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So here's finally the next part, and this is the Daredevil/Angel crossover with Angel Season 4 being covered, while the Buffy/Spider-Man crossover will be posted simultaneously which will have Buffy Season 7, and both shall crossover a lot.
This might be my most unique crossover, since I'm doing 2 stories simultaneously and matching them up.
Obviously, Connor's still a baby, so some stuff will be averted, and its Drusilla who threw Angel into the ocean here, and Groo still stays because he and Cordelia never broke up, and that's because they never got together in the first place as Cordelia and Angel here got together early, though they didn't move to the more intimate phase yet.
Groo would show up regardless since the Pyleans would depose him.
Now Season 4 IMO has a lot of great concepts, but horrible execution. Here's what I did like about Season 4- The premiere, the last 2 episodes, Spin the Bottle, 4x7-4x15 (especially Orpheus, and also Salvage and Release), Angelus' return, Faith's return, Willow's appearance, the fight scenes, Wesley's character growth and Wesley/Lilah, Jasmine when she actually did show up, and the apocalyptic feeling (they have mentioned apocalypse multiple times but in 4x7 they showed it in all of its horrifying glory, nothing beats a rain of fire!). And of course- Lorne!
But what I hated- Cordelia/Connor, the destruction of Cordelia Chase, and pretty much everything else, and Cordelia-Jasmine behaves completely different from Cordelia and Jasmine, so that's another negative. Pretty much all the crap that was done to Cordelia due to Joss' abuse of Charisma lowered this Season's quality by a LOT! And Connor's lack of character growth DID NOT HELP one bit!
Anyway, this will be Season 4 but better, since all the horrible stuff is gonna be removed.
Also, they couldn't do too many crossovers due to the shows airing on different networks (they managed to do it in Orpheus because of Alyson Hannigan's clout), but I don't have that constraint, so you can expect some characters to pop up in both the stories.
Plus, here Angel won't be down in the water as long as he was in the actual show, so the timelines for both Seasons are moved up by a bit.
Enjoy everyone.
Chapter 1- Not anymore
New York City
Matt was packing up his stuff as Faith stood there, conflicted, clearly wanting to come with him.
"Look, you're not doing anything wrong by staying here", Matt assured Faith. "Angel won't hold it against you, he's reasonable, he'll understand why I came and you stayed."
Faith sighed and nodded. "I know, its just….Angel saved me when no one else did, so I wanna come with you, and save him."
"Yeah, but the city still needs Daredevil", Matt pointed out. "And with me not around, you're it. Angel's missing, and so is Cordy, I must find them, I can track them easier."
"Yeah", Faith agreed. "Good luck, but if there's any trouble, call me, because I won't be staying then."
"Noted", Matt said as the two shared a passionate and loving kiss, then parted as Matt walked out of the apartment, leaving Faith behind who decided it was time to be Daredevil again while Matt looked for Angel and Cordelia.
They had gotten the call just 2 days after Mephisto had made his presence known, and but Fred, Gunn and Groo had assured they would find the two, but it had been a good while now and nothing had turned up, so now Matt had decided it was time for him to go.
Plus, Drusilla, the Vampire who had sired Spike and had been sired by Angelus and Darla after they had completely broken her, was also confirmed to be in town, with minions.
Matt knew Drusilla's appearance and the disappearance of Angel and Cordelia at around the same time was no coincidence. So Team Angel, which only had 3 members currently, had to look for Angel and Cordelia, while also trying to protect themselves from Drusilla and her army.
At least with Matt now going, he'd be able to help them out and find Angel and Cordelia. Faith hoped he could, if he didn't, she was going to help him out.
Later, Los Angeles
Matt, now in his Demon-Slayer Daredevil suit, was on top of a rooftop, trying to find where Angel had been before he had disappeared. He had called Team Angel, or what was left of it that is, and let them know what he was doing, so they had decided to leave Angel to him for now at least, hoping he could succeed where they had failed.
