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 3 Los Angeles, CA

          Faith had been pretty distant from Lela over the next couple of days. Lela walked down the stairs of the mansion, wearing dark blue jeans and a fuchsia t-shirt. Faith sat on the couch in the living room reading a magazine.

"Faith, hey. What's up?" Faith remained silent, mindlessly flipping through the magazine. "Uh, OK. So you hungry? We can always order pizza or something." Faith was still quiet. The doorbell rang then. "Don't get up. I'll get that."

"You bet you will," said Faith.

          Lela walked over to the front door and opened it. Kelvin stood on the other side of the door. Lela beamed excitedly.

"Kelvin," she squealed. "Hey. Come on in."

"Hey," said Kelvin, walking in. He looked around the mansion. "This is nice."

"Isn't it? Oh, and this is Faith." Lela gestured towards the tall brown haired woman on the couch. "Faith, this is my friend, Kelvin." Faith held a hand up in welcoming but kept her eyes on her magazine. "Um, she's not the sociable type."

"I see," said Kelvin. He looked around the mansion again. "We need to have us a talk."

"Oh. OK. How about we go get pizza?"

"Fine."

Lela turned to Faith. "Is that OK?"

"Whatever," said Faith, not bothering to look up.

"All right. I'll be back soon, Faith."

Faith humped her shoulders. Lela sighed. She and Kelvin left out of the mansion. They walked side by side down a street of LA. It was good to have him close by. Lela had been able to take the subway to and from school but she hadn't really had time to spend with Kelvin. The two sat at a booth in a nearby pizzeria.

"That mansion is really cool," said Lela. "I mean sometimes it gets really lonely but—"

"Lela, what the heck goin' on?" Kelvin interrupted.

"What?" Lela asked with a confused look on her face.

"Lela, how you know this woman, Faith?"

"She's my guardian. Kelvin, we've been through this. I'm the slayer. And you're the only one I can trust."

"I know. I know," Kelvin grumbled, sounding more like a grandfather. "But what you know about this woman? She could be lyin' to you. And you honestly expect me to believe vampires, the work of the devil, is real?"

"Yes, they are real, Kevin," said Lela, correcting his grammar. "I couldn't believe it either. But it would explain a lot. I mean, I've always felt different from the other kids in our neighborhood and then there these weird dreams I've been having."

"I don't trust it, Lela. If this woman try to hurt you then—"

Lela smiled at him. Kelvin could be such a father sometimes. "Kelvin, I have it under control, I promise."

Kelvin sighed, giving in. "All right. But if you need help with anything then you call me. I better not find out you hurt somewhere."

"You won't. And this is all so creepy."

"I bet. I still can't believe what this world comin' to. First that terrorist attack bull now the devil's disciples are real. Uh, uh, uh. It's a sin and a shame."

"Yeah, I know."

          After the pizza Lela went back to the mansion. She went into the living room. Faith was gone, magazine and all. Lela sighed. She hated it when people up and disappeared.

"Hey." Lela jumped around, standing in a lame karate pose. She saw Angel. He chuckled. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you."

"Oh, hi, Angel. Where's Faith?"

"Working out. She does that."

There was an awkward silence. "So where's Connor?" Lela asked.

"He went for a walk. He does that."

          Kelvin walked by a park on his way to the subway. Connor was in the park, sitting on a bench. Kelvin stopped walking. He knelt down and began to tie his shoe. He felt a tap on his shoulder soon. Kelvin looked up. A man stood before him.

"Hey, kid. Shouldn't you be home or something?" The man quickly vamped out then. "You never know what strangers you might meet."

          Kevin jumped back a mile. He looked around him. Four other vamps had come. They all circled Kelvin. Kelvin looked around them.

"Satin, ain't about to win," he said.

          With that Kelvin jumped up and delivered a kick to the middle of the first vampire's chest, sending him flying into the gate. Kelvin got down to the ground and swung his leg sending the other vampires off their feet to the ground. The first vampire leapt back up quickly. He grabbed Kelvin's wrist. Kelvin tugged hard. He sent the vampire into the park gate again, front first. Kelvin kicked him in the back with the side of his leg, making him collapse.

          The other vampires began to rise. Kelvin did a large back flip over the gate. Connor's eyes widened. He'd been watching the fight. Connor ran over to Kelvin as a vamp jumped over the gate after Kelvin.

"How'd you do that?" Connor asked Kelvin.

"Ain't got no time for questions," said Kelvin. He sent a punch to the vampire's face. "I'm a little busy right now."

"But you couldn't—" Connor was knocked off guard by the vampire punching him in the face. Connor fell back down on the ground.

          The vampire grabbed Connor by the front of his shirt and quickly yanked him up. He extended his fangs and leaned in to take a large bite out of Connor.

"Uh-uh. Ain't no way," said Kelvin. He did an amazing spinning jump into the air.

          Kelvin did an air flip, landing behind the vampire. He grabbed the back of his jacket and yanked him away from Connor. Kelvin threw the vampire to the ground, bottom down. Connor quickly took his stake from his pocket and stabbed the vampire in the chest, dusting him. Kelvin expected a thank you from Connor but instead got a punch in the face.

