Chapter Four ~ Family
"You don't like Dr. Seuss!"
"No, so will you please go away!"
"But you're the only person I could come to tell that I had finally mastered how to read how to read 'Fox in Socks'! Sooooo why don't you like it"
"Ever since you summoned Sam I am to come and force me to eat green eggs and ham"
"Oh it wasn't really that bad was it Angel? I thought it was a hoot!"
"Your four, everything to you is a hoot and I know just the person for you to tell your story to.go bug Knox"
"Hey your right!" William stopped dead in his tracks in following Angel, twirled and ran in the direction of Fred's lab.
"Hey Mr. Knox sir!"
* Oh thank you God *
Angel rubbed his temples, so happy that he had finally managed to be free of the boy that was always bothering him (and he knew that Knox would not be pleased with him later). He made a mental note to cut off the boy's sugar supply.
William also only seemed to listen to Fred, with the exception of Wesley because they were fellow Brits. Angel knew he was out in the cold for the fact that he was Irish and William said he wasn't about to listen to a nancy-boy Irishman even if he was the one that had adopted him. He also seemed to have also taken a liking to Lorne's personality and sort of stayed away from Gunn, who was never any fun with him anyway.
It had been two months. * Two very long months * If there was suppose to be any humor to come out of it all, then Angel had missed out on it along time ago. He could hear angry shouts coming from the lab and knew that William had already thrown his pester power into play. So with a sigh, he continued on his way
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With his agile feline reflexes, William dodged to the left when Knox tried to catch in to shut him up. After getting the hint that there was no hope in hell of getting Knox to listen to 'Fox in Sox', he had blinded the young scientist to get his attention. Well that got his attention all right. It only stopped when Knox stepped to his tail.
"Aaaahhhh!!" he screamed out in what sounded liked a cat howling in pain.
The blindness had just worn off of Knox when William's new feline instincts kicked in. With a clawed hand he lashed out and raked it down Knox's leg, earning a scream just as loud. Running away with his new speed, William made a getaway. He found that he was doing that a lot lately. Running away.
He had pestered Gunn one to many time and there was no way he was going to go back and do that again since that dude had no real sense of humor. But he liked Lorne. That green demon was seriously funny and let him listen to all kinds of music and let him use his mage powers to mage things like party decoration and the likes.
So that was where he went.
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"Well hey there Kitty"
"Please don't call me that Mr. Lorne, anything but kitty. I'm a boy and that's for girls" William wrinkled his nose when he mentioned the word 'girls'.
"Fine then, how about 'Predator'"
"Oh that a good one! I like that one, like tigers and lions. I can be the wild beast that hunts down it pray!"
Lorne laughed at the little boy's antics as he proceeded in imitating a wild cat. He just couldn't believe why Angel had such a problem with this hilarious kid. He knew that William could get out of hand from time to time, but he also knew that one of the reasons that Angel wasn't accepting William was because he had once been Spike.
"So do you want me to call up Mandy and have a little chat with her"
"Nah, I like Enya better"
Just then Lorne's cell began to ring. To William with his excellent hearing could tell that this conversation was going to drag on to the next millennium, all talk about the hottest new music - whatever that meant. So he decided to vacate while Lorne had a laugh with his pal and went to go find someone else to talk with.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Along the way to his next destination, William bumped into a small Lynox demon. The little demon stared at him up and down and then laughed a high screechy chuckle.
"What are you supposed to be" it asked with curiosity and amusement.
"A changeling"
"?"
"It was caused through magic"
"Oh I understand. I'm Matrices" it replied.
"William"
They stood there for a few more moments before both of the youngsters started to get antsy.
"So what you doing here?" William asked.
"My mother is trying to work out an agreement with for our clan" Matrices answered.
"?"
"Why don't you know? You do stay at Wolfram & Hart don't you?"
"I've only been here two months. I'm still learning"
"I'm sorry"
They were quite for another moment before William broke the silence.
"So she's talking with Mr. Gunn?"
"I think so"
"Let's take a look"
"But mother told me to stay out here!" Matrices whispered horrified.
"Don't worry, I can make us invisible" William assured.
"Cool!"
