Chapter 5
Lost In Translation
A/N:Thank you all for the reviews. Keep em' comin'
IT was about 9:00 pm when Angel and the gang arrived at the penthouse where Lorne, Dawn, Fred, Harmony and Eve were waiting for them. "Your back!" Fred exclaimed running and hugging Sarai, followed by Lorne, Dawn and Harmony.
"Ah...guys...I am sorta suffocating." Sarai said to the four bodies with their arms around her. "Gee, I was only gone for a few hours and you missed me that much? I am touched really, but I have to pee even more so excuse me" she added running to the bathroom.
"So, what happened?" Eve asked.
"Faith, what are you doing here?" Dawn observed.
"Why doesn't Cordy or someone explain it, Dawn can I talk to you in my room for a sec?" Angel said. The two of them went into his room and the others were explaining the story outside.
"What's wrong?" Dawn asked.
"See the people who took Sarai well....it was...the council....Buffy"
"What? No way."
"Yeah, well there was some prophecy involving Sarai and stuff, anyway we had an argument over it. But I just wanted you to know that I didn't mention that I've seen you in LA, let alone that you spend almost all day and night hanging around here."
"This place is so much more exciting then my dads" Dawn said lightly, then changed to a more serious tone "but thanks, for not saying anything about me."
"Well, I didn't want to be or feel like you're in the middle." Angel told her.
"I appreciate it."
"Ok" Angel said and they went back out to the living room.
A little while everyone left Angel and Sarai alone in the penthouse, everyone except Cordy.
"I'll leave you two to talk while I go take a relaxing shower" Sarai announced disappearing into the bathroom. Angel flopped himself down on the couch and sighed. The next thing he knew the well moisturized hands of Cordelia Chase were rubbing his neck.
"Your tense. When was the last time you had a good nights sleep, or at least a good rest?" she asked him.
Angel chuckled 'that would be the night before Darla told me she was pregnant" he answered.
"I heard that...and I am proud of it too!" Sarai yelled from the bathroom, right before she turned the shower on.
Angel rolled his eyes and then took Cordy's hands off his neck "you don't have to do that, you need to rest yourself."
"I just spent more then enough time resting. " she answered joining him on the couch. "So we should talk about you and..."
"Don't" Angel cut in. "You just woke up I don't want you to feel rushed in to talking about us."
"Rushed? Angel, we've been trying to have this conversation for like two years. I don't think it could actually go any slower."
"Good point"
"Do you..." Cordy started to ask, but then stopped.
"Do I what? Cordelia, just say it" Angel requested softly.
"Do you..still...do you love me?" she asked looking away from him. Angel gently pulled her face toward him, forcing her to look him in the eyes.
"Very much" he answered.
"Good" she responded followed by her lightly pressing her lips against his. He did the same only a bit more intensely. They gave each other little sweet kisses like that more a few minutes until Angel took it to the next level and slipped his tongue in her mouth. She then did the same to him. By the time Sarai walked in the living room area again Angel and Cordy were in the middle of a full-blown make-out session. AT first she was happy to see then together, but that happiness faded after about a second once the realization that the enthusiastic male tongue belonged to her father; then the ickiness of it set in.
Sarai made a coughing sound. "Excuse me" she then said. "Father do care to explain your actions?" she asked as serious as she could. Cordy blushed and Angel had never felt that embarrassed.
"Um..we were just.." Angel started to say.
"Making out on the sofa. If I ever did that you'd go crazier then you already are! And your doing it with a girl who you've never even had the nerve to ask out on a date? Yeah I got that part"
"Well things got in the way." Angel defended sheepishly. "I am sorry."
"You should be mister. And you" she said turning to Cordy "I thought you knew better to at least make they guy take you out somewhere before you start frenchin' them. I am very disappointed in both of you." Sarai could contain her self any longer, by the end of her speech she was laughing.
"She has a point Angel. You owe me lots of dinners and movies" Cordy said.
"You should make em' chick flicks" Sarai suggested.
"Have you ever made him sit through 'My Best Friends Wedding?'" Cordy asked.
Sarai settled herself in Angel's lap. "Oh, all the time. Sometimes I don't even feel like watching it, I just want to he him all uncomfortable and annoyed."
"Hey!" Angel yelled offended and shocked.
"Oh, suck it up. So, anyone wanna watch Letterman?" Sarai asked.
"I don't know I am kinda tired., which is surprising considering all the time I just spent asleep" Cordy said.
"You can crash in my room if you'd like...I'll stay with daddy." Sarai offered...but really was just using it as an excuse so she could stay with Angel because she was still a little freaked from the events of the day.
"Ok thanks." she replied.
"I think I'll go to bed too, you coming now princess? Or are you going to stay up a little more?" Angel asked.
"No, I'll go too. But I am too lazy to walk so you're going to carry me."
"Oh I am, am I?"
"Yuppers"
"Ok." with that the two of them said goodnight to Cordy and headed to Angel's room. Angel gently placed Sarai onto his bed and handed her the TV remote. "I'll be right back, I am just gonna change." he said going into the bathroom. A few minutes later Angel came out of the bathroom wearing the black silk pajama's Sarai had bought him for fathers day. They were his fist ever fathers day gift.
