A/N- Wow. It's finally here. Sorry it's taken so long..I've had heaps of
school crap to do, not to mention the fact that my mum, my little
brat..er..brother and I have been moving house again (do you have ANY idea
how annoying that is what with the packing and unpacking and driving
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"So.." Kas began, looking up at the hotel. "This is new."
Beth, on the other hand was less than impressed. "What the hell just happened?! 'cos where I come from people don't just jump through mirrors!" She stops and thinks her statement over, which leads her to the only conclusion from which she could find any answers. "I think we should find Angel."
The other girl nodded. "Yep. This seems like something she'd do.."
Beth stopped and rolled her eyes at her. "How is this anything that anyone would do? Or could do?" She paused again, logic forcing her to ask another question. "Actually, what is *this* exactly?"
Kas shrugged. "Beats me. But Angel is involved and I'm gonna go find her." She took a step forward towards the familiar double doors, although not able to place them just yet.
Beth followed and tilted her head to the side, taking in the sight before her. "Okay.." She began. "It sounds crazy I know..kinda like jumping through a mirror does..but I think..I think this is the set of-"
They both froze at their best friend's voice. "...So then I transported my way back."
The two girls looked at each other and ran at the doors calling "Angel?!"
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"Angel?!" The voices sound out behind me.
I straighten immediately. That sounds just like..."KAS?" I spin. "Beth?" Oh shit! To make matters worse, they're glaring at me. Oh this isn't good. "Hey.." I squeak. Nope. Not good at all.
Beth continues to scowl at me, arms folded over her chest. "You have some explaining to do." She states coldly.
Kas nods in agreement
"Well...?" Beth prompts, still not looking too happy with me.
Again Kas nods. "Yeah..What have you done this time?" she asks coolly. I'm fighting the urge to grin. It's so typical of her to just go with the flow, while Beth is freaking out beside her.
"Well..It's a long story." I manage to respond.
Behind me, Connor stands and gets back into fight mode. "Who are these people?" he queries.
"Oh!" Beth exclaims, forgetting her angered resolve for a split second. "That looks just like the guy who plays Connor and this looks just like the Hyperi.." She trails off and glares at me again. "What the hell is going on here?"
Firstly, I look back at Angel's son. "Uh...my friends...From the OTHER dimension" I reply. Then I turn to Beth. "No.,..He *IS* Connor."
She shakes her head. "No.. Connor doesn't exist Angel. You know that. He's a character on a TV show and if this is some sorta joke, I don't get it."
"Ok, great joke. Can we get out of here please? I'm gonna miss Alias," Kas adds, whining ever so slightly. She gets that way when Alias is involved.
I hit my forehead. Here we go. ":Guys..You might wanna sit down. This isn't a joke."
"No.." Beth responds. "You're right. It's not just a joke. It's a pretty damn elaborate one."
"No...." I reply again. "NOT a joke. "
She nods. "Oh..okay then. Well.. Wait. Where're Gunn and Fred and-"
"I don't no." I snap, cutting her off. "And don't patronize me. This *is* real."
"Fine." She shrugs, "Then how did you pull this off?"
"Yeah, did you win something?" Kas asks me.
Beth's eyes light up the way they do whenever she thinks she's put two and two together. "Oh..Is this the film set?" She stops and looks around. "But I can't see any cameras..."
Urgh. Is this how bad I was a few months ago? "NO. NO. NO. THIS IS REAL!"
"Honestly, Angel, It's a nice fantasy, but-"
I hold up my hand to silence Beth again. "Guys....I really gotta explain this to you..."
"Okay, really ready to leave now!" Kas calls. She really hates missing TV.
Beth shakes her head. "No! I want to tour the set first!"
This gives Kas yet another idea. I can tell 'cos she's got that crazy glint in her eyes. "Hey," She grins, "Do you think we can go over to the Alias set too?"
I want to hit them both upside the head. "NOT A TV SET! REAL LIVE ANGELVERSE1" I cry out in frustration.
Connor shuffles his feet. "I'm confused."
"You and me both. I'm Kas." She steps towards him, her hand extended.
My other friend follows her lead. "I'm Beth and, let me guess, you're Vincent?" She looks him up and down. "I've been meaning to ask, who the hell does your wardrobe? And, ooh, can I shoot them?"
"I know. I mean, that outfit was soo Fred-Pylea," Kas agrees.
I watch as Connor takes a step back, still weary of the entire situation. I don't blame him. These guys are scary enough even when you're used to their banter.
I hit myself on the forehead yet again. "Are you people deaf, dumb and blind?" "We're REALLY in the ANGELVERSE"
"No." Beth throws back at me. "*You're* just crazy."
I glare at her, something I don't do often. "No. I'm not. *You're* just in DENIAL." I look at Kas, "Please tell me YOU believe me."
"Sure, i do." She grins, motioning towards the door. "So, can we go now?"
"I think I prefer to say that at least I'm sane." Beth mumbles in regards to my previous comment.
Kas, like me, ignores her and continues on her own rant. "I mean, if we're not going to see David B or Charisma, I think we should leave." She pauses. "Hey! Is J August here?"
"No. We can't leave. You're gonna sit down and let me explain the whole dimension hopping..NO!" I run my hands through my hair. "Would you PLEASE just listen to me?"
KAs looks at Beth and turns her attention back to me.
"Thank you." I pause. "I know its hard to believe...but this really is the Angelverse..."
Beth eyes start wandering around the room. She's obviously looking for cameras.
I roll my eyes. "Beth..Please just sit and listen. There are no cameras..This Is Real."
Kas just looks at her nails while listening...Well, at least I *think* she's listening. After all, she's proven time and time again that she's got the attention span of a goldfish.
Motioning for Connor to sit as well, I run through absolutely everything that's happened, including how and why I've come back. Then I pause. "Oh god..If you're here..That means your twins are at my house! Oh no no no no....not good." I start to pace around the room. "God....I hope Nic knows what to do....Oh god..This is bad."
Kas just looks at me and blinks a couple of times. "Huh?"
"Twins?" Beth asks.
I want to break into tears of frustration. "Were you NOT listening to me for the past half hour?"
"Hey!" Beth protests indignantly. "Angel, if what you're saying is true, this is pretty hard to take in."
Kas' head bobs up and down in agreement. "Yeah, I mean..we're in a DIFFERENT dimension. Hello? Not exactly easy to believe. Even for me."
