Title: Destiny Ahead: Season 1

Description: This is the first season of an Angel spin-off. With AI going their separate ways Faith, Gunn, and Angel must now train the new slayer, Lela. Plus they have Connor and three other teens on their hands. Can they do it?

Rated: PG-13. (Rating just to be careful because of profanity, violence, etc. May change later. I don't know yet.)

NOTE: I own none of the fang gang and none of the Scooby gang. I could never be that lucky. But I do own the characters I make up. The other stuff belongs to Joss.

A/N: This is my backup plan in case Angel gets cancelled, which I doubt. I know the new slayer thing has been done but guess what? I'm doing it now. So that makes it unique. Got it? Good. And Lela isn't your typical slayer. Trust me on that. I've set this up to be a type of TV show. So this will be considered episodes instead of chapters. OK? Great.

Also: The fang gang has defeated the beast. But they've decided that they have outgrown each other. So now they're going their separate ways. Oh, and Connor's fourteen. Still no sex with Cordy but rain of fire, the beast, and everything still happened. Including Lilah's death.

Episode 2 (Continued from episode 1.)

Los Angeles, CA

          Angel and Faith entered Faith's new mansion. Lela wasn't far behind but stayed at Faith's large front door. Connor looked up from where he was sitting in the living room. Angel and Faith had left him there for most of the day.

"Is that her?" Connor asked, gesturing towards the girl at the door.

"Yes. That's her," said Angel.

Faith looked behind her and saw Lela practically glued to the door. "Kid, relax. We're not stalkers."

"No. Just a vampire and murder—"

"Connor!" Angel hissed at him. He turned to Lela. "Don't mind him. He's just my mindless dummy."

"He calls me Connor."

"I'm uh, Lela Winters."

"That reminds me. I'm Angel. And she's Faith," Angel introduced.

"Well, now that the happy intros are over can we get done with this?" said Faith.

"OK. I don't think I should be here. This is weird. This whole night has been… weird," said Lela.

"Come on. We're not looking to hurt you," said Angel. "You're the new slayer."

"What is that?" Lela asked. She ran a hand through her hair. "And what is going on? You've told me nothing."

"Faith, go ahead," said Angel.

"Go ahead?" Faith repeated.

"You're the guardian. Talk to her," said Angel.

"Fine," Faith grumbled. She looked at Lela again. "Look, kid, slayers are women that are chosen to go around and kick vampire ass. And not just vampires, demons and other slime infested… things, too."

"This is crazy," said Lela, finally walked towards the others. "Vampires aren't real. And demons don't live on earth. They live… you know, with the devil."

Angel released a sigh. "Faith?"

"I'm doing the best I can," said Faith. "What am I, a guru?"

"Listen, it's great that you guys are so interested in me and stuff and want me to do this slayer thing but I'm really not interested. So no thank you."

Lela headed for the door. Angel dashed to the door inhumanly. He shut it faster than Lela was able to get it opened. She gasped. Angel locked the door.

"We didn't pick you for anything. This is way beyond us," said Angel.

"Look I have to go," said Lela.

"Not yet," said Angel strictly. "You don't understand."

"I think I know enough. Goodbye," said Lela.

"Just let her go," Faith interjected.

"What?" said Angel, not believing his ears.

"Let her go," said Faith again. "We can't make her stay here."

Angel took his hand off of the door in surrender. Lela left out of the door quickly. She speeded down the stoop of the mansion and was gone out of the gate. She walked down the street. Lela had no idea of how to get home, she just wanted to go. As Lela turned a corner she bumped into someone. She looked up and saw that she was looking into the face of another vampire.

Lela turned to run but the vampire was quickly in front of her again. She couldn't believe her own eyes. The vampire grabbed her in a tight clasp. Lela struggled away from him. She kicked him in the front thigh and broke away from his arms. Lela landed a kick at the same thigh. The vampire grabbed her leg when she tried to kick him again. He twirled her around slightly, grabbed her arm and pulled her into him. He extended his fangs. Lela screamed horrified.

The scream managed to echo into Angel's ears. He also recognized the voice. Faith saw the distraught look on his face.

