It's times like these you learn to live again...

[angelbuffy]

I wish I had something that I could say to make them stay, but the fact that Spike and Faith were the two people that would be the last to listen to me, and that they were together was an impossible task. I couldn't stand up to them because I was holding Angel up. I couldn't really say anything, because this really wasn't my town. Normally, I

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[shanshu_angel]

I watched them go and after Buffy had p[leaded with them as well. Faith and Spike, when they put their minds to things..well, lets just say that it was like talking to a wall with both of them. They were worse then Buffy and I, without a doubt. They had gone out there, Faith after having given me blood and Spike, not as battered as me, but not far behind, to fight all of those demons, and Gunn, Illyria and Wesley were already gone on this night. I felt so helpless. I knew that I couldn't walk. My head was wrong. I could think, but I had lost my equilibrium. The part of my brain that controlled my physicality was banged up after going through the top of my hotel. I could feel fear and desperation, though.

I wasn't the only one. Buffy looked concerned, too. I think that it was more concern about Faith and Spike then it was about my condition. She knew enough about vampires to know that eventually, I would fully heal, but she also knew that Faith and Spike could suffer fatal wounds at the hands of those demons.

"They can't go out there

[angelbuffy]

There was so much that had to be done. I could not just sit here and convince myself that I I was not more worried about Angel right now. I was. Sitting here between a rock and a hard place was where I was right now. Angel needed someone here, and Faith and Spike needed someone out there. I just had to figure out who needed me the most, and it was Angel. The last time I saw him even remotely bad like this was when he was shot with the arrow from Faith.

Vampires are not weak creatures. It takes a hell of a lot to get them immobile, and catatonic. Angel was that way when I found him and even with the help of Faiths blood, he wasn't able to stand, much less move a muscle without cringing with about unbearable pain.

"Buffy, I don't want to not go out there, but three is better then two. If you have to go after them, then I will be alright here, and hopefully, I get my equilibrium back and can join the fight before...before too long..."My mind was made up. I had to simply trust that Faith and Spike were going to do alright, and

[shanshu_angel]

A wave of pain passed through me and I remembered the dragon hurling me through the building.

"I'm not leaving you here, Angel. You can't stand up, you can barely move much less fight for yourself if they come back. You need someone here. I just need to calm down, and find a way to get ahold of Giles. Then we can figure out our next move."

"You can use the phones here to get in touch with Giles. The last time I checked, Harmony was paying the bills here using Wolfram and Hart funds. I kept..kept it that way in case we needed to get out of Wolfram and Hart quickly..."

I stopped. Just thinking about us coming back here meant us, as a whole being Cordy and Fred and Gunn and Lorne and even Spike. Now there was just Spike left, and Harmony, the backstabber. I could tell Buffy was repulsed at the mention of Harmony.

"You can get a hold of Giles, and urge him to get some slayers here, pronto, Buffy. It might be the only way. Spike and Faith can hold their own. Spike has seen what those demons can do in a pact, he has to be more

[angelbuffy]

"You can use the phones here to get in touch with Giles. The last time I checked, Harmony was paying the bills here using Wolfram and Hart funds. I kept..kept it that way in case we needed to get out of Wolfram and Hart quickly..."

I didn't want to hear the name Wolfram and Hart, because that was what was causing all this trouble in the middle of LA in the first place. Angel and Spike being the head of it, were in charge of the funds, and all else. Even knowing that it was Wolfram and Harts money that was keeping this place Angel's was making my stomach turn. I had a feeling of relief that I didn't need to go outside to use the phone. I wanted Angel in my sight at all times, especially in this condition, and especially with those things out there.

"You can get a hold of Giles, and urge him to get some slayers here, pronto, Buffy. It might be the only way. Spike and Faith can hold their own. Spike has seen what those demons can do in a pact, he has to be more intelligent when he goes at them a second time..."I gave him a look. I