Silently the two children crept into the office to listen in on the conversation. But most of it didn't make any sense to them other then Gunn's name and mother's name Matrixa, the rest just sounded like blabbering. While they prepared to leave, Matrices accidentally crashed into a small table. Unable to maintain the invisibility, William's power gave out and he and Matrices were out in the open.
"MATRICES!" Matrixa screeched in outrage.
"WILLIAM!" Gunn shouted equally outraged.
Matrixa swooped down and plucked her son up by his tunic collar. Knowing that yet again something bad had happened, William made a quick apology to Matrices and fled the office.
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He next came face to face with Fred and Wesley. Things that day hadn't gone to well and he wasn't too sure if this was going to be any different.
"Hello Winnie, hello Wes" he said scratching the back of his furry neck.
"Hello William, aren't we the talk of the day" Wes smirked critically, but with a twinkle in his tired eyes.
"I didn't mean to cause too much trouble"
Fred smiled and scooped the boy up into her arms and gave him a hug. It was like a million butterflies on a spring afternoon.
"Oh I know you don't mean for it to happen but does. Don't worry, things will get better with time, I promise you that. Isn't that what a family is for?" she asked.
"Family?"
"Of course. You're apart of our family now"
"Okay! Brooding father, grouchy uncle, stuffy brother, genus sister and songbird cousin"
Wesley and Fred laughed at the child's depiction of their little family; well that was until Wesley caught on to his description and found the cat boy giggling away. It was pretty mush accurate to say the least and very much like how they all were at this moment (other then Gunn who only got grouchy whenever William was around). It was a family no matter what way you looked at. They all had each other and that was what really mattered most of all.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well how was that? I personally liked my bit with Knox and comparison with Knox from Dr. Seuss's 'Fox in Sock' (now that book has to be the best Dr. Seuss tongue twister ever!)
Oh and also to clear a few things up, Angle will not be nasty to William forever and the next chap will feature a disastrous bonding moment. Again I don't have good grammatical corrections tools on the computer I use, so it would make sense that I can't get all my spelling perfect too.
Hope I am doing better with keeping the chapters a little bit longer and give enough info without over doing it. Adiós amigos!
"You don't like Dr. Seuss!"
"No, so will you please go away!"
"But you're the only person I could come to tell that I had finally mastered how to read how to read 'Fox in Socks'! Sooooo why don't you like it"
"Ever since you summoned Sam I am to come and force me to eat green eggs and ham"
"Oh it wasn't really that bad was it Angel? I thought it was a hoot!"
"Your four, everything to you is a hoot and I know just the person for you to tell your story to.go bug Knox"
"Hey your right!" William stopped dead in his tracks in following Angel, twirled and ran in the direction of Fred's lab.
"Hey Mr. Knox sir!"
* Oh thank you God *
Angel rubbed his temples, so happy that he had finally managed to be free of the boy that was always bothering him (and he knew that Knox would not be pleased with him later). He made a mental note to cut off the boy's sugar supply.
William also only seemed to listen to Fred, with the exception of Wesley because they were fellow Brits. Angel knew he was out in the cold for the fact that he was Irish and William said he wasn't about to listen to a nancy-boy Irishman even if he was the one that had adopted him. He also seemed to have also taken a liking to Lorne's personality and sort of stayed away from Gunn, who was never any fun with him anyway.
It had been two months. * Two very long months * If there was suppose to be any humor to come out of it all, then Angel had missed out on it along time ago. He could hear angry shouts coming from the lab and knew that William had already thrown his pester power into play. So with a sigh, he continued on his way
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
With his agile feline reflexes, William dodged to the left when Knox tried to catch in to shut him up. After getting the hint that there was no hope in hell of getting Knox to listen to 'Fox in Sox', he had blinded the young scientist to get his attention. Well that got his attention all right. It only stopped when Knox stepped to his tail.
"Aaaahhhh!!" he screamed out in what sounded liked a cat howling in pain.
The blindness had just worn off of Knox when William's new feline instincts kicked in. With a clawed hand he lashed out and raked it down Knox's leg, earning a scream just as loud. Running away with his new speed, William made a getaway. He found that he was doing that a lot lately. Running away.
