Spike, Buffy, Dawn, and Connor were all piled in Spike's Desato on their
way to L.A. Dawn was asleep and Connor was just staring off into space,
obviously thinking about what was to come. Buffy and Connor were in the
back and Spike and Dawn were in front.
"We need to talk luv." Spike said finally.
"About what?"
"Us."
Buffy sighed. This was the last conversation she wanted to have right now. And with him.
"What about us, Spike?"
"That's exactly it. What is there between us, Buffy? I know there's something and I'd like to know what it is. You didn't just spend the night with me when I first got back for no reason."
"There was a reason," he shot her a quick look before looking back at the road, "I'm just not sure what it is. Listen Spike. I care about you. I have feelings for you, but I don't know what they are. I don't know if it's love or if you're just another friend."
Spike didn't respond. He didn't know if he could. Sure she had hurt him before, but this pesky soul magnified it by ten times. Plus there was something he had given up on. Hope. There was the barest sliver of hope because she wasn't sure. Well he'd giver all the time she needed He just needed to know one thing.
"Do you still love him?"
"What?!"
"Angel, do you still love him?"
"Spike!"
"Listen I need to know. When you spent the night in my crypt, you told me you wanted to try a relationship. If we're gonna try a relationship I need to know this."
"I still love him, yes. But more as a brother or a really close friend. Maybe a crumb of what I first felt. You know your always in love with your first love. You must still have some feelings for Dru."
"Barely. Last time bitch was in time she tried to kill you." He growled.
Buffy giggled. She loved it when he was all protective of her. It made her feel all warm and fuzzy. A feeling she hadn't had in a long time.
She did notice that there was something different about him though. He was always caring and well mostly nice to her, but lately it was more. He seemed more caring and nice, and even slightly mopey. Broody. No! No way Spike would brood. That was an Angel thing. He did seem depressed about something though.
"So that's it, is it?"
Buffy whipped her head toward Connor. He was still staring out the window, but in the reflection she could see a cruel smile on his lips.
"You're doing this because you were in love with Angel. It figures. The slayer falls in love with the prophesized vampire with a so-called soul."
"I suggest you shut your mouth Connor. Or I'll make you sure you can't talk again do to not having one. Understand/"
"Perfectly."
Dawn had woken up to hear the last part of Buffy's threat. She frowned. She sat up and yawned.
"Buffy leave him alone," she said, as she stretched her legs.
"Huh" was all her sister said.
"I said leave him alone. Listen he grew up hating Angel because of whatever his step-father taught him. So when he was found dead with two bite marks on his neck who better to suspect then your real father."
"He's Angel's son?!" Spike exclaimed.
"Some prophecy said that two vampire would bore a child." Dawn answered.
"Actually it said that I would never be born, but my mother found a loophole."
"A loophole?" Buffy asked.
"She staked herself before I died inside of her. Leaving me to not be born, but exist."
"Connor I'm sorry." Dawn said looking over her seat at him.
"I'm not. She was a vampire too. Just one less vampire tp worry about."
Dawn frowned again. Connor acted like he didn't care. Even if he didn't know her she was still his mother. A person, or not so, who carried you inside her for nine moths taking care of you and loving you even when you were formless and shapeless.
"So where is this place again?" Spike asked
"Hyperion. It's a hotel. No one really uses it as that. Just look for Xander's old truck." Buffy answered.
"Ah the Crap-mobile" he joked.
Dawn stifled a laugh. She was glad Spike was back. And that her sister and Spike were getting along. Real well actually. They hadn't had an argument since he got in. It was amazing. Especially after what Spike did before he left. But she had forgiven him and she knew Buffy had forgiven him. He just had to forgive himself. She knew that wouldn't happen anytime soon. Spike blamed himself for everything bad that happened to Buffy and kept it for a long long time.
"Hyperion? Here we are then."
Spike pulled up to the hotel parking next to Xander's "crap-mobile." Everyone got out. Buffy ahd Connor firmly by the arm, to make sure he didn't try to escape. She hauled him up to the hotel following the others.
"We're here!" Dawn announced loudly, walking in. She expected an echo, but didn't get one. Xander, Willow, and two the people came into the lobby.
