Bones – Change

Chapter 7

"It all began in 1753 in Galway Ireland. A man named Liam O'Conner was a drunk and loved women. He was a disappointment to his father and eventually left home. Soon after, in a drunken stupor, he met a woman named Darla. She promised to show him the world and it was then that she showed him her true self. That night in the alley, she killed him, but not before she had him drink some of her blood. The next day he was buried by his family, but that night, dazed and confused, he rose from his grave, to join Darla's world of the living dead for he was now a vampire."

Brennan started to object to this crazy story that William was telling. She would not sit here and listen to this nonsense, but Booth gently squeezed her hand. She would keep her opinions quiet, but only because Booth wanted her too.

"Darla called him Angelus, the one with the face of an angel, though what she was thinking when she did that I couldn't. . ."

Booth glared at him.

"Sorry, sorry. Anyway. Angelus proceeded to kill his entire family and decimated his entire village. Darla and Angelus began their killing spree across Europe. In 1767, after a close call with a mob, Darla fled leaving Angelus to fend for himself. The two eventually met back up in Vienna in 1860 where Angelus met Drusilla. He became fascinated with her innocence and purity. One night he killed her family forcing her to flee to a convent. Then on the night before she was to take her holy orders, Angelus massacred the convent. He proceeded to rape Drusilla driving her insane, he then turned her. Drusilla also had the sight. Seen as a curse from God in her life, it now caused her to be one hell of a dangerous vampire.

"Together, Darla, Angelus and Drusilla swept through Europe. Eventually, Drusilla wanted her own partner. She found a struggling poet and sired him. The four became the scourge of Europe leaving death and destruction in their wake. Things changed though one night, when Darla brought home a play thing for Angelus; a young gypsy girl. Angelus feed off her and killed her. However, this girl had been the favorite daughter of her tribe. They Gypsies swore vengeance on Angelus and the poor bloke was cursed with a soul.

"Now when a person becomes a vampire, their soul is removed from their body and a demon takes it's place. The demon emphasizes the inner demons that the person once had and it becomes a force who's only purpose is feeding and killing. Now when Angelus had his soul restored, the demon was still there, thirsting for the kill, but his conscience was making him relive every evil he had ever commited. Darla sensed the soul in him and left him.

"He met back up with Darla, Spike and Drusilla in China swearing that he would not let his soul get in the way of his killing. And he did kill, but Darla eventually noticed that he only killed murders, rapists and other criminals. She caught him trying to save a family of missionaries and once again the group disserted him.

"Angelus eventually came to the United States and began to live a life in solitude. In the late 90s, he met Whistler, a demon, but one who worked for the good side. Through Whistler he was shown the newly called Slayer who he swore to help in her fight."

"Buffy," whispered Booth. Brennan looked at him. She could see something in his eyes, and it was more than just him remembering a friend. Booth turned to see Bones staring at him. He gently squeezed her hand and pulled her closer to him.

"Angelus, now set on redeeming all the evil that he had done, followed the Slayer and aided her and her friends in fighting all kinds of evil that had arisen in the Hellmouth."

"Sorry, but Hellmouth?" asked Brennan.

"Sorry I keep forgetting you don't know about this kind of stuff," William paused trying to think of the best way to explain this to Brennan, seeing as she wasn't believing much he was saying anyway. "The hellmouth is like an epic center of an earthquake. It is a powerful force that attracks all kinds of evil in hopes that they can tap into that power." Brennan nodded in understanding. "In helping the Slayer, Angel, as he now called himself, and Buffy fell in love. But what Angel didn't know was that if he ever experienced one moment of true happiness he would lose his soul.

"Well him and the Slayer did the deed, and the next morning Angelus was set free. He met up with Spike and Drusilla and the three plotted on sending the world to hell. The Slayer proceeded to stop Angelus and sent him to hell, but not before her witch friend was able to restore his soul. She watched helplessly as her love was sent to hell.

"However, the bloody goody-two-shoes couldn't stay in hell. He returned because his purpose had not been served. The Slayer and him gave their relationship another go, but Angel realized he could never have a life with her because of his curse. After they defeated the Mayor of Sunnydale and averted the Apocalypse, Angel left for LA.

