Chapter 8
Surprises
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Angel and Sarai just stood in front of Holtz, who for some reason looked like he did BEFORE he took Sarai to Quartoth.
"Hello Angelus, Sarai" Holtz said stepping up out the elevator. Sarai stepped closer to Angel grabbing his arm.
"If you take one step closer to Sarai, I'll kill you" Angel threatened.
"Like the you killed my own daughter? And wife, and son. Well, anyway I didn't come here to fight you...yet. Just came to tell you that I swore no mercy and I meant it." Holtz said eying Sarai and getting back into the elevator. Angel threw a trash can Holtzs' way but the doors of the elevator closed, blocking it from hitting him.
"What was that?" Gunn said stepping out of his office after hearing the noise of the trash can hitting the doors.
"Holtz...he's back." Angel said.
"What. No way"
"Yeah, and guess what else? He de-aged himself too and is still looking for his revenge because apparently he hasn't gotten it yet" Angel told Gunn.
"I want to go upstairs" Sarai spoke up.
"Ok come on I'll take you. Gunn I want you and Wes searching to see if Holtz recruited anther group and I want Lorne and Fred to see what kind of spells he might've used to make himself younger, and more importantly if that give's him some kind of special powers as well."
"Got it. I'll call you if anything."
Angel took Sarai upstairs and neither one of them said much to each other the entire night. Sarai went to bed early, so Angel decided to do the same. But his early sleep was soon interrupted when he heard screaming from Sarai's room. Naturally he flew out of bed and into her room where she was kicking and turning in her sleep screaming 'no' and 'don't'. Angel ran to her bed, sat down and scooped her up gently shaking her until she woke up. When Sarai did wake up, she was breathing heavily, as if someone had been trying to suffocate her and then let go.
"Ssshh calm dawn its Ok. You were only dreaming baby everything's fine you're safe." Angel cooed.
"Everything's not fine" she said back and then she did something Angel had never seen her do, she started to cry; a lot. She hid her face against Angel's chest and let all out, and he let her. He didn't say a word...he just let her get it out of her system. Eventually in between sobs Sarai tried to speak. "He's" [sob] "going to [sob] "to take" [sob] "me back there" [sob...sob] "I don't want to" [sob] "go back" [sob].
"Sarai listen to me" Angel said lifting her face up, forcing her to look him in the eyes "nothing will happen to you. You won't be taken anywhere by anyone. I lost you once, there's no way I'll let it happen again. I am gonna keep you safe. I promise." Angel told Sarai and in the moment he could've sworn he saw that face...the one that looked up at him the night in the car outside of the store. That's when Angel realized that this was it. This was his chance to either fix everything between him and Sarai or officially loose her forever. And Angel doesn't loose.
"Daddy?" Sarai said for the first time, looking up at Angel.
~Did she just call me what I think she did?~ "Yeah?"
"I don't want to go back to sleep alone tonight ....would you stay with me? Please?"
Not even Angelus at his worst could have resisted her. "Of course I will."
Sarai got back under the covers and Angel laid right next to her with his arms around her the whole night. Angel stayed awake all night watching over Sarai.
The next morning Angel and Sarai headed downstairs as soon as they got dressed.
"Any news?" Angel asked Gunn walking into his office.
"We've been working almost all night you haven't found anything yet."
"We will figure everything out though" Wesley said.
"Yeah and when you do, if its bad are you just going assume whatever you came across is true and betray one of your best friends, again or will you share with the rest of the class?" Sarai said back sarcastically. Wesley didn't say anything back, neither did Angel because secretly he was thinking the same thing, she just had the guts to say it. Sat down one the couch in the office and Sarai sat next to him putting her head on his shoulder.
"So it's true" said a boy who was about 18 walking into the office, looking at Sarai in disgust.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Angel demanded.
"What's wrong you mean to tell me you don't recognize your own son?" Connor asked.
Angel looked confused...he had no idea who this boy was.
A/N: So that was chapter 8...what'd you think?
