PART 4
Buffy was standing in the middle of a white room, there seemed
to be nobody around.
"Hello? Is anybody here?" "Buffy, you're here, well ya know not
literally here" "Cordy? Where am I? Everybody is worried about
you" "You're in the presence of the higher beings, you're among
the powers that be and I would be one of those powers" "How?"
"My time on earth was done, yeah it sucks, it's so boring up
here, how's you guys?" "Not too good, I'm pretty sick, Angel
isn't even with it and everybody is really worried about us."
"What happened to Angel?" "Connor sent him to the bottom of the
ocean" "Oh my God!" "Why am I here Cordy?" "You need to
understand a little bit more, you're not quite clear on the big
picture. You see Wes told you about the false prophecy but you
clearly haven't figured it out, and to successfully win the
battles that are about to come you need to understand. You
remember when Wes said Connor was not Darla's child?" "Yeah"
"Well how else could a kid be that strong without having a vamp
for a mother?" "Angel's strong" "Figure it Buff. You're Connor's
mother" "You gotta be kidding me. I'm 22 yet somehow my son is
like 16, it's not possible" "Yeah but Connor shouldn't be 16
really, he should still be a baby" "Well if he's my son, how
come I have no recollection of conceiving, carrying or giving
birth to him?" "You can't remember the day you conceived, and
Darla did the hard work for you." "How did Darla have my son?
This is really unbelievable Cord" "Ok. I guess I'm gonna have to
break a deal Angel made with us guys three years ago to explain
a little. The rest basically is because of the thing Angel did
Connor had to be carried by Darla, he has always been yours, and
he was in limbo practically until Angel you know. Okay close
your eyes" Buffy's mind was swamped with images of her and Angel
making love, eating ice cream, kissing on the pier and crying
into his shirt.
"Angel was human, we got to love each other again, but he turned
it back, why?" "Because he loved you so much he couldn't let you
die, and trust me you guys never stopped loving each other,
never will, this is what would have happened if he hadn't of
done it" Buffy's mind was swamped yet again with images, but now
it was pain, fear and death. She saw herself and Connor dying at
a man's hands, Angel crying, death all around.
"Aaagghh!" Buffy woke up with a blood-curling scream, waking
nearly everybody in the hotel.
"Buffy, what's wrong?" Buffy clung tightly to Fred and cried;
Fred could feel her shaking with fear.
"I need to see Angel, please Fred" "Come on" Buffy followed Fred
into Angel's room then was left alone with him.
Angel lay sleeping, with his sheets covering him and she just
couldn't believe this was the alternative to what Cordy showed
her, it wasn't much better.
She wrapped her arms around him and held him, just wishing they
could be together.
She kissed him on his forehead "God Angel, if I had of just
stayed in Sunnydale, then none of this would have happened"
Angel began to stir in Buffy's arms.
His eyes began to flicker constantly and Buffy was hopeful.
She just held him all the while hoping he was coming to,
finally.
His eyes fully opened and he was confused, was this just another
illusion?
"Buffy? Are you real?" "Yeah baby, I'm real. Don't try and move,
you're still sick" "What happened, I can't remember" "I'll tell
you later, just rest for a little while" "Where's Connor?" "We
don't know, but it doesn't matter, how are you feeling?" "I
reached out for you, and you came, you came and rescued me" "You
were reaching out for me?" "Yes, I knew you'd help me, they
tortured me Buffy, I hurt you and my friends" "You didn't hurt
anyone sweetie" Fred came running into the room "Buffy, your
phone is ringing, oh my God!" "I'll take it, you gonna stay
here?" "Yeah".
