Hi everyone, thanks for all your reviews! I do appreciate it! A lot of
people have been asking me about Angel and how he's going to slot in and
what characters are gonna be involved etc.
I have to say, I wasn't actually gonna put Doyle in this story, but so many people, wuemsel for one, were so desperate for him to be in it. So, as I like the other characters as well as Doyle, I'm just gonna put all of them in it. Oh and by the way, Cordelia still gets the visions, I like it better that way! And as for how Angel fits in, you're just gonna have to wait and see.
Disclaimer: the characters Mark, Steve, Jack, Jesse, Amanda, Cordelia, Angel, Doyle, Wesley and Gunn do not belong to me but to their respective producers Viacom, Fox etc I am not making any profit from these characters, but am just borrowing them for fun.
Chapter 2: Angel Investigations
Mark, Steve, Jack and Amanda sat round a fully laden table at BBQ Bob's gazing hungrily at the huge platter before them. It felt just like old times. The group laughed and joked for many hours, enjoying the feeling that being back together again brought to them. Jack was just the same as he remembered him, the same fun loving, easygoing guy, except older and wiser of course! And he felt just the same about his old friends. He'd really missed them. Why did I ever go? He was asking himself, I love these guys! His thoughts were interrupted by Mark's voice.
"Jack? Can you hear me! Is anyone there!"
"Ha Ha! Very funny! I was just lost in thought- Hey shutup you two!" he joked as Steve and Amanda had scoffed at his remark.
"So Mark, what were you saying?"
"In all the excitement of having you back, I forgot to actually ask you why you came!"
"Are you that sorry to see me?"
"No I-
"Just kidding Mark! Anyway you know why I'm here"
"No we don't actually" piped up Amanda, "Not that we're unhappy to see you, but why are you here?"
"Are you serious? " said Jack looking puzzled, " But you sent me a letter"
"Who sent you a letter?" questioned Steve, taking on his usual police persona.
"Hey steady on Buddy! Mark, you sent me a letter, you know you did!"
"No Jack I didn't! I swear!"
"Hang on. Nice Try! You're just kidding me right?"
But One look at their stony faces told him that they were indeed not joking.
"Well if none of you guys didn't, then who did? And why?"
"What was the letter like?" Steve jumped in.
"Now that you mention it, I did think it was kinda odd." said Jack in his Brooklyn accent, ".that the letter was typed"
"You mean after all the cases we've worked on together, you still wouldn't notice anything remotely suspicious?" Steve teased.
"Maybe I just don't have a suspicious nature" Jack hit back, much to Steve's enjoyment. It was great having his friend back again, and they could solve the mystery of Jack's letter together. Just like old times. His only wish was that Jesse could part of it. Secretly he'd always known that if Jack had ever come back then Jesse would feel left out. It really left Steve in a dilemma, Jack was his old friend, and Jesse was his new friend. He liked them both equally. But neither of them would see it that way.
"So Steve, what about this Jesse Travis?" Jack moved onto a new conversation topic.
"He's a lot like you actually!"
"Yeah?" And the group went on to talk about how they had come to meet Jesse and so on. The more he heard, the more Jack realised that his coming back must have affected Jesse badly, and he knew he'd have felt the same. He made a mental note to get to know him, for if Mark, Steve and Amanda all liked him then he must be worth knowing.
* * * *
Agent Kealy Banks was beside herself with worry. Jesse was in danger; she knew that for certain! And because of her! If I'd only told him about Seville then he could have been on guard, or Steve could've helped him. Oh god I've made such a mess of this, she thought, he could get killed. I have to put this right. She had to get back to LA; there was no doubt about that, for her anyway, because others seemed to have doubts
"Agent Renfield, sir?" Kealy had to talk to her boss; there was no use, in her opinion, just sitting there in France letting Seville attack Jesse.
"Yes, Agent Banks?"
"Sir it's about-."
