Title: Now (AKA 'Hoy', at the spanish version)
Author: Izzy Sherezade
Rating: T.. or maybe K due to some ... Spike talking
Summary: At Angel's new office, strange things happen. More so than normal. While the strange things are happening and need to be solved... someone comes to ask for help. But things never go as planned
Spoilers: 5 season (just the begining.. before 100th)
Disclaimer: The characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made.

AN: Important! I'm a spanish girl, trying to translate an old fic. Also trying to improve my english and practice it a bit :p This said, I would like you to comment and help me see my mistakes. I will let you read.

NOW
By Izzy (A.K.A Sherezade)

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Faith (voice-over),

In LA things are a a bit different nowadays... Angel's now Wolfram&Hart CO, his team's commanding different 'activities' there: Fred's lab's head, Gunn's a lawyer, Wes and Lorne... not so sure what they do, but I know they work. They work together, all of them. Then there's Cordelia, well.. Cordy... Cordy's in a coma.

In W&H, in a perfectly seemingly hospital room we can see Cordelia. She seems fast sleep. Angel's beside her. He's just woken up, after a long night keeping 'company', just looking... scrutinizing every shadow in the sleeping beauty's face. That though make him laugh.

"Remember that time I confessed to you, being a kid I used to dream being a prince? And hearing about U being born a princess?" The vampire smiled again, while the back of his hand caressed her cheek like moments before he'd been doing in dreamland "Now you're sleeping beauty.. and I don't mind how many time you sleep Cordy. Will you wake up tomorrow, or maybe a hundred years form now... I'll be here. I want to see you wake up." With that promise, Angel kissed Cordelias hand, after picking it tenderly from the bed, while remembering that dream. The dream where she was perfectly fine... and the two of them wer e happy, without consecuences. "Now I've got to leave you. I've got to go to the office. But I promisse to return tonight, and every night... until the day you wake up and tell me you're bored with my company" A tear make a run by the souled vampire cheek, who kissed Cordelia in her cheek .. making that lonely and fleeting tear drop at the former one lips. When Angel was just passing the treshole, a foot in the room, the other just in half step to the outside... Cordy's monitors showed activity. "Cordy?"

Hours later, at Angel's office

"Hi sweetheart" Angel's fingers were touching gently by the screen showing a hospital bed, were Cordelia could be seen sleep "I hope you wake up soon and can tell me what you're dreaming with.. what happened this morning."

"Hello Angel Cakes" a smiling Lorne showed in the office, and observed a downcast vampire looking the image on screen "How's our Sleeping beauty today?"

Angel sighed "Just like yesterday, and the day before.. and two month before that" Angel bow his head, and look again that woman sleeping form at the screen. Sometimes it was like watching her sleep peacefully, and that's exactly what he hoped for her "Hey, How's that Harmony let you enter?"

"Oh, don't worry ... she never let's anyone pass without your permission. But your sweet blood sucker secretary, no offence... knows I got a surprise for you."

"Lorne I'm in no mood for this. I'm grateful, whatever it is. But..."

"You prefer to sit there keeping watch over the sleeping muffin, aren't you?"

"What are you talking about a muffin that sleeps?" Spike showed near the window "Bloody hell! and I though the carpenter and the three nerds were odd!"

"Spike! Go away!" Angel show down the screen, and directed an irate look towards his childe.

"I would like to.." Spike searched his pockets for the cigarrettes, with no luck whatsoever finding them, rolled his eyes and stared at Angel "It's your bloody fault I'm here... and like this. So let me tell you something... ouch!" Spike began seacrhing for something. Something hit him upside the head. He wasn't imagining things... he felt it, and well, he was a badass vampire, he wasn't going to say 'it hurts' ... but it was imposible! First, he was a ghost, and secondly.. there was no one beside the three of them! "I'm out here!" he was rubbing his sore neck "Bloddy hell!! This place is worse than me!"

Angel was watching oddly when Spike make himself vanish; and was thinking about what happened when felt a shiver at his right cheek. In that exactly instant... the machines in which Cordelia was hooked, showed neurological activity...

Three days later, W&H hall

Gunn was talknig with a lwayer about a case, when...

"Jim. Ritzal case's solved. We can make them appeal the veredict. We can show some evidence about 'contact' between some juror and our client companies..."

"I know. But I also know judge Frost is no one to play with. You and I, both know our client is guilty as sin about the charges upon him, and a bit more. The judge's not gonna doubt to postpone and call another jury. We're gonna make time. Nothing less."

"And time's what we need. We're not the best lawyers office just because." A wicked smile began to show at gunn's face.. until he felt pain in his leg. Something like a kick,

"Are You OK Charles?"

"Yes"

"Maybe it was an old war injury remembrance?" Jim, a bit older than Gunn give him an ironic smile.

"How Funny." The look in Gunn's eyes was cold, ironic and so unfriendly it make skirm to the receiving lwayer "Don't you got work to do?"

Some time later, at Fred labs, Spike was in a desk talking with the petite texan.

"I don't know what the hell's going on with me lately. If it wasn't imposible, I might say I've got that bloody chip again. " At the surprised and odd look Fred was giving him, decided it was best explain himself "Ok pet, sit tight and listen... some time ago, not so long ago, mind you. Big bad Spike, cross path with 'the initiative', a group of toy soldiers that working for the government examine us, lok us up, and treats us like bloody lab rats... and, as I was saying, the rambo wannabes put a chip on Spike's head. A chip, that prevent bites... or even hit or hurt humans." Fred couldn't contain a laugh "Don't laugh at me! It was a depressing phase for me. It was shameful for a great vampire like me, the scourge of europe, slayer killer... eat with a straw!! Bloody hell!! It was humilliating!"

"Well, It must be hard." Fred feigned pity for the vampire, while traying to hide a smile "The great slayers killer, in love with one and drinking pigs blood from a cup with a straw."

"Hey! Don't know why the hell I told you that..." Spike sighed "U know, I'm begining to think we pass so much time together. I'm begining to rub on you!"

"Good God! Help us!!" The two of them began laughing "Hey! Why did you mention that about your chip?"

" 'Cause everytime I try to bug Peaches ... now I really need to beg your mercy... Don't laugh. It hurts me!!" eyes rolling and eyebrows arched "Talk about humilliating!"

"I really don't uderstand the way you two behave with each other" Fred observed the vampire, who was looking her incredulous "Ok. Maybe hormones"

"Why I bother talking to you?" Spike began to vanish, while whispering "I'll come later. I'm gonna test the chip anti-sarcasm to the poof that commands this little hell ... is still workin"

Fred simply moved her head from side to side while smiling "OK. I'll be here"

"Angel? Sorry ... Mr Angel?" Harmony's voice came from the coms at Angel's office's desk

"Yes Harmony?"

"Lorne's here and says he wants to talk with you" Hearing that, Angel closed his eyes, sighed and tried to sound calm while walking towards the office's door "Harmony. There's no need to announce Lorne. He and my old team can come to my office without so much..."

"I'm sorry Mr Angel" The blonde vampiress blushed "I just wanted to be efficient"

"Come on soul boy! Don't be nasty with the blood sucker ... assistant?"

"Faith?"

To be Continued...

A.N.: I would like to apologize again for my english. I'm sure there must be a lot of mistakes. Thanks again for reading.. and please, let me know how was that. Thanks again.