Chapter 1: 1,2,3… it keeps coming.
Title: Reunion time.
Author: Nikka
Rating: General (basically if you're old enough to watch Angel you can read this fanfic).
Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Wehdon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.
Spoilers: Angel season 3, Buffy season 6.
Summary: Cordy gets a series of visions about the scoobies and the gang heads out to Sunnydale.
Time line: Well I played with the time line on this fic. On Angel it's right after "waiting in the wings" but Groo is not back yet. On Buffy it's right before "Once more with feeling" so Tara & Willow are still together and Spike & Buffy hadn't kissed yet. All the rest is pretty much the same.
Author notes: Hi everyone, English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.
Status: Not finished.
A special thank you to Sigma for reproof reading my story. I hope you'll see the difference. As of that the upload of the chapters may take longer.
The phone rang. "Could someone please pick it up? I'm busy." The phone kept on ringing; no one answered. "Come on people! I have my hands full here! Literally," she yelled, but again there was no reply. The phone was still ringing. "Oh, come on, I guess I'll do it". She picked up the baby with the dirty diaper and walked to the other room where the phone was. "Angel Investigations, we help the helpless, how can I help you?" she growled angrily.
"Hello?" she said again. "Great they hung up".
She put down the phone and walked back to the other room, finished changing the baby, washed her hands, picked him up, and headed downstairs.
"Yes! I got you this time, you're dead!" one man crowed to the other. They were both sitting on the carpet in front of the television playing some kind of video game.
"Didn't you hear me when I asked you to answer the phone?" she asked them angrily. No one responded they seemed very preoccupied with the game.
"Hello! Am I talking to myself?" she said sarcastically. Still there was no reaction. **That's it** she thought to herself. She walked over and stood right in front of the TV screen.
"Hi." both the man said in surprise.
"Hi, yourself" she snapped back.
"Cordy, could you please move? We're in the middle of the game and I'm kicking Angel's butt." one of the men said to her.
"Oh, in that case don't let me interrupt you both." she snarled.
"Thanks, girl, you're the best." replied the man who had done all of the talking so far; the other one just lowered his head and said nothing at all, which seemed to upset Cordelia even more.
Cordy moved away from the TV screen and then suddenly put the baby in the lap of the man who hasn't spoken so far and walked away.
"Hi, Cordy." he called after her. She didn't respond.
"Gunn, do me a favor and take Connor for a second". The man said as he put Connor in Gunn's lap then got up and walked to the kitchen where Cordelia was. "Hey, what was that all about?" he asked Cordelia.
"You're asking me?" she said angry. "Angelm why didn't you answer the phone?"
"There was a phone?" he said in surprise.
"Oh, you're impossible!" she yelled at him.
Back in the other room, a young, skinny girl walked in and greeted Gunn.
"Hi baby what's up?" he said to her fondly.
"Nothing much. I did some research on that demon you guys killed yesterday." she said.
"And? Are we excepting company?" Gunn asked her.
"No, I think that's it...where is everyone else?" she inquired.
"Well, Angel and Cordy are in the kitchen fighting as usual." he said with half a smile.
"What about?" she asked.
"Who knows?" he shrugged. "Wesley is out meeting a possible client, and I'm here waiting for my lovely girlfriend to come back". He kissed her.
"Fred!" she heard someone calling her. "Tell Angel he's the most self-involved vampire you have ever seen!" Cordy demanded as she stormed out of the kitchen, Angel at her heels.
"No, Fred tell her she's overreacting like always." Angel said before Fred had a chance to answer.
"I'm overreacting?! Maybe that's because you don't react at all." Cordy interrupted him.
"Ok, enough, you two! If you want to fight, do it somewhere else." sighed a man with glasses who just come in.
"Wesley, thank God you're here!" Fred smiled.
"You know what?" Cordy said angrily.
"What??" Angel asked, not really expecting an answer.
"If I wasn't having a vision right now, I'd continue to fight with you." she said dizzily. The room started to spin and images jumped in front of her.
"What is it Cor? What do you see?' Angel asked ready for action.