"What's with you?" she asked.

"I think I hear something," said Connor.

"So do I," said Angel. "Lela, she's in danger, Faith."

          Faith and Angel left the mansion quickly. Angel tracked down Lela's smell. They turned the same corner Lela had and saw she was being attacked by the vamp. Faith grabbed the back of the vamp's shirt and sent him flying through the air.

"Are you OK?" Angel asked Lela.

"I'm fine," said Lela, touching her neck. "That thing almost—"

"Well, he didn't," said Faith, landing a kick to the vampire's lower middle section. She pulled out a stake. "Catch you later you son of a bitch." Faith stabbed the vampire in the chest. He turned to dust.

"How does she keep doing that?" Lela asked.

"You see now? You have to trust us," said Angel.

"This is unreal," said Lela.

"God, I wish," said Faith.

Lela looked at her watch. "Oh, my God! It's nearly eleven. I have to go home. I—"

          Lela found herself in her bed. Her alarm clock was screaming in her ear. Lela turned over and answered it. She sat up. Lela turned to her window and saw morning light shining in. What had happened? Had everything been a dream? Lela climbed out of bed and changed into jeans and a turtleneck. She left out of her bedroom and slowly went over to her mother's room. She peeked her head in and saw the bed empty but the room still trashed. There was even a broken window. Lela tipped downstairs.

"Mom!" she called. "Uh, Mom?" No answer came. "Hey, Mom!" Lela went into the kitchen. It was bare. Mrs. Winters wasn't in the living room either.

          It felt strange. Lela knew her mother had the day off but where was she? Lela couldn't waste time thinking about it. She'd be late for school if she did. Lela took her book bag and left the house.

          As she walked towards school Lela looked around desperately for Kelvin. She finally spotted him standing outside the door. The bell hadn't rung yet. Lela ran over to him. Kelvin saw her come up. Lela looked completely frenzied.

"Girl, what's wrong?" Kelvin asked.

"Kelvin, I need your help," said Lela. "Last night a lot of weird things happened. And this morning I don't know where my mom is. And—"

"Hold on there. What you talkin' about? You ain't making no sense."

"Kelvin, please. I think I'm really losing it. Something happened last night that I won't forget."

"What?"

"Well, first my mom just flipped. She went crazy yesterday. And then these two people came up. And there were these vampires, too."

"Vampires? You must've been dreamin'. None of that real."

"Kelvin, yes it is. My mom trashed her room and it's trashed today. After that I left the house and met these two people named Angel and—"

"Faith." Lela looked behind her and saw Faith standing there. Lela released a huge gasp. "Take it easy."

"Oh, God!" Lela exclaimed. She ran off.

"Lela!" Kelvin called after her. Had Lela been seeing things. Who was Faith? Kelvin saw no one.

          Lela ran and ran. She had no idea of where she was going, she just needed to run, maybe forever. Lela raced into an alley. She pushed up into an alley corner, panting hard. Lela wasn't one for running so she felt like she was having a near heart attack. Lela hugged her knees and released helpless puffs of breath.

"What's wrong, Lela? Destiny not being nice to you?" Lela looked up then. She looked up and saw Cordelia. Only Cordy wasn't wearing her usual long white rob. She was wearing jeans and a blouse. She looked normal. "I know how you feel."

"Oh, my gosh. Who are you?" Lela asked.

"My name's Cordelia Chase. And I know about you. I know you're the slayer."

"The slayer? I barely even know what that is. What is going on here? Who are you? And who were those—"

"Angel and Faith. And Connor. They're not looking to hurt you, sweetie."

"How do you know? How do any of you know anything about me?" Lela demanded.

"We know you're special. Very special."

"Special? I'm special? Let me tell you something about me. I live in hell. My mom has completely lost her mind and now I don't even know where she is. I feel like I'm being haunted. I'm having nightmares that I can even explain. I have no one to talk to except for my friend, Kelvin, and I don't even think he's listening."

"You can count on him. But you can also count on Faith and Angel. Faith is your guardian. She will show you the ways of being a slayer. And Angel's always useful for something."

"Why me? Why do you want me to be the slayer?"

