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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 5:
The next morning Connor woke to find the bed empty, and Lexia not in the room. He sat up fast, panicked for a moment. Then he saw a note was tapped to the door. He got it and it read: Connor, gone to get some clothes. Be back soon. At the bottom was a drawing of the tattoo she had by her eye.
Sighing with relieve he found some clothes that he'd left and decided to get dressed. He did and headed down stairs. On his way he could hear Gunn, Fred and Wesley talking.
"Most of us have encountered the demon twice, and we're still here," Wesley pointed out.
"Yeah, but we weren't conveniently born in the exact spot that thing hatched,"Gunn said.
"'The answer is among you.' Have I mentioned I hate cryptic messages?" Fred asked them.
Connor came out to the top of the stairs. They all saw him and stopped talking. Connor glared at them but said nothing and continued down the stairs. Wesley cleared his throat and walked closer to Fred and Gunn with a book in hand.
"Well, there's one thing I can decrypt," he told them handing Fred the book. "My sources have already confirmed that, without the little girl, the earthly contingent at Wolfram and Hart is cut off from the senior partners, effectively neutralized. However, it appears that was not her only function. I've just found an entry in Rhinehardt's Compendium for that same little girl—or, rather, the entity presenting itself as one. Her name is Mesektet."
"Hmm. I would have figured Tiffany or Brandy," Fred joked.
Connor decided not to listen in. Angel would explain things much more simply to him so he was fine. Besides the front door opened and the one person he really wanted to see walked in. Lexia. She had on a pair of worn jeans and black tank-top but looked gorgeous to his.
"Hey," he said going over to the door.
"Hey you," she greeted and swung the bag she carried so it tapped him lightly. "I've brought the necessary."
"Good, then you won't have to sneak off in the morning again," Connor said eyeing her.
"I wanted to let you sleep," Lexia told him shrugging.
"Hey Lex," Gunn greeted much to Connor's annoyance. "You movin' in?"
"For a while."
"Cool."
"See? They're nice," Lexia whispered to him.
"To you," he pointed out.
They moved to go upstairs when Lorne came in through the front door too. He seemed kinda rushed and excited. More bad news, Connor thought.
"Bad news, munchkins," Lorne said. Connor snorted. "Rumor mill has Dr. Feel-Bad attached to another slice-and-dice yesterday."
"Who was it?" Fred asked.
"Lovely woman. High and mighty white-magic shaman type, and that didn't even faze the
Beast. Tore her poor heart right out of her chest."
"The M.O. doesn't match," Wesley said shaking his head. "Mesektet had some sort of energy
sucked from her. He didn't touch her heart."
"Lorne, you didn't happen to catch the name, did you? Like, Ma'at?" Fred questioned looking
off her computer screen.
"Yeah, th-that's the lady."
"Another member of the Ra-tet," Fred confirmed.
"Ra-what?" Lexia asked confused.
"Ra-tet," Wesley said. "They're totems of the ancient god Ra."
"How could I not have known that?" she asked Connor sarcastically.
"He's taking them out one by one," Gunn said.
"The Beast?" Lexia asked Connor as the other's talked.
"Yeah," Connor said looking at them sourly. He took her head and headed upstairs. They were all acting as if he wasn't there anyway why should he stay?
On the way to their room Cordelia came out of hers. "Oh, hi you two," she said smiling then she noticed Lexia's bag. "Oh... are you staying?"
"Yeah. Angel thinks it would be better if we were all here since the Beast is probably after all of us now," Lexia explained.
"Yes, that would be a good idea..." Cordelia trailed off and stares into space.
Lexia looked at Connor questiongly and he let go of her hand and put both of his on Cordelia's arms, concerned. "Cordy? Did you get a vision?"
"Yeah..." Cordelia said her eyes wide. "I gotta go talk to Angel," she said and rushed down the hall.
Connor looked back at Lexia. "Does everybody you know have a superpower?"
"Pretty much," Connor said with a shrug. "You go a head and put your stuff away and meet us in Angel's room, k?"
Lexia nodded and headed down the opposite hall. Connor turned to follow Cordelia to Angel's room. Angel and Cordelia were close, talking quietly when he came in.
"So what goin' on?" he asked.
"I had a vision of the Beast," Cordelia explained. "But it felt like I was inside someone else."
"Who was it you were inside of?" Angel asked.
"I couldn't tell. But it did feel like there was more of something I wasn't getting. Like... I was just scratching the surface of something."
"What did the demon say?" Connor asked her.
"Don't know. All I got was the visual."
Angel sighed and walked over to a table that had an assortment of papers on it. "That doesn't give us much to go on, Cordy."
Lexia walked in and put her hand on Connor's shoulder. Cordelia looked over at them and frowned slightly. Connor wondered why but figured she was just frustrated with Angel. She followed him over to the table.