Of course smelling would be difficult, since there were a lot of Vampires in Los Angeles, and Ensouled Vampires did not give out any different kind of smell. Matt hoped they did because that would make Angel a LOT easier to find than he was currently.
But of course it wasn't much of a biggie either, Matt could use his senses and find something at least, which would help him in narrowing it down and finding out where Angel was.
As he came near an alley, he smelt something familiar here. Ah! This was quite familiar, he followed that smell to where it was strongest, and came to the back of an alley, the smell was strongest here. And it wasn't that strong, it was quite weak since it had been a while, but it wasn't as weak as it was at other places.
And Matt knew just what this smell was- the product Angel put in his hair! Oh yeah! That made him quite easy to track compared to other Vampires, and Matt had spent enough time with him to know just what he put in his hair.
Angel's reaction on realizing this is how Matt had tracked him down would be quite hilarious, and Matt knew he would find Angel, because he wouldn't rest until he did.
And he knew he won't be doing it alone either.
"You can come out now", Matt called out to the shadows. "I know you're there, and you know it too."
Matt turned around as out of the shadows walked Wesley, still looking as rugged as the last time he and Matt had met. He had a light stubble now, and carried himself quite seriously.
No longer was he the arrogant Watcher who had failed Buffy and Faith and made a fool of himself, he was a battle-hardened warrior himself who had lost a lot in battle, including most of his friends, and his sense of humor.
And that was proven when there were no humorous greetings between the two of them. Wesley immediately got down to business. "So, what did you find here?"
"Angel was here a good while ago", Matt said, not knowing this was the very alley where Drusilla and her mind-controlled followers had captured Angel. "I can track this and find him."
"Let's go then", Wesley said as the two of them moved away.
Matt could tell how much Wesley had changed, but the fact that he was here proved that he still did care about the team in spite of all that had happened between them, and Matt hoped broken bridges could be rebuilt once Angel was saved.
Same time, Cordelia's apartment
"Nothing here?" Gunn asked Groo as the two went through the place, with Fred nearby minding Connor, rocking him while whispering.
"No, there is nothing", Groo informed him. "Nothing to indicate if anything happened to the Princess."
"Well, her car never made it back here", Fred pointed out. "Though yeah, if someone was after her they could have tried to do something at the place too."
"Would Dennis know?" Gunn wondered.
"Who is Dennis?" Groo asked as a chilly wind hit them all.
"That's Dennis", Fred said. "You know anything?"
A page was suddenly ripped out of a nearby notebook as a pen wrote on it, and then it was held up- 'She never returned, and no one came to the house either. I don't know.'
"Looks like he does not", Groo said as all three exchanged regretful looks.
Connor stated crying as Fred rocked him. "No, nothing's wrong, Connor, go to sleep, we are just being silly." She rocked him while singing a little lullaby slowly, and Connor's crying eventually reduced as he went back to sleep.
"You're amazing, you know that?" Gunn asked as he and Fred smiled shared a kiss.
"Thank you, Charles", Fred said as nearby, the ghost of Stick watched the whole thing, unseen by all but Dennis.
Dennis then blew in his ear as Stick said. "I know, I know, nothing here, was just trying to figure out if there could be."
There was another blow in his ear as Stick assured. "Don't worry, windy ghost, I'll let the people who can handle this job know about it, they are much more qualified for this shit than you or me."
He then said. "And besides, why don't you make yourself a visible form? Can't, I guess, huh boy?"
Another wind blew in his ear and Stick shrugged. "Never mind, I'll be leaving now."
With that, Stick dissipated from the area, deciding to inform the person he could while Fred, Gunn and Groo did not find a thing about Cordelia's disappearance here at all, no clue and no sign.
Whatever had happened, her own home was far away from it, and so there was no way of finding anything here, and Angel, who could have found something if he had been here, and Matt was the one who would find him.
New York Sanctum
"I think whoever took Princess timed it just right", Stick told Strange, who seemed quite stressed out. "The Devil came to visit Matty, the two of us got distracted by that, and whoever it was, probably the armored bastard Skip, took the opportunity and scooped her away."
