CHAPTER 9

Buffy awoke to the sound of Angel whispering close to her. She opened her eyes and found herself looking right at Riley's face. Well, actually his chin since Riley was looking up at Angel, listening intently to what he was saying. She focused on their words and couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"So, you really do think he was trying release Angelus with this little exercise?"

"Mmm-hmm. My demon is still a Master Vampire. I have minions scattered all over the world as well as some childer. He probably wants to hook into that network." Angel put his hand gently on Buffy's hair, letting her know he was aware she was awake. He then laid his hand on Riley's head and brought it down to his chest. "It would be best if it looked like you two were still asleep. I'm not sure if he's monitoring this place but I wouldn't put it past him."

Buffy murmured quietly. "So what's the plan?"

"Do you trust me?"

"Of course, I trust you Angel."

"Then listen to me and stay still."

"Okay, I'm listening."

"Good. I am going to release Angelus…. Buffy, please stay still and listen to me. He won't hurt you. My soul has complete control over him….. In fact he has been out quite a lot during the last week." Angel ran his hand down her tense back and she released the breath she had been holding.

"I can vouch for that. I've had a couple of run-ins with him…..He seems to be really obsessed with sex." Angel laughed at Riley's comment.

"You try going without for a hundred years and see how obsessed you are." They both stifled laughter at Angel's dry tone and relaxed into what the casual observer would consider peaceful sleeping positions. With eyes closed, they listened intently. "I'll release Angelus so we can buy a little time. I know the others will be carrying through with the rescue plan. They should be scouting the tunnels right now."

"Are you sure they're doing that without you two?"

"Trust me, Spike is probably leading them here as we speak."

Buffy snorted. "Spike, right."

"Trust me, alainn. Spike has a lot to lose right now. He'll move heaven and earth to get it back." Angel was still stroking their shoulders idly, keeping up the pretense of basking between the bodies of his two human lovers.

Not that it was actually a pretense....

"Tell me what Spike has to lose with me gone."

"Angelus' mate and with me here, Angelus as well."

"Last time I checked there was no love lost between you two." Angel chuckled at her comment as did Riley, the knowing tone of their laughter made her stiffen. The earlier image she had seen of Angelus with Spike came flooding back to Buffy. Denial was no longer an option for her at this point.

She blushed deeply. "Oh...OH, so that's why Spike was naked.... Bad, bad Angelus."

"Well, actually Spike thought he was rather good." Angel couldn't resist, he needed to know what her reaction would be to Angelus renewing his relationship with his impudent childe.

"Don't even go there....." She stifled the temptation to hit him. *Let's add this to the need to talk about list.... Angel, when you said we had to move on, I didn't think you meant Spike! Eww!*

Buffy sighed, damping down her jealousy by focusing on the problem at hand, the rest she would deal with later. "So back to the plan. You release Angelus and we wait for the rest of the Scooby Gang to start a distraction right? Then we escape, is that it?"

"Yeah, that's it." Not the best reaction, but at least she hadn't hit him.....

Buffy frowned against his shoulder, then spoke in a hopeful tone. "Couldn't you just pretend to be Angelus? I mean it's worked before, last year with Faith and the Mayor......"

"Yeah, it did work. But that was against a psychopathic Slayer and a megalomanical demon wannabe.... I'm a good actor, Buffy, but not that good. From what I understand from Riley here, Adam's smart, he would see through that ruse right away." He kissed the top of her head, trying to soften the effect of his words on her.

Angel knew the depths of her loathing for his demon, it saddened him that any part of his complex nature caused her so much distress. But she had good reason to feel that way.... "Besides, it's common knowledge among the demonic community that we have used that ploy before... I'm sorry, baby, but this time it has to be the real thing."

Buffy sighed, long and hard. Tears pricked her eyes as she considered his words, he was right. "Okay, I guess. Just remember, I really hate Angelus."

"Believe me, you won't after this.... He changed while we were in Hell, Buffy." Angelus stirred within him, excited at the prospect of being with his mate, of being in control while he was with his mate. *Oh little girl, let me show you how much I have changed. Angel, let me out.... let me out.....*

"I'll believe it when I see it."

