PART 3
"Dru?" "Spike? Is that you?" "Yeah pet, it's me" "You must
travelled a distance to find me precious" "From Sunnydale to
Venice babe, anything for my little Angel" "I can sense your
humanity, you, you've got a soul, eurgh!" "Yeah well I wasn't
planning on keeping the pesky little bugger I wanna be bad
ducks, I want me you to be like we used to be, ruthless, cold-
blooded killers" "Ooh Spikey, you mean it?" "I never lie, I went
to get the bloody chip out of my head and now I've got a
fricking soul!" "Is it reversible? Is yours like daddy's was?"
"I dunno ducks, you wanna try and bite me too see if you can
change me back?" "Ooh, I'd like that, Miss Edith would love
that!" Drusilla leaned into Spike's neck and sunk her teeth into
his neck, which he clearly enjoyed; she made a cut on her chest,
which Spike fed off.
"How will we know?" "I know, I got a bloody awful craving for
blood" "Here you go my precious" Dru handed Spike a young woman
and he quite happily sunk his teeth into her neck and savoured
draining her of all her blood.
"I'm back baby! From now on the only man you call daddy is me"
Dru wrapped her legs around his waist and he slammed her against
a wall with a fiery passion.
"Daddy!"
*************************************************** "Where is Buffy, she's been gone for a week now" "I don't know Will, but if she doesn't come back soon Principal Wood's won't wanna give her a job" "You know girls I think we should just leave Buffy alone, she clearly left for some quiet time, so let her have it. Dawn is safe with us, I have no problems staying here for as long as Buffy is gone and we all need to start leading some forms of separate lives." "What do you mean Xander?" "I mean, we need to do some things apart from each other, we should still be close to each other, I mean we've been through Hell basically with each other but we need times where it's our life and it doesn't revolve around what the group is doing" "I think we should try that, even if it's just going grocery shopping alone" "Exactly Will!"
*************************************************** "Guys it's been a week and there is no sign of improvement in Angel, I'm really worried, I think it's taken it's toll on Buffy too" "Yes, maybe we should consult the powers on this one, he should have gotten better even if it was just movement" "Yeah well Buffy spends all her time up there wit him, and when she's not in there she's in the bathroom throwing up, she may still be sick from last week, being in that temperature of water for over four hours could not have been good for her, even if she is the slayer" "Right Gunn you come with me to see the powers, find out what is going on and try and find out where Cordelia has vanished to, and Fred if you could stay here and keep an eye on Buffy and Angel, they're both sleeping, in separate beds of course" "Okay Wes" "See you later babe" Fed and Gunn passionately kissed each other then went their separate ways with Gunn leaving and Fred heading upstairs. Buffy's cell phone began to ring and Fred picked it up not wanting to disturb her. "Hello" "This isn't Buffy Summers?" "No, sorry who is this?" "I'm principal Robin Woods, I work at Sunnydale high school I was just wondering if Miss Summers was coming into work anytime soon, I haven't seen her for the last week, and apparently neither have her friends and sister" "Buffy had to come to L.A, she hadn't planned it, it's just an emergency came up, I can't really explain sorry" "Oh, was it her father?" "No, it was my boss, he's extremely sick and Buffy felt she was needed here in L.A" "Okay well when you see her, could you tell her I rung and get her to ring me back please" "Will do" Fred put Buffy's phone back on the table and fell onto the couch completely exhausted.
*************************************************** "Spikey what are we going to do? Where are we going to go?" "Not sure yet pet, you make up your mind babes and daddy will take you wherever you want" Drusilla had her head on his lap while as pointless as it was he fed her grapes. "I want to hurt the slayer, I want to get her back for making you think you ever loved her" "I only ever loved you my precious. Do you know why?" "No daddy" "Because your evil my petal, your heart is cold, your worse than Angelus himself, you know that bugger got far too much attention, but me and you Dru, we're gonna show the world who has the power, me and you Dru, that's what it comes down to. We'll always have each other". "My daddy loves me" "Yes he does, you wanna another grape?" "So are we going to Sunnydale then my pet?" "Yes, so that we can strike fear into the heart's of man" Dru began to dance around on tiptoes while Spike laughed as his little princess formulated a plan in her evil little head.
