Summary: Ok so fourth season(I think it was fourth, it was the whole one where Jasmine comes and Cordy 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, Cordy, 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, Cordy, 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 television series, though I do wish I owned Gunn, Spike, and Angel (what girl doesn't?).

          A/n: Hehe…Thanks for the reviews. I know last chapter with Cordy was evil but you'll see. Thanks to all my reviewers, ya'll make me smile even if I'm feeling crappy.

          -P.D.

          Last time: "I'll take her to the hospital," Ria said, her voice cracking. There was so much blood. 

          "Momma," Angel looked up to see Melly staring at Cordy. "Momma," She repeated, tears falling from her eyes. "My momma," Ria knelt down next to the child.

          "She's going to be ok, I promise," Melly hugged Ria.

          "My Katty," Melly's eyes were still large with fear.

          "Big black man, Cordy's hurt. Us, hospital now," Ria yelled to Gunn. He ran into the kitchen, picked Cordy up and ran. Ria followed.

          "I wont let her die," She whispered to Angel before she left. Melly sat on Angel's lap rocking back and forth, her blue eyes wide with fear. They were coming, the bad men were coming. They were coming and they were going to take her Momma away from her. She had seen it. She had seen the blood. Angel wrapped his arms around his daughter, and cried into her hair. Cordy couldn't die now…not without knowing he loved her.

          "They're coming, Daddy, they're going to hurt us all," Melly whispered, staring down at her hands that were covered in Cordy's blood.

          They were coming…and they were going to win.

(That night at the hospital)

          Angel sat in one of the plush waiting room chairs, Melly seated on his lap. Spike was pacing, Fred was leaning on Gunn, tears still falling from her eyes. Ria was whispering softly with Conner. Wes was praying, something he rarely did. Lorne was sitting in the dark corner, clad in a trench coat, sunglasses, and hat.

          "Daddy?" Angel looked down at his daughter, her blue eyes were red rimmed. "Is Momma going to be ok?"

          "I hope so, baby," he hugged her tightly, trying to shake the image of a bleeding Cordy in his arms.

          Spike's head was spinning. It was bad enough he cared about Melly, now he was worried sick about the cheerleader. She had always been so nice to him. Every morning she had his blood on the table and the newspaper at his plate. She wasn't the same girl he'd met back at Sunnydale. She wasn't that spoiled prissy-girl anymore. He cared about her. 'Bloody hell,' Spike thought 'I'm turning into the poof,'

          Gunn hugged Fred tightly, barely imagining what Angel must have been feeling. He had known Angel loved Cordy since he first came to Angel Investigations, he also knew the feelings were mutual. 'Those two were going to get married,' Gunn mused 'Even if they cant have sex.' Cordy had to be ok; life wouldn't be the same without her. She had to be.

          Fred wiped the tears from her cheeks as she thought of Cordy. They had been threw hard times, they all had almost gotten killed a million times. None of them almost actually died though. No, she had almost gotten her head cut off. Her boyfriend had almost gotten his soul sucked out of him. Wesley had his throat slit, but it wasn't as bad as Cordy's was. Lorne had his memories sucked out ofhis head. Conner had almost staked Angel. They had all "almost" died…it terrified her that Cordy might actually die.

          Lorne smiled slightly to himself remembering the time Cordy, Gunn, and Wesley had gotten drunk at his bar and sang together. Cordy cared about them all; she was probably the sweetest creature he'd met, with the exception of Fred and Melly. She always had on a smile, and despite the broodyness of their boss, still loved him with her entire heart. Lorne had heard it the first time she sang for him. She was too young to die; no she was way to young. She would be just fine, Lorne promised himself, she had to be.

          Wes stared at the white doors, praying that Cordy would be ok. He knew what it was like to have your throat slit. It wasn't a pleasant thing at all. Then again, he had is throat slit then his best friend had tried to suffocate him so maybe it was a little harder on him. She was such a beautiful person, so different then how she was in high school. Cordelia Chase, the leader of all the popular people, the heartless bitch of Sunnydale high, had found her place. It was right there with the group of the oddest people you'd ever meet. Yes, Wesley thought, she belonged right there with them, and that was where she'd stay.

          Conner's eyes bore into the tile floor; emotions were stirring in him he had never felt. Cordy was like a mother to him, she was the one who always managed to smile at him despite the things he did, despite the mistakes he made. She had made the Hyperion home. She made his dad happy. Like Melly said, she was their "Momma".

