Armageddon SagaWarning: Rated NC17. This chapter has M/M sexual situations [Angel/Xander] nothing
Chapter Ten: Xander's Ploy part 1
By the Lady Sirona ladysirona@LadySirona.com
graphically intense.Angel, Willow and Xander walked down the street. Angel was just about ready to kill
Xander and leave his body for the night watch to find. His incessant chattering and inane
comments were driving the vampire to distraction. He had no idea what Willow saw in
him and how the hell could Buffy stand the boy! Never mind how could she have ever
danced with him *that* way as she did on her return from her summer in LA. Obviously
she really did do it just to make him jealous, and it had worked. He had almost killed
Xander that night. Now he regretted he hadn't."Angel." Willow's soft voice called him out of his dark thoughts. The demon had really
gotten all to comfortable with fantasizing about killing Xander and Angel reeled in the
dark fantasies. That way led to failure. No matter what harassment the boy did to him,
Buffy *would* stake him if he touched the fool."Yeah Willow?" He looked over at her. She was enjoying their wandering from
bookseller to bookseller while he was about ready to kill Xander and deny he ever heard
of him."Why don't you check that last bookstore and Xander and I will go check the one we are
heading to? We will meet back at the hotel, OK?" Willow smiled at Angel who realized
she was offering him a way out and awhile away from Xander. He wasn't proud; he took
it and nodded at her as he bolted toward his refuge.Two hours later Angel returned to the hotel room to find a totally frantic Xander alone."She's gone! They took her and the book!" Xander was frantic, pacing back and forth.
Angel just let him ramble, knowing questioning him would get him nowhere. "She found
the book and was standing in line to buy it. I had to go to the bathroom and when I came
out she was gone. The guy said some guy name Rubik came in and took her and the
book." Xander ran his hands through his hair. "What are we going to do Angel?""Pray?" Angel snarled. Damn it. "Rubik was an old acquaintance of mine from my days
of hunting." Angel paced back and forth. This wasn't good. "Our animosity goes way
back. He was the reason I left the British Isles and ended up in the damn gypsy camp in
the first place.""Oh Good, its not bad enough she has been kidnapped by someone. She has to be
kidnapped by one of your old friends!" Xander snarled at Angel."Rubik is *NOT* my friend! Never was and never will be!" Angel snarled as he
shuddered to think of gentle Willow in Rubik’s hands. The man was cruel and brutal. If he
had no immediate use for Willow she was already drained and dead."You wait here. I am going out." Angel told Xander as he put on his leather jacket "I'm
going to ask around where you can't go. I will be back as soon as I have something. Be
ready to move when I return.""Be careful" Xander told Angel only to discover he was gone. "God I hate it when he
does that!" Xander told the empty hotel room, praying Angel would find the information
they needed.The young vampire knew he was in deep shit. The old one came out of no where and was
asking questions that could easily get him killed if the old one didn't do it himself. "Do
you now who I am?" The older vampire's game face was close to his own, and the
fledgling was terrified. He could only shake his head 'no'."My name is Angelus. I advise you to tell me what I need to know, I have little time and
less patience, stay silent and I will redefine Hell for you. Where is Rubik's lair?" The
fledglings’ eyes widened, Angelus was a legend. He had been at the right hand of the
Master, reputed as one of the most vicious vampire known. He shuddered in fear. Angelus
continued. "Tonight. A young woman, pretty with long red hair was taken from a
bookstore. I want to know who did it and where is she now. Someone said it was Rubik.""Rubik has the girl and the book. The Watchers wanted the book real bad. He plans to
deal if they will. He is at the club, you know the one... ANGELUS'. Girl is in the basement
dungeon." The fledgling babbled like a brook, and turned to dust as Angel heard what he
needed.Angel let himself into the hotel room to be met by a distraught Xander. Gone was the
annoying teenager. What sat on the bed was the beginning of a man who lost someone
very dear to him."Rubik does indeed have her." Angel removed his jacket and sat in the chair facing
Xander. "I now know where they are. Rubik specializes in obtaining things others want
then trading them favors and obligations to obtain them. You get what you want but can
end up trading your soul." Xander could tell Angel had dealt with Rubik in such a way and
lost a lot in the dealing."Rubik does business out of a vampire bar. A vampire bar is where vampires and humans
fascinated by them can mix." Angel seemed discomforted by the thought."When we were dealing with that old friend of Buffy's, what was his name... Ford, you
told us you had seen that type before. Is this where?" Xander didn't want to alienate
Angel now. He needed him to get Willow. Angel was her only hope."Yeah. It has been around since before the turn of the century, it was founded in 1872.