"It's not clear. I see a girl...she's running. She seems familiar." Cordy tried to describe what she saw, but it was hard. This vision was longer than normal and not nearly as clear. She couldn't even tell where it was happening.
"Do you know who she is? Where she's at?" Wesley asked, trying to get information.
"It stopped." Cordy was surprised. She had learned nothing to help them find the girl in trouble.
"What do you mean stopped?" Fred asked surprised. "Can they just stop like that?"
"No. This is the first time that happened. I don't understand." Cordy seemed even more confused than the rest.
"Well maybe it's 'to be continued'. You know, like the movies." Gunn offered.
Everyone gave him an odd look. "What?" he said, defending himself.
"I don't know what's going on, but there's another one coming". Cordy said while she started to float in mid air.
"Cor, are you o.k?" Angel frowned, worried.
"I see the girl again...she's crying. I think I can see her face." she stopped.
"What? Who is she?" Wesley asked curious.
"It's Dawn." she said, still floating.
"Who's Dawn?" Fred asked.
"Dawn Summers? Buffy's Dawn?" Angel asked, surprised.
"Yes. And she looks scared and alone." Cordy landed back on the floor, her eyes were wet from crying. "I felt what she felt. She's..." she gasped.
"It's o.k." Angel comforted her, putting his arm around her as she leaned against him.
"So, who's Dawn again?" Gunn asked.
"I'll explain later. Right now we need to go." Wesley said as he grabbed a bag and started throwing books inside.
"What? Just like that we're going?" Fred asked.
"YES." Cordy said firmly. "Go pack."
Gunn & Fred looked at each other then headed for the stairs.
"And make it fast". Cordy yelled at their backs.
"I'd better go pack, too." Angel picked up Connor who had been put in his crib when Cordy started having her vision.
"You'd also better tell Lorne to pack." Wesley said to Angel, as he headed for the stairs.
"Of course, how could I forget?"
"We need to move fast". Cordy said as she opened the door. "Come on, Wes, you can drop me off on your way. When you're done, pick me up and we'll meet the others here." she said, in command mode.
"Oh, God, what's happening?" Cordy closed her eyes and held her head. This time it didn't just make her dizzy, it hurt as well. "Aaaah" she screamed.
Angel rushed down to help her, but by then the vision was over.
"What happened? Did you have another vision? Why did you scream? Did it hurt? I thought you weren't supposed to get those painful one any more!" Angel was interrupted by Wesley.
"Hold on, Angel, let her tell us".
"1 & 2. I had a vision," she answered, looking pissed off, "3 & 4 I screamed because it hurt like hell. And 5, just because it won't kill me doesn't mean it won't hurt. Remember Doyle."
"So you're fine?" he asked, worried.
"Yes, and I saw someone else this time. It was Anya, Xander's girlfriend. I barely recognized her, though. She has blond hair now, did you know? Looks good, I must say. Anway, back to business. It was the same deal she was scared and alone. She was crying too, but she was in a different place."
"What do you mean a different place?" Wesley asked, intrigued by the mystery visions.
"Dawn was in a dark alley and Anya was in a library or a house or something. It had bookshelves...I really don't know. We need to go now, so, Angel, go pack." she ordered.
"But, are you ok?" he was worried about her.
"I'm fine, and I'm not lying this time. Just go. Wesley and I need to get going. We'll meet you guys back here." she said, shoving him towards the stairs.
"Come on, let's go." she opened the door and walked out.
"All right, then." Wesley said to himself and went after her.
About an hour later everyone met in front of the hotel. It was dark by now. To their surprise, a brown van pulled in front of them. The door opened, and Gunn jumped out.
"I thought it be easier to travel like this. I borrowed it from a friend." he smiled, proud of himself.
As Angel put the bags in the trunk, the rest got in. Gunn drove while Wesley, sitting next to him, gave directions. The rest lounged in the back. Angel stayed close to Cordy and Connor, keeping a close eye on both.
"Sunnydale here we come." Gunn grinned as he started the engine and they were on their way.
TBC
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