Okay so I didn't want to give the last cliff-hanger away by saying that
this is a cross over. Season seven of Buffy happened but Spike didn't die
and Buffy managed to save Anya when she was leaving.
Thank you Tariq and Cordianne for the reviews!
This isn't going to be really B/A or A/C, though. It will make more sense
if you just read it with an open mind!
*********************************************************** 'I need to know what he saw.' Spike shook Lorne. 'What the hell are you doing here and give me one good reason why I should kill you?' Angel shoved him back, away from Lorne. 'Listen peaches I got my soul back about nineteen years ago so I'm just like you. Sorry for torturing you the last time we met but I have more important things on my mind. I need to know what he saw when he read Isobel.' Spike bent down over Lorne. 'You know that girl?' Angel questioned squatting down too. 'Yeah that's my little girl.' He said with a smile 'Well not biologically but I've been looking after her since the day she was born and that gives me the right to watch her back.' 'You taught her how to fight?' Angel asked. 'Yeah she's a natural, slayer genes came built in. Why are you the vamp she attacked?' 'Yes I should have known that she knew you. She fought dirty..' Angel shook Lorne. 'You can blame Faith for that not me.' He answered. Lorne started to come around. Angel pulled him up and into a chair. 'What did you see?' He asked. 'Slow down there, Angel cakes give me a second to take a breath.' Lorne looked at Spike. 'You did a good job raising that little hell cat.' He said with a smile. 'What did you see?' asked Spike. 'I saw everything. From the moment she was born, every touch, taste experience. That's what the PTB wanted.' He answered 'Nothing of the future though. Just up to a few minutes ago.'
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Isobel kept running out of the back of the club. She looked around and jumped up onto a fire escape. She paused and listened. She could hear Ben's footsteps on the ground below her. 'Isobel can we talk?' Ben called into the darkness, he didn't even know if she could hear him. 'Isobel come out, come out where ever you are!' he called again. Isobel jumped down from the roof of the building. 'What do you have to say to me?' she asked, holding her arms across her chest. 'Just.erm.why didn't you call me? He asked 'Why didn't you call me? You were the one with all the explaining to do.' 'You never said that you were a slayer.' He yelled. 'You never asked and you never told me your "uncle" was a vampire.' Isobel shot back. 'Now I'm going to go in and find my dad and go home. Goodbye Ben.' She held her head up and walked back into the club.
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'So, who are her real parents?' asked Angel. 'Buffy and I raised her, we are her parents as far as she's concerned and nothing is going to change that.' Spike answered. 'But why would you just take in a child that you knew nothing about? Why not give her to social services? It doesn't make sense.' 'Buffy knew Isobel's biological mother and felt a sense of duty. That's it. Nothing more.' Spike stood up to leave. 'Okay Spike I think you should tell Angel cakes here the whole truth or I will.' Lorne threatened him. 'What? there is no more truth, at least no more he needs to know.' 'Angel' Lorne began 'Isobel is Cordelia's daughter.' 'He didn't need to know that!' Spike yelled. 'It makes no difference now. I am her father, Buffy was her mother. Nothing else matters.' 'Conor was the father then and that's why she left after the rain of fire.' It all began to fall into place in Angel's mind 'Which makes Isobel my grand daughter.'
*********************************************************** Isobel listened in the corner. She had always known that she was adopted. It had never really bothered her, she had two loving parents and after her mother died her dad had looked after her. But now, now she was this guy's grand daughter. She wasn't even sure how this all worked. She stepped out of the shadows. 'Tell me everything Dad. I need to know.' Spike jumped, startled at his daughter's sudden appearance. 'Are you sure love?' 'Start at the start.'
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'Buffy and I found Cordelia when we were out patrolling one night in San Francisco. That's where we went after Sunnydale was destroyed. She was in the last stages of labour. We were shocked Buffy hadn't seen Cordelia in years and there she was. She was crying a lot and wouldn't let us call a doctor. She just kept saying that she had to keep her baby safe. She wouldn't tell who she was afraid of. When Isobel was born, she wouldn't even hold her. She just asked us to take care of her and she pulled out a gun and shot herself in the head. Buffy and I didn't know what to do. Cordelia obviously didn't want to be found, so we brought her out to where Buffy had been buried and we buried her there. We didn't tell anyone and when everyone asked where Isobel had come from, we just said she was a gift. No one ever came looking for Cordelia and when Isobel was stronger as a child than normal, we presumed that she was one of the slayers. We used that to explain everything, even when she ripped the door of her room when she was five. It's what we wanted to believe.' Spike sat down again 'She was our little girl' he turned to Isobel 'We loved you.' 'I know dad.' Isobel turned to Angel 'Do you know anything more about this?' 'Cordy left after it rained fire. I confronted her because she..she slept with my son, Conor. I was angry. When we came back from looking for the beast she was gone she just left a note saying not to come looking for her. We just respected her wishes. What other choice did we have?' Isobel stood 'I need to be alone for a while this is all too much.' She walked out head high. 'That's my girl' smiled Spike 'She was always less impulsive than me or Buffy, something of you Angel, I suppose.'
