Title: Deals With Drugs and Hugs
Author: me hehe...
Disclaimer: none of it's mine, belongs to Joss Whedon and Rob Thomas, blahblahblah
Summary: AU and Xover w/Veronica Mars, BA and a little LoVe. Angel's accused of murder in Neptune and he tricks Buffy into helping prove his innocence. The relationship and the crime gets complicated as secrets reveal themselves. Some plot taken from VM.
Timeline: Set around the 2nd season of VM, but the only thing that's sort of the same is Felix's murder. Buffy's a sophomore with Willow and Xander, the rest of them are seniors.
Spoilers: Season 1 VM but none for Buffy (except maybe her parents' divorce).
Rating: R for violence, crime, some language.
Feedback: it's like chocolate :)
A/N: For anyone who watches VM (you should if you don't, its a great show :D), you might recognize some of the plot, even if the characters are different (Buffy and Angel are so so much better than Logan and Hannah together -shudder-). It'll get a lot more AU later on, but for now, there will still be a lot of similar stuff.
Angel couldn't believe he was speeding around Neptune in his car at one in the morning looking for his probably too-drunk-to-stand stepbrother. But he was, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Veronica Mars, Logan's girlfriend, had called him while he was at a party with the other elite crowd of 09ers telling him that she had accidentally set a gang of angry bikers on Logan by accusing Logan wrongly of murdering her dead best friend, Lilly Kane.
Angel had never been too clear about Lilly Kane, but he knew that she had been the queen bee of the Neptune social hive. Best friend to Veronica, cheating lover to Logan (Angel himself had slept with her a couple times), wild sister to Duncan, who was her much milder brother. Lilly was also the desired unattainable to many guys, including Weevil, leader of the local PCHer biker gang, which was why Logan was in danger.
She was the most beloved daughter of the most beloved family in Neptune until she was murdered a year ago. Suddenly Veronica wasn't part of the in crowd 09ers anymore, and Logan became as messed up as Angel was. Duncan retreated into his inner-est shell and the whole school went to hell.
Angel remembered his surprise at Logan and Veronica's relationship's dramatic change since at the beginning of the year, Logan had done as much as he could to destroy Veronica's life and vice versa. But now that he thought about it, he remembered that there was already something between them ever since his stepmother and Logan's birth mother had committed suicide because of their son of a bitch dad's abuse.
Angel cursed as he continued speeding down the streets of Neptune, hoping that there weren't any sheriff or deputy cars around. Finally, nearing the Coronado Bridge, he spotted Logan's bright yellow car parked on the side. Hopefully he wouldn't copy his mother and try and jump off.
Angel hurriedly parked his car behind Logan's and ran out to the wall on the edge, where Logan was…dancing? Yeah, he was definitely drunk.
"Logan get down before I tackle you," Angel shouted at Logan who looked a little unsteady.
"What's the hurry, big bro? We've got all the time in the world…" Logan said cheerfully, but Angel could tell he was broken up about Veronica's accusation.
Before Angel could respond, he heard the roar of maybe 10 motorcycles behind him. Angel cursed under his breath as they stopped as one in front of Logan and Angel.
Weevil took off his helmet and grinned up at Logan.
"Well, well, what have we here? A murderer and his fucked up brother. What do you think, guys, what'll we do to them?" Weevil said. The rest of his gang laughed obediently along.
Logan laughed back into Weevil's face. Angel didn't laugh along but he balled his hands into fists, ready for a fight, even if they were outnumbered five to one.
"Seriously, what do you think you can do to me, Weevs?" Logan said with the cheerful look still plastered on his face.
"I'll think of something," Weevil said, his smile gone.
Logan did a good imitation of Morpheus from the Matrix in response. Weevil got off his bike and charged at him. Angel tried to tackle him before he got to Logan, but Logan kicked Weevil in the head first, knocking him unconscious. The rest of the gang shouted in anger and jumped off their bikes too.
Angel knew they were never going to win, but at least they could take some of the bikers down with them. He fought, not caring where he hit as long as it kept them off him, but there were too many of them and his body was screamin with pain. The last thing he saw before he passed out from the hits was Logan falling unconscious near him.
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"Hey, you okay, son? Stay there, I've already called the police and the ambulance."
Angel looked up blearily at a Hispanic guy who was leaning over him. He could make out a blurry truck behind the guy through the dizziness that was slowly clearing up.
"Why don't you put down that knife?" the guy said, looking at Angel's hand.
Angel looked at his hand in surprise. There was a bloody knife in his hand that he didn't remember using or even owning. With a sick feeling in his stomach he lifted his head and saw a still unconscious Logan and the bloody corpse of one of the bikers.
For probably the hundredth time that night, Angel cursed.