Title: Sun and Shadow
Section: Interlude II
Part: 9/Songs of the Past
Author: Mickey the Wonder Pup (a.k.a Arashi)
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is property of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. Angel the Series belongs to Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt, and Mutant Enemy.
Distribution: Eh...gonna be stingy this time and say ask first. You can find my email address on my author profile.
Dedication: The normal people, you know who you are.
Rated: PG-13
Pairings: Angel/Cordelia, Fred/Gunn, Wesley/Take a Stab At It, Spike/Buffy, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya, Riley/Harmony
Notes: This is my first crossover, folks. Be warned. I wrote this while on high on Cadbury eggs. You've been warned.
Timeframe: Post-Gone for BtVS and post-Dad for Angel.
~*~ Songs of the Past ~*~
Lorne stood off to the side in the aisle of a large theatre (think "Waiting in the Wings"). In the front row of seats sat Fred and Riley. Lorne smiled
and began to speak.
"Hello," he started walking along with the moving camera. "It has come to the attention of those of us at Angel Investigations that due to the complicated
nature of Mickey the Wonder Pup's plotlines," Lorne paused to breathe, "not to mention he sudden attachment to long-winded active voice sentences, the story of
'Sun and Shadow' may be a teensy weensy little itty bit difficult to follow. We--meaning Fred, Riley, and I--have decided to catch you up on what happened from
'I Left My Heart In Sunnydale' to 'Riley'. Of course, it's not as good as if you go and read the parts, but anyway. After we explain, we'll go to Tara and
Xander in Sunnydale for their update."
Lorne finally say his scaly green behind in the plush theatre seat.
Fred then decided to speak. "Firstly, we'll roll a clip from part 00, 'I Left My Heart In Sunnydale.'"
"What are you doing?" Buffy demanded, trying to keep her voice low.
Spike narrowed his eyes back at her. "Are we going anywhere, Summers?"
"We is nonexistant. There is no we," she told him harshly.
Spike threw his hands up. "Fine. Tell Li'l--" he shook his head. "Tell Dawn I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye."
Buffy frowned. "Spike?" she watched him walk away. "Spike?! Where are you going?"
"Out of your life, baby. You don't want me here? I'm gone!"
"In this part, Spike goes to see Buffy, where she spurns him for the last time," Riley explained. "So he decides to leave Sunnydale...for L.A."
"In part one, 'Connor's New Baby-sitter'," Fred said, "Angel offers Spike a place to stay because he's a good baby-sitter."
"Can I see the li'l tyke?" Spike asked quietly, curiously, sincerely wanting to see the baby.
Angel sighed. "Might as well. Maybe you can make him stop crying." He handed Connor over to Spike carefully, knowing Spike couldn't hurt his child.
Spike took Connor with the gentlest of hands. Angel watched his grand-childe curiously, having never witnessed the tener side of Spike before. Or,
hadn't cared to look for it. After all, last time he associated with Spike he was Angelus, and before that Spike wanted to kill the Slayer, his girlfriend.
"Hey there, kiddo," Spike said softly. Amazingly, Connor stopped crying. "Guess you're my my uncle now? Drusilla's brother, hm?"
"Then we decided to show Spike the city's night life," Lorne continued.
"You won't get to see Los Diablos then," Lorne piped up, having said nothing for the past few minutes.
"Los...Diablos?" Spike replied, to the Pylean. "Help me out here, mate, haven't brushed up on my espanol in a while."
"The City of Demons. The night life of the City of Angels, Los Angeles."
"In part two, 'For Keeps', we found a club called El Demonios y Seres Humanos, fondly called Y Seres for short. Spike immediately took to it," Fred sighed.
"Then Cordy had a vision."
Suddenly, a scream ripped through El Demonios y Seres Humanos.
"We saved Angel and Connor from the demon," Lorne rolled that clip. "And Angel got his soul for keeps--hence the title."
"And then Cordy and Angel shared a kiss," Fred smiled.
Angel, bewildered but not rejecting her advances, then asked, "What happened?"
"I had a vision that you," she kissed his forehead, "and Connor were killed by a demon. And we got here in time. Thank God," she kissed him full on
the mouth, reassuring herself that he was there.
"Isn't that sweet," Riley commented dryly. "The next chapter, 'Five Words', was the first interlude of the story. It reviewed part of season four of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, then all of season five, and up to the eleventh episode of season six. In this one, Spike learns to swallow his pride and
ask for help."
"Peaches, I need your help."
"The next chapter is the halfway point of the first Los Angeles section," Lorne said. "It's called 'Not-Quite Mojo'. In this part, Fred becomes a
scheming, conniving cohort of Spike's kooky plan to hook up Cordelia and Angel. In short, it works. Fred also finds love, but with Gunn."
...Spike emerged from the basement covered in slime. His chest heaved in mock
breathing. "I...I 'ave it chained," he told them. He looked at Gunn and Fred.
"You two didn't tell me you were an item."
Fred blushed but smiled, "We're not an item."
"Well hurry up and ge' to it," Spike instructed. "I'm goin' t' get me
somethin' to eat."
And he "left" the room. "I think I shall go research that demon. See if it's a
threat or not," Wesley backed out of the room.
Fred caught sight of Spike peering through the door at them. He winked at her
and disappeared from the crack to go get himself something to eat. Fred looked
up at Gunn, and was still in his arms. "C'mere, you big oaf," she smiled,
tilting her head up as he lowered his mouth to hers.