I'm about to tell them for the 1000th time how true it is when a voice behind me yells out in surprise. "Nic?! Is that you? Gosh we haven't seen you for...like..ever..."
I spin and smile at Fred when she rushes at me. "Not Nic...But you're getting close tho-"
"Hey, it's Amy!" Kas exclaims, cutting me off yet again.
"Okay..This is getting weirder." Beth adds.
Fred seems to miss them, runs to throw her arms around me and squeals. "Angel? This is amazing! I guess you know how bad everything's gotten, huh?" She stops and thinks for a second, looking at my friends for the first time. " And who are they? Wait..Who's Amy?"
I catch Beth rolling her eyes. "Oh brother!" She says. "She's in on this too?"
I glance at her, then Kas, then allow my gaze to settle on Fred. "These are my friends. Beth and Kas. They're stuck on the whole 'this is a joke' thing....They think you're an actress."
"An actress?" Fred blushes. "That's sweet and all, but I could never be an actress. Cordelia is though. And she's a really good one too..But I'm just plain ol' Fred."
I shake my head and grin. "You're not plain by any means. And anyway, Kas and Beth are like I was at first..Stumbled into the Angelverse by mistake..and they're BIG fans...."
She beams back at me and nods. "Oh..I see." Then she moves towards them, her hand extended. "I'm Fred. Nice to meet you."
"Karisma. Call me Kas."
"Kas. That's a nice name." Fred replies, shaking hands with the youngest of my friends.
Beth however looks like she's having trouble processing the information. "I....I think I need to lie down."
Then she faints.
Kas just looks at her and shrugs. Turning back to Fred she explains, "She does that a lot,"
I look at Kas and raise my brow. "She does?"
My friend shrugs again. "Okay....It was just that once..but.."
I smile and then realise that Connor is no longer sitting down. Nor is he in the room at all. I'm doubting that he's even in the Hotel or district anymore. "Hey...." I start. "Where'd Connor go?"
"Probably off brooding seein' as he sent Angel to Davie Jones' locker." Kas snarks in response.
"Connor was here?" Fred's eyes widen as realization sinks in. "Wait....WHERE'S Angel?"
"Oh..right....Forgot you didn't know about that." I state.
Kas rolls her eyes and mutters, "You people really don't catch on fast.."
I smirk at her. "Its a cliché..We've been through this..."
Meanwhile Fred's getting frantic. "Angel is WHERE?"
I suddenly turn serious. "Connor put him in a box and sent him to sleep with the fishes."
Kas nods. "Oh. And there's no point in calling Cordy. She's floating."
"She's a higher power in a different realm actually..." I add a little too casually.
"Don't worry," Kas says in the same flippant tone. "She'll be back next season...with a new haircut no doubt."
If I thought Fred couldn't get any more frantic, I'd be creating a big old clichéd opportunity for her to..Aww damnit!
"Wait!" The physicist exclaims. "She's a what? Where? And Angel is....?"
"At the bottom of the ocean." Kas finishes for her, before turning to me. "I thought she was supposed to be a brainiac."
I look up to the sky. "But it's not like it's scientifically possible for Angel to be that deep....I mean, the pressure alone would-" I stop myself. "*That* I question? I mean, I'll believe all the crap about Vampires and Slayers and Alternate Realities and Cordy floating into the air....But I question *THAT*?"
"Yeah," Kas cuts in. "And the part where Skip froze time on the freeway only. What was *that* all about?"
"GUYS!" Fred screams. "A little lost here!"
I look at her apologetically. "Sorry....I guess we need to get started with the whole explaining things to you guys." I look around. "Where's Gunn by the way?"
She shrugs. "Lookin' for Angel and Cordy and Connor."
"Good luck to him," Kas scoffs.
I nudge her firmly in the ribs. "This is serious stuff." I state. "I love these people. I mean, they're like my family away from my family..." I look back at Fred. "Can you call his cell phone? Get him here? I need to break things down for you guys and I really need to do it fast. There's a lot of stuff going down in SunnyHell as well..."
"Yeah!" Kas interrupts in her usual bubbly manner. "Willow tried ending the world."
"Willow did WHAT?" Fred queries, falling onto the couch. "That's not very believable...."
"It's *Joss* we're talkin' about after all." I mumble under my breath. Luckily it goes by unnoticed.
Meanwhile Kas is happily describing the last episode or two of Btvs. "It was a very powerful performance. Although the ending was a bit..*blah*."
I move to agree and do the whole analyzing thing with her again, but one look at Fred stops me. "Look..." I start. "Please call Gunn and we'll talk."
"After we're done here, can we go to Aliasverse?" Kas asks. I just glare and she shuts up. "It was just a suggestion."
I roll my eyes and Fred pulls out her cell. Meanwhile I look at Beth (who is still sprawled out on the floor) and then at Kas. "Guess we SHOULD wake her up...."
Kas shrugs.
I wince. Beth's still gonna be so hard to convince. "Okay..Okay..I'll get the water.."
"Do they have a TV? I want to watch Al-" Kas stops after another glare. "I'm shutting up."
"Good." I toss back, then turn and walk into the kitchen. I move to the sink and soak a sponge in cold water. When I get back, I wring it out over Beth's face. She splutters to life and I grin at her. "This is becoming quite the habit of yours." Beth blinks, and I sigh pointedly. "Okay..I'm gonna try this one more time. We are in the Angelverse. It's an alternate reality. I have been here before and we've got work to do."
"Yeah," Kas says, putting her two-cents worth in, as per usual. "You almost missed..uh..not much."
Beth sits up and looks around. "Okay....I'm going to play along....This is just too freaky...."
I look at Kas and shrug. "That's good enough for me."
"Yeah. But still, trust you to make us skip dimensions and lead us to the Angelverse." She winks, then turns to Beth. "I think we should start looking for a therapist for her.."
I roll my eyes. "Well at least you're not too ticked about the whole me not telling you thing.."
Beth glares. "Actually..Now that you mention it-"
"-We are." Kas concludes, also glaring at me. "We're your best friends."
I look at them and bite my lip. "Guys....Honestly. Would you have believed me?"
My friends look at each other. "Well.. you have a point." Beth begins.
Kas nods and tilts her head to the side. "So, what happened last time?"
I throw my hands in the air. "You have GOT to start listening to me!"
"We do.." She pouts playfully. "..Occasionally."
I nod. "Yeah...occasionally." We chuckle and I become serious. "Well...I'll give you the extremely short version for now..." And I spend the next few minutes putting a whole 2 weeks of my life into dot points.