"Oh my God, you guys found Connor!" said the female.
She ran up to him and threw her arms around him in a big hug. Connor stiffened and stood like a statue. Why was she showing him affection? He hardly knew her and he had thrown her friend into the ocean wuth no hopes of escape, and she was giving him a HUG! Not even Holtz or Justine showed him this much affection.
"We were so worried about you. I mean you just ran away so quickly. And then you seemed upset that Holtz wanted you to stay here. And that's understandable since you grew up with him and all. And then Angel and Cordy go missing. And we thought maybe something was hunting us down one by one, and were coming after us next and."
"Fred."
"Oh sorry. But we were so worried" Fred finally let go of him, moving to stand beside the man, Buffy had to guess was Gunn.
"Quick intro's here. I'm Buffy this is Spike, Xander, Willow, Anya, and my sister dawn. You two are Fred and Gunn, and we both know Connor."
"That was quick" Gunn commented.
"Um I also called Lorne yesterday. He should be here in like an hour." Fred announced.
"Lorne? Green skinned fellow with horns. Likes singing and comes up with the weirdest nicknames. Resides in Vegas" Spike asked.
"Yeah that's him. Lucky bastard. Why?" Gunn answered.
"'Fore I went back to Sunnydale I made a few stops. Met him down in Vegas," He looked over at Buffy, "He's the one that actually convinced me to come back."
Fred nodded her head with a small smile.
"Alright, so let me get this straight. Angel and Darla had a son, who is this kid right here. And in order for him to be born Darla staked herself. But then wesly betrayed you all by taking the baby away and has seemed to fall in with the Wolf heart people. This kid was kidnapped and raised in a hell-dimension with no portal to this world, yet somehow made it back here, and then trapped Angel in the bottom of the ocean." Anya said in that way she that she does.
"Well, as far as we know. We just found out that he was at the bottom of the ocean a few hours ago." Fred confirmed.
"This is pretty much a major suck-factor to the already sucky world."
"I hear ya pal." Gunn agreed.
"So what do we do?" Dawn asked.
"Well we should wait 'till this Lorne guy gets here. Is he going to be of any help?" Buffy started.
"Well he's not much on the fighting side, but he's good with information and stuff. Plus he might help us find them." Fred answered her.
"Well he's going to point out where he buried Angel." Buffy snarled, glaring at Connor.
"No I'm not!"
"Oh yes you are!"
"You don't get it do you. I hate him. He killed my father."
"He is your father!"
"No. He may be the one who helped bring me into this world, but that monster is not my father."
"Connor," Dawn started trying to comfort him.
Buffy marched right up to him, drew back her hand, and slapped him hard across the face. Enough to send him downward. Dawn gasped and went to do something, but Willow held her back, Spike flinched slightly, and Anya and Xander sat there at a loss for words.
Connor stood up a hand on his face where she had hit glaring at her, "You'll regret that."
"Will I? What are you going to do, huh? I bet you did something to Cordelia also."
"I would never hurt Cordelia. I actually liked her. Cordelia didn't lie about what she was."
"So that's it. Angel didn't tell you he was a vamp, so you go all psycho killer on him."
"Get your facts straight before sticking up for him slayer. He's a murderer. He killed my fa. Holtz's family. His wife and child. And they made his little girl a vampire, so he had to watch her die, He had to kill her himslef. He killed a lot more after that. Even drove some poor girl insane before turning her. And now your trying to tell me he's not a monster."
"Was. That's a totally different thing. Angel did all those things in the past. Then he killed the wrong person and some gypsies cursed him by giving his soul back. Ever since then he's been nothing but good. Listen up there was a short period of time that he went evil on us. He tortured my friends, tried to kill my mom, and the tried to end the world and we all forgave him."
"Then you're all fools."
She punched him. "There is no way Angel killed this Holtz guy. He's good. Got his soul back. And I know he loves you."
"Then why were there bite marks on his neck."
"Some other vampire."
"Oh no. It was Angelus alright. I saw it with my own eyes."
There in the doorway was none other than Justine.