*************************************************** "Hello, Miss Summers I need to speak to you" "Mr Woods, I'm so sorry I didn't come in last week" "Yes I spoke to a friend of yours, she said you felt it was necessary but it was no reason to take Dawn out of school" "You know as much as I would love a job Principal Woods, I just don't think I can't take it because I would always be letting you down, because I have to take off with no notice quite a lot, so it would be unfair to take the job. I'll get Dawn back for tomorrow" "Miss Summers I think you'd be an asset to the students, I would really like you to reconsider. May I know the true reason why you and Dawn could not make it?" "I guess so. My ex boyfriend Angel was in danger, his son had sent him to the bottom of the ocean and I just knew something wasn't right so I knew I had to go to him, I'm sorry and well for the last week myself and Angel have been extremely sick so my friends called my other friends for some help and that is why Dawn is in L.A. I know it sounds stupid, but that is all true. I may be gone for at least another two weeks to make sure he's okay but I'll get Dawn back for tomorrow" "Angel as in Angelus?" "Yes, but that was a long time ago, except for that one occasion five years ago, which was my fault" "I heard about that, if you want me to I could do you and Dawn a favour but it means you'd have to do me one" "Go on" "If I let Dawn have some time off, say two months tops, you will take the job because I really would like you to be there" "Okay, but won't she be behind in her work?" "I'll give her the exception, I need to ask you something else, was Angel friends with William the bloody when he was Angelus?" "Yes he was" "Thank you, well I'll leave you now Miss Summers, I've got work to do, goodbye" "Bye". Buffy headed back into Angel's room and saw him reaching out again "Fred is he okay?" "He thinks that you were an illusion, he wants to see you again, I'll leave you two and I think I'll tell the rest of the guys" "Thanks Fred". "Angel, look at me baby, I'm right here and I'm not leaving you" "Don't leave me Buffy" "I wouldn't leave you, not ever, I promise". "How you feeling?" "Not too good, I feel colder than usual" Buffy wrapped her arms around Angel to try as best as she could to warm him up. "Buffy" "Gunn, what's up?" "I think I should tell you something, you really need to know this, and so does Angel, how ya feeling man?" "I'm okay" "So what's up?" "Me and Wes went to the oracles and well we got problems, you wanna know exactly what they told us?" "Yeah" "Well we asked if Angel was gonna get any better and whether he would need to feed off you, and they told us somehow he's changed the future by feeding off you, but they wouldn't tell us how. Also they told us if he had of fed off Wes he would have died." "Great, is it me or are all the powers pains in the asses?" "They're all asses anyway Connor, he can go either way Buffy depending on you, so he can go bad or good, yet again don't know what they meant and we gotta prepare for battles. We gotta watch out too coz they said beware William the Bloody and that the slayer is the key factor, she will define what Connor will become." "Wes saved me? Why?" "Man he's not the same guy, please don't get angry it's just we wanted to find you and he figured it was Justine who convinced Connor to do it and killed Holtz" "I'm fine with Wes. It's me who should be apologising". "What do they mean I'll define Connor's future?" "That's the problem they wouldn't tell us, and we still haven't found Cordy" "I can help you with that. I had a dream but it wasn't a dream, I guess it's the only way I could see them. Well anyway I saw Cordy, she's a higher being, she told me the powers told her she had outlived this plain and moved onto a higher plain. Anyway she explained clearly to me about that false prophecy, Darla was never Connor's mother, I am." "Okay, how?" "I'll explain to everyone later Gunn, can you leave us for a minute?" "Sure".