Fred walks over just as I finish. "Hey.." She greets Beth. "You're awake."
"You did ALL that...and STILL you didn't get David's autograph?" Kas groans at me.
"HE's....NOT....DAVID!" I growl in mock frustration.
"Okay. Okay. No need to be snippy."
"That's it." I respond, tossing my hands into the air, but grinning at her to let her know I'm still joking. "I give up. Not gonna listen to you anymore."
Meanwhile, Beth and Fred are shaking hands, Beth still looking a little uneasy about the entire situation. She looks at me. "By the way, you still haven't told us WHAT we're doing here."
"Ah..Now THAT is a big question." I answer. "See, *I* was coming back to mend things with the Angel and Buffy crews....and then you guys musta jumped into the portal after you saw me do it."
Kas crosses her arms over her chest indignantly. "You could have at least warned us about it."
"And you keep on bringing me back to Would you have believed me?" I ask, before mimicking the patheticness of what I would have sounded like. "Hey, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom to perform a spell so I can hop into the Angelverse using my bathroom mirror as a window to cross realities????" I let out a short laugh. "I doubt it."
"Again," Beth says, "You have a point."
"Okay....Where's the fire?" Gunn's voice sounds out behind me.
I spin and break into a run to meet him. "Gunn..." I call, throwing my arms around his neck.
"Angel, babe, how you doin'?" He replies, embracing me in return. " Been a while, hasn't it?"
I squeeze Fred's boyfriend tightly. "God I missed hanging with you guys."
Kas and Beth watch the display. I know that they are both extremely glad to see Gunn. Let's just say that they're MAJOR Gunn fans. My friends clear their throats pointedly, and I ignore it. I love stirring them up. Just as they love stirring me up. It's all in the name of fun.
"Hey!" Kas finally calls out, unable to sit back in silence any longer. Considering the circumstance and the fact that it's KAS we're talking about, I'm surprised she lasted that long without saying anything.
I grin at them both. "Way to go with the subtlety." I beam as I guide Gunn towards the small, yet growing, group. "Gunn this is Kas....and Beth. Guys, you know who this dude is."
"I'm a BIG fan!" Kas almost screams. "I love you!"
I shake my head and look at back at him with a lopsided smile. "See....I'm just weird. There are NORMAL people that crush on the human cuties on the show."
He smiles, understanding the joke from the last time I was here, and shakes Kas' hand before moving to Beth and doing the same. "Sorry ladies, I'm taken." He grins.
I roll my eyes and mumble, "Give a guy a LITTLE power.."
He chuckles.
"So...." Fred begins, joining in the conversation again. "You said something about where Angel and Cordy are?"
Gunn becomes sombre. "You guys know where they are?"
I grimace. "Boy....Joss makes you good lookin' but he skimps out on the brains, doesn't he?"
Gunn tilts his head to the side. "Huh? Oh....Of course you'd know where Angel and Cordy are....What with the TV show and all....And, hey, I think I should be insulted."
Beth smirks and mutters, "You THINK?"
"Well....I guess you guys should sit down..." I tell the Ats people. "It's yet another long, painful story.."
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As Kas and I near Wesley's apartment, she mumbles something. I don't wuite catch it so I turn to look at her. "Speak up."
She grins sheepishly.
"Well?" I prod.
She looks down the hallway worriedly. "I don't think we should go in there. I mean, last we saw of him, he was rolling around in bed with Lilah."
I smirk as his snarky remarks from the last episode pop into my head. "If Wes has any decency left in him, which I know he does, he'll hear me out." I state, striding forwards, anxious to reach his apartment.
"But I just don't see why we should go to him for help. After all, it really is all his fault anyway." Kas says slightly more serious.
I stop and spin angrily. I don't mean to snap at her, but I've met Wes...Spoken with him..Bonded with him. "Look," I try to remain civil. "There's always more to it than that."
"Like??? Angel, we've seen the show. The only reason tall dark and broody is in that box is because Wesley took Connor. You were flipping out when you saw that episode!"
"I know....Honestly I do. It wasn't like him. He over-reacted and SHOULD have said something to the others....But he didn't. And I flipped because I couldn't get back to help....I couldn't stop him..." I force the tears back and look at her, resolve etched across my features. "He's not as bad as we've been led to believe, Kas. I *know* it." I make myself shrug nonchalantly. "Besides..he might be our only chance at saving Angel."
She sighs and nods, "I guess he is our best bet. I mean, it was *him* who told Gunn how to save Fred when those bugs were in the hotel. And he did accurately translate most of the prophecies." Kas pauses deliberately giving me the evil eye. "*Most* of them."
I smile. "Actually he translated *all* of them accurately. The whole 'father will kill the son thing' was what the prophecy really said. Sajhan changed it to read like that, remember? So how was he to know any better?" I stop and scowl. "Unless he ASKED the others."
Kas seems to have missed my final comment because she crosses her arms over her chest. "Well, he could have told someone at least. And then maybe Lorne wouldn't have gone off to Vegas." She stops and gets that crazy glint in her eyes again. "Hey! Can we go there?"
I pause for a second, then smile. "Actually..I'd love that. I mean, I can't wait to see him again..and I've always wanted to see Vegas..pity I'm still underage here though..Oh! And I think I read somewhere that Groo might be there as well.."
"Groo shmoo. I wanna have my aura read!" Kas claps her hands excitedly. She's getting into this waaaay too much.
I roll my eyes. "Yeah....well..I never met Groo....and Lorne's readings? Not always brilliant."
"Oh c'mon! We can sing!"
I cringe at the thought of *us* singing in public. Kas sees the look on my face and looks mildly insulted. "Hey!" She pouts huffily. "We can!" She hesitates for another second and decides to amend her statement. "Well at least *I* can." She elaborates. "You, on the other hand, sound worse than the real Angel."
"That's what I kept trying to tell them..." I laugh, then stop when I realise we've reached our destination. "This is it. This is Wes' apartment."
Kas sighs. "You wanna go first? I mean, you know him better than I do."
I roll my eyes. "You know, if you didn't want to come you should have stayed with Beth, Gunn and Fred."
Kas just shakes her head. "But..I wanted to come with you..it seemed like a better idea at the time." There's silence for a few more seconds before she nudges me. "So..time's a wasting..."
I swallow and look at the door apprehensively. "Yeah....I know...." I move to knock on the door and take a deep breath as I do. "Here goes..." I breathe.