*************************************************** "So basically Cordelia ain't ever coming back to this plain" "In short no. Look" Wes pointed to Fred lying fast asleep and Gunn couldn't help but love this woman. "You know man we never talked about the situation with Fred, are you cool with me going out wit her?" "Of course I am, she loves you and all I want for Fred is to be happy. I don't love her Gunn, as a friend yes but nothing more, I'll find love someday" "As long as we're still friends man" "That indeed we are" "She looks so cute, I dunno whether to take her upstairs or just leave her" "Just leave her, why don't we check on the other two?" Wes checked Buffy who seemed to look very pale, he took a closer look and she was freezing and shivering, this was certainly bizarre. "Wes man, come quick!" Wes rushed into Angel's room where Angel was violently fitting and didn't look to good. "What do we do? We can't take him to hospital" "I am unsure Gunn, we may need help in taking care of these two" "You thinking what I'm thinking?" "Call Sunnydale. You try and keep him calm, I'll give them a call" Wes rushed downstairs and quickly dialled Buffy's home number. "Hello, is this Dawn?" "Yes" "Could you put Willow or Xander on the phone please" "Yeah sure, Xand, Will, I'll be 1 minute" Dawn rushed to get one of them and Wes waited as patiently as possible. "Hello Wes, what's the problem?" "Hello Xander, I was wondering if it could be possible for either yourself or Willow to come to L.A we're having a major problem at the moment" "We both could I think, if Dawn came with us" "I don't think it would be good for Dawn to come, the sights she will be greeted by are not exactly comforting, I myself am finding it difficult to keep composure" "What's going on exactly Wesley?" "Well in one room I have Buffy as pale a sheet and shivering, why I don't know and in the other room I have Angel severely fitting, he's disillusioned and is reaching out for someone, and has strangely a temperature, a very high temperature, there are only 3 people here, myself, Gunn and Fred and are finding it quite difficult coping. Lorne left for Las Vegas, Cordelia has become a higher being and Connor is a arrogant little sod" "We'll be there as soon as possible, I'll try and get in touch with Giles, I'll have to bring Dawn we'll be there as soon as possible and you can fill me in on the details when we get there" "Thank you Xander".
*************************************************** "Wesley, Fred?" "We're here, hey ya'll. We're sorry we had to drag you up here but we're at a dead end." "Hello Mr Giles I'm surprised you'd be here so soon, I guess you would like to be filled in?" "It would help yeah" "I'll try and shorten it as much as possible. Right a law firm called Wolfram and Hart brought Darla back. She put a spell on Angel and made him lose his sanity and then he slept with her and he became sane again. 9 months later Darla comes back pregnant. There is a prophecy, which says 2 vamps would have a warrior son alas Darla's pregnancy. Darla kills herself because she does not want to hurt the child, as the child is human she feels compassion towards the child, so she killed herself when he was born. Everything is fine for a little while until I decipher more of the prophecy, I find out Angel would kill Connor. Wolfram and Hart are spiking Angel's blood with Connor's so he craves his son's blood. Meanwhile a man brought from the 18th century called Daniel Holtz is after Angel to avenge his family's death at the hands of Angelus. I take Connor to protect him, subsequently getting my throat slit, Connor being taking into a different dimension with Holtz and Angel trying to kill me later on. I soon find out the prophecy was false, Darla was not supposed to be his mother, Angel would not kill Connor and so on. Angel tries several ways to get Connor back until one succeeds, Connor comes back but now called Stephen and Holtz comes along with him. We are not aware Holtz came back as well and he is now an elderly man and Connor is a teenager. He is confused, Holtz writes him a letter and Angel finds out about him. He goes to visit him and Fred and Gunn keep him occupied but he hears what they are saying and runs back to the motel, where he finds a slayer called Justine cradling Holtz and Holtz has