*************************************************** "Gunn did you tell them sweetie?" "Yeah Fred, I don't think they're really thinking about it at the minute though, I think they're still trying to find the right words to say to each other, hey Wes he's cool wit you" "Well that is good news" "Oh Buffy told us what's happened to Cordy, she's a higher being" "How!" "Apparently the powers thought she had outlived this plain, so she went up to the next one" "Where's the Sunnydale crew?" "They went out, took Dawn out for a little while, they're really worried about Angel so they decided to take their minds off it for a little while" "There aint anything wrong with that babe, how bout we do that? They're both okay, we can leave them alone now" "I suppose we could, hey if we go out I could get this thing I want to get for Buffy" "What is it?" "Well you know for the last few hours Gunn me and Wes have been looking on the internet for anything about what Angel has done to change the future by feeding off her" "At first we found an article saying vampires can poison humans if deprived of blood but then we read a little further and it said after 6 months" "How could a vamp poison?" "Well it would either poison or kill, anyway then we saw one about a type of vampire who can actually get humans pregnant by feeding off them, how we're not sure or sleeping with them so we're gonna pray it's the second one, so you coming wit us baby?" "Sure Fred, I need to get outta this place and I doubt Buffy's pregnant" "Oh totally" "Yes I doubt if it's even possible, this my friend is just superstitious nonsense which I am more than willing to pray could be true rather than the more likely truth"
*************************************************** "How?" "I didn't understand at first, but when Cordy explained it, it made sense" "She showed you, the forgotten day" "Yeah she did, it was sad you had to turn it back but rather that than the alternative she showed me" "What did she show you?" "You did the right thing baby, if we hadn't of turned back the day you would have had to watch me and Connor die. But it all makes sense, the whole false prophecy, Darla isn't his real mother, you weren't gonna kill him, I doubt you even could, even after all this coz I know I couldn't. But I mean if I'm his mother then we have a chance to get our son back, to make sure we show him so much love and never let him feel under loved, to make sure he's just like us" "Buffy, I don't know what to say, I know it was him who did it, but I know Justine played a main part in convincing him I was a bad guy" "Your not a bad guy, you're his father and he needs to get to know you, we both missed him grow up because of Holtz, but I'll try my hardest to get him back" "I love you Buffy, I never thought I'd get to tell you again, but I do and you are the only person I have ever loved, and please believe me I didn't love Darla" "I know, we've both done things we regret. Baby I don't know how to tell you but, I slept with Spike, then, he, he tried to rape me 3 months ago, and I haven't seen him since" "Did he hurt you?" "He tried to, but Xander helped me" "You don't need to apologise, we needed time to realise we were stupid for ever splitting up" Buffy lay back on the bed and Angel cradled her. She tipped her head back then gently kissed him and he returned the kiss "I love you too Angel".
*************************************************** "You think they're okay?" "I'm sure they're fine babe, that was a nice place we went to Wes, hey I'll go and check on them" Gunn ran upstairs and saw Buffy and Angel fast asleep lying in each other's arms. "They're fine, sleeping, in each other's arms and it's just the way it should be". "So I assume you got the test Fred?" "Yeah Wes, Gunn can I talk to you for a minute over here?" "Yeah, sure". "What is it?" "I got myself a test as well" "You think you might be?" "Possibly, don't get angry" "I'm not angry, I could never be angry at you, I love you" "Thanks Gunn, don't tell anyone, not till I'm sure" "Promise, so when do you think the Sunnydale crew will be back?" "I think that would be now Gunn, Fred". "Hey guys, sorry we were so long it's just we went to see a movie to take our mind off things, how are they?" "Why don't you go take a look for yourself Dawn" "Okay" Dawn headed upstairs leaving Xander, Willow and Giles with Gunn, Fred and Wes. "So do we have anything else more on what the powers that be said?" "I think me and Wes may have worked out something, but it might not be all rosy" "Go on" "Well when Angel fed off of Buffy he could have poisoned her which will eventually kill her, and I pray to God it's not that but it's sadly more likely or he could have got her pregnant. You see there is a type of vampire apparently who can get humans pregnant by feeding off them or you know having sex with them and the page also said feeding off a human can only result in pregnancy at a specific time, or how many little vamp kids would you have running around. I know you guys probably won't be too happy if it is the second one but I'd rather the second one but sadly it's probably the first one coz we don't know if Angel is that type of vampire" "Oh God. Xander I hope to God it's the second one, Giles are you okay?" "I'll be fine Willow, I'm just finding this a little hard to take in".