"Jesse I know. Look I know what you're about to ask and the answer is no."
"But sir--."
"No buts! I can't have you going back to LA, you know Seville will kill you without the slightest hesitation. No, you're staying here in France, let the other agents deal with this! I know you're concerned about your boyfriend but it wouldn't be ethical for you to be on this case, you're too emotionally involved"
"I guess you're right sir" Kealy agreed reluctantly. Of course she had no intention of staying in France. She was just going to have to find a way of getting back into LA unnoticed.
Even just the thought of going back to LA excited her. It had been months since she had seen Jesse, and although the circumstances were less than desirable; she was looking forward to seeing him again.
* * * *
It was dark in LA that night, as a very unusual ensemble of people laughed and joked like they hadn't a care in the world. Even Angel, who rarely smiled, was very happy to be surrounded by his friends, celebrating their latest defeat over Wolfram and Hart. It so happened that they had stopped a very harmful Callus demon, brought forth by the team of Lawyers. Angel Investigations, they called themselves. Firstly, there was Angel, a vampire with a soul, hence the name of the company! Then there was Doyle, pretty much the same idea with him, a half-human half-demon. Then came Cordelia Chase, a pretty, vivacious woman of 21 who had known Angel since high school, and who was also susceptible to visions alerting her to who was in danger from something of demon origin. Wesley Windham- Pryce, was a British ex-watcher and ex-demon hunter, and then there was Gunn, who had become part of the group since he started helping Angel on odd cases. The five of them had been through many adventures together, most the result of Wolfram and Hart, a team of lawyers who were out to destroy Angel and had rather unorthodox methods of conducting their cases. They really did work together well as a team, Cordelia was thinking as she looked around at all her friends. It was great to get a moment with all of them there, just enjoying themselves; it seemed there was always something going wrong whenever they had a moment like this. She didn't know just how right she was. "Oh god!" she groaned when the familiar feeling that a vision usually brought to her was starting up. The flash hit her like a bullet to the brain, and it was this that sent her flying off her chair and onto the floor. The others jumped up immediately and rushed to her aid. Doyle, who had a soft spot for Cordelia, reached her side first and supported her as she tried to get up. "What do you see?" Doyle asked anxiously.
"Okay.." said Cordelia unsteadily, trying to sort out her head, "man in a white lab coat-thing, a doctor! Yeah, I can see some sort of storeroom, oh- oh! Eww! Big ugly demon, oh my god it has a sword. AHHH!" she yelled as the vision hit her again. "It's just- stabbed him! We've got to hurry!"
"Can you see where this is, like what hospital or." Angel prodded her while the others gathered together some weapons.
"Wait a sec.. oww" she groaned as the nauseous feeling hit her again, "Uh, Community.General, Community General Hospital! That's it!"
Angel watched impatiently as everyone else helped Cordelia up from the floor, and then hurried everyone out to his black convertible. Everyone else in the car apart from Cordelia was anticipating a big exciting battle, but she wasn't so sure. She really hadn't liked the look of that demon, and the feelings that that vision had given her had been particularly violent. She was worried for the doctor, she could only hope that they would make it in time.
* * * *
Dr. Jesse Travis rubbed furiously at his blurry, tired eyes. This was happening to him a lot lately, he really needed to get more sleep. Since everything that had happened in Italy, he had thrown himself back into his work with such vigour that every time he went to sleep he was practically unconscious. The fact that Kealy was away didn't help either. He'd started to pine for her in a way that he had only ever done so after Susan had left, and he had loved Susan a lot. He knew that he was in love with Kealy and that the real reason for his depression was that she was away.
He was jolted out of his thoughts and back to reality as a nurse bumped into him from behind. "Oh, Dr. Travis, I'm so so sorry, I-I wasn't looking where I was going, I-It's just that it's the late shift and-."
