Epilogue
Kate walked up to the Angel Investigations intermediate office. She'd had some things to sort out at her apartment before heading to Sunnydale, and had loaded most of her stuff on the T.A.R.D.I.S. prior to coming here. She was able to overhear Angel asking Wesley to be able to work for him. Clearly there had been some other problems that Angel had caused while he had gone dark.
She knocked on the door, and all eyes turned towards her. She saw looks of surprise, which hardened to looks of belligerence, as Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn turned towards her. She didn't blame them she hadn't been fair on them or Angel and she had come to make amends before leaving.
"What are you doing here?" She was surprised at the intensity of the growled question from Cordelia.
"I'm here to apologise for my behaviour towards all of you. I acted out of ignorance, and I should have listened to all of you." The looks of confusion on their faces at that statement told her she needed to clarify.
"I went through a dark time recently and a friend showed me why you fight. I didn't understand before, but I do now."
"Lots of that going around." Cordelia snarked, glancing at Angel.
"I also want to say goodbye to you all. I'm headed to Sunnydale to help the Slayer."
Cordelia looked surprised, Wesley smiled, and Gunn looked at her with a new level of respect.
"I realise that you could knock me out with one punch, but are you sure you want to head there? It's a hellmouth and you had enough trouble with what goes on here."
Kate smiled at Cordelia. She had been shown by the Doctor a lot of the crazier stuff and she knew that she could handle it.
"I can. You don't have to worry about me."
Wesley stepped forward to shake her hand. "Good luck. I'm sure you'll be a major help to Buffy. However I am sure you will need weapons more to your liking than stakes and crossbows so follow me."
Wesley took her to a cupboard, and gave her two pistols and a shotgun. "You have crossed a threshold, so it seems right to give you a boon of some kind. I have spares and these are effective against anything that you will face. They won't kill vampires but that is why there is a slayer."
"I'm not longer a cop, won't I get in trouble for using these in Sunnydale? I don't have any permits."
She watched as a thin smile appeared on Wesley's face. "The Sunnydale Police are, in my experience, not very good. You'll have not trouble with them."
Kate thanked him, then winced as Cordelia let out a shriek of pain. Angel moved quickly to keep her from falling.
"What is it Cordelia? What do you see?"
"Sunnydale, next year. Buffy's house. Someone's going to shoot her, and a dark power is going to rise."
Kate rushed out of the office to the T.A.R.D.I.S. which was in the street below. She clearly had to get somewhere the fast way and she knew someone who could help.