Chapter 6: Guess what I did last summer?
Title: A new beginning.
Author: Nikka
Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that **English is not my native tongue** Although Sarah is reproofing my fic, you still may find some spelling & grammar mistakes. You're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.
A special thank you to Sarah for reproofing my story. As of that the upload of the chapters may take longer.
Feedback: I love love love reviews and I'll be sure to mention it at the end of every chapter.
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"So did they fill you in on the details of our strange life for the past 6 months?" Angel knew they had been told by the shocked faces staring back at him. "Okay then once we have this out of the way, we should..." He was interrupted by Buffy who walked up to him and gave him a hug. He was confused at first but then hugged her back. He could see Spike on the side staring at him with a weird expression, one he saw before, or felt before on himself, when he saw Buffy and Xander dance. He brushed it off and returned to the woman hugging him. She pulled back her hands still holding his. "What was that for?" He asked with a smile.
"I'm so sorry, I had no idea what you went through." Her eyes were filled with sadness; he knew she genuinely meant it.
"I know, but it's okay, I'm okay now." Angel reassured her.
"Really, cause if you want to, we can talk..." Buffy offered hoping he'll take her up on the offer.
"Actually I do like to talk to you, about many things." He glanced over to Spike. Buffy knew he sensed something was up.
"Great." she smiled and let go of his hand, to Spike's relief.
"How's Cordy?" Fred asked concurred.
"She's fine, just need some rest. She said she'll join us soon." Angel replied.
"So about this warrior." Buffy went to business. "I think we may have a problem." She said. Angel knew she meant they were in serious trouble but mellowed it to avoid unnerving the rest.
"I know." He nodded.
"We should talk." She glanced at the crowd gathered around them to tune in. "In private."
"Hell no." Gunn stepped in. "This is our problem too. Now, I don't know how you do things in Sunnyvale."
"Actually it's Sunnydale." Dawn corrected him.
"Whatever, but it's not the way we operate here. If there's something up, something big, we all work together."
"And we don't hide things from each other. "Fred added.
"Okay." Buffy took a few steps forward. "You want to know what I really think, what we all think." She said as she pointed to the Scoobies. "I think you're in over your heads here. This is something even I can't fight alone. I think you're in serious trouble and unless you work with me and not against me, your friend will die." Buffy said firmly.
"I thought she was your friend also?" Fred asked surprised by Buffy's choice of words.
"She was, I mean she is." Buffy didn't know what to say. "The point is we have to work together."
"That's what I meant." Gunn calmed down a bit. "Don't go hush hush in the corner with Angel and give us the x-rated version of it. We want to be a part of it."
"Okay, I'm sorry, you're right. We should all work together." Buffy calmed down also.
"Thinking of together, where's Willow and Giles?" Angel asked. Buffy looked at Xander and Dawn who looked back at her with a funny look. "What? Did something happen to her? Angel asked worriedly. "Is she alright?"
"We hope so." Buffy sighed. "We have some updating of our own to do." They all sat down. Buffy wasn't sure if she should tell Willow's story in front of all these strangers, but she figured Angel would tell them anyway, so it sounded better coming from her. She told them about Tara's death and Willow's reaction, about her almost ending the world and, she left the Warren part out of the story, thinking it's not up to her to tell something so personal about Willow. She told them about the rehabilitation center she's in and then she finished off, not telling them about Spike. Xander figured Buffy wasn't sure whether or not she should tell them about Spike, so he didn't say anything either.
"What about him?" Gunn asked pointing to Spike. "He's a vampire right? With a chip or something like that?"
"Well..." Buffy wasn't sure how to tell the tale of Spike, so he did it for her.
"I got my self a bran new soul, just like you buddy, only without the curse thing." Spike smiled as he glanced at Angel.
"What? How could you have...? Where did you find...?" Angel didn't know where to begin.
"A long story Angel-face, it involves an ugly looking creature, some fire, trials, you know the usual." Spike liked toying with Angel.
"No it must be a trick." Angel refused to believe.
