that she wanted to know why I had attacked Michael.
"In case you are wondering, Cordelia Chase, Michael Benedict is going to die at my hands. You see, and you well know, he's evil and thrusted a soul upon me, and robbed me of my friends and my life back in Italy. I don't mind the soul part, even though it's an adjustment, but I do know that ridding him from the world is something that somebody who is now a good being should do..."
I had babbled to a person that didn't even know me, and she needed ice for her face. I went to get ice from the freezer for her, and her home was beautiful, as was she, and reminded me of my former palace in Rome, where I was no longer welcomed by my legion.
[Cordelia]