Chapter 9 Decisions
A/N: As always, thanks for the reviews. And sorry for the long update wait.
The next day around noon Angel was in the kitchen making a sandwich for Sarai; who was still in the purple tank top and grey stretchy shorts she slept in with her hair in a unkempt ponytail.
"Get me some pink lemon aid too" she yelled into the kitchen.
"What's the magic words?" Angel responded.
"With ice" she answered.
Angel finished making the sandwich and got the drink and walked it over to Sarai.
"What's in the sandwich?" she questioned.
"Exactly what you asked for."
"Well repeat it back to me so I know you were listening."
"Believe me when I say I am not the one in this room with a listening problem. Anyway, its Olive-loaf and Swiss Cheese with spicey deli mustard on bakery rye."
Sarai smiled and nodded. "Very good"
"I aim to please you." Angel told her, and it was true too.
"You better be."
"I have to get to a meeting....will you be able to come to my office around 3 o'clock?" he asked her.
"Ummm...I don't know. Let me check my schedule." Sarai answered. She reached to the coffee table and picked up her 'schedule' or as most people call it the TV Guide, she turned the page to that day and time to see what was on. "Oops sorry no can do, Dr Phil's on and he's doing one of his 'family is crisis' episodes. On second thought, I'll tell you what, as a personal favor from me to you I'll move some things around and catch the re-run later tonight."
"I am flattered." Angel responded. "I'll see you later then. Make sure you don't over exert yourself to much, you know by straining your thumb pressing to hard on the remote." he playfully added before giving her a goodbye kiss on the cheek. "Love you."
"Bye daddy. Love you too!" she said extremely perky and waving to him as he left, which of course made Angel really happy.
A few seconds later Angel re-entered the penthouse and sat down next to Sarai. "I can't do it" he said out loud.
"Do what?" Sarai asked.
"I can't wait to tell you along with everyone else. You and I need to talk now. I can be late to the meeting."
"Talk about what?"
"I know what I am going to do about the Quor-toth situation." Angel answered, raising Sarai's interest on the conversation. "If Wesley, or Willow or who ever finds a way in, I'll go. Alone."
"What? No. Daddy you can't be serious." Sarai responded.
"Why not? It's better then you going and I don't want anyone with me."
"But-but...no. That place is dangerous and scary and evil and if you're alone there's no to help you, then you're more likely to die and if you die then you won't around anymore and if you're not around anymore and then I'll be all alone and if I am all alone..." Sarai responded in a run on sentence and abusing the word 'and'.
"Sarai, princess calm down." Angel cut her off. "I'll be fine, I promise. I'll also never, ever leave you to be all alone, got that? This is just something that I have to do."
"Ok," Sarai said still unhappy about Angel's decision, but she understood it. "But I feel I must warn you that hair gel doesn't exist there, so odds are after about two hours you'll probably die from withdrawal."
Angel gave Sarai a lopsided smile. "Thanks for the tip. I guess that changes my whole decision now. On the other hand, being away will save me some money."
Sarai gasped, she wasn't one for being very serious for a long time, she'd had enough tension and seriousness in her life growing up so she tried to be as light as possible now. "Did you just take a joke? Did you just make a joke? Wow there really must be an apocalypse brewing. Seriously though daddy, you can't die because then I'll be poor because I doubt you have un-life insurance."
"It's nice to know that you care." Angel replied. "Ok now I really must go but I'll see you later on at 3."
"Ok then."
Later on at 3 o'clock at the meeting everyone was in Angel's office:
"How's the research coming?" Angel asked Willow, Wesley and Giles.
"Extremely well actually." Wesley said. "We think we've found a spell to open a portal. Also, Sarai, do you how you came back? What types of magics were done?"
"Ummm....no. I didn't ask, just beat up a field of fire breathing leprechaun wizards until one of them did it."
"Sarai, please answer the question honestly" Angel said, assuming her answer was really just her patented sarcasm.
