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So, PMs were down on this site for a day, but they are fixed at last, so here we go.
So this is the final chapter of the DD/Angel side of the story, and it shall wrap up both this and the Buffy/Spider-Man side of the story on a happy note.
Then we will move onto Angel Season 5 in the next fic.
Have fun.
Chapter 18- A happy day
Angel decided he and the rest should take a small break and have some fun before they began running Wolfram and Hart.
And so he had decided to have a picnic outside LA with the rest, in daytime! Strange had finally managed to regain his power, get back into his body, defeat Nightmare and wake up the other Mystics, at around the same time the Hellmouth at Sunnydale had been closed.
So on Angel's request, Strange had cast a spell to prevent the particles of sunlight harmful to Vampires from coming down on Earth for a day, which was why both Angel and Spike could go out in the morning and have fun without worrying about bursting into flames.
Quite a good number of people were outside there on various mats- Matt, Faith, Wesley, Lorne, Fred, Gunn, Groo, Buffy, Willow, Tara, Spike, Dawn, Xander, Anya, Giles, Peter, May, Felicia, Steve, Natasha, Bucky, Sam, Fitz, Simmons, Bobbi, Hunter and some of the other Potentials like Amanda, Vi and Satsu.
Blade had been invited as well but he had left and gone off after a short goodbye as he wasn't much of a people's person.
Angel walked to the rest of them with baby Connor in his arms and sat down with a smile on his face as he raised a glass and tapped it with a spoon.
"Ah, big man has a speech coming", Spike said with a smirk.
"Come on, let's all hear it", Buffy said.
"So, the last few years, they have been quite hard for all of us", Angel started, looking at all of them. "And I know it's not gonna get any easier for a long while, considering the new job me and my team have all taken."
Everyone knew which job Angel was speaking of as he continued. "But for today, let's all just not think of any of it, and have some fun with our lives. Even we people deserve a break, a short one, but we deserve it, for all we have done."
Some claps went around as Steve said. "That was a good speech, Angel, and you're not wrong."
"Aha, the Cap is thinking of a break", Natasha said with a naughty smile.
"No, I was thinking of everyone else taking one", Steve shrugged as all chuckled at how noble he truly was.
"Cheers", Angel raised his glass as some others did the same (not the teenagers though) and then drank a little, happy to be here, alive and well and with each other too.
"So, Angel", Anya called out. "Since you're CEO of a huge firm, can you find a nice, high paying job for your friend's wife he-"
"Come on An, we'll get something", Xander assured her, as she groaned.
"You're welcome to work if you want-" Angel started.
"No!" Xander said. "Nope, not working there at all."
"Fine", Anya groaned while rolling her eyes.
"I am sure there are other high paying jobs that do not involve big law firms", Matt suggested. "You can find some work there."
"Maybe Stark Industries can hire you", Bucky spoke up. "What do you think?"
"Huh? Will have to work there then, maybe I can be a billionaire too", Anya said happily.
"Didn't you said you hated products of corporate greed?" Peter asked, as Anya shot him a glare.
"Yeah, well I'll do charity, so no corporate greed here, I have the well being of everyone at heart", Anya raised her hands with a smile.
"You know, money rhymes with bunny", Dawn smirked, and now Anya paled.
"You little brat, I'm gonna-"
"What?" Tara asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing", Anya said as Tara and Dawn shared a smile.
"Either way, what are you lot going to do after this, since your small town is gone now?" Wesley asked the residents of Sunnydale.
"Well, we're thinking of heading back to New York", May said, exchanging a look with Peter. "School was almost over anyway."
"Yeah, time to go to college now very soon", Peter said with a nod, sharing a look with Dawn, as she would go with him too.
"I wanna go to college too", Felicia raised her hand. "Well, sort of, but you kn-"
"We will talk to Tony, get you set up with the proper finances", Steve assured them.
"Thank you", Dawn said with a smile.
"So Peter, Dawn and Felicia off to college after remainder of school's done, what about you guys?" Sam asked the other ones.
"Well, there is a Hellmouth in Cleveland too", Giles said while taking off his glasses.
"You wanna move there?" Fred asked and got a nod.
"I had a different plan though", Buffy said, surprising Giles and the rest.
"What is it, Buffy?" Willow asked her.
"I was thinking of", Buffy looked at Steve, "joining you guys instead."
