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Title: A True End


Summary: Sequel to Friendly Reflection. Lexia and Connor fight to stay together against the apocalypse. As if Connor had never hooked up with Cordy in Rain of Fire.


Rating: I'ma make it R for fun!



Chapter 2:


Connor looked around as the building shook and the power went out. Great, he thought. Figures I would be locked up alone with this thing and no help. Why can't Lexia be one of those annoying chicks who follows guys around when they get pissed off? Coz she's Lexia and know when I need space...


"It's here. The beast," Connor announced

"It's probably just an after-shock. They sometimes make the power go out," Lilah told him. She picked up the phone, pressed a few buttons only to find it not working. "Try a walkie," she ordered Gavin.

Gavin walked over to one of the guards Connor knocked out earlier and grabbed a walkie-talkie two-way radio off of him.


"This is Gavin Park to the front desk. Over. Come in front desk," Gavin said into the radio.


"Ah, this is the front desk Mr. Park, we're kinda— Oh, no! Oh, my God!" they heard the guard scream.


"Tell him to stop whining and make a report," Lilah ordered crossing her arms.


"Send backup! Oh, God! Somebody please—No!"


"Told you," Connor said smugly.


"Go downstairs, and check it out," Lilah said to Gavin. He stood and shook his head "no". "Gavin, ask yourself this question: what are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?"


He grinned nervously. "Be right back," he said and left the office.

"Have any idea what this thing wants?" Lilah asked Connor.


"Everybody dead," Connor said and strode from the office. Lilah grabbed a pistol from her desk and loaded it and cocked it before following him out.

Out in the a hall a woman pressed the elevator button frantically. A man organized the exit, directing people down the stairwell. Amid the chaos in the crowded halls, Connor walked purposefully, with Lilah following closely behind.


"What exactly is this thing?" Lilah finally asked him.


"I don't know, but I think it's following me around," Connor told her. All the big ugly demons like me, he thought.


"And you're gonna kill it?" Lilah asked skeptical


"Gonna try."


"And we're heading towards it right now..." Lilah thought out loud then stopped in her tracks and waved to Connor. "Best of luck."

Connor walked stealthily through the hallway, tip-toeing around the dead bodies that litter the floor. He noticed the wall is streaked with blood. I guess he got kinda messy, Connor thought. Then he heard gunshots from another room nearby. What the...? He went in to investigate.

In a conference room Lilah shot at the Beast over and over, but the Beast is not phased by the gunshots. It walked toward her as she backed away. The Beast wrenched the gun out of her hands and pushed Lilah onto her back on a conference table.

"I could help you. Anything you need," Lilah offered struggling.

Ignoring her the Beast plunged its forefinger into Lilah's abdomen. She screamed in agony as he wiggled it around. He pulled the finger out of her and pushed her off the table. Lilah landed with a thud and backed away. Then, realizing Connor's in the room, the Beast stared at him. Connor ran at the Beast with sword in hand, but the blade broke on the Beast's skin.

"Connor . . . " the Beast started.

How the hell does he know me? Connor wondered as he threw a punch at him. Again it's not fazed. The Beast then punched Connor so hard that he flew across the room, where his body hit a pillar, causing it to crumble on top of him, burying him in debris. Yeah, he thought as his mind dimmed and his body went weak. Should have listened to Lexia. Women . . .

+ + +

Back at the Hyperion Lexia was on pins and needles. Everyone else was sitting around going through books, and Lexia was ready to jump into action. This was the team that stopped apocalypse after apocalypse? Seemed kinda. . . Non-action, or whatever the better word for it was. For they're part they seemed kinda on edge too.

"Can you not do that?" Fred asked Gunn who was tapping a pencil against a book.

"Oh, sorry," Gunn stopped. "Helps me think."


"I didn't mean to snap," Fred apologized.


Cordelia was sitting on the couch. "I'm ready to crackle-pop myself. The last 24 haven't exactly been normal. We're all tired."

"I just wanna find Connor," Lexia said. Angel walked by her obstructing her view of Cordelia. But when he passed Lexia could have sworn Cordelia glared at her.

Angel brushed by Lorne's leg who was sleeping on the couch beside Cordy. He sat up startled awake. "Huh? Oh. Mmm. Just, uh, meditating on the problem. Yeah. Asking the inner Lorne for a little backup. Heh."

They began discussing where Connor could be and something about a connect the dot thing. Lexia didn't pay much attention. She was too busy feeling a big wave of tension heading straight for the building. It didn't feel like trouble, but one could never know. Fortunately it was Wesley, looking rather grim.

