Chapter 6: Something Wicked
The plane had to make a stop in New York to let some people off and pick up more passengers, in this Cordelia had arranged a shaman to meet them at the airport. They couldn't wait until they got to Los Angeles because Charlize and Damien's plane had also stopped in New York and was still there when Angel's plane had arrived.
The three of them got off of the plane and fought through the crowd and found the very out of place shaman. Cordelia and Connor discovered an empty room for the shaman to do the ritual. Angel stopped for a second before going into the room with the shaman to remove his soul. "Cordy, Connor, don't wait on me for this to be done. I'm going to wait on her, I don't want you to be here when my soul is gone."
"Why not we've seen you like that before?" Connor said angrily.
"Connor." Cordelia said sternly.
"Listen to Cordelia." Angel told his son. With that he followed the shaman into the empty room.
"Let's go." Cordelia commanded him.
"What about his soul?"
"We have a witch to call it and put it back, I'll just call the hotel when we get in L.A. so she can get ready." Cordelia told him.
The two of them reboarded the plane, just as the plane they knew Charlize and Damien were on landed. Cordelia looked at the plane sadly and thought, 'I hope this works.'
"Do you smell that?" Charlize asked as the two stepped off the plane.
"What the stence from the on-board bathrooms or all the sweaty people behind us?" Damien replied, not being so fond of traveling.
Charlize laughed evilly, "No D, it's the anger, the pain, and the soulessness of this city. Makes me feel, more at home."
"Why's that? We've got fear and pain back in Los Angeles too."
"You know why it feels like home baby? Because we've got family here."
Damien looked her hopefully, "it worked." He confirmed. Charlize smiled as the two walked toward the building, Damien looked around the premises carefully. "I'm hungry." He stated.
"Let's get daddy and eat." She suggested. The two walked toward the room where they knew where Angel was. When the pair arrived at the door, it opened from the other side and a shaman dressed in red robes stood before them. "You, thank you." Charlize smiled. The shaman looked at the half- vampire curiously, Charlize lifted her hands and brought one to either side of his face. A look of fear struck across the shaman's face just before Charlize twisted his head, snapping his neck. She stepped over the body with Damien right behind her.
They entered the room to see Angel lying on the floor with his eyes closed, the pair neared him and his chocolate brown eyes shot open. He swung his feet around and took Charlize's feet out from under the un- expecting Slayer. "Bad girl." He scolded.
Damien helped Angel up and then slung him against the wall. "Don't touch her like that." He threatened.
Angelus began to laugh evilly, "And what are you going to do about it?" He asked, retaining a malicious grin.
Charlize stood up and walked up to Damien and Angelus. "Now boys, play nice. Don't want anyone dead until we get home." Charlize said. Damien let go of him with a forceful shove into the hard wall and stepped back. Angelus gave him a hateful stare as Charlize led them out of the room, then back onto the plane.
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"Stupid phone!" Cordelia cried, beating the pay phone on the wall beside it. Connor stood beside her, watching her angrily beat on the phone as if it was her last hope. She placed it back in its holder and turned toward Angel's son. "We have to get back to the hotel before Angelus does." She said simply.
They had been in Los Angeles for about twenty minutes; Connor could tell that Cordelia was in a big hurry to get back to the hotel. He didn't see why, he thought Angelus and Charlize would construct a plan, and then carry it out. The dark sky was light up with nightlife as always, the streets were filled with Friday night traffic. They would never get to the hotel in less than half an hour.
Across town at the Hyperion Hotel...
"He should have called by now." Buffy stated, starting in on her worried, 'we should be doing something' speech.
"When did you turn 16 again and wait on Angel to talk to you again?" Spike asked with jealousy in his voice. He raised a dark eyebrow and awaited an answer from his wife.
Buffy turned and looked at him with her blonde curls bouncing as she turned, "Since he is doing what we should be. She's our daughter, we should have went with them." The Slayer gave the vampire before her a serious look.
The vampire didn't look at her; he just peered out the large window in the room they shared. During the day the window was covered by large black drapes that were now pushed open and the window was open, letting the warm spring air drift through the hotel. "What would you do to get her back? Plead? That wouldn't work. She's a different person now." Spike told her.
Buffy sat down on the edge of the bed beside him. "She's still our daughter."
"Just like Angelus was still your boyfriend?" Spike retorted.
"That was different." Buffy said, starting to become annoyed.
"How?" Spike's blue eyes looked into Buffy's hazel-green ones.
"Spike. Charli is our daughter—
Buffy began, but was cut off by Spike. "Listen to yourself pet. You just said Charli is our daughter. Charlize is just like Angelus; they're not the same person. They may look the same, but that's the demon."
