Summary: Ok so fourth season(I think it was fourth, it was the whole one where Jasmine comes and Cordie sleeps with Conner (major ick here)) and the last season never happened. Conner did come back from evil hell dimension but he never pulled the sinkage with Angel, he's all good now. Spike is going to be in this story just because I said so. So anyway, Angel saves the world from Wolfram and Heart (Pesky lawyers) and the Fang Gang (Angel, Cordie, Fred, Gunn, Wes, Lorne, and Conner) all live at the Hyperion. During the huge apocalypse fight Angel is staked but he goes to where the powers are and they say that his destiny has not been filled (yadah yadah yadah) and that he has one final task to do before he is finally done. And boom, hes back to life holding a basket containing a music box. Once that music box is opened, a little girl appeared (Melody or Melly) and his new task is to take care of the child- who just happens to be 1/8th all the good guys (Angel, Cordie, Gunn, Wes, Conner, Spike, Lorne, and Fred). Three months after they get the child, she starts to show signs of powers, gifts from each of her "parents," So Angel and crew are now raising a four year old who happens to be more powerful then all of them and is wanted by an elite group called the Black Hand. (A/n Black hand is not a play off of Black Thorn, its actually a group of assassins in world war 1, yeah I paid attention in history,)
Disclaimer: I do not own those you in Angel the telivison seris, though I do wish I owned Gunn, Spike, and Angel (what girl doesn't?).
A/n: I hate to say this but the chapter updates may be far between because my internet is down at my moms house so I have to wait till I go to my dad's to update. So mainly I spend the week pouring into a little not even my laptop my mom borrows for work for me while my computer is being fixed (second time these last three months). Thanks to my three reviewers (it was three when I started writing this)
Deh and Gigi13- thanks for the encouragement.
Angelfan500- Want to give me some ideas? Flames don't do any good to anyone, especially when the writer doesn't agree.
–Passionate Darkness
Last time: "Your Spikie?" Cordie asked, now looking at the tall vampire.
"Yea, her Spikie," Spike verified, hugging the small child and grinning at Fred who was cowering in the doorframe.
"My Spikie," The child clapped, planting another noisy kiss on Spike's cheek.
"How are my three favorite girls do…Spike? What the heck are you doing here?" Angel asked, his calm voice turning deadly. He was expecting to come home to his little girl asleep and a nice cup of 0, not his daughter in the arms, happily in the arms, of his enemy.
"Why if it isn't everyone's favorite wanker. Heck, Angel? Now come on, that's just sad,"
"Daddy is a wanker," Melly repeated clapping her hands gleefully. Spike beamed at the small child.
"I am not a wanker," Angel yelled, knowing that this was going to be a very long night.
"Angelcakes, what's going on up here, the yelling's giving me humungous migraine," Lorne stated entering Melly's bedroom. He raised an eyebrow at the now brooding vampire and grinned at the small brunette child. "Melly girl, isn't it past your pretty little bed time?"
"But, my Spikie just got here, I cant go to bed now," Melly argued, wrapping two arms around the pale vampire's neck.
"Your Spikie," Lorne mused, glancing at the vampire, who was staring at the little girl with a look clearly stating his affection for her.
"Yea, that was our initial reaction," Cordelia said, still a little uneasy about Melly being so close to the blood sucking fiend.
"Spike, would you mind unhanding my daughter so I can stake you, please," Angel asked, adding the word please on a whim so Melly remembered her manners.
"No," Melly and Cordy said together. Melly hugged Spike tighter why Cordelia walked towards him.
"What?" Angel looked at the seer as if she had gone off the deep end.
"He saved her, Angel,"
"He what?"
"He saved her. Two vampires broke in. They tried to take her. Spike saved her. Me and Fred couldn't get into the room, they had up a magic wall."
"You saved my daughter? Why?" Angel asked, sitting down heavily on Melly's bed.
"Because the little bit asked me to, and as much as I hate to admit it I've grown pretty close to her,"
"How?" Fred asked, talking for the first time since the magical wall went down.
"My Spikie was in my dreams. He always saved me from the bad men, he saved me again," Melly beamed at the vampire before getting up and sitting on her daddy's lap. "Daddy, no hurting my Spikie. He's good now, he's all glow-ey now like you,"
"Glow-ey?" Lorne questioned, trying to read the blonde man.
"He's all sparklie like daddy," Melly answered, pointing at her father.
"Spike when did you get a soul?" Cordelia asked.
"While back, pet,"
"Spike has a soul?" Angel hugged his little girl closer.
"My Spikie all glow-ey like my daddy," Melly said again before trying to muffle a yawn with a small hand.
"Ok, little bit, time for bed," Spike picked the child up and tucked her into bed, stunning the majority of the room.
"Will my Spikie be here when I wake up?" Her large blue eyes, mirror image of the blonde man's, shown with innocence.
"Yes, your Spikie won't go away," She smiled and slowly drifted off into sleep as the rest of the room headed downstairs meeting Wesley and Gunn in the lobby.
"Ok, Spike why are you here?" Angel asked again, this time expecting a real answer not his little girls cryptic one.
