PART 5
Daddy! We're here" "Yes we are ducks, good old Los Angeles, home
of the big bad himself, well he won't rule here for much longer"
"We'll hurt him, and we'll huff, and we'll puff and we'll blow
his slayer down!" "What is going on in your little head my
pretty?" "Plans, they're forming in my head Spikey, just how
many ways I can bring down that bitch of a slayer" "Don't worry
love, we'll make everything right again, I guarantee it".
*************************************************** "So any word on Connor yet?" "No, and we've hit nearly everywhere in L.A, I'm drawing a blank" "Well man have you checked the warehouse on the other side of town?" "There's a warehouse?" "Okay let me get this straight, you've lived here for like four years now, and you don't know that there's a warehouse?" "I never needed to go there, okay we'll go in a minute, so Gunn you get any word on Spike and Dru?" "Well ya'll be pleased to know that William the bloody and Drusilla are already here in L.A" "How Fred?" "Well it seems Buffy that they got in on a coach at midnight so I'm expecting an attack pretty soon, now Giles, Willow and Dawn are at the library still trying to research the prophecy, Xander and Wes are beating up Willy again, to be honest I think it gives Xander a confidence boost" "Trust me Fred, it does. Okay me and Angel are going over to that warehouse and when everybody comes in tell them we'll meet in the lobby at six to get a plan finalised, we don't have time for research anymore so it's action mode now, we've had a week to do research, we're running outta time" "Okay, see ya'll later".
*************************************************** "It's creepy on this side of town" "I know baby, are you scared?" "About everything that's about to go down? Yeah pretty much" "I meant about being a parent" "More than anything, but this is the way you're supposed to feel with your first child technically, well you know the first one who isn't 16 after a few months" "I know what you mean, we'll get through this whole battle thing you know. I won't let anyone hurt you Buffy" "I know. I love you so much, and I don't know what I would do without you" "You'd get by, you have for the last four years" "I pretended I was getting by, I never really figured out how to get by without you without having to fake emotions" "You don't have to be that person anymore, because I'm never leaving you for the plain fact that I love you so much it is too hard to try and get on with my life without you" "We're two of a kind babe" "We're destined, no matter how much anyone tries, they're never going to split us up" Buffy and Angel kissed gently then began to get more passionate when they heard whimpers come from the warehouse and ran to check it out. "Hello? Something is definitely up" the cries of pain continued and Angel could smell blood. "Someone is definitely here, I can sense two extra heartbeats" "I think it's coming from there" Buffy pointed to a corner of the warehouse and she and Angel slowly made their way over. "Angel, is that you? God it's been too long buddy" "Justine" Justine stepped out of the shadows with a knife in hand. "Buffy, get out now" "What I'm not leaving you" "Who are you? Oh yeah, Holtz told me about you, you were the one who killed the master" "If Holtz wasn't resurrected then, how did he know that?" "Coz he wasn't stupid, he always researched his targets, and you were linked to one of the targets, so ya know" "Sweetie, do you even know who I am?" "You're Angel's ex" "No, I'm more than that and who said we weren't together?" "But you were single 3 months ago" "I'm never really single Justine, I like to keep in touch with the mother of my son, you know what with custody and all" "But Darla, anyway I couldn't give a damn" "Honey you will not beat me" "Really? Ever heard of a slayer Buffy?" "Yeah as a matter of fact, nice to meet you girlfriend, us slayers should start having a reunion, me, you and Faith can get together, but Faith is a bit temperamental so you better watch yourself" Buffy kicked Justine onto the ground then Justine jumped right back and kicked Buffy in the stomach then Buffy jumped back up and punched her right in the face then Justine tripped her, pulled her hair and was about to smack her head off the floor when Angel grabbed her and smacked her against the other side of the room. "Are you okay sweetheart?" "I'm fine, you keep her busy and I'll go and see who she's got held up in here" Buffy slowly made her way to the body on the floor while Angel made sure Justine didn't get up anytime soon. "Can you hear me? We're gonna get you outta here honey" "Thank you" "It's my job, so what's your name?" "Connor" Buffy couldn't believe it, right in front of her, lying in agony was her son. "Why did you help me?" "Because it's what I do, why does she have you tied up here?" "I don't know, but it's all my fault, if I hadn't listened to her in the first place I would be with my father" Buffy wanted to know he was going to say, she wouldn't be shocked if he said Holtz, after all Justine and Holtz had both brainwashed her son into thinking Angel was just any other vamp. "Are you in pain Connor?" "Yes, she's a dab hand with a knife" "She's a bitch sweetie, a brainwashing bitch" "Do you know her?" "Not directly, my boyfriend knows her, anyway what did she do to you?" "They took me, her and Holtz took me away from my father, at first I thought that Holtz was my father but now I realise he was not, he just kept me alive" "We better get you out of here, you can come back with us and we'll get you cleaned up, just wait here". "Angel it's Connor, she's been holding up Connor here and he said you were his father" "Really?" "Yeah baby, are we ready to go? What about Justine?" "She'll be unconscious for about 6 hours still, plenty of time to get outta here" "Right I'll get Connor, wait at the door coz she's probably beaten the crap out if him". "Connor I'm back, come on let's get out of here" "Just leave me here, this is where I deserve to be" "No sweetheart, come on" Buffy threw Connor's arm over her shoulder and carried him out of the warehouse. "Angel? He's out, come on the gang will be wondering where we got to".
