Title: Family: Forward to LA
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Imagine if Connor had never been taken by Wesley, Xander and Anya had never split up and Angel had told Cordelia how he felt. Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale. The Scoobies visit the Fang Gang.
Angel woke up and instantly started to struggle. "What the hell am I doing strapped to my car?"
"You're not strapped, you're chained." Fred said helpfully.
He growled and tried to break free of the chains. "What am I doing chained to my car?"
"I did it." Spike said smugly.
"Why?" He shouted angrily, having found that the chains would not break.
"Cordelia, man, she made Buffy promise she wouldn't let you in there." Gunn told him.
"Why not?"
"She doesn't want you frying to a crisp bro'. Don't worry, Buffy's gone in and she'll get them out."
Angel looked up and noticed the windows were blown out and that the gang were standing on glass and were bleeding. "What happened?"
"The windows blew out." Anya replied.
"Only on the third floor though." Xander added. "They'd have been on the fourth floor then so they'd have been away from it."
"For God's sake someone let me go!" Angel shouted at them angrily and began to pull at the chains again. "Please! Cordy's in there!"
Despite his protests they didn't oblige. Instead they turned away to look at the burning Hyperion. "Please!"
"What do we do?" Lorne asked the two serious looking women. "Girls?" What do we do?"
"I don't know." Buffy stammered. "I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do."
Cordelia turned to her and grabbed her arm. "Listen to me. You can do this. You've faced apocalypses so many times I don't even want to count them. Hell, you've even died twice. If there's one thing you can do is get us out of here in one piece. Now, think and think well. You can do this."
Buffy nodded slowly. "We could tie a couple of the bed sheets together and I'll jump with one end. We could make slings for the children and let them slide down the sheet."
"Isn't that a bit risky?" Lorne asked, looking at Connor in his arms.
Before Buffy could answer the beam on the roof began to groan and splinter. Lorne dragged both women out of the way just in time for them to see it crash down where they were just stood.
"Or we could crawl along the beam until we get to the other side." Cordelia answered breathing heavily.
"Sounds like a plan." Buffy replied. "We'd better get some sheets just in case for the children. I don't want them to fall."
Cordelia nodded and went to help her, Ashleigh still in her arms.
"Do you think we'll make it?" Cordelia asked once they were alone.
"I don't know." She replied honestly. "Maybe, if we go one at a time and work together."
"Thanks for coming back for us." Cordelia said.
Buffy smiled and hugged her, surprising them both. "I had to."
"Come on." Cordelia said and pulled away.
They both grabbed sheets and went back into the hall that was rapidly being engulfed in fire.
"Did you say that someone had called the fire department?" Lorne shouted over the roar of the fire, holding a hand over his mouth.
"Yeah, they should be here by now." Buffy shouted back and took Connor off him, strapping him to her chest with one of the sheets until he was completely covered.
Cordelia did the same with Ashleigh, covering the screaming child with the sheet and then the wet towels.
"One at a time. "Buffy shouted and advanced towards the beam. She touched it and pulled her hand away quickly. "It's hot! Pass me a couple of the towels."
Lorne threw her a couple of the wet towels so she could drape them over the hot beam.
"Quickly. "Buffy shouted. "When I'm across you start! We have to move fast."
They both nodded and then watched as Buffy began to crawl across the beam slowly.
She seemed to falter in the middle and both Cordelia and Lorne held their breath until she was safely across.
"Your turn!" She shouted to Cordelia.
Cordelia looked at Lorne and he nodded and gave her a quick hug. "Go on princess." She nodded and got down on all fours. The beam was wide enough for her to have both knees on it at the same time. She shuffled her way across, trying not to look at the fiery pit underneath her and trying to block out the screams of Ashleigh.
"Come on Cordy!" Buffy called out and held out her hand for Cordelia to grasp.
Cordelia realised what she had called her and looked up and grinned. "It had to be you!"
"What did?" The slayer asked.
"Normal people bond over pizza or coffee. We bond over a gaping hole with fire at the bottom!" She reached out and grasped Buffy's outstretched hand.
Buffy laughed. "Only me!"
She kept hold of Cordelia until she had her feet on the stairs. Only then did she let go and turn towards Lorne.
"Your turn Lorne!" She shouted.
He nodded and began to shuffle down the beam just as Cordelia had. Halfway across it began to buckle and he looked up in panic.
"Keep going!" Cordelia screamed. "Quickly!"
He began to move his hands faster and crawled his way across the beam. He was a foot from the edge when the beam cracked in the middle. Lorne screamed as he began to fall.