"Just trust me. Can you do that?"

"Yeah, I can do that."

"Okay, just relax and don't be afraid..... Since Adam went to so much trouble, let's give him the full show." Angel stroked them gently for a few more minutes before slowly closing his eyes.

About two minutes later, he started to twitch as if he was in pain then sat upright, spilling them away from his body. He gasped, panted and shook. Buffy watched in horror as his features changed. He grew paler, leaner and his face was set in a sardonic smirk as he turned to face her.

His well-remembered seductive tone poured over her, filling her with dread. "Hello, lover."

Despite her earlier contempt of him and even though she had known he was coming, nothing could prepare Buffy for the reality of seeing her nemesis. Angelus had been the chief inhabitant of her worst nightmares for years and they all came slamming back through her at once.

She was caught in a maelstrom of teeth-rattling, heart-pounding terror. The little voice in her head screamed in an ever-increasing hysterical pitch *H's here, he's here, he's here, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.* Buffy scrambled away, scooting backward on her hands and knees.

Angelus rose to his full height, drawn by the delicious smell of her fear and that tantalizing substance flowing through her veins mingled with her glorious blood. It would be so easy to lay his mouth on the beautiful scar he had given her, to pierce her luscious flesh and drink in the incredible combination of emotions uniquely his mate's.

She had always felt things more strongly than other humans, it was part of being the Chosen One, part of the cocktail of hormones racing through her little body giving her that fabulous strength, part of what always fascinated him. It was so tempting to force her into accepting the reality of being mated to him, HIM. Not to Angel, not to the soul currently warning him to tone it down. Oh no, not to her eternal love, but mated to him, to Angelus, her own personal demon, her lover, her master.

Her wide eyes, trembling lips and shaking limbs were an aphrodisiac to him, a siren's call he had no intention of ignoring. The only thing that could make this reunion more delectable would be subjugating her to his will, eventually sinking his straining cock and fangs into her willing body.

He stalked after her, catching her before she could rise to run. His huge hands pulled her up against his hard frame.

Angelus lifted her in his arms and possessed her mouth, branding her with his lips, his nipping teeth, his agile tongue. Drawing back slowly, he broke the connection of their mouths and whispered against her parted lips. "Your terror is so delicious, lover. I would love to drown in it but don't worry. Angel is right. I won't hurt you.….. Might fuck you to death but I won't hurt you."

"No... No... No."

Buffy was keening in blind panic. Angelus molded his body to hers and slid his mouth across her cheek, down to her throat. Riley crouched next to them, watching the vampire intently, ready to intervene should Angel's promised control break.

Angelus lifted his mouth from her skin and swiveled his head until their eyes locked. *Human lover, poised to attack. How amusing...... how pathetically futile. Best reassure the boy before he does something foolish and gets hurt.*

He considered the possibility of violence with relish. *Would be so damn satisfying to hurt him, but soul-boy won't allow that much. He'll allow me a lot but not that.* His cold glittering eyes captured Riley's entire attention, pinning him in his spot and then he slowly winked.

Riley released the breath he had been holding. They were safe, Angel must still be in there.

Angelus turned back to his sobbing lover and shook her gently. "Buff, Buff..... that's it. Give the big bad monster outside a good show. He's probably watching us right now and I don't want to disappoint my audience..... If we do well enough, I can get us out of here."

She relaxed a little and looked up into his saffron-tinged eyes. "Are... are you really going to help?"

"You bear my mark, you're my mate. I'll kill anyone and anything that touches you.....Well, anyone except soldier boy here..... Him, I'll just fuck until he bleeds and then fuck him some more. He's got a great mouth, almost as good as Spike's and I'll just bet his virgin ass is tighter than hell." Riley's head jerked up and Angelus gave him a smoldering look, full of promise. *Oh yeah boy, let me introduce you to the cold hard reality of your situation. Especially the hard part of it.*

"O...Okay, so what do we do?"