Kas moves to stand directly behind me. She's nervous as all hell- I can tell because she's holding my shirt tightly with her nails and I'm starting to lose feeling in my right shoulder. I shrug her off when sounds start to emerge from behind the door.
"What's that?" She asks, almost jumping out of her skin.
When Wes opens his door she gasps. I smirk and take in his disheveled appearance. "Wow Wes," I begin, "You look like Hell. Not the fun hell where they poke you with hot irons either. More like the hardcore one. You know, Nixon and Britney Spears?" I always loved that Angel quote. Kas, however, did not. She nudges me in the ribs and glares. I turn and look at her. "I was just sayin-"
Wes just frowns. "Angel?" He asks, his tone a mixture of surprise and hostility. "What are you doing here?"
I nod. "Great to see you too. Can we come in?" I don't wait for an answer, just push past him anyway with Kas in tow. (Or rather, With Kas firmly attached to my shoulder.) I guess I am a little resentful that he never thought to go to the others after all...
Kas clears her throat.
I wave my hand from Wes to her, my eyes not wavering from his. "Wes..This is Kas. Kas....This is Wes."
Kas gives him a little wave.
He just glares at me. "Pleasure." He responds something short of icily. "Why are you here again?"
Now I glare. "Listen to me, Wes." I command in a 'not gonna take any crap' tone. It's one of my Angelus tones. One of the many I use when I have PMS. "I would have come sooner..but I couldn't get back. There's a fair bit of catching up we have to do."
"Yeah, like why in the world did you sleep with Lilah!" Kas cuts in, gathering courage. And believe me, right now, that's a bad thing.
Her comment causes him to look at her. I wince and turn in her direction as well. "Kas.." I state. "Can you, you know, NOT mention that?"
Kas nods but gives an evil glare to Wes anyway.
Wesley, however, looks at ME angrily. "Who is this girl again? And why is SHE here? Actually, why are EITHER of you here?"
Kas growls. I give her another 'keep your mouth shut for now' look and she pouts, dropping onto his couch angrily.
I turn back to Wes. "That's a long story...And right now, I don't have time for it."
"Finally, we agree on something. " He throws back at me, motioning towards the door. "I take it you can show yourself out."
Kas' mouth is wide open. "Hey!" she snaps, jumping up from her seat. "Don't talk to us like that! We're not the ones who betrayed our friends and took the one thing that Angel loved most..other than his hair gel!"
"Kas!" I exclaim, this time actually grabbing her by the arm and dragging her aside. "What did I tell you about me actually respecting this guy? And NOT saying things like that and-"
Kas cuts me off angrily. (As you can probably see, we have unresolved Wes issues.) "Excuse me? Were *you* not the one who went cursing around the house when Wes took Connor? If memory serves me properly, you swore you'd kill him!"
"But NOT for taking Connor! For not listening to MY advice and TALKING to the others when there's a problem!"
Kas does her Mutant Enemy impression (Grr Arrgh!) and stomps her foot. "Can't we just tell him already?"
"Tell HIM what?" Wes growls from behind us. He keeps looking at the clock, then the door nervously.
Kas notices at the same time I do. She eyes him curiously. "Why do you want us gone so bad?" Note to self- I've got to stop her from watching Alias as frequently as she does.
He glares at her, obviously not liking her very much. "Does the fact that you're annoying me ring a bell?"
Now I glare at him. "Wes!" I snap. "As much as I don't like the way she's treated you today..Kas has a point. You want us out. Badly." I sit down and fold my arms over my chest casually. "So I'm not leaving until we sort everything out."
Kas follows my lead and we both arch our eyebrows at him, waiting for an answer.
He just stands there, glaring at us. "Out." He hisses, pointing at the door. "Now."
I shake my head. "Nope. Wrong response."
"We're not leaving until you tell us." Kas adds smugly. "You're not exactly on the best side of the Fang Gang..and I guess we're the only ones who can change that."
Suddenly the door wings open behind him and Kas looks at me. "Or not."
I look in horror as Lilah swoops into the room and stops dead in her tracks. She looks at Wes, surprise playing across her features. "Wow..This is a new low for you Wes. I mean, they've gotta be underage...." She smirks at him. "Like I said...there's something about this evil side of you that-"
"Oh SHUT UP!" Wes, Kas and I yell at the same time.
Wes moves and pours himself a scotch and waves his arm about. "Lilah....These are associates of Angel..They know everything about us..They're from another reality. One where WE are on television." He downs his drink and glares at her. "And apparently there's not too much they don't know."
I roll my eyes and stand up, glaring at the evil bitch that Wes has been f....er....losing his soul to. "Lilah Morgan." I hiss.
Kas glares at her as well. We don't really like her much...we really preferred Lindsey. Mmmm....Lindsey. Oh...right. Mind should be on the task.
Anywho....Lilah smirks. "Really? TV huh? Tell me....Do I have any fans?"
Kas scoffs and I try not to die from laughter. "Uh...."I manage to gasp. "Take this as a HELL NO!" Which is a blatant lie, I know. I mean, she's actually a pretty good character. I really admire The actress that plays her however, up-close-and-personal, she's a dirty bitch and not exactly someone that people praise.
Lilah's smirk falls and she blushes. (*insert evil chuckling here*) "Well....Why are you HERE then?" She asks bitterly.
Wes loses his smirk and glares at me and Kas again. "Yes. Why ARE you here again?"
I have to hold my hand out to silence Kas before she starts tearing them apart again, before I realise that she's actually waiting for me to take the lead this time. Wow....so pigs do fly.
I just sigh pointedly and sit back down. "I'll try to condense the story a little....but it could still take a while."
Wes and Lilah exchange glances and she moves to sit down. "Wait a second...." He growls at her. "May I ask what the hell you think you're doing?"
She rolls her eyes. "Like I'm gonna miss this."
I watch as Kas shifts away from the evil woman and try not to laugh. I turn to address Wes again. "So....When I got back to my reality after last time- "
"You've been here before?" Lilah cuts in.
I roll my eyes and choose to ignore her. "Anyway.."
Kas, on the other hand, opts to annoy the crap out of her. "Gee..." she begins, sarcasm dripping from her tone, "Here I was thinking you were up to date with everything that goes on with Angel." She pauses and bats her lashes in mock-innocence. "That *is* your job, isn't it?"
Oh boy. This is gonna be a long, long day.
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"So.." Kas began, looking up at the hotel. "This is new."