*************************************************** Dawn looked in on the pair sleeping peacefully in each other's arms, noticing how content they looked. "I love you guys" she whispered under her breath, and couldn't help but just look at them being happy together. "Dawn, come here, aww" "Shh, I know don't they look cute" "Are they back together?" "I hope so Will" "We need to talk, there are a lot of things I have to tell you" Willow took Dawn downstairs to explain what was going on, about how they had to get ready to face Spike and Connor, how Buffy was Connor's mother and basically about everything that was about to go down. "Buffy" "Angel, we must have dropped off, how are you feeling now?" "A little better, at least I'm not delusional anymore" "I was just thinking, I've never seen my own son" "He's tallish, he's got brown eyes and hair, quite a feisty attitude, and sometimes he just jumps into things without thinking, now that I think about it he was always like your son, never Darla's, I just couldn't see it, but he looks like you too" "I've heard his voice before, he told me he was gonna get me, but I ignored him" "They brainwashed him baby, Holtz took our son and convinced him that he was his father and not me and Justine convinced him to do what he did". "Guys, can I come in?" "Hey Fred, what's up?" "I think I need to talk to you. Okay last week when Angel fed off you, he changed the future, you know like we told you" "Anyway we were trying to work out what the powers meant and we have whittled it down to two things, Angel I hope it isn't what I'm about to say but you may have poisoned her when you fed off her, which could kill her or you got her pregnant, because it's like this one type of vamp which can actually get a human pregnant" "So what do we do?" "Take this" Fred handed Buffy the pregnancy kit "Don't worry I've gotta take one as well" "Thanks Fred" "I'll leave you two alone". "What do we do? What if, I'm poisoned?" "Then we'll find a way around it, did Fred just say she was about to take the test?" "Yes, okay well I'm gonna go do this, I'll be back soon" "I love you" Angel pulled her down to him then kissed her and let her to go. Angel waited anxiously in bed while Buffy had been in the bathroom for over five minutes. "So?" Buffy climbed back into bed and gave out a heavy sigh "So. So you hear about the vampire who got a slayer pregnant for a second time?" "You mean?" "Yeah, I'm pregnant, not poisoned" "That's brilliant!" "How are you feeling? Could you get out of bed, take a trip downstairs?" "Yeah, I've been stuck in this room for the last week and a half" "Come on then, let's go put their minds at rest".
*************************************************** "I wonder how it's going up there?" "We'll just have to wait, God Willow this sucks, what if, what if Angel poisoned Buffy? "Shh, Dawny, don't think about that" Willow cradled Dawn while Xander and Giles paced the floor. Wes, Gunn and Fred were slumped onto the couch trying not to think about the more than likely truth. "Gunn, baby what do we do if Angel has you know? I mean he's gonna be crushed, and it'll be virtually impossible to try and console him" "You're thinking too far ahead babe, did you do the thing you needed to do?" "Yeah" "And?" "Congratulations daddy" "You mean?" "Yeah, don't broadcast it yet though, I wanna know how everything goes on with Buffy and Angel" "Ok" Gunn hugged Fred tightly feeling ecstatic that he was going to be a dad. "Hey guys, you kinda look depressed, something wrong?" "Buffy!" Dawn ran up to Buffy and Angel and hugged them, practically cutting off her sister's oxygen supply. "So man, what's the deal?" everybody looked tense as they tried to find the words to say to the pair. "Oh that, well Gunn me and Angel would like to tell everybody that, Connor won't be an only child for much longer" "You mean you're pregnant?" "Yes!" the group enveloped Buffy and Angel in a hug just glad to know Buffy was okay. "Okay babe, so now we know they're okay, can we tell them?" "Sure, Buffy you're not the only one who's pregnant" "You mean you too? "Yep" "That's brilliant Fred" "Congratulations to both of you" "Yeah good on you dead boy for not killing her" "I'll take that as a compliment Xander" "Just as it was intended of course" "Okay, as sweet as this moment is guys I think we have things to talk about, like my charming little nephew getting ready to attack us, oh yeah and Spike and his crazy love bitch Drusilla coming to get us too!" "Dawn! I will not allow such language to be spoken" "Sorry Giles, but anyway we better get a plan together" "You're right, as much as I really wanna celebrate, as Fred does too probably we need to get everything together" "Right Wes, Gunn and Xander you guys go down to Willy's and find out what he know's about Spike and Dru's return and ask if he's seen Connor too, Gile's, Willow and Dawn can do some research on some of the likely spots Spike could be and see if you find any prophecies on the upcoming battles and me and Buffy will go to the power's then patrol, I think L.A needs to know I'm back" "Okay well let's head off then, see what we can get out of Willy, wait a minute, what about Fred?" "Fred would you be alright on your own having a little hunt for Connor?" "Yeah sure Angel, Connor don't hurt humans does he?" "No, you have done nothing to hurt him" "No way man, she can come with us then we'll have a look for Connor, or maybe you and Buffy should look for him after seeing the powers" "Okay Gunn, I want everybody back here safe, so watch out for each other".