Surprises
A/N: Thanks once more for reviewing. It means a lot so keep em' coming.
Angel and Sarai just stood in front of Holtz, who for some reason looked like he did BEFORE he took Sarai to Quartoth.
"Hello Angelus, Sarai" Holtz said stepping up out the elevator. Sarai stepped closer to Angel grabbing his arm.
"If you take one step closer to Sarai, I'll kill you" Angel threatened.
"Like the you killed my own daughter? And wife, and son. Well, anyway I didn't come here to fight you...yet. Just came to tell you that I swore no mercy and I meant it." Holtz said eying Sarai and getting back into the elevator. Angel threw a trash can Holtzs' way but the doors of the elevator closed, blocking it from hitting him.
"What was that?" Gunn said stepping out of his office after hearing the noise of the trash can hitting the doors.
"Holtz...he's back." Angel said.
"What. No way"
"Yeah, and guess what else? He de-aged himself too and is still looking for his revenge because apparently he hasn't gotten it yet" Angel told Gunn.
"I want to go upstairs" Sarai spoke up.
"Ok come on I'll take you. Gunn I want you and Wes searching to see if Holtz recruited anther group and I want Lorne and Fred to see what kind of spells he might've used to make himself younger, and more importantly if that give's him some kind of special powers as well."
"Got it. I'll call you if anything."
Angel took Sarai upstairs and neither one of them said much to each other the entire night. Sarai went to bed early, so Angel decided to do the same. But his early sleep was soon interrupted when he heard screaming from Sarai's room. Naturally he flew out of bed and into her room where she was kicking and turning in her sleep screaming 'no' and 'don't'. Angel ran to her bed, sat down and scooped her up gently shaking her until she woke up. When Sarai did wake up, she was breathing heavily, as if someone had been trying to suffocate her and then let go.
"Ssshh calm dawn its Ok. You were only dreaming baby everything's fine you're safe." Angel cooed.
"Everything's not fine" she said back and then she did something Angel had never seen her do, she started to cry; a lot. She hid her face against Angel's chest and let all out, and he let her. He didn't say a word...he just let her get it out of her system. Eventually in between sobs Sarai tried to speak. "He's" [sob] "going to [sob] "to take" [sob] "me back there" [sob...sob] "I don't want to" [sob] "go back" [sob].
"Sarai listen to me" Angel said lifting her face up, forcing her to look him in the eyes "nothing will happen to you. You won't be taken anywhere by anyone. I lost you once, there's no way I'll let it happen again. I am gonna keep you safe. I promise." Angel told Sarai and in the moment he could've sworn he saw that face...the one that looked up at him the night in the car outside of the store. That's when Angel realized that this was it. This was his chance to either fix everything between him and Sarai or officially loose her forever. And Angel doesn't loose.
"Daddy?" Sarai said for the first time, looking up at Angel.
~Did she just call me what I think she did?~ "Yeah?"
"I don't want to go back to sleep alone tonight ....would you stay with me? Please?"
Not even Angelus at his worst could have resisted her. "Of course I will."
Sarai got back under the covers and Angel laid right next to her with his arms around her the whole night. Angel stayed awake all night watching over Sarai.
The next morning Angel and Sarai headed downstairs as soon as they got dressed.
"Any news?" Angel asked Gunn walking into his office.
"We've been working almost all night you haven't found anything yet."
"We will figure everything out though" Wesley said.
"Yeah and when you do, if its bad are you just going assume whatever you came across is true and betray one of your best friends, again or will you share with the rest of the class?" Sarai said back sarcastically. Wesley didn't say anything back, neither did Angel because secretly he was thinking the same thing, she just had the guts to say it. Sat down one the couch in the office and Sarai sat next to him putting her head on his shoulder.
"So it's true" said a boy who was about 18 walking into the office, looking at Sarai in disgust.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Angel demanded.
"What's wrong you mean to tell me you don't recognize your own son?" Connor asked.
Angel looked confused...he had no idea who this boy was.
A/N: So that was chapter 8...what'd you think?