Fall towards the fiery pit fifteen feet below.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: Imagine if Connor had never been taken by Wesley, Xander and Anya had never split up and Angel had told Cordelia how he felt. Sequel to Family: Back to Sunnydale. The Scoobies visit the Fang Gang.
Angel woke up and instantly started to struggle. "What the hell am I doing strapped to my car?"
"You're not strapped, you're chained." Fred said helpfully.
He growled and tried to break free of the chains. "What am I doing chained to my car?"
"I did it." Spike said smugly.
"Why?" He shouted angrily, having found that the chains would not break.
"Cordelia, man, she made Buffy promise she wouldn't let you in there." Gunn told him.
"Why not?"
"She doesn't want you frying to a crisp bro'. Don't worry, Buffy's gone in and she'll get them out."
Angel looked up and noticed the windows were blown out and that the gang were standing on glass and were bleeding. "What happened?"
"The windows blew out." Anya replied.
"Only on the third floor though." Xander added. "They'd have been on the fourth floor then so they'd have been away from it."
"For God's sake someone let me go!" Angel shouted at them angrily and began to pull at the chains again. "Please! Cordy's in there!"
Despite his protests they didn't oblige. Instead they turned away to look at the burning Hyperion. "Please!"
"What do we do?" Lorne asked the two serious looking women. "Girls?" What do we do?"
"I don't know." Buffy stammered. "I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do."
Cordelia turned to her and grabbed her arm. "Listen to me. You can do this. You've faced apocalypses so many times I don't even want to count them. Hell, you've even died twice. If there's one thing you can do is get us out of here in one piece. Now, think and think well. You can do this."
Buffy nodded slowly. "We could tie a couple of the bed sheets together and I'll jump with one end. We could make slings for the children and let them slide down the sheet."
"Isn't that a bit risky?" Lorne asked, looking at Connor in his arms.
Before Buffy could answer the beam on the roof began to groan and splinter. Lorne dragged both women out of the way just in time for them to see it crash down where they were just stood.
"Or we could crawl along the beam until we get to the other side." Cordelia answered breathing heavily.
"Sounds like a plan." Buffy replied. "We'd better get some sheets just in case for the children. I don't want them to fall."
Cordelia nodded and went to help her, Ashleigh still in her arms.
"Do you think we'll make it?" Cordelia asked once they were alone.
"I don't know." She replied honestly. "Maybe, if we go one at a time and work together."
"Thanks for coming back for us." Cordelia said.
Buffy smiled and hugged her, surprising them both. "I had to."
"Come on." Cordelia said and pulled away.
They both grabbed sheets and went back into the hall that was rapidly being engulfed in fire.
"Did you say that someone had called the fire department?" Lorne shouted over the roar of the fire, holding a hand over his mouth.
"Yeah, they should be here by now." Buffy shouted back and took Connor off him, strapping him to her chest with one of the sheets until he was completely covered.
Cordelia did the same with Ashleigh, covering the screaming child with the sheet and then the wet towels.
"One at a time. "Buffy shouted and advanced towards the beam. She touched it and pulled her hand away quickly. "It's hot! Pass me a couple of the towels."
Lorne threw her a couple of the wet towels so she could drape them over the hot beam.
"Quickly. "Buffy shouted. "When I'm across you start! We have to move fast."
They both nodded and then watched as Buffy began to crawl across the beam slowly.
She seemed to falter in the middle and both Cordelia and Lorne held their breath until she was safely across.
"Your turn!" She shouted to Cordelia.
Cordelia looked at Lorne and he nodded and gave her a quick hug. "Go on princess." She nodded and got down on all fours. The beam was wide enough for her to have both knees on it at the same time. She shuffled her way across, trying not to look at the fiery pit underneath her and trying to block out the screams of Ashleigh.
"Come on Cordy!" Buffy called out and held out her hand for Cordelia to grasp.
Cordelia realised what she had called her and looked up and grinned. "It had to be you!"
"What did?" The slayer asked.
"Normal people bond over pizza or coffee. We bond over a gaping hole with fire at the bottom!" She reached out and grasped Buffy's outstretched hand.
Buffy laughed. "Only me!"
She kept hold of Cordelia until she had her feet on the stairs. Only then did she let go and turn towards Lorne.
"Your turn Lorne!" She shouted.
He nodded and began to shuffle down the beam just as Cordelia had. Halfway across it began to buckle and he looked up in panic.
"Keep going!" Cordelia screamed. "Quickly!"
He began to move his hands faster and crawled his way across the beam. He was a foot from the edge when the beam cracked in the middle. Lorne screamed as he began to fall.
Fall towards the fiery pit fifteen feet below.