*************************************************** "Connor, we got problems, it's Angel" "What about him?" "He's on land" "How!" Connor smacked his fist off the table and Justine backed away slowly. "Stay there you insubordinate bitch!" "Connor I'm sorry, but that guy Wesley he threatened to hurt me" "And you believed him? He is a good guy Justine, he wouldn't have hurt you, so what made you crack?" "He tied me to a chair and told me he was going to hurt me" "You are weak Justine, Just like your sister was" "You little bastard! Don't you dare speak about her like that!" "What are you going to do to me? I'm the son of two vamps you dumb bitch! I am stronger than you will ever be" Justine punched Connor then he tripped her onto the floor "Like I said I'm stronger than you" "Don't count on it!" Justine kicked Connor off her then kicked him into the wall. "Now who's weak?! Maybe that Wes guy was right, you are Angel's son! Now get up!" Connor struggled back onto his feet then Justine smacked his head off the table "now listen kid, this little partnership between me and you ain't working, so I'm going to beat the crap out of you, leave you here and I myself will sort out Angel, because you're taking too long, and plus daddy might ground you if you stay out late!"
*************************************************** "Hello, Miss Summers I need to speak to you" "Mr Woods, I'm so sorry I didn't come in last week" "Yes I spoke to a friend of yours, she said you felt it was necessary but it was no reason to take Dawn out of school" "You know as much as I would love a job Principal Woods, I just don't think I can't take it because I would always be letting you down, because I have to take off with no notice quite a lot, so it would be unfair to take the job. I'll get Dawn back for tomorrow" "Miss Summers I think you'd be an asset to the students, I would really like you to reconsider. May I know the true reason why you and Dawn could not make it?" "I guess so. My ex boyfriend Angel was in danger, his son had sent him to the bottom of the ocean and I just knew something wasn't right so I knew I had to go to him, I'm sorry and well for the last week myself and Angel have been extremely sick so my friends called my other friends for some help and that is why Dawn is in L.A. I know it sounds stupid, but that is all true. I may be gone for at least another two weeks to make sure he's okay but I'll get Dawn back for tomorrow" "Angel as in Angelus?" "Yes, but that was a long time ago, except for that one occasion five years ago, which was my fault" "I heard about that, if you want me to I could do you and Dawn a favour but it means you'd have to do me one" "Go on" "If I let Dawn have some time off, say two months tops, you will take the job because I really would like you to be there" "Okay, but won't she be behind in her work?" "I'll give her the exception, I need to ask you something else, was Angel friends with William the bloody when he was Angelus?" "Yes he was" "Thank you, well I'll leave you now Miss Summers, I've got work to do, goodbye" "Bye". Buffy headed back into Angel's room and saw him reaching out again "Fred is he okay?" "He thinks that you were an illusion, he wants to see you again, I'll leave you two and I think I'll tell the rest of the guys" "Thanks Fred". "Angel, look at me baby, I'm right here and I'm not leaving you" "Don't leave me Buffy" "I wouldn't leave you, not ever, I promise". "How you feeling?" "Not too good, I feel colder than usual" Buffy wrapped her arms around Angel to try as best as she could to warm him up. "Buffy" "Gunn, what's up?" "I think I should tell you something, you really need to know this, and so does Angel, how ya feeling man?" "I'm okay" "So what's up?" "Me and Wes went to the oracles and well we got problems, you wanna know exactly what they told us?" "Yeah" "Well we asked if Angel was gonna get any better and whether he would need to feed off you, and they told us somehow he's changed the future by feeding off you, but they wouldn't tell us how. Also they told us if he had of fed off Wes he would have died." "Great, is it me or are all the powers pains in the asses?" "They're all asses anyway Connor, he can go either way Buffy depending on you, so he can go bad or good, yet again don't know what they meant and we gotta prepare for