"Hey!" Kelvin yelled. "What the heck is wrong with you? Ain't you got no respect? I just saved you!"

"Nothing human could move like that," said Connor. "Those jumps, those leaps, the way you fight, I know what you are."

"Well, tell me then."

          Connor stabbed Kelvin in the chest with the same stake. Kelvin, of course, did not dust. Connor looked at his stake in disbelief. He swung a punch at Kelvin. Kelvin grabbed Connor's fist and gave him a toss to the ground.

"Quit!" Kelvin ordered. "You crazy?"

"At least I'm alive," said Connor, jumping up.

          Kelvin ducked another one of Connor's blows. Kelvin gave Connor a kick to his upper abdomen. Connor fell to the ground again. Kelvin grew tired of the little battle between them as Kelvin rose up again.

"Bye." Kelvin began to back flip away. Connor's eyes grew wide at that. Kelvin tripped over a stone in the park as he was flipping and tumbled over into a tree. "OW!" Kelvin fell unconscious then.

          Lela and Angel had started a monopoly game in the living room of the mansion. The front door opened then. Angel and Lela turned and saw Connor dragging a still unconscious Kelvin into the living room. Lela gasped and ran over. Faith was coming down the stairs.

"What the hell is going on?" Faith asked.

"Dad, Faith, I don't know what it is. I thought he was a vamp but the stake can't kill him," said Connor.

"He's not a vampire!" Lela exclaimed. "That's Kelvin Anderson. He's my friend."

"He's been turned then," said Connor.


"Turned?" Lela repeated. "Connor, are you crazy? He isn't… turned." Lela looked at Faith and Angel. "Right?"

          Angel helped get Kelvin over to the couch. He examined the teenager's neck thoroughly. Angel released a sigh of relief and turned back to the others.

"No. He hasn't been sired. Connor, what the hell would make you think this kid is a vampire?"

"You should see the way he moves. He fought off vamps and he did moves that no normal human could do," said Connor.

"Connor, that's called a gymnast," said Lela annoyed.

"A what?" Connor asked.

Lela sighed angrily. "Connor, Kelvin isn't a vampire! He's been taking gymnastic lessons since he could walk. That doesn't make him a vampire."

"Way to go, kid," said Faith to Connor. She walked downstairs. "What'd you do to this kid, anyway?"

"You better not have hurt him, Connor," Lela snapped at him.

"It's OK," said Angel. "He's waking up."

          Kelvin began to stir. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Angel standing over him. Kelvin jumped up on the couch but touched his aching head in pain.

"What the…" Kelvin looked over and saw Connor. "Now I know. That boy tried to kill me."

"Kelvin, it's OK," said Lela. "Are you all right?"

"Oh, I'm all right," said Kelvin, getting off the couch. "But he ain't. I'm 'bout to go west side on this boy."

"Kelvin, no!" Lela exclaimed. "Don't go west side on him. That's not the way God would want it."

Kelvin sighed. "You always gotta play the God card."

"It works," Lela smiled innocently.

"What the heck is wrong with you, boy?" Kelvin snapped at Connor. "I saved your life and you try to kill me. What is this world comin' to?"

"Hey, you knocked yourself," said Connor.

"Connor," Angel scolded. "Apologize."

Connor released a sigh. "Sorry," he said, looking down at the floor. "I didn't know you weren't dead."

"Lela, now I understand the lord is forgiving but I really want to go west side on this boy," said Kelvin.

"No. No west side, Kelvin," said Lela. "Connor comes from a different world. He doesn't know any better. He's ignorant."

"Hey." Connor was insulted.

"Very ignorant," Angel added.

"The kid has the personality of a door knob," said Faith. Connor pouted.

"I'll give you a ride back to San Francisco," Angel offered.

"Thank you," said Kelvin, his church boy side taking over.

          Angel led Kelvin outside to his car. Kelvin climbed into the backseat. Angel drove off. Someone watched them from bushes outside the mansion.

"Endearing." The person was gone then.

San Francisco, CA

          Angel pulled up in front of Kelvin's house. Kelvin thanked Angel for the ride and he got out of the car. Angel drove off then. Kelvin got a strange feeling over him. His front door was open. His mother never left the door wide open like that. Kelvin went into his house slowly. His eyes grew wide at his trashed living room. But even worse his mother lay on the floor with her eyes closed. Kelvin rushed over to his mother's side.

"Mama!" Kelvin exclaimed. "Ma, wake up."

"Kelvin." Kelvin looked behind him and saw his eleven-old-sister, Rodney, on her knees in pain. Her long braids over her face.

Kelvin went over to her quickly. "Kelvin, this thing came in. He looked crazy. He bit Ma. He did somethin' to her, Kelvin. She ain't wakin' up."

"Rodney, what's goin' on? Who did this?" Kelvin demanded.

"I don't know. He hurt Ma… and tried to get me, too."

"Where's Lanai?"

"Look upstairs. I don't know where she at, though. He might have got her, too, Kelvin."