two holes in his neck. Matter of fact Holtz asked to be killed and left Connor a letter but Justine wanted Angel to take the blame so she put two holes in his neck. So Connor pretends he doesn't know anything and goes to live with Angel, learning how to fight and such. One night Angel goes to meet Cordelia to fight a demon on the beach, Cordelia does not turn up and Connor sticks Angel in a glass coffin and drops him to the bottom of the ocean, Justine feeling extremely proud of herself. So we found out last week Angel was deep below the water and were about to go rescue him when Buffy turned up, said she had a feeling something terrible had happened to Angel. We only had three suits but Buffy argued point blankly and swum with us to save Angel with just her jeans and t-shirt, which I warned her could cause her harm but she wouldn't listen. So we got Angel onto the boat and he was unconscious and we had to help Buffy into the boat because after being in extremely cold water for four hours her body was extremely weak. So anyway we feared Angel could be brain damaged after being deprived of blood for three months and we were aware he would have to feed off one of us, knowing we would probably die if he did, I myself was going to do it, when Buffy stopped me and instinctively Angel fed off her then pulled back in horror after a short amount of time, then passed out again. Cordelia has become a higher being and Connor is the arrogant little sod who is still bent on vengeance" "So if that's the summary what's the long story like?" "Xander! That isn't important at the minute" "Can I see my sister?" "Not yet Dawn, I know your not a child but this is something you may not want to see, why don't you stay down here with Fred for a little while?" "Okay, but tell me what happens" "We will" Willow, Gunn, Wes, Giles and Xander headed upstairs to see what they were like now. "Okay Willow, Xander you see how Buffy is doing and myself and Gunn will check on Angel, Giles whoever you feel comfortable with" "I'll come with you Wes" the three men entered the room and saw Angel reaching out for someone who was not there, he appeared to have a temperature and would not stay still. "I see what you mean Wesley, these symptoms are uncommon, practically unknown in vampires, you have the air conditioning on?" "No heat what so ever man, but still no change, if we could take him to a hospital, we would" "Does he flinch or turn away if you touch him?" "Usually, we've tried taking his temperature and he panics which has sent him into a fit so we have no way of knowing what temperature he is" "I may have your solution but Buffy will have to be healthy before we even consider it" "You mean letting him feed off her again?" "Yes, but Buffy's condition must improve first" "Wes I think we should consult the powers again, see what they say" "Would it be alright to leave you with him for a little while Mr.Giles?" "Of course, do what you have to do".
*************************************************** What have you brought us this time lower being?" "This watch, I just got it" "Fine, what have you come here for?" "We need information about the one you call Angelus" "Ah, what do you need to know?" "Will he get better? We need to know whether he needs to feed off a human being again" "No, give him time and he will return to full health and more, he must leave the slayer's blood, he has already changed the future by feeding off the slayer, you must prepare for there are battles you all must face" "What battles? What does the false prophecy mean concerning Connor now? Were these changes to the future meant to be?" "Battles which we cannot divulge, things you must prepare for yourself, beware William the Bloody rests no more. Connor is a key feature to the balance, he can go either way, all you must remember is the slayer is the key factor, she will define what Connor will become and yes these changes to the future were intended but no more". "What has Angel done by feeding off Buffy?" "Things we must not mention but will all be revealed soon, you must remember if he hadn't of fed from the slayer he would be dead and you must also know your friend Cordelia will be along side you in spirit to guide you, so that you can face both William the Bloody and Connor, that is it lower beings, you must leave now".