battles. We gotta watch out too coz they said beware William the Bloody and that the slayer is the key factor, she will define what Connor will become." "Wes saved me? Why?" "Man he's not the same guy, please don't get angry it's just we wanted to find you and he figured it was Justine who convinced Connor to do it and killed Holtz" "I'm fine with Wes. It's me who should be apologising". "What do they mean I'll define Connor's future?" "That's the problem they wouldn't tell us, and we still haven't found Cordy" "I can help you with that. I had a dream but it wasn't a dream, I guess it's the only way I could see them. Well anyway I saw Cordy, she's a higher being, she told me the powers told her she had outlived this plain and moved onto a higher plain. Anyway she explained clearly to me about that false prophecy, Darla was never Connor's mother, I am." "Okay, how?" "I'll explain to everyone later Gunn, can you leave us for a minute?" "Sure".
*************************************************** "Gunn did you tell them sweetie?" "Yeah Fred, I don't think they're really thinking about it at the minute though, I think they're still trying to find the right words to say to each other, hey Wes he's cool wit you" "Well that is good news" "Oh Buffy told us what's happened to Cordy, she's a higher being" "How!" "Apparently the powers thought she had outlived this plain, so she went up to the next one" "Where's the Sunnydale crew?" "They went out, took Dawn out for a little while, they're really worried about Angel so they decided to take their minds off it for a little while" "There aint anything wrong with that babe, how bout we do that? They're both okay, we can leave them alone now" "I suppose we could, hey if we go out I could get this thing I want to get for Buffy" "What is it?" "Well you know for the last few hours Gunn me and Wes have been looking on the internet for anything about what Angel has done to change the future by feeding off her" "At first we found an article saying vampires can poison humans if deprived of blood but then we read a little further and it said after 6 months" "How could a vamp poison?" "Well it would either poison or kill, anyway then we saw one about a type of vampire who can actually get humans pregnant by feeding off them, how we're not sure or sleeping with them so we're gonna pray it's the second one, so you coming wit us baby?" "Sure Fred, I need to get outta this place and I doubt Buffy's pregnant" "Oh totally" "Yes I doubt if it's even possible, this my friend is just superstitious nonsense which I am more than willing to pray could be true rather than the more likely truth"
*************************************************** "How?" "I didn't understand at first, but when Cordy explained it, it made sense" "She showed you, the forgotten day" "Yeah she did, it was sad you had to turn it back but rather that than the alternative she showed me" "What did she show you?" "You did the right thing baby, if we hadn't of turned back the day you would have had to watch me and Connor die. But it all makes sense, the whole false prophecy, Darla isn't his real mother, you weren't gonna kill him, I doubt you even could, even after all this coz I know I couldn't. But I mean if I'm his mother then we have a chance to get our son back, to make sure we show him so much love and never let him feel under loved, to make sure he's just like us" "Buffy, I don't know what to say, I know it was him who did it, but I know Justine played a main part in convincing him I was a bad guy" "Your not a bad guy, you're his father and he needs to get to know you, we both missed him grow up because of Holtz, but I'll try my hardest to get him back" "I love you Buffy, I never thought I'd get to tell you again, but I do and you are the only person I have ever loved, and please believe me I didn't love Darla" "I know, we've both done things we regret. Baby I don't know how to tell you but, I slept with Spike, then, he, he tried to rape me 3 months ago, and I haven't seen him since" "Did he hurt you?" "He tried to, but Xander helped me" "You don't need to apologise, we needed time to realise we were stupid for ever splitting up" Buffy lay back on the bed and Angel cradled her. She tipped her head back then gently kissed him and he returned the kiss "I love you too Angel".
