1 Questions Needing Answering
A/N: OMG! I actually can't believe I'm writing more of this. I thought the first one was the end but here I am writing yet another one. I never thought that I'd want writer's block. Oh well.
Connor slowly walked back into the hotel where he had spent most his life in. It was weird being back after a year. Going to Notre Dame was really cool and even though there was some… disturbances it had been like a second home to him. He met a really nice girl named Kira. She was so nice and had wanted to come back to LA with him over the summer.
But Connor couldn't let her. He knew what went bump in the night around here and if Kira found out that would be the end of them. The last thing he wanted was another Sandy.
Sure it had only been a year since he'd been home and he had gone back and forth many times now, but it somehow felt different.
It was his 21st birthday. Things were different.
The second he opened the door of the hotel, he was instantly greeted by his father and his Aunt Cordy. "Connor!" Cordy yelled as she gave him a hug. Angel stood there and watched them hug for a minute. When they let go, he smiled.
"Hey son."
"Hey Dad. Been a while?"
"Yeah. Heh." Angel chuckled. "We missed you."
"Well it looks like the years didn't hit you a bit." Connor said, not realizing how stupid that sounded.
"Yeah, too bad it has on me." Cordy laughed. She was now 41. Wow 41. It's hard to imagine this woman you grew up with, this young woman who always acted young, being older.
"How's it been around here? Any ugly green slimy things come around?"
A figure walked down the stairs. "I sure hope that wasn't a comment about me."
"Lorne! OMG! It's been forever."
"Four years to be exact. But I had to come along to give you your birthday present. Come on it's outside."
Connor was surprised. Presents usually involved… well that was just frat house stuff. Angel shook his head.
"No. I told you that it wasn't going to happen."
"He didn't give me a stripper did he, because I already got that."
Cordy, Angel and Lorne looked at him strangely. "No, it's not a stripper."
"You had a stripper?!"
"Well yeah but she turned out to be a demon. She only stripped of her skin. Turned out some of the guys liked that kind of things. I of course had to slay them all." Connor laughed. "Fine, just show me what I got and then we can go to my training."
***
Lorne took the bunch, now including Fred, to a strange looking bar. It was duh, a demon party house but that wouldn't let them ruin the fun that they were about to have.
Connor sat down besides his father and waited for what his big surprise. Lorne left the table, leaving the rest. Cordy sighed. "I thought that you told him 'no'"
"He wouldn't take that for an answer." Angel explained.
"Dad, I don't really feel comfortable in here. Shouldn't we be slaying and not socializing." Connor asked. But before he could get an answer, Lorne came back with a beer in his hand.
"Congrats. Your first sip of legal beer."
"Lorne, thanks. This is cool."
"Your birthday is in about 20 minutes." Angel said. "I wanted to show you something. A better surprise then this."
"Hey!" Lorne complained. "I resent that."
Fred stood up. "Angel, are you sure this is wise? I mean this… might not be such a good idea. Emotions can be emotional. Well you know what I mean."
"Dad, what is it?"
Angel stood up and walked out of the bar, signaling the others to follow. He stopped at the place that he had been waiting, for what felt like forever, to show Connor. "This is it."
"Is what? What does the alley behind this abandoned building have anything to do with anything?"
Lorne butted in. "It didn't always used to be abandoned. I used to own a snazzy bar right here. I lived in the back here. This is where…. Angel?"
"This is where you were born." Angel told Connor.
"What? I thought I was born in LA Medical like you told me my whole life. You lied to me?"
"Not exactly lied as in protected a secret from an inoccent child. When you found out about this whole demon… stuff, I kind of forgot. I'm sorry, Connor. I really am. I just thought that it was time that you saw this. It's still a bit muffled." Angel observed. "There was a fire and we ran out here. Fred stayed behind."
Angel looked up at her. She smiled. "Darla… your mother found out that… There was this prophecy that said that you could never be born. Your mother figured it out. You were never born. She staked herself so that you could exist.
"She knew that as a vampire, without you inside her, that she could never love you. But while she still loved you, she gave you up so that you could be here. Here with us now."
Connor bent down and touched the floor. "We'll leave you two alone." Cordy said. She grabbed Fred's arm and pulled her away. Lorne followed.
"Dad…"
"Yes?"
"Would there be anyway that I could reach my mother?"
"Connor, even if there was, which there isn't, you wouldn't want to."
"The way that you, all of you, talked about her it was like she was this evil monster that never gave and only took. This fiend that only cared about what happened to herself. Some evil being that was a waste to man kind."
"Well she was. She was an evil being, a monster, and a fiend. She was all of that."
"Yeah, well she was also my mother. What does that make me? What is a son of an evil being, a monster, and a fiend?"
"No! Don't even think that. You are my son, and you were always a good kid. Even when you were a major pain." Angel chuckled. "But when we talked about Da… your mother we were always talking about the times before you. The time when the only thing she ever thought about was herself. Not the time when she cared so much about you that she gave up this existance that she loved so much. That made her… now don't repeat this to Cordy, her kind of a hero to me. Because I love you and she gave you to me, which makes her good in my book. No hero I will ever know will ever compare to the person who gave you to me."
"Dad… that was…"
"What, Connor? It was what?"
"That was so corny. How long had you been planning that?"
"Not to long, a week maybe."
"Gosh, Dad. Your becoming one of those old men who try to be hip like his kid."
"Gosh? Now who's being a dork? And I am an old man. Three hundred and change. Get one of your friends parents to beat that."
"Sally Henderson's parent were demons until I had to go kung-fu on their asses."
Angel laughed along with his son. "This really has been a great visit."
"Yeah it has." And it had been.