"Sniff me if you want, maybe you'll be able to sense it or something." Spike lean towards Angel. "Go on sniff away."
"I'm not going to sniff you Spike." Angel pulled back. "He still has his chip, right?" Angel wanted to make sure he couldn't harm anyone.
"Yeah, but he won't hurt anyone, if that's what you think." Buffy said.
"That's exactly what I think and as much as I'd like to believe you Buffy, I'm afraid I can't." He smiled and took a few steps back.
***
"I guess I missed all the fun." Everyone turned to see Wesley standing in the doorway. He looked different, more rough around the edges. The Scoobies knew about his dispute with Angel, so they didn't know how to react to his presence. "According to your faces I imagine you got all the latest scoop." Wesley said as he walked down the stairs and towards the rounded couch.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you so." Angel said to him. The Scoobies saw how at ease Angel was with him, which bought them relief.
"So Wesley how's everything?" Buffy wasn't sure what to say. The Wesley she knew was a stuck-up English guy who acted and talked like he had something up his behind. But this guy, he was different, the look alone. You could tell he's been through a lot in the past 3 years since she's seen him.
"I think you already got the updated version, except that, I have a warrior to trace and kill, and you?" Wesley replied with a smile.
"Good, good. Got myself a brand new job." Buffy had no idea why she said that, it's not like he really cared.
"Really? Doing what?" **Maybe he did care** she thought to herself.
"As a guidance counselor at the new Sunnydale high." She said with pride, but couldn't help but hear the giggles behind her and see Wesley's surprised faces. "What?" She turned back. All the smiling face changed instantly. "I'm a good counselor, right?" She turned to Xander who wasn't sure what to say.
"Yeah... of course you are." He said after a few seconds of hesitation.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Xander." Buffy said to him.
"What?" Xander asked, but got the brush-off from Buffy who turned around.
"Anyway..." Wesley wanted to get back to the subject at hand. "I've been researching all night and I still haven't been able to find this Sheryon creature. Whatever source Lilah used, it's either very very old or not from our parts of town, if you know what I mean."
"Who's Lilah?" Xander asked.
"You didn't tell them?" Wesley asked surprised, he was sure they had mentioned her, in some way.
"I think she's the evil lawyer, they told us about." Buffy answered Xander's question, and Wesley realized they have told them about her.
"UH right, the one who made you the crazy offer." Xander nodded his head. "Sorry guys, just too much information to process all at once."
"Okay so lets start working. Gunn you and Lorne hit the street use every contact you have." He paused and looked at Lorne. "And I mean every contact." Lorne got the message and they both left. "Fred you Wesley and Dawn..." He stopped remembering Dawn was still Buffy responsibility and he wasn't sure if Buffy wanted her to be a part of this. "Buffy can she...?"
"As long as she doesn't see dismembered demons and such like." Buffy replied.
"I'm not a child." Dawn protested.
"I know that. That's why I'm letting you help with the research." Buffy smiled at her. "Xander maybe you should help them research." What Buffy really meant was that maybe Xander can watch over Dawn.
"I don't need a babysitter." Dawn figured out her sister's plans.
"He's just helping you research, nothing more." Buffy explained.
"Whatever." Dawn replied in anger.
"Here you can use my office." Angel offered, as the four headed for his office.
"What about us?" Buffy asked, when she realized only her, Spike and Angel had nothing to do.
"I'm going to pay a visit to a friend of mine." Angel said.
"I'm guessing this is not really a friend considering your not much of a people person, so who is it." Buffy stopped him.
"It's okay Buffy I got it." Angel went around her and headed for the basement.
"No." Buffy ran to stop him. "You're going to see that lawyer, right? Although they're probably expecting you and you're just walking into a trap."
"Buffy, if they wanted me dead... well I wouldn't be, but they sure would have kept trying." Angel tried to reason with her.
"We're coming with." She said as she glanced over to Spike.
"No way, he's not coming." Angel protested.