*************************************************** "You think they're okay?" "I'm sure they're fine babe, that was a nice place we went to Wes, hey I'll go and check on them" Gunn ran upstairs and saw Buffy and Angel fast asleep lying in each other's arms. "They're fine, sleeping, in each other's arms and it's just the way it should be". "So I assume you got the test Fred?" "Yeah Wes, Gunn can I talk to you for a minute over here?" "Yeah, sure". "What is it?" "I got myself a test as well" "You think you might be?" "Possibly, don't get angry" "I'm not angry, I could never be angry at you, I love you" "Thanks Gunn, don't tell anyone, not till I'm sure" "Promise, so when do you think the Sunnydale crew will be back?" "I think that would be now Gunn, Fred". "Hey guys, sorry we were so long it's just we went to see a movie to take our mind off things, how are they?" "Why don't you go take a look for yourself Dawn" "Okay" Dawn headed upstairs leaving Xander, Willow and Giles with Gunn, Fred and Wes. "So do we have anything else more on what the powers that be said?" "I think me and Wes may have worked out something, but it might not be all rosy" "Go on" "Well when Angel fed off of Buffy he could have poisoned her which will eventually kill her, and I pray to God it's not that but it's sadly more likely or he could have got her pregnant. You see there is a type of vampire apparently who can get humans pregnant by feeding off them or you know having sex with them and the page also said feeding off a human can only result in pregnancy at a specific time, or how many little vamp kids would you have running around. I know you guys probably won't be too happy if it is the second one but I'd rather the second one but sadly it's probably the first one coz we don't know if Angel is that type of vampire" "Oh God. Xander I hope to God it's the second one, Giles are you okay?" "I'll be fine Willow, I'm just finding this a little hard to take in".
*************************************************** Dawn looked in on the pair sleeping peacefully in each other's arms, noticing how content they looked. "I love you guys" she whispered under her breath, and couldn't help but just look at them being happy together. "Dawn, come here, aww" "Shh, I know don't they look cute" "Are they back together?" "I hope so Will" "We need to talk, there are a lot of things I have to tell you" Willow took Dawn downstairs to explain what was going on, about how they had to get ready to face Spike and Connor, how Buffy was Connor's mother and basically about everything that was about to go down. "Buffy" "Angel, we must have dropped off, how are you feeling now?" "A little better, at least I'm not delusional anymore" "I was just thinking, I've never seen my own son" "He's tallish, he's got brown eyes and hair, quite a feisty attitude, and sometimes he just jumps into things without thinking, now that I think about it he was always like your son, never Darla's, I just couldn't see it, but he looks like you too" "I've heard his voice before, he told me he was gonna get me, but I ignored him" "They brainwashed him baby, Holtz took our son and convinced him that he was his father and not me and Justine convinced him to do what he did". "Guys, can I come in?" "Hey Fred, what's up?" "I think I need to talk to you. Okay last week when Angel fed off you, he changed the future, you know like we told you" "Anyway we were trying to work out what the powers meant and we have whittled it down to two things, Angel I hope it isn't what I'm about to say but you may have poisoned her when you fed off her, which could kill her or you got her pregnant, because it's like this one type of vamp which can actually get a human pregnant" "So what do we do?" "Take this" Fred handed Buffy the pregnancy kit "Don't worry I've gotta take one as well" "Thanks Fred" "I'll leave you two alone". "What do we do? What if, I'm poisoned?" "Then we'll find a way around it, did Fred just say she was about to take the test?" "Yes, okay well I'm gonna go do this, I'll be back soon" "I love you" Angel pulled her down to him then kissed her and let her to go. Angel waited anxiously in bed while Buffy had been in the bathroom for over five minutes. "So?" Buffy climbed back into bed and gave out a heavy sigh "So. So you hear about the vampire who got a slayer pregnant for a second time?" "You mean?" "Yeah, I'm pregnant, not poisoned" "That's brilliant!" "How are you feeling? Could you get out of bed, take a trip downstairs?" "Yeah, I've been stuck in this room for the last week and a half" "Come on then, let's go put their minds at rest".