"For about a month now a little girl has been in my dreams. We used to talk every night while we were both asleep and last night she said the bad men were coming again. I put two and two together when she said her daddy used to be a bad man but he was better now, all glow-ey. So I headed here to make sure she was ok, I heard them all," He nodded at Cordy and Fred "Yelling and came in threw the window. Staked vamp one and your little warrior up there dusted vamp two,"
"That's not the only thing, she threw the vampire into a wall. Using her mind," Cordy added.
"She what?" Angel stared up the stairs and sighed.
"She said she just wanted the bad man to get hurt really bad and then he flew into the wall,"
"Wes, any clue what this means?" Angel turned toward the British ex-watcher.
"I don't know, Angel, we could do some research on it though. She was sent here for a reason, this might be it,"
"Look up about the vampire's too, its not a common thing for them to climb three stories to kidnap a little girl," Angel added.
"They kept calling her the Holy One, and they said their "Master" wanted to see her. They said he was her father," Fred whispered, just barely loud enough for Wesley and the others to hear.
"Our little girl, with powers," Gunn said, sighing slightly. The tough black man had grown very close to the four-year-old. He was her Uncle Gunn.
"Would seem so," Wesley sat down next to Cordelia on the couch taking off his glasses.
"She's only a baby," Wesley had never heard of a magical child like this. Slayer's weren't called until their teen years and most witch's powers didn't show up until they were a little older then Melly.
"Which means her powers will only grow," Spike stated, sitting on top of the counter.
"If she can throw a grown man, a vampire no less, into a wall I have a feeling we should be scared," Cordy said.
"The little bit wouldn't hurt anyone unless they tried to hurt her or someone she loved," Spike looked at the marble floor, trying to push away the feelings of affection he had for the small brunette.
Lorne stared at the blonde vampire, understanding filling his eyes. He didn't need Spike to read to feel the waves of love he had for Melly, it was the same the emanated from all the others in the room. 'That little girl sure knows how to turn a person soft' he thought, smiling.
(Next morning)
"You're up early," Fred stated, walking into the kitchen of the Hyperion. The clock read 7:00 and the blonde vampire didn't look tired at all.
"Can't be up early if I never went to bed," Spike took a swig of pig's blood watching the timid girl begin to make eggs.
"It's Saturday, my day to cook breakfast," Fred informed him, a grin spreading over her face as she heard Melly yell, "wake up!" "She likes to wake Angel up,"
"He's lucky to have her,"
"We all are," Fred smiled at Gunn, who strolled into the kitchen.
"Mornin'," He kissed the brunette's cheek and stared at the vampire. "I don't know about you yet,"
"Umm, is that a good thing?"
"Not sure yet,"
"Uncle Gunn, Uncle Gunn, daddy says we can go to the park today," Melly announced jumping on the tall man. "Will you and Aunt Fred take me? Plllllllllllllllllllleassssssssssssse,"
"I don't have any plans," Fred said,
"Ok then, munchkin, we're going to the park," Gunn then tossed the little girl in the air, catching her snuggly in his arms. Spike raised a blonde eyebrow at the black man, who was just glaring him down, as he cuddled his Melly. 'Guess I'm not the only one she has an affect over' he thought, watching Melly's blue eyes light up as Gunn threw her in the air again.
"Yay," Melly kissed his cheek with a loud 'Mwah' then proceeded to do the same to Fred. "My Spikie come too?" Melly looked at Spike.
"Bit, you know your Spikie gets big with the burning if he goes in the sun," Spike reminded her, aware that the child knew perfectly well that Spike wasn't able to go in the sun like her daddy. She still didn't understand the whole vampire thing.
"Melly," Cordy rushed into the kitchen, sighing at the sight of Melody. "No running away from Cordy," She scolded, trying to push the fear of the child being almost kidnapped again out of her mind.
"I'm sorry," Melody stared at the ground for a minute before hugging Cordy.
"It's ok,"
"Angel, where's Angel?" Wes demanded, coming into the kitchen.
"Upstairs, asleep." Cordy said, a smile forming on her face at how much Wes had changed. "What's wrong?"
"I need to see the music box Melly ca…" Wes caught himself and sent a look at the clueless four-year-old. "I need to see Melly's music box,"
"Music box?" Spike questioned.
"I'll explain later," Cordy said, motioning Wes to follow her. Melody's room was the room every little girl wished for. Pink drapes, a light pink rug, mounds of stuffed animals. Cordelia had spent a long time decorating her little girls palace, and a lot of Angel's money. In the center of light wood dresser sat a silver music box, it was small with an oval shaped amethyst in the center. Markings covered the top and sides of the music box, giving it a mysterious captivating look. Cordy ran a hand gently over the top of the music box before handing it to Wes.
"Why do you need the music box?" She asked as they began walking downstairs.
"See these markings?" Cordy nodded "They aren't just decoration. I believe that they tell a story, Melly's story,"
"Which would contain how she fits in to Angel's destiny,"
"Exactly,"
"Well get cracking on that, British man," She ordered, pushing him gently into the office. "Many of us will help with the research after we eat,"
"I don't get to eat?"
"I'll bring you some eggs,"
"Oh thanks," Wes snorted, examining the box. A smile fell across his face as he heard Melody yelling at Gunn and Fred to hurry up so they could go to the park. "Let's see what your story is, Melly-girl," He whispered opening a book.
A/n: The end of chapter 2. Hope you all liked it…more to come!
-Passionate Darkness