A/N: How was that. I know some of them are a bit OOC, but I couldn't help. And Buffy's so pissed because it's Angel. Come on ppl anything concerning Angel always makes her over dramatic (OD). Even if she doesn't love him anymore. R&R ppl. ^_^!
"We need to talk luv." Spike said finally.
"About what?"
"Us."
Buffy sighed. This was the last conversation she wanted to have right now. And with him.
"What about us, Spike?"
"That's exactly it. What is there between us, Buffy? I know there's something and I'd like to know what it is. You didn't just spend the night with me when I first got back for no reason."
"There was a reason," he shot her a quick look before looking back at the road, "I'm just not sure what it is. Listen Spike. I care about you. I have feelings for you, but I don't know what they are. I don't know if it's love or if you're just another friend."
Spike didn't respond. He didn't know if he could. Sure she had hurt him before, but this pesky soul magnified it by ten times. Plus there was something he had given up on. Hope. There was the barest sliver of hope because she wasn't sure. Well he'd giver all the time she needed He just needed to know one thing.
"Do you still love him?"
"What?!"
"Angel, do you still love him?"
"Spike!"
"Listen I need to know. When you spent the night in my crypt, you told me you wanted to try a relationship. If we're gonna try a relationship I need to know this."
"I still love him, yes. But more as a brother or a really close friend. Maybe a crumb of what I first felt. You know your always in love with your first love. You must still have some feelings for Dru."
"Barely. Last time bitch was in time she tried to kill you." He growled.
Buffy giggled. She loved it when he was all protective of her. It made her feel all warm and fuzzy. A feeling she hadn't had in a long time.
She did notice that there was something different about him though. He was always caring and well mostly nice to her, but lately it was more. He seemed more caring and nice, and even slightly mopey. Broody. No! No way Spike would brood. That was an Angel thing. He did seem depressed about something though.
"So that's it, is it?"
Buffy whipped her head toward Connor. He was still staring out the window, but in the reflection she could see a cruel smile on his lips.
"You're doing this because you were in love with Angel. It figures. The slayer falls in love with the prophesized vampire with a so-called soul."
"I suggest you shut your mouth Connor. Or I'll make you sure you can't talk again do to not having one. Understand/"
"Perfectly."
Dawn had woken up to hear the last part of Buffy's threat. She frowned. She sat up and yawned.
"Buffy leave him alone," she said, as she stretched her legs.
"Huh" was all her sister said.
"I said leave him alone. Listen he grew up hating Angel because of whatever his step-father taught him. So when he was found dead with two bite marks on his neck who better to suspect then your real father."
"He's Angel's son?!" Spike exclaimed.
"Some prophecy said that two vampire would bore a child." Dawn answered.
"Actually it said that I would never be born, but my mother found a loophole."
"A loophole?" Buffy asked.
"She staked herself before I died inside of her. Leaving me to not be born, but exist."
"Connor I'm sorry." Dawn said looking over her seat at him.
"I'm not. She was a vampire too. Just one less vampire tp worry about."
Dawn frowned again. Connor acted like he didn't care. Even if he didn't know her she was still his mother. A person, or not so, who carried you inside her for nine moths taking care of you and loving you even when you were formless and shapeless.
"So where is this place again?" Spike asked
"Hyperion. It's a hotel. No one really uses it as that. Just look for Xander's old truck." Buffy answered.
"Ah the Crap-mobile" he joked.
Dawn stifled a laugh. She was glad Spike was back. And that her sister and Spike were getting along. Real well actually. They hadn't had an argument since he got in. It was amazing. Especially after what Spike did before he left. But she had forgiven him and she knew Buffy had forgiven him. He just had to forgive himself. She knew that wouldn't happen anytime soon. Spike blamed himself for everything bad that happened to Buffy and kept it for a long long time.
"Hyperion? Here we are then."
Spike pulled up to the hotel parking next to Xander's "crap-mobile." Everyone got out. Buffy ahd Connor firmly by the arm, to make sure he didn't try to escape. She hauled him up to the hotel following the others.
"We're here!" Dawn announced loudly, walking in. She expected an echo, but didn't get one. Xander, Willow, and two the people came into the lobby.
"Oh my God, you guys found Connor!" said the female.
