Spike pushed the doors to the Hyperion Hotel open. Thea held onto his hand
tightly. Buffy would be coming along in a minute. She was just paying the
taxi driver.
A group of teenager's that were sitting on the seats in the centre of the lobby chatting, suddenly stopped and stared at them.
"Angel about?" Spike asked in his casual, cocky way. Angel heard his name and came out from the office, followed by a group of adults and a green guy.
"Spike!" He growled. He looked down at Thea. "Leave the girl alone!"
"I don't like him, Daddy," Thea said looking from Angel to Spike.
Just then, Buffy came in. Everyone in the room stared at her. They couldn't understand how she looked exactly the same as she had twenty years ago. Spike they could understand, he was a vampire, he wasn't meant to age. But Buffy should have grown old like the rest of them.
"Aren't you gonna say hi?" Buffy asked. This was just the way she had thought they would react. She hadn't made any kind of contact with the L.A team since she'd Fed-Ex'd the Spike's old chain to Angel.
"Buffy!" Cordelia greeted her, "you're.you're." she started but Angel cut her off.
"You did this!" Angel yelled at Spike. "You turned her!" With that, he charged at Spike. Just before his reached the blond Immortal, Thea stuck out her foot, knocking the souled vampire to the floor. She sat on his back pulling his arms behind him, pinning the souled vampire to the ground.
"Bad vampire!" Thea said as she slapped him round the back of the head. Everyone else in the room couldn't help burst out laughing; a six-year-old was attacking Angel. This was even better than the time Wesley was attacked by a power-walker.
"Angel, I am not a vampire," Buffy explained. "And Thea, get off him."
"But Mommy, he's a vampire," Thea moaned. "I have to kill him."
"He's a good vampire, like Daddy was," Thea looked from Angel to her Mommy and back again; sighed and climbed off him.
"Buffy, what the hell is going on?" Angel asked angrily.
"Angel, I'm an Immortal. So is Spike and our daughter Thea," Buffy explained quickly, not wanting to get into any details.
"You're an Immortal!" Angel couldn't believe it. He had always knew she was a powerful Slayer, but not this powerful.
"What's an Immortal?" Cordelia asked.
"I'll explain later," Buffy said. She turned to look at the other people in the room. "Business sure grew larger since I last saw you."
"Oh, yeah," Angel snapped out of a daze, he couldn't believe that Buffy was really an Immortal, and she was with Spike of all people! "This is my son Connor," he pointed one of the boys on the seating, he looked about Buffy's original age. "This is Cordy's husband, Groo," he pointed to a balding man with purple eyes. "And their daughter, Leah." A ten-year-old girl, who also had purple eyes, waved shyly. "Fred and Gunn," Angel pointed at the couple, "Their three children, Charlie, Alanna and Molly," The other three teenagers on the seating smiled. "And you know Wesley, oh, this is Lorne," a green coloured demon with red horns waved.
"You all live here?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah. We didn't at first but it made the most sense to all stay together," Angel explained. "Alanna, why don't you find a room for Buffy, Spike and Thea?"
"Thea, why don't you go too," Buffy ushered her daughter away. It would be easier to talk without any of the children there.
"Ok Mommy," Thea followed Alanna up the stairs.
"You too, Leah," Cordelia got Buffy's hint.
"So when.?" Angel started to ask, but he couldn't finish the sentence.
"When do you think?" Buffy replied. "Twenty years now."
"I repeat Cordy's question, what's an Immortal?" Gunn asked. Fred nodded along with her husband.
Wesley spent a lot longer than needed explaining the process of changing from a Slayer to Immortal and the other ways you can become an Immortal.
"We thought we'd come say goodbye before we leave for England," Buffy explained.
"Couldn't they help on that case?" Fred asked, speaking for the first time.
"Case?" Angel had forgotten almost everything. "Oh, right. Case."
"It would be perfect!" Wesley cried. Buffy and Spike looked at each other and back to Wesley. "There's this Law firm that's wanted Angel evil since he moved to LA. We have always wanted to sneak inside their hidden vaults and take this book that has some very precise incantations that." Cordelia stopped Wesley before he began another long lecture.
"Basically the have heat detector so we can't go in and they have vampire detectors so Angel can't go in," she summed it up in a fraction of the time Wesley would have taken.
"You forgot the pressure sensors," Groo added. "It can't take more than about eighty pounds."
"That rules us out," Buffy shrugged. "Sorry, can't help."
"No it doesn't," Spike corrected her. "Thea's gotta weigh less than that."
"I am not letting my six year old daughter go into some evil law firm on some death mission." Spike nodded, he knew when Buffy would not be swayed.