"Look you either take us with you, or we'll just follow you, I'm sure it's not that hard finding this big famous law firm." Angel knew she would do exactly that.
"Fine, you can come but not him." Spike was about to say something to Angel, when Buffy said it for him.
"Me and Him it's a package deal. With either both come or non of us come, and If I don't come... well you know the rest." Angel was a bit surprise by Buffy's reaction, but figured it would be easier to just let them come than to argue with her.
"Fine, come." He looked at Spike. "Both of you."
"I'll just let Xander know where we're going and I'll join you. You two go ahead." She said to the two vampires who didn't like the idea of being left alone. Angel headed for the basement followed by Spike with a huge smile spread across his face.
***
She lay in bed thinking about everything and nothing. She looked at the balcony doors. They were closed. She got up from bed and walked towards them. As she reached them she opened them widely, letting the morning sun wash her face and fill the room. She took a few steps forward and walked out to the balcony. She looked down at the busy street. People running form one place to the other, cars driving by, people living they're lives with no knowledge of what really lays beneath the exterior of L.A. There were times, like today, she wished she was one of them; she wished she could be oblivious to all the horrible things that surrounded her. She never intend her life to take this course, she always thought that at almost 22 years old she'll be in her final year in college, probably with a steady boyfriend, maybe even a fiance. She would have her all life headed of her. She never thought, not in a million years, that she'd be pregnant and not married, leaving in a hotel, with no real job or career of even a diploma of any kind. She decided to leave her supernatural part out of the equation. Her live were screwed up already without bringing the whole part-demon into it. Suddenly she heard a sound coming from behind her and she quickly turned.
"Uh god Connor you startled me."
"Sorry." He replied.
"What are you doing here? If you're looking for Angel he's...."
"I heard you were back, wanted to see for myself."
"Heard, heard from who?" Cordy didn't think anyone kept in touch with him, and then it hit her. He's been following them, watching them from afar, that's how he knew. She decided to ignore her little discovery. "As you can see I'm fine, was there anything else." She said coldly.
"No." He said and was about to leave when she stopped him.
"Connor wait." She called after him. He stopped his back still facing her. "Look I'm sorry, I'm just surprised to see you here, considering..."
"Considering I tried killing my own father." He finished off the sentence. He turned around to face her.
She wasn't sure what to say. She was angry with him; I mean how could she not after what he did to Angel. But at the same time she felt sorry for him. He was obviously confused and alone and she didn't think that ignoring him would serve any purpose, except driving him further away. She figured someday him and Angel would want to work things out and maybe she can help that happen. "Well... yeah." She didn't want to lie to him. He had enough of that in his lifetime.
"So what's wrong with you?" He asked.
"Wrong, why do you think anything's wrong?" She asked.
"Cause you're limping and you're here in your room alone and not down stairs with the rest." He was a good observer.
"I twisted my ankle, and as for the reason I'm up here, well that's private." She didn't feel comfortable enough to tell him about her pregnancy.
"Uh." It almost seemed to her like he was offended.
"I'm sorry if that offends you but..."
"It's not, besides I have to go." And again he turned for the door.
"Wait don't you want to say hello to your father?" She asked hoping he'll say yes.
"He's not here and even if he was..." And with that he left, not even letting her chance to respond.
A few seconds later she realized what he said, "gone? Gone where? It's the middle of the day."
***
She walked down the stairs to find an empty lobby. **Where is everyone** she thought to herself. "Angel? Fred? Guys?" She called out but there was no reply. "Hello." She started walking around when suddenly she heard a noise coming from Angel's office. She approached the office quietly and saw the door was slightly open, she peeped inside to see Fred, Wesley, Xander and Dawn sitting around surrounded by books. She was just about to go inside when suddenly Fred spoke.
"If she knew, she'd kill him."
"I know, but you know Angel. When he sets his mind, you can't talk him out of it." Wesley replied. Cordy thought they might be talking about her so she decided to stay put and listen in on the conversation.
