Angel moaned opening his eyes slowly. It took him a while to realise he was
back at the Hyperion. He had no recollection of how he got there.
"Oh my God Angel. You're awake." Cordelia seemed happy as he rubbed his head sitting up. It was still aching from the fall.
"Yeah, I'm not supposed to be?"
Cordelia shook her head trying to get him to laydown again, but he refused.
"Of course you are, it's just if it hadn't been for Connor..." She glanced over her shoulder just as the rest of the Angel Investigations team entered Angel's room.
"He's awake." Cordy smiled and the others seemed pleased.
"What happened to you?" Gunn asked. "Got hit by a truck or something?"
"No." Angel mumbled sorting his thoughts. Trying to remember all that had happened. "Where's Connor. Is he okay?" He asked worried looking at his friends.
"Yes, but you wouldn't have been if he hadn't found you in that alley right before dawn. You would've been..." Fred shuddered unable to continue. Gunn put a comforting arm around her shoulders and she smiled shyly at him.
Angel remembered the previous night. D.J., the demon, 'I don't play with vampires'. All of it.
"What happened?"
He looked dazed at Cordelia. "It was D.J."
"That girl?" Cordelia seemed upset. "She tried to kill you?"
"No she ...I fought of a demon. She killed it but then..." He looked at Wesley. "We have to find out what she is. She clearly put me out with one punch." He got off his bed pacing thoughtfully. "She must be a demon of some sort. What else could she be?"
"Ehm...what about this demon. The one you fought. What was it?" Wesley asked and Angel had to think for a few seconds.
"Karaktus, I think she said."
Wesley frowned. "Karaktus? But they are never spotted outside the ...."
"Woods?" Angel cut in and his friend nodded.
"How did you know?"
"She told me." Angel replied. He wondered if D.J. really was a demon, if she was then why would she be killing demons? It didn't make sense and it made him frustrated. Was she on their team or not?
Cordelia looked annoyed. "Had a nice chat did you?"
Angel just shot her a look. "It's vital we find this girl. No matter what she is, she clearly has a weird sense of humour." He snarled slightly and Fred looked around at the others like she'd missed something.
"But ...didn't she save you? From the demon, killing it." She asked and Angel gave her a small nod.
"Yeah after watching it nearly beat me to death."
The AI team exchange worried glances. Dangerous , strong girls wasn't always all fun and games to handle and they knew that.
Cordelia looked sour. "Seems to have a humour similar to Faith." She muttered.
"Maybe we need to get her then. Bad girl to fight bad girl." Everybody turned and saw Connor standing, nonchalant leaning by the doorway. "If she punched you out." Connor added looking at his father who didn't seem to fond of the idea.
"Get her out of jail for a girl who likes to walk the fine line between good and psycho, but kills demons. Yeah that sounds like a pretty useless thing to do." Gunn said a little snappy but he made sense and Wesley nodded agreeing.
"Gunn's right. It's a little rash to call Faith out of jail for something like this."
Angel sighed rubbing his forehead. "I want this girl - here. I'm gonna find out what she is. If I can't do it by hand I'll have to use something stronger." He looked determined moving from his room to get a tranquiliser gun.
His friends followed.
"A...aren't we rushing a bit too fast?" Wesley stuttered glancing at the gun in Angels hand.
But the vampire shook his head.
"We talk to her tonight, I won't wait for her to cross the line."
***
You're a little edgy on the deal." Gunn whispered to Angel walking the streets of L.A. that night. Angel had the tranquiliser gun well hidden under his leather coat.
"I don't want a crazy girl, roaming the streets without knowing what she is." He said keeping his eyes on the alleys. He kept a close eye on every movement.
Gunn frowned. "Didn't know we considered her crazy yet." He said. Angel shot him a short glare and Gunn understood he was thinking of Faith. She'd played double agent for the sides and she'd been highly dangerous.
Gunn was about to say something else but then they both froze hearing the noice of a struggle. They quietly hurried into a back alley just as D.J. dusted a vampire.
She dusted herself of smiling when she lifted her head and saw them.
"Ah, you boys came to see me?" She tilted her head making her long dark hair sway. "You shouldn't have" She lunched at them, kicking Gunn making him fall but unable to do the same to Angel since he grabbed her leg and flipped her over.
She got onto her feet quickly. "No more pleasantries huh?"
She reminded him much about Faith when fighting, although she was stronger then the slayer. He managed to block two off her punches just as Gunn grabbed her from behind and threw her into a pile of garbage cans. Again she was on her feet without a scratch.
Angel produced the gun and without hesitation shot an arrow in her stomach.
With big eyes D.J. looked down on it but then to his and Gunn's surprise she pulled it out. "Aoo, that pinched." She complained with a winy voice and Angel and Gunn exchanged glances. They had not prepared for this.
Angel was shocked. That arrow would've put most beasts in a deep slumber. There was something seriously off with this girl. He immediatley threw the gun away and jumped at her forcing her to the ground with all his strengths.
"Gunn!" He screamed and his friend came to help. They had much trouble holding her down and before they knew it she'd thrown them off her.
She laighed scornfully at them, getting to her feet for a third time. "Idiots." She said and Angel wondered if he wasn't supposed know what she was, if he should just drop it. Maybe she was too strong for him.
But then what seemed to be a thick net was thrown over D.J. and a blow to her head forced her down on the ground with a groan.