"But it's something. And a vision means the phone lines between us and the Powers That Be are still open. Maybe they'll send us a clue."
"As if there's somebody up there watching," Angel said sarcastically looking skyward.
"I was," Cordelia reminded him. "But I'm back now. So you're going to have to suck it up
and deal because things are going to hell, and—and you're the leader. So lead." With that
she walked away brushing past Connor and Lexia. Lexia looked after her.
"I guess she didn't take motivational speaking classes, huh?"
Connor looked at his dad. He shrugged, but he wasn't sure if Cordy's little speech hadn't done something to get his dad motivated.
+ + +
"The Powers are sending us a wake-up call, people," Angel said as he paced back and forth in front of the group. "Sure, we've been—I don't want to say demolished—beaten. And sure, it's slightly...demoralizing. But from here on out, we're on the offensive. We're gonna find out this thing's weaknesses, we're gonna go in prepared, and we're gonna fight smart. It's time to take down the Beast."
Oh, yes please, Lexia thought. Let's all go marching to our deaths. She looked at Connor who was sitting next to her on the couch but he smiled at her encouragingly. Ok, yes she was being pessimistic, the same thing she had chastisized him about last night, but she's never been in this kind of situation before. She didn't go and try to stop the apocalypse on a regular basis. But if Connor was ok, she could be too.
"Uh, we're all behind you, Angel, a hundred percent, but how can we be prepared when there's nothing on this thing," Fred asked timidly.
"And weaknesses?" Lorne mentioned. "It's not a sure bet El Destructo has any."
"Everyone has an Achilles' heel," Angel sounded assured.
"Yeah, but until we find his, we're gonna be coolin' ours, 'cause we got nothing without a
new lead," Gunn said. As if he'd spoken to soon the front door swung open and woman
wearing tight black pants, a red top, and elbow gloves walked in.
"Gwen," Angel said glancing at Cordelia.
"Hi there. Long time, no hand-to-hand," Gwen said walking into the lobby. She looked at Gunn. "I remember you."
"That guy you killed?" Fred said stepping in front of Gunn. "Yeah, that's him."
"Kicked you in the face, too, didn't I, cherry? Sorry 'bout that. I really do try to avoid
contact," Gwen drawled glancing at Angel. "Mostly."
"Do you feel a chill, coz I do," Lexia whispered to Connor.
Angel grinned and walked up to Cordelia. "Cordelia, this is—,"
"I know who she is," she interrupted. "Caught your little show on the omniscient higher
plane channel. Thanks."
"So, you're the girl who makes his heart go pitter-pat. Figuratively, at least." Gwen looked to
Angel. "You must be so happy."
"I am. Not having the best week, to be honest."
"Tell me about it. I mean, really, tell me. Freak to freak. Is the world about to end, or
what?"
"Something happen to you?" Angel asked concerned.
"Met with a client last night in the oil fields, which is odd, 'cause I bagged for this guy six
years—big money—and he never wanted to meet before."
"Fascinating as these details must seem to you, we're dealing with much more important
stuff right now," Cordelia said snidely. "Apocalypse. End of the world."
"I'm feelin' it now," Connor told Lexia.
"Also, while we were talking, he, um, got his chest punched out a big demon with a head
made of rock," Gwen told Angel ignoring Cordelia. Wesley got interested at mention of the
Beast and walked over. "Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth—,"
she stops when she sees Lorne walk out into the lobby. "He wasn't wearing lame though."
"Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp," Lorne said easily.
"This client of yours," Wesley said being all investigative. "Was anything removed from the
body?"
"Didn't see," Gwen said and turned back to Angel. "But you are, hands down, the weirdest
person I know, so I figured I'd ask you what's going on."
"Um, excuse me—," Fred cut in holding a book. "Not that I don't still bear a grudge against
you, because I do—but your client didn't happen to be a skinless saber-tooth tiger or
composed entirely of light, maybe?"
"Light came out of his chest. How did you know?"
"You wanted a pattern. That makes three," Gunn told Wes.
"He's killing the Ra-tet," Fred said.
"What's a Ra-tet?" Gwen asked.
"Mystical totem-thingys," Lexia said tired of not being in the conversation. Gwen looked at her with a little smile.
"A mystical order. Each totem representing a stage in Ra's journey across the sky. Wesley
told her and showed her a diagram in the book. "Here's your client. Two others—these—are
dead."
"That means there's two totems left: Manjet and Semkhet," Cordelia pointed out.
"The last sighting of Majet was rumored two years ago in Belize, and Semkhet is said to live
in a cave in Death Valley," Fred informed them.
"Then that's easy. All we have to do is find Semkhet and... protect him," Angel said.
"Yeah, well, won't that be a hoot," Lorne said flipping through the book. "Looks like Semkhet
is puddy-tat to the world's scariest six-year-old."
"It could be dangerous," Cordelia told Angel.