*************************************************** "I wonder how it's going up there?" "We'll just have to wait, God Willow this sucks, what if, what if Angel poisoned Buffy? "Shh, Dawny, don't think about that" Willow cradled Dawn while Xander and Giles paced the floor. Wes, Gunn and Fred were slumped onto the couch trying not to think about the more than likely truth. "Gunn, baby what do we do if Angel has you know? I mean he's gonna be crushed, and it'll be virtually impossible to try and console him" "You're thinking too far ahead babe, did you do the thing you needed to do?" "Yeah" "And?" "Congratulations daddy" "You mean?" "Yeah, don't broadcast it yet though, I wanna know how everything goes on with Buffy and Angel" "Ok" Gunn hugged Fred tightly feeling ecstatic that he was going to be a dad. "Hey guys, you kinda look depressed, something wrong?" "Buffy!" Dawn ran up to Buffy and Angel and hugged them, practically cutting off her sister's oxygen supply. "So man, what's the deal?" everybody looked tense as they tried to find the words to say to the pair. "Oh that, well Gunn me and Angel would like to tell everybody that, Connor won't be an only child for much longer" "You mean you're pregnant?" "Yes!" the group enveloped Buffy and Angel in a hug just glad to know Buffy was okay. "Okay babe, so now we know they're okay, can we tell them?" "Sure, Buffy you're not the only one who's pregnant" "You mean you too? "Yep" "That's brilliant Fred" "Congratulations to both of you" "Yeah good on you dead boy for not killing her" "I'll take that as a compliment Xander" "Just as it was intended of course" "Okay, as sweet as this moment is guys I think we have things to talk about, like my charming little nephew getting ready to attack us, oh yeah and Spike and his crazy love bitch Drusilla coming to get us too!" "Dawn! I will not allow such language to be spoken" "Sorry Giles, but anyway we better get a plan together" "You're right, as much as I really wanna celebrate, as Fred does too probably we need to get everything together" "Right Wes, Gunn and Xander you guys go down to Willy's and find out what he know's about Spike and Dru's return and ask if he's seen Connor too, Gile's, Willow and Dawn can do some research on some of the likely spots Spike could be and see if you find any prophecies on the upcoming battles and me and Buffy will go to the power's then patrol, I think L.A needs to know I'm back" "Okay well let's head off then, see what we can get out of Willy, wait a minute, what about Fred?" "Fred would you be alright on your own having a little hunt for Connor?" "Yeah sure Angel, Connor don't hurt humans does he?" "No, you have done nothing to hurt him" "No way man, she can come with us then we'll have a look for Connor, or maybe you and Buffy should look for him after seeing the powers" "Okay Gunn, I want everybody back here safe, so watch out for each other".
*************************************************** "Connor, we got problems, it's Angel" "What about him?" "He's on land" "How!" Connor smacked his fist off the table and Justine backed away slowly. "Stay there you insubordinate bitch!" "Connor I'm sorry, but that guy Wesley he threatened to hurt me" "And you believed him? He is a good guy Justine, he wouldn't have hurt you, so what made you crack?" "He tied me to a chair and told me he was going to hurt me" "You are weak Justine, Just like your sister was" "You little bastard! Don't you dare speak about her like that!" "What are you going to do to me? I'm the son of two vamps you dumb bitch! I am stronger than you will ever be" Justine punched Connor then he tripped her onto the floor "Like I said I'm stronger than you" "Don't count on it!" Justine kicked Connor off her then kicked him into the wall. "Now who's weak?! Maybe that Wes guy was right, you are Angel's son! Now get up!" Connor struggled back onto his feet then Justine smacked his head off the table "now listen kid, this little partnership between me and you ain't working, so I'm going to beat the crap out of you, leave you here and I myself will sort out Angel, because you're taking too long, and plus daddy might ground you if you stay out late!"