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exist in any of the shows, Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Title: Children Bring Us Together
Rating: G
DISTRIBUTION: If you want it have it.
FEEDBACK: I want feedback and if you don't like it give me improvements and I will change it.
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AUTHOR: Masquerade Ivy
TIMELINE: Season 3 of Angel. Season 6 of Buffy.
SYNOPSIS: Now that Conner's back, everything seems to be back to normal, until a new arrival comes to shakes things up and also brings the return of past loves.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: There is no Buffy and Spike or Angel and Cordelia, surrounds the rumour about Conner coming back, as a sixteen year old. Holtz died in the hell dimension and didn't come back with Conner.
P.S. I know that Conner being a sixteen year old, he would not exactly get into a club. But then I thought that the Scooby gang were always getting into the Bronze. So go with me here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- " Go to the club Vortex, there are two vampires attacking a young girl. She has short brown hair and green eyes. I think that you better be quick, I can sense great pain. Seeya later!" Cordelia hanged up the phone and got back to her romantic evening with Groo at home.
Mean while on the streets of LA -----
" So who are we looking for?" Gunn asked, while he put an arm around his girlfriend Fred. " Cordelia didn't go into much detail, she just said a youngish girl with brown hair and green eyes, that could be anyone." Angel said, feeling a bit nervous. This was the first time Conner had come out with them on a mission. Ever since, he had come back 16 years older, there had been a lot of tension between them and Angel being a guy who doesn't tend to share a lot, they hadn't even had a proper conversation since he came back.
"So how are we going to find her?" Conner asked, the first time he had spoken to any one that night. "Well, hopefully she will stand out, so we will be able to spot her" Wesley answered. Angel giving him a sideward glance. They still weren't on very good terms, ever since Wesley helped the kidnapping of his son; deep down inside he blamed him for the tension between him and Conner.
As they entered the club, the first thing that they noticed was the extremely loud music. They all tried to look around but they couldn't see any girl that resembled the one that Cordelia had seen in her vision. They all decided to split up and search for the girl and the vampires alone. Except for Conner, as Angel wanted to make sure he was safe, so he stayed at the bar.
About ten minutes later Conner was still at the bar, with no sign of the girl and now he couldn't find the others either.
Oh terrific, I'll probably be searching for hours just to find everyone, let alone the girl we are supposed to be saving; I'm definitely not coming out with my dad again
My DAD
I had never called him that before
Before Conner could think about this more, he saw a girl in the corner of his eye at the end of the bar. She looked really nervous, always looking over her shoulder. She had short brown hair just passed her chin, but it still covered most of her face.
It looks like she is trying to hide from something
So Conner plucked up the courage, and decided to go up to her
"Hi" "Hey" "My names Conner what's yours?" "None of your business!" the girl snapped back.
Obviously not a very social person Conner thought, so he tried a different approach.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" Conner asked, this time a little way back, as not to crowd her. "It's a free country isn't it?" the girl said this time turning her face up to stare at Conner, but then quickly turned back down to hide her face again. But Conner had seen her face and her eyes, which were definitely green.
This is the girl, I can't believe I found her
I'm pretty good at this detective thing
He had also noticed that her voice had a tinge of a British accent. It sounded like she was trying to cover it up.
"So do you come here often?" "Did you come up with that one all by your self?" "I'm not trying to hit on you" Conner snapped.
How dare she, does she thinks that the world surrounds her or something!
"Well what do you want then?" The girl said quietly, and she actually turned her whole body so now she was face to face with Conner. Conner was surprised by how familiar the girl was. She was about his age, maybe slightly older.
"I think I'm here to protect you" Conner said weakly. Well, what was I supposed to say
The girl let out a load giggle. "Ha ha ha ha...Oh do that again that was so funny, you're here to protect me!!"
" Hey, I'm pretty strong you know!" Conner was fuming.
The girl's face went suddenly serious " No one can protect me, even if you are strong. The things in my life are beyond strong, they're evil." At this point, the girl looked across the dance floor as if she saw someone or something that was really important. And before Conner could say anything, she got off her stool and walked into the mass of people and disappeared.
Conner was about to go after her, but then a hand grabbed his shoulder. It was Angel.
"How you doing see anything important?" Angel asked, trying to act as casual as he could under the circumstances. "Yeah, I actually think I found her, but she ran off before I could find out who she was. She seemed really intense and not really the socialising type. But, if we're quick we could catch her."
"Sounds like a plan!" So Angel and Conner quickly pushed through the hoards of people trying to look for that girl. Just as they were about to give up and look for the others, Conner spotted her about to leave through the back door.
"Look, there she is - Quick we might lose her" Angel was suddenly surprised by his son obvious enthusiasm, and then suddenly worried. Isn't he too young to start dating?