*************************************************** "Guys you're back, so what did they say?" "You want their exact words, they took so long I had time to memorise it, basically Connor can go either way, so he could work for the likes of Wolfram and Hart or us. Angel has changed the future by feeding off Buffy, they wouldn't tell us how but Buffy saved his life, his condition will improve but he must not feed off Buffy again and we must prepare for battles against Connor and William the Bloody, Cordy will help us in spirit and the slayer is the key factor in all of this" "So what's the deal with Connor?" "Well Fred my dear Buffy will define what Connor becomes, how is she by the way?" "She's doing okay, she was sick again and now she's sleeping, her sister and Giles are up there with her, Angel has finally settled at last, he ain't reaching out anymore at least and Willow and Xander are sitting with him" "Well, we better tell the others what the powers told us, coz I got this crazy feeling that there is a whole heap a trouble about to land, and we're gonna be right in the middle of it".
*************************************************** "Where is Buffy, she's been gone for a week now" "I don't know Will, but if she doesn't come back soon Principal Wood's won't wanna give her a job" "You know girls I think we should just leave Buffy alone, she clearly left for some quiet time, so let her have it. Dawn is safe with us, I have no problems staying here for as long as Buffy is gone and we all need to start leading some forms of separate lives." "What do you mean Xander?" "I mean, we need to do some things apart from each other, we should still be close to each other, I mean we've been through Hell basically with each other but we need times where it's our life and it doesn't revolve around what the group is doing" "I think we should try that, even if it's just going grocery shopping alone" "Exactly Will!"
*************************************************** "Guys it's been a week and there is no sign of improvement in Angel, I'm really worried, I think it's taken it's toll on Buffy too" "Yes, maybe we should consult the powers on this one, he should have gotten better even if it was just movement" "Yeah well Buffy spends all her time up there wit him, and when she's not in there she's in the bathroom throwing up, she may still be sick from last week, being in that temperature of water for over four hours could not have been good for her, even if she is the slayer" "Right Gunn you come with me to see the powers, find out what is going on and try and find out where Cordelia has vanished to, and Fred if you could stay here and keep an eye on Buffy and Angel, they're both sleeping, in separate beds of course" "Okay Wes" "See you later babe" Fed and Gunn passionately kissed each other then went their separate ways with Gunn leaving and Fred heading upstairs. Buffy's cell phone began to ring and Fred picked it up not wanting to disturb her. "Hello" "This isn't Buffy Summers?" "No, sorry who is this?" "I'm principal Robin Woods, I work at Sunnydale high school I was just wondering if Miss Summers was coming into work anytime soon, I haven't seen her for the last week, and apparently neither have her friends and sister" "Buffy had to come to L.A, she hadn't planned it, it's just an emergency came up, I can't really explain sorry" "Oh, was it her father?" "No, it was my boss, he's extremely sick and Buffy felt she was needed here in L.A" "Okay well when you see her, could you tell her I rung and get her to ring me back please" "Will do" Fred put Buffy's phone back on the table and fell onto the couch completely exhausted.
*************************************************** "Spikey what are we going to do? Where are we going to go?" "Not sure yet pet, you make up your mind babes and daddy will take you wherever you want" Drusilla had her head on his lap while as pointless as it was he fed her grapes. "I want to hurt the slayer, I want to get her back for making you think you ever loved her" "I only ever loved you my precious. Do you know why?" "No daddy" "Because your evil my petal, your heart is cold, your worse than Angelus himself, you know that bugger got far too much attention, but me and you Dru, we're gonna show the world who has the power, me and you Dru, that's what it comes down to. We'll always have each other". "My daddy loves me" "Yes he does, you wanna another grape?" "So are we going to Sunnydale then my pet?" "Yes, so that we can strike fear into the heart's of man" Dru began to dance around on tiptoes while Spike laughed as his little princess formulated a plan in her evil little head.
