By David Mycock Portals and Dimensions 2/
Walking the Path
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the vampire slayer or any other of the characters in this story they belong to Joss Whedon and whoever else created the characters used in this story. Any characters I created I own.
Pairing: Janna Kalderdash/Xander Harris (There will be other relationships in this story but this is the main one)
Summary: Two days after the end of the first story Xander and his friends arrive in L.A to meet up with Vlad Tepes Lawyers not knowing the adventure awaiting them and the changes it would bring within the group.
Wolfram and Hart Offices:
Xander followed Lilith and Adrian into the impressive looking building that served as the L.A branch of the law firm; he looked back to where Janna and the others were following them all dressed in very impressive dresses whilst he was wearing a dark red shirt and black pants. However he had refused to leave his new leather duster with the sword scabbard back the mansion as he decided like the two nosferatu to be armed at all times even if they too were looking smart.
He looked to his left as a man approached them, he noticed a small device attached to his ear and guessed he was a plain suited security guard. He was lucky Janna and Sarah had managed to come up with a spell to hide the handle of his sword which stuck out at the back of his duster near his neck. The guard went right past them towards another group of people and Xander relaxed, he was nervous for some reason and he didn't know why.
They approached the main desk and waited as Lilith talked to the receptionist at the desk, after a few minutes they were told to head to the fifth floor which they quickly did. As they got of the elevator they were met by a woman with middle length brown hair and striking brown eyes, before anyone else could speak both the woman and his mother gasped in shock
"Sarah?" the woman asked in what was clearly shock
"Hello Lilah" his mother sighed in response and suddenly Xander had a feeling he had just met his aunt
"What in the hell are you doing here?" the woman demanded shocked by the presence of her sister who she had not seen in close to twenty years "Hold that follow me" she said and led them to her office
Xander was a little bit concerned how this meeting would go with this new element, but he was more concerned by the effect it seemed to be having on his mother who was still looked to be in shock and was been guided by Janna and Amy
They entered a rather small office decorated in a dark red colour, they was little personal effects that Xander could see bar a few photo's on her desk and a what looked like a diploma on the wall
"Now what are you doing here Sarah?" the woman asked again with a frown
"I am here Lilah because our group have an appointment with someone here" Sarah answered trying to keep control of her raging emotions
"I have an appointment with Lilith and Adrian Tepes and their party not you" the woman now named Liliah shot back
"Back off" Xander said having had enough of his suspected aunt's attitude in regards to his mother
"And who are you to be telling me what to do?" Liliah asked heatedly
"This is my son Lilah, Alexander" Sarah informed her quietly "He is your nephew" she added feeling like she needed a lie down she had not been ready for this encounter
Lilah looked at her sister in even more shock as she heard her answer, she shook head as she realised they had been so long without contact she had not even known her sister had a son. She had never allowed their mother when she was alive to even talk about Sarah and now here she was with a nephew she had never know she'd had
"Not to interrupt what seems to be a very personal conversation but we are here for an appointment Miss?" Lilith interrupted before anyone else could speak
"I'm sorry" Lilah said cursing herself for getting off target "I am Lilah Morgan" she told them hoping to salvage this meeting
"I am Lilith Tepes and this is my brother Adrian" Lilith replied "These are our friends and it would seem we are here to meet with you" she added with a smile
"May I ask how my sister and nephew came to be in your party?" Lilah asked wanting to know how this had come about
"I don't think that's any of your business" Xander spoke before Lilith could reply as so far he had not taking a liking to his now revealed aunt
"Alex" his mother cut him off with a stern look because whilst she may of not wanted to bump into her sister now that she had she didn't want to open up the old arguments "It's along story Lilah and one not to be told here" she said facing her sister "Maybe another time" she added hoping her sister be willing to take the offer of trying to rebuild their destroyed relationship
Lilah looked between the two before deciding that she would accept her sister's small offer, one thing she had learned in this business was to always get as much information as possible on a situation and this more than qualified
She had no idea how her wayward sister and her nephew had come into contact with the children of the legendary vampire Dracula also know as Vlad Tepes but she intended to find out as she believed the senior partners would be interested in this piece of information and if they asked she would not hold it back even if it concerned her own family
"Of course" Lilah finally spoke "Now how may Wolfram and Hart help you Miss Tepes?" she asked directing them to sit
In a small warehouse across town five people were gathered around a swirling mass of magical energy held within a special containment spell, they were busy preparing for the next stage of their plan
"Are the items prepared?" one of them asked as stroked his beard thoughtfully
"Yes master" another answered hesitantly
"Good" the first nodded "Those powers are going to be quite surprised when their little plan back fires on them" he smiled
He had taken the job when it was offered him because it would allow him to harness the power to change the world if he could control the magic involved long enough, the powers had made a second mistake by shielding his current location from anyone else including themselves encase someone tried to use their viewing pool to locate the source of what he guessed by now would be a huge build up of magical energy
They had paved their way to his ascension to total dominance of this world in their blind pursuit to remove some kind of threat to their own plans, they believed he was a loyal follower when the only reason he had agreed to work for them was because it offered him the chance to use the power they granted him against his enemies