Just as they were opening the door to leave the club, they heard a lot of crashing and the sound of someone in pain. But, instead of seeing the girl injured, they found her fighting off two vampires, and very easily.
Both Angel and Conner watched on in amazement, by the strength of this girl. But in the back of Angel's mind there was worry.
This girl can't be a slayer. Faith is in prison and he only visited her last week she couldn't have died. And Buffy couldn't be dead again he would have felt it and Willow or someone would have called him, wouldn't they?
Just as the dust of the final vampire settled to the ground, the mysterious girl slowly turned round to face the two men. "Oh, it's you again, what do you want? You know stalking is actually a big turn off" The girl said as she brushed off stray pieces of dust of her clothes. Which Conner was finally noticing, now he could see because of the streetlights.
She was wearing a tight dark red top, which didn't even cover her belly button, and a tight leather skirt. If you can all it that, it looked more like a belt. Before the conversation could continue, the rest of the gang came through the door. "Oh, good there you are, we couldn't find the girl anywhere" Wesley looked in the direction that Angel and Conner were looking. "Oh, that might be cause she's right here."
Something on her arm caught Wesley's eye, but the girl saw where he was looking, and quickly covered it up.
"Well, as much as I would love to stay here with you guys, I've got places to be." The girl started to walk off.
"No wait, You don't understand we need to help you" Angel tried to plead with the girl to stay, but he knew it probably wouldn't work.
"That's the second time tonight someone thinks that I need there help, but I don't and especially not from a vampire!" Angel looked stunned. "Don't be so surprised, your not the first vampire I've met, as you've already witnessed." And with that she left and disappeared into the night.
BACK AT THE HOTEL
"Well, that was a waste of time, I mean we didn't even get her name" Fred says as she slumps into one of the chairs in the lobby of the hotel.
"I thought Cordy said she sensed great pain, she seemed fine to me." Gunn said as he sat next to his girlfriend. "Maybe she felt the pain of the vampires, or maybe it was emotional not physical, she didn't seem like the happiest girl in he world." Angel replied. "But I still think we should try to find her, the powers wouldn't have sent us if she didn't need help."
"I agree, I think we should help her!" Conner said starting to realise that his dad was kinda cool and that he wasn't just some evil vampire, like his surrogate father Holtz had told him.
Wesley stood and addressed the group. "But the question is, where do we start?"
TBC
Title: Children Bring Us Together
Rating: G
DISTRIBUTION: If you want it have it.
FEEDBACK: I want feedback and if you don't like it give me improvements and I will change it.
EMAIL:
AUTHOR: Masquerade Ivy
TIMELINE: Season 3 of Angel. Season 6 of Buffy.
SYNOPSIS: Now that Conner's back, everything seems to be back to normal, until a new arrival comes to shakes things up and also brings the return of past loves.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: There is no Buffy and Spike or Angel and Cordelia, surrounds the rumour about Conner coming back, as a sixteen year old. Holtz died in the hell dimension and didn't come back with Conner.
P.S. I know that Conner being a sixteen year old, he would not exactly get into a club. But then I thought that the Scooby gang were always getting into the Bronze. So go with me here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- " Go to the club Vortex, there are two vampires attacking a young girl. She has short brown hair and green eyes. I think that you better be quick, I can sense great pain. Seeya later!" Cordelia hanged up the phone and got back to her romantic evening with Groo at home.
Mean while on the streets of LA -----
" So who are we looking for?" Gunn asked, while he put an arm around his girlfriend Fred. " Cordelia didn't go into much detail, she just said a youngish girl with brown hair and green eyes, that could be anyone." Angel said, feeling a bit nervous. This was the first time Conner had come out with them on a mission. Ever since, he had come back 16 years older, there had been a lot of tension between them and Angel being a guy who doesn't tend to share a lot, they hadn't even had a proper conversation since he came back.
"So how are we going to find her?" Conner asked, the first time he had spoken to any one that night. "Well, hopefully she will stand out, so we will be able to spot her" Wesley answered. Angel giving him a sideward glance. They still weren't on very good terms, ever since Wesley helped the kidnapping of his son; deep down inside he blamed him for the tension between him and Conner.
As they entered the club, the first thing that they noticed was the extremely loud music. They all tried to look around but they couldn't see any girl that resembled the one that Cordelia had seen in her vision. They all decided to split up and search for the girl and the vampires alone. Except for Conner, as Angel wanted to make sure he was safe, so he stayed at the bar.
About ten minutes later Conner was still at the bar, with no sign of the girl and now he couldn't find the others either.