"I'll take Gwen," Angel said eagerly.
"Gee, I feel all warm inside," Gwen said with a frown.
"Well, shouldn't we all go? It might—," Cordelia started but Angel cut her off.
"We can handle it. Super powers. I'll catch her up on the drive," Angel said escorting Gwen
to the door.
"Bye Dad," Connor called exaggeratedly. "Don't worry me and Lexia will protect everybody since we have the super powers and all."
"Oh, sorry guys," Angel said. "That's Connor, my son. Lexia his girlfriend. Let's roll."
"Cute couple," Gwen commented as the doors swung shut.
+ + +
Later Connor sat on the steps by the garden door. He was sharpening a sword and the other's were researching ways to kill the Beast. Except Cordelia and Lexia. Cordelia was walking around sighing annoyedly occasionally and Lexia had went to the kitchen to find something to eat. Otherwise, things were pretty quite.
Cordelia huffed then sat down beside Connor. "Is she prettier than me?" she asked him.
"Who?" Connor asked confused.
"That little, long haired, electrified, midriff hooch that your dad left with."
"Gwen? Hell, no" Connor told her surprised.
"Ok. Then why was he so excited?" Cordelia seemed just as confused.
"Probably just because he has something new to do," Connor explained. "This whole Beast thing is taking a while, so this is like a break for him. It'll probably help him in the long run. It's not that he doesn't want to be around you."
"You think?" Cordelia asked still looking unsure.
"Of course I'm sure. You're way better than her."
"Thanks Connor. You so sweet," Cordelia said putting a hand to his cheek.
Connor shrugged and looked away embarrassed. Suddenly the lights flickered and went off. Connor stood getting such bad deja vu it wasn't even funny.
"What the hell?" Gunn wondered.
"It's him," Connor told them holding the sword at the ready.
"Are you sure?" Cordy asked standing as well.
The front door swung open and the Beast entered in all his goat headed glory. He smiled menacingly at Connor.
"Pretty sure," Connor said taking a step down in front of Cordelia.
The kitchen door swung open and Lexia jogged out. "What's-," she stopped when she saw the Beast. "Crap."
"Lexia get back," Connor told her.
The Beast stepped down the few steps and advanced toward Lexia. Gunn had grabbed a ball bat kept under the counter and went into action. He wacked the Beast behind the knee then on the shoulder. The Beast turned to look at Gunn. He yanked the bat out of Gunn's hands and squeezed it, making it spilt in two. Gunn got in a battle stance but the Beast just grabbed him by the shirt and threw him over the counter.
"Charles!" Fred cried and ran to help him.
"Cordelia, hide," Wesley called to her as he loaded a cross bow.
Connor pushed her in the direction of the counter but instead she went to the weapons cabinet. Sighing he decided to let it go for the moment. Lexia was still unarmed against the Beast. Who was at the moment advancing on her. Connor ran in front of Lexia protectively. He won't hurt her, he thought for the second time in 24 hours.
"Your bravery won't save her," the Beast told him.
"Watch me," he told him and attacked. He swung the sword like a bat and hit him with the flat side. Connor didn't give him time to react he punched him across the face scrapping his knuckles. Then he kicked him in the chest making him stagger back. Lexia moved away so she was closer to the staircase. Then he stabbed directly at the Beast only to have the sword break in two. The Beast laughed deep in his throat, only to be cut off by Lexia jumping up and kicking him in the head.
Connor smiled at his girlfriends move but was surprised when the Beast swung quickly around, and with his long arms hit him in the side of the head. Hard. Stars spread across his vision and he saw red. Then black. Lexia... he thought before he passed out.
+ + +
"Connor!" Lexia yelled as he fell to the floor. The Beast turned and grinned at her. Feeling rage well up inside her Lexia jumped and launched herself at the Beast. She flipped and landed so her legs where on his shoulders and his head was between her knees. She grabbed his horns and jerked, disorienting him. He spun and jerked around trying to make her fall off. She punched him in the head several times, scrapping her hands.
"Wes! Shoot him!" she yelled trying to hang on.
He did so but the arrow just bounced off. "Shit," Lexia swore. Finally the Beast just grabbed her left ankle with his right hand and pulled. Lexia slid off and he held her in the air like a rag doll. Then he just flung her aside. Lexia soared so high in the air she actually flipped once before landing halfway up the stairs near the garden doors. Then she tumbled down.
Lexia stopped in enough time to see Cordelia run towards the Beast, a dagger in hand. The Beast simply grabbed her wrist and jerked the dagger away. Then he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. Wesley tried to run to her aid but the Beast only kicked him down. Then he picked up Connor. No, Lexia thought. I can't... She felt her mind go fuzzy. The last thing she heard was Cordelia's screams for help.
~Sorry for the mostly transcripted chapter again, but that should be one of the last ones since the story is all in Connor and Lexia's POV~