Emily
Rating: PG-13
Feedback: Yes please! But be kind.
Author's Note: This is kind of AU. Spike actually did rape Buffy. Connor
was never taken and he's still a baby.
Angel looked up from his paperwork when someone knocked on the door. He opened it. "What the...?" Angel looked down into the eyes of a beautiful baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket with a folded letter on it. He picked up the letter and read it over.
Dearest Angel, I'm so sorry I had to do things this way, I wish I could have said goodbye in person. If I didn't leave as you read this, the Order of Syron would have taken my baby and killed her. I don't think you can understand-or maybe you can-why I made my decision. I love her with all my heart, and while as a slayer I would only have a few years left, she has her whole life ahead of her...This is hard for me to write...I hope you can understand...but Spike's the father. He raped me and I got pregnant. Of course, there's no way I can leave her with him, and as much as I love my friends, I don't think they can protect her. Please, raise her well. When she's old enough tell her about us, about the slayer, about everything. Make sure she knows her mommy was proud of her and that I loved her very much. Make sure she eats all her vegetables and doesn't play with weapons. She was born on May 14th at 5:15 AM, she's four days old. Give her a good name. Angel, please always remember you were my first and only love. My heart will always be yours. Forever, Buffy Anne Summers
Angel would not cry. "Cordelia, come see this."
Cordelia came to the door. "Huh? What?" After handing her the letter, Angel picked up the basket and went inside. Cordelia read it over. "Oh my God. Oh my God."
"I gotta go stop her!" Angel ran out the door and smelled something burnt. "Aah!"
Cordelia grabbed his arm and pulled him back inside. "Angel you know you can't stop her. She would never let you. If you try, you'll probably both get killed."
Angel laughed insanely. "No...no you're right.What was I thinking? I can't stop her...she's too smart to let me." He paced the room.
Gunn entered and saw the basket on the floor. "Whoa, when did we turn into babysitters?" Cordy handed the letter to him.
Angel stopped abrubtly and looked up at them both. "She needs a name. A good name we have to give her a name." He started babbling.
Cordelia put her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we will."
"But you look pretty beat, maybe you should get some rest," said Gunn.
Angel snapped. "I CANT GET SOME REST I HAVE TWO BABIES NOW AND ONE OF THEM NEEDS A GOOD NAME!!!!" He thought for a minute. "Maybe Anne is a good name..."
"Uh..Anne Angel? Uh..." Gunn said.
"What about Joyce?"
"That's a really ugly name."
"That was Buffy's mother's name."
"Nice going, Gunn."
"Oh.Well, she still might get teased at school."
"You're right...you're right...SHE CAN'T GET TEASED!!! No, no, she can't, Buffy wouldn't want that." Angel sunk down to the floor, put his head in his hands and started shaking.
Gunn's voice softened. "Hey man, we'll work it out..."
"We can't work it out...Buffy's dead or dying and I'm so lost..."
The phone rang. "I'll get it," said Gunn. "Hello."
"Hi is Angel there?"
"Yeah, he is but he can't come to the phone right now."
"PLEASE its really important.This is Willow. It's about Buffy, you see, she's missing."
"Um, We kind of found her..."
"Really? That's great! Where is she?"
"She's dead."
The other line was silent for a minute. "What?" Willow asked quietly.
"She came and left her baby on the doorstep and took off for the Order of Syron."
"What baby?"
"Oh God."
****
"What about Jenny? no wait thats no good."
"How about Emily? That was your mom's name right? And she probably wouldn't be teased for it..." Gunn said.
"Well that's actually a great idea...Emily Anne Angel...no wait forget the Anne...Emily Joyce Angel."
TBC.
Angel looked up from his paperwork when someone knocked on the door. He opened it. "What the...?" Angel looked down into the eyes of a beautiful baby girl wrapped in a pink blanket with a folded letter on it. He picked up the letter and read it over.
Dearest Angel, I'm so sorry I had to do things this way, I wish I could have said goodbye in person. If I didn't leave as you read this, the Order of Syron would have taken my baby and killed her. I don't think you can understand-or maybe you can-why I made my decision. I love her with all my heart, and while as a slayer I would only have a few years left, she has her whole life ahead of her...This is hard for me to write...I hope you can understand...but Spike's the father. He raped me and I got pregnant. Of course, there's no way I can leave her with him, and as much as I love my friends, I don't think they can protect her. Please, raise her well. When she's old enough tell her about us, about the slayer, about everything. Make sure she knows her mommy was proud of her and that I loved her very much. Make sure she eats all her vegetables and doesn't play with weapons. She was born on May 14th at 5:15 AM, she's four days old. Give her a good name. Angel, please always remember you were my first and only love. My heart will always be yours. Forever, Buffy Anne Summers
Angel would not cry. "Cordelia, come see this."
Cordelia came to the door. "Huh? What?" After handing her the letter, Angel picked up the basket and went inside. Cordelia read it over. "Oh my God. Oh my God."
"I gotta go stop her!" Angel ran out the door and smelled something burnt. "Aah!"
Cordelia grabbed his arm and pulled him back inside. "Angel you know you can't stop her. She would never let you. If you try, you'll probably both get killed."
Angel laughed insanely. "No...no you're right.What was I thinking? I can't stop her...she's too smart to let me." He paced the room.
Gunn entered and saw the basket on the floor. "Whoa, when did we turn into babysitters?" Cordy handed the letter to him.
Angel stopped abrubtly and looked up at them both. "She needs a name. A good name we have to give her a name." He started babbling.
Cordelia put her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we will."
"But you look pretty beat, maybe you should get some rest," said Gunn.
Angel snapped. "I CANT GET SOME REST I HAVE TWO BABIES NOW AND ONE OF THEM NEEDS A GOOD NAME!!!!" He thought for a minute. "Maybe Anne is a good name..."
"Uh..Anne Angel? Uh..." Gunn said.
"What about Joyce?"
"That's a really ugly name."
"That was Buffy's mother's name."
"Nice going, Gunn."
"Oh.Well, she still might get teased at school."
"You're right...you're right...SHE CAN'T GET TEASED!!! No, no, she can't, Buffy wouldn't want that." Angel sunk down to the floor, put his head in his hands and started shaking.
Gunn's voice softened. "Hey man, we'll work it out..."
"We can't work it out...Buffy's dead or dying and I'm so lost..."
The phone rang. "I'll get it," said Gunn. "Hello."
"Hi is Angel there?"
"Yeah, he is but he can't come to the phone right now."
"PLEASE its really important.This is Willow. It's about Buffy, you see, she's missing."
"Um, We kind of found her..."
"Really? That's great! Where is she?"
"She's dead."
The other line was silent for a minute. "What?" Willow asked quietly.
"She came and left her baby on the doorstep and took off for the Order of Syron."
"What baby?"
"Oh God."
****
"What about Jenny? no wait thats no good."
"How about Emily? That was your mom's name right? And she probably wouldn't be teased for it..." Gunn said.
"Well that's actually a great idea...Emily Anne Angel...no wait forget the Anne...Emily Joyce Angel."
TBC.