It is where a vampire can take a fledgling, or even a consort out in 'vampiric community'
to see how they fly. It is also where a vampire can find humans interested in courting a
vampire to be brought across." Angel got up and paced. "There are strict rules. No
killing on the premises. Ironically, a vampire bar is the safest location for a human. No
killing human or vampire although challenges are allowed. That may be our best chance
to save Willow and get the book." Angel stalked around the room."How so Angel?" Xander realized Angel was very uncomfortable. This Rubik must be a
real badass, and coming from Angelus, that made Xander nervous. Xander had a sinking
feeling he wasn't going to like the plan."Rubik hates me. Ever since I killed his lover and consort, a fledgling he was grooming as
a Gathany, he has hated me. He pulled political games and got me thrown out of the
Master's court, necessitating my trip to the continent which got me cursed." Angel
snarled at the thought. "That is our way in and our way to challenge him. He would do
anything to take a fledgling I was grooming as a consort away from me."Xander knew he didn't like this. "Fledgling? Consort?"
"Rubik had a young boy he had been grooming. He was waiting until the boy put some
years on him, grew up more and matured before he brought him across... made him into a
vampire. Until then they were just lovers." Angel hunkered down in the chair and
avoided Xander's eyes. This was so damn embarrassing! "I seduced the boy away from
Rubik and killed him and brought him across as a weak male sex slave, a Gathany. His
name was Antonio. It drove Rubik to a rage for his lover to be Gathany to another,
especially me, and more so when he fell to the Slayer.” Angel avoided Xander's eyes."You seduced a guy?" Xander asked incredulous. " You made him your sex slave?"
"Yes. To Vampires, sex as humans experience it is mostly meaningless." Angel fidgeted.
He hated telling Xander this, but if they were going to make this work and save Willow,
the book and the world, he needed to know and they needed to work together. "The
hunt, the kill, and most of acts of feeding replace all physical drives humans have. These
replace the 'normal sex drive' for a vampire. Most vampires are essentially bisexual
after coming across. Many times the sexual attraction of the victim to the vampire is a
major way of hunting. Vampires can have, and do have sex, but it is the kill and feeding
that has the passion drive." Angel avoided Xander’s eyes; amazed he hadn't said
anything.Xander just stared. This was more than he ever wanted to now about vampiric sex. He
realized the trust Angel was giving him. He was essentially baring his soul. Xander was
surprised just how erotic it was for him to be hearing Angel talking this way.Angel continued. "Rubik is a homosexual. He was one before crossing over, and his
preference for consorts and fledglings is always a young handsome male. There is our
key to getting into the bar, and getting him to give me a reason to challenge him to a duel
to the death to get Willow and the book.""What is that?" Xander asked although he really was sure he already knew...
"You." Angel looked right at Xander. Fear showed in Xander's eyes and a fine sheen of
sweat shown off his face. Xander was excited and terrified. This was right out of the
deepest darkest fantasies he had ever had. He didn't even like to admit to himself he
found other men sexually exciting, especially Angel. How much of his animosity toward
Angel cam from his attraction to him?"Now wait a minute!" Xander stammered as he leapt to his feet. "What the hell are you
talking about?" His darkest fantasies were becoming all to close to becoming real.Angel just looked at him as he continued. "I am talking about presenting ourselves at the
bar with you being my lover and consort and soon to be fledgling. We go to the bar, you
attract Rubik, I get 'jealous' and challenge Rubik to a duel, we get Willow and the
book.""And if you don't win? Remember what happened at the school that night when Spike
showed up? We gonna do something like that again? Hell I almost got bit!" Xander
shuddered at the memory, as much as the memory of being held so closely by Angel
stimulated him."Then we are all dead. You, me, Willow and at last of all the world." Angel snarled
"This is insane there must be another way!" Xander was frantic.
"Not in the amount of time as I see it.” Angel got up and paced. "Willow probably is
alive. If he didn't kill her immediately, Rubik likes a sharp feeding gradient..." Angel
looked at Xander's bewildered face. "He likes to really work up an appetite, allow the
hunger to sharpen - so he tends to feed right before dawn, around 4 or 5 am. So as I see
it we have until 4am to get into the bar, and challenge him or Willow is dead.""What about just fighting?" Xander was flailing, he wanted no part of this plan.
"I could bust in. and challenge him without a valid reason, and I wouldn't get 10 feet.
Every vampire in the bar would be all over me for breaking the rules." Angel growled.
"But if I could get him to attack you, then I could challenge and it would be one on one,
me a Rubik. No one in the bar would challenge such a challenge.""Why me?" Xander asked softly
"You here, available." Angel turned his head and avoided Xander's eyes. "You will also
be believable, you’re my type." The last was said softly, so much Xander almost didn't
hear it."I'm your type?" Xander exploded from the chair and paced around the room. He didn't
know which made him more uncomfortable, knowing he was Angel's 'type', and that
Angel was bisexual, or the rush of sexual feeling he had because of it."Yeah, you are" Angel was totally embarrassed. He just knew Xander would never let
this go, and he knew the whole gang would soon know more about his sex life than they
already did. "The real question is, do you love Willow enough to do this?" Angel looked
at Xander as he paced like a trapped animal. "Do you love her enough to become a
vampire's lover and consort and taunt another vampire with raw sex, inviting attack,
*and* stay in character long enough to work it?"Xander stopped and looked at Angel. He asked some hard questions. Willow. Willow his
friend, his bud, and the woman he loved... Xander thought *Willow, if she dies...* He
looked where he never looked before deep inside himself, and saw his love for Willow as
a woman looking back at him. He had never thought of her in that way, always a friend,
like a sister. Now he looked at it and realized it had grown into a deep love. He knew he
loved her enough to do anything if it could possible save her, even if it meant dancing
with the Devil. He wouldn't care if he died if they failed, or died in the attempt if it saved
Willow."Yeah. I love her enough to do this." Tears shined in his eyes. "What do I have to do?"
