A New Beginning
Written by: Sensue
August 13, 2003
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Angel: the series or Buffy: the Vampire Slayer.
I'm just using them for enjoyment purposes. I really want them, though, if you'd care to
sell them to me. I promise that I would not do horrible story lines.
Summary: Angel Investigations has just got a little bigger. (Angel/Cordy)
Notes:
I hate Angel: Season Four, so I'm ignoring that any of the very icky things that happened.
(NO Cordy/Connor, NO Evil Cordy, NO bad Wesley, NO working at Wolfram and Hart.)
I'm truly hoping that putting Spike in Season Five will make the shows funnier than they
have been. I can't wait.
Backstory:
In LA: Angel got rescued from the bottom of the ocean by Wesley, who they forgave and
let back into Angel Investigations. Cordelia returned from the higher planes, with her
memory in tact, and helped everyone get over the horrible betrayals of Wesley and
Connor. Angel and Cordy realize that they are in love and are unable to be together.
In Sunnydale: Buffy and the newly created band of slayers defeated the first as shown in
the last episode (Chosen), Spike dying to save everyone as a champion. Buffy takes the
Scooby Gang and the girls to another area to train and teach them to "save the world."
Faith and Robin Wood are now in a relationship and decide to work with Angel instead
of going with Buffy.
PS: This story is not beta'd. All mistakes are my own. (Hopefully very few, if you catch
any major ones, please let me know.)
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Chapter One:
A day in the life…
It was peaceful outside in the gardens. The scent of
jasmine, freshly blooming in the cool night air. So
peaceful one could almost forget about the horrors that
live outside of their sanctuary. Hand-in-hand, no words
were necessary as they gazed in each others eyes. Years
together had taught them that words were inadequate to
describe the love they felt for one another. Passion rose
as eyes locked on lips. Slowly they crept forward to meet
for a kiss. Each anticipating the pleasure.
Crash.
Crack.
Bang.
As one of the windows of the Hyperion Hotel was demolished
as Spike, AKA William the Bloody, was thrown out, landing
ten feet away from the happy couple.
"Robin! Gunn!" Cordy screamed, "Stop ganging up on William!
You both better stop, Right this second!" She and Angel ran
over to William to see if he was okay. Cordelia Chase-Angel
or Cordy, as everyone called her, knelt beside William, as
she loved to call him, and gently ran her hands over the
many small cuts on his face and neck. "Oh, William," she
spoke fondly, "What happened this time?"
William took her hands in his and kissing the pulse-point
on her wrists told her that he was alright. At first, the
idea of a vampire kissing so an area that they could feed
from was alarming, however Cordy realized that it was about
trust. That she could trust William not to bite her. "It's
okay, Princess. The pompass jackasses will get over it."
"Spike, this has got to end. We've got to work together
here. The children will get upset. The others don't know
who to defend. It's chaos. I have a business and my family
to think of. If these fights don't stop, I might have to
ask you to leave. I don't want to have to: we need another
champion fighting the "good-fight", but unfortunately,
Wesley, Fred, Lorne, Gunn, Robin and Faith arrived before
you did." Angel lectured.
"Bloody hell, sire. I'm trying here. It's them, the two
'baldies' that have decided that I'm still a 'Bad Man'. I'm
not, you know, ever since I got my soul back. I've really
been trying not to hurt anyone. They're just pushing my
buttons."
"Don't worry. I'll talk to them." Cordy said quietly. Not
quiet because she was upset, but quiet in the dark and
deadly way. She had that glint in her eyes. Angel called
that look the mother bear from hell look. "I will not let
them hurt you again." They all walked into the hotel and
stood right in front of the stairs.
"Gunn! Robin! Get you asses down here. NOW! Don't make me
come up there."
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Chapter Two:
Memories
Angel just stood on the sidelines, watching his wife work.
It was amazing. For once it seemed that everything in his
life was perfect. His son, Connor, now a strong young man
of twenty years had settled down from this wild tendencies
and truly become of the the Power that Be's or PTB's
greatest champions. Instead of trying to kill each other,
his son now asked for his advice, had come to HIM and
talked about his feelings, instead of just expressing them
in violence.