"What does he accept to accomplish by going there?" Xander asked. "It's not like she'll hand him the file and say, here you go and good luck. I mean this lawyer is suppose to be your enemy right?"
**He went to see Lilah** Cordy thought to herself. **I'll kill him, as soon as I find him.** She quietly walked away towards the entrance. She walked up the stairs trying not to make a noise and walked out the door. As the door closed it slipped from her hand and slammed making a loud sound.
"What was that?" Dawn asked.
"It sounded like the front door. Maybe there's a client out there." Fred hypnotizes. "I'll go check." She went to the lobby to see it was empty. "There's no one here." She yelled out to Wesley, who by now joined her along with Xander and Dawn.
"Maybe it was the wind?" Dawn thought out loud, but from the stares she got she figured it wasn't likely.
"You don't think?" Fred looked at Wesley.
"She couldn't have, we would have heard her." Wesley replied.
"But we were busy, maybe she did and we didn't notice." Fred continued.
"What are you talking about?" Xander asked.
"They think maybe it was Cordy and she overheard us, talking about Angel." Dawn explained.
"I'll go check her room." Fred said. "You check the kitchen and the yard." She ordered as she went up the stairs.
A few minutes later they gathered at the lobby. "Well?" She asked.
"Not in the yard." Dawn replied.
"And not in the kitchen either." Wesley added.
"Great she's not in her room. Angel is going to kill us." Fred said in despair.
"Not if she gets to him first." Wesley replied.
***
TBC.
Hi ppl,
I want to thank you for all the support you've been giving me; it's so good to know that you like this fic. I love hearing your ideas and opinions, so if you have any recommendation, any suggestions, any remarks, feel free to let me know, I'll appreciate that.
I hope you'll liked this chapter, although it's a between ch. I'm going somewhere with this, but I had to finish off the update part, so bear with me. I promise next chapter will have more action, adventure and story development.
And to all of you who wondered, these are not all the Scoobies members I intend to put in. more are coming, so be patient.
So as usual please review and let me know what you think.
Thanks, Nikka.
Title: A new beginning.
Author: Nikka
Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that **English is not my native tongue** Although Sarah is reproofing my fic, you still may find some spelling & grammar mistakes. You're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.
A special thank you to Sarah for reproofing my story. As of that the upload of the chapters may take longer.
Feedback: I love love love reviews and I'll be sure to mention it at the end of every chapter.
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"So did they fill you in on the details of our strange life for the past 6 months?" Angel knew they had been told by the shocked faces staring back at him. "Okay then once we have this out of the way, we should..." He was interrupted by Buffy who walked up to him and gave him a hug. He was confused at first but then hugged her back. He could see Spike on the side staring at him with a weird expression, one he saw before, or felt before on himself, when he saw Buffy and Xander dance. He brushed it off and returned to the woman hugging him. She pulled back her hands still holding his. "What was that for?" He asked with a smile.
"I'm so sorry, I had no idea what you went through." Her eyes were filled with sadness; he knew she genuinely meant it.
"I know, but it's okay, I'm okay now." Angel reassured her.
"Really, cause if you want to, we can talk..." Buffy offered hoping he'll take her up on the offer.
"Actually I do like to talk to you, about many things." He glanced over to Spike. Buffy knew he sensed something was up.
"Great." she smiled and let go of his hand, to Spike's relief.
"How's Cordy?" Fred asked concurred.
"She's fine, just need some rest. She said she'll join us soon." Angel replied.
"So about this warrior." Buffy went to business. "I think we may have a problem." She said. Angel knew she meant they were in serious trouble but mellowed it to avoid unnerving the rest.
"I know." He nodded.
"We should talk." She glanced at the crowd gathered around them to tune in. "In private."
"Hell no." Gunn stepped in. "This is our problem too. Now, I don't know how you do things in Sunnyvale."
"Actually it's Sunnydale." Dawn corrected him.
"Whatever, but it's not the way we operate here. If there's something up, something big, we all work together."
"And we don't hide things from each other. "Fred added.
