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 6 Los Angeles, CA

          Lela lay completely relaxed in bed the following morning. She nearly snored. All of a sudden she felt bright lights on her eyelids. Lela's eyes shot open. Faith stood over her. Lela sat up a little.

"What are you doing?" Lela asked, her voice a mere whisper.

"Get up," said Faith, heading to the door.

"What?" Lela turned her head to her alarm clock. It read five o'clock. "Faith, it is five o'clock in the morning. Tell me the house is on fire or something."

"No. Get up. I need to start training you. I should have started a long time ago," the older slayer replied.

"Faith, with all respect, you're nuts. The sun isn't even up yet. I have school in four hours and I need some sleep," Lela moaned.

"You're not going to school today, kid. Now get up," Faith repeated.

"Not going? Faith, you can't just pull a kid out of school. That's not the way it works."

"Well, it is in my black sky world. Move it. You have five minutes to get dressed, starting now." Faith left the bedroom.

          Lela could barely get out of bed. She changed into a jogging suit. She still had bed head hair. But she didn't have time to brush it. Lela left her room and went downstairs with a large yawn.

"Faith!" Lela called wearily "Where are you?"

          Lela heard Faith's voice yelling for her to come downstairs to the basement. The fourteen-year-old headed downstairs. She hadn't really been in the basement for the small time she had been living with Faith. The basement was nearly three times larger than Lela's was at her old house.

"OK. What are we going to do here?" Lela asked.

Faith took a hanging crossbow off of a hook from the wall. "Ever seen one of these?"

"Uh, no. What is that? Can I see it?" Faith handed the crossbow over. "Wow. What is it?"

"It's called a crossbow. You shoot stakes or arrows out of it. In your case, stakes."

Lela's eyes watched Faith pace back and forth as she talked. Even though she was tired Lela was pretty impressed. Faith seemed to know what she was talking about.

"How do you use it?" Lela asked.

Faith took the crossbow out of Lela's hands. She carefully aimed it at the back wall. Faith fired an arrow from the bow. The arrow seemed to whistle through the air as it shot into the wall. Lela's eyes widen. That looked noteworthy. Faith shoved the crossbow into Lela's arms.

"Try it," Faith told her.

"Uh, OK," said Lela uneasily. Lela went out to the same spot Faith had been standing. She stared at the wall and shot an arrow from the crossbow. It managed to bounce off the wall. "OK. That was weird. Why don't I—?" Faith snatched the crossbow from her.

"You call that a shot? What are you, fourteen or seventy? You shoot like an old lady."

"Faith, that was kind of my first time," said Lela.

"Who cares? You're a slayer. My grandma could make that shot. You'll never get a vamp in battle with that form."

"It wasn't my fault."

"Were you the one holding the bow?"

"Well, yeah, but—"

"Then it's your fault, cupcake," Faith snapped.

"What's going on?" Faith and Lela looked up at the basement door. Connor had just walked in.

"Training," Lela answered him.

"Faith's training you?" Connor asked, walking downstairs. "This should be a while."

"Back off, Connor," said Lela.

"Not exactly a harsh retort, kid," said Faith. "Now come on. We have to get to work. Your abilities have to start growing."

"Fine," Lela sighed. "But I'm starving."

"When you get this right then you just might get fed," said Faith.

Lela was shocked. "Uh, Faith, you can't really come between me and food."

Faith raised an eyebrow at her. "Want to try me?"

          Lela looked over at Connor. He mouthed silently to her "don't try." Lela took the hint and just let it go. For the rest of that morning Faith tried to teach Lela how to use the crossbow. Connor watched from a side. Lela slowly got better at shooting but she wasn't even close to Faith's style. Soon Angel came downstairs. He sat down next to Connor on the stairs, both of them watching the women.

"What's been going on down here all morning?" Angel asked his son.

"I think Faith is driving Lela up a wall," Connor replied.

"Oh. Is it fun to watch?"

"Definitely."

"All right, Faith," said Lela. "This is ridiculous. We've been down here for nearly six hours and still no food. I really think they consider this child abuse in most countries."

