Disclaimer:  Nope, don't own 'em and most likely never will.  Besides, if I did, there wouldn't be fan fic because everything would be absolutely perfect.

Summary: Conner, after beating Angel to a pulp, but not killing him yet, is going to pull an Angelus...so to speak.  He is going to inflict the worse kind of torture on Angel...he will kill his beloved.

Rating: PG-13 for future graphic description, but if you watch the show you can read this, unless otherwise noted.

Spoilers: Ats 1/2/3 and Buffy end of season 5 and all of season 6.

Timeline: Between 'Angel' "The Price and A New World" and 'Buffy' "Entropy and Seeing Red"

Genre: Romance after a few chapters.  First though the setting and problem has to be set.  Then the angst and occurs and hopefully the B/Aness occurs.

A/N:  Be patient with the B/A stuff.  Give me a couple of chapters.  Also, I update quickly if the ideas keep flowing and as of now, my teachers are complaining I'm 'drifting off in class'.  So stay tuned for fun chapters especially over the weekend.

A/N: Also, as always ** stands for italics and stands for someone's thoughts.

Feedback:  If you want, it lets me know that it's being read.  I'd like it but no seriously cruel flames please.  I don't like that...Duh!

Enjoy!

The fight didn't take very long.  The fire was shot and Angel and the rest of the AI crew scattered out of its way.  The jolt, whatever it was hit the wall and set it a flame.  Angel had looked at his son in disbelief.  But before his thoughts could continue Conner had jumped him and the fight between father and son had begun.  Everyone else in the room could do nothing but watched as the fight continued on.  Cordelia was still processing the fact that this was Conner.   That tiny baby who she had in her arms not five weeks ago was now a 17-year-old boy - man and was trying to kill her boss.  She looked over to Gru who looked beyond ready to jump in and fight, but held back because he knew it wasn't his battle to help win.  Gunn watched and wondered if Conner was going to leave them again...at the hands of Angel.  Or if Angel was finally gonna see his last of many days.  Fred just stood dumbfounded and kept thinking 'The Destroyer.  The Destroyer...Is Conner!'  Everyone was jolted out of his or her thoughts as Conner stood over a broken and bloodied Angel, with a sword to his throat Conner spoke, "Now, I take from you what you took from my Father..."

With that, Conner raced out of the Hyperion with out a second thought and no one followed. 

Cordelia ran over to a barely conscious Angel and together the AI team decided to put Humpty Dumpty together again before having a repeat with 'Broody Fighter Jr.' 

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"This is so cool!" Dawn was beyond ecstatic.  She had asked Buffy just yesterday if she could go patrolling with her and all of a sudden 'poof'.  Her answer went from 'Hell No" to 'Oh Fine.'

Buffy, Willow and Dawn were patrolling the streets.  Buffy had used reasonable Slayer logic and figured that if Dawn was going to get a slight bit of training in Slayer 101 than she was going to do it in as a controlled circumstance as Slayerly possible. Vamps were usually in the graveyards and tonight, not too late of course, the three girls patrolled in an open area.  Dawn felt important, Buffy scanned the important open areas and Dawn gets her first Jr. Slayer lesson.

"Don't get used to it Dawnie."  Willow places a hand on the young girl's shoulders and continued.

"You do realize the real reasons behind Buffy's change of heart," Willow was whispering in Dawn's ear now. 

"Duh!" was her response.  Dawn might be a bit naive at times but not totally dense.  Buffy had just gotten in to confrontation major with Xander, Anya and Spike last night and there was no way that she wasn't staying as far away from another one as possible.  Xander wasn't talking to any of them.  He was secluded in his apartment pulling a permanent depress fest.  Buffy had gotten home and had a long talk with Willow and Dawn.  After Willow and Tara talked of course.  They had gotten back together and Dawn was ecstatic Yay she thought.  Buffy decided to give Xander space and Willow agreed.  Since Spike wasn't on the top of Buffy's 'Who I want to see" list, the three had set out for a patrol.  Dawn had wanted to come and Buffy needed someone to come with her to act as interference if Spike should decide to show his face, which could very well be deadly to the unliving doofus.  Willow was there of course to keep Dawn safe, should there be any action and Dawn was happy with whatever she could get.

Willow had been hurt when she realized that Buffy hadn't told her about her and Spike.  But upon further reasoning had come to the conclusion that Buffy had been utterly ashamed of her behavior with Spike and didn't want anyone to know if she could help it.  Tara had known.  But that was different; she needed an aura reading and stuff that had lots of magic entailed.  Stuff that screamed to Willow 'NOT ALLOWED' so she understood that too.  Now all they had to do was solve their problems with Xander and hope - pray things could be semi-normal...again.

"Buffy can't we do a cemetery...please" Dawn was dying to actually see some slaying.  She knew

Buffy was keeping her on the streets on purpose.  "I know that you don't want me hurt but listen, there is gonna be a time when I am gonna have to take care of myself against vamps too and the sooner the better the right.  And I'm not asking for hours in cemeteries.  I am pleading thirty minutes in an itty bitty one.  Please?"  Dawn accentuated her plea with a stout puppy pout and topped it off with clasped hands and 'The Lip'.

"Dawn..." Buffy began but was cut off.

"30 minutes...please"

"15"

"25"

"20! Take it or leave it" Buffy was sticking to her stakes on this one.

"Done!"  And they were off to Sunny Rest.

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"Okay, 20 minutes is up!"  Buffy announced. "Time to go...no vamps."

"Ah, man.  My first time out and I don't even get a show."

"Relax Dawnie, Buffy has given plenty of shows before"

"Oh, I know, but...this was...different.  Ya know?"

"Yeah"

"Yes" Were the simultaneous responses she got.

"Come on little sis, let's head home, maybe tomorrow."

"Ya mean it?" Dawn asked hopefully.  Two nights in a row.  Score Dawn!

"I will definitely-" Buffy stopped in mid- sentence and mid stride.

"Buffy, what is it?" Willow had scene this look on her before.  Spidery sense score

"Action it is!" Dawn recited.

"Buffy?"

"Nothing, just...something I haven't felt in a long time."

"What?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you and I would probably be considered crazy.  No worries, impossibility major...must be false alarm."

"You sure?"  Willow asked.

But Buffy didn't answer instead; she spun on her heel and took a fighting stance.  She didn't know what was out there but it was something that could spook her into feeling the tingles that were strictly reserved for when she felt...when he was near...close...something she could only feel when...Angel.  Bad thoughts Buffy!  You're gonna go back into catatonia if you keep this up She mentally scolded.

At that moment, a man...young stepped out of the bushed and looked straight in to Buffy's eyes. 

They burned into her...just like...NO!

"Will, get her away!"  Buffy ordered Willow to take Dawn to a safe distance.  She didn't like the eerie sense of familiarity she got from this guy.

"Who are you?" She asked defensively.

"Oh, I believe you know.  But for the fun of this game...my name's Conner."

"Well then *Conner*..." she spit out the name venomously..."what can I do for you?"

"Oh, nothing too hard...just die!"

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