"In LA, he reverted back to his solitude, until he met a half demon named Doyle. Doyle had been sent by the Powers that Be, or the PTB as we like to call them. He recieved visions of people in danger. People that Angel was supposed to help. Angel eventually met up with an old ally Cordelia and the three started an investigative agency to 'help the helpless.' You know I gotta hand it to Cordelia, that was a lame pick up line."

"Don't make fun of Cordelia."

"Anyway. Doyle gave his life to save some of his kind and his passed his visions onto Cordelia. Angel and Cordelia were then joined by former Watcher Welsey Wyndam-Pryce and street wise, Charles Gunn. The team fought the evil in LA, most of which was being caused by Hell, Inc. aka the law firm of Wolfram and Hart.

"Annoyed at Angel for foiling many of their plans, they brought Darla back to life as Angel had killed her several years before. She tried to seduce Angel distracting him from his work. Darla soon sought Angel's help. When Wolfram and Hart brought her back, she was brought back as a human. She found out she was dying of syphilis, a disease she had had before she was turned into a vampire. Angel refused to turn her. Wolfram and Hart brought in Drusilla, and Angel was made to watch as Darla was once again turned. Angel tried to stop Darla from rising, but was held off by Drusilla. Darla and Drusilla went on a killing spree throughout LA. Angel began a vendetta against Hell Inc., and fired his team when they became concerned about his actions. Darla and Drusilla killed many of the directors of Hell, Inc. which Angel had allowed, by locking the pair in with them.

"Angel eventually became discusted with his actions. He slept with Darla in hopes of losing his soul, but he didn't when he realized that Darla, in all the years they had been together, had never made him happy. Discusted with him once again, Darla fled. Angel returned to his friends and apoligized for his actions. Time passes and Angel realizes that he has more than friendly feelings for Cordelia, but before he can do anything about it, Darla returns. And this time, she is pregnant with his child.

"Now as a rule, vampires can not make babies. But the PTB don't like to play by the rules. In an effort to save the baby from the evil that was after her, Darla stakes herself to deliver baby Conner. Now even I am unclear as to what actually happened next, but a very old enemy of Angel's kidnapped Conner and takes him to a hell dimension. A few days later, Holtz returns with Conner who is now a teenager. Holtz brainwashed Conner into believing that his father was a blood thirsty monster. Conner actually threw Angel into the ocean in a metal container in order to get rid of him.

"With the help of his friends, Angel escaped the ocean. In order to defeat the evil that had come to town, Angel stripped himself of his soul as only Angelus had the power to beat the Beast. Old Allies were able to restore Angel's soul once again before Angelus wrecked havoc across the city. He made a deal with Wolfram and Hart, that he would take over the LA branch, in return for giving Conner new memories. Eventually Angel realised that he could never defeat all the forces of evil, but he could stop one of the largest instigators, the Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart. Together with Spike, Gunn and Illyria, Angel set off on a suicide mission and defeated the Senior Partners.

"Now, not long after he moved to LA, Angel learned of a phrophecy called the Shanshu. The Shanshu spole of a vampire with a soul who would one day be rewarded for his good deeds with the return of his humanity. Angel knew this phrophecy refered to him as he was the only vampire with a soul, but what he didn't know was that years later, Spike would face the demon trials and be rewarded with the return of his soul as well. In the year before Angel went against the senior partners, in order to close the Hellmouth in Sunnydale, Spike, with the help of a magical amulet, sacrificed himself. The amulet then found it's way to Hell, Inc, and Spike, who had actually been trapped within the amulet, was resurrected, though in ghost form. He eventually regained his body, and he and Angel began a fight over which one of them the Shanshu was really all about. Spike won the fight, but the outcome was not settled until after the battle with the Senior Partners.

"The PTB decided that both Angel and Spike were worthy of the Shanshu for all the good they had done as Champions. They were both rewarded with the restoration of their humanity."

Brennan was the first to speak. "Alright. Let us assume for a minute that I actually believe that rediculous story. What does it have to do with Booth?"

William smiled. "Booth is Angel."