A new chapter is finally up. Sorry for the delay. Thanks to all those who have read and reviewed.

Faith and the others looked up the moment that Krisven and his pet walked into the hotel. They arched a brow at them when they jumped to their feet with weapons drawn. "Are you always this friendly?" they asked, as they dropped their 'pet' to the floor. "Angel said to keep him here."

"Where is Angel?" Spike asked, as he glanced past him. "I see that the all couragoust one didn't come back with you."

"No, he and the little one are off to have a nice chat," Krisven replied, only to have the others shot him a glance. "Seems that she has special abilities that need to be worked with."

"Yeah, we know that," Faith replied, causing Krisven to turn their graze on her. She shivered as they came toward her. Spike moved close to her, as did Illyria as well. Krisven began to walk around her and she finally lost her cool. "What are you doing?"

"You're a slayer," he pointed out, as if she didn't know that. "You have strengths that most normal mortal girls don't have."

"Yeah, I know that…" Faith started only to stop herself and turned to face him. "How did you know that?"

"Cause that's his power," Illyria pointed out, as she came up to Krisven's side. "You're the one Angel sought out to locate the child. He knew that you could hone in on her unique power."

Krisven nodded, as he glanced around them. "All your powers throw my senses into a whirlwind, but it's a good practice for me to be able to sort it all out."

Spike chuckled, as he placed a hand on the demon's arm. "Welcome to the party, mate." He then tightened his hold on his arm, causing Krisven to glance up at him. "Now tell us exactly where they went and who you are."

There was fog rolling off the water, as Angel and Madison walked by it. She kept her hands in her pockets, not really wanting to do any damage. She had turned into almost like a light house beacon in there. She didn't know what to think. She was a freak almost. She wiped a tear away from her face, as she glanced over at Angel, he hadn't said much, since they had left the other. But she figured that he and the others had come across this type of stuff all the time, doing all that they did.

"So…" she began, trying to break the eerie silence.

"You're Cordie's kid," Angel said softly, causing her to glance over at him. She could see hurt in his eyes. "That's why you have the powers that you do."

"But I'm a child of a Slayer…" she started as she stopped and turned to face him. She had heard the others mention Cordy or who ever she was. She couldn't be her kid. Conner was…oh, she wasn't gonna go there.

"Yeah, but I think that the Powers that Be made it so that you are who you are and hide you so that you'd be safe," he gazed deep into her eyes and she shivered. Deep down she knew that he was telling her the truth. She took a deep breath. "And I think that you know that."

"But…what's going to happen to me now?"

"We'll come to that in due time, Madison," he replied, as he reached out and ran a comforting hand along her arm. "Nothing bad is going to happen to you as long as you are with us. We're the closest thing you have to family. Cordelia thought of us as family. We can only hope that one day that one day you might as well."

"Conner thinks I'm the spawn of evil!" She could feel the tears start to form in her eyes. "How can I ever belong where they don't want me to belong?"

Angel let out a sigh, and ran a hand through his hair. "Give him time," he said, and let out a sigh. "It's going to be okay."

"You're damn right!" a voice came out from behind them, causing Madison to jump and spin around to face a figure.

Madison backed up into Angel in fear, shaking her head in fear. She had seen that figure before. It couldn't be real. "No, that's not real…"

Angel shot a glance down at Madison and then over at the figure.

OMG CORDY!! NO WAY.. what... you'll have to wait until next chapter.. and it's coming.. i promise.. I have access to a computer now.