A/N - OK, just forgot to say, there's none of that guy that Cordelia was kissing in the end of WITW (I don't like him so I didn't bother looking into his name) everything else though happened. And, the Wes Fred thing will be minimal. Thanks for the reviews so far from Hope A and Net Girl! Enjoy...F/G Forever!
Letting the Bad in with the Good
Part 2
"No," Angel said firmly. "This can not be it Wesley." Wesley took off his glasses and rubbed his temples with his free hand. "I started tracking this months ago, even before Fred came and...Well, now with Cordelia's immense vision, I just don't see any other explanation."
"How about letting the rest of us in on this?" Gunn asked Wesley. Fred and Cordelia walked up to the counter and watched Wesley. He looked like he was about to pounce on Gunn, which made Fred a little nervous, but he told them his suspicion instead. "This force may very well be the end of humanity." Wesley choked out.
"Whoa, wait," Cordelia started with a strength none of them thought she had. "The end of the world, again? How many times-" "No, no, no," Wesley interrupted. "Not the end of the world. That will still exist. The end of humanity. Demons will be free to walk the planet without the plague of humanity.
"This force, which I'm afraid to say there is very little written about it, will destroy humanity. It must be starting here, that's why Cordelia had a vision." Fred, Cordelia, and Gunn's faces had fallen. Angel's too, for Connor was human. He took this pause to reach over and take his son from Fred, who reached over across the front desk and grabbed Gunn's hand.
"Where do I find this thing?" Angel asked as he looked down at Connor. "That's the sketchy part in my text." Wesley replied grimly. "Sketchy?" Fred winced. "This force doesn't physically exist," Wesley elaborated. "It jumps from human to human, like a plague, it uses up their energy and jumps to the next one, repeating the process."
"How?" Wesley looked up at Angel's inquiry. "How does it drain the human's energy?" Angel specified. Wesley didn't know the answer, and they all took his silence as an I don't know. "It feeds on human energy by making them exert lots of it."
The group turned and saw Lorne standing in the Hyperion. He hadn't been more than an hour. "How does it make humans exert all their energy?" Gunn asked. Lorne's lips formed a straight, thin line before he answered. "It makes humans act on their most deepest desires. Stuff that they keep to themselves. Thoughts and actions that hey would never do if not under the influence of this force."
Angel sighed. "The word is spreading?" he asked. Lorne scoffed, "People found me to tell me this. I know that it's started and a lot of things are scared. There are not a lot of demons that aren't supporting this force." The group was in shock. This was too big to be happening all of a sudden. "It's bad, boss." "How do I stop it?" Angel asked. Lorne half smiled and shook his sadly. "No one knows."
"OK, I'm going to try and track this thing. Lorne, Cordelia...is there anything that you can give me to go by?" Angel asked them desperately. Neither Cordelia nor Lorne wanted to tell him that there was no information on this. "OK, fine. Cordelia and Fred," Angel addressed them. "Go to Cordy's. Take Connor and stay there. I don't want any chance of this thing getting any of you."
"Angel-" Cordelia started, but Angel put his hand to her lips. She smiled and accepted Connor. "Lorne, you and Gunn accompany them, then go and ask more questions." Gunn hoped over the counter and pulled Fred to him. Wesley was watching this as Angel came up to him. "I need you to research more, find out what you can get from the text," Angel told him. Wesley nodded as Angel followed Wesley's gaze over to Fred and Gunn.
"Are you sure about this? You could go with Cordy and-" "I'll be all right, Angel. Thank you for your concern." Wesley said as he patted Angel on the back. "I'll call every hour and check back every two, just in case this force finds it's way here." Wesley nodded. "OK, let's go everyone!" Angel shouted. He went over to Cordelia, pulled her and Connor aside. "Be careful." He said quietly.
Angel leaned over and kissed Connor on the Forehead. He then leaned in and kissed Cordelia softly on the lips. She was a little shocked at first before she kissed him back. Fred had gone over to Wesley. They stood facing each other for a while before Fred wrapped her arms around him. "Be careful." She whispered.
Wesley didn't hug back. He glared at Gunn who was glaring right back. Fred pulled away and smiled at Wesley, who mustered up the strength to smile back at her. With that, they left Wesley behind. He opened a dusty book, put on his glasses, and got to work while thinking about Fred and hoping she would be fine.
***
Fred wasn't able to let go of Gunn when it was time for him and Lorne to leave. "I really have to go now." Gunn laughed as she tightened her hold on him. She finally let go, but not before bringing his lips to her's. She never wanted the kiss to end. The feel of his lips, the taste of his mouth was intoxicating to her and she could never get enough of it.
Gunn pulled away and squeezed her hand before being drug off by Lorne. Fred shut the door and stood there a moment, wishing that Gunn would come back and hold her through this horrible time. "It's tough, isn't it?" Cordelia asked. Fred turned and saw Cordelia bouncing Connor on her knee. If Angel were sitting next to her, they would be a perfect family.
"I feel so much when I'm with him," Fred said as she walked over and sat next to Cordy. "It's like those feelings you see on TV or in the movies. The feelings you think can't possibly exist, but when they do, and when they happen to you, it's even better than you could have imagined
"Then it hurts when he's not there, and you don't know what's going to happen." Fred smiled to herself, trying to hold back the tears. She looked up at Cordelia through her teary vision to find that she had upset Cordelia. "It's a shame that it takes a big thing like this to make you realize how you feel." Cordelia told Fred. They sat there, thinking about what they had said. The feelings, they revealed. The thing that made Fred think the most, however, was that everything she had said about what she was feeling...it wasn't just about Gunn.