"Do? You do nothing but quiver in terror just like you are now and I'll follow my instincts. Time for you to be the voyeur...... Your boy here is about to get some religion. I'm gonna to introduce him to the face of his new God....." Angelus shoved her against the wall, letting her slide down his body to the ground. "Stay right there."

She obeyed, sinking to her knees.

Angelus prowled across the space between them and grabbed Riley by the hair, tugging him forward until he knelt in front of him. "Open your mouth, soldier boy. Open your mouth and let your master in."

Riley glared up at him, giving the vampire a look of unbending defiance and was surprised to meet Angel's silently pleading gaze. Angel knew he had to reassure the young man or his demon would really hurt him in the interest of convincing their audience. It was so important for them to put on a good show, it was vital that Adam believe Angelus to be in full control or all would be lost.

After that brief moment of communion Angelus reasserted himself, watching him with one eyebrow raised. Riley complied and his mouth was filled with Angelus' cock, causing him to choke.

The demon growled deep in his chest, it felt so good to be in control again. Angel had only allowed him this much freedom when he was with Spike. He reveled at the sensation of the inexpert lips wrapped around him, delighting in the prospect of breaking this boy to his will. The young man was no stranger to women but men were an entirely different prospect. He was unschooled, unsure of himself, virginal.

Hmmm, he so loved virgins, all that smoldering long-repressed passion waiting to be unleashed. It was always so deeply satisfying to watch their resistance crumble, to know the classic beauty of his face would draw them in, seduce them until they were firmly in his grasp.

Once there, he would tease them with tender kisses, gentle hands, pushing them slowly into sobbing eagerness and then violate every passage in their bodies, marking them as his. Some he would kill, some he would turn, but most he would leave behind, knowing they would crave him until the end of their days, never finding another lover who could possess them so thoroughly, so completely.

He caught the tang of his mate's arousal in the still air and raised his eyes from watching the boy as he struggled to breathe around his huge cock. She was staring at them in utter fascination, her body taut with sudden need.

How perfect, his little mate liked to watch...... Well, he would give her a show she would never forget.

Buffy licked her suddenly dry lips; a small moan escaped her as she felt her body react to the erotic display. Angelus gave her a slow, lascivious smile as he thrust forward. "Lover, I can smell you from here and I don't mean the enticing drug either. You like watching this, don't you?....."

She nodded, her focus never leaving the sight of Angelus' cock sinking further into Riley's mouth. "Good. You're going to see a lot of it. This is the only way I can make certain you both survive. I can claim your life by being mated to you. Soldier boy I'll get to keep `cause he's a great fuck..... Once he proves it, that is."

Riley coughed at his words and tried to look up at him. Angelus smiled, showing his fangs. "Use you hands on me, boy...... Remember this and remember it well. I'm your master, you will do everything I tell you, got it?"

He nodded, running his hands up Angelus' legs and cupping his balls gently. Riley opened his mouth further, relaxing his jaw as Angel had instructed him earlier. More cool, hard flesh slid into his mouth and down his throat. Angelus moaned as Riley tried to swallow around him. "Yeah, that's it. Good boy, make it nice and wet."

Riley continued to suck, running his tongue around and over the head every time he pulled back. He was surprised how well he liked the taste, had liked it earlier. So different from the light melting taste of a woman, it was harsher, salty, laced with a heavy musk. He closed his eyes, rose up further on his knees and let the entire engorged length of the vampire into his throat.

Angelus' harshly spoken commands were helping him release the tight restraints of his prior life. Even though he knew what was coming, it felt good to be taking orders, taking orders was something he understood. He didn't protest when the next order came.

"Enough. Hands and knees, boy." Riley obeyed without question. His eyes locked with Buffy's as she watched them, her hand dropping down from her shoulder, skimming over her breast and trailing along her slightly spread legs. Angelus was right; this did turn her on. Riley wasn't surprised; it had the exact same effect on him. *Guess those homosexual tendencies aren't so latent anymore.....*

Angelus knelt behind Riley, his eyes locked on his mate as he watched her actions. Everything she did enflamed him more; it was all he could do to concentrate on branding Riley as his slave. He would much rather be buried in her sweet pussy, but he had to save the boy to keep her happy. Their captors were coming through the maze, he could hear them.