"Suck it up, kiddo," said Faith. "It's time for your first patrol tonight."

"Patrolling? For vamps? I don't think so," said Lela.

"Well, I do. So that pretty much says you do, too," said Faith. "Understood?"

"Very much so," replied Lela quickly.

"I have to see this," said Connor.

"Forget it, son. You're not going on this one. Lela needs all the concentration she can get," said Angel.

"Gee, thanks, Angel," said Lela sarcastically.

San Francisco, CA (nightfall, 9:00 PM)

          Kelvin stalked around an alley. He'd been all over the town, demon hunting. His double ax touched close by his leg. Kelvin had been mostly living with his relatives but never stayed in one place. All he had on his mind were his family memories and death to evil. Suddenly he heard a scream.

          He raced out of the alley, turned the corner of a restaurant and saw a teenaged girl, not much older than him, and her mother being surrounded by dark slime covered demons. There were four of them. Kelvin formed a grimace. He never expected to fight so many at once. However he ran over to the scene, anyway.

"Hey!" Kelvin yelled. Each demon turned to him. Their faces were even more disgusting than their bodies. "Get away from them."

          One of the demons came upon Kelvin. They stared at each other for a long while. Swiftly the demon hurled off and smacked Kelvin's face. Kelvin crashed down hard on his arm, on the ground. The mother and daughter watched him, worried expressions on their faces.

"Fine. Don't listen to me. Don't say I ain't tell you," said Kelvin.

          Kelvin shot up then. With one quick strike of his ax he cut off the head of the demon that attacked him. The body collapsed to the ground. The other demons forget about the mother and daughter and came upon Kelvin. Kelvin and the demons began to go at it.

          They started to shoot blows at each other. Kelvin ducked nearly every punch that came his way. Kelvin sliced of the upper half of one of the demon's bodies. There were two left. Kelvin sparred back and forth with the shorter demon. Kelvin delivered a swift kick to the demon's lower section. The demon's back hit the ground. Kelvin dove his already bloody ax into the demon's gut, killing it.

          Finally Kelvin turned to the last demon. But he wasn't there. Kelvin formed a bewildered look. Unexpectedly Kelvin felt something grab his neck. The demon slammed Kelvin into a building, hanging onto his neck.

"Say goodbye, human," the demon whispered in a gruff voice.

"Goodbye," Kelvin choked.

          With that Kelvin stabbed the demon in his middle segment. The demon fell back, releasing Kelvin, and dying. Kelvin breathed in fresh air. He walked up to the mother and her daughter.

"Y'all all right?" Kelvin asked, rubbing his neck.

"Yes. Thank you so much young man," said the mother.

"Thanks. You're the best," said the daughter.

The mother added with a smile, "You're mother would be proud of you, honey."

Kelvin's face fell. He turned away from them. "Yeah… she would. Bye." Kelvin left down the street then. The woman and her daughter got into their car and drove off quickly.

          Faith and Lela were coming up the same street. Faith carried a stake. Lela had the crossbow. She hadn't stopped rubbing her eyes since they had left the mansion.

"Faith, I am bushed," said Lela.

"Stop complaining," Faith ordered. "At least I gave you dinner."

"It was a salad."

"So? You ate, didn't you?" Lela rolled her eyes.

"Why are we patrolling in San Francisco, anyway?" Lela asked.

"Because I want you to be so tired that you can't remember anything and you'll become a complete failure in life."

"I thought so."

          They came up to the dead demon bodies Kelvin had left. Faith stared down at the bodies. Lela looked as if she were smelling old cheese.

"Oh, gross. What are these?" Lela asked.

"Demons. And from the looks of it, freshly killed," said Faith. She heard sounds of crashing then. "And it also sounds like they aren't the only ones." Lela took off in the direction of the crash then. "Hey, kid, wait!" Faith followed after Lela. She couldn't figure out her direction when she turned the corner. "God! Stupid kid."

          Lela poked her head into an alley. Indeed there was one more of the demons Kelvin had been fighting. It roamed around in the garbage. The crash was glass and broken bottles. Lela walked into the alley but hesitated a little. She remembered the last time she rushed into a fight. A vampire had bit her. Lela aimed her crossbow.