"I think you are right, Stick", Strange agreed with a nod. "Which means I will have to somehow track down the Dimension where she is being held, and get her out of there."
"You look like you haven't slept in a week, Doc, is there a problem?" Stick asked him.
"Well, yes", Strange confessed. "There's this entity called Nightmare who is coming after us Mystics and stealing our energy while we sleep."
"Well, shit", Stick realized. "So you have all become weaker, haven't you?"
"Yeah", Strange nodded. "Which is why I'm trying to deal with him as soon as humanly possible, because trying anything powerful while weak, well, you know-"
"It can lead to a 'kaboom', I know", Stick nodded. "Just be careful Doc, we are being attacked by different enemies from all sides- Mephisto, whoever Skip works for, this Nightmare guy, and I know something really bad is coming, I can feel it. From beneath you it devours."
"Yes", Strange agreed grimly. "Something evil is coming from beneath us, and it is quite hungry as well."
Same time, Los Angeles
"Well, he was near the water", Matt finished saying as he and Wesley stood near the water, this was where they had been led to after Matt had tried tracking Angel with his enhanced smell.
"I believe it is not an unreasonable assumption that whoever took Angel threw him into the ocean", Wesley realized. "Probably at the bottom, and made sure he stays there."
"Well", Matt said as he sensed a boat nearby, with the owner not around. "Have you ever gone on a boat ride?"
Wesley looked at the boat, then at Matt, and knew what the other man was thinking. "Not really for a good while, but I imagine a first experience after a time would do us all good for sure."
A while later, Wesley steered the boat as Matt stood with him, with Wesley flipping a switch and trying to get a readout. "No contact here, we will have to try the next grid from this one."
"Yeah", Matt nodded before asking. "So, how are your days?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, how do you pass the time now?" Matt asked as Wesley turned to him.
"Well, I do not have much to do considering I made my friends abandon me", Wesley sighed. "Other than…never mind."
"I know what you were going to say", Matt said as Wesley turned to look at him in surprise. "I sniffed her all over you last time we met, just didn't say anything because well, not much point to it." He then assured. "And I still don't care much about it if that's what you're worried about."
Wesley was silent for a few seconds, then finally nodded. "Thank you." He didn't say it, but he did want acceptance from his old friends once more, and Matt not judging him made him feel better about himself. Not by much, but it did, and for that, Wesley was grateful to Matt.
"After the whole situation where we had to protect Connor with Blade's help, Lilah actually tried to win me back", Matt revealed with an amused smirk as Wesley continued steering the boat around to reach their destination.
"Really?" Wesley asked, smirking himself, now slowly starting to feel normal.
"Yes, she sent me naked and sexy pictures of herself doing erotic poses to test if I was really blind or not", Matt said and both men burst into laughter at that, Wesley remembering last time he had laughed like this was with Angel when he'd come to believe the fake prophecy was a false one after all.
He had never thought he would laugh like that with anyone ever again. Well, leave it to Matt to prove him wrong, he did that with a lot of people to be fair though.
"I imagine she was disappointed", Wesley said.
"A lot more", Matt revealed. "Because it was Faith who found them. Boy, was she angry."
"At you?" Wesley asked.
"No, at Lilah, and she scratched out Lilah's face from all of the photos, I think its best if Lilah and Faith don't encounter each other after this", Matt said, and the two shared a laugh again, Wesley now feeling a sense of normalcy around his friend once more after a good while.
He just hoped it could be like that with the rest too, as impossible as it sounded, maybe things could get better.
"What happened to Justine?" Wesley then inquired, wishing to pay her back for slicing his throat and taking Connor away from him.
"Mephisto got to her", Matt revealed, surprising Wesley who turned to look at him once more. "He owed us a favor so she, Sahjhan and Holtz are now permanent guests in Hell."
Well, that was a good thing, all three deserved it for trying to ruin the life of an innocent child for varying reasons.
"Good", Wesley said coldly, then continued steering the boat up ahead as the two were silent once more, thinking about the important stuff, like where to find Angel.