"They look good. Do I know fashion or what?" Sarai asked about the pajama's.
"EH, they're not bad" he answered grinning, and joining her under the covers.
"Why don't you go ask Cordy how they look on you" she teased.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"I am talking about the kiss-fest I came in on. Anyway I though I heard you say you loved her, is that true?"
"Are you Ok with that?" he asked honestly.
"Of course. But if you break her heart I'll stake you" she playfully warned.
"Well no worries, I won't."
"Good." Sarai said putting her head on Angels chest, using his as a personal pillow and whisking off to sleep.
About 4 days later Sarai was stretched out in the back of a limo with Lorne.
"So, you sure you don't wanna skip the hair appointment and come to brunch?" he asked Sarai.
"Oh, I would but you know how hard it is to get an appointment with Gigi."
"Do I ever. But I could use you though. I have to break the news to both Hillary and Lindsey that if they don't end the feud, we'll sever they're contracts with us and force them to settle it back where it started in their home dimension."
"Well in that case, I hope they don't settle it. Anyway I also took this appointment because Jessica has one at the same time and remember at the last Wolfram and Hart party I promised Nick I'd start to give her common sense lessons."
"Oh that's right. She really agreed to it?"
"She did after I had your assistant sign the deal for that verity hour"
"You were the one behind that?"
"Well, yeah. It was the only way to get her to say yes and Nick looked so desperate. I felt bad for the guy. Daddy said I could."
"As apposed to that one time he said no."
"I still don't see why." Sarai muttered.
"Um, because you wanted to develop a TV show about a vampire with a soul fighting the forces evil in LA. Along with his sworn enemy, who's also a vampire with a soul, his friends and his daughter, who if I remember correctly ended up having to save the day in each episode because the others were too incompetent. Oh yeah, and you wanted to call it 'Angel'."
"So? Ok so maybe the part about the daughter might not have worked, but you know just as well as I do that my dad could have a TV show."
"Yeah probably, for a few seasons but the networks would probably screw it up. Put it on at a different time and day all the time, never knowing if they're gonna renew it or not and then when its just reaching its highest point ever they'll cancel it." Lorne answered.
"True." The two of them sat quietly in the limo. Sarai was bored so she started sing along to the song on the radio, lucky for Lorne she didn't get her musical talent from Angel. Actually he thought she had a rather exceptional voice especially considering the tone-deafness of her father. Sarai didn't sing long because she realized that Lorne could read her, which he did. He only got a fast reading but it was long enough to know that she was hiding something. Something from Angel that was important but she was afriad to tell him, or anyone. Lorne had to speak with Angel right after brunch.
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A little while later back at Wolfram and Hart Doyle was visiting Angel in his office.
"Hey, how's Faith doing?" Angel asked. He had given her job as head of the security and special opts teams.
"Quite well. I was just up there. So I heard you and Cordy are somewhat of an item." Doyle said.
'Oh, no. how could I've started something with Cordy without telling Doyle.' "Look Doyle I..."
"Its cool man" he cut in.
"What?"
"I mean it's a bit of a shocker. Never thought she was really your type. I love her and I think she's hot but she's not the one for me. Did you know I have a date with Harry tonight?"
Angel smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah we've been talking ever since I got back. She said she thinks we should give it another try and I agree."
"That's great. I hope everything works out for you two."
"Same to you. So I am going to one of those strip-club luchin' buffets with Spike to celebrate. You wanna come with?"
"I'll pass."
"Your loss." As Doyle walked out he bumped into Lorne on his way in.
"Hey Angelcakes, we need to have a chat."
Angel noticed Lorne said that without his usual perky-ness behind it, he was a little worried. "About what?" he asked.
"Sarai."
"What about her? Is she alright? Did something.." Angel said nervously.
"Relax nothing happened. I don't think. See I was giving her a lift to the salon before and she was singing to a song on the radio and I read her."
"What'd you get?"
"I am not sure. It was very quick. All I know is that she's hiding something from us, from you."
"She probably just broke an expensive lamp or something and glued it back together. Wouldn't be the first time."
"No, Angel this was big."
"It doesn't make sense though. Why would she have a secret?"
"She's afraid to tell you."
"S'not possible. She knows she can tell me anything."
"She's scared of telling you, or anyone. Really scared. I just thought I should tell you."
"Yes. Thank you Lorne. I am glad you did. Very glad. I'll talk to her. I just have no idea what she's done that could make her afraid to tell....Son of a bitch!" Angel exclaimed with the thought of what it could be entering his mind. "No, no it couldn't be."
"What Angel? What do you think it is?" Lorne asked.
"I don't even...I mean. I'll kill him."
"Kill who?"
"The bastard that impregnated my baby!"
Lorne's eyes widened. "You think she's pregnant?"
"Of curse. It's the only possible thing."
"Ta DA!" Sarai said entering the office, showing off her perm and her latest dye job; a light brown/dark blonde shade. "What do you guys think?" Lorne ran out of the room. "What's wrong? Do I look bad?"