*************************************************** "So basically Cordelia ain't ever coming back to this plain" "In short no. Look" Wes pointed to Fred lying fast asleep and Gunn couldn't help but love this woman. "You know man we never talked about the situation with Fred, are you cool with me going out wit her?" "Of course I am, she loves you and all I want for Fred is to be happy. I don't love her Gunn, as a friend yes but nothing more, I'll find love someday" "As long as we're still friends man" "That indeed we are" "She looks so cute, I dunno whether to take her upstairs or just leave her" "Just leave her, why don't we check on the other two?" Wes checked Buffy who seemed to look very pale, he took a closer look and she was freezing and shivering, this was certainly bizarre. "Wes man, come quick!" Wes rushed into Angel's room where Angel was violently fitting and didn't look to good. "What do we do? We can't take him to hospital" "I am unsure Gunn, we may need help in taking care of these two" "You thinking what I'm thinking?" "Call Sunnydale. You try and keep him calm, I'll give them a call" Wes rushed downstairs and quickly dialled Buffy's home number. "Hello, is this Dawn?" "Yes" "Could you put Willow or Xander on the phone please" "Yeah sure, Xand, Will, I'll be 1 minute" Dawn rushed to get one of them and Wes waited as patiently as possible. "Hello Wes, what's the problem?" "Hello Xander, I was wondering if it could be possible for either yourself or Willow to come to L.A we're having a major problem at the moment" "We both could I think, if Dawn came with us" "I don't think it would be good for Dawn to come, the sights she will be greeted by are not exactly comforting, I myself am finding it difficult to keep composure" "What's going on exactly Wesley?" "Well in one room I have Buffy as pale a sheet and shivering, why I don't know and in the other room I have Angel severely fitting, he's disillusioned and is reaching out for someone, and has strangely a temperature, a very high temperature, there are only 3 people here, myself, Gunn and Fred and are finding it quite difficult coping. Lorne left for Las Vegas, Cordelia has become a higher being and Connor is a arrogant little sod" "We'll be there as soon as possible, I'll try and get in touch with Giles, I'll have to bring Dawn we'll be there as soon as possible and you can fill me in on the details when we get there" "Thank you Xander".
*************************************************** "Wesley, Fred?" "We're here, hey ya'll. We're sorry we had to drag you up here but we're at a dead end." "Hello Mr Giles I'm surprised you'd be here so soon, I guess you would like to be filled in?" "It would help yeah" "I'll try and shorten it as much as possible. Right a law firm called Wolfram and Hart brought Darla back. She put a spell on Angel and made him lose his sanity and then he slept with her and he became sane again. 9 months later Darla comes back pregnant. There is a prophecy, which says 2 vamps would have a warrior son alas Darla's pregnancy. Darla kills herself because she does not want to hurt the child, as the child is human she feels compassion towards the child, so she killed herself when he was born. Everything is fine for a little while until I decipher more of the prophecy, I find out Angel would kill Connor. Wolfram and Hart are spiking Angel's blood with Connor's so he craves his son's blood. Meanwhile a man brought from the 18th century called Daniel Holtz is after Angel to avenge his family's death at the hands of Angelus. I take Connor to protect him, subsequently getting my throat slit, Connor being taking into a different dimension with Holtz and Angel trying to kill me later on. I soon find out the prophecy was false, Darla was not supposed to be his mother, Angel would not kill Connor and so on. Angel tries several ways to get Connor back until one succeeds, Connor comes back but now called Stephen and Holtz comes along with him. We are not aware Holtz came back as well and he is now an elderly man and Connor is a teenager. He is confused, Holtz writes him a letter and Angel finds out about him. He goes to visit him and Fred and Gunn keep him occupied but he hears what they are saying and runs back to the motel, where he finds a slayer called Justine cradling Holtz and Holtz has two holes in his neck. Matter of fact Holtz asked to be killed and left Connor a letter but Justine wanted Angel to take the blame so she put two holes in his neck. So Connor pretends he doesn't know anything and goes to live with Angel, learning how to fight and such. One night Angel goes to meet Cordelia to fight a demon on the beach, Cordelia does not turn up and Connor sticks Angel in a glass coffin and drops him to the bottom of the ocean, Justine feeling extremely proud of herself. So we found out last week Angel was deep below the water and