"Please just think about," Wesley asked. "It could prevent the end of the world."
A group of teenager's that were sitting on the seats in the centre of the lobby chatting, suddenly stopped and stared at them.
"Angel about?" Spike asked in his casual, cocky way. Angel heard his name and came out from the office, followed by a group of adults and a green guy.
"Spike!" He growled. He looked down at Thea. "Leave the girl alone!"
"I don't like him, Daddy," Thea said looking from Angel to Spike.
Just then, Buffy came in. Everyone in the room stared at her. They couldn't understand how she looked exactly the same as she had twenty years ago. Spike they could understand, he was a vampire, he wasn't meant to age. But Buffy should have grown old like the rest of them.
"Aren't you gonna say hi?" Buffy asked. This was just the way she had thought they would react. She hadn't made any kind of contact with the L.A team since she'd Fed-Ex'd the Spike's old chain to Angel.
"Buffy!" Cordelia greeted her, "you're.you're." she started but Angel cut her off.
"You did this!" Angel yelled at Spike. "You turned her!" With that, he charged at Spike. Just before his reached the blond Immortal, Thea stuck out her foot, knocking the souled vampire to the floor. She sat on his back pulling his arms behind him, pinning the souled vampire to the ground.
"Bad vampire!" Thea said as she slapped him round the back of the head. Everyone else in the room couldn't help burst out laughing; a six-year-old was attacking Angel. This was even better than the time Wesley was attacked by a power-walker.
"Angel, I am not a vampire," Buffy explained. "And Thea, get off him."
"But Mommy, he's a vampire," Thea moaned. "I have to kill him."
"He's a good vampire, like Daddy was," Thea looked from Angel to her Mommy and back again; sighed and climbed off him.
"Buffy, what the hell is going on?" Angel asked angrily.
"Angel, I'm an Immortal. So is Spike and our daughter Thea," Buffy explained quickly, not wanting to get into any details.
"You're an Immortal!" Angel couldn't believe it. He had always knew she was a powerful Slayer, but not this powerful.
"What's an Immortal?" Cordelia asked.
"I'll explain later," Buffy said. She turned to look at the other people in the room. "Business sure grew larger since I last saw you."
"Oh, yeah," Angel snapped out of a daze, he couldn't believe that Buffy was really an Immortal, and she was with Spike of all people! "This is my son Connor," he pointed one of the boys on the seating, he looked about Buffy's original age. "This is Cordy's husband, Groo," he pointed to a balding man with purple eyes. "And their daughter, Leah." A ten-year-old girl, who also had purple eyes, waved shyly. "Fred and Gunn," Angel pointed at the couple, "Their three children, Charlie, Alanna and Molly," The other three teenagers on the seating smiled. "And you know Wesley, oh, this is Lorne," a green coloured demon with red horns waved.
"You all live here?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah. We didn't at first but it made the most sense to all stay together," Angel explained. "Alanna, why don't you find a room for Buffy, Spike and Thea?"
"Thea, why don't you go too," Buffy ushered her daughter away. It would be easier to talk without any of the children there.
"Ok Mommy," Thea followed Alanna up the stairs.
"You too, Leah," Cordelia got Buffy's hint.
"So when.?" Angel started to ask, but he couldn't finish the sentence.
"When do you think?" Buffy replied. "Twenty years now."
"I repeat Cordy's question, what's an Immortal?" Gunn asked. Fred nodded along with her husband.
Wesley spent a lot longer than needed explaining the process of changing from a Slayer to Immortal and the other ways you can become an Immortal.
"We thought we'd come say goodbye before we leave for England," Buffy explained.
"Couldn't they help on that case?" Fred asked, speaking for the first time.
"Case?" Angel had forgotten almost everything. "Oh, right. Case."
"It would be perfect!" Wesley cried. Buffy and Spike looked at each other and back to Wesley. "There's this Law firm that's wanted Angel evil since he moved to LA. We have always wanted to sneak inside their hidden vaults and take this book that has some very precise incantations that." Cordelia stopped Wesley before he began another long lecture.
"Basically the have heat detector so we can't go in and they have vampire detectors so Angel can't go in," she summed it up in a fraction of the time Wesley would have taken.
"You forgot the pressure sensors," Groo added. "It can't take more than about eighty pounds."
"That rules us out," Buffy shrugged. "Sorry, can't help."
"No it doesn't," Spike corrected her. "Thea's gotta weigh less than that."
"I am not letting my six year old daughter go into some evil law firm on some death mission." Spike nodded, he knew when Buffy would not be swayed.
"Please just think about," Wesley asked. "It could prevent the end of the world."