Angel took an unnecessary deep breath, stood up and walked to the front of the desk. "No. Sit down Sarai. We need to talk." he said pointing to the chair in front of him.
"Um sure" she said nervously. She knew when Angel called her by her actual name instead of 'princess', 'precious' or one of the other names he had for her was always a sign that he was annoyed or she was in trouble. "So what's up?" she asked sitting down.
"I know."
"Know what?"
"What you've been hiding from me. Lorne read you before."
"Oh. I am sorry."
"Me too. I thought you were more responsible then this."
"I know I should've said something. But I was scared."
"This isn't about you keeping it from me, its how it happened that has me so upset. I mean what were you thinking?"
Sarai was now very confused. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean? I mean you should have never been in the situation where this kinda thing happened's"
Sarai was assuming he was talking about she shouldn't have been in the area where the symbol is "well I was bored one night and curious. Besides it was kinda fun..."
Angel covered his ears "stop. Enough details."
"Well you asked..."
"Never mind that. Didn't you have protection? I thought you were smart enough..."
"Of course I had protection. I always carry something with me at all times for when I need in case I run into someone that needs to be...."
"WHAT! How many times have you done it?" he yelled shocked.
"Your joking right? I mean I used to keep count but I lost track somewhere around two thousand."
Angel, a vampire who doesn't breath started to hyperventilate. "Tw-two-two-thousand!"
"Well duh. Hey don't get mad at me for this, this is Wesley's...."
"WESLEY! WESLEY!"
"Did you call me?" Wesley asked popping his head into the office.
"I am gonna kill you!" Angel yell attacking Wesley, the same way he did to Andrew.
"Dad, what are you doing? Stop it."
"Whats going..Oh my god" Fred yelled walking in the room. Sarai used all of her strength to pull Angel off Wesley.
"That's enough, get a grip." Sarai warned.
"Oh, sure of course. You want the father of your child alive" Angel said still beyond pissed.
"WHAT!" Wesley, Sarai and Fred yelled at the same time.
"Yeah I know about how you got Sarai pregnant!"
"No I didn't" Wesley exclaimed at the same time Sarai yelled "No he didn't."
"So it was one of the others then? Was it Ryan!" Angel demanded.
"What others? I am not pregnant, I've never had sex with, Ryan or anyone else. Especially Wesley...that's just YUCKY!"
"I double that yucky" Wesley said.
"But you just said over two-thousand..." Angel started.
"What? I was talking about demons I've slayed. Wait a minute, do you mean all that time you thought I meant....Oh gosh" Sarai said cracking up. "This is a colossal misunderstanding"
"No kidding" Wesley said.
"So your not pregnant?" Angel questioned. Sarai shook her head. "And you've never had sex?" Sarai shook her head again. "Oh thank you god!" Angel yelled happily as he dropped to his knees.
"You're a pathetic, pathetic man..er...vampire" Sarai said.
"So I take it we're done here?" Wesley asked. Angel nodded. He and Fred left.
"Ok, so now that we know what I was talking about, what were you talking about? What are you hiding?" Angel asked.
"You remember the symbols that, that Giles guy showed you? Well I've seen them before. I might know something about what they mean"
"Care to fill us in too then?" Giles asked surprisingly nicely walking in the office with Buffy, Xander, Willow, Cordy and Wesley.
"What are you doing here?" Angel asked.
"We came to apologize. You were right, we did act rashly. I didn't mean to sound so bitchy." Buffy answered. Angel was going to respond but Sarai started talking.
"Yeah, yeah that's all great and garbage but before this turns all soap-opera-ish can I please just tell my story?" Sarai asked impatiently.
"Go on" Angel instructed.
"Thank you Ok so here it goes" Sarai cleared her throat to make it sound all dramatic "There's this demon named Iggy right, well actually his name is Iggagosis but it's Iggy for short and I am not entirely sure he's actually a he, but that's not important. So Iggy lives in this huge castle made of stone. The symbol is on the top of the castle. But that's not all. See one night when I was bored and curious" she turned to look at Angel "which is what I was trying to say before Mr. Dirty-Mind, and I was also on this huge-ass ego trip feeling like Mr. Burns did at the end of that Simpsons ep where he went to the Mayo Clinic." Everyone stared at Sarai not knowing what she meant.
"Indestructible" Xander helped-out trying to impersonate Burns's voice.
"Correct. You still need to work on your impersonation skills. But you're correct. What can I say though? I was eight...."
"You were eight?" Willow echoed.
"Well yeah. I was gonna do it earlier but I was to sort to reach the handle on the castle gate. Anyway I decided to try and over throw Iggy's power because incase I forgot to mention it, he is the ruler of Quor-Toth. So when I got close to the castle I noticed that the symbol was carved in the walls and its been rumored that Iggy's been hiding something. I am guessing..."
"It's the weapon." Wesley finished.
"Yeah. It'd make sense" Sarai confirmed.
Then Giles said the exact thing Sarai was afraid of hearing "Well then, I guess we'll just have to go to this Quor-Toth place and see what's what."
TBC
A/N: SO how was this chapter? Who will have to go to Quor-Toth? Wait, review and find out. Also, feel free to say who you want to see have to go there.