"I did." she replied.
"Oh." Angel answered feeling a little embarrassed.
"Why does it matter anyways Wes?" Faith asked.
"Well I've been able to dig up quite a few things on Quortoth, thanks to the Wolfram and Hart books and sources say that at the time you time back there was a major time shift."
"Meaning...." Buffy responding not understanding.
"Meaning that the way time moves here bled into that dimension so now time in Quortoth no longer moves faster then here." Willow answered. "And we're pretty sure it was because of the spell that was used to bring Sarai back here."
Angel and Sarai were more then a little bit miffed by this. "You said you found a way to get in right? So lets get started, the sooner I go the sooner I'll get back, right?"
"What?" everyone but Sarai said.
"I will be going and I'll be going alone."
"Angel you can't be serious." Cordy said.
"You can't go alone" Buffy said.
"Angel think about this" Gunn said.
"If you die I am taking the Viper" Spike said.
"Uh, I don't think so. The Vipers mine." Sarai corrected.
"No way. You can't even bloody drive it." Spike argued.
"I did once, right daddy."
"You let her drive the Viper! That's not fair." Spike whined.
"Nepotism a wonderful thing."
"Alright can we focus please?" Giles asked interrupting Spike and Sarai's argument.
"Angel, you can't go by yourself." Cordy restated.
"Well I am. Look I know you all don't agree with this but that's to bad" Angel stated.
"If you insist on doing this then at least let me have a telepathy connection with you, just so we know you're ok." Willow asked.
"That's a nice offer but you can't. Those things don't work on vampires." Angel answered.
"Mine does."
"Its true, Red and I have done it a few times." Spike added.
"Ooo looks like someone isn't as smart as they thought they were." Sarai taunted Angel.
"Well I guess Wesley and I will get started on opening the portal." Willow offered. "We'll be doing it in his office."
Everyone left Angel's office except for him and Cordy.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked.
"For the hundredth time, yes. I have to....I want to do this." Angel answered. 'I want to do this for Sarai' he added in his head.
"Fine." she responded followed by kissing him.
"Get a room you two." Sarai said walking in the office. "On second thought don't get a room because the room is right next to mine and...eeeeewwww."
"What are you doing back here? Are they ready?" Angel asked.
"Well yes, but that's not why I am here." Sarai then revealed a bag she was hiding behind her back. "I got something, like a going away gift." she added handing him the bag. "I gave and some thought and realized that you definitely won't survive there without it."
Angel took the bag and pull out what was inside; which turned out to be a bottle of hair gel. Cordy laughed.
"It's the good stuff too, the one that costs $35." Sarai stated.
"Gee thanks" Angel said dryly.
"Guys come on" they all heard Doyle yell. Cordy left the room to head into Wesley's office Angel and Sarai stayed behind a second.
Sarai open her mouth to say something but Angel cut her off "if you asked me if I am sure about this I'll put you up for adoption." he stated.
"Really? Well in that case are you sure about this?" Sarai replied. "I must warn you though that if you die I am going to resurrect your ass for the purpose of killing you myself."
"I think that's more then fair." Angel agreed. They both started to head toward Wesley's office when Sarai stopped short. Unlike all the others she knew why Angel was doing this, it wasn't because it was his job or because he was a champion he was doing it for one reason and one reason only; for her.
"Daddy."
"Yes?" he asked looking down at her face.
"Thanks."
Angel smiled, although she tried her hardest to be a pain in his as and although she accomplishes that at least once a day he felt that in all his life and unlife no one has ever come close to appreciating and knowing him like she did. "Anytime princess." he replied.
With that, they walked into Wesley's office ans saw the portal was already opened. Sarai winced when she first saw it. Angel took one look around at everyone and then jumped in, the portal closed right up after that.
TBC.
A/N: I am very sorry for the long update wait. The next chapter will not take that long and it will also take place in both Quortoth and LA. Also we'll a little more insight into Angel and Sarai's mind.