*************************************************** "Wonder where Buffy is" "Well Dawn they went on patrol" "Or they could be smooching" Xander picked up two pillows from the couch "Oh Angel I love you, kiss me" "Why of course my dear, for I am Angel! Sexaholic and strongest vamp, let me take you away from this wretched place and come to my little paradise of sun and sex" "Xander! Stop that!" "I thought it was kinda funny" "See you're influencing Dawn now" "Sorry mom! God Willow she's 16, she's knows about sex and all, just like we did those many years ago" "Funny" "You guys are pretty cool to kick back wit, your funny" "Thanks Gunn, where's Fred?" "She's hurling, apparently morning sickness is not restricted to the morning" "The wonders of pregnancy, thank God I'm a man" "Xander I must assure you, when you do finally settle down and have children and such you will feel pain of childbirth" "How would you know Wes?" "Because my girlfriend crushed my hand 15 years ago" "Ooh, our lives are becoming like some soap everyday, you never told us Wes" "Yes well, I was young and foolish, my son's name is Sean and his mother hasn't let me see him since he was 10 because her mother told me to piss off, apparently I already caused enough damage, he lives with his mother in Newcastle" "Cool, does he know who you are?" "Yes, I keep in contact with him and I always send him a present or two for Christmas and his birthday, I spend at least $3,000 on him at Christmas and $300 on his birthday" "Wow, did you tell anybody about him?" "Giles. I told him when I went to Sunnydale 3 years ago". Connor had passed out on the way to the hotel and Angel had carried him all the way to the hotel. "Careful, don't wanna hurt him anymore than Justine has" "I can see Buffy, I'm not blind, can you open the door for me please?" "Of course". "Hey Angel, what the?" "Oh hey guys, be with you in a minute, come on Buffy". "Who's the kid?" "That would be your nephew Dawn" "That's Connor?!" "Yes" "Wow, it's weird thinking Angel's a parent" "Yeah I know Will, he beat me" "You're competing with him? What is it, let's see who can get a woman pregnant first" "Not competing, it's just he's dead, he's kinda like the last guy you'd expect to have kids" "I think it's sweet, he seems like father material" "I agree with Dawn, he'll be a good dad" "Gunn back me up here, they're ganging up on me" "I don't know what to say man".
*************************************************** Angel lay Connor on the bed, and just couldn't believe he had his son back. "You know he may be 16, but to me Buffy I still see my little boy" "I know baby, our little boy, anyway I want a minute with him, if that's okay?" "Sure, I'll see if Fred's okay". "Hey Connor, you don't know yet baby, but I'm your mom. I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do, but I promise from now on I will be always here for you" Buffy hugged Connor and was horrified with Justine's action's towards Connor. Connor woke up with a startle, not sure why this woman was hugging him. "You're awake, how you feeling?" "Okay, I guess" Connor looked around, he knew where he was now, his home. "Why did you bring me here? He'll be furious with me, for what I did to him" "He isn't angry with you, he was never angry with you" "Could you tell me who you are?" "I'm Buffy Summers, slayer, Angel's girlfriend and counsellor at a job I haven't turned up for in two weeks" "Why aren't you angry at me? I was harassing you" "Forgotten about. Connor I need to tell you something and it will sound pretty far out and unbelievable but it is true. You never knew your mom did you?" "No Holtz said she was a vile demon" "So he told you about Darla?" "Yes" "Well she wasn't your mom" "But she gave birth to me" "Yeah, that's what I said when I first heard this mad story, Connor I'm your mother and the reason your as strong as you are is because vampires and slayers have stronger children than vampires together do." Buffy continued to fill in the parts, which explained the details, without going into great detail about less relevant parts.
*************************************************** "Fred are you okay?" "Hey Angel, fine, so what's going on?" "We found him Fred, we found Connor!" "That's great, is he okay?" "Yeah but Justine has been beaten the hell out of him, something must have happened" "Wow, now we just have to get ready to deal with Spike and Drusilla, and life will be peachy". "I'm going downstairs to see Gunn, hit him" "Why?" "Well my theory is if he hadn't of got me pregnant, I wouldn't be hurling" "Aaah, well I'm gonna see Buffy". Angel entered Buffy's room and saw her and Connor fast asleep, Buffy hugging him and he noticed that Connor had marks from tears on his face, he couldn't believe he had him back. He headed downstairs to explain to the gang and to sort out a plan for Dru and Spike's arrival.
