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Dangerous	By : addielogan Category: Angel the Series > Het - Male/Female Views: 3801 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Anne's trail grew
cold suddenly in the middle of an abandoned building. He could smell her
strongly until one spot and then nothing. She was just...gone.

Connor
wouldn't accept that. People didn't just disappear into thin air. Not unless�
He shook his head. No, he wouldn't accept that either. Anne would never end up
in a place like that. He wouldn't let it happen.

She had to be
somewhere. Somewhere close, since his senses told him she hadn't been taken any
further. He tapped the ground with his foot and smiled at the sound it
produced. Without bothering to look for the entrance, he punched through the
wooden floorboards, jumping down into the hole he'd created.

Connor landed
on his feet in a dark, musty room. Even with his heightened eyesight, he could
barely see, but Anne's scent was back. That was as good of a guide as he'd ever
known. He followed it through what appeared to be a long underground passage
way, the walls feeling like dirt beneath his fingers.

Eventually, he
saw light up ahead and knew he was getting close. And he could smell something
else, too.

Anne's blood�

The scent made
something inside of him scream in rage.

Sword raised,
he prepared to fight for his mate.

*** *** ***

Angel could
vaguely remember a time when Cordelia couldn't fight like she could now. Then,
she'd been only human, and he'd had to worry about protecting her when things
got rough.

He didn't have
to worry about that anymore. If anything, she had a better chance of seeing the
end of any given battle than he did. When she'd come back from the Higher
Realms the second time, it had been without a hellgod on board, but with a
whole new set of powers. Powers she was currently using to quickly dispatch the
demons that had filled the lobby of his hotel.

She turned to
him when the last demon fell, no sign of exertion from the fight apparent from
looking at her. No sweat, no heavy breathing. She was calm and collected, ready
to fight again at a moment's notice. A far cry from the cheerleader he'd first
met in Sunnydale so many years before. "Okay," Cordelia said, "let's
hunt down Spike and then round up the kids."

Angel couldn't
help the small smile that crept to his lips despite the grim circumstances they
were facing. She was amazing, and he was thankful every day for having her
returned to him. But he could think about that later. Now he had his son to
save. "Do you have any idea where Spike is?" he asked.

Cordelia
closed her eyes for a moment, concentrating. "Yes," she said as they
opened again. "Let's go."

*** *** ***

Spike blinked
when he saw Cordelia walk into the bar. He frowned, wondering what in the world
she was doing there.

And then he
felt a lump grow in his throat as he realized exactly why she was there. Something
bad must've happened back at the hotel for her to take the time to track him
down. "What happened?" he asked as soon as Cordelia approached him.

"The hotel
was attacked. They got Anne," Cordelia replied.

Cold fear
mixed with guilt gripped at Spike's insides. "This�I�I shouldn't have
left�I�"

"No time
for guilt trips now," Cordelia said. "Connor's already run after her,
but that's not going to go well. Angel's waiting for us outside."

Spike got up.
Cordelia was right. He could berate himself for abandoning Anne in a fit of
anger after he had his daughter back.
"Do you know where they took her?" he asked.

Cordelia shook
her head. "No. All I know is�it's someplace dark. We can head back towards
the hotel, and you can try to pick up her scent, see if you can track her."

Spike nodded. "I
can do that. Know her scent as well as just about anybody's. We best get a move
on."

"Yeah. We haven't got
a lot of time."

Spike looked
at Cordelia quickly. "You said Connor going after her isn't going to go
well. You get a vision? Is something bad going to happen to Anne?"

"I don't
know. It's not clear. I�" Cordelia stopped, gasping as her eyes grew wide.
"We have to hurry. I know what they're trying to do." Cordelia ran
for the door, Spike following closely behind her.