He had pestered Gunn one to many time and there was no way he was going to go back and do that again since that dude had no real sense of humor. But he liked Lorne. That green demon was seriously funny and let him listen to all kinds of music and let him use his mage powers to mage things like party decoration and the likes.
So that was where he went.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Well hey there Kitty"
"Please don't call me that Mr. Lorne, anything but kitty. I'm a boy and that's for girls" William wrinkled his nose when he mentioned the word 'girls'.
"Fine then, how about 'Predator'"
"Oh that a good one! I like that one, like tigers and lions. I can be the wild beast that hunts down it pray!"
Lorne laughed at the little boy's antics as he proceeded in imitating a wild cat. He just couldn't believe why Angel had such a problem with this hilarious kid. He knew that William could get out of hand from time to time, but he also knew that one of the reasons that Angel wasn't accepting William was because he had once been Spike.
"So do you want me to call up Mandy and have a little chat with her"
"Nah, I like Enya better"
Just then Lorne's cell began to ring. To William with his excellent hearing could tell that this conversation was going to drag on to the next millennium, all talk about the hottest new music - whatever that meant. So he decided to vacate while Lorne had a laugh with his pal and went to go find someone else to talk with.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Along the way to his next destination, William bumped into a small Lynox demon. The little demon stared at him up and down and then laughed a high screechy chuckle.
"What are you supposed to be" it asked with curiosity and amusement.
"A changeling"
"?"
"It was caused through magic"
"Oh I understand. I'm Matrices" it replied.
"William"
They stood there for a few more moments before both of the youngsters started to get antsy.
"So what you doing here?" William asked.
"My mother is trying to work out an agreement with for our clan" Matrices answered.
"?"
"Why don't you know? You do stay at Wolfram & Hart don't you?"
"I've only been here two months. I'm still learning"
"I'm sorry"
They were quite for another moment before William broke the silence.
"So she's talking with Mr. Gunn?"
"I think so"
"Let's take a look"
"But mother told me to stay out here!" Matrices whispered horrified.
"Don't worry, I can make us invisible" William assured.
"Cool!"
Silently the two children crept into the office to listen in on the conversation. But most of it didn't make any sense to them other then Gunn's name and mother's name Matrixa, the rest just sounded like blabbering. While they prepared to leave, Matrices accidentally crashed into a small table. Unable to maintain the invisibility, William's power gave out and he and Matrices were out in the open.
"MATRICES!" Matrixa screeched in outrage.
"WILLIAM!" Gunn shouted equally outraged.
Matrixa swooped down and plucked her son up by his tunic collar. Knowing that yet again something bad had happened, William made a quick apology to Matrices and fled the office.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
He next came face to face with Fred and Wesley. Things that day hadn't gone to well and he wasn't too sure if this was going to be any different.
"Hello Winnie, hello Wes" he said scratching the back of his furry neck.
"Hello William, aren't we the talk of the day" Wes smirked critically, but with a twinkle in his tired eyes.
"I didn't mean to cause too much trouble"
Fred smiled and scooped the boy up into her arms and gave him a hug. It was like a million butterflies on a spring afternoon.
"Oh I know you don't mean for it to happen but does. Don't worry, things will get better with time, I promise you that. Isn't that what a family is for?" she asked.
"Family?"
"Of course. You're apart of our family now"
"Okay! Brooding father, grouchy uncle, stuffy brother, genus sister and songbird cousin"
Wesley and Fred laughed at the child's depiction of their little family; well that was until Wesley caught on to his description and found the cat boy giggling away. It was pretty mush accurate to say the least and very much like how they all were at this moment (other then Gunn who only got grouchy whenever William was around). It was a family no matter what way you looked at. They all had each other and that was what really mattered most of all.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well how was that? I personally liked my bit with Knox and comparison with Knox from Dr. Seuss's 'Fox in Sock' (now that book has to be the best Dr. Seuss tongue twister ever!)
Oh and also to clear a few things up, Angle will not be nasty to William forever and the next chap will feature a disastrous bonding moment. Again I don't have good grammatical corrections tools on the computer I use, so it would make sense that I can't get all my spelling perfect too.
Hope I am doing better with keeping the chapters a little bit longer and give enough info without over doing it. Adiós amigos!