Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 4: Part of the Team
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Summary: See pervious Chapters
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Spike had just finished putting up all of the weapons and spell ingredients when there was a knock on the back door of The Hyperion. Spike paused for a moment debating wether to answer it or not.
"I highly doubt that any baddies are gonna knock before they attack, the Slayer never did anyway." Spike grabbed a sword and headed for the back door.
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Oz and waited in the alley with Faith and Robin for someone to open the door. It was starting to rain and he hoped Angel or somebody would hurry up so he could get out of the rain. When the door finally did open, Oz was shocked to see Spike, armed with a sword on the other side of it.
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"Easy there Fang."
"Faith, good to see ya, come on in then." Spike opened the door wider so the three could come in. "What brings ya to LA?"
"An apocalypse and an urgent phone call from Andrew."
"Why'd Andrew call you?" Spike put the sword away.
"So I could give you guys a heads up about hurricane Buffy." Faith took a seat on the couch next to Oz.
"Buffy? What the bloody 'ell is she gonna do?"
"Andrew spilt the beans and so now Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, and Andrew are all on their way here," said Robin.
"We had to catch a plane so we could beat them here," said Oz.
"Oh Spike this is Oz, Red's ex. Oz this is Spike. I don't think you two were ever properly introduced." Faith introduced the two.
Spike nodded a soundless hello and Oz gave a small wave.
"When will they get here?" Spike took out a cigarette and offered one to Faith and Oz.
"Their plane lands tonight, but if we're lucky they won't show up until tomorrow." Faith accepted the offered cigarette while Oz kindly turned down his.
"This just keeps getting better and better," replied Spike.
Just then Angel and the others came down stairs.
"Faith, what a pleasant surprise," said Wesley.
"Hey guys. Just want to apologize one more time for the whole torture thing."
"I think we've all gotten past that," said Angel.
"Great, so I thought I'd come by and give you guys a hand with the apocalypse."
"We can use all the help that we can get. Would you mind doing me one favor?" asked Angel.
"You name it."
"Go pick up Lindsey or if he's dead go ahead and let us know."
"You want me to go and see if he's dead and if not, bring him back here?" asked Faith.
"Uh huh."
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Lindsey felt a sharp pain in his ribs and tried to move away from whatever was causing it.
"Damn, I guess he's not dead."
Lindsey slowly opened his eyes and waited for his vision to clear.
"Faith?"
"That's my name." Faith leaned down so she was eye level with Lindsey who was slumped against the wall. "Now, can you tell me what in the hell you've got going for ya that keeps two bullets to the chest from killing you?"
"Why do you want to know?" groaned Lindsey as he got to his feet.
"Cause I'm supposed to get your sorry ass and I want to know what I have to do in case I should decide to kill you on the way." Faith also got to her feet and followed Lindsey over to the sink.
"You're still upset about that whole Kate thing, aren't you?"
"Why would you ever think that?" replied Faith sarcastically.
"Come on, it was in the past."
"Look, the only reason that I'm not killing you right now, is because Angel asked me to come and get you."
"Is he going to finish me off?" Lindsey turned toward Faith.
"I doubt it, but he had a feeling you'd have some sort of mojo working for ya."
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"Who are your friends?" asked Lindsey as he got into the car with Faith.
"The one driving is my boyfriend Robin and the quiet one is Oz," replied Faith.
"Nice to meet you." Robin pulled out of the alley.
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"Why'd ya want me back Angel?" asked Lindsey.
"We're dealing with the apocalypse of apocalypses, we can use all of the help we can get," replied Angel.
"So? It quit being my problem when you had Green Bean here shoot me." Lindsey motioned toward Lorne.
"You survived that, I'm sure you could survive being a member of this team," replied Spike.
"You said things were just getting interesting," said Lorne. "Don't you want to see how it ends? This isn't even my forte and I'm sticking around."
"What happens if I say no?" asked Lindsey.
"When Wolfram & Hart gets wind of you being alive, I don't think they'll be too happy. We did bust you out of a living hell after all," said Gunn.
"And if I say yes?"
"You'll have a whole group of people here to watch your back," said Robin.
Lindsey looked at Angel and then at the others in the room and then back at Angel.
"A team full of vampires, werewolves, slayers, demons, and rogue demon hunters?" Lindsey gave the group a once over again. "Might as well add an evil lawyer to the mix?"
"Welcome to the team," said Angel.
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To be continued . . .
Thank for everyone's reviews and ideas.
Rogue