She ran up to him and threw her arms around him in a big hug. Connor stiffened and stood like a statue. Why was she showing him affection? He hardly knew her and he had thrown her friend into the ocean wuth no hopes of escape, and she was giving him a HUG! Not even Holtz or Justine showed him this much affection.
"We were so worried about you. I mean you just ran away so quickly. And then you seemed upset that Holtz wanted you to stay here. And that's understandable since you grew up with him and all. And then Angel and Cordy go missing. And we thought maybe something was hunting us down one by one, and were coming after us next and."
"Fred."
"Oh sorry. But we were so worried" Fred finally let go of him, moving to stand beside the man, Buffy had to guess was Gunn.
"Quick intro's here. I'm Buffy this is Spike, Xander, Willow, Anya, and my sister dawn. You two are Fred and Gunn, and we both know Connor."
"That was quick" Gunn commented.
"Um I also called Lorne yesterday. He should be here in like an hour." Fred announced.
"Lorne? Green skinned fellow with horns. Likes singing and comes up with the weirdest nicknames. Resides in Vegas" Spike asked.
"Yeah that's him. Lucky bastard. Why?" Gunn answered.
"'Fore I went back to Sunnydale I made a few stops. Met him down in Vegas," He looked over at Buffy, "He's the one that actually convinced me to come back."
Fred nodded her head with a small smile.
"Alright, so let me get this straight. Angel and Darla had a son, who is this kid right here. And in order for him to be born Darla staked herself. But then wesly betrayed you all by taking the baby away and has seemed to fall in with the Wolf heart people. This kid was kidnapped and raised in a hell-dimension with no portal to this world, yet somehow made it back here, and then trapped Angel in the bottom of the ocean." Anya said in that way she that she does.
"Well, as far as we know. We just found out that he was at the bottom of the ocean a few hours ago." Fred confirmed.
"This is pretty much a major suck-factor to the already sucky world."
"I hear ya pal." Gunn agreed.
"So what do we do?" Dawn asked.
"Well we should wait 'till this Lorne guy gets here. Is he going to be of any help?" Buffy started.
"Well he's not much on the fighting side, but he's good with information and stuff. Plus he might help us find them." Fred answered her.
"Well he's going to point out where he buried Angel." Buffy snarled, glaring at Connor.
"No I'm not!"
"Oh yes you are!"
"You don't get it do you. I hate him. He killed my father."
"He is your father!"
"No. He may be the one who helped bring me into this world, but that monster is not my father."
"Connor," Dawn started trying to comfort him.
Buffy marched right up to him, drew back her hand, and slapped him hard across the face. Enough to send him downward. Dawn gasped and went to do something, but Willow held her back, Spike flinched slightly, and Anya and Xander sat there at a loss for words.
Connor stood up a hand on his face where she had hit glaring at her, "You'll regret that."
"Will I? What are you going to do, huh? I bet you did something to Cordelia also."
"I would never hurt Cordelia. I actually liked her. Cordelia didn't lie about what she was."
"So that's it. Angel didn't tell you he was a vamp, so you go all psycho killer on him."
"Get your facts straight before sticking up for him slayer. He's a murderer. He killed my fa. Holtz's family. His wife and child. And they made his little girl a vampire, so he had to watch her die, He had to kill her himslef. He killed a lot more after that. Even drove some poor girl insane before turning her. And now your trying to tell me he's not a monster."
"Was. That's a totally different thing. Angel did all those things in the past. Then he killed the wrong person and some gypsies cursed him by giving his soul back. Ever since then he's been nothing but good. Listen up there was a short period of time that he went evil on us. He tortured my friends, tried to kill my mom, and the tried to end the world and we all forgave him."
"Then you're all fools."
She punched him. "There is no way Angel killed this Holtz guy. He's good. Got his soul back. And I know he loves you."
"Then why were there bite marks on his neck."
"Some other vampire."
"Oh no. It was Angelus alright. I saw it with my own eyes."
There in the doorway was none other than Justine.
A/N: How was that. I know some of them are a bit OOC, but I couldn't help. And Buffy's so pissed because it's Angel. Come on ppl anything concerning Angel always makes her over dramatic (OD). Even if she doesn't love him anymore. R&R ppl. ^_^!