"Hey Don't worry about it" Jesse smiled softly. Jennifer Langley was a new nurse, and a nervous one at that. She smiled back shyly at him, she was young and had what appeared to be a crush on him. He had often noticed her sneaking glances at him; he was never one to boast about things like that though. He just thought it was sweet.
"Oh, Dr. Travis! Um, this is so embarrassing! When I was in the storeroom, I left Mrs. Wills' prescription there. I'd go get it now, but I've gotta see the nursing administrator in 5 minutes, could you.?"
"Sure, Jenn. Hey, I hope your meeting goes okay!"
"Thank you Dr. Travis! I really appreciate it!"
Jesse chuckled quietly to himself as he made his way towards the storeroom. Her enthusiasm really was endearing. The long hospital corridor was totally silent, and empty of life. Though this was hardly unusual at 2.00 am! The bottle green doorframe belonging to the storeroom was ajar when he reached it. He didn't particularly place much importance on this though, as doctors and nurses were in and out all day.
As he stepped inside, he instinctively reached for the light switch, but it wasn't working. Damn it! he thought, now I'm gonna have to find this thing in the dark. Working his way along the shelves, he scanned the area for what could be Mrs. Wills' prescription, when he felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise, sending a shiver down his spine. He turned abruptly, expecting to see someone in the doorway, or inside the room at least. But there was nothing there.
Thinking he had imagined it, Jesse turned back and continued his search. This time it was a shuffling noise which interrupted him. It couldn't be rats, the ICU was several floors above the ground, and was checked constantly. He was starting to feel more than a little nervous now, when he spotted the item he had been looking for. He snatched it up and ran for the door but before he could reach it, it slammed shut. He grabbed the handle and tried to open it, but to no avail.
The shuffling noise was there again, as he turned around slowly; he began to feel really afraid of what he was about to see. His eyes widened in horror as he found out just how right he had been to be afraid. He had never seen anything like it, and he felt his heart begin to thump harder and faster, and his breathing came in sharp panicked gasps, as the thing began to advance towards him. He was so scared that he could not even yell as it raised it's sword and brought it sweeping down towards his head. He was completely frozen.
To Be Continued.
I have to say, I wasn't actually gonna put Doyle in this story, but so many people, wuemsel for one, were so desperate for him to be in it. So, as I like the other characters as well as Doyle, I'm just gonna put all of them in it. Oh and by the way, Cordelia still gets the visions, I like it better that way! And as for how Angel fits in, you're just gonna have to wait and see.
Disclaimer: the characters Mark, Steve, Jack, Jesse, Amanda, Cordelia, Angel, Doyle, Wesley and Gunn do not belong to me but to their respective producers Viacom, Fox etc I am not making any profit from these characters, but am just borrowing them for fun.
Chapter 2: Angel Investigations
Mark, Steve, Jack and Amanda sat round a fully laden table at BBQ Bob's gazing hungrily at the huge platter before them. It felt just like old times. The group laughed and joked for many hours, enjoying the feeling that being back together again brought to them. Jack was just the same as he remembered him, the same fun loving, easygoing guy, except older and wiser of course! And he felt just the same about his old friends. He'd really missed them. Why did I ever go? He was asking himself, I love these guys! His thoughts were interrupted by Mark's voice.
"Jack? Can you hear me! Is anyone there!"
"Ha Ha! Very funny! I was just lost in thought- Hey shutup you two!" he joked as Steve and Amanda had scoffed at his remark.
"So Mark, what were you saying?"
"In all the excitement of having you back, I forgot to actually ask you why you came!"
"Are you that sorry to see me?"
"No I-
"Just kidding Mark! Anyway you know why I'm here"
"No we don't actually" piped up Amanda, "Not that we're unhappy to see you, but why are you here?"
"Are you serious? " said Jack looking puzzled, " But you sent me a letter"
"Who sent you a letter?" questioned Steve, taking on his usual police persona.
"Hey steady on Buddy! Mark, you sent me a letter, you know you did!"
"No Jack I didn't! I swear!"