Riley jerked as he felt the head of Angelus' cock pressing up against him, startled by the cool contact but shivering with fearful anticipation. The vampire did not disappoint him; he roughly spread Riley cheeks, rubbed over his tight hole once, twice and then pushed the head in. Riley panted, shocked by how much it hurt and Angelus grabbed his hair.

"Ready or not boy, here I come." He shoved his hips forward, sinking his cock into the boy's tightly clenched passage.

It hurt, it hurt, Riley sobbed as pain lanced through him. It felt like the vampire was trying to shove an ice-cold sword into his gut. Riley tried to pull away, Angelus tightened his fingers in his hair and held him firmly in place. The young man panted, praying silently for the pain to stop before he screamed. Fuck, he was so damned big, too damn big. It was impossible, it was impossible, it was impossible. Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.......

Angelus paused, waiting as patiently as he could for the boy's frantic struggles to cease as the sound of footsteps grew louder. *Damn, couldn't they have waited a few more minutes?* Angel was snarling at him in his head demanding that he take it slow, that he allow the boy a chance to expand around him but they were almost out of time.

He felt his own rage rising at the soul's interference, he was affronted by the young man's assumption that he could fuck his mate and not suffer any consequences. Might as well make this something soldier boy would never forget.. ...... He pushed harder, wanting the boy to scream, to acknowledge his dominance, to beg for his mercy.

With a deep growl of disgust at his other half, Angel briefly reasserted himself and slightly shifted their position to ease Riley's discomfort, all the while sternly admonishing Angelus to be more gentle. The demon snarled at him, frustrated by his intervention but obeyed Angel's orders.

After a long beat, he felt the boy's tightly clenched buttocks relax a little so he bucked his hips to push further in. Suddenly the outer ring of muscle relaxed, allowing him entrance into that delightful heat. He slammed all the way into the boy. *Oh, yeah. Spike, you've got some competition with this one. So hot, so tight..... So scared. How marvelous.*

The footsteps were getting closer. Buffy heard them now and she shot him a warning look over Riley's back. He nodded to let her know he was aware of their approach before bending to his task in earnest. Riley groaned as Angelus settled into a punishingly hard, fast staccato rhythm.

The pain was gone, replaced by a delightful pressure on his prostate. To his surprise Riley found his own erect cock pushing insistently against his stomach, aching for any kind of contact. He lifted his hand to give himself some relief and Angelus slapped it away with a growl. "Not without permission boy…. You have to ask."

Riley now heard the footsteps as well, so he softly pleaded with Angelus. "Please..."

"Please what, slave?"

"Please..... Master Angelus."

"Good boy. You are learning. " Angelus bent over his body, one hand still gripped tightly in his hair, the other on the ground balancing them. He spoke loudly for the benefit of his approaching audience. "You have my permission, boy."

Riley moaned as he grabbed his shaft, wrapping his fingers around himself and set a rhythm mirroring Angelus'.

Buffy watched them, her fingers buried in the folds of her exposed sex, busily sliding two of them inside and rubbing her clit with her thumb. Angelus smiled at her, promising her much, much more over the curve of her panting lover's back as he pounded into Riley.

As the footsteps rounded the last corner, Angelus leaned forward and whispered in Riley's ear. "Pity there's so little time, I could spend hours in this incredible ass......I so love being right. You are a great fuck..... Are you ready?...... It's showtime, boy."

His face shifted fully into its true form, revealing the glittering length of his fangs as he pulled the boy's head to one side. Angelus roared and sank them into the exposed neck, bucking his hips hard against Riley's ass.

"Angelus!" Riley screamed his name as he came, covering his hand and the floor with his warm semen. He felt Angelus' cock jump deep within him, bathing him in cool liquid. It soothed the outraged tissues and he whimpered in relief.

"Angelus!" Buffy screamed his name as well when she joined them with her own strong climax, causing her mate to lift his head from the neck of her human lover, blood dripping from his mouth. He gave her a smile of absolute approval as Adam turned the corner and stood watching them.

"Well, what have we here?"

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