"Our child isn't a demon." Buffy corrected him.
"She's half vampire, what do you think she is?" Spike replied.
"She's half human too. Are you forgetting that?" Buffy asked angrily. There was a soft knock on the door just before Spike could say something else. They both turned as the door opened to see Fred standing there. "Hi Fred, what's up?" Buffy asked, trying to hold in her frustration and anger.
"Um, do you guys want some dinner? Anya and I fixed some if you want it." Fred offered.
"Thanks pet." Spike nodded. Buffy looked at him and rolled her eyes and the three went down toward the dining room.
When the three of them were walking through the lobby, the front doors opened together and two people walked inside. Buffy smiled, "Angel, you got Charli?" She asked, as she stopped walking and folded her arms down the few stairs between them.
"I did." Angelus smiled. 'Suckers.' Angelus thought, he knew very well that the two of them could easily fool everyone in the gang to thinking they were Charli and Angel.
"Hi mom, dad." Charlize smiled shyly. She looked her mother directly in her eyes, "I'm **so** sorry for running off the way I did. I swear I'll never do it again. I'll start dressing like a prep and pretending there is no one better than me and I'll be just like you." Charlize smiled, oh the fun she could have with this.
"Don't get smart with me Charli." Buffy warned.
"Why not?" Charlize tilted her head slightly to the left, making her look like an innocent little puppy.
"Listen to your mother." Spike said, trying to catch her eyes but she wouldn't look him in the eyes. "You hungry?" He asked, still attempting to look into her eyes, but it seemed like they were purposely avoiding his.
"Famished." Charlize smiled widely, looking at Angelus happily.
"Yeah me too." Angelus agreed.
Charlize turned and looked back toward the still open doors, "Dame, you hungry? We just caught dinner." Charlize smiled. The smile faded quickly from Buffy's face as the other vampire appeared in the doorway behind Angelus and Charlize.
"You're not my daughter." Buffy grimaced, still not moving.
"I never was. At least you don't treat me like I am, you're disgusted by me and it kills you to pretend it doesn't. Now it's my turn to kill." Charlize narrowed her eyes. The three vampires in the door were about to carry out there well-planned execution, when two more people bursting through the back door.
Conner and Cordelia, "That's not Charli!" Cordelia exclaimed.
"Thanks for the newsflash." Spike said sarcastically.
Wesley and Gunn entered the lobby beside Buffy, Fred, and Spike. "That's not Angel."
"We know." Connor, Cordelia, Fred, Spike and Buffy said in unison.
"How could you tell?" Buffy asked.
"Angel would never have his hair that fluffy." Gunn answered for his friend.
"Who's idea was this?" Wesley asked.
"Mine." Angelus smiled, Connor nodded to Wes in confirmation.
"Could you all please stop fighting and start screaming?" Charlize rolled her eyes and looked directly at Connor. Connor, being the person he is, rushed at Charlize and attempted a punch. She ducked and threw out her leg and tripped him as he attempted another blow, he landed on his back, but sprang back up.
Cordelia looked at Wesley as Connor fought against Charlize, and began to loose, "Get Willow now, we need Angel's soul, this isn't helping." She commanded. So Wesley, who was closest to the rest of the gang in the dining room, ran in to alert Willow.
Charlize had Connor pinned to the floor and was leaning in to bite him, Spike picked her up by both her arms and threw her across the lobby. This angered both Angelus and Damien, and they attacked Spike. Spike, who was sick of seeing this, knocked Damien to where he had thrown Charlize who was now recuperating quickly and kicked Angelus.
Angelus stumbled back, then hit Spike's jaw and was about to do more when Gunn knocked Angelus down with his fists. Angelus took him down also, as the fighting continued another person walked into the hotel. Connor and Charlize stopped fighting immediately. She wore dark blue jeans, a white wifebeater, and white Nike's with silver swooshes, and her blonde hair was still straight.
"I killed you." Damien looked amazed.
She smiled, and held up a swirly looking silver-colored this in a glass jar. "Some things are meant to be kept Angelus." She smiled, ignoring Damien. Then she looked at him, "Missions must be finished." Cameron smiled.
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A/N: (in the last chapter) Did I say Connor's eyes weren't blue? Oops! Mistake, sorry about that. I know Connor's cocky when he fights, but that was a lot of vampires, there was nothing he could do about it, and I wanted to focus more on Cameron at the moment...but now that she's back...for now...well you'll just see what happens. Sorry about the lack of updates lately, I've been really busy. XOXO Charlize Next chapter: Why Cameron is back.