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*********************************************************** 'I need to know what he saw.' Spike shook Lorne. 'What the hell are you doing here and give me one good reason why I should kill you?' Angel shoved him back, away from Lorne. 'Listen peaches I got my soul back about nineteen years ago so I'm just like you. Sorry for torturing you the last time we met but I have more important things on my mind. I need to know what he saw when he read Isobel.' Spike bent down over Lorne. 'You know that girl?' Angel questioned squatting down too. 'Yeah that's my little girl.' He said with a smile 'Well not biologically but I've been looking after her since the day she was born and that gives me the right to watch her back.' 'You taught her how to fight?' Angel asked. 'Yeah she's a natural, slayer genes came built in. Why are you the vamp she attacked?' 'Yes I should have known that she knew you. She fought dirty..' Angel shook Lorne. 'You can blame Faith for that not me.' He answered. Lorne started to come around. Angel pulled him up and into a chair. 'What did you see?' He asked. 'Slow down there, Angel cakes give me a second to take a breath.' Lorne looked at Spike. 'You did a good job raising that little hell cat.' He said with a smile. 'What did you see?' asked Spike. 'I saw everything. From the moment she was born, every touch, taste experience. That's what the PTB wanted.' He answered 'Nothing of the future though. Just up to a few minutes ago.'
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Isobel kept running out of the back of the club. She looked around and jumped up onto a fire escape. She paused and listened. She could hear Ben's footsteps on the ground below her. 'Isobel can we talk?' Ben called into the darkness, he didn't even know if she could hear him. 'Isobel come out, come out where ever you are!' he called again. Isobel jumped down from the roof of the building. 'What do you have to say to me?' she asked, holding her arms across her chest. 'Just.erm.why didn't you call me? He asked 'Why didn't you call me? You were the one with all the explaining to do.' 'You never said that you were a slayer.' He yelled. 'You never asked and you never told me your "uncle" was a vampire.' Isobel shot back. 'Now I'm going to go in and find my dad and go home. Goodbye Ben.' She held her head up and walked back into the club.
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'So, who are her real parents?' asked Angel. 'Buffy and I raised her, we are her parents as far as she's concerned and nothing is going to change that.' Spike answered. 'But why would you just take in a child that you knew nothing about? Why not give her to social services? It doesn't make sense.' 'Buffy knew Isobel's biological mother and felt a sense of duty. That's it. Nothing more.' Spike stood up to leave. 'Okay Spike I think you should tell Angel cakes here the whole truth or I will.' Lorne threatened him. 'What? there is no more truth, at least no more he needs to know.' 'Angel' Lorne began 'Isobel is Cordelia's daughter.' 'He didn't need to know that!' Spike yelled. 'It makes no difference now. I am her father, Buffy was her mother. Nothing else matters.' 'Conor was the father then and that's why she left after the rain of fire.' It all began to fall into place in Angel's mind 'Which makes Isobel my grand daughter.'
*********************************************************** Isobel listened in the corner. She had always known that she was adopted. It had never really bothered her, she had two loving parents and after her mother died her dad had looked after her. But now, now she was this guy's grand daughter. She wasn't even sure how this all worked. She stepped out of the shadows. 'Tell me everything Dad. I need to know.' Spike jumped, startled at his daughter's sudden appearance. 'Are you sure love?' 'Start at the start.'
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'Buffy and I found Cordelia when we were out patrolling one night in San Francisco. That's where we went after Sunnydale was destroyed. She was in the last stages of labour. We were shocked Buffy hadn't seen Cordelia in years and there she was. She was crying a lot and wouldn't let us call a doctor. She just kept saying that she had to keep her baby safe. She wouldn't tell who she was afraid of. When Isobel was born, she wouldn't even hold her. She just asked us to take care of her and she pulled out a gun and shot herself in the head. Buffy and I didn't know what to do. Cordelia obviously didn't want to be found, so we brought her out to where Buffy had been buried and we buried her there. We didn't tell anyone and when everyone asked where Isobel had come from, we just said she was a gift. No one ever came looking for Cordelia and when Isobel was stronger as a child than normal, we presumed that she was one of the slayers. We used that to explain everything, even when she ripped the door of her room when she was five. It's what we wanted to believe.' Spike sat down again 'She was our little girl' he turned to Isobel 'We loved you.' 'I know dad.' Isobel turned to Angel 'Do you know anything more about this?' 'Cordy left after it rained fire. I confronted her because she..she slept with my son, Conor. I was angry. When we came back from looking for the beast she was gone she just left a note saying not to come looking for her. We just respected her wishes. What other choice did we have?' Isobel stood 'I need to be alone for a while this is all too much.' She walked out head high. 'That's my girl' smiled Spike 'She was always less impulsive than me or Buffy, something of you Angel, I suppose.'
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