were about to go rescue him when Buffy turned up, said she had a feeling something terrible had happened to Angel. We only had three suits but Buffy argued point blankly and swum with us to save Angel with just her jeans and t-shirt, which I warned her could cause her harm but she wouldn't listen. So we got Angel onto the boat and he was unconscious and we had to help Buffy into the boat because after being in extremely cold water for four hours her body was extremely weak. So anyway we feared Angel could be brain damaged after being deprived of blood for three months and we were aware he would have to feed off one of us, knowing we would probably die if he did, I myself was going to do it, when Buffy stopped me and instinctively Angel fed off her then pulled back in horror after a short amount of time, then passed out again. Cordelia has become a higher being and Connor is the arrogant little sod who is still bent on vengeance" "So if that's the summary what's the long story like?" "Xander! That isn't important at the minute" "Can I see my sister?" "Not yet Dawn, I know your not a child but this is something you may not want to see, why don't you stay down here with Fred for a little while?" "Okay, but tell me what happens" "We will" Willow, Gunn, Wes, Giles and Xander headed upstairs to see what they were like now. "Okay Willow, Xander you see how Buffy is doing and myself and Gunn will check on Angel, Giles whoever you feel comfortable with" "I'll come with you Wes" the three men entered the room and saw Angel reaching out for someone who was not there, he appeared to have a temperature and would not stay still. "I see what you mean Wesley, these symptoms are uncommon, practically unknown in vampires, you have the air conditioning on?" "No heat what so ever man, but still no change, if we could take him to a hospital, we would" "Does he flinch or turn away if you touch him?" "Usually, we've tried taking his temperature and he panics which has sent him into a fit so we have no way of knowing what temperature he is" "I may have your solution but Buffy will have to be healthy before we even consider it" "You mean letting him feed off her again?" "Yes, but Buffy's condition must improve first" "Wes I think we should consult the powers again, see what they say" "Would it be alright to leave you with him for a little while Mr.Giles?" "Of course, do what you have to do".
*************************************************** What have you brought us this time lower being?" "This watch, I just got it" "Fine, what have you come here for?" "We need information about the one you call Angelus" "Ah, what do you need to know?" "Will he get better? We need to know whether he needs to feed off a human being again" "No, give him time and he will return to full health and more, he must leave the slayer's blood, he has already changed the future by feeding off the slayer, you must prepare for there are battles you all must face" "What battles? What does the false prophecy mean concerning Connor now? Were these changes to the future meant to be?" "Battles which we cannot divulge, things you must prepare for yourself, beware William the Bloody rests no more. Connor is a key feature to the balance, he can go either way, all you must remember is the slayer is the key factor, she will define what Connor will become and yes these changes to the future were intended but no more". "What has Angel done by feeding off Buffy?" "Things we must not mention but will all be revealed soon, you must remember if he hadn't of fed from the slayer he would be dead and you must also know your friend Cordelia will be along side you in spirit to guide you, so that you can face both William the Bloody and Connor, that is it lower beings, you must leave now".
*************************************************** "Guys you're back, so what did they say?" "You want their exact words, they took so long I had time to memorise it, basically Connor can go either way, so he could work for the likes of Wolfram and Hart or us. Angel has changed the future by feeding off Buffy, they wouldn't tell us how but Buffy saved his life, his condition will improve but he must not feed off Buffy again and we must prepare for battles against Connor and William the Bloody, Cordy will help us in spirit and the slayer is the key factor in all of this" "So what's the deal with Connor?" "Well Fred my dear Buffy will define what Connor becomes, how is she by the way?" "She's doing okay, she was sick again and now she's sleeping, her sister and Giles are up there with her, Angel has finally settled at last, he ain't reaching out anymore at least and Willow and Xander are sitting with him" "Well, we better tell the others what the powers told us, coz I got this crazy feeling that there is a whole heap a trouble about to land, and we're gonna be right in the middle of it".