Later that night Julie and Angel went to bed but neither of them could fall asleep. They lay there in each other's arms in the darkness. Angel hadn't said much sense Jill and Rebecca had left and that was worrying Julie, Angel was usually boisterous before bed. Julie was running her hand through Angel's hair as they both lay in the darkness. Angel from time to time would start to tremble and Julie would have to calm her down any way she could.

"Let's leave." Angel said suddenly.

"What?" Julie asked.

"Let's pack out things and leave." Angel said. "Chris can't kill me if he doesn't know where we are."

"He'll find us." Julie said. "We'll just have to face him when he comes."

Julie had a .45 handgun by the bed within easy reach if needed.

"When do you think he'll come?" Angel asked.

"Tonight." Julie said. "He's not the kind to put things off."

As if on cue they heard the front door being picked and opened. Angel started shaking uncontrollably as footsteps came down the hallway. Julie reached for the gun on the night stand and slipped out of bed. As soon as the foot steps came into the room Julie turned on the lights. Chris shut his eyes from the sudden light hitting his eyes. Julie and Angel were also blinded for a second and when they could see they saw Chris with a shotgun.

"Drop it." Julie said aiming the gun at him.

"Julie I don't know why you want to protect her." Chris said. "She killed Anna and Johnny and I can not forgive her."

"I'll say it again." Julie said. "Drop it."

Chris looked at Julie and laid the gun on the floor.

"Into the living room." Julie said.

Chris walked into the living room with the gun pressed into his back. Angel was standing at the hallway entrance as Julie and Chris stood in the middle of the room.

"Now listen." Julie said. "The Angel that killed Anna and Johnny is dead. My Angel wants to save lives not take them."

"She's a monster." Chris said.

"YOU SAY THAT AGAIN!" Julie yelled. "And so help me I'll put a bullet through your head."

She aimed the gun at Chris's head and Chris grabbed her wrist and pried the gun from her hand. They wrestled in the living room before Chris overpowered Julie and threw her to the ground with her head hitting the table.

"JULIE!!" Angel yelled and started running to her.

Chris stepped in front of her and pulled a knife. Angel never slowed down and pushed Chris with all her strength. He flew across the room and smashed into the wall dropping the knife and falling flat on his stomach. Angel ran to Julie and cradled her in her arms.

"You're gonna be ok." She said kissing Julie's forehead.

There was blood running down the side of Julie's head and onto the floor. Angel put her hand over the wound to stop the bleeding.

"I knew it." Chris said getting to his feet and grabbing the knife. "You are a monster."

Angel lay Julie on her back and stood up filled with hatred and anger. She stepped towards Chris and looked him in the eyes.

"Ok." She said. "You know what I am. And you know what I can do. Julie doesn't know I still have all of my powers but the power to change forms. She thinks I'm a human and that's what I want to be."

"Bullshit." Chris said.

"When Julie and I were standing on the beach looking at Alcatraz I made the choice to live my life as a human." Angel said. "And I was happy. I love Julie and Anna and would give anything for them. For the first time in my life I knew what it was like to live. But now you're here to kill me but you know that I can rip you apart with my bare hands. So now it's your turn to make a choice."

"What are you talking about?" Chris asked.

"If you want to take your revenge then do it." Angel said ripping her nightgown open. "I won't stop you."

"And what's the other choice?" Chris asked.
"You walk away and leave us alone." Angel said. "I'll tell Julie that you let me live but we have to leave and never come back."

Chris looked at her as he weighed out his options. He knew that Angel was telling the trough about her strength but couldn't tell if she would let him kill her. He looked into Angel's eyes and didn't see any fear what so ever.

"Ok." He said. "I want you out by the end of the day."

Angel gave a sigh of relief and looked at Julie lying in a pool of blood. When she looked back up Chris was gone and the door was open. She ran to the bathroom and got a first aid kit and bandaged Julie up and carried her to the bedroom and lay her on the bed. Angel looked at her fore a minuet before lying next to her and falling asleep.

Early morning

Julie came too and looked at the window.

"Angel." She said sitting up.

"I'm ok." Angel said.

Julie threw her arms around Angel and hugged her tightly.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Chris let me live." Angel said. "But he wants us out of San Diego by the end of the day."

"But you're gonna live?" Julie asked.

"Only if we leave today." Angel said.

Julie smiled and kissed Angel on the lips and sat up.

"Well then let's get packing." She said.

They set about the task of packing their things and called a moving company. The truck arrived shortly before 10:00am and loaded most of the big things then started loading all the boxes that were packed. It took them almost 4 hours to completely finish.

"So where do you want us to bring these?" The driver asked.

"Can you put them in storage?" Julie asked. "We haven't decided on where we are gonna live yet."

The driver gave them the number to the storage unit their things were gonna be taken to then drove off. Julie and Angel walked into their empty house and said goodbye to Jan. they got into the car and hit the interstate out of California.

"So where are we going?" Angel asked.

"I want to be near the ocean." Julie said. "Let's just drive east and see what we find."

"That sounds good." Angel said and settled in for a long drive.