Beth, on the other hand was less than impressed. "What the hell just happened?! 'cos where I come from people don't just jump through mirrors!" She stops and thinks her statement over, which leads her to the only conclusion from which she could find any answers. "I think we should find Angel."
The other girl nodded. "Yep. This seems like something she'd do.."
Beth stopped and rolled her eyes at her. "How is this anything that anyone would do? Or could do?" She paused again, logic forcing her to ask another question. "Actually, what is *this* exactly?"
Kas shrugged. "Beats me. But Angel is involved and I'm gonna go find her." She took a step forward towards the familiar double doors, although not able to place them just yet.
Beth followed and tilted her head to the side, taking in the sight before her. "Okay.." She began. "It sounds crazy I know..kinda like jumping through a mirror does..but I think..I think this is the set of-"
They both froze at their best friend's voice. "...So then I transported my way back."
The two girls looked at each other and ran at the doors calling "Angel?!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Angel?!" The voices sound out behind me.
I straighten immediately. That sounds just like..."KAS?" I spin. "Beth?" Oh shit! To make matters worse, they're glaring at me. Oh this isn't good. "Hey.." I squeak. Nope. Not good at all.
Beth continues to scowl at me, arms folded over her chest. "You have some explaining to do." She states coldly.
Kas nods in agreement
"Well...?" Beth prompts, still not looking too happy with me.
Again Kas nods. "Yeah..What have you done this time?" she asks coolly. I'm fighting the urge to grin. It's so typical of her to just go with the flow, while Beth is freaking out beside her.
"Well..It's a long story." I manage to respond.
Behind me, Connor stands and gets back into fight mode. "Who are these people?" he queries.
"Oh!" Beth exclaims, forgetting her angered resolve for a split second. "That looks just like the guy who plays Connor and this looks just like the Hyperi.." She trails off and glares at me again. "What the hell is going on here?"
Firstly, I look back at Angel's son. "Uh...my friends...From the OTHER dimension" I reply. Then I turn to Beth. "No.,..He *IS* Connor."
She shakes her head. "No.. Connor doesn't exist Angel. You know that. He's a character on a TV show and if this is some sorta joke, I don't get it."
"Ok, great joke. Can we get out of here please? I'm gonna miss Alias," Kas adds, whining ever so slightly. She gets that way when Alias is involved.
I hit my forehead. Here we go. ":Guys..You might wanna sit down. This isn't a joke."
"No.." Beth responds. "You're right. It's not just a joke. It's a pretty damn elaborate one."
"No...." I reply again. "NOT a joke. "
She nods. "Oh..okay then. Well.. Wait. Where're Gunn and Fred and-"
"I don't no." I snap, cutting her off. "And don't patronize me. This *is* real."
"Fine." She shrugs, "Then how did you pull this off?"
"Yeah, did you win something?" Kas asks me.
Beth's eyes light up the way they do whenever she thinks she's put two and two together. "Oh..Is this the film set?" She stops and looks around. "But I can't see any cameras..."
Urgh. Is this how bad I was a few months ago? "NO. NO. NO. THIS IS REAL!"
"Honestly, Angel, It's a nice fantasy, but-"
I hold up my hand to silence Beth again. "Guys....I really gotta explain this to you..."
"Okay, really ready to leave now!" Kas calls. She really hates missing TV.
Beth shakes her head. "No! I want to tour the set first!"
This gives Kas yet another idea. I can tell 'cos she's got that crazy glint in her eyes. "Hey," She grins, "Do you think we can go over to the Alias set too?"
I want to hit them both upside the head. "NOT A TV SET! REAL LIVE ANGELVERSE1" I cry out in frustration.
Connor shuffles his feet. "I'm confused."
"You and me both. I'm Kas." She steps towards him, her hand extended.
My other friend follows her lead. "I'm Beth and, let me guess, you're Vincent?" She looks him up and down. "I've been meaning to ask, who the hell does your wardrobe? And, ooh, can I shoot them?"
"I know. I mean, that outfit was soo Fred-Pylea," Kas agrees.
I watch as Connor takes a step back, still weary of the entire situation. I don't blame him. These guys are scary enough even when you're used to their banter.
I hit myself on the forehead yet again. "Are you people deaf, dumb and blind?" "We're REALLY in the ANGELVERSE"
"No." Beth throws back at me. "*You're* just crazy."
I glare at her, something I don't do often. "No. I'm not. *You're* just in DENIAL." I look at Kas, "Please tell me YOU believe me."
"Sure, i do." She grins, motioning towards the door. "So, can we go now?"
"I think I prefer to say that at least I'm sane." Beth mumbles in regards to my previous comment.
Kas, like me, ignores her and continues on her own rant. "I mean, if we're not going to see David B or Charisma, I think we should leave." She pauses. "Hey! Is J August here?"
"No. We can't leave. You're gonna sit down and let me explain the whole dimension hopping..NO!" I run my hands through my hair. "Would you PLEASE just listen to me?"
KAs looks at Beth and turns her attention back to me.
"Thank you." I pause. "I know its hard to believe...but this really is the Angelverse..."
Beth eyes start wandering around the room. She's obviously looking for cameras.
I roll my eyes. "Beth..Please just sit and listen. There are no cameras..This Is Real."
Kas just looks at her nails while listening...Well, at least I *think* she's listening. After all, she's proven time and time again that she's got the attention span of a goldfish.
Motioning for Connor to sit as well, I run through absolutely everything that's happened, including how and why I've come back. Then I pause. "Oh god..If you're here..That means your twins are at my house! Oh no no no no....not good." I start to pace around the room. "God....I hope Nic knows what to do....Oh god..This is bad."
Kas just looks at me and blinks a couple of times. "Huh?"
"Twins?" Beth asks.
I want to break into tears of frustration. "Were you NOT listening to me for the past half hour?"
"Hey!" Beth protests indignantly. "Angel, if what you're saying is true, this is pretty hard to take in."
Kas' head bobs up and down in agreement. "Yeah, I mean..we're in a DIFFERENT dimension. Hello? Not exactly easy to believe. Even for me."
I'm about to tell them for the 1000th time how true it is when a voice behind me yells out in surprise. "Nic?! Is that you? Gosh we haven't seen you for...like..ever..."
I spin and smile at Fred when she rushes at me. "Not Nic...But you're getting close tho-"
"Hey, it's Amy!" Kas exclaims, cutting me off yet again.
"Okay..This is getting weirder." Beth adds.