A/N: As always, thanks for the reviews. And sorry for the long update wait.
The next day around noon Angel was in the kitchen making a sandwich for Sarai; who was still in the purple tank top and grey stretchy shorts she slept in with her hair in a unkempt ponytail.
"Get me some pink lemon aid too" she yelled into the kitchen.
"What's the magic words?" Angel responded.
"With ice" she answered.
Angel finished making the sandwich and got the drink and walked it over to Sarai.
"What's in the sandwich?" she questioned.
"Exactly what you asked for."
"Well repeat it back to me so I know you were listening."
"Believe me when I say I am not the one in this room with a listening problem. Anyway, its Olive-loaf and Swiss Cheese with spicey deli mustard on bakery rye."
Sarai smiled and nodded. "Very good"
"I aim to please you." Angel told her, and it was true too.
"You better be."
"I have to get to a meeting....will you be able to come to my office around 3 o'clock?" he asked her.
"Ummm...I don't know. Let me check my schedule." Sarai answered. She reached to the coffee table and picked up her 'schedule' or as most people call it the TV Guide, she turned the page to that day and time to see what was on. "Oops sorry no can do, Dr Phil's on and he's doing one of his 'family is crisis' episodes. On second thought, I'll tell you what, as a personal favor from me to you I'll move some things around and catch the re-run later tonight."
"I am flattered." Angel responded. "I'll see you later then. Make sure you don't over exert yourself to much, you know by straining your thumb pressing to hard on the remote." he playfully added before giving her a goodbye kiss on the cheek. "Love you."
"Bye daddy. Love you too!" she said extremely perky and waving to him as he left, which of course made Angel really happy.
A few seconds later Angel re-entered the penthouse and sat down next to Sarai. "I can't do it" he said out loud.
"Do what?" Sarai asked.
"I can't wait to tell you along with everyone else. You and I need to talk now. I can be late to the meeting."
"Talk about what?"
"I know what I am going to do about the Quor-toth situation." Angel answered, raising Sarai's interest on the conversation. "If Wesley, or Willow or who ever finds a way in, I'll go. Alone."
"What? No. Daddy you can't be serious." Sarai responded.
"Why not? It's better then you going and I don't want anyone with me."
"But-but...no. That place is dangerous and scary and evil and if you're alone there's no to help you, then you're more likely to die and if you die then you won't around anymore and if you're not around anymore and then I'll be all alone and if I am all alone..." Sarai responded in a run on sentence and abusing the word 'and'.
"Sarai, princess calm down." Angel cut her off. "I'll be fine, I promise. I'll also never, ever leave you to be all alone, got that? This is just something that I have to do."
"Ok," Sarai said still unhappy about Angel's decision, but she understood it. "But I feel I must warn you that hair gel doesn't exist there, so odds are after about two hours you'll probably die from withdrawal."
Angel gave Sarai a lopsided smile. "Thanks for the tip. I guess that changes my whole decision now. On the other hand, being away will save me some money."
Sarai gasped, she wasn't one for being very serious for a long time, she'd had enough tension and seriousness in her life growing up so she tried to be as light as possible now. "Did you just take a joke? Did you just make a joke? Wow there really must be an apocalypse brewing. Seriously though daddy, you can't die because then I'll be poor because I doubt you have un-life insurance."
"It's nice to know that you care." Angel replied. "Ok now I really must go but I'll see you later on at 3."
"Ok then."
Later on at 3 o'clock at the meeting everyone was in Angel's office:
"How's the research coming?" Angel asked Willow, Wesley and Giles.
"Extremely well actually." Wesley said. "We think we've found a spell to open a portal. Also, Sarai, do you how you came back? What types of magics were done?"
"Ummm....no. I didn't ask, just beat up a field of fire breathing leprechaun wizards until one of them did it."
"Sarai, please answer the question honestly" Angel said, assuming her answer was really just her patented sarcasm.
"I did." she replied.