"I'll be back, Rodney. Stay with Mama."

          Kelvin headed upstairs to his eight-year-old sister's bedroom. When he got to Lanai's room he realized that her door was also ajar. Kelvin went inside and his eyes grew to the size of melons. Someone, a tall man, held Lanai in front of an open portal in her room. Objects were flying all over the bedroom. Lanai screamed her lungs out.

"Lanai, hang on!" Kelvin yelled. He raced for the portal but the man jumped through it just as Kelvin got close. The portal closed instantly. "No!" Kelvin dashed downstairs. He ran up to Rodney, she lay face down on the floor.. "Rodney, wake up. Lanai gone! She…" Kelvin shook his younger sister. Her body became limp. Rodney was dead. "Rodney! God, no!"

Los Angeles, CA

A couple of hours later Faith sat flipping through the channels on the TV in the living room. She turned to a news station. Reporters crowded a house. A longhaired reporter looked into the television.

"Hello. I'm Jeri Colas. I'm here live in front of the Anderson household in San Francisco, where a fourteen-year-old boy's family was brutally murdered. The boy's name is Kelvin Anderson."

Faith's ears listened intently. "Oh, no," she whispered to herself. "Lela! Lela, get down here!"

Lela came down the stairs quickly. She went over to where Faith was sitting. "What's wrong, Faith?"

"It's your friend."

          Lela looked at the TV. She couldn't believe what she saw. Police and reporters were all over Kelvin's house. Lela sat down on the arm of the couch, her eyes not leaving the television screen.

"Here's the young man now," said Jeri, the reporter. She went over to Kelvin. An officer was talking to him. Kelvin had his face up to his eyes miserably. "Kelvin, I am greatly sorry about your loss."

"Thank you," said Kelvin softly, not removing his hand from his face.

"Do you have any idea who might have done this to your family?" Jeri put her microphone up to Kelvin's lips.

"I don't know. I just… I just can't believe this. I can't explain it. I feel like I'm the one that's died and I'm in hell." Lela's heart began to ache. This couldn't be happening.

"Everyone was murdered?" Jeri asked.

"Yes." Kelvin sniffed. "I came home from my friend's house and I saw the door was open. My mama and my sister… they gone. And my baby sister… I don't even know where she is. Everybody gone. My life is gone with them."

"Kelvin, what about your father?"

"My father and I ain't on good feet. He outta town, anyway."

"Oh, my God, Faith!" Lela cried. "Kelvin's family was killed!"

"I don't believe this," said Faith.

"Faith, this can't be happening. I just spoke to Kelvin's sister, Rodney, yesterday. I've known Kelvin's family since I was seven… this isn't real. This is a nightmare. I have to go to San Francisco."

"Wait a second, kid. You have to—"

"No. I have to go. My friend needs me."

          Lela grabbed a jacket and quickly raced out the door. Faith, taken aback from Lela's determination to help Kelvin, got up and went after her.

San Francisco, CA

          After a long subway ride Lela and Faith took what felt like an even longer bus ride to Kelvin's neighborhood. Lela raced up to Kelvin's house, Faith right behind her. As Lela approached the crowded police tape covered house she was stopped by an officer.

"Whoa. Hold on, kid. This is a crime scene. You can't go in there."

"No. You don't understand. My friend lives here. I'm a friend of his family. You have to let me in."

Faith walked up. "Just let her in, pal. The kid's not here just to stare at the pretty yellow tape."

"Fine," the officer gave in.

          Lela ducked under the police tape and went headed toward the open front door of the house. Her heart nearly stopped when she saw medical officers taking body bags out of the house. Tears slowly streamed down Lela's face. She went into the house. Officers were all over the living room. Lela finally spotted Kelvin, sitting on the couch, his face buried in his hands. Shaking her head sadly, Lela slowly went over and sat next to her friend.

"Kelvin," Lela whispered.

Kelvin slowly looked over at her. "Lela? How you—"

"It was all over the news. God, Kelvin, I am so sorry," said Lela, so gentle and emotional her voice was a whisper.

"Demons."

"What?"

"Demons. They the ones. They killed my family and stole my little sister."

"Demons? Your sister? But… you're not making any sense."

"I came home… my mama stabbed to death. I think they drugged Rodney. And when I went up to Lanai's room somebody had her and took her away in this gateway thing. Lela, I can't believe it. I just can't believe it. My whole family is gone."

"Kelvin, what doorway? Who did this to you?" Lela exclaimed.

"Demons. Satan came in and took everything away."

"God, Kelvin." Lela hugged him.

          Kelvin hugged her back. It was so good to have her there. Lela began to cry into Kelvin's shoulder. Kelvin couldn't hold back his emotion. He started to sob openly. No way could he hold it in. Faith peeked into the house. She watched the two teenagers cry. For a strange reason, Faith began to feel a guilty feeling inside of her.

A/N: *Blows nose into tissues* I know. This episode was totally sad. It would have been longer but I don't want to spoil you too much. Tell me what you think. And I know. This episode was very brutal. I hope that doesn't keep you from reviewing.