Fred seems to miss them, runs to throw her arms around me and squeals. "Angel? This is amazing! I guess you know how bad everything's gotten, huh?" She stops and thinks for a second, looking at my friends for the first time. " And who are they? Wait..Who's Amy?"
I catch Beth rolling her eyes. "Oh brother!" She says. "She's in on this too?"
I glance at her, then Kas, then allow my gaze to settle on Fred. "These are my friends. Beth and Kas. They're stuck on the whole 'this is a joke' thing....They think you're an actress."
"An actress?" Fred blushes. "That's sweet and all, but I could never be an actress. Cordelia is though. And she's a really good one too..But I'm just plain ol' Fred."
I shake my head and grin. "You're not plain by any means. And anyway, Kas and Beth are like I was at first..Stumbled into the Angelverse by mistake..and they're BIG fans...."
She beams back at me and nods. "Oh..I see." Then she moves towards them, her hand extended. "I'm Fred. Nice to meet you."
"Karisma. Call me Kas."
"Kas. That's a nice name." Fred replies, shaking hands with the youngest of my friends.
Beth however looks like she's having trouble processing the information. "I....I think I need to lie down."
Then she faints.
Kas just looks at her and shrugs. Turning back to Fred she explains, "She does that a lot,"
I look at Kas and raise my brow. "She does?"
My friend shrugs again. "Okay....It was just that once..but.."
I smile and then realise that Connor is no longer sitting down. Nor is he in the room at all. I'm doubting that he's even in the Hotel or district anymore. "Hey...." I start. "Where'd Connor go?"
"Probably off brooding seein' as he sent Angel to Davie Jones' locker." Kas snarks in response.
"Connor was here?" Fred's eyes widen as realization sinks in. "Wait....WHERE'S Angel?"
"Oh..right....Forgot you didn't know about that." I state.
Kas rolls her eyes and mutters, "You people really don't catch on fast.."
I smirk at her. "Its a cliché..We've been through this..."
Meanwhile Fred's getting frantic. "Angel is WHERE?"
I suddenly turn serious. "Connor put him in a box and sent him to sleep with the fishes."
Kas nods. "Oh. And there's no point in calling Cordy. She's floating."
"She's a higher power in a different realm actually..." I add a little too casually.
"Don't worry," Kas says in the same flippant tone. "She'll be back next season...with a new haircut no doubt."
If I thought Fred couldn't get any more frantic, I'd be creating a big old clichéd opportunity for her to..Aww damnit!
"Wait!" The physicist exclaims. "She's a what? Where? And Angel is....?"
"At the bottom of the ocean." Kas finishes for her, before turning to me. "I thought she was supposed to be a brainiac."
I look up to the sky. "But it's not like it's scientifically possible for Angel to be that deep....I mean, the pressure alone would-" I stop myself. "*That* I question? I mean, I'll believe all the crap about Vampires and Slayers and Alternate Realities and Cordy floating into the air....But I question *THAT*?"
"Yeah," Kas cuts in. "And the part where Skip froze time on the freeway only. What was *that* all about?"
"GUYS!" Fred screams. "A little lost here!"
I look at her apologetically. "Sorry....I guess we need to get started with the whole explaining things to you guys." I look around. "Where's Gunn by the way?"
She shrugs. "Lookin' for Angel and Cordy and Connor."
"Good luck to him," Kas scoffs.
I nudge her firmly in the ribs. "This is serious stuff." I state. "I love these people. I mean, they're like my family away from my family..." I look back at Fred. "Can you call his cell phone? Get him here? I need to break things down for you guys and I really need to do it fast. There's a lot of stuff going down in SunnyHell as well..."
"Yeah!" Kas interrupts in her usual bubbly manner. "Willow tried ending the world."
"Willow did WHAT?" Fred queries, falling onto the couch. "That's not very believable...."
"It's *Joss* we're talkin' about after all." I mumble under my breath. Luckily it goes by unnoticed.
Meanwhile Kas is happily describing the last episode or two of Btvs. "It was a very powerful performance. Although the ending was a bit..*blah*."
I move to agree and do the whole analyzing thing with her again, but one look at Fred stops me. "Look..." I start. "Please call Gunn and we'll talk."
"After we're done here, can we go to Aliasverse?" Kas asks. I just glare and she shuts up. "It was just a suggestion."
I roll my eyes and Fred pulls out her cell. Meanwhile I look at Beth (who is still sprawled out on the floor) and then at Kas. "Guess we SHOULD wake her up...."
Kas shrugs.
I wince. Beth's still gonna be so hard to convince. "Okay..Okay..I'll get the water.."
"Do they have a TV? I want to watch Al-" Kas stops after another glare. "I'm shutting up."
"Good." I toss back, then turn and walk into the kitchen. I move to the sink and soak a sponge in cold water. When I get back, I wring it out over Beth's face. She splutters to life and I grin at her. "This is becoming quite the habit of yours." Beth blinks, and I sigh pointedly. "Okay..I'm gonna try this one more time. We are in the Angelverse. It's an alternate reality. I have been here before and we've got work to do."
"Yeah," Kas says, putting her two-cents worth in, as per usual. "You almost missed..uh..not much."
Beth sits up and looks around. "Okay....I'm going to play along....This is just too freaky...."
I look at Kas and shrug. "That's good enough for me."
"Yeah. But still, trust you to make us skip dimensions and lead us to the Angelverse." She winks, then turns to Beth. "I think we should start looking for a therapist for her.."
I roll my eyes. "Well at least you're not too ticked about the whole me not telling you thing.."
Beth glares. "Actually..Now that you mention it-"
"-We are." Kas concludes, also glaring at me. "We're your best friends."
I look at them and bite my lip. "Guys....Honestly. Would you have believed me?"
My friends look at each other. "Well.. you have a point." Beth begins.
Kas nods and tilts her head to the side. "So, what happened last time?"
I throw my hands in the air. "You have GOT to start listening to me!"
"We do.." She pouts playfully. "..Occasionally."
I nod. "Yeah...occasionally." We chuckle and I become serious. "Well...I'll give you the extremely short version for now..." And I spend the next few minutes putting a whole 2 weeks of my life into dot points.
Fred walks over just as I finish. "Hey.." She greets Beth. "You're awake."
"You did ALL that...and STILL you didn't get David's autograph?" Kas groans at me.
"HE's....NOT....DAVID!" I growl in mock frustration.
"Okay. Okay. No need to be snippy."