Gunn walked through the threate then. He was nearly out of it when he back-pedalled and looked at Lorne, Fred, and Riley strangely. "Who are y'all
talkin' too? And where the hell did this room come from?"
"We're talking to the audience," Fred motioned to the camera. "And...I don't know where this came from. But say 'hello', Charles."
"Hello, Charles," Gunn grinned wolfishly.
"Get out of here," Riley kicked the back of Gunn's leg ad the boy hurried off after a snarky comeback.
"Hey, an interlude within an interlude. We have talent," Lorne grinned. Fred wore a matching one and Riley rolled his eyes.
"This chapter seems to be most confusing," Fred rolled the title clip.
ONE. GOOD. DAY.
"Notice the subtle lead-in with Spike's famous quote from the season five episode, 'Fool For Love'," Lorne pointed out. "In this one, it's a couple of
days before Valentine's Day. Spike finds himself chipless after a drunken night apart from the group."
"All these parts have one central idea that they revolve around. It's not that hard to follow the events if you can identify the central theme or idea.
Usually the title gives it away, like next chapter--'Riley'," Fred lectured.
"What?" Riley asked, looking up from his Gameboy.
Fred sighed. "Go back to playing."
"Well anyway," Lorne rolled his eyes as Riley really did go back to playing after offering them a shrug. "This is one of the better, longer chapters.
Riley makes a cameo in this one and winds up joining the crew, bringing the Harbinger of Dimwitted and Chancey Destruction, the blond bombshell, Harmony."
"That's a little harsh," Riley gave Lorne a look that told him to back off of his girlfriend.
"Well, Riley brings information on Holtz, and we're able to infiltrate Holtz and Sahjhan's lair," Fred explained. "We don't find out much, but Cordy and
Angel decide to take Spike to Sunnydale after Spike and Buffy have a rather sweet phone call."
"How's the slayin' going, luv?" he asked.
"Okay. Same old ick, monster of the week, Dawn getting in trouble on Tuesdays thing," Buffy told him. If he wasn't mistaken, she was...nervous.
She was babbling. Either that or she was trying to get him off the phone.
"Speaking of the Bit, how is she?" Spike asked curiously.
"She's, ah...okay. Her arm's all healed now," Buffy sighed. As an after-thought, she tacked on, "She misses you."
"Do you miss me?" the words were out of his mouth before he could stop them.
There was silence.
Then, a faint whisper.
"Yes."
If Spike's heart could beat, it would've stopped and he'd have died all over again.
"I miss you too."
"Now, let's go to Tara and Xander in Sunnydale," Riley announced.
***
Tara and Xander sat comfortably in the training room of the Magic Box. Tara gave a big smile. "In the first Sunnydale II part, Spike saves Dawn first
thing. Then he re-identifies with Buffy and that's about it."
Xander nodded, "Remember the vision Cordelia had and told Angel she'd tell him about later? Well, that scene was cut from the final draft to make room
for the ending 'Bitch Scene'. Fortunately, we've got ahold of this scene."
Cordelia took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "That vision...it was about Spike."
"Spike?" Angel frowned. The girl in his arms cuddled closer. "What was it?"
"I'm not exactly sure. He was standing there with brown hair and glasses and in a brown suit, looking into a broken mirror and the new him was in the
mirror. Buffy stood next to him, but her face was all bloody...and suddenly, someone who looked too much like Jonathan the nerd from high school came up
behind him and Spike exploded into dust. Then Buffy wore a dress like the one she wore that one Halloween..."
Angel sat in quiet contemplation. "Looks like Spike may die..."
Cordelia shook her head, "I don't want him to die. He's a pain in the ass but I don't want him to die."
"Neither do I, Cordy. Neither do I."
"That was kinda spooky. And probably should've been left in that chapter. Unfortunately, due to time and effort and all that, it had to be cut. Quite
frankly, I think it creeped everyone out too much," Xander shrugged. "But anyway. Thrill as this story goes nowhere and does nothing until the next part..."
"In 'Cordelia', the story picks up its pace. Or so we like to think. Willow and I are reunited, and Xander seems to push Anya further away," Tara said.
"Not to mention Buffy and the Bleached Blond Woner reaffirm their...antics. Then, the unimaginable happens...somebody decides to kidnap Cordelia,"
Xander added.
"Now if that didn't sound like a commercial for a three-star movie, I don't know what does," Tara said and laughed. "Well, that's all for this
interlude."
"This has been Xander Harris, Tara Maclay, Krevlornswoth of the Deathwok Clan, Riley Finn, and Fred Burkle with Interlude II: Songs of the Past. Have a
nice day!" Xander said in closing.
(the Buffy theme plays in the background as the credits roll.)
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Special thanks to Sun-chan for this part.
Section: Interlude II
Part: 9/Songs of the Past
Author: Mickey the Wonder Pup (a.k.a Arashi)
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is property of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. Angel the Series belongs to Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt, and Mutant Enemy.
Distribution: Eh...gonna be stingy this time and say ask first. You can find my email address on my author profile.
Dedication: The normal people, you know who you are.
Rated: PG-13
Pairings: Angel/Cordelia, Fred/Gunn, Wesley/Take a Stab At It, Spike/Buffy, Willow/Tara, Xander/Anya, Riley/Harmony
Notes: This is my first crossover, folks. Be warned. I wrote this while on high on Cadbury eggs. You've been warned.
Timeframe: Post-Gone for BtVS and post-Dad for Angel.
~*~ Songs of the Past ~*~
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Special thanks to Sun-chan for this part.