*** *** ***.
Connor
stopped when found himself at a large cavern. He hid at the edge of the
entrance as he surveyed the situation, deciding on the best course of action.
Several of the demons were gathered around an altar, chanting in a language he
didn't have to recognize to know they weren't up to anything good. He spotted
Anne in a cage on the far side of the room and, to her credit, she looked more
angry than afraid. Not that that really surprised him. Her strength was one of
the things he loved most about her.
Connor
decided to free Anne first, figuring the almost-certain fight would go a lot
smoother with her at his side. He kept to the shadows, careful not to draw the
attention of the chanting demons. As he got closer to her, Anne turned sharply
towards him. She mouthed "key," pointing to a spot on the wall near
the cage. Connor nodded, seeing the key hanging there and grabbed it, unlocking
the door and letting Anne out. He allowed himself a moment to hold her, needing
to assure himself that she was all right.
"We
have to get out of here," Anne whispered. "They're opening a portal
to a hell dimension over there. They want to send me in so whatever prophecy
they're so afraid of won't come true."
Connor
shook his head. "No. That isn't going to happen. You're not going to go to
one of those places. You're not."
"Wasn't
planning on it," Anne replied. "Though you know they're not going to
let us just walk out of here."
"I
just walked in," Connor pointed out.
It
was then that the chanting stopped, and a large vortex appeared over the altar.
"It is time to banish the vessel," one of the demons announced,
rising to his feet.
Anne
looked grimly at Connor. "You were saying?"
"You're
not going to a hell dimension, Anne," Connor said, determination clear in
his voice. He reached behind his neck, fumbling with the clasp there before
removing the thin chain and placing it on Anne. Anne fingered the cross as
Connor pulled away, giving him a puzzled look. "For luck," he
explained with a quick kiss before handing her his sword. Anne raised it with a
nod as Connor drew his dagger.
The
demons had spotted them by then and were charging towards the couple,
determined to stop their escape. Anne and Connor both moved quickly, standing
back to back, falling into synch as they always did. Even with the danger
facing them, fighting by Connor's side seemed right for Anne, natural.
As a
demon came towards her, she ducked under its arm, slashing it across the
stomach as Connor drove his dagger into its neck, the large body crumbling to
the ground. The two lovers shared a momentary look, the fire that always burned
when they were together strong in their eyes.
Connor
felt almost like another part of her as they moved in tandem, Anne cutting the
demons down with her sword as they advanced and Connor delivering the deathblow
with his dagger.
The
demons began to move more quickly, rushing Anne and Connor at once, trying to
break their deadly rhythm. But the pair just switched tactics, fighting back to
back as the demons came at them from all sides, fending off the attacks
together. Anne could almost feel him inside her mind, his presence melding with
hers, making them like one. She turned slightly to catch Connor's eye, and she
knew he felt it, too.
Anne
had just decapitated one of the demons when the scent of Connor's blood hit
her. She turned to see him standing opposite a demon, his chest slashed by the
creature's large claws. Connor remained on his feet, but the amount of pain he
was in was evident on his face. It felt like an almost physical blow for her as
well, and Anne felt her concentration falter. She started towards Connor, only
to have a demon grab her, using her distraction to make its move. The demon
kept her arms pinned to her sides, Anne's sword
falling to the ground as she futilely struggled to get free.
The
demon had her almost to the portal when suddenly they hit the ground, the
demon's grip loosening as they did. Anne rolled to the side, seeing that Connor
had tackled the demon. They both rose to their feet, Connor refusing to show
weakness despite the blood he had lost. "You won't take her," he
growled.
"So
be it," the demon replied. It lunged at Connor, taking hold of him and
pulling them both into the portal.
Anne
screamed as the portal closed behind them. She felt something inside of her
snap and any control she had of the demon inside gave way. Her eyes changed
from blue to yellow, the bones of her forehead shifting slightly, and she
lashed out, attacking the remaining demons with nothing but fists and fangs.
When
she'd killed them all, Anne sank to her knees, her features going back to
normal as she buried her face in her hands, sobbing. She felt someone kneel
beside her, familiar arms wrapping around her, and she slumped forward.
"They
took him, Daddy," she said, her voice laced with both physical and
emotional pain. "They took him."
"Where,
baby?" Spike asked, gently cradling his daughter.
"Hell,"
Anne replied, the word followed by a heartbroken wail. Her entire body was
shaking, and Spike picked her up, carrying her over to Angel and Cordelia.
"We
weren't fast enough, were we?" Cordelia asked softly.
Spike
shook his head. "No." Anne trembled in his arms, her eyes staring
forward but unfocused. "I need to get her out of here."
Angel
nodded. "I'm going to stay, see what I can find. I heard...I heard where
she said Connor went."
Spike
met Angel's eyes, and it was one of the few times he'd ever felt compassion for
the man. He held his own child a little tighter, grateful she was in his arms
now, even if she did look broken. She was there�he hadn't lost her the way
Angel had lost Connor. "I'll see you back at the hotel," Spike said
simply.
Angel
walked past Spike and towards what was left of the demons' altar.

*** *** ***

Anne clung to
Spike as they walked back to the Hyperion, her whole body still trembling. Spike
wanted to comfort her, to say something to make it all better, but what could
he do? This wasn't something that a band-aid and a kiss was
going to heal.

"It's my
fault," Anne said, her voice barely above a whisper. "He got taken
away because of me."

Spike stopped
in mid-stride, looking down at her. "No, baby.
Don't blame yourself."

"They
wanted to send me. Connor wouldn't let them. He told them they couldn't take me
so they took him instead."

Spike's breath
caught in his throat. Had Connor honestly sacrificed himself for Anne? Did the
boy love her that much? "He wouldn't want you to blame yourself,"
Spike told her gently, trying to calm her. "If he did that for you, it's
because he'd want you to keep going on, to live a happy life."

Anne looked at
him, her eyes wide and tear-filled. "Like�like what you did for Mom in
Sunnydale?" she asked.

"Yeah, pumpkin. Like
that."

Anne gripped
Spike's shirt, her sobs starting again. "I want him here. I�I want him to
be okay. He�he was hurt. He was bleeding when they took him and a demon went
with him and�" Anne's whole body shook harder with the force of her tears.
"He could be dead now. He could've died�alone�in that place."

"No, sweetheart. He's
not dead. We'll�we'll get him back. He came back from a hell dimension once. He'll
get out again." Spike wasn't sure if he was telling her the truth, but he
couldn't bring himself to say anything else. His baby was hurting, and he
couldn't stand it. He'd go into hell and bring Connor back himself if it would
make her pain go away.

"He
shouldn't be there at all. He's suffering. He has to be�He�"
Anne couldn't talk anymore, the pain too much. She collapsed against her
father's chest again, crying as he carried her the
rest of the way to the Hyperion.

*** *** ***

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