The plane had to make a stop in New York to let some people off and pick up more passengers, in this Cordelia had arranged a shaman to meet them at the airport. They couldn't wait until they got to Los Angeles because Charlize and Damien's plane had also stopped in New York and was still there when Angel's plane had arrived.
The three of them got off of the plane and fought through the crowd and found the very out of place shaman. Cordelia and Connor discovered an empty room for the shaman to do the ritual. Angel stopped for a second before going into the room with the shaman to remove his soul. "Cordy, Connor, don't wait on me for this to be done. I'm going to wait on her, I don't want you to be here when my soul is gone."
"Why not we've seen you like that before?" Connor said angrily.
"Connor." Cordelia said sternly.
"Listen to Cordelia." Angel told his son. With that he followed the shaman into the empty room.
"Let's go." Cordelia commanded him.
"What about his soul?"
"We have a witch to call it and put it back, I'll just call the hotel when we get in L.A. so she can get ready." Cordelia told him.
The two of them reboarded the plane, just as the plane they knew Charlize and Damien were on landed. Cordelia looked at the plane sadly and thought, 'I hope this works.'
"Do you smell that?" Charlize asked as the two stepped off the plane.
"What the stence from the on-board bathrooms or all the sweaty people behind us?" Damien replied, not being so fond of traveling.
Charlize laughed evilly, "No D, it's the anger, the pain, and the soulessness of this city. Makes me feel, more at home."
"Why's that? We've got fear and pain back in Los Angeles too."
"You know why it feels like home baby? Because we've got family here."
Damien looked her hopefully, "it worked." He confirmed. Charlize smiled as the two walked toward the building, Damien looked around the premises carefully. "I'm hungry." He stated.
"Let's get daddy and eat." She suggested. The two walked toward the room where they knew where Angel was. When the pair arrived at the door, it opened from the other side and a shaman dressed in red robes stood before them. "You, thank you." Charlize smiled. The shaman looked at the half- vampire curiously, Charlize lifted her hands and brought one to either side of his face. A look of fear struck across the shaman's face just before Charlize twisted his head, snapping his neck. She stepped over the body with Damien right behind her.
They entered the room to see Angel lying on the floor with his eyes closed, the pair neared him and his chocolate brown eyes shot open. He swung his feet around and took Charlize's feet out from under the un- expecting Slayer. "Bad girl." He scolded.
Damien helped Angel up and then slung him against the wall. "Don't touch her like that." He threatened.
Angelus began to laugh evilly, "And what are you going to do about it?" He asked, retaining a malicious grin.
Charlize stood up and walked up to Damien and Angelus. "Now boys, play nice. Don't want anyone dead until we get home." Charlize said. Damien let go of him with a forceful shove into the hard wall and stepped back. Angelus gave him a hateful stare as Charlize led them out of the room, then back onto the plane.
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"Stupid phone!" Cordelia cried, beating the pay phone on the wall beside it. Connor stood beside her, watching her angrily beat on the phone as if it was her last hope. She placed it back in its holder and turned toward Angel's son. "We have to get back to the hotel before Angelus does." She said simply.
They had been in Los Angeles for about twenty minutes; Connor could tell that Cordelia was in a big hurry to get back to the hotel. He didn't see why, he thought Angelus and Charlize would construct a plan, and then carry it out. The dark sky was light up with nightlife as always, the streets were filled with Friday night traffic. They would never get to the hotel in less than half an hour.
Across town at the Hyperion Hotel...
"He should have called by now." Buffy stated, starting in on her worried, 'we should be doing something' speech.
"When did you turn 16 again and wait on Angel to talk to you again?" Spike asked with jealousy in his voice. He raised a dark eyebrow and awaited an answer from his wife.
Buffy turned and looked at him with her blonde curls bouncing as she turned, "Since he is doing what we should be. She's our daughter, we should have went with them." The Slayer gave the vampire before her a serious look.
The vampire didn't look at her; he just peered out the large window in the room they shared. During the day the window was covered by large black drapes that were now pushed open and the window was open, letting the warm spring air drift through the hotel. "What would you do to get her back? Plead? That wouldn't work. She's a different person now." Spike told her.
Buffy sat down on the edge of the bed beside him. "She's still our daughter."
"Just like Angelus was still your boyfriend?" Spike retorted.
"That was different." Buffy said, starting to become annoyed.
"How?" Spike's blue eyes looked into Buffy's hazel-green ones.
"Spike. Charli is our daughter—
Buffy began, but was cut off by Spike. "Listen to yourself pet. You just said Charli is our daughter. Charlize is just like Angelus; they're not the same person. They may look the same, but that's the demon."
