Ch. 21
For over an hour, Connor sat peacefully with Glory completely un-aware of her true identity. He answered all her questions as best he could. Questions ranging from Angels assignment to more personal questions. Connor was quite taken with the young woman and gladly answered anything asked without really thinking.
"So does Angel have a girlfriend?"
A sad look passed over his features as he thought of his father sitting in the other room
"He did have a wife. She…passed away about three months ago."
Connor was so busy looking at his hands that he missed the look of pure joy in Glory's eyes.
"Was it a vampire?"
Connors head shot up so hard and fast that it was surprising he didn't get whiplash
"What did you say?"
"I asked if she was killed by a vampire. I know all about this little town."
Connor gave a small smile and his eyed widened in shock
"Well, um yes actually. It was a vampire bite."
"Poor girl. Did you get the slayer to track down the vamp?"
Connor was speechless.
"Glory, exactly how much do you know about this town?"
"Oh I knew the slayer. I met her a number of years back. Buffy I think her name was. Who's the new slayer? I know that Buffy probably died, slayers don't live very long."
"No they don't. Buffy was the one and only exception to that rule."
"Oh, Is Buffy still alive? Cool. I would very much like to see her again. I need to return a favour."
"Well, she did die. Buffy was Angels wife."
Glory allowed a little smirk before changing her expression to one of mock sorrow.
"Oh dear. That's terrible. My brother and I are in her debt. It's such a shame we can never repay her."
"What did buffy do for you and…?"
"Ben. Well Lets just say that she kept us on this earth."
"Oh did she save you?"
"Yes and no. I mean, in a way I wouldn't have minded going, but because I stayed, I wanted to return the favour in some way. Now I guess I will never be able to."
Feeling sorry for Glory, Connor took her hand.
"Maybe you could do something for Angel, or Ora."
"Ora?"
"Yeah, Buffy's daughter."
Glory grinned
"Of course, I had forgotten about her. Well thankyou Connor. You have been a tremendous help. Please tell Angel I stopped by."
"Will do. It was a pleasure to meet you. Will I be seeing you again?"
"With out a doubt."
With that she left. Connor stared at the spot where she stood for quite a while before shaking himself and going to the kitchen to get something to eat.
Upon finding nothing except Spikes blood bags, Connor sat back in the living room to wait for the others. He smiled at the memory of the woman he had met. He leaned back and let the whole conversation replay in his mind.
Ten minutes later Connor frowned and bolted up right.
"Oh crap."
"What's up?"
Connor turned around to see Angel standing behind him
"Oh nothing, I don't think. Where's Ora?"
"Oh she's sleeping."
"Dad, do you have someone named Glory in one of your classes?"
Angel rolled his eyes.
"Yeah I do. Her and her little group keep trying to hit on me. She is so annoying."
Connor smiled in relief
"Why do you ask?"
"Well she just left. We were talking for over an hour. She is quite nice."
"If you say so. Personally, I cant wait to fail her. She is a complete…Cordelia."
Connor laughed
"Excuse me!"
Angel winked at Conner then looked up at Cordelia who had just walked into the room.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh No offence Cor, but I prefer my women short and blond. Not tall and brunette."
Cordy rolled her eyes and walked further into the room so the others could come inside
"Brunette? Gory is a brunette."
"Unless she changed her hair colour, which is highly likely." Angel told them
"What does Glory look like?" he asked Willow who was setting down a box of sandwiches
"I don't know, I'm not in Angel's class."
Connor shook his head
"No no no, The God, what does Glory the God look like?"
"Well, she's blond, curly hair."
"She wears a lot of red." Xander spoke up
"Blue eyes." Giles filled in
"She looks to be in her mid twenties." Tara spoke up shyly
"Does she have a brother?" Connor asked carefully.
"Well I guess you could call him that. Ben is more a part of Glory than a brother."
Willow frowned at him
"Connor, what's with the twenty questions?"
"I think she was here?"
"WHAT!" everyone shouted.
"Well a woman matching that exact physical description was here for over an hour. She was asking a lot of questions about Dad. She said she knew Buffy and that she was upset that she couldn't repay Buffy for what happened to her and her brother."
"Good Lord." Giles sunk into a chair
"I swear I didn't realise it was her."
"It's okay man," Xander patted the younger mans shoulder, "We didn't know when we first saw her either."
"She knows that Buffy's dead," Angel flinched, "And she also knows about Ora."
"What do we do?" Fred asked
"Well I for one want to go all slayer on her ass." Faith spoke up.
"Great plan lass, and when she kills you, where will we be then?"
"I just hope she still isn't after me."
"Not a chance Dawnie. She can't re open the portal for another 750, 000 years. I don't think you need to worry." Willow told her
"I am more worried bout the kid. If Glory is gunning for Ora now, I say we skip dimensions."
"We ran once, I will not run again." Spike finally spoke up
"Look." Wesley got up and began to pace, "If she really wants to do harm to Ora then we just have to wait it out and come up with a really good plan for when she arrives."
"So we're sitting ducks?" Dawn asked
"For the time being."
Everyone sighed. Finally Connor spoke up,
"Who's going to tell Ora that Glory is back?"
"no need."
Ora walked up to the group
"I had a dream, I know she's back."
"Your mum must have passed that trait on to you. How interesting."
Ora rolled her eyes but smiled affectionately at Giles
"So, do we know when she is coming back?"
"Not a clue, just that she will be back."
"Hmm, well no biggie. We'll toast her and then party."
"You're a little flippant about this my dear, is there something that you would like to share with the group?" Giles asked sweetly
"I'm just saying, we will win. There is no way I'm going to let some blond bitch get the better of me."
"Defiantly your mother's daughter." Spike spoke up