"I don't get it.what did we do wrong?" Angel asked, opening the door to the
hotel.
"I don't know. Lorne?" Cordy yelled, waiting for the green man to come out.
"UHHMMMMII" they heard from a closed off room. They ran in there to find Lorne, tied up, gagged, and bleeding from a hole in his head.
"What happened?" Fred asked fearfully, as she wiped away the blood from his forehead.
"They came in and I wouldn't talk. And they had this demon and they just drilled in and took what they wanted." Lorne managed to say.
"How much did they take?" Angel wanted to know.
"I'm afraid they took all of it. Every last bit about Koren. I'm sorry Angel."
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"She is the one then? The one that will tip the scale?" Lilah asked, looking at the being before her.
"I'm sure of it. That girl can only be Princess Koren." The female person answered, as a smile crept onto her face.
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"Why did you want to stay here with me?" Connor asked, letting Koren tend to his bruises and cuts.
"I feel safer with you. I know that you won't let anything bad happen to me. I just know it. Besides, who else is going to take care of your cuts, ouches, and gonna make sure you're okay?" Koren answered, running the wet cloth over his brow. She stopped. "And plus, I like you."
Connor reached up and took her hand that held the cloth and brought it down to his lips and kissed it lightly. Then he reached in and pressed his lips to hers, applying just the slightest pressure.
"I'm sorry." He pulled away embarrassed. He got up before she could say anything. "I'm going to patrol the area, just around the warehouse. I'll be back in a bit. You go to bed." He walked out of the room, leaving Koren alone in the dark room.
"You didn't give me a chance to respond!" She yelled into the darkness, hoping he would hear.
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"Fred! Get on the Internet and see what you can find out about Koren and a key. Find out what Wolfram and Hart wants with her. Gunn, break out the books. Lorne, contact your people. Cordy, contact the higher beings. I know you can. The Powers that Be have got to know something."
"What about you? What are you gonna do, Angel?"
"I'm gonna go keep an eye on Koren and Connor." He answered, grabbing some weapons.
"Angel! Don't you think that would be a bad idea?" Cordy asked, looking over at Angel.
"What do you mean? That's my son and Koren in there! Do you think I would leave them alone, unprotected?" Angel yelled, venting his frustration.
"No. Not that. And you know just as well as I do that Connor is going to take perfect care of Koren. It's just I don't want you violating their privacy and trust. You know that this is what that's about. That's why Koren is staying with Connor."
"Well, I'm sorry! Okay? I just don't want anything to happen to Koren. I don't know why but I feel as if she's my last chance to be the father I was supposed to be to Connor before I lost him! I just don't want to lose her too." Angel sat down and put his face into his hands. "I just don't want to have her get hurt."
"Angel? It's okay. I don't want her to get hurt either, but you forget she's a grown child. She can't replace what you and Connor used to have before he went away. You have to remember that." Cordy said, giving Angel a hug. "Look, why don't you stay here and help Gunn look in the books. He can't do it all himself."
"Fine." Angel said storming out of the lobby and into the back room they kept as a library.
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"Koren?" Connor whispered, walking back into the room. "Are you awake?" She didn't answer even though she was awake. Connor sighed and got into the bed next to her, giving her a slight kiss on her head. "Sweet dreams, Koren."
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"Morning, sweetheart." Koren said not looking up from the chair in which she sat.
"Hi. How long have you been up?" Connor asked, sitting up in bed.
"Not long. An hour or so. Are you hungry? Because I ran down to the café and got us pastries and some lattes. I got coffee in the thermos if you want some. I got hungry and I didn't see anything anywhere."
"You left the place without protection? Do you know how dangerous that is?" He yelled halfheartedly as he stumbled out of bed.
"Yeah yeah. I got the same exact lecture from Cordelia when I ran into her at the store. I'll get it again when Angel shows up later." She said, flipping through the newspapers she held.
"He's coming?" Connor repeated, brushing his hair.
"Yeah. I guess so. Do you want to go by the hotel later and pick up some of my things? This place looks so drab in daylight. No color whatsoever. I was thinking maybe I could redo the interior design while you were out doing whatever you do. Just so that I have something to do besides sit around and be the helpless, defenseless maiden."
"Sure." Connor answered in the shower.
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"We need to get to the girl, but not in a way that she'll know who and what we are." Lilah said, looking at her goons for ideas.
"Well, I don't know the customs of this world, but in ours, the way to get someone to trust you was to be their friend." Rhiannon Aethelreda said, flipping her red hair from her eyes.
"That's a good idea. I think that I could do that." Lilah said.
"What? Is your plan to scare off the poor girl? Or to get her on your side?" Rhiannon sneered.
"Well then thank you for volunteering for the job, Rhiannon!" Lilah spat at her.
"What? You want me, who is 400 years Koren's senior to play babysitter for you and to be her friend? In case you have forgotten, I was sent here to kill her. Use her and kill her were my orders. Not be her friend."
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CHARACTER PROFILE!
Name: Rhiannon Aethelreda
Age: 4?? 400 and something
Birthplace: UNKNOWN
DOB: UNKNOWN
Sex: F
Parents: UNK
Siblings: UNK
Species: appears to be human, but obviously not
Hair: Red
Height: 5'4"
Eyes: black
Weight: 107
Nationality: UNK
Others: Orders are to use and kill Koren
Hey all! I hope ya'll like my story so far! I've been working hard on it as soon as inspiration hits. I have tendencies to drop everything I'm doing to jot down a few lines I thought off. I know this doesn't seem like much of a story, but it's getting there. I promise. Anyways, I hope ya'll enjoy it.