"Oh." Angel answered feeling a little embarrassed.
"Why does it matter anyways Wes?" Faith asked.
"Well I've been able to dig up quite a few things on Quortoth, thanks to the Wolfram and Hart books and sources say that at the time you time back there was a major time shift."
"Meaning...." Buffy responding not understanding.
"Meaning that the way time moves here bled into that dimension so now time in Quortoth no longer moves faster then here." Willow answered. "And we're pretty sure it was because of the spell that was used to bring Sarai back here."
Angel and Sarai were more then a little bit miffed by this. "You said you found a way to get in right? So lets get started, the sooner I go the sooner I'll get back, right?"
"What?" everyone but Sarai said.
"I will be going and I'll be going alone."
"Angel you can't be serious." Cordy said.
"You can't go alone" Buffy said.
"Angel think about this" Gunn said.
"If you die I am taking the Viper" Spike said.
"Uh, I don't think so. The Vipers mine." Sarai corrected.
"No way. You can't even bloody drive it." Spike argued.
"I did once, right daddy."
"You let her drive the Viper! That's not fair." Spike whined.
"Nepotism a wonderful thing."
"Alright can we focus please?" Giles asked interrupting Spike and Sarai's argument.
"Angel, you can't go by yourself." Cordy restated.
"Well I am. Look I know you all don't agree with this but that's to bad" Angel stated.
"If you insist on doing this then at least let me have a telepathy connection with you, just so we know you're ok." Willow asked.
"That's a nice offer but you can't. Those things don't work on vampires." Angel answered.
"Mine does."
"Its true, Red and I have done it a few times." Spike added.
"Ooo looks like someone isn't as smart as they thought they were." Sarai taunted Angel.
"Well I guess Wesley and I will get started on opening the portal." Willow offered. "We'll be doing it in his office."
Everyone left Angel's office except for him and Cordy.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked.
"For the hundredth time, yes. I have to....I want to do this." Angel answered. 'I want to do this for Sarai' he added in his head.
"Fine." she responded followed by kissing him.
"Get a room you two." Sarai said walking in the office. "On second thought don't get a room because the room is right next to mine and...eeeeewwww."
"What are you doing back here? Are they ready?" Angel asked.
"Well yes, but that's not why I am here." Sarai then revealed a bag she was hiding behind her back. "I got something, like a going away gift." she added handing him the bag. "I gave and some thought and realized that you definitely won't survive there without it."
Angel took the bag and pull out what was inside; which turned out to be a bottle of hair gel. Cordy laughed.
"It's the good stuff too, the one that costs $35." Sarai stated.
"Gee thanks" Angel said dryly.
"Guys come on" they all heard Doyle yell. Cordy left the room to head into Wesley's office Angel and Sarai stayed behind a second.
Sarai open her mouth to say something but Angel cut her off "if you asked me if I am sure about this I'll put you up for adoption." he stated.
"Really? Well in that case are you sure about this?" Sarai replied. "I must warn you though that if you die I am going to resurrect your ass for the purpose of killing you myself."
"I think that's more then fair." Angel agreed. They both started to head toward Wesley's office when Sarai stopped short. Unlike all the others she knew why Angel was doing this, it wasn't because it was his job or because he was a champion he was doing it for one reason and one reason only; for her.
"Daddy."
"Yes?" he asked looking down at her face.
"Thanks."
Angel smiled, although she tried her hardest to be a pain in his as and although she accomplishes that at least once a day he felt that in all his life and unlife no one has ever come close to appreciating and knowing him like she did. "Anytime princess." he replied.
With that, they walked into Wesley's office ans saw the portal was already opened. Sarai winced when she first saw it. Angel took one look around at everyone and then jumped in, the portal closed right up after that.
TBC.
A/N: I am very sorry for the long update wait. The next chapter will not take that long and it will also take place in both Quortoth and LA. Also we'll a little more insight into Angel and Sarai's mind.