"Okay." Buffy took a few steps forward. "You want to know what I really think, what we all think." She said as she pointed to the Scoobies. "I think you're in over your heads here. This is something even I can't fight alone. I think you're in serious trouble and unless you work with me and not against me, your friend will die." Buffy said firmly.
"I thought she was your friend also?" Fred asked surprised by Buffy's choice of words.
"She was, I mean she is." Buffy didn't know what to say. "The point is we have to work together."
"That's what I meant." Gunn calmed down a bit. "Don't go hush hush in the corner with Angel and give us the x-rated version of it. We want to be a part of it."
"Okay, I'm sorry, you're right. We should all work together." Buffy calmed down also.
"Thinking of together, where's Willow and Giles?" Angel asked. Buffy looked at Xander and Dawn who looked back at her with a funny look. "What? Did something happen to her? Angel asked worriedly. "Is she alright?"
"We hope so." Buffy sighed. "We have some updating of our own to do." They all sat down. Buffy wasn't sure if she should tell Willow's story in front of all these strangers, but she figured Angel would tell them anyway, so it sounded better coming from her. She told them about Tara's death and Willow's reaction, about her almost ending the world and, she left the Warren part out of the story, thinking it's not up to her to tell something so personal about Willow. She told them about the rehabilitation center she's in and then she finished off, not telling them about Spike. Xander figured Buffy wasn't sure whether or not she should tell them about Spike, so he didn't say anything either.
"What about him?" Gunn asked pointing to Spike. "He's a vampire right? With a chip or something like that?"
"Well..." Buffy wasn't sure how to tell the tale of Spike, so he did it for her.
"I got my self a bran new soul, just like you buddy, only without the curse thing." Spike smiled as he glanced at Angel.
"What? How could you have...? Where did you find...?" Angel didn't know where to begin.
"A long story Angel-face, it involves an ugly looking creature, some fire, trials, you know the usual." Spike liked toying with Angel.
"No it must be a trick." Angel refused to believe.
"Sniff me if you want, maybe you'll be able to sense it or something." Spike lean towards Angel. "Go on sniff away."
"I'm not going to sniff you Spike." Angel pulled back. "He still has his chip, right?" Angel wanted to make sure he couldn't harm anyone.
"Yeah, but he won't hurt anyone, if that's what you think." Buffy said.
"That's exactly what I think and as much as I'd like to believe you Buffy, I'm afraid I can't." He smiled and took a few steps back.
***
"I guess I missed all the fun." Everyone turned to see Wesley standing in the doorway. He looked different, more rough around the edges. The Scoobies knew about his dispute with Angel, so they didn't know how to react to his presence. "According to your faces I imagine you got all the latest scoop." Wesley said as he walked down the stairs and towards the rounded couch.
"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you so." Angel said to him. The Scoobies saw how at ease Angel was with him, which bought them relief.
"So Wesley how's everything?" Buffy wasn't sure what to say. The Wesley she knew was a stuck-up English guy who acted and talked like he had something up his behind. But this guy, he was different, the look alone. You could tell he's been through a lot in the past 3 years since she's seen him.
"I think you already got the updated version, except that, I have a warrior to trace and kill, and you?" Wesley replied with a smile.
"Good, good. Got myself a brand new job." Buffy had no idea why she said that, it's not like he really cared.
"Really? Doing what?" **Maybe he did care** she thought to herself.
"As a guidance counselor at the new Sunnydale high." She said with pride, but couldn't help but hear the giggles behind her and see Wesley's surprised faces. "What?" She turned back. All the smiling face changed instantly. "I'm a good counselor, right?" She turned to Xander who wasn't sure what to say.
"Yeah... of course you are." He said after a few seconds of hesitation.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Xander." Buffy said to him.
"What?" Xander asked, but got the brush-off from Buffy who turned around.
"Anyway..." Wesley wanted to get back to the subject at hand. "I've been researching all night and I still haven't been able to find this Sheryon creature. Whatever source Lilah used, it's either very very old or not from our parts of town, if you know what I mean."