"I don't know. Lorne?" Cordy yelled, waiting for the green man to come out.
"UHHMMMMII" they heard from a closed off room. They ran in there to find Lorne, tied up, gagged, and bleeding from a hole in his head.
"What happened?" Fred asked fearfully, as she wiped away the blood from his forehead.
"They came in and I wouldn't talk. And they had this demon and they just drilled in and took what they wanted." Lorne managed to say.
"How much did they take?" Angel wanted to know.
"I'm afraid they took all of it. Every last bit about Koren. I'm sorry Angel."
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"She is the one then? The one that will tip the scale?" Lilah asked, looking at the being before her.
"I'm sure of it. That girl can only be Princess Koren." The female person answered, as a smile crept onto her face.
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"Why did you want to stay here with me?" Connor asked, letting Koren tend to his bruises and cuts.
"I feel safer with you. I know that you won't let anything bad happen to me. I just know it. Besides, who else is going to take care of your cuts, ouches, and gonna make sure you're okay?" Koren answered, running the wet cloth over his brow. She stopped. "And plus, I like you."
Connor reached up and took her hand that held the cloth and brought it down to his lips and kissed it lightly. Then he reached in and pressed his lips to hers, applying just the slightest pressure.
"I'm sorry." He pulled away embarrassed. He got up before she could say anything. "I'm going to patrol the area, just around the warehouse. I'll be back in a bit. You go to bed." He walked out of the room, leaving Koren alone in the dark room.
"You didn't give me a chance to respond!" She yelled into the darkness, hoping he would hear.
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"Fred! Get on the Internet and see what you can find out about Koren and a key. Find out what Wolfram and Hart wants with her. Gunn, break out the books. Lorne, contact your people. Cordy, contact the higher beings. I know you can. The Powers that Be have got to know something."
"What about you? What are you gonna do, Angel?"
"I'm gonna go keep an eye on Koren and Connor." He answered, grabbing some weapons.
"Angel! Don't you think that would be a bad idea?" Cordy asked, looking over at Angel.
"What do you mean? That's my son and Koren in there! Do you think I would leave them alone, unprotected?" Angel yelled, venting his frustration.
"No. Not that. And you know just as well as I do that Connor is going to take perfect care of Koren. It's just I don't want you violating their privacy and trust. You know that this is what that's about. That's why Koren is staying with Connor."
"Well, I'm sorry! Okay? I just don't want anything to happen to Koren. I don't know why but I feel as if she's my last chance to be the father I was supposed to be to Connor before I lost him! I just don't want to lose her too." Angel sat down and put his face into his hands. "I just don't want to have her get hurt."
"Angel? It's okay. I don't want her to get hurt either, but you forget she's a grown child. She can't replace what you and Connor used to have before he went away. You have to remember that." Cordy said, giving Angel a hug. "Look, why don't you stay here and help Gunn look in the books. He can't do it all himself."
"Fine." Angel said storming out of the lobby and into the back room they kept as a library.
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"Koren?" Connor whispered, walking back into the room. "Are you awake?" She didn't answer even though she was awake. Connor sighed and got into the bed next to her, giving her a slight kiss on her head. "Sweet dreams, Koren."
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"Morning, sweetheart." Koren said not looking up from the chair in which she sat.
"Hi. How long have you been up?" Connor asked, sitting up in bed.
"Not long. An hour or so. Are you hungry? Because I ran down to the café and got us pastries and some lattes. I got coffee in the thermos if you want some. I got hungry and I didn't see anything anywhere."
"You left the place without protection? Do you know how dangerous that is?" He yelled halfheartedly as he stumbled out of bed.
"Yeah yeah. I got the same exact lecture from Cordelia when I ran into her at the store. I'll get it again when Angel shows up later." She said, flipping through the newspapers she held.
"He's coming?" Connor repeated, brushing his hair.
"Yeah. I guess so. Do you want to go by the hotel later and pick up some of my things? This place looks so drab in daylight. No color whatsoever. I was thinking maybe I could redo the interior design while you were out doing whatever you do. Just so that I have something to do besides sit around and be the helpless, defenseless maiden."
"Sure." Connor answered in the shower.
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"We need to get to the girl, but not in a way that she'll know who and what we are." Lilah said, looking at her goons for ideas.
"Well, I don't know the customs of this world, but in ours, the way to get someone to trust you was to be their friend." Rhiannon Aethelreda said, flipping her red hair from her eyes.
"That's a good idea. I think that I could do that." Lilah said.
"What? Is your plan to scare off the poor girl? Or to get her on your side?" Rhiannon sneered.
"Well then thank you for volunteering for the job, Rhiannon!" Lilah spat at her.
"What? You want me, who is 400 years Koren's senior to play babysitter for you and to be her friend? In case you have forgotten, I was sent here to kill her. Use her and kill her were my orders. Not be her friend."
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CHARACTER PROFILE!
Name: Rhiannon Aethelreda
Age: 4?? 400 and something
Birthplace: UNKNOWN
DOB: UNKNOWN
Sex: F
Parents: UNK
Siblings: UNK
Species: appears to be human, but obviously not
Hair: Red
Height: 5'4"
Eyes: black
Weight: 107
Nationality: UNK
Others: Orders are to use and kill Koren
Hey all! I hope ya'll like my story so far! I've been working hard on it as soon as inspiration hits. I have tendencies to drop everything I'm doing to jot down a few lines I thought off. I know this doesn't seem like much of a story, but it's getting there. I promise. Anyways, I hope ya'll enjoy it.