A/N: OMG! I actually can't believe I'm writing more of this. I thought the first one was the end but here I am writing yet another one. I never thought that I'd want writer's block. Oh well.
Connor slowly walked back into the hotel where he had spent most his life in. It was weird being back after a year. Going to Notre Dame was really cool and even though there was some… disturbances it had been like a second home to him. He met a really nice girl named Kira. She was so nice and had wanted to come back to LA with him over the summer.
But Connor couldn't let her. He knew what went bump in the night around here and if Kira found out that would be the end of them. The last thing he wanted was another Sandy.
Sure it had only been a year since he'd been home and he had gone back and forth many times now, but it somehow felt different.
It was his 21st birthday. Things were different.
The second he opened the door of the hotel, he was instantly greeted by his father and his Aunt Cordy. "Connor!" Cordy yelled as she gave him a hug. Angel stood there and watched them hug for a minute. When they let go, he smiled.
"Hey son."
"Hey Dad. Been a while?"
"Yeah. Heh." Angel chuckled. "We missed you."
"Well it looks like the years didn't hit you a bit." Connor said, not realizing how stupid that sounded.
"Yeah, too bad it has on me." Cordy laughed. She was now 41. Wow 41. It's hard to imagine this woman you grew up with, this young woman who always acted young, being older.
"How's it been around here? Any ugly green slimy things come around?"
A figure walked down the stairs. "I sure hope that wasn't a comment about me."
"Lorne! OMG! It's been forever."
"Four years to be exact. But I had to come along to give you your birthday present. Come on it's outside."
Connor was surprised. Presents usually involved… well that was just frat house stuff. Angel shook his head.
"No. I told you that it wasn't going to happen."
"He didn't give me a stripper did he, because I already got that."
Cordy, Angel and Lorne looked at him strangely. "No, it's not a stripper."
"You had a stripper?!"
"Well yeah but she turned out to be a demon. She only stripped of her skin. Turned out some of the guys liked that kind of things. I of course had to slay them all." Connor laughed. "Fine, just show me what I got and then we can go to my training."
***
Lorne took the bunch, now including Fred, to a strange looking bar. It was duh, a demon party house but that wouldn't let them ruin the fun that they were about to have.
Connor sat down besides his father and waited for what his big surprise. Lorne left the table, leaving the rest. Cordy sighed. "I thought that you told him 'no'"
"He wouldn't take that for an answer." Angel explained.
"Dad, I don't really feel comfortable in here. Shouldn't we be slaying and not socializing." Connor asked. But before he could get an answer, Lorne came back with a beer in his hand.
"Congrats. Your first sip of legal beer."
"Lorne, thanks. This is cool."
"Your birthday is in about 20 minutes." Angel said. "I wanted to show you something. A better surprise then this."
"Hey!" Lorne complained. "I resent that."
Fred stood up. "Angel, are you sure this is wise? I mean this… might not be such a good idea. Emotions can be emotional. Well you know what I mean."
"Dad, what is it?"
Angel stood up and walked out of the bar, signaling the others to follow. He stopped at the place that he had been waiting, for what felt like forever, to show Connor. "This is it."
"Is what? What does the alley behind this abandoned building have anything to do with anything?"
Lorne butted in. "It didn't always used to be abandoned. I used to own a snazzy bar right here. I lived in the back here. This is where…. Angel?"
"This is where you were born." Angel told Connor.
"What? I thought I was born in LA Medical like you told me my whole life. You lied to me?"
"Not exactly lied as in protected a secret from an inoccent child. When you found out about this whole demon… stuff, I kind of forgot. I'm sorry, Connor. I really am. I just thought that it was time that you saw this. It's still a bit muffled." Angel observed. "There was a fire and we ran out here. Fred stayed behind."
Angel looked up at her. She smiled. "Darla… your mother found out that… There was this prophecy that said that you could never be born. Your mother figured it out. You were never born. She staked herself so that you could exist.
"She knew that as a vampire, without you inside her, that she could never love you. But while she still loved you, she gave you up so that you could be here. Here with us now."
Connor bent down and touched the floor. "We'll leave you two alone." Cordy said. She grabbed Fred's arm and pulled her away. Lorne followed.
"Dad…"
"Yes?"
"Would there be anyway that I could reach my mother?"
"Connor, even if there was, which there isn't, you wouldn't want to."
"The way that you, all of you, talked about her it was like she was this evil monster that never gave and only took. This fiend that only cared about what happened to herself. Some evil being that was a waste to man kind."
"Well she was. She was an evil being, a monster, and a fiend. She was all of that."
"Yeah, well she was also my mother. What does that make me? What is a son of an evil being, a monster, and a fiend?"
"No! Don't even think that. You are my son, and you were always a good kid. Even when you were a major pain." Angel chuckled. "But when we talked about Da… your mother we were always talking about the times before you. The time when the only thing she ever thought about was herself. Not the time when she cared so much about you that she gave up this existance that she loved so much. That made her… now don't repeat this to Cordy, her kind of a hero to me. Because I love you and she gave you to me, which makes her good in my book. No hero I will ever know will ever compare to the person who gave you to me."
"Dad… that was…"
"What, Connor? It was what?"
"That was so corny. How long had you been planning that?"
"Not to long, a week maybe."
"Gosh, Dad. Your becoming one of those old men who try to be hip like his kid."
"Gosh? Now who's being a dork? And I am an old man. Three hundred and change. Get one of your friends parents to beat that."
"Sally Henderson's parent were demons until I had to go kung-fu on their asses."
Angel laughed along with his son. "This really has been a great visit."
"Yeah it has." And it had been.