Gunn rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. "Oh, good. More bad news."


"Can you just try to get along?" Fred whispered to him. "He was your friend."


"Heavy on the 'was.'"

"You know where it is. The Beast," Angel commented as Wesley walked in.

"Inside Wolfram and Hart. And so is—,"

"Well, that answers a lot of questions. They're probably having a big sit-down, breaking bread," Gunn said sarcastically.

"It's killing everything that moves in there," Wesley deadpaned.

"Don't we not like those guys anyways?" Lexia asked. Everyone on the street knew of W&H. Lexia thought getting rid of some of them was a pretty good idea.

"Your son is trapped inside," Wesley told Angel.

"What?" Lexia and Angel said together.

"Oh my God! Connor?" Cordelia panicked walking over to Wesley. "Why would he be in there? I don't understand."

"Lots of things I don't understand. We're going in after him,"Angel told them all.

"Won't be easy. The building's locked tight. There's no way out," Wesley told him.

"You got out," Lexia pointed out.

"I bet there's a way in," Angel said.

+ + +

Connor had come to and was now sneaking around corners searching for the best. He'd lost track of him by the time he'd pulled all the debris off oh himself. Which is not exactly a bad thing, he concluded. I really don't want to be thrown through a wall again.

He was stepping over bodies left and right. One of them happened to be Gavin's. Connor sighed slightly at the sight but moved on. So he didn't notice Gavin's eyes snap open when he passed.

+ + +

Lexia was handed an axe by Angel, while he had a broad sword, and Gunn was picking out his own weaponry. Wesley was packing a bag while Fred was talking to him. He looked kinda of uncomfortable. But no one really had the comfort vibe going on so she let it slide. Cordelia went up to Angel and patted his arm reassuringly.

"It's gonna be fine you know," she told him. "Connor's a champion, like you. He's special."

" I know," he assured her with a smile. "Somebody should stay here and mind the store."

"Me!" Lorne cried raising a hand. "Me me me. Sargent Stay-At-Home, volunteering for duty, sir."

"Gunn, Let's go," Angel told him.


"Angel, uh, assuming we can even get inside the evil empire, same big beastie's in there who spanked our asses six ways to Sunday," Gunn pointed out. "What's gonna be different this time?"


"What's different is we're not going for the monster, we're going for Connor."


"So, you phoned ahead so the big bad would understand that?"


"Look, I don't know the answers. Don't even know most of the questions. But what I do know is that I have to go into Wolfram and Hart and find my son. Now as far as us versus the big bad's concerned, there's only one smart way to play it: You see it, you run like hell."

"Sounds like a plan," Lexia commented

"Works for me," Cordelia agreed and grabbed a knife from the cabinet only to Angel take it from her and put it back. "Excuse me."


"Stay here with Lorne."


"Uh-uh. Connor's in danger, and I—," she goes for the knife again but Angel stops her.


"Cordelia, I don't want you there. It's too dangerous. I have my son to worry about I don't want to worry about you too," Angel told her running his knuckles across her cheek. Cordelia frowned but nodded slightly. Angel turned and motioned for the others to follow.


"Happy hunting!" Lorne called to them. "We'll, uh, stay here and keep the home fires burning. Bake some nice healing muffins, hm?"

Lexia turned when she felt a cold feeling. Cordelia was glaring at them as they left. It made Lexia wonder why Cordelia was so concerned with Connor when obviously she and Angel had a thing. Why did it feel like Cordelia kept giving her dirty looks too. Maybe Lexia was just imagining things. Yeah, she thought. That has to be it.

+ + +

Wesley led the group through the sewers. He stops under a shut and shines a light up through it. Lexia noted that it seemed to go straight up.

"This is it. I believe there's a door about 30 meters up."


"You believe or you know?" Gunn asked. " 'Cause every time you show up believing something seems somebody gets their head drilled or falls into a portal."


"Charles—," Fred began.


"I'm just saying," Gunn said shrugging.

"Man you guys like to fight don't ya?" Lexia asked looking between the three.


"Yes, well I'm doing—," Wesley tried to say but Angel cut him off.

"Will you guys shut up? I don't give a rat's ass about what's going on between you two. Put it away. We're here for Connor."


"I still don't see how you plan on getting us up there," Gunn grouches only to have Angel jump up the chute. "Show off."

"I could have flown up it," Lexia told him.

Angel dropped a line down the chute. Wesley grabbed on first and began to climb up. Lexia sighed and decided she'd go last. Man Connor, she thought. You better be worth this.