Angel looked up at his son who shrugged casually.
"Need help?"
"Oh my God Angel. You're awake." Cordelia seemed happy as he rubbed his head sitting up. It was still aching from the fall.
"Yeah, I'm not supposed to be?"
Cordelia shook her head trying to get him to laydown again, but he refused.
"Of course you are, it's just if it hadn't been for Connor..." She glanced over her shoulder just as the rest of the Angel Investigations team entered Angel's room.
"He's awake." Cordy smiled and the others seemed pleased.
"What happened to you?" Gunn asked. "Got hit by a truck or something?"
"No." Angel mumbled sorting his thoughts. Trying to remember all that had happened. "Where's Connor. Is he okay?" He asked worried looking at his friends.
"Yes, but you wouldn't have been if he hadn't found you in that alley right before dawn. You would've been..." Fred shuddered unable to continue. Gunn put a comforting arm around her shoulders and she smiled shyly at him.
Angel remembered the previous night. D.J., the demon, 'I don't play with vampires'. All of it.
"What happened?"
He looked dazed at Cordelia. "It was D.J."
"That girl?" Cordelia seemed upset. "She tried to kill you?"
"No she ...I fought of a demon. She killed it but then..." He looked at Wesley. "We have to find out what she is. She clearly put me out with one punch." He got off his bed pacing thoughtfully. "She must be a demon of some sort. What else could she be?"
"Ehm...what about this demon. The one you fought. What was it?" Wesley asked and Angel had to think for a few seconds.
"Karaktus, I think she said."
Wesley frowned. "Karaktus? But they are never spotted outside the ...."
"Woods?" Angel cut in and his friend nodded.
"How did you know?"
"She told me." Angel replied. He wondered if D.J. really was a demon, if she was then why would she be killing demons? It didn't make sense and it made him frustrated. Was she on their team or not?
Cordelia looked annoyed. "Had a nice chat did you?"
Angel just shot her a look. "It's vital we find this girl. No matter what she is, she clearly has a weird sense of humour." He snarled slightly and Fred looked around at the others like she'd missed something.
"But ...didn't she save you? From the demon, killing it." She asked and Angel gave her a small nod.
"Yeah after watching it nearly beat me to death."
The AI team exchange worried glances. Dangerous , strong girls wasn't always all fun and games to handle and they knew that.
Cordelia looked sour. "Seems to have a humour similar to Faith." She muttered.
"Maybe we need to get her then. Bad girl to fight bad girl." Everybody turned and saw Connor standing, nonchalant leaning by the doorway. "If she punched you out." Connor added looking at his father who didn't seem to fond of the idea.
"Get her out of jail for a girl who likes to walk the fine line between good and psycho, but kills demons. Yeah that sounds like a pretty useless thing to do." Gunn said a little snappy but he made sense and Wesley nodded agreeing.
"Gunn's right. It's a little rash to call Faith out of jail for something like this."
Angel sighed rubbing his forehead. "I want this girl - here. I'm gonna find out what she is. If I can't do it by hand I'll have to use something stronger." He looked determined moving from his room to get a tranquiliser gun.
His friends followed.
"A...aren't we rushing a bit too fast?" Wesley stuttered glancing at the gun in Angels hand.
But the vampire shook his head.
"We talk to her tonight, I won't wait for her to cross the line."
***
You're a little edgy on the deal." Gunn whispered to Angel walking the streets of L.A. that night. Angel had the tranquiliser gun well hidden under his leather coat.
"I don't want a crazy girl, roaming the streets without knowing what she is." He said keeping his eyes on the alleys. He kept a close eye on every movement.
Gunn frowned. "Didn't know we considered her crazy yet." He said. Angel shot him a short glare and Gunn understood he was thinking of Faith. She'd played double agent for the sides and she'd been highly dangerous.
Gunn was about to say something else but then they both froze hearing the noice of a struggle. They quietly hurried into a back alley just as D.J. dusted a vampire.
She dusted herself of smiling when she lifted her head and saw them.
"Ah, you boys came to see me?" She tilted her head making her long dark hair sway. "You shouldn't have" She lunched at them, kicking Gunn making him fall but unable to do the same to Angel since he grabbed her leg and flipped her over.
She got onto her feet quickly. "No more pleasantries huh?"
She reminded him much about Faith when fighting, although she was stronger then the slayer. He managed to block two off her punches just as Gunn grabbed her from behind and threw her into a pile of garbage cans. Again she was on her feet without a scratch.
Angel produced the gun and without hesitation shot an arrow in her stomach.
With big eyes D.J. looked down on it but then to his and Gunn's surprise she pulled it out. "Aoo, that pinched." She complained with a winy voice and Angel and Gunn exchanged glances. They had not prepared for this.
Angel was shocked. That arrow would've put most beasts in a deep slumber. There was something seriously off with this girl. He immediatley threw the gun away and jumped at her forcing her to the ground with all his strengths.
"Gunn!" He screamed and his friend came to help. They had much trouble holding her down and before they knew it she'd thrown them off her.
She laighed scornfully at them, getting to her feet for a third time. "Idiots." She said and Angel wondered if he wasn't supposed know what she was, if he should just drop it. Maybe she was too strong for him.
But then what seemed to be a thick net was thrown over D.J. and a blow to her head forced her down on the ground with a groan.
Angel looked up at his son who shrugged casually.
"Need help?"