"Hang on. Nice Try! You're just kidding me right?"
But One look at their stony faces told him that they were indeed not joking.
"Well if none of you guys didn't, then who did? And why?"
"What was the letter like?" Steve jumped in.
"Now that you mention it, I did think it was kinda odd." said Jack in his Brooklyn accent, ".that the letter was typed"
"You mean after all the cases we've worked on together, you still wouldn't notice anything remotely suspicious?" Steve teased.
"Maybe I just don't have a suspicious nature" Jack hit back, much to Steve's enjoyment. It was great having his friend back again, and they could solve the mystery of Jack's letter together. Just like old times. His only wish was that Jesse could part of it. Secretly he'd always known that if Jack had ever come back then Jesse would feel left out. It really left Steve in a dilemma, Jack was his old friend, and Jesse was his new friend. He liked them both equally. But neither of them would see it that way.
"So Steve, what about this Jesse Travis?" Jack moved onto a new conversation topic.
"He's a lot like you actually!"
"Yeah?" And the group went on to talk about how they had come to meet Jesse and so on. The more he heard, the more Jack realised that his coming back must have affected Jesse badly, and he knew he'd have felt the same. He made a mental note to get to know him, for if Mark, Steve and Amanda all liked him then he must be worth knowing.
* * * *
Agent Kealy Banks was beside herself with worry. Jesse was in danger; she knew that for certain! And because of her! If I'd only told him about Seville then he could have been on guard, or Steve could've helped him. Oh god I've made such a mess of this, she thought, he could get killed. I have to put this right. She had to get back to LA; there was no doubt about that, for her anyway, because others seemed to have doubts
"Agent Renfield, sir?" Kealy had to talk to her boss; there was no use, in her opinion, just sitting there in France letting Seville attack Jesse.
"Yes, Agent Banks?"
"Sir it's about-."
"Jesse I know. Look I know what you're about to ask and the answer is no."
"But sir--."
"No buts! I can't have you going back to LA, you know Seville will kill you without the slightest hesitation. No, you're staying here in France, let the other agents deal with this! I know you're concerned about your boyfriend but it wouldn't be ethical for you to be on this case, you're too emotionally involved"
"I guess you're right sir" Kealy agreed reluctantly. Of course she had no intention of staying in France. She was just going to have to find a way of getting back into LA unnoticed.
Even just the thought of going back to LA excited her. It had been months since she had seen Jesse, and although the circumstances were less than desirable; she was looking forward to seeing him again.
* * * *
It was dark in LA that night, as a very unusual ensemble of people laughed and joked like they hadn't a care in the world. Even Angel, who rarely smiled, was very happy to be surrounded by his friends, celebrating their latest defeat over Wolfram and Hart. It so happened that they had stopped a very harmful Callus demon, brought forth by the team of Lawyers. Angel Investigations, they called themselves. Firstly, there was Angel, a vampire with a soul, hence the name of the company! Then there was Doyle, pretty much the same idea with him, a half-human half-demon. Then came Cordelia Chase, a pretty, vivacious woman of 21 who had known Angel since high school, and who was also susceptible to visions alerting her to who was in danger from something of demon origin. Wesley Windham- Pryce, was a British ex-watcher and ex-demon hunter, and then there was Gunn, who had become part of the group since he started helping Angel on odd cases. The five of them had been through many adventures together, most the result of Wolfram and Hart, a team of lawyers who were out to destroy Angel and had rather unorthodox methods of conducting their cases. They really did work together well as a team, Cordelia was thinking as she looked around at all her friends. It was great to get a moment with all of them there, just enjoying themselves; it seemed there was always something going wrong whenever they had a moment like this. She didn't know just how right she was. "Oh god!" she groaned when the familiar feeling that a vision usually brought to her was starting up. The flash hit her like a bullet to the brain, and it was this that sent her flying off her chair and onto the floor. The others jumped up immediately and rushed to her aid. Doyle, who had a soft spot for Cordelia, reached her side first and supported her as she tried to get up. "What do you see?" Doyle asked anxiously.