Hyperion Hotel
Fred, Gunn and Groo with baby Connor in Fred's arms arrived back at the hotel, walking inside as Gunn said. "Hope Matt has more luck than we did."
"He will, he succeeds where we fail, I mean, he is part of the reason why Thanos' snap was undone", Fred reminded, and Gunn had to concede to that.
Then, Groo's ears perked up as he looked up, alert, and Gunn asked. "What's the matter, man?"
"Go inside, act like nothing is happening, put the child away", Groo whispered, and without acting like they'd acknowledged him, both Fred and Gunn walked inside, Fred deciding to get baby Connor in his room quickly.
That was when Groo spun around and caught a knife being hurled at them, as Holtz's men sprang out of bushes.
"You people", Groo sneered as he threw the knife back, getting one man in the chest, and quickly shut the door just as Fred and Gunn came down. "It is Holtz's men, barricade the door."
"On it", Fred said as she and Gunn picked up various desks and chairs and put those in front of the door as the men tried to break through from the other side.
"Won't hold them for long", Gunn said grimly.
"Enough time to get ready", Groo told him as he rushed to the weapons cabinet and opened it, taking out a sword, while he tossed Fred another, and Gunn got his ax, just as the doors burst open.
Holtz's men charged as Groo struck first, slicing down one, then kicked another away by many feet before tripping a third, while Gunn struck another down and blocked the next one's blow, then kicked him back as Fred held her one against another, blocking his blows while backing off, then managed to get through his defenses and slice his abdomen, sending him to the ground.
But they were too many, and some of them managed to get past the three and run up the stairs, while the three were busy holding the rest of them back.
Groo picked another by the throat and hurled him away into another, then elbowed another out in a spin motion before stabbing one more.
Gunn got behind one and knocked him down with a blow from his ax, then blocked the next one's blows before pushing him away, and then knocked him down.
Fred barely ducked a thug's swing and stabbed him in the side, taking him down too.
They made to follow the ones who had gone upstairs but more kept coming, and then walked in Drusilla, dropping their jaws. None had really seen her before, but her presence was enough to make a chill run down their spines.
"Who are you?" Groo asked, pointing his sword as more men came in.
"I am Connor's grandmum, bad people, stopping me from seeing him", Drusilla said, clapping hysterically with a crazy smirk.
"Drusilla", Gunn realized as the men attacked again, and the three held them back.
Matt and Wesley stopped their boat over a portion of the water as Wesley asked. "So, you're going to do something."
"Radar sense, that's what I had all along, didn't realize it till recently when I learnt to master it", Matt explained as he stood at boat's edge, and his brain generated electromagnetic waves which traveled outward, into the water.
A while later, they bounced back and he felt the shape of what was down at the seabed, and also the lingering smell of the product he had sniffed up until here, and that confirmed his findings so far.
"Angel is down there", Matt said with firm conviction in his voice. "Locked in a box."
"I'll get him", Wesley assured as he put on a diving mask.
A while later, the beam of Wesley's flashlight looked around in the water, before eventually finding the lid of Angel's coffin, illuminating his pale and cracked face, and making him blink.
Later, Matt and Wesley stood as the ship's hoist slowly hauled the coffin aboard.
Wesley then lit a blowtorch and burnt through the welds securing the sidebars. "Matt, come on."
Wesley slid the bars out and then he and Matt lifted the lid off the coffin. Wesley then cut the steel cords holding Angel immobile.
Matt started. "He looks weak, I think we-"
Angel's hand suddenly shot up in the direction of Wesley's throat but Matt grabbed it before it could touch his throat, before pulling it away, Angel letting him as it was laid back down on his chest.
"You are right, he is weak", Wesley agreed as lay Angel down on the table in the main cabin, then pulled some glass jars filled with dark liquid.
"Animal blood", Matt realized as Wesley lifted Angel's head and tried to get him to drink some of the blood. "A Vampire can exist indefinitely without feeding, but the damage to the higher brain functions from prolonged starvation can be catastrophic." Angel started to cough. "Slowly."
