First off this is my first attempt at writing fan fiction online. And another, this is not my native language so excuse the spelling or grammar, more my third. I have not had the time really go through it properly. And I wrote this after the original date release of the episode 'Lineage' in Season 5 but I just never got around to putting it out and the funny thing is...I am still working on the story. So I finally found the guts to put it up. Hopefully it makes sense. Thanks!

Disclaimer: Not Mine,Owned byJoss Whedon and Mutant Enemies

Summary: My views of what might have happened after Lineage in Season 5. At least to explain Wesley's disappearance. Wesleycentric.

Spoilers: Lots of it! Pretty much explains the whole series.

Comments/Reviews: Please do. I really appreciate reviews/comments. Let me know how I am doing. Thanks!

Story begins:

Wesley put the phone down after a very gruelling conversation from his father Roger Wyndham-Pryce. Somehow he wondered again why did he set himself up to call in the first place when he knew his father would constantly berate him with sarcasm and belittle him. Wesley knew his father was even more disappointed with him since he started working at Wolfram and Hart, the very center of evil in Los Angeles and under one of the most notorious vampires in history.

He called to make sure his parents were all right and unaware that some force which could actually be working for good, took the time and effort to make an almost perfect replica of his father to gull him into giving him access his vault to steal the Staff of Devosyn to make Angel their slave by taking his will. If he told all that, he would just be mock as incompetent or being a fool. But the fact of the matter is this fake Robot/Roger was so convincing, he bought into it and he still felt like he killed his father. The reality of it is, he also put in a lifetime of hate and repressed anger into those shots and it has stirred things within him he did not like to admit. His mind was racing analyzing what has happened in the last day with his father, his purpose in Angel Investigations, now Wolfram and Hart, the last 3 months in this evil law firm, why he was here, what he has done, what he should do, what should he feel and of course why this force decided to infiltrate their group using him and how they could know and programmed a robot so well about both him and his father.

And worse of all in the last few years, what kind of man he has turned into. He could not describe it as evil but it was dark and raw but that's what he became working with Angel. He thought back to the first time he met Angel in Sunnydale and how Angel was quite the same while Wesley, the Watcher was an idiotic, arrogant, incompetent fool no one took seriously and could not lift a dagger to save his own life. He made history being assigned two slayers and made a mess of it all. He was still innocent then, even after being dismissed from The Council, he was too ashamed to return to England and he was broke. He chose to chase demons on his own and that was not a stellar performance either as a rogue demon hunter. Now, he was not even close to being that man. He became violent, abusive, cold-hearted, brewing with controlled rage and when he thought about it, he was almost turning into his father if not worse. He is willing to go all the way, even kill his own father. He is now a leader in his own right. He could fight his way through demons, run his spells, research and incantations. And here he was in-charge of a powerful division in W&H with vast resources, power and information. Most people would consider the peak of success but considering how they got here was questionable.

And the salaries they were paid was unbelievable, he could see why evil was so tempting but despite the pay checks, he was busy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, he hardly has time to enjoy his position even if he could. And he kept to his old ways not willing to let the wealth and fame change his purpose but he knew it has in other less than obvious ways. But he thought if Cordelia was around, he could imagine the fun she could have shopping for clothes using W&H corporate card or maybe not. She was a different person then. He smiled for a bit imagining how Cordelia would react to them being here but it all went back to why they were here.

He leaned back him his chair feeling the darkness hover him, unable to answer the questions running through his mind. He knew why he shot the Robot/Roger, he knew he cared very much for Fred but those feelings have never been reciprocated. But he was still very much a gentlemen and he knew Fred knew of his affections but he refused to push the issue. He knew Fred would have reluctance now knowing his relationship with Lilah which stirring that name in his mind brought up a few more issues in his heart. He thought about his relationship with Angel as well and how things have changed for him since he joined AI but a few things bothered him about how Angel acted around him recently and a few things the past year that did not quite add up. Or was he just tired and over analyzing everything but his instincts seldom steered him wrong.

In addition to all this he saw the amount of work he has not finished and reports to read and reports to write. His life has turned complicated with both field work and playing the Head of Research and Intelligence of a Multi-Billion Dollar, Multi-Dimensional Evil Law Firm. He looked at his table and noticed one thing has not change, his desk was as cluttered as ever. So while he was running things through his mind he went through his backlogged work on his desk. But he needed to get his people to research more on this group of robot/ninja infiltrators who manage to bypass more then a few security measures both technological and mystical at W&H. He dug into his work looking through the reports his staff gave him concerning these 'cyborgs'.