"You wanna go from Slayer to Avenger? Slayer-Avenger? Slay-venger?" Lorne asked in surprise. "Moving up, eh?"
"Well, I think it would be good for you", Faith told Buffy with a genuine smile.
"You sure about this, Buffy?" Natasha asked her.
"Our work is different from yours, we do fight threats others can't", Steve explained to her. "But its not just supernatural. If it calls for it, we have to take out humans too. Can you do that?"
Buffy seemed a bit reluctant, but realized if she wanted to be an Avenger, she had to play by different rules from before. "I can try."
"In that case", Steve held out his hand. "Welcome to the Avengers."
"Honored to be a member, Cap", Buffy said, shaking his hand with a smile.
"I go with her", Spike simply shrugged. "So you better have me as well."
"You can only go out at night though", Natasha pointed out.
"Still, you can have me", Spike shrugged.
"You're welcome too", Bucky assured him.
"Well, congratulations, you both became Avengers", Matt said, raising a glass again as all raised it with him.
"Yeah, congratulations guys", Angel said to both Buffy and Spike, getting nods.
"If you two are with the Avengers, who should I have?" Giles wondered.
"I'll come with you", Amanda assured Giles as he turned to her. "I'm ready to be a new Hellmouth's protector."
"So am I", Vi added.
"You can have me too", Satsu shrugged.
"Thank you, girls", Giles smiled.
"Well, new Hellmouth gets more than one, good for it", Gunn smiled.
"We can help out too", Tara told Giles as she and Willow exchanged a look. "We'll find the other Potentials all over the world."
"To train them?" Simmons inquired.
"We'll first see what kind of people they are", Willow explained. "And if they are good, we will activate them, with their consent."
"If they don't consent to it, they can go on living normal lives", Tara finished for her.
"Sounds like a good plan to me", Fitz agreed.
"I'm thinking me and An can open a business together", Xander said, sharing a smile with An. "What do you say?"
"Well, you brought us some good money, so we can open one, you're the best", Xander and Anya kissed again.
"In New York itself", Xander added.
"Well, its decided for all of you then", Groo realized.
"Good luck with all of your new lives", Angel said.
"Yeah, good for all of you", Faith smirked.
"Come on, cake now", Fred begged as some chuckles went around.
"We've been waiting for that ourselves", Bobbi chuckled.
"Come on, bring it on", Hunter said as the cake was opened, and cut into equal pieces for all to share.
Angel, feeling mischievous, put some cream on his fingers, and smacked it on Spike's nose.
"Bloody hell", Spike glared at Angel. "You're gonna-"
"So we have Spikecakes now", Lorne quipped as all laughed again.
"Sounds accurate", Peter chuckled.
Then Connor started fussing where he was, and Spike took him, and started rocking. "Don't cry babes, uncle Spike is here for ya!"
And, to everyone's surprise, the baby stopped fussing and went off to sleep, as Spike smirked and glared at Angel.
"Wow! You did it!" Dawn said as all chuckled and Spike handed Connor back to a shocked Angel.
"The sun is not big enough for your ego", Angel quipped, everyone rolling their eyes at the antics of the two.
"Really? Its not even big enough for your forehead", Spike quipped as all burst into laughter.
"Come on, let's all have a little chance with the baby", Buffy suggested, and all agreed, with everyone but Kennedy, especially the women, passing baby Connor around and fawning over him.
A while later, the others were talking and laughing as Matt led Faith away into a corner.
"What is it, Matt?" Faith asked her boyfriend.
"Just, something I wanted to say", Matt told his girlfriend. "A bit privately."
"Ah, okay, sure", Faith gestured him to carry on, not sure where he was going with this.
Matt took a deep breath and began.
"My history with relationships has been...spotty. There were few women who I could relate with, or be willing to give all of myself to them. With you, Faith, I want to give you everything. My heart, my soul, my love."
Faith's eyes narrowed. "I want to do the-"
She was cut off when Matt continued.
"I never really did this before, but there is no one who I would rather spend the rest of my life with."
Matt pulled out a ring and kneeled.
"Faith, will you marry me?"
Faith had tears of joy in her eyes and whispered. "Yes."
"Yes?"
"YES!" Faith let out as she held out her hand, letting Matt slip his ring on her finger, and he stood up as they kissed happily. "I can't wait for a second longer now, I wanna give you everything of mine too, heart, soul, love, anything else, I wanna spend the rest of my life with you, forever, okay?"