Xander stopped in front of Angel and stood tall but submissive to the older man's
direction."For this to work, you have to *be* my lover." Angel doubted strongly that Xander could
really pull it off. "You need to show that you crave my attention and my touch. You need
to be erotic and teasing.,. Basically a slut. You love vampiric attention and will get it
where ever possible." Xander looked at Angel dumbfounded as Angel continued. "I will
need to bite you and form the consort bond so that it is obvious you are my consort and
lover, and soon to be fledgling. When I touch you anywhere, you need to respond as if it
is the touch of your lover. You can't flinch or be mean or sarcastic or withdraw from my
touch or we all are dead.""What is the consort bond?" Xander asked as Angel stood and gently turned him around.
"It is a emotional and mildly psychic bond between a vampire and their human lover."
Angel frowned. He didn't look forward to having such a bond with Xander of all people.
Damn the fates, they have a sick sense of humor to quote Buffy. "I know you have no
desire for this, nor do I. But we will have to have an actual bond for them to sense, or we
won't even get through the door." Angel ran his fingers along Xander neck as he talked,
and Xander relaxed into the attention. It was the most erotic touching he had ever
experienced in his life.Angel decided to make it pleasurable for Xander. He didn't even like the guy, but knew
that Xander's willingness was from his love of Willow, and in his own way Angel loved her
too. She was the true friend Angel always craved. Xander was important to Willow.
Angel decided he would not traumatize Xander for Willow. They would deal with he
effects of the bonding later if the world survived.Xander waited with keen anticipation; gently he felt Angel’s lips on his neck as he licked
his neck. This wasn't the attack of a feeding vampire. It was the touch of an erotic
lover.
Tingling went through him as Angel lightly nipped and kissed and sucked on Xander's
neck.Angel reached out and pulled Xander into his embrace, and was surprised at the eager
willingness of Xander's response. The boy was attracted to him and he could feel it. So
this was the underlying cause of his animosity. Angel stroked and caressed Xander all
over a he kissed and suckled on his neck. The raw animal sexual heat radiating from
Xander was almost palpable. The psychic kick it gave to the vampire was intense. Yeah,
Xander was his type, more than Angel really wanted to admit to himself.Xander felt his erection thrusting into his jeans. He thrust back into Angel and felt
Angel's erection hard against his ass. Angel was into it also! Angel thrust his groin up
against Xander, and purred into his throat. Angel's hand caressed down Xander's
abdomen and stroked his erection through the jeans.Angel transformed and then slowly sank his fangs into Xander's neck. The blood welled
up into his mouth and filled his soul pushed with the raw sexual heat of a male in his
prime, hot for him! It was tantalizing and addictive and the urge to drain Xander was
incredible.Out of self-defense, Angel slid into the dream-state Tirla taught him with Willow, and
found Willow's answering greatest wish within Xander. The boy knew and loved Willow
with all his soul!Before Xander could respond to the pure sexuality, he felt the most incredible sensation
he couldn't describe, and it went on and on. His eyes were closed and he realized he was
dreaming of Willow. She was in his arms and was kissing him deeply and was rubbing
herself against him. He felt his erection get harder than it ever had before. The kiss took
on a deep sensuousness he never thought possible with Willow and set up a hunger for
her that tore at his soul. She reached down and stroked him through the pants and as he
came into his jeans against her hands she told him "I have always loved you, come save
me and make me yours!"She dissolved away and Xander opened his eyes to find himself kissing Angel deeply.
Angel’s hand was on his groin where Xander could feel the stickiness of his cum drying in
his jeans. Angel pulled back when he realized Xander was aware again. "You OK?"
Angel asked as they separated."Yeah. That was intense." Xander looked at Angel, damn it, no wonder Buffy was so
gone on the guy. That could get down right addictive."That is the embrace between vampire and consort. That is what you need to crave,
what you will need to seem you will do anything for." Angel looked at Xander intensely."Damn right, that shouldn't be too hard." Just the memory made him hard again. " I need
to shower and change.""No. What you have on is perfect." Angel stood and started to put on his jacket.
"But..." Xander started. He didn't want to go to rescue Willow and possibly die with
drying cum in his jeans."No you’re perfect. Your a slut remember? You smell of raw sex and cum, you’re
perfect. Trust me." Angel smiled as he walked out."I really haven't got a choice." Xander grabbed his jacket and followed Angel