Oh terrific, I'll probably be searching for hours just to find everyone, let alone the girl we are supposed to be saving; I'm definitely not coming out with my dad again
My DAD
I had never called him that before
Before Conner could think about this more, he saw a girl in the corner of his eye at the end of the bar. She looked really nervous, always looking over her shoulder. She had short brown hair just passed her chin, but it still covered most of her face.
It looks like she is trying to hide from something
So Conner plucked up the courage, and decided to go up to her
"Hi" "Hey" "My names Conner what's yours?" "None of your business!" the girl snapped back.
Obviously not a very social person Conner thought, so he tried a different approach.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" Conner asked, this time a little way back, as not to crowd her. "It's a free country isn't it?" the girl said this time turning her face up to stare at Conner, but then quickly turned back down to hide her face again. But Conner had seen her face and her eyes, which were definitely green.
This is the girl, I can't believe I found her
I'm pretty good at this detective thing
He had also noticed that her voice had a tinge of a British accent. It sounded like she was trying to cover it up.
"So do you come here often?" "Did you come up with that one all by your self?" "I'm not trying to hit on you" Conner snapped.
How dare she, does she thinks that the world surrounds her or something!
"Well what do you want then?" The girl said quietly, and she actually turned her whole body so now she was face to face with Conner. Conner was surprised by how familiar the girl was. She was about his age, maybe slightly older.
"I think I'm here to protect you" Conner said weakly. Well, what was I supposed to say
The girl let out a load giggle. "Ha ha ha ha...Oh do that again that was so funny, you're here to protect me!!"
" Hey, I'm pretty strong you know!" Conner was fuming.
The girl's face went suddenly serious " No one can protect me, even if you are strong. The things in my life are beyond strong, they're evil." At this point, the girl looked across the dance floor as if she saw someone or something that was really important. And before Conner could say anything, she got off her stool and walked into the mass of people and disappeared.
Conner was about to go after her, but then a hand grabbed his shoulder. It was Angel.
"How you doing see anything important?" Angel asked, trying to act as casual as he could under the circumstances. "Yeah, I actually think I found her, but she ran off before I could find out who she was. She seemed really intense and not really the socialising type. But, if we're quick we could catch her."
"Sounds like a plan!" So Angel and Conner quickly pushed through the hoards of people trying to look for that girl. Just as they were about to give up and look for the others, Conner spotted her about to leave through the back door.
"Look, there she is - Quick we might lose her" Angel was suddenly surprised by his son obvious enthusiasm, and then suddenly worried. Isn't he too young to start dating?
Just as they were opening the door to leave the club, they heard a lot of crashing and the sound of someone in pain. But, instead of seeing the girl injured, they found her fighting off two vampires, and very easily.
Both Angel and Conner watched on in amazement, by the strength of this girl. But in the back of Angel's mind there was worry.
This girl can't be a slayer. Faith is in prison and he only visited her last week she couldn't have died. And Buffy couldn't be dead again he would have felt it and Willow or someone would have called him, wouldn't they?
Just as the dust of the final vampire settled to the ground, the mysterious girl slowly turned round to face the two men. "Oh, it's you again, what do you want? You know stalking is actually a big turn off" The girl said as she brushed off stray pieces of dust of her clothes. Which Conner was finally noticing, now he could see because of the streetlights.
She was wearing a tight dark red top, which didn't even cover her belly button, and a tight leather skirt. If you can all it that, it looked more like a belt. Before the conversation could continue, the rest of the gang came through the door. "Oh, good there you are, we couldn't find the girl anywhere" Wesley looked in the direction that Angel and Conner were looking. "Oh, that might be cause she's right here."
Something on her arm caught Wesley's eye, but the girl saw where he was looking, and quickly covered it up.
"Well, as much as I would love to stay here with you guys, I've got places to be." The girl started to walk off.
"No wait, You don't understand we need to help you" Angel tried to plead with the girl to stay, but he knew it probably wouldn't work.
"That's the second time tonight someone thinks that I need there help, but I don't and especially not from a vampire!" Angel looked stunned. "Don't be so surprised, your not the first vampire I've met, as you've already witnessed." And with that she left and disappeared into the night.
BACK AT THE HOTEL
"Well, that was a waste of time, I mean we didn't even get her name" Fred says as she slumps into one of the chairs in the lobby of the hotel.
"I thought Cordy said she sensed great pain, she seemed fine to me." Gunn said as he sat next to his girlfriend. "Maybe she felt the pain of the vampires, or maybe it was emotional not physical, she didn't seem like the happiest girl in he world." Angel replied. "But I still think we should try to find her, the powers wouldn't have sent us if she didn't need help."
"I agree, I think we should help her!" Conner said starting to realise that his dad was kinda cool and that he wasn't just some evil vampire, like his surrogate father Holtz had told him.
Wesley stood and addressed the group. "But the question is, where do we start?"
TBC