"Buffy." Xander exclaimed.
"Tell me what guys?" Buffy asked again.
"We have a plan Buffy. You will not like the plan, but it's all we can do to help these children get home." Giles said calmly.
"What is it Giles?" Buffy said cautiously.
"Well as Angie is Angel's daughter..."Giles began.
"No! No, we are not bringing him into this!" Buffy said hotly.
"Buffy you have to realize that this needs to happen. Listen to Giles' plan; it's the only way to send the kids back safely." Willow said.
"Buffy listen, Angel has a lot of resources now with Wolfram and Hart. We know its an evil law firm, but its also Angel. We know that he's not evil, and we can trust him. We need them, and we may need Riley too." Giles explained.
"You honestly think, Angel, Riley and an evil law firm will help these kids, my kids?!?" Buffy asked angrily.
"Look Buffy, Giles; I hate to say, is right about this. We can't do this without Angel." Xander said, looking shocked at what he had just honestly admitted.
"Well if you really think it's the only way Giles. I do not trust Angel or Wolfram and Hart, but I do trust you judgment." Buffy said calming down slightly.
"So who's gonna make this call?" Xander asked.
"I will." Buffy said.
"You will?" Giles asked surprised.
"I'm on it." Buffy said entering her room and picking up the phone with a shaky hand. It had been all too long since she's actually spoken to Angel.
"Angel? It's, it's Buffy."
"Hi Buffy, what is it?" Angel asked sounding annoyed by the mere sound of Buffy's voice.
"We have a problem here." Buffy said slowly.
"Do you? Or are you just calling to bug me about joining Wolfram and Hart, again?" Angel said angrily.
"Look Angel, this is serious. Can't we have one conversation without fighting for once?" Buffy said her temper raising also. "We have a child Angel!"
"What? But we haven't...I mean not since... how?" Angel said utterly confused.
"She's our daughter. It seems in another dimension you got your humanity and we got married and had Angie. It's not just you either. I have a child with Parker, Riley and, and Spike too." She explained, "And they all ended up here somehow. We have to get them back to their dimensions Angel. She's only two, and the others are still kids also."
"Oh. That's, yeah that's pretty serious." Angel said, "So Wesley knows a lot about Inter-dimensional travel; well we all do. If I send a plane to Rome, can you all come back here? Wes will need his resources to really make this safe." Angel said calmly.
"Yeah. Yeah that sounds okay. How quickly can you get the plane here?" Buffy asked.
"Give it four hours." Angel said, "Okay?"
"Okay, bye." Buffy said quickly hanging up the phone.
"So how can we get back to our homes?" Danny asked.
"Fly fly! Angie want to fly!" Angie said jumping off of Angel's lap and flapping her arms around the room.
"Well it's a little harder than that sweetie." April said grinning at Angie, who she had taken a liking to.
"Yeah we are going to need some serious magic or something." Danny said grinning.
"Yeah, well Willow could do it!" Tabitha said.
"Yes, but we want to do this without them." April said looking thoughtful.
"I wish our daddies were here. They'd know what to do. Daddies always know what to do." JD said smiling.
"Buffy! Buffy is coming here!" Spike said jumping up.
"Yes Spike, Buffy is coming here. What's the big deal?" Angel said trying not to show the other that it was a fairly big deal.
"Bloody hell. Don't you realize she had no idea that I am alive Captain Forehead?" Spike bellowed.
"Yeah that is a big deal I supposed." Fred said.
"Yeah it bloody well is." Spike said sitting down again and putting hi head in his hands.
"There's more." Angel said.
"More! What else could possibly be added to this?" Spike said.
"Buffy has been visited by some kids from other dimensions. Her kids. Our kids. Well Spike's and mine. There are four kids in all. One's mine, one's Parkers, Riley's and the other two are yours Spike." Angel said.
"Good Lord." Wesley said.
"Oh boy, that's not good." Fred said leaning closer to Wesley.
"Are you bloody serious?" Spike said, looking paler than usual.
"Yes. They are coming here so that we, Wesley and Fred mainly, can help safely send the kids back to their dimensions." Angel said.