All it took was one woman, his Cordy. She, after she
returned form the higher planes, a part-demon/ seer/
warrior/ princess of a hell dimension, found Connor and
comforted him as a mother. He found acceptance for once in
his life, from a woman he was ashamed to say he'd once
tried to kill because she was a demon.
Connor had once told Angel that he was happy that his
father was happy with Cordelia, of course that was right
before he'd sunk him to the bottom of the ocean for three
months; But Angel still took it to heart. His son was happy
that Cordy was a "mother-figure."
Angel was slowly realizing that his "un-life" was
incomplete without Cordy in it. The only problem lie in the
curse, the happiness clause. He could not be with Cordelia
or any other woman for that instance, not that he'd want
to… Even his thoughts were becoming stammer-y, he was a big
dork. Even if he said, what the hell, I don't care, Let's
be together anyway, she wouldn't allow it. "I've seen the
horrors Angelus caused. I don't want to be the cause of
releasing him into the world again, Angel. I'm so sorry,
but I love you enough not to let myself get too close."
He ached to have her in his arms. To give her pleasure and
make her happy as she would make him, but fear held them
back.
Until…Fate stepped in. Or should I say Faith.
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Chapter Three:
Faith
Faith, along with her new (first actual) boyfriend Robin
Wood, former principal of Sunnydale High and son of a
slayer, asked Angel for a job at Angel Investigations.
Angel, always looking for a way to help Faith, once of the
slayers, on her quest for redemption, immediately agreed.
In a way, she reminded him of himself, on the edge between
good and evil.
It was not a happy couple of weeks getting adjusted to the
new couple. First, they decided to move in, which usually
wasn't a problem because the hotel was huge, but the "mad
loud sex" as Faith put it pissed off the occupants mainly
Angel, Cordelia, Lorne, Connor and Fred. It also made it a
lot harder to control the Animal Passions. Secondly, Robin
was used to being in charge, similarly to Gunn when he
first arrived to Angel Investigations, and would argue with
Angel and Wesley constantly. Finally, Angel had to let him
know who was the boss.
In a way, Angel was grateful that Buffy, Dawn and the rest
of the Scooby Gang had taken the younger, new slayers
elsewhere to train. Angel almost had a coronary, well he
would have if his heart would beat, just thinking about all
of those teenage girls living in his home. Whew.
A year ago, Faith was out one night on patrol when she
spotted two demons conducting some kind of ritual in the
old abandoned train yard. Her first instinct was to kill,
but due to the control exercises taught by Angel and Wesley
and the lectures about "All demons aren't bad" speech by
Cordy, she quickly squashed it. Instead, she pulled out a
company cell-phone, called for back-up, and watched the two
demons. It was a strange ritual. There was very little
blood letting that usually accompanied demon rituals. No
sacrifice, screaming or killing in this ritual. It was
almost boring to Faith to watch.
The entire gang pulled up behind on of the trains in what
they all jokingly, quaintly called the "Angel-mobile". They
also joined the "stakeout" information gathering mission.
Wesley spoke up. "Angel, those demons are conducting a
binding ritual, essentially a wedding."
"No way," Connor, in that teenaged sarcasm replied.
All of a sudden, the chanting stopped and a flash of white
light surrounded the couple. They turned, and saw their
tails, tails as in spies behind them. Before Angel and the
others could pull out their weapons, Wesley raised a hand
in the air and spoke softly, "We mean no harm. We were just
observing, I hope you don't think us rude."
It was strange how the man who had betrayed Angel and the
rest of the Fang Gang, as they jokingly called themselves,
could revert back to a good friend, one who out of deeds
and action proved himself one of the Angel Investigation
team. After a few months, he was promoted back to one of
the leaders under Angel and Cordy. Fred was still too
docile to consider leading and Gunn too spontaneous.
Wesley, due to his days translating demon texts at the
Watchers' Academy spoke their language and inquired about
the ceremony. After about fifteen minutes of asking
questions, he looked up with a huge face-splitting smile
and told everyone that Angelus would never again be a
problem in their lifetimes.
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Chapter Four:
Happy Days are Here Again
"What, how, huh?," seemed to be the questions that popped
out of everyone.