"Our child isn't a demon." Buffy corrected him.
"She's half vampire, what do you think she is?" Spike replied.
"She's half human too. Are you forgetting that?" Buffy asked angrily. There was a soft knock on the door just before Spike could say something else. They both turned as the door opened to see Fred standing there. "Hi Fred, what's up?" Buffy asked, trying to hold in her frustration and anger.
"Um, do you guys want some dinner? Anya and I fixed some if you want it." Fred offered.
"Thanks pet." Spike nodded. Buffy looked at him and rolled her eyes and the three went down toward the dining room.
When the three of them were walking through the lobby, the front doors opened together and two people walked inside. Buffy smiled, "Angel, you got Charli?" She asked, as she stopped walking and folded her arms down the few stairs between them.
"I did." Angelus smiled. 'Suckers.' Angelus thought, he knew very well that the two of them could easily fool everyone in the gang to thinking they were Charli and Angel.
"Hi mom, dad." Charlize smiled shyly. She looked her mother directly in her eyes, "I'm **so** sorry for running off the way I did. I swear I'll never do it again. I'll start dressing like a prep and pretending there is no one better than me and I'll be just like you." Charlize smiled, oh the fun she could have with this.
"Don't get smart with me Charli." Buffy warned.
"Why not?" Charlize tilted her head slightly to the left, making her look like an innocent little puppy.
"Listen to your mother." Spike said, trying to catch her eyes but she wouldn't look him in the eyes. "You hungry?" He asked, still attempting to look into her eyes, but it seemed like they were purposely avoiding his.
"Famished." Charlize smiled widely, looking at Angelus happily.
"Yeah me too." Angelus agreed.
Charlize turned and looked back toward the still open doors, "Dame, you hungry? We just caught dinner." Charlize smiled. The smile faded quickly from Buffy's face as the other vampire appeared in the doorway behind Angelus and Charlize.
"You're not my daughter." Buffy grimaced, still not moving.
"I never was. At least you don't treat me like I am, you're disgusted by me and it kills you to pretend it doesn't. Now it's my turn to kill." Charlize narrowed her eyes. The three vampires in the door were about to carry out there well-planned execution, when two more people bursting through the back door.
Conner and Cordelia, "That's not Charli!" Cordelia exclaimed.
"Thanks for the newsflash." Spike said sarcastically.
Wesley and Gunn entered the lobby beside Buffy, Fred, and Spike. "That's not Angel."
"We know." Connor, Cordelia, Fred, Spike and Buffy said in unison.
"How could you tell?" Buffy asked.
"Angel would never have his hair that fluffy." Gunn answered for his friend.
"Who's idea was this?" Wesley asked.
"Mine." Angelus smiled, Connor nodded to Wes in confirmation.
"Could you all please stop fighting and start screaming?" Charlize rolled her eyes and looked directly at Connor. Connor, being the person he is, rushed at Charlize and attempted a punch. She ducked and threw out her leg and tripped him as he attempted another blow, he landed on his back, but sprang back up.
Cordelia looked at Wesley as Connor fought against Charlize, and began to loose, "Get Willow now, we need Angel's soul, this isn't helping." She commanded. So Wesley, who was closest to the rest of the gang in the dining room, ran in to alert Willow.
Charlize had Connor pinned to the floor and was leaning in to bite him, Spike picked her up by both her arms and threw her across the lobby. This angered both Angelus and Damien, and they attacked Spike. Spike, who was sick of seeing this, knocked Damien to where he had thrown Charlize who was now recuperating quickly and kicked Angelus.
Angelus stumbled back, then hit Spike's jaw and was about to do more when Gunn knocked Angelus down with his fists. Angelus took him down also, as the fighting continued another person walked into the hotel. Connor and Charlize stopped fighting immediately. She wore dark blue jeans, a white wifebeater, and white Nike's with silver swooshes, and her blonde hair was still straight.
"I killed you." Damien looked amazed.
She smiled, and held up a swirly looking silver-colored this in a glass jar. "Some things are meant to be kept Angelus." She smiled, ignoring Damien. Then she looked at him, "Missions must be finished." Cameron smiled.
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A/N: (in the last chapter) Did I say Connor's eyes weren't blue? Oops! Mistake, sorry about that. I know Connor's cocky when he fights, but that was a lot of vampires, there was nothing he could do about it, and I wanted to focus more on Cameron at the moment...but now that she's back...for now...well you'll just see what happens. Sorry about the lack of updates lately, I've been really busy. XOXO Charlize Next chapter: Why Cameron is back.