"Who's Lilah?" Xander asked.
"You didn't tell them?" Wesley asked surprised, he was sure they had mentioned her, in some way.
"I think she's the evil lawyer, they told us about." Buffy answered Xander's question, and Wesley realized they have told them about her.
"UH right, the one who made you the crazy offer." Xander nodded his head. "Sorry guys, just too much information to process all at once."
"Okay so lets start working. Gunn you and Lorne hit the street use every contact you have." He paused and looked at Lorne. "And I mean every contact." Lorne got the message and they both left. "Fred you Wesley and Dawn..." He stopped remembering Dawn was still Buffy responsibility and he wasn't sure if Buffy wanted her to be a part of this. "Buffy can she...?"
"As long as she doesn't see dismembered demons and such like." Buffy replied.
"I'm not a child." Dawn protested.
"I know that. That's why I'm letting you help with the research." Buffy smiled at her. "Xander maybe you should help them research." What Buffy really meant was that maybe Xander can watch over Dawn.
"I don't need a babysitter." Dawn figured out her sister's plans.
"He's just helping you research, nothing more." Buffy explained.
"Whatever." Dawn replied in anger.
"Here you can use my office." Angel offered, as the four headed for his office.
"What about us?" Buffy asked, when she realized only her, Spike and Angel had nothing to do.
"I'm going to pay a visit to a friend of mine." Angel said.
"I'm guessing this is not really a friend considering your not much of a people person, so who is it." Buffy stopped him.
"It's okay Buffy I got it." Angel went around her and headed for the basement.
"No." Buffy ran to stop him. "You're going to see that lawyer, right? Although they're probably expecting you and you're just walking into a trap."
"Buffy, if they wanted me dead... well I wouldn't be, but they sure would have kept trying." Angel tried to reason with her.
"We're coming with." She said as she glanced over to Spike.
"No way, he's not coming." Angel protested.
"Look you either take us with you, or we'll just follow you, I'm sure it's not that hard finding this big famous law firm." Angel knew she would do exactly that.
"Fine, you can come but not him." Spike was about to say something to Angel, when Buffy said it for him.
"Me and Him it's a package deal. With either both come or non of us come, and If I don't come... well you know the rest." Angel was a bit surprise by Buffy's reaction, but figured it would be easier to just let them come than to argue with her.
"Fine, come." He looked at Spike. "Both of you."
"I'll just let Xander know where we're going and I'll join you. You two go ahead." She said to the two vampires who didn't like the idea of being left alone. Angel headed for the basement followed by Spike with a huge smile spread across his face.
***
She lay in bed thinking about everything and nothing. She looked at the balcony doors. They were closed. She got up from bed and walked towards them. As she reached them she opened them widely, letting the morning sun wash her face and fill the room. She took a few steps forward and walked out to the balcony. She looked down at the busy street. People running form one place to the other, cars driving by, people living they're lives with no knowledge of what really lays beneath the exterior of L.A. There were times, like today, she wished she was one of them; she wished she could be oblivious to all the horrible things that surrounded her. She never intend her life to take this course, she always thought that at almost 22 years old she'll be in her final year in college, probably with a steady boyfriend, maybe even a fiance. She would have her all life headed of her. She never thought, not in a million years, that she'd be pregnant and not married, leaving in a hotel, with no real job or career of even a diploma of any kind. She decided to leave her supernatural part out of the equation. Her live were screwed up already without bringing the whole part-demon into it. Suddenly she heard a sound coming from behind her and she quickly turned.
"Uh god Connor you startled me."
"Sorry." He replied.
"What are you doing here? If you're looking for Angel he's...."
"I heard you were back, wanted to see for myself."
"Heard, heard from who?" Cordy didn't think anyone kept in touch with him, and then it hit her. He's been following them, watching them from afar, that's how he knew. She decided to ignore her little discovery. "As you can see I'm fine, was there anything else." She said coldly.
