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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 3:Lexia followed Angel and the gang into the lobby. There were dead bodies everywhere. Lexia felt her heart flutter at the sight. All this death and destruction by one thing. What if Connor- No she told herself. Connor will be alright.


"Oh my God...," Fred murmured probably feeling about the same as Lexia. "I know they all worked for an evil company, but this is—," she cut herself off when Gunn jumped. "What?"


"Heard something," he said scanning the area.


"Power's down," Angel noted. "We'll have to take the stairs."


"Just so I'm clear on the plan—," Gunn started.


"Third floor—get Connor, get out".


Fred gasped suddenly. Everyone looked at her. "Sorry. Feeling a little goosey."


"For good reason," Wesley agreed.


Angel took the lead and started upstairs. Lexia stayed in the back incase the beast tried to jump them from behind. Not that I would do much good, he kicked my ass last time.


"Be quick, be quiet," Angel advised. "As far as we know, that thing's still around."

"You're the one making all the noise," Lexia pointed out.

"I can see why Connor like her," Angel muttered annoyed.

Lexia smirked and stepped over a body. The gang headed up the stairs but Lexia stopped for a moment. She looked back when she felt like she was being watched. She saw nothing so continued up the stairs with the gang.

If she had stayed a moment longer she might have noticed one of the bead bodies eyes snap open.

They continued on through a corridor on the third floor. This floor was also littered with dead bodies.

"I don't get it. Wolfram and Hart is evil, the big bad is evil... why go all Terminator on your own team?" Gunn asked.


"Maybe all it wants... is to eliminate the competition," Angel mused.


"Doesn't give us much to look forward to, does it?" Fred commented.

As they rounded the corner, they came close to the supply closet. Wesley shined his light in it, then on the floor there was a puddle of blood by some rolls of toilet paper. Lexia felt a strange presence at this spot, but something felt wrong.


"Wasn't Gavin...?" Wesley wondered out loud.

"Over here!" Angel said from a nearby room.

Angel was digging through a pile of debris that Lexia could smell Connor on. The rest of the gang joined in.


"He's not in here," Fred said.


"Let's be certain," Wesley said looking around.


"No, she's right. He's not," Angel said and everyone stopped.

"That's good, right? Means he's still alive," Lexia said trying reassure herself.


"Or that Sherlock got his facts wrong again," Gunn said glaring at Wesley.


"No, I can smell him. Connor was here. We should split up," Angel said grabbing his sword. "You three, take one stairwell. Sweep each floor, we'll meet up top. Lexia you're with me."

Lexia followed Angel out of the room.

+ + +


On the 7'th floor Angel and Lexia walked stealthily along. They had both been rather quite along the way only speaking to confirm Connor wasn't around. But Lexia was getting a bad vibe. Something wasn't right here, and she needed to say something.

"Does anything seem off to you?" she asked.

"A whole bunch of evil, dead lawyers to boot, but that's about it," Angel told her.

Lexia shrugged and followed Angel along. The both stopped when they reached a corner someone was coming around it too, and they both tensed for battle. The turned the corner only to find Connor.


"Connor. Jesus," Angel said hugging him. "Thank God you're alive."


Connor pulled back from the hug. "Hey, how'd you know where to find me? Lexia," Connor said when he saw her. He moved around Angel and hugged her. Lexia hugged back glad to see him.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah."

Lexia pushed him away from her and punched him in the side. "Don't ever scare me like that again," she ordered.

"Right..." Connor said wide eyed.


"C'mon you two," Angel said grabbing Connor's arm and walking away. "We got to get you out of here first."


"Wait," Connor said pulling free. "First I have to kill that thing. This is my fault."


"We can't kill it, and no it's not. We've thrown everything we can at it—it's not enough. We need to go," Angel told him firmly.

Angel turned to walk away, only to find himself face to face with one of the dead lawyers. He grabbed Angel, but Angel punched him and threw him across the hall into a wall. He landed on the floor and was still.


"Gavin—how did—?" Angel asked himself confused.


"He looks dead," Connor commented.


"He is dead. Technically, 's undead. It's a zombie,"Angel informed him.

"OH, gross," Lexia complained.

Gavin stood up.


"What's a zombie?" Connor asked.

Angel grabbed Gavin and threw him across the hall again.


"It's an undead thing."


"Like you?"


"No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh."


"Like you," Connor said a small smile on his face.


"No!" Angel pointed at Connor. "It's different. Trust me."

"That wasn't nice," Lexia admonished Connor.

Gavin woke again but Angel just kicked him in the face. "Come on," he said to Lexia and Connor who followed him down the hall.

"Why are they doing this? Why are they zombies?" Connor asked holding onto Lexia's hand to make sure he didn't loose her.


"I don't know, but we need to find the others." Angel said.

Connor looked at Lexia who shrugged. She didn't know how to explain it either. The Beast was a creature they knew nothing about.

As they walked away more zombie rose behind them.