"Well, it seems that the rings that the demon bride and
groom are wearing link soul-mates together for as long as
they live. There is a catch however, if ever one of the
partners strayed away from the other, the bond would be
severed and the souls could never again be bound to
another. Once the bond is broken, it could never be
replaced or rejoined again. It also only links soul-mates,
those not destined to be together cannot be joined. In your
case, Angel, it could allow you to experience 'perfect
happiness' and keep your soul without fear of Angelus,"
Wesley finished.
It was a strange moment, the night air seemed to shimmer,
the others practically bouncing with excitement. Everyone,
but Cordy, who looked stricken. Once she seemed to find her
voice, she put on a fake smile and said, "Oh,
congratulations Angel. We call call Buffy right away.
She'll be ecstatic. You'll finally get to be together."
Angel just looked at her. Her eyes were watery. "I'm so
happy for you."
Now, Angel had met a lot of people in his life, but none as
clueless as Cordy was about his feelings for her. "No,
Cordy. Buffy is, was with Spike. She doesn't want me in her
life. I don't want her in my life anymore. I want you."
Angel couldn't stand it anymore. He got down on one knee as
he asked, "Cordy, Will you please marry me?"
He unnecessarily held his breathe waiting for her answer.
She looked at him with bright shiny eyes. Tears had finally
spilled over. "Oh. Angel, Yes, I will. I love you so much.
I was just afraid the second that you could be with
someone, you'd leave me and run to Buffy, your first love."
Angel couldn't say anything. He just reached out and held
her, whispering in her ear that he loved her more than he
ever loved another woman.
The events that followed were like a haze. They asked the
demon newlyweds to help their fellow part-demons to marry.
The ceremony was beautiful, well as beautiful and a train
yard could be, as the night sky filled with white lights.
From that night on, as long as they were faithful, the
rings would never be able to come off. For as long as Cordy
lived, the threat of Angelus wouldn't haunt them.
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Chapter Five:
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes…
Nine months after the blessed event, another miracle
happened with the name of Cathy Lucy Angel, Angel and
Cordy's baby daughter. Connor was overjoyed to have a baby
sister. He doted on her and promised to teach her
everything that he knew. Cordy and Angel now had a son and
a daughter. They both loved their daughter. Cordy
especially loved having a little girl around the house. So
did Angel for that matter. It was just a matter of time
before Cordy made Angel forget his stupid idea. There was
no way a daughter of Cordelia Chase-Angel would be placed
in a convent. "No way in Hell."
Spike unexpectedly arrived right before the birth. It seems
that the PTBs sent down a champion to protect the baby. Now
was the small matter of getting along without trying to
stake the vampire.
Cordy seemed to be the only one who truly understood him
and loved him for who he was. She called him her brother-
in-law. She also never called him Spike, for he was always
her William. And he too loved her as a sister, calling her
Princess and giving her kisses on the cheek and wrists.
Angel fought with Spike at first, but after being glared at
by his beautiful bride, just stopped trying. He knew that
she would always be faithful to him and he to her, no
matter how Spike kissed her.
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Chapter Six:
A New Era
Cordelia was getting back into lecture mode, warning the
two not to mess with William anymore. After five minutes,
Gunn and Robin had glazed over eyes. The Princess in Cordy
would not allow them to ignore her and smacked each on the
head. "Pay attention, Don't mess with William."
William, who held his tiny protectorate, Cathy, in his arms
looked very mischievous. "I'm sorry, luv. I'll try harder
not to make fun of the bald nancy boys." This earned him a
smack on the head, lightly of course, not to wake the
sleeping 'bity bit', as William never failed to call her.
Everyone smiled, knowing they couldn't stay mad with such a
cute baby in front of them.
It was a new era of Angel Investigations. One with an even
bigger family than expected. The future seemed so
wonderful and full with joy, hope, and faith. All of these
things now became a part of the business motto; One of the
three number one priorities of redemption.
The End.
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Well, I hoped that you liked this story. It's the first fan
fiction that I've ever written. I've always had ideas, but
this was the only one that has ever made it down on paper.
If you have any suggestions for the next story, please
email me: angelcordyfan@yahoo.com