Angel still didn't seem healthy enough as Matt said. "He's been down there for a while, he might need more than pig's blood."
Wesley then pulled out a knife, and Matt offered his hand, but Wesley cut the inner side of his left forearm instead. "It's the least I could do", he told Matt, then turned to Angel.
Wesley then held the cut down over Angel's lips. Angel's hands came up and he held Wesley's arm in place as he drank, but he didn't morph into his Vamp face.
Same time, Wolfram and Hart
Lilah was alone in the meeting room. She stood behind Linwood's chair and caressed the headrest. The doors opened and Lilah moved down to a place about halfway down the table as people moved to take their seats.
Linwood then started the meeting. "Alright, we've got a lot of ground to cover, so let's get right to it. Let's talk about Lilah. Everybody had a chance to review her file?" He nodded around the table. "Good. Recommendations?"
Lilah raised a hand. "If I could just have a few minutes to explain..."
Linwood cut her off. "Your record says all. Volumes. Your failures at Wolfram and Hart outstrip your successes by and uncomfortable margin. Perhaps you would fair better at a less central office."
Lilah whispered. "I'm sorry."
"What was that?"
"I said, I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them", Lilah spoke to them all, defending herself.
Linwood asked. "Is there something you would like to share?"
Lilah pointed out with a question of her own. "Why haven't we contained the Vampire offspring for study?"
Linwood shrugged. "We're assessing that situation."
Lilah wasn't convinced. "The same way you're assessing Angel? Then why aren't we trying to pinpoint Angel's location?"
"Lilah, this is my corner of the sky. I decide when the sun rises and when it sets", Linwood boasted. "Lack of long-term vision has always been one of your shortcomings."
Lilah stood up, holding a Palm-pilot and stylus. "And lack of courage has always been one of yours. You're afraid - of Angel and his son, a baby. Matt too, but that's understandable. But this all is the reason for your daring strategy of 'wait and see', isn't it? You're afraid. And fear breeds weakness."
Linwood said. "Oh. I'm hurt. Is that really what you think of me?"
Lilah nodded. "Yes. And Mr. Suvarta agrees with me."
Linwood was now angry. "You spoke to a Senior Partner?"
Lilah told him. "He was really very helpful. He had some great hints on office furniture."
Linwood snapped. "This is outrageous! Are you actually telling me that you went over my head?"
Lilah touched her stylus to the palm-pilot in her hand. There was an electronic beep - then a blade whipped out of the backrest on Linwood's chair slicing quickly and neatly through his neck. "Just under it, actually." Linwood's head, staring eyes fixed, slowly tumbled forward and rolled down the table.
Lilah told the rest of them. "Mr. Suvarta didn't think Linwood's sky was sunny enough. You're all reporting to me now." She sat down. "Get out."
Everyone quickly and quietly got up and filed out the room.
"Someone please remove that."
Lilah gave them a slight smile, then indicated the decapitated head with her stylus. And do it right now."
The others all gave nervous smiles at that.
Same time, Hyperion Hotel
Gunn knocked another man away, but was hit from behind by another one, being thrown down, while Fred was disarmed as two men pinned her to the wall, while the ones who had gone up came down, carrying Connor in their arms.
"NO!" Fred screamed but was restrained still as Groo raised his sword to attack Drusilla but she looked into his eyes as he was hypnotized and froze in place.
The man then handed baby Connor over to Drusilla as she looked at him with a creepy smile, and he opened his eyes, seeming afraid.
"Oh hello there, I am your grandmum", Drusilla put a hand to her chest, then laughed crazily. "We haven't met before, but that's because your daddy burnt me, and your mum left me alone." Drusilla looked like she was going to cry. "You are alone too, the only one like you is not here", she laughed crazily and took Vamp face. "Now we can be together, my child. Grandmum will take good care of you."
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Fred screamed but Drusilla ignored her, caressing Connor's face with a smirk.
Then suddenly one of the guys holding Fred got a knife through the throat, and fell down, dead. Before anyone could react, the next one was impaled, and then shoved down to reveal Spike.