"Okay.." said Cordelia unsteadily, trying to sort out her head, "man in a white lab coat-thing, a doctor! Yeah, I can see some sort of storeroom, oh- oh! Eww! Big ugly demon, oh my god it has a sword. AHHH!" she yelled as the vision hit her again. "It's just- stabbed him! We've got to hurry!"
"Can you see where this is, like what hospital or." Angel prodded her while the others gathered together some weapons.
"Wait a sec.. oww" she groaned as the nauseous feeling hit her again, "Uh, Community.General, Community General Hospital! That's it!"
Angel watched impatiently as everyone else helped Cordelia up from the floor, and then hurried everyone out to his black convertible. Everyone else in the car apart from Cordelia was anticipating a big exciting battle, but she wasn't so sure. She really hadn't liked the look of that demon, and the feelings that that vision had given her had been particularly violent. She was worried for the doctor, she could only hope that they would make it in time.
* * * *
Dr. Jesse Travis rubbed furiously at his blurry, tired eyes. This was happening to him a lot lately, he really needed to get more sleep. Since everything that had happened in Italy, he had thrown himself back into his work with such vigour that every time he went to sleep he was practically unconscious. The fact that Kealy was away didn't help either. He'd started to pine for her in a way that he had only ever done so after Susan had left, and he had loved Susan a lot. He knew that he was in love with Kealy and that the real reason for his depression was that she was away.
He was jolted out of his thoughts and back to reality as a nurse bumped into him from behind. "Oh, Dr. Travis, I'm so so sorry, I-I wasn't looking where I was going, I-It's just that it's the late shift and-."
"Hey Don't worry about it" Jesse smiled softly. Jennifer Langley was a new nurse, and a nervous one at that. She smiled back shyly at him, she was young and had what appeared to be a crush on him. He had often noticed her sneaking glances at him; he was never one to boast about things like that though. He just thought it was sweet.
"Oh, Dr. Travis! Um, this is so embarrassing! When I was in the storeroom, I left Mrs. Wills' prescription there. I'd go get it now, but I've gotta see the nursing administrator in 5 minutes, could you.?"
"Sure, Jenn. Hey, I hope your meeting goes okay!"
"Thank you Dr. Travis! I really appreciate it!"
Jesse chuckled quietly to himself as he made his way towards the storeroom. Her enthusiasm really was endearing. The long hospital corridor was totally silent, and empty of life. Though this was hardly unusual at 2.00 am! The bottle green doorframe belonging to the storeroom was ajar when he reached it. He didn't particularly place much importance on this though, as doctors and nurses were in and out all day.
As he stepped inside, he instinctively reached for the light switch, but it wasn't working. Damn it! he thought, now I'm gonna have to find this thing in the dark. Working his way along the shelves, he scanned the area for what could be Mrs. Wills' prescription, when he felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise, sending a shiver down his spine. He turned abruptly, expecting to see someone in the doorway, or inside the room at least. But there was nothing there.
Thinking he had imagined it, Jesse turned back and continued his search. This time it was a shuffling noise which interrupted him. It couldn't be rats, the ICU was several floors above the ground, and was checked constantly. He was starting to feel more than a little nervous now, when he spotted the item he had been looking for. He snatched it up and ran for the door but before he could reach it, it slammed shut. He grabbed the handle and tried to open it, but to no avail.
The shuffling noise was there again, as he turned around slowly; he began to feel really afraid of what he was about to see. His eyes widened in horror as he found out just how right he had been to be afraid. He had never seen anything like it, and he felt his heart begin to thump harder and faster, and his breathing came in sharp panicked gasps, as the thing began to advance towards him. He was so scared that he could not even yell as it raised it's sword and brought it sweeping down towards his head. He was completely frozen.
To Be Continued.