"Like I said, you're special, Lela Winters. You are needed."

"I'm scared."

"You have every reason to be. I know exactly how you're feeling."

"Cordelia, this can't be real."

"Yes, it is. Everything that happened last night is for real. But last night was just, sort of, a revelation for things to come. Last night you only got a taste of being a slayer. Even though you didn't exactly… slay."

"Wow. This is freaky. And here I thought that my biggest worry would be never getting a boyfriend."

Cordelia laughed softly. "Yeah. I also know what that's like. Good luck, Lela." Cordy was gone then.

"Cordelia? Cordelia!" Lela stepped out of the alley. She could hear the school bell ringing and ran off back towards the school.

          After school Lela headed home, hoping her mother had come back. Lela saw a man and woman, both in fancy business suits, at her door. Lela slowly walked over with a perplexed expression on her face.

"Are you Lela Winters?" the woman asked.

"Um, yes, that's me. Who are you?" Lela asked.

"We are with the department of children and family. A neighbor heard your mother shouting at you last night. She also heard throwing and breaking. We called your mother's job and her supervisor said she's been exhibiting signs of hostile and reckless behavior," the man was explaining.

"I don't understand," said Lela.

"We had to take your mother away last night. We had no choice," said the woman.

"What?! You can't do that! Who do you think you—"

"I'm sorry about this, Ms. Winters. But you're mother needs help and so do you. We're taking you to a girls' home."

"No! I… you… I don't have to do that."

"Do you think you'll be better off with your father?" the woman asked.

"No! I mean, no. I can go live with my sister."

"The only sister you have on record is in college. She can't take care of you," the man said.

"No. Not her. I meant my other older sister… from my father's side of the family. Her name is… is… Faith. Yes, it's Faith."

"And where does Faith live?"

"In Los Angeles."

"Do you know how to reach her?"

"Um, well…"

"There you are." Lela looked behind her. She couldn't believe it. Faith was walking up to the house. "You went poof-y last night."

"Faith!" Lela exclaimed. "There you are. Hi, sis."

"What?" said Faith.

"This is Faith," said Lela, to the department agents. "She's my older sister."

"Faith Winters? Are you this girl's sister?"

Lela shot Faith a pleading look. Faith picked up on it. "Uh, yeah?"

"Then you are her guardian in question now," said the man agent.

"Tell me something I don't know," said Faith.

"Wonderful. So we can guarantee she'll be safe living with you?"

"Living with?" Faith repeated.

"Yeah, sis. We're all each other has now," said Lela, giving Faith a "please, help me here" look.

"Yeah. Live with," said Faith. "I can handle it."

"This is wonderful," the woman said. "Now Lela doesn't have to be sent away. Your mother has been having problems, Faith, so we're sending her to an asylum temporarily. Lela will be staying with you."

Faith looked at Lela who was still giving her pleading looks. "OK. Great." Faith forced a smile.

          After Lela packed Faith drove both of them back to Los Angeles. Faith helped Lela dump her luggage into the living room. Lela sat on a couch. A lot had happened. She was the new slayer, she had to now live with someone she barely knew, and her mother was gone. But somehow her mother being gone didn't seem like the worst to Lela.

"Faith, this is going to be really new. But I guess I can handle it. I'm a slayer, right? Right!" She jumped up. "Oh, Faith, this is going to be great. I've never really had a strong female influence before. But we can watch old movies, go shopping, do each other's hair, and…" Lela trailed off when she saw Faith heading up the stairs. Lela went after her. "Faith, where are you going?"

Faith went into her room but turned back to Lela. "OK, kid. Let's set some ground rules. Number one, you're not allowed to talk to me. Number two, I could care less when you're home at night. Number three, if you so much as knock on this door this damned house better be on fire." Faith slammed the door then.

"Uh… OK. This is going to be fun!" Lela squealed.

"Shut up, kid," said Faith, from the other side of the door.

"Can do," said Lela, less perky.

A/N: That was a little simple, right? Lela moved in with Faith too quickly, huh? Well, this was just the easy part. The hard stuff is yet to come. So just keep tuning in!