Angel, Connor, and Lexia his in a doorway of the seventh floor as they spotted zombies rise in front of them too. As the Zombies walked past them Angel informed them how to kill Zombies.


"The only way to kill a zombie is to stop its brain activity. Cut off it's head, smash it's skull... luckily, they're slow and stupid so we have a decent chance of beating them.." Angel said peeking around the corner. "Unless, of course, there's hundreds of 'em."

Connor and Lexia peeked around the corner too to see that there were in fact hundreds of them. Then they heard screaming from a room down the hall. Among the zombies. They looked at Angel who sighed and took off down the hall fighting his way through zombies. Connor and Lexia followed.

Lexia used the flat side of her axe to bat a zombie out of her way and continued the swing to cut off another's head. Connor punched one in the face sending it down, and snapped another's neck. They fought their way through along with Angel until they came to a clearing in the group and ran down the hall to the room where the screaming came from. Angel kicked the door in and Lexia and Connor followed. Fred, Gunn, and Wesley were holding another door closed.


"Connor," Fred said when she saw him.


"We got what we came for. Let's go. Wes?" Angel prompted him.


"Only two exits I know of," Wesley told him. "Third floor and lobby."


"That's too far," Fred worried.


"We can make it," Connor said looking at Lexia. Lexia frowned.


"Not all of us" Angel said what she was thinking. "Too many dead men walking. All right, look, there is one other way. The white room. It's an inter-dimensional space here in Wolfram and Hart."


"Sounds kinda portaly," Gunn said worried.

"Not exactly. More like a gateway. And there's a little girl there. Or something old and evil that likes to pretend she's a little girl."


"You've seen her?" Connor asked.


"I met her once when I was trying to find you. She might be able to help us."


"So, fight seven floors of evil lawyer zombies or sweet talk a nasty little girl?"Gunn mused. "You know where my heart's at."

"1 floor has better odds," Lexia agreed.


"Yeah, I gotta disagree. I vote for the white room. How do we get there?"Fred asked.


"Gonna need your help," Angel told her.

The gang ran out into the hall. Zombies stumbled along behind them groaning. About 10 feet from the elevator everyone but Angel and Fred stopped and turned to fight them off. Lexia kicked one away from her, and batted another one with her axe.

"Nice swing," Gunn told her.

Behind them Angel pried open the elevator doors and let Fred in. "Do what you can," he told her and ran to help them. The gang fights off Zombies right and left and found themselves slowly being pushed back to the elevator.


"Fred!" Angel warned.


"Working on it!" she told him. "Come on, Fred, think. Bypass switch for a shutdown command."


"Come on, Fred," Angel called again as a zombie climbed onto his back and Gunn pulled it off.

Suddenly the hun of electricity could be heard. "Angel!"


"Guys, let's go," Angel said and headed in.


"You remember the code?" Wesley asked him.


"Hello, photographic memory," Angel said as Lexia joined them in the elevator.

Angel pushed different floor numbers. 18-23-20. Connor and Gunn got into the elevator. 28-27. Nothing happened.


"What?" Angel said to the elevator.


"Maybe you forgot," Connor suggested.


"I didn't forget. Lemme try again," Angel said and presses the set of numbers again.


"That's Gavin," Gunn said as Zombie Gavin got closer to the elevator. "I know that guy. Hold up." He stepped out of the elevator and cut off Gavin's head with his axe. "I hate seeing someone I know like that, even someone I know I hate."

"You're such a humanitarian," Lexia drawled.

"Damn straight," Gunn told her.


"No time like the present, Angel," Wesley told him as he pushed the buttons again. Finally a larger button appears over the regular buttons.


"Here's hoping she's in a good mood," Angel said pressing it.

Everything suddenly goes white. The room slowly comes into view and the gang looks around confusedly. "Oh no!" Fred cried. They turn to see the little girl in her red dress, white stockings, and black patented leather shoes lying on her back, the Beast standing over her.


"It was waitin' for us all along," Gunn said.


"No, I don't think so," Angel said watching the scene. "He wanted this. The girl—whatever she is—it came for her."


"Is there a way out of here?" Wesley asked.


"The answer is among you," the little girl said pointing over to the group.

The Beast holds his right hand over the little girl. A weird black energy rises from her and into his hand. When it was gone the Beast rose and started toward the group menacingly. Everyone raised their weapons. Lexia looked toward the little girl who held out her hand and mumbled something. Everything went white again.

+ + +

Connor looked around when the white faded again. They were now in the hotel lobby. Lorne was sipping a martini and reading a book when he saw them. His eyes went wide and he looked suspiciously at his drink.


"Home," Angel said looking around. "She sent us."


"Dad?" Connor asked walking up to him.

Angel starts to say something when Cordelia stood and launches herself into Connor's arms.


"You're safe," she breathed.

Connor returned her hug and noticed Lexia cross her arms over her chest. She looked at Angel who also crossed his arms over his chest. They shared a look. Finally Cordelia released Connor and turned to Angel.

"You're all safe," she said and hugged Angel.