He was a really big part of it, sure, because Gunn...Charles meant a lot to Fred. Wesley was in her mind, though. She felt bad for him. He cared for her, probably feeling everything she was feeling for Gunn. When she was with Gunn, though, there was no doubt in her mind that she had made a bad decision.
Letting the Bad in with the Good
Part 2
"No," Angel said firmly. "This can not be it Wesley." Wesley took off his glasses and rubbed his temples with his free hand. "I started tracking this months ago, even before Fred came and...Well, now with Cordelia's immense vision, I just don't see any other explanation."
"How about letting the rest of us in on this?" Gunn asked Wesley. Fred and Cordelia walked up to the counter and watched Wesley. He looked like he was about to pounce on Gunn, which made Fred a little nervous, but he told them his suspicion instead. "This force may very well be the end of humanity." Wesley choked out.
"Whoa, wait," Cordelia started with a strength none of them thought she had. "The end of the world, again? How many times-" "No, no, no," Wesley interrupted. "Not the end of the world. That will still exist. The end of humanity. Demons will be free to walk the planet without the plague of humanity.
"This force, which I'm afraid to say there is very little written about it, will destroy humanity. It must be starting here, that's why Cordelia had a vision." Fred, Cordelia, and Gunn's faces had fallen. Angel's too, for Connor was human. He took this pause to reach over and take his son from Fred, who reached over across the front desk and grabbed Gunn's hand.
"Where do I find this thing?" Angel asked as he looked down at Connor. "That's the sketchy part in my text." Wesley replied grimly. "Sketchy?" Fred winced. "This force doesn't physically exist," Wesley elaborated. "It jumps from human to human, like a plague, it uses up their energy and jumps to the next one, repeating the process."
"How?" Wesley looked up at Angel's inquiry. "How does it drain the human's energy?" Angel specified. Wesley didn't know the answer, and they all took his silence as an I don't know. "It feeds on human energy by making them exert lots of it."
The group turned and saw Lorne standing in the Hyperion. He hadn't been more than an hour. "How does it make humans exert all their energy?" Gunn asked. Lorne's lips formed a straight, thin line before he answered. "It makes humans act on their most deepest desires. Stuff that they keep to themselves. Thoughts and actions that hey would never do if not under the influence of this force."
Angel sighed. "The word is spreading?" he asked. Lorne scoffed, "People found me to tell me this. I know that it's started and a lot of things are scared. There are not a lot of demons that aren't supporting this force." The group was in shock. This was too big to be happening all of a sudden. "It's bad, boss." "How do I stop it?" Angel asked. Lorne half smiled and shook his sadly. "No one knows."
"OK, I'm going to try and track this thing. Lorne, Cordelia...is there anything that you can give me to go by?" Angel asked them desperately. Neither Cordelia nor Lorne wanted to tell him that there was no information on this. "OK, fine. Cordelia and Fred," Angel addressed them. "Go to Cordy's. Take Connor and stay there. I don't want any chance of this thing getting any of you."
"Angel-" Cordelia started, but Angel put his hand to her lips. She smiled and accepted Connor. "Lorne, you and Gunn accompany them, then go and ask more questions." Gunn hoped over the counter and pulled Fred to him. Wesley was watching this as Angel came up to him. "I need you to research more, find out what you can get from the text," Angel told him. Wesley nodded as Angel followed Wesley's gaze over to Fred and Gunn.
"Are you sure about this? You could go with Cordy and-" "I'll be all right, Angel. Thank you for your concern." Wesley said as he patted Angel on the back. "I'll call every hour and check back every two, just in case this force finds it's way here." Wesley nodded. "OK, let's go everyone!" Angel shouted. He went over to Cordelia, pulled her and Connor aside. "Be careful." He said quietly.
Angel leaned over and kissed Connor on the Forehead. He then leaned in and kissed Cordelia softly on the lips. She was a little shocked at first before she kissed him back. Fred had gone over to Wesley. They stood facing each other for a while before Fred wrapped her arms around him. "Be careful." She whispered.
Wesley didn't hug back. He glared at Gunn who was glaring right back. Fred pulled away and smiled at Wesley, who mustered up the strength to smile back at her. With that, they left Wesley behind. He opened a dusty book, put on his glasses, and got to work while thinking about Fred and hoping she would be fine.
***
Fred wasn't able to let go of Gunn when it was time for him and Lorne to leave. "I really have to go now." Gunn laughed as she tightened her hold on him. She finally let go, but not before bringing his lips to her's. She never wanted the kiss to end. The feel of his lips, the taste of his mouth was intoxicating to her and she could never get enough of it.
Gunn pulled away and squeezed her hand before being drug off by Lorne. Fred shut the door and stood there a moment, wishing that Gunn would come back and hold her through this horrible time. "It's tough, isn't it?" Cordelia asked. Fred turned and saw Cordelia bouncing Connor on her knee. If Angel were sitting next to her, they would be a perfect family.
"I feel so much when I'm with him," Fred said as she walked over and sat next to Cordy. "It's like those feelings you see on TV or in the movies. The feelings you think can't possibly exist, but when they do, and when they happen to you, it's even better than you could have imagined
"Then it hurts when he's not there, and you don't know what's going to happen." Fred smiled to herself, trying to hold back the tears. She looked up at Cordelia through her teary vision to find that she had upset Cordelia. "It's a shame that it takes a big thing like this to make you realize how you feel." Cordelia told Fred. They sat there, thinking about what they had said. The feelings, they revealed. The thing that made Fred think the most, however, was that everything she had said about what she was feeling...it wasn't just about Gunn.
He was a really big part of it, sure, because Gunn...Charles meant a lot to Fred. Wesley was in her mind, though. She felt bad for him. He cared for her, probably feeling everything she was feeling for Gunn. When she was with Gunn, though, there was no doubt in her mind that she had made a bad decision.