"Ello luv", Spike turned to Drusilla with a smirk, greeting her.
"Spike", Drusilla snarled angrily as she turned and fled as Spike tried to run to her. One minion attacked but Spike snapped his neck, then kicked the next down before spin kicking a third, then struck the next multiple times, knocking him down as well, before leaping and kicking the next one away.
Drusilla had reached the door when Fred picked up Gunn's crossbow and fired, getting her in the back as she gasped, but still ran off as Spike punched another guy in the gut, taking him down as well.
"These are like bloody cockroaches", Spike snarled as he rushed out the door after Dru.
That was when Matt and Wesley came in, supporting Angel.
"I believe you're looking for this", Wesley said as Angel raised his head and looked at them.
"Angel", Fred said, now having a smile as she, Gunn and Groo hurried towards them.
"Is he gonna be all right?" Gunn asked.
"In time", Wesley assured as the three took over.
"Do not worry Angel, you will be all right", Groo assured him.
Wesley then turned to leave as Matt called out. "Wes?"
Wesley turned as Matt said. "Thank you."
Wesley nodded and walked off as Matt told the rest. "Angel will need more blood." He then sensed the scattered items and bodies and asked. "What happened here?"
"Dru", Gunn revealed as Fred started feeding Angel more pig's blood. "She took Connor."
Matt's face turned grim as Fred added. "Spike went after them."
"Spike?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, he was here, guess he heard his ex was in town and came to finish the job", Gunn realized and Matt nodded.
"Take care of him, I'm going after them, you can follow me once he's up", Matt said before he ran out himself, and then he jumped onto a rooftop, following the trail.
It wasn't that hard for him, he'd get them.
Drusilla looked at a baby crib which was made from iron bars with spikes on the top, and put Connor down on it, looking down at him crazily. "We will live together now, forever. We won't be alone anymore." Connor began to cry as Drusilla whispered to him. "Don't cry, we'll be together."
That was when the door burst open and Spike stood there, blood over him and his sword.
Before he could make a move, he was suddenly dogpiled by multiple Vampires, and started struggling with them as Dru pointed to her head. "Head." She pointed to the Vamps. "Mine." She laughed. "Not just humans. Us too."
Spike, who had spent years with her, knew what she was implying, and snarled. "So you can make anyone you want your good little puppy, eh love?"
Spike's sword had fallen off during the struggle and Drusilla picked it up, holding it under his chin as he was restrained by the other Vampires. "A new mummy and her baby will need a daddy."
"Sorry, luv," Spike smirked. "I'm spoken for."
Drusilla frowned and kicked his face, sending him falling down.
That was when they heard sounds of fighting outside.
Spike took the opportunity and pushed the Vampires off of him before grabbing the sword and snatching it while decking Drusilla's face, sending her back as she picked herself up and fled.
Spike then chopped off one Vamp's head before kicking another's face, and then staked a third before chopping off a fourth one's head.
Daredevil staked a Vampire, then leapt onto a wall to avoid the next and leapt down, staking that one too, then shot his foot backwards as a human was kicked away, before he spun and tripped the next one, then threw his stake, staking another Vampire in his way.
As a human attacked, Daredevil broke his arm and punched his face and chest, knocking him down.
During the same time, in another hallway, Team Angel were fighting too, having arrived via car, Angel now good enough to stand and fight.
Angel chopped off the heads of 2 Vampires in a spin motion, dusting them both as Gunn blocked a guy's strike and knocked him down, with Groo slicing two guys simultaneously, and Fred staked another Vampire.
Angel sniffed and went ahead, knocking a guy to a corner and throwing a stake at another Vampire, getting that one and then spinning to chop off another Vamp's head.
He then held out his hand, catching Drusilla just as she appeared in his way, and turned her to face him. "Where's my son?" He roared at her face.
Suddenly, Angel convulsed and fell down, Drusilla having tasered him again, and then she turned to flee, only to run into Spike, now standing in her way as he wrapped his arms around her.