*************************************************** "So any word on Connor yet?" "No, and we've hit nearly everywhere in L.A, I'm drawing a blank" "Well man have you checked the warehouse on the other side of town?" "There's a warehouse?" "Okay let me get this straight, you've lived here for like four years now, and you don't know that there's a warehouse?" "I never needed to go there, okay we'll go in a minute, so Gunn you get any word on Spike and Dru?" "Well ya'll be pleased to know that William the bloody and Drusilla are already here in L.A" "How Fred?" "Well it seems Buffy that they got in on a coach at midnight so I'm expecting an attack pretty soon, now Giles, Willow and Dawn are at the library still trying to research the prophecy, Xander and Wes are beating up Willy again, to be honest I think it gives Xander a confidence boost" "Trust me Fred, it does. Okay me and Angel are going over to that warehouse and when everybody comes in tell them we'll meet in the lobby at six to get a plan finalised, we don't have time for research anymore so it's action mode now, we've had a week to do research, we're running outta time" "Okay, see ya'll later".
*************************************************** "It's creepy on this side of town" "I know baby, are you scared?" "About everything that's about to go down? Yeah pretty much" "I meant about being a parent" "More than anything, but this is the way you're supposed to feel with your first child technically, well you know the first one who isn't 16 after a few months" "I know what you mean, we'll get through this whole battle thing you know. I won't let anyone hurt you Buffy" "I know. I love you so much, and I don't know what I would do without you" "You'd get by, you have for the last four years" "I pretended I was getting by, I never really figured out how to get by without you without having to fake emotions" "You don't have to be that person anymore, because I'm never leaving you for the plain fact that I love you so much it is too hard to try and get on with my life without you" "We're two of a kind babe" "We're destined, no matter how much anyone tries, they're never going to split us up" Buffy and Angel kissed gently then began to get more passionate when they heard whimpers come from the warehouse and ran to check it out. "Hello? Something is definitely up" the cries of pain continued and Angel could smell blood. "Someone is definitely here, I can sense two extra heartbeats" "I think it's coming from there" Buffy pointed to a corner of the warehouse and she and Angel slowly made their way over. "Angel, is that you? God it's been too long buddy" "Justine" Justine stepped out of the shadows with a knife in hand. "Buffy, get out now" "What I'm not leaving you" "Who are you? Oh yeah, Holtz told me about you, you were the one who killed the master" "If Holtz wasn't resurrected then, how did he know that?" "Coz he wasn't stupid, he always researched his targets, and you were linked to one of the targets, so ya know" "Sweetie, do you even know who I am?" "You're Angel's ex" "No, I'm more than that and who said we weren't together?" "But you were single 3 months ago" "I'm never really single Justine, I like to keep in touch with the mother of my son, you know what with custody and all" "But Darla, anyway I couldn't give a damn" "Honey you will not beat me" "Really? Ever heard of a slayer Buffy?" "Yeah as a matter of fact, nice to meet you girlfriend, us slayers should start having a reunion, me, you and Faith can get together, but Faith is a bit temperamental so you better watch yourself" Buffy kicked Justine onto the ground then Justine jumped right back and kicked Buffy in the stomach then Buffy jumped back up and punched her right in the face then Justine tripped her, pulled her hair and was about to smack her head off the floor when Angel grabbed her and smacked her against the other side of the room. "Are you okay sweetheart?" "I'm fine, you keep her busy and I'll go and see who she's got held up in here" Buffy slowly made her way to the body on the floor while Angel made sure Justine didn't get up anytime soon. "Can you hear me? We're gonna get you outta here honey" "Thank you" "It's my job, so what's your name?" "Connor" Buffy couldn't believe it, right in front of her, lying in agony was her son. "Why did you help me?" "Because it's what I do, why does she have you tied up here?" "I don't know, but it's all my fault, if I hadn't listened to her in the first place I would be with my father" Buffy wanted to know he was going to say, she wouldn't be shocked if he said Holtz, after all Justine and Holtz had both brainwashed her son into thinking Angel was just any other vamp. "Are you in pain Connor?" "Yes, she's a dab hand with a knife" "She's a bitch sweetie, a brainwashing bitch" "Do you know her?" "Not directly, my boyfriend knows her, anyway what did she do to you?" "They took me, her and Holtz took me away from my father, at first I thought that Holtz was my father but now I realise he was not, he just kept me alive" "We better get you out of here, you can come back with us and we'll get you cleaned up, just wait here". "Angel it's Connor, she's been holding up Connor here and he said you were his father" "Really?" "Yeah baby, are we ready to go? What about Justine?" "She'll be unconscious for about 6 hours still, plenty of time to get outta here" "Right I'll get Connor, wait at the door coz she's probably beaten the crap out if him". "Connor I'm back, come on let's get out of here" "Just leave me here, this is where I deserve to be" "No sweetheart, come on" Buffy threw Connor's arm over her shoulder and carried him out of the warehouse. "Angel? He's out, come on the gang will be wondering where we got to".
