ANGEL
LOST AND FOUND
Lorne is reunited with someone he'd thought was lost forever. But will things ever be the same?
DISCLAIMER: The Angel Characters don't belong to me.
A/N: This takes place after Lorne's Sacrifice. Please read and review.
PROLOGUE
PREVIOUSLY…
" There's something else," Lorne puffed as they jogged towards the cliff where they saw the clan take Abigail. " Something they have to do before she-" he was interrupted when a group of demons confronted them and he didn't have the chance to finish.
" Just go, we'll handle this."
Lorne could see Bailey and the leader taking Abigail up to the edge. A brilliant white light shimmered in the sky.
Angel and Spike started fighting the demons and Lorne hurried up to the cliff. Abigail turned, " Lorne!" she cried, and turned to the leader, " Please let me say goodbye to him. You owe me that much."
The leader hesitated. " Five minutes." He decided as the light grew brighter. " When the sky turns red, it's time." He said.
Lorne watched as Abigail stared down at the swirling white light.
" I'm scared," Abigail whispered as she looked over to see Angel fighting off the other demons who had wanted to prevent this from happening. There were two left and Spike had just decapitated one of them.
" But I know this is right." She continued, " If only the Imari gave us enough time," Abigail glared resentfully at the waiting Imari clan. She then put her arms around the empath's demon's waist and kissed him, " I love you Lorne."
" I love you too," Lorne told her, his heart breaking. He felt sick inside. He wanted to grab her and run but he knew this was her destiny. Nothing or no one can change it. He's tried.
" Time to go," Abigail said reluctantly and the portal grew even bigger. Lorne gripped the knife in his hand.
" I'm sorry," he whispered.
" What for? This is not your fault," Abigail replied as tears brimmed in Lorne's red eyes.
" I have to do this," Lorne said as he hugged her to him.
" Do what?" Abigail asked. She yelped when she felt a sudden searing pain in her lower abdomen. There was more pain as the knife was jabbed in further. She moaned and swayed on her feet. She glanced up at Lorne, her vision blurry.
" Lorne…why?" she cried as he yanked the knife out. Tears streamed down his face as she toppled backward into the portal. The portal shimmered then exploded into a brilliant bright light. He turned away for a moment before the light vanished.
Then everything went eerily silent.
Lorne stared at the bloody knife in his hand, not quite believing what he'd done. He dropped to his knees and covered his face with his hands.
Angel touched his shoulder, " Lorne I'm sorry." He said.
Lorne stood up and ran off.
~**~
Angel and Spike went back to Wolfram and Heart, minus Lorne. Angel figured the demon went home to grieve. Angel wanted to see him, he was worried about him.
" Is she…?" Fred didn't need to finish the question.
" Yeah, it's done." Angel replied sitting down. He had a few cuts from fighting the demon clan but they were nothing. Nothing compared to what Lorne was going through.
" How did it happen?" Wesley asked. He still couldn't believe his friend was dead. He should have been there….but only the demon kind were allowed to be near the place.
" Lorne stuck a knife into her gut, she fell into the portal, and it closed." Spike said.
" Lorne…killed her?" Fred went white. " Oh God, poor Lorne. What he must be going through. Where is he?"
" I think he went home." Angel said.
" I'll go and see him.." Fred jumped up but Wesley stopped her.
" It's best to let him be for awhile."
" But…he killed the woman he loved. He must be feeling…awful."
Wesley nodded in agreement and the group fell silent. Fred reached for the phone.
" I'll call him at least." She decided.
All she got was his answering machine. " Lorne? It's Fred. I heard what happened. I just want to know…if there's anything you need, call me. Or anyone." She hung up and looked around at the group. Then she finally let the tears come.
~**~
Lorne closed the door behind him. He had let his housekeeper go, telling her he wouldn't be needing her services anymore. Ava had insisted on staying but he refused. He didn't need the company, nor he wanted it.
He fixed himself a drink and went into the living room. He left the lights off as he sat in his favourite chair and looked over at Abigail's empty chair beside him. Never again would she sit in it and drink her favourite wine or read. The two things she loved doing.
Her life had been taken away. She had been taken away from him.
The phone next to him rang and he let the answering machine pick it up. It was Fred. So the group knows.
He finished the drink and fixed himself another. He dragged himself up the stairs and lay on the bed.
Lorne eventually let sleep overtake him.
~**~
Lorne jerked awake after dreaming what happened on the cliff. He had wanted to stay asleep, anything was better than staying awake.
He reached for his unfinished glass of Seabreeze but his hand was shaking so much, the glass fell from his hand and smashed onto the floor. He ignored it and went into the bathroom to find the sleeping tablets he used to take when he first started working at Wolfram and Heart. He found the bottle and popped two. He went back into the bedroom and lay down again. He rolled over onto his side and started to sob. Never again would he hold or kiss her.