"I have kids with Buffy." Spike mumbled, still in shock from the news.
"Dang Dawg, this is some freaky stuff right here." Gunn said.
"Are you going to be okay seeing Buffy Angelcakes?" Lorne asked.
"Hello, what about me? I am the one she thinks is dead. She and Angel were over a long time ago!" Spike said.
"Well...for once I have to agree with Spike. It's not Buffy I'm worried about right now." Angel said as his minded drifted to Cordelia in her coma.
"Ah right." Wesley said, realizing what it was Angel's mind was on.
"Well we can sure help them out, right Wes?" Fred said.
"Yes, yes of course we should start figuring that out now." Wes said.
"Okay see ya'll later." Fred said taking Wesley's hand and heading to the lab.
"So were going to LA then?" Dawn asked, as they all stood in the doorway watching the kids.
"You're not." Buffy said.
"What? Come on Buffy! I am the one who has been watching them. I know them best already." Dawn whined.
"I think she should come Buffy." Giles said, "We'll need someone to watch the kids while we are planning."
"Well okay, you can be designated babysitter Dawnie." Buffy said giving in.
"Yes! I'll go pack." Dawn said turning to head upstairs.
"Okay, but this is not a vacation, pack light!" Buffy called back to her.
"Well should Xander and I stay then?" Willow asked.
"That'd be best guys. We need someone to stay and hold up the fort here." Buffy said, "And someone needs to tell Andrew where we are when he gets back."
"Okay, we'll hang here then." Xander said smiling.
"Right, well Buffy we need to get ready." Giles said as they headed upstairs after Dawn.
"You two watch the kids. Willow watch Xander too." Buffy said grinning.
"Hey!" Xander said.
"Hey guys, whatcha playing?" Xander asked.
"Nothing. We're just talking." Danny said with a slightly guilty look on his face.
"We make plan! Angie go home to real momma!" Angie blurted out.
"Hey, you're not supposed to know..." Xander began.
"Danny and April, did you tell the little ones?" Willow asked.
"I did." Danny admitted, "But they sort of guessed first though."
"Uh huh. Well since you all know I might as well tell you where you're going." Willow said,"Buffy, Dawn and Giles are taking you to where Angel is. He is going to help send you back to your homes."
"Daddy! Angie daddy?" Angie asked excitedly.
"Sort of." Willow said.
"How will we get there?" April asked.
"On an airplane." Xander said.
"Fly! Fly Angie like to fly!" She said pretending to be an airplane again.
"Okay guys we're ready." Buffy said entering the room.
"Well they all know now." Xander said, "So we told them where they are going."
"Oh boy, okay well I suppose that won't hurt them to know." Giles said.
"Okay kiddos time to get on an airplane." Xander said picking JD up in his arms.
Buffy picked up Tabitha, Dawn grabbed Angie, and they all headed to the airport.
"Okay bye guys." Willow said.
"Bye auntie Willow." The kids called out. "Bye uncle Xander."
"Bye guys." Willow and Xander called back in unison as they got on the plan.
"I'll really miss those little tykes." Xander said.
"Me too." Willow agreed.
"Willow? Xander?" A voice called out.
Willow and Xander turned to see Andrew standing behind them with his cases.
"Andrew? Did your flight just get in?" Willow asked.
"Yeah did you come to welcome me home? How sweet of you." He said hugging them both.
"Um not exactly." Willow said.
Willow and Xander explained the story to Andrew as they took a taxi back to the house.
"So they are going to LA?" Andrew asked.
"Yeah. Buffy, Giles, Dawn and the kids." Xander said.
"Oh boy." Andrew said sounding worried.
"What's wrong?" Willow asked.
"Well there's something Buffy doesn't know." Andrew said.
"What? What Andrew? What didn't you tell her?" Willow said looking angry.
"He made me swear I wouldn't tell. I had to keep my promise." Andrew said.
"Andrew!" Xander said.
"Spike is alive. Well not alive as such, but he's there. In LA. He's working with Angel!" Andrew blurted out.
TBC...