"Prepare the sacrifice, we proceed at midnight" he ordered as he walked away to prepare
"It shall be done Xavier" his closest friend said as he walked to where the woman they had kidnapped for the ceremony was been held
Xander was slightly bored by all the legal stuff Lilith and Lilah was discussing and the only thing stopping him from leaving was Janna's presence next to him and the warning Adrian had given him before they had come here which was not to disturb the meeting in anyway and keep a professional air
Finally it seemed the meeting seemed to be coming to a close as Lilah agreed to be their representative in the off chance they ran into any legal trouble, he stood along with the others but he held back as the others left the office and turned back to his aunt who was watching him with a look of curiosity
"Something about this place feels all wrong, I don't know what it is but the fact that you can work with two nosferatu means this law firm has more to it that any normal person knows about" he told her and watching the surprise that showed on her face before she recovered her composure "You better not do anything that brings any harm to my friends or aunt or not you'll be dead" he warned her having come to terms with the fact that he may have to kill to protect his family after a long talk with Vlad
"Alexander I can assure you I am no threat to Sarah or the others" Lilah told him trying to build some kind of bridge with her nephew
She had an idea that their presence with the Tepes family could give her a huge advantage against some of the other junior lawyers in the firm, she would have to be careful not to upset either of them as it would seem they held some sway with the two children of Vlad Tepes
"We'll see" Xander responded before turning to leave
"Wait" Lilah said "Please give Sarah this, it's my home number" she told him "Tell her I would like to try and rebuild our relationship" she added with what she hoped was a hopeful smile
Xander studied her for a few minutes before nodding his head and leaving her office and rejoining the others leaving Lilah to sit down and try and come to terms to what had happened in the last half hour
Cassandra did not like the looks of this, Wolfram and Hart were one of their most deadly enemies led as they were by the senior partners who were all higher level demons. But she could not warn Alexander and the others about this as once more free will came into play, she was pleased that Alexander had sensed their was more to the firm than they seemed and was on his guard.
Of course Lilith and Adrian properly already knew this, she sighed as she replayed the meeting between Alexander's group and his now revealed lost aunt. She did not trust the woman, something about her screamed she was not someone Alexander should have much contact especially in light of the fact she worked for Wolfram and Hart but again she could do little in this instant and so she pushed her concerns aside and continued to watch
Sarah sat heavily as she tried to calm her nerves from the surprising meeting, she did not know how she felt about seeing her sister again after so many years of silence. The fact that she had given Alexander her phone number and told him she wanted to rebuild their relationship gave her something to think about
"You okay mom?" Xander asked and he knelt in front of her
"I think so Alex" she replied rubbing her eyes
"I take it your maiden name was Morgan before you met my father?" Xander asked hoping to learn a bit more about his mother's history as he realised she had kept a lot from him
"Yes it was" Sarah answered sighing as she looked at her son "I'm sorry I never told you about Lilah but as I said after we became teenagers we hated each other and when Lilah left home I never expected to see her again" she told him hoping he would understand her reasoning
"I understand" Xander promised "I guess it was just a huge surprise to learn I have an aunt" he told her "Do you really think she wants to rebuild your relationship after so long?" he asked still not totally trusting of his lost aunt
"I don't know Alex, I am going to have to have a long think about this" she replied before heading to her room leaving her son to his own thoughts
"Alexander?" Lilith's voice broke him out of the thoughts that were running through his head
"What's up?" he asked as he faced her
"We should begin our search for the source of the magical build up quickly" Lilith answered "You better change but remember this is not Sunnydale so any weapons you have you will have to keep well hidden I do not want to get into trouble so quickly after securing Wolfram and Hart's services" she warned him
"Understood, I think mom will be staying here" he told her "I don't think her head is in the right place after bumping into her sister" he added
"I won't be going either" Janna said as she walked into the room looking like she had just been sick
"You sure?" Xander asked not liking the idea of leaving his lover or mother alone
"I'm sure Alex, we'll be fine whilst you begin your search" Janna assured him
"Of course you will" Lilith said "Once we leave just turn on the security system" she told Janna
Twenty minutes later the small group was ready and after saying goodbye they headed out, Janna watched them leave before she closed the door and turned on the security system as Lilith had suggested before going to lie down
Malek smiled as he watched Alexander and his group leave their base of operations, hopefully once they were dealt with their lord would remove that annoying woman from his presence. He looked up as Tanith and Jonas arrived to see what was going on
"It is almost time" he said still smiling
"And if the plan fails?" Jonas inquired
"It won't" Malek replied confidently "Our pawns will not fail us" he added as he looked back to the viewing pool
Tanith remained quite as he grew more and more concerned about the outcome of Malek's plan, the fact they could not even keep an eye on their pawns due to the magic they had used to hide their location made him even more uncertain.
He did not trust the leader of the small group Malek had decided to use for this scheme, there was something about him that set off some inner warning but still he decided to stay quite as he knew he could not betray the others no matter how much he wanted to warn their lord