"That's it." I respond, tossing my hands into the air, but grinning at her to let her know I'm still joking. "I give up. Not gonna listen to you anymore."
Meanwhile, Beth and Fred are shaking hands, Beth still looking a little uneasy about the entire situation. She looks at me. "By the way, you still haven't told us WHAT we're doing here."
"Ah..Now THAT is a big question." I answer. "See, *I* was coming back to mend things with the Angel and Buffy crews....and then you guys musta jumped into the portal after you saw me do it."
Kas crosses her arms over her chest indignantly. "You could have at least warned us about it."
"And you keep on bringing me back to Would you have believed me?" I ask, before mimicking the patheticness of what I would have sounded like. "Hey, I'm just gonna go to the bathroom to perform a spell so I can hop into the Angelverse using my bathroom mirror as a window to cross realities????" I let out a short laugh. "I doubt it."
"Again," Beth says, "You have a point."
"Okay....Where's the fire?" Gunn's voice sounds out behind me.
I spin and break into a run to meet him. "Gunn..." I call, throwing my arms around his neck.
"Angel, babe, how you doin'?" He replies, embracing me in return. " Been a while, hasn't it?"
I squeeze Fred's boyfriend tightly. "God I missed hanging with you guys."
Kas and Beth watch the display. I know that they are both extremely glad to see Gunn. Let's just say that they're MAJOR Gunn fans. My friends clear their throats pointedly, and I ignore it. I love stirring them up. Just as they love stirring me up. It's all in the name of fun.
"Hey!" Kas finally calls out, unable to sit back in silence any longer. Considering the circumstance and the fact that it's KAS we're talking about, I'm surprised she lasted that long without saying anything.
I grin at them both. "Way to go with the subtlety." I beam as I guide Gunn towards the small, yet growing, group. "Gunn this is Kas....and Beth. Guys, you know who this dude is."
"I'm a BIG fan!" Kas almost screams. "I love you!"
I shake my head and look at back at him with a lopsided smile. "See....I'm just weird. There are NORMAL people that crush on the human cuties on the show."
He smiles, understanding the joke from the last time I was here, and shakes Kas' hand before moving to Beth and doing the same. "Sorry ladies, I'm taken." He grins.
I roll my eyes and mumble, "Give a guy a LITTLE power.."
He chuckles.
"So...." Fred begins, joining in the conversation again. "You said something about where Angel and Cordy are?"
Gunn becomes sombre. "You guys know where they are?"
I grimace. "Boy....Joss makes you good lookin' but he skimps out on the brains, doesn't he?"
Gunn tilts his head to the side. "Huh? Oh....Of course you'd know where Angel and Cordy are....What with the TV show and all....And, hey, I think I should be insulted."
Beth smirks and mutters, "You THINK?"
"Well....I guess you guys should sit down..." I tell the Ats people. "It's yet another long, painful story.."
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As Kas and I near Wesley's apartment, she mumbles something. I don't wuite catch it so I turn to look at her. "Speak up."
She grins sheepishly.
"Well?" I prod.
She looks down the hallway worriedly. "I don't think we should go in there. I mean, last we saw of him, he was rolling around in bed with Lilah."
I smirk as his snarky remarks from the last episode pop into my head. "If Wes has any decency left in him, which I know he does, he'll hear me out." I state, striding forwards, anxious to reach his apartment.
"But I just don't see why we should go to him for help. After all, it really is all his fault anyway." Kas says slightly more serious.
I stop and spin angrily. I don't mean to snap at her, but I've met Wes...Spoken with him..Bonded with him. "Look," I try to remain civil. "There's always more to it than that."
"Like??? Angel, we've seen the show. The only reason tall dark and broody is in that box is because Wesley took Connor. You were flipping out when you saw that episode!"
"I know....Honestly I do. It wasn't like him. He over-reacted and SHOULD have said something to the others....But he didn't. And I flipped because I couldn't get back to help....I couldn't stop him..." I force the tears back and look at her, resolve etched across my features. "He's not as bad as we've been led to believe, Kas. I *know* it." I make myself shrug nonchalantly. "Besides..he might be our only chance at saving Angel."
She sighs and nods, "I guess he is our best bet. I mean, it was *him* who told Gunn how to save Fred when those bugs were in the hotel. And he did accurately translate most of the prophecies." Kas pauses deliberately giving me the evil eye. "*Most* of them."
I smile. "Actually he translated *all* of them accurately. The whole 'father will kill the son thing' was what the prophecy really said. Sajhan changed it to read like that, remember? So how was he to know any better?" I stop and scowl. "Unless he ASKED the others."
Kas seems to have missed my final comment because she crosses her arms over her chest. "Well, he could have told someone at least. And then maybe Lorne wouldn't have gone off to Vegas." She stops and gets that crazy glint in her eyes again. "Hey! Can we go there?"
I pause for a second, then smile. "Actually..I'd love that. I mean, I can't wait to see him again..and I've always wanted to see Vegas..pity I'm still underage here though..Oh! And I think I read somewhere that Groo might be there as well.."
"Groo shmoo. I wanna have my aura read!" Kas claps her hands excitedly. She's getting into this waaaay too much.
I roll my eyes. "Yeah....well..I never met Groo....and Lorne's readings? Not always brilliant."
"Oh c'mon! We can sing!"
I cringe at the thought of *us* singing in public. Kas sees the look on my face and looks mildly insulted. "Hey!" She pouts huffily. "We can!" She hesitates for another second and decides to amend her statement. "Well at least *I* can." She elaborates. "You, on the other hand, sound worse than the real Angel."
"That's what I kept trying to tell them..." I laugh, then stop when I realise we've reached our destination. "This is it. This is Wes' apartment."
Kas sighs. "You wanna go first? I mean, you know him better than I do."
I roll my eyes. "You know, if you didn't want to come you should have stayed with Beth, Gunn and Fred."
Kas just shakes her head. "But..I wanted to come with you..it seemed like a better idea at the time." There's silence for a few more seconds before she nudges me. "So..time's a wasting..."
I swallow and look at the door apprehensively. "Yeah....I know...." I move to knock on the door and take a deep breath as I do. "Here goes..." I breathe.
Kas moves to stand directly behind me. She's nervous as all hell- I can tell because she's holding my shirt tightly with her nails and I'm starting to lose feeling in my right shoulder. I shrug her off when sounds start to emerge from behind the door.
"What's that?" She asks, almost jumping out of her skin.