*************************************************** "Wonder where Buffy is" "Well Dawn they went on patrol" "Or they could be smooching" Xander picked up two pillows from the couch "Oh Angel I love you, kiss me" "Why of course my dear, for I am Angel! Sexaholic and strongest vamp, let me take you away from this wretched place and come to my little paradise of sun and sex" "Xander! Stop that!" "I thought it was kinda funny" "See you're influencing Dawn now" "Sorry mom! God Willow she's 16, she's knows about sex and all, just like we did those many years ago" "Funny" "You guys are pretty cool to kick back wit, your funny" "Thanks Gunn, where's Fred?" "She's hurling, apparently morning sickness is not restricted to the morning" "The wonders of pregnancy, thank God I'm a man" "Xander I must assure you, when you do finally settle down and have children and such you will feel pain of childbirth" "How would you know Wes?" "Because my girlfriend crushed my hand 15 years ago" "Ooh, our lives are becoming like some soap everyday, you never told us Wes" "Yes well, I was young and foolish, my son's name is Sean and his mother hasn't let me see him since he was 10 because her mother told me to piss off, apparently I already caused enough damage, he lives with his mother in Newcastle" "Cool, does he know who you are?" "Yes, I keep in contact with him and I always send him a present or two for Christmas and his birthday, I spend at least $3,000 on him at Christmas and $300 on his birthday" "Wow, did you tell anybody about him?" "Giles. I told him when I went to Sunnydale 3 years ago". Connor had passed out on the way to the hotel and Angel had carried him all the way to the hotel. "Careful, don't wanna hurt him anymore than Justine has" "I can see Buffy, I'm not blind, can you open the door for me please?" "Of course". "Hey Angel, what the?" "Oh hey guys, be with you in a minute, come on Buffy". "Who's the kid?" "That would be your nephew Dawn" "That's Connor?!" "Yes" "Wow, it's weird thinking Angel's a parent" "Yeah I know Will, he beat me" "You're competing with him? What is it, let's see who can get a woman pregnant first" "Not competing, it's just he's dead, he's kinda like the last guy you'd expect to have kids" "I think it's sweet, he seems like father material" "I agree with Dawn, he'll be a good dad" "Gunn back me up here, they're ganging up on me" "I don't know what to say man".
*************************************************** Angel lay Connor on the bed, and just couldn't believe he had his son back. "You know he may be 16, but to me Buffy I still see my little boy" "I know baby, our little boy, anyway I want a minute with him, if that's okay?" "Sure, I'll see if Fred's okay". "Hey Connor, you don't know yet baby, but I'm your mom. I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do, but I promise from now on I will be always here for you" Buffy hugged Connor and was horrified with Justine's action's towards Connor. Connor woke up with a startle, not sure why this woman was hugging him. "You're awake, how you feeling?" "Okay, I guess" Connor looked around, he knew where he was now, his home. "Why did you bring me here? He'll be furious with me, for what I did to him" "He isn't angry with you, he was never angry with you" "Could you tell me who you are?" "I'm Buffy Summers, slayer, Angel's girlfriend and counsellor at a job I haven't turned up for in two weeks" "Why aren't you angry at me? I was harassing you" "Forgotten about. Connor I need to tell you something and it will sound pretty far out and unbelievable but it is true. You never knew your mom did you?" "No Holtz said she was a vile demon" "So he told you about Darla?" "Yes" "Well she wasn't your mom" "But she gave birth to me" "Yeah, that's what I said when I first heard this mad story, Connor I'm your mother and the reason your as strong as you are is because vampires and slayers have stronger children than vampires together do." Buffy continued to fill in the parts, which explained the details, without going into great detail about less relevant parts.
*************************************************** "Fred are you okay?" "Hey Angel, fine, so what's going on?" "We found him Fred, we found Connor!" "That's great, is he okay?" "Yeah but Justine has been beaten the hell out of him, something must have happened" "Wow, now we just have to get ready to deal with Spike and Drusilla, and life will be peachy". "I'm going downstairs to see Gunn, hit him" "Why?" "Well my theory is if he hadn't of got me pregnant, I wouldn't be hurling" "Aaah, well I'm gonna see Buffy". Angel entered Buffy's room and saw her and Connor fast asleep, Buffy hugging him and he noticed that Connor had marks from tears on his face, he couldn't believe he had him back. He headed downstairs to explain to the gang and to sort out a plan for Dru and Spike's arrival.