Drusilla smiled, realizing her Spike had accepted her once more, and she was happy to be with him as she wrapped her arms around him as well.
Then suddenly Drusilla gasped and backed away, shaking, while Spike stood in place, unmoved.
Drusilla backed a little more and looked down at the stake in her heart, then looked back up at Spike.
"My Spike."
Drusilla, the second youngest member of the Whirlwind, and the only remaining one without a soul, turned to dust with the stake, the world freed of her terror at last.
Spike continued staring at the speck of dust and shook his head.
"Not yours. Not anymore."
Angel groaned as Spike walked to him and held out his hand, and Angel took it begrudgingly. Spike gestured to the direction he'd come from. "Your boy's over there."
Angel nodded and said. "Thanks."
He moved off as Spike shrugged. "Don't think of it, mate. Just remember, it was William the Bloody who helped save your boy."
Angel shook his head. Some things just never changed.
He then then arrived at the room and saw Connor in the crib, now silent. Angel's heart would have skipped a beat if it did beat.
Holding out his hands, he carefully picked up his son from the crib, and looking down at him, smiled, rocking him gently as he kissed his forehead. "Hey, buddy, you miss Daddy? Daddy missed you."
Later, Hyperion Hotel
"Well, my job's done, Buffy would stake me if I'm late", Spike said as Matt chuckled, and the two shook hands before sharing a friendly hug. "Nice seeing ya again, mate. We'll meet again."
Angel looked infuriated at Spike being buddy-buddy with Matt as Spike looked at him and waved before walking off. "See you around, mate."
He was gone as Fred told Angel. "Nice to have you back."
"Yeah", Angel nodded, rocking Connor in his arms again. "But I need Cordy." He looked at the rest of them. "Now." He declared to them all. "Wherever she is, whatever she's going through, we have to find her."
"I can try to find her", Matt offered when suddenly he heard someone walk up next to him, and sighed.
"No can do, Matty", Stick said as Matt turned to him.
"What's the matter?" Matt asked Stick, as the others were confused, since Matt appeared to be talking to thin air to them.
"Has he gone mad?" Groo asked.
"Remember when Mephisto came to visit you?" Stick asked and Matt nodded.
"What about that?" Matt asked him.
"Well, during that time, someone took a chance and absconded with Princess, I don't think she's in this Dimension anymore", Stick revealed as Matt's face turned grim. "And the Mystics are dealing with some Nightmare guy who's stealing their power so Strange can't find her yet."
Matt looked down as Stick said. "I'm sorry, Matty."
He then disappeared as Matt turned to the rest. "It was Stick."
"Ah, your mentor's ghost", Fred realized and got a nod.
"So, no crazy yet", Gunn told Groo.
"What happened?" Angel asked.
Matt sighed regretfully and told the rest. "When Mephisto had come to visit me, some being absconded with Cordelia to another Dimension, and the Mystics are dealing with this Nightmare guy who is stealing their power, so Strange can't find her right now." He told them sadly. "I'm sorry guys."
Angel, Fred, Gunn and Groo shared sad and shocked looks as Connor, sensing something was wrong, began to cry.
There was a panorama of glowing, heavenly clouds. And then there was a bright, white light. Cordelia's face became visible in the center of it.
"God, I am so bored."
And finally done. Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help with the chapter.
So now Angel is back at last, and Matt and Wesley are buddy-buddy at least, but it will take time before all bridges are rebuilt.
I brought in Spike because him ending Drusilla would be fitting, now he's no longer held down by his toxic relationship with her, having found happiness with Buffy.
I'm keeping Strange and the Mystics busy with Nightmare because if they get involved in either of Angel Season 4 or Buffy Season 7, it would end pretty easily, and Nightmare is the kind of foe who can distract them from Jasmine and the First Evil, so Team Angel/Matt and The Scoobies/Peter respectively are on their own for now.
Also, here Angel wasn't down in the water as long as in canon so he's not hallucinating and he managed to get in fighting shape quicker.
Hope it makes sense.
Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.