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PROLOGUEIt had been three years since the final battle with Wolfram & Hart had occurred and things had calmed down in Los Angeles greatly. In fact, it seemed that there was little to no demonic activity all over the world. With the fall of Wolfram & Hart in LA, the final closing of the hellmouth in Sunnydale, and a few other apocalyptic happenings throughout the world that the slayers stopped, just about all, demonic activity had come to a standstill. No one really knew exactly why but all were very grateful for it. Another thing they were all grateful for was the fact that, after the battle, Angel and Spike had both become human. They retained all of their speed, strength and senses from when they were vampires, but now they were human just like everyone else. Most of the slayers resided in either Italy or around areas where a hellmouth was present, just in case. Buffy, Faith, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Giles and Kennedy all were in Italy where the new Watcher's Council had been established.
They had a new member of their team though. Spike had left LA after the final battle and went to find Buffy in Italy. Find her he did. She was shocked to see him, as was everybody else. He explained everything that had happened and how Wes, Cordelia and Fred had been killed. He also explained about Lorne and Lindsay McDonald and all the creatures they had to fight in the end. Spike had been surprised that he, Angel, Gunn and Connor had all survived that last battle. Having Illyria there had helped a lot. Angel and Connor had stayed in LA but went their separate ways. Connor went back to his new family and had been going to UCLA for two years and was majoring in criminal justice. He had a girlfriend that he had been seeing for a couple of years and he had a whole group of actual friends; all of whom knew absolutely nothing about his life with Angel or Angel Investigations. Gunn had returned to his old stomping grounds but had found nothing there for him. His old gang had left and there was nothing but an empty building. So he left LA and moved across country to New York City where he became a narcotics cop. Angel had stayed in the Hyperion Hotel and kept Angel Investigations alive. His cases were more normal now and he had actually become a legitimate detective by getting his license. He worked along side Kate Lockley a couple of times and they had actually become friends again. He rarely talked to Connor, Spike, Gunn or any one else for that matter. None of them really did. Connor and Gunn never communicated any more, not even via email. And Spike had his new life in Italy with Buffy. They had started dating a few months after he had come back and a year and a half later they were engaged and married. Spike and Buffy invited Angel, Gunn and Connor but none had shown up. After that, they had drifted apart indefinitely.
Angel also had a new life. Aside from turning A.I. into a more human oriented detective agency, he too had found a girl. A southern woman named Sara who already had a child of her own from a previous marriage, a young girl named Emily. They had started dating two years after the group had separated and they knew absolutely nothing of Angel's life before Wolfram & Hart. He had made up a solid story about his life, travels and family and everyone believed him. The only one who knew the truth any more was Kate and Angel. Angel liked the lie that he lived and was planning on continuing that lie for the rest of his life. He was even planning on marrying Sara.
The only thing that he hoped for was that nothing would change (drastically) and Sara would never have to know what he used to be. But, of course, the world never stays the same.
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