"Stop," she said to the demon. It turned to her. "What are you?"

"I just became your worst nightmare," the demon hissed.

"I'm not afraid." Lela shot an arrow from her crossbow. It missed the demon by half an inch. "Oh, shoot!"

"Something you can't do," said the demon. He began to approach her. Lela walked backwards slowly.

"Uh-oh," she whispered to herself. The demon grabbed her then. "Uh-oh!"

 She whacked it with the crossbow upside the head. The bow had no affect. Lela smacked him again. He released her. Lela shot an arrow at him. It got into his foot. The demon yanked the arrow out of his leg. Green blood poured out from the leg. The demon, angrily, swiped Lela across the face. Lela flinched in pain. She touched her cheek. The demon had made a small cut.

The demon started to strike her again but a one-sided ax reached out and cut off his arm. Lela couldn't believe it. She turned and saw someone that she had never seen before, Charles Gunn. Gunn twirled his ax in his hand and chopped off the demon's head. The body fell. Lela gave him a grateful smile.

"Thank you," she said. "But who are you?"

"Gunn," he replied, touching his ax to the ground.

          Before she could say anything else Lela felt someone yank her arm. She turned her head and saw a very irate Faith.

"What's wrong, Faith?" Lela asked.

"Kid, what the hell is wrong with you?" Faith snapped, yanking Lela again. "You can just go jumping into danger like that. Have you lost it?"

"Sorry. I wasn't really thinking," Lela apologized.

"Well, you were sort of close to getting killed rushing in like that," Faith continued to scold.

"Hey." Faith looked and saw Gunn.

"Gunn? What are you doing here?" Faith asked.

"You know him?" Lela asked.

"Yeah," said Faith. "Gunn here helped stop the near end of the world."

"You mean all that stuff that was going on in LA? That was real? I thought it was media stuff to attract tourist," said Lela.

"Yeah. Blotting out the sun and a killer beast are real attractions," said Gunn sarcastically. "How you doin', Faith?"

"Five by five," Faith repeated.

"What's with the kid? You into kidnapping now?" Gunn asked.

"Hi," Lela spoke up. "I'm Lela Winters."

"The vampire slayer," Faith added.

"Slayer?" Gunn repeated. He looked at Lela. "How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

Gunn said to Faith, "What's she doing with you?"

"I'm her new guardian. The powers that be decided to screw with me," Faith replied.

"Uh, me, too," said Lela. "Thanks for the rescue."

"It's OK," said Gunn.

"Figures," said Faith. "Somebody had to rescue you. Girl, you're being a serious screw up here."

"You spelled that out a little earlier," said Lela.

Gunn laughed. "Faith, you seen Angel lately?"

"Seen him? I'm living with him and his little brat. Where have you been?"

"Around," Gunn replied.

"Listen you wanna head back to LA with us? You look a little beat," said Faith.

"Cool," Gunn answered.

As the trio began to walk Faith took hold of Lela's arm. "Don't even think about doing that super slayer stunt again. I'm not kidding around." Faith caught up with Gunn. Lela formed a grimace and followed after the two adults.

Los Angeles, CA (three and a half hours later)

          Once at the hotel Gunn quickly got caught up with Angel. The two of them stood out in front of the mansion talking. Angel caught Gunn up on everything that'd been going on.

"Whoa," said Gunn. "Faith is some kid's baby-sitter?"

"Yeah," Angel replied.

"How's it going?"

"Better than it started." Angel leaned against the wall of the house. "We all have to come around a little."

"Maybe I could help you with that," said Gunn.

"What are you saying?" Angel asked.

"I'm saying maybe you need me for the hundredth time."

"You sure that's not the other way around, Chuck?"

"Watch the Chuck. What do you think Faith would say to a new roommate?"

"I could tie her down."

"Man, she'd kick your ass."

"True. But it could be worth it."

A/N: OK, I'll explain the deal with Gunn in the next episode. Reviews and ideas would be appreciated.