Author : pixel
Rated: R mostly, but maybe some NC-17 later depends how it goes
Ship: xander/graham/oc
I'm messing with the timelines a bit to make this work
Set 3 years post chosen BTVS canon through all seasons
Set midway through season 5 Angel canon up to the end of episode Damage. After that it's AU and I mean seriously AU all the way.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, claim nothing, they all still belong to Joss et al and I'm just borrowing for a while.
Authors Notes 1: Ok this is probably going to have slash, bad language, character death and buffy bashing so if you don't like don't read. I don't have a beta so all mistakes are mine if you point them out I'll try to fix them.
Authors Notes 2: Please make an author happy and review and I promise it'll make me write quicker. I've not abandoned my other story, I'll work on both but this one just wanted out of my head.
Recap :- Dana has chopped off Spike's hands and been caught and tranquillised by Angel's crew. Just when they were about to take her in, Andrew stopped them and told them that he was taking Dana with him because Buffy, Giles and the Council no longer trusted Angel. Andrew had brought a group of slayers to back him up.
Prologue
Angel, " You're way out of your league. I'll just clear it with Buffy."
Andrew, "Where do you think my orders came from? News flash – nobody in our camp trusts you any more. Nobody. You work for Wolfram and Hart. Don't fool yourself….we're not on the same side. Thank you for your help…..but, uh…we got it." He gestures to the girls to get Dana.
"Is that right? Giles told you Angel wasn't to be trusted ? " the voice seemed to come from nowhere and as everyone looked around they were surprised to see Xander Harris emerge from the shadows.
Andrew seemed to shrink in on himself, gone was the self-confident watcher and he stammered as he replied, "Y..yes, I know you argued against it Xander; but you've been so far away, you don't know what's been happening. Giles is adamant that Wolfram and Hart has corrupted all of them. They cannot be trusted, not now, not ever."
Angel was surprised and hurt by Andrew's words – he had thought these people knew him better than this, though not as surprised as he was at the idea of Xander Harris being the one to defend him.
" Giles said that ? " to a casual listener the repeated question was calm and measured but Angel could sense something more, under that calm surface Xander's voice held anger, actually that wasn't strong enough, more like an all encompassing rage, that radiated like fire from the boy. No not a boy anymore, standing in front of them was a man; tight black jeans and a black shirt covered a tanned and muscled body topped by a face that had aged in the years since Angel had last seen him. The one eye glittered in the darkness, but the sense of joy and innocence that had always shone from Xander was gone. He'd hardened, and Angel couldn't help but wonder what had finally caused the man to change this much, what had killed off the light in Xander's eye.
Andrew spoke again, with every word sounding more like the geeky teen who'd fled Sunnydale three years earlier, " Yes. Giles…he said that……."
His voice trailed off, leaving the rest of his words unspoken as Xander pressed forward, invading Andrew's space. For a second they stood motionless, then with almost preternatural speed, Xander moved; hard punches to Andrew's stomach, kidneys and jaw dropped the wannabe watcher to the ground. Before anyone else could move or speak Xander looked down and, with a voice like ice, ground out, " Giles told you Angel was Evil? Was that before, or after, you slit his throat and fed him to your master's pet demons? "
Tbc…..