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A/N: I Know I said I wasn't posting this until I finished Against All Odds but I couldn't help it this is calling to me. By the way this is after the episode 'Fredless' so S3 of Angel

Chapter One: Welcome To Los Angeles

Chloe and Spike pass the 'Welcome to L.A.' sign and an odd feeling settles into the pit of Spike's stomach, he'd never liked L.A. but this is just a pit stop they needed to recharge everything including them. They'd traveled around the world for the past year and he'd loved it more than traveling with anyone else she loved hearing stories about his previous adventures and still fighting occasionally but not as much.

"Thinkin' about how much trouble we can get in eh Pixie," he says noticing the thinking look on Chloe's face.

"Not exactly, I have this feeling nagging at me for the last few miles."

"Me too luv let's have some fun and loosen up we've been in this bloody car for the fast hundred miles." He pulls up in front of a club and they get out to and go in.

Angel knew the minute Spike had gotten to town he was one of the few monsters that had been created because of him that he'd kept up with. He searches for him every night, needing to know why he is here, but he senses that there is a change in the vampire he just couldn't figure out what it is.

Chloe and Spike leave the club they'd come to every night since they'd been here for a week neither of them knew what had kept them here they just didn't feel this over pressing need to leave. They take a back way out and end up in one of the darker alleys. Spike begins to nip at her neck and pins her to the wall. When suddenly he's being yanked away from her and pinned to the opposite wall by some other guy. "You can run now. Hello Spike." He can sense power in the air but he can't put his finger on it. Then a green fireball whizzes passed his head and into the brick wall. "Next time I won't miss. Why is it Spike that we can never go anywhere without being attacked."

"Well Luv being around for a hundred plus years can rack up a few enemies." Grinning at his Pixie, Angel is confused by this exchange he senses the soul and hears the heart beat of the girl so he didn't get why she's not afraid of Spike.

"Now you, who the hell are you?"

"Angel." He answers simply letting Spike down and holds his hand out to shake. Instead she begins to laugh hysterically, and Angel is beginning to think she's insane he turns to Spike, "You know after Dru left you one would think you'd go after a saner brand of chick, but hey old habits."

"She isn't crazy you great poof. We just needed to get out of Sunnydale after our last apocalypse we just got back from China, and I didn't start that apocalypse I'm workin' for the good guys now." By then Chloe had stopped laughing said, "I'm Chloe Sullivan, his lover, and if you ever threaten him or hurt him again I will be sending Buffy an urn." She says making her flames appear to show him she isn't kidding. He smirks liking this girl already.

"Ok lets go back to my place and we'll swap war stories." Angel says leading the way.

Chloe looks at the entrance of what appears to be an old and what looks to be abandoned hotel. She steps into the beautiful Lobby, and Angel calls out to anybody else who's there. "I guess they are all out on assignment. So Spike, please explain the human torch that has you whipped."

Spike growls deep in his throat, and Chloe rolls her eyes and says "Look, I'm tired and don't feel like playing referee to a marathon pissing contest, if you tell us your story we will tell us ours." Chloe annoyed at the vampires.

"Ok," Angel says intrigued by the young girl's moxy and attitude. "After the first tried to get me to kill myself I left, realizing that my relationship with Buffy is unfair to her. Met up with a good half demon with visions named Doyle and he told me who to save. Then we ran into Cordy who set up the business and Doyle died. Then Wes showed up and Gunn joined us, he's the neighborhood monster hunter, and we saved a girl named Fred from an alternate dimension. Now what's your story?"

"Well about a year or so ago I was outside a club when Spike came up to me and we got to talking. About an hour later of conversation he sired me."

"That's why I could feel how you've changed Spike because of her?"

"Huh?"

"What Spike didn't tell you about the link between the sired and siree. Well most of the time Vampires have a link between those they sired I severed most of mine when I got my soul except for Spike and Drusilla, and occasionally I would run into Darla. Please continue."

"Ok, Spike you can explain later." She turns toward him not angry just curious but he thought she was angry. "Basically about a week later I regained my heartbeat and not knowing why we go to Buffy and her brood. We fight the mayor at graduation and I get swallowed by a giant snake formerly known as Mayor Dick. After that me and Spike get out of Sunnydale for a while seeing the world. I'm called the 'Elemental Flower' and now we are here in LA."

Angel sat back in his chair absorbing everything he'd just found out. He couldn't get why Buffy hadn't called him if he needed help, then again with Spike and Chloe she probably had everything covered. "Do you drink blood?"

"I can but I prefer not to I drink Spike's blood mostly. Now Spike can you explain why you never told me about the connection between the sired and their siree?"

"Well it just didn't seem that important at the time I'm so used to it I just assumed you would be too." He looked a little sheepish and she smiles at him and kisses his forehead. Then they hear, "Oh my God, Chloe is that you." She turns to the door way and Cordelia Chase, former Queen C of Sunnydale, she now had a much kinder smile and her eyes were warmer, apparently the years had been good to her old acquaintance.

"Cordelia Chase well I'll be damned." She smiles at the woman and goes over to hug her.

"What are you doing here? Where have you been Willow told me you and your handsome boyfriend left Sunnydale and were in Fiji but that was months ago? The PTB haven't sucked you in have they?" She fired off one question right after the other.

"Well I just got here with Spike obviously. Fiji was nice especially the beach at night we were all alone lovely." She trails off lost in her memories, "I have no clue as to who the PTB are though. What about you?"

Then others walked into the door including another blast from her past Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, he seemed different as well, a mousy brunette and a tall African-American man with a shiny bald head.

"Whoa Cordy who's the tiny blonde hottie?" Spike heard this and shot out of his chair and wraps his arms around her from behind nipping at her neck. Chloe grins at the Vampires possessiveness and the slight frown he sees on the black man's face. "I'm Gunn." He introduces.

"Spike down boy." He lets her go and she introduces herself, "I'm Chloe Sullivan."

"Fred, well Winifred actually, it's nice to meet you."

"How are you Chloe?" Westley smiles warmly.

Cordelia smiles at everyone and feels another headache come on this time with out a vision, and she bites back a groan. Then an idea popped into her head. "Hey guys why don't we get to know each other more at 'Caritas' that way they can meet Lorne and we can get Sea Breezes."

They all nod in the affirmative and file out.