"I love you Faith."
"I love you too Matt."
They kissed happily again for about a whole minute before parting breathlessly.
"Guys, its done, you can come out now", Matt then called out, and he and Faith turned as she saw everyone else had been hiding and watching. Matt knew but decided to roll with it as they planned to share to anyway.
Other than Spike and Anya, all looked a bit sheepish at being caught.
"Congratulations guys", Angel walked up to them, hugging them both as he shared a kiss on the cheek with Faith, then told Matt. "You hurt her-"
"And you'll kill me, we've been over this", Matt shrugged as they chuckled.
"Congrats", Willow called out as she, Tara and Dawn were the next to do the hugging.
"We're all happy for you", Tara told her as she and Willow shared kisses on the cheeks with both Matt and Faith.
"We're invited, right?" Dawn asked them.
"Sure you are, kiddo", Faith said, patting Dawn's head.
Some more hugs and congratulations went around for the newly engaged couple when Angel got a call. "Yeah?" His eyes widened. "What?"
Angel walked into the hospital room, holding baby Connor, and made his way to the bed, as Cordelia now sat on it, looking the other way.
"Cordy….."
"Angel…." She turned to look at him. "I….I remember all of it…I was in…."
"It's not your fault, that thing used you for its purposes, you were never in control", Angel told her, kneeling next to her, and held out his baby to her. "Look who's here to meet you."
"Hey Angel Jr.", Cordy smiled and took Connor from Angel, kissing his forehead as he made a happy squealing sound, probably recognizing Cordelia's touch, as she was the closest the baby had to a mother after Darla had sacrificed herself for him.
"Cordy I…."
"You saved me", Cordelia turned to look at Angel. "I remember it all….I was…crazy and you….you brought me back."
"And I'll always be there for you", Angel assured her as they held hands. "I am lost without you, Cordy."
Taking a deep breath, Angel confessed. "I love you, Cordelia."
"I love you too, Angel", Cordelia confessed with a wistful smile, and then the two lovers shared their first deep and loving kiss, letting their feelings for each other out.
And that's how this story ends at last, YAY! And the Buffy side gets a more definitive wrap-up too now.
Thank you to Brainstorm Sorcerer for help with the proposal scene and the bit with Angel and Spike messing with each other.
And now Matt and Faith are engaged, YAY! The Angel Season 5 fic will have their wedding too.
There's a lot more weddings I want to show but just can't get the chance too. Willow/Tara will get married between this fic and the Angel Season 5 fic, FitzSimmons and Bobbi/Hunter are already married now.
Matt/Faith wedding needs to happen because while originally it was supposed to be Peter/Dawn, Matt/Faith has become the emotional heart of this series IMO, so their wedding will get a chapter or two.
As for Willow/Tara, I do plan to show their wedding in the 'Heroes' series as well as the LOTR story of my Tolkien/Buffyverse crossover series, so no point showing the same thing thrice.
I might show an Angel/Cordelia wedding too later. Other couples like Buffy/Spike and Peter/Dawn will be married off-screen sometime in the future.
And hope the future directions of the Sunnydale people was enjoyed- Buffy and Spike join the Avengers, Giles decides to go to Cleveland with Amanda, Vi and Satsu, Willow and Tara travel all over the world to find Potentials and test them and empower them WITH their consent or just let them live normal lives, Xander and Anya open a business of their own in New York while Peter, Dawn and Felicia go to college once remainder of school's done with Peter being Spider-Man for New York again and May gets a place back in New York. As for the other Slayers who're alive, they will be split up over the world too to protect other supernatural places.
The Scoobies have finally grown up and will move on from Sunnydale and the Hellmouth on there.
As for Amanda, she was easily the best Potential and even resembled Buffy to some extent, attracted to dangerous men, so I feel its fitting the new Hellmouth has her as its protector, with Vi and Satsu since I like them too.
Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help on this fic once more, it is appreciated a lot.
Anyway, thanks a lot to all those who read, favorited, followed, reviewed, kudos'ed, bookmarked or commented on both of these stories or either one of them, your support means a lot to me, it is always appreciated, you all are always appreciated.
And now, it is the end of these 2 stories, and we shall meet again in the Angel Season 5 fic, or any other fic of mine.
Thank you to you all for your support.
Until next time.