"No." He said and was about to leave when she stopped him.
"Connor wait." She called after him. He stopped his back still facing her. "Look I'm sorry, I'm just surprised to see you here, considering..."
"Considering I tried killing my own father." He finished off the sentence. He turned around to face her.
She wasn't sure what to say. She was angry with him; I mean how could she not after what he did to Angel. But at the same time she felt sorry for him. He was obviously confused and alone and she didn't think that ignoring him would serve any purpose, except driving him further away. She figured someday him and Angel would want to work things out and maybe she can help that happen. "Well... yeah." She didn't want to lie to him. He had enough of that in his lifetime.
"So what's wrong with you?" He asked.
"Wrong, why do you think anything's wrong?" She asked.
"Cause you're limping and you're here in your room alone and not down stairs with the rest." He was a good observer.
"I twisted my ankle, and as for the reason I'm up here, well that's private." She didn't feel comfortable enough to tell him about her pregnancy.
"Uh." It almost seemed to her like he was offended.
"I'm sorry if that offends you but..."
"It's not, besides I have to go." And again he turned for the door.
"Wait don't you want to say hello to your father?" She asked hoping he'll say yes.
"He's not here and even if he was..." And with that he left, not even letting her chance to respond.
A few seconds later she realized what he said, "gone? Gone where? It's the middle of the day."
***
She walked down the stairs to find an empty lobby. **Where is everyone** she thought to herself. "Angel? Fred? Guys?" She called out but there was no reply. "Hello." She started walking around when suddenly she heard a noise coming from Angel's office. She approached the office quietly and saw the door was slightly open, she peeped inside to see Fred, Wesley, Xander and Dawn sitting around surrounded by books. She was just about to go inside when suddenly Fred spoke.
"If she knew, she'd kill him."
"I know, but you know Angel. When he sets his mind, you can't talk him out of it." Wesley replied. Cordy thought they might be talking about her so she decided to stay put and listen in on the conversation.
"What does he accept to accomplish by going there?" Xander asked. "It's not like she'll hand him the file and say, here you go and good luck. I mean this lawyer is suppose to be your enemy right?"
**He went to see Lilah** Cordy thought to herself. **I'll kill him, as soon as I find him.** She quietly walked away towards the entrance. She walked up the stairs trying not to make a noise and walked out the door. As the door closed it slipped from her hand and slammed making a loud sound.
"What was that?" Dawn asked.
"It sounded like the front door. Maybe there's a client out there." Fred hypnotizes. "I'll go check." She went to the lobby to see it was empty. "There's no one here." She yelled out to Wesley, who by now joined her along with Xander and Dawn.
"Maybe it was the wind?" Dawn thought out loud, but from the stares she got she figured it wasn't likely.
"You don't think?" Fred looked at Wesley.
"She couldn't have, we would have heard her." Wesley replied.
"But we were busy, maybe she did and we didn't notice." Fred continued.
"What are you talking about?" Xander asked.
"They think maybe it was Cordy and she overheard us, talking about Angel." Dawn explained.
"I'll go check her room." Fred said. "You check the kitchen and the yard." She ordered as she went up the stairs.
A few minutes later they gathered at the lobby. "Well?" She asked.
"Not in the yard." Dawn replied.
"And not in the kitchen either." Wesley added.
"Great she's not in her room. Angel is going to kill us." Fred said in despair.
"Not if she gets to him first." Wesley replied.
***
TBC.
Hi ppl,
I want to thank you for all the support you've been giving me; it's so good to know that you like this fic. I love hearing your ideas and opinions, so if you have any recommendation, any suggestions, any remarks, feel free to let me know, I'll appreciate that.
I hope you'll liked this chapter, although it's a between ch. I'm going somewhere with this, but I had to finish off the update part, so bear with me. I promise next chapter will have more action, adventure and story development.
And to all of you who wondered, these are not all the Scoobies members I intend to put in. more are coming, so be patient.
So as usual please review and let me know what you think.
Thanks, Nikka.