          'Don't die,' Ria thought, the brown eyed woman who had been so kind to her couldn't die. She had too many people who loved her, too many people whose hearts would shatter if she died. Ria's shirt was stained with Cordelia's blood, just as Gunn's was, blood that was spilt so the seer could see who needed saving. Rianna had seen a new side to her father, she had seen tears in his eyes and realized something; he loved Cordy. If something loved something else, it couldn't be completely evil. Cordy had told her that the night before as she lent her some pajamas. No, if someone was so loved, they couldn't die. Not like this.

          'I love you, Cordy. Please, don't leave me. Please, don't leave me like this,' Angel begged silently, tears falling from his eyes into his daughter's hair.

          The doctor, dressed in a white lab coat, walked into the waiting area. Everyone jumped up upon seeing him.

          "She's ok," A sigh of relief went threw everyone in the room and no one could stop the tears of relief from falling from their eyes.

          "Daddy," Melly said, "Tell Momma what you were thinking. Tell Momma you love her,"

          "How did you…?"

          "Angel, the kid doesn't have to be a mind reader to see you love the girl," Wesley said, smiling at the vampire whose mouth had dropped open in shock.

          "What if she doesn't love me back…?"

          "She does," The room chorused, causing Angel to smile shyly.

          "May we see her?" Ria asked quietly to the doctor.

          "Yes, but please don't excite her, she can't talk yet. Won't be able to for about a week,"

          "Come on, Daddy," Melly said, pulling her dad to follow the doctor. The group followed behind.

          Cordy lay in the hospital bed, deathly pale but her big brown eyes were open and shown with happiness when she saw them all. She sat up and hugged Melly, who climbed into bed next to her.

          "Cordy, we were so scared," Fred said, brushing Cordelia's dark hair from her face.

          "That's an understatement," Spike muttered, earning a look from the room. "What? Just because I used to kill people for fun means I don't get to worry about the cheerleader?" Cordy offered Spike a smile. Then a look of pain flashed across her face.

          "What?" Everyone jumped to help her. She shook her head and motioned for a pen and paper. Gunn handed her the little pad they kept by the phone and a pen.

          'Bad vision, that's what landed me in here. Blood, lot's of blood. There was an alter on it was a body, it was Melly's body. There was so much blood. Then a black robed figure killed us all. The last bit of the vision was when I was killed, I felt it. It happened. There was a symbol,' She drew the curvy symbol she had seen in blood and handed the pad to Angel. Once he read it he passed it around the room before kicking everyone out.

          "Scared us there, princess," Lorne said, kissing her cheek.   

          "You owe me a shirt," Gunn smiled, motioning to the blood stained one. Cordy scribbled 'You need a bit of fashion advice anyway' on the paper.

          "Momma, you scared me," Melly whispered, kissing Cordy on the cheek. Cordy hugged the little girl and allowed Lorne to carry her out.

          "Next time, Cheerleader, just do the watching, no more getting your throat slit in a vision," Spike ordered, smiling at the brunette. Fred hugged Cordy, whispered her love, and then slipped out of the room.

          "We'll bring you home as soon as possible," Conner promised, kissing her cheek.

          "If something loves something else, it can't be evil," Ria said to Cordy, repeating the woman's words. "I see that now," She smiled at Cordy and followed Conner out of the room.

          "Don't worry, you'll be able to talk in a week. Then we get to pamper you. You sure did scare us, Cor," Wesley kissed her cheek lightly and left Angel and Cordelia alone.

          "I thought I was going to lose you," Angel stated, his eyes locking with Cordy's "I was so scared, Cordy. I held you in my arms as you were bleeding and I couldn't get you to the hospital. Ria and Gunn brought you here; they probably saved your life. Melly saw you, she saw your vision, she was terrified. Shaking and she kept saying the bad people were coming. She's calling you Momma now. Cordy, I realized something in that waiting room. Apparently I'm the last to realize it but Cordy," He took a deep unneeded breath "I'm in love with you,"

          She let the smile take over her face and grabbed the paper and pen. "I'm in love with you too, now just kiss me already,'

          He complied, leaning down and brushing his lips against hers.

A/n Such sweetness, I hope I didn't overdue it with all the fluff but it's a key part in the story that Angel and Cordy are in love. Next chapter is set two weeks after this one!

-P.D.