When Wes opens his door she gasps. I smirk and take in his disheveled appearance. "Wow Wes," I begin, "You look like Hell. Not the fun hell where they poke you with hot irons either. More like the hardcore one. You know, Nixon and Britney Spears?" I always loved that Angel quote. Kas, however, did not. She nudges me in the ribs and glares. I turn and look at her. "I was just sayin-"
Wes just frowns. "Angel?" He asks, his tone a mixture of surprise and hostility. "What are you doing here?"
I nod. "Great to see you too. Can we come in?" I don't wait for an answer, just push past him anyway with Kas in tow. (Or rather, With Kas firmly attached to my shoulder.) I guess I am a little resentful that he never thought to go to the others after all...
Kas clears her throat.
I wave my hand from Wes to her, my eyes not wavering from his. "Wes..This is Kas. Kas....This is Wes."
Kas gives him a little wave.
He just glares at me. "Pleasure." He responds something short of icily. "Why are you here again?"
Now I glare. "Listen to me, Wes." I command in a 'not gonna take any crap' tone. It's one of my Angelus tones. One of the many I use when I have PMS. "I would have come sooner..but I couldn't get back. There's a fair bit of catching up we have to do."
"Yeah, like why in the world did you sleep with Lilah!" Kas cuts in, gathering courage. And believe me, right now, that's a bad thing.
Her comment causes him to look at her. I wince and turn in her direction as well. "Kas.." I state. "Can you, you know, NOT mention that?"
Kas nods but gives an evil glare to Wes anyway.
Wesley, however, looks at ME angrily. "Who is this girl again? And why is SHE here? Actually, why are EITHER of you here?"
Kas growls. I give her another 'keep your mouth shut for now' look and she pouts, dropping onto his couch angrily.
I turn back to Wes. "That's a long story...And right now, I don't have time for it."
"Finally, we agree on something. " He throws back at me, motioning towards the door. "I take it you can show yourself out."
Kas' mouth is wide open. "Hey!" she snaps, jumping up from her seat. "Don't talk to us like that! We're not the ones who betrayed our friends and took the one thing that Angel loved most..other than his hair gel!"
"Kas!" I exclaim, this time actually grabbing her by the arm and dragging her aside. "What did I tell you about me actually respecting this guy? And NOT saying things like that and-"
Kas cuts me off angrily. (As you can probably see, we have unresolved Wes issues.) "Excuse me? Were *you* not the one who went cursing around the house when Wes took Connor? If memory serves me properly, you swore you'd kill him!"
"But NOT for taking Connor! For not listening to MY advice and TALKING to the others when there's a problem!"
Kas does her Mutant Enemy impression (Grr Arrgh!) and stomps her foot. "Can't we just tell him already?"
"Tell HIM what?" Wes growls from behind us. He keeps looking at the clock, then the door nervously.
Kas notices at the same time I do. She eyes him curiously. "Why do you want us gone so bad?" Note to self- I've got to stop her from watching Alias as frequently as she does.
He glares at her, obviously not liking her very much. "Does the fact that you're annoying me ring a bell?"
Now I glare at him. "Wes!" I snap. "As much as I don't like the way she's treated you today..Kas has a point. You want us out. Badly." I sit down and fold my arms over my chest casually. "So I'm not leaving until we sort everything out."
Kas follows my lead and we both arch our eyebrows at him, waiting for an answer.
He just stands there, glaring at us. "Out." He hisses, pointing at the door. "Now."
I shake my head. "Nope. Wrong response."
"We're not leaving until you tell us." Kas adds smugly. "You're not exactly on the best side of the Fang Gang..and I guess we're the only ones who can change that."
Suddenly the door wings open behind him and Kas looks at me. "Or not."
I look in horror as Lilah swoops into the room and stops dead in her tracks. She looks at Wes, surprise playing across her features. "Wow..This is a new low for you Wes. I mean, they've gotta be underage...." She smirks at him. "Like I said...there's something about this evil side of you that-"
"Oh SHUT UP!" Wes, Kas and I yell at the same time.
Wes moves and pours himself a scotch and waves his arm about. "Lilah....These are associates of Angel..They know everything about us..They're from another reality. One where WE are on television." He downs his drink and glares at her. "And apparently there's not too much they don't know."
I roll my eyes and stand up, glaring at the evil bitch that Wes has been f....er....losing his soul to. "Lilah Morgan." I hiss.
Kas glares at her as well. We don't really like her much...we really preferred Lindsey. Mmmm....Lindsey. Oh...right. Mind should be on the task.
Anywho....Lilah smirks. "Really? TV huh? Tell me....Do I have any fans?"
Kas scoffs and I try not to die from laughter. "Uh...."I manage to gasp. "Take this as a HELL NO!" Which is a blatant lie, I know. I mean, she's actually a pretty good character. I really admire The actress that plays her however, up-close-and-personal, she's a dirty bitch and not exactly someone that people praise.
Lilah's smirk falls and she blushes. (*insert evil chuckling here*) "Well....Why are you HERE then?" She asks bitterly.
Wes loses his smirk and glares at me and Kas again. "Yes. Why ARE you here again?"
I have to hold my hand out to silence Kas before she starts tearing them apart again, before I realise that she's actually waiting for me to take the lead this time. Wow....so pigs do fly.
I just sigh pointedly and sit back down. "I'll try to condense the story a little....but it could still take a while."
Wes and Lilah exchange glances and she moves to sit down. "Wait a second...." He growls at her. "May I ask what the hell you think you're doing?"
She rolls her eyes. "Like I'm gonna miss this."
I watch as Kas shifts away from the evil woman and try not to laugh. I turn to address Wes again. "So....When I got back to my reality after last time- "
"You've been here before?" Lilah cuts in.
I roll my eyes and choose to ignore her. "Anyway.."
Kas, on the other hand, opts to annoy the crap out of her. "Gee..." she begins, sarcasm dripping from her tone, "Here I was thinking you were up to date with everything that goes on with Angel." She pauses and bats her lashes in mock-innocence. "That *is* your job, isn't it?"
Oh boy. This is gonna be a long, long day.
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A/N- Okay, so now you've read it, you can review it. ^_^ Pretty please? I'm on my hands and knees begging for feedback. Lol. Oh yeah, I'm going to have this set before season 4 Ats and season 7 Btvs spoilers ever reached anyone, so it's really really AU from here on out. I know, shoulda told you earlier, but I guess you worked it out anyway..lol..
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*Neata