"Sure was boss!" Piped the vampire Harmony from behind him. "Course all of your shows are great."
"You really don't have to suck up to me anymore Harm." Lorne said as he walked down an isle, "I already hired you."
"I know, I know, thanks again for that whole ignoring the me being a traitor to Angel thing...." She rambled walking behind him.
"Well we all have things we regret." Lorne sighed, "Anyway, what's on the schedule?"
"Well you booked the Syrin Sisters at 10, then Weird Al at noon and you're on at 2pm." Harmony nodded.
"Great." Lorne smiled and looked through the maroon curtains at the crowd. The club was a fair size, two levels, the first was the bar and dance floor and above that was a cat walk connecting two separate platforms. Both sides had couches, tables and chairs along the walls. "God I love this place."
"Yeah it's cool, almost like the Bronze back in Sunnydale but less dark and gloomy. And the demons here don't try to eat all the humans." Harmony said taking a glance out as well."
"That's right babycakes." Lorne said pulling his head out, "This could be the first of a chain of demon bars and human dance clubs were everybody can just get along."
"Cool, but I think we should have a better title."
"Yeah, wanna get some weird neon colored drink?" Lorne asked holding the curtain open."Sure!" Harmony smiled and walked out.
At the Heighten Hotel in LA Buffy paced around her and Dawns room while Dawn sat on the couch flipping through the TV channels.
"Its 9am Buffy he's not going to come." Dawn looked at her sister, "Might as well head to Mexico to get Willow and track down the others."
"We can't just give up yet." Buffy shook her head. "This isn't like Angel."
"You know, he has a right to be a little mad with us." Dawn said softly.
"What?" Buffy stopped.
"I mean, it's not like we really helped them at all. Sides when Willow came here to get Angels soul back or when Spike came, but he really didn't have a choice in the matter I guess." Dawn shrugged.
"It's not like they called either." Buffy countered.
"You gotta a point." Dawn went back to channel surfing. "What do you think he's up to?" She asked kind of in a dreamy tone.
"Angel? Probably brooding.... Definitely brooding." Buffy shrugged and sat down next to Dawn.
"No, I mean Spike."
"Oh...." Buffy blushed a little, "I dunno. Probably sitting inside drinking and cursing out Angel or something."
"You think Miguel is jealous of you being back? Looking for Angel and Spike?" Dawn smirked and raised a brow.
"Miguel? Who knows?" Buffy laughed a bit uneasily. She didn't exactly mention that she and Miguel had a huge fight when she announced she was leaving for LA and hasn't spoken to him since they got here. Suddenly a knock was heard on the door and Buffy and Dawn shot their heads to the door. Buffy got up and walked to the door pulling it open revealing Angel standing there looking in. "Hey." She said coolly and stepped to the side, "Come on in." She said, forgetting he wasn't a vampire anymore.
"Great thing about being human, you don't need an invite." Angel said walking in. "Obviously, I decided I'm going to help you. But I still don't know how I can possibly help you guys." He sighed. "But there is something I think can help your search." He turned to the door, "Come on." Dawn stood up and she and Buffy curiously walked to the door when a figure came in, he was tall and had short brown hair and wore a security guard uniform. "Buffy, Dawn, this is Conner."
"Hey, nice to meet you." Conner said shaking their hands.
"Um, wow. Didn't exactly expect this." Buffy blurted out then tried to save herself, "The hair."
"Hair?" Angel raised a brow.
"Brown hair, it's light. Would have thought it was dark like yours." Buffy nodded.
"Smooth." Dawn whispered to her.
"Yeah...." Conner said uneasily, "Dad told me about the whole apocalypse thing this morning, I can help you out too."
"The more the merrier." Dawn smiled, "Just wondering.... Can you do anything? Being the child of two vampires I mean.... How did it happen? Do you have like super powers or something?"
" Some weird prophecy thingy," Conner shrugged," I'm alive and all, I got the whole invulnerability thing and superstrength going for me though."
"Fun." Buffy said, "Security guard sounds perfect." She said eyeing the uniform.
"Part time job." Conner tugged on his badge, " But it suits I guess. Oh yeah." Conner reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, "That's the name and place of the club that Lorne's at." He said handing it to Buffy. "If I can be anymore help just call." He said and waved, "I gotta get going, shoplifters to stop and hotdogs to snag." He grinned and left the room.
"Wow if he was around in Sunnydale with the whole superpower thing I probably wouldn't have gotten away with my clepto times." Dawn giggled and walked back to the couch.
"So.... That was Conner." Buffy smiled and crossed her arms, "He's.... Old. Well not like old-old, I mean like.... I kinda expected like under 5 years."
"Long story." Angel sighed, "To sum it up he was taken from me as a baby, thrown into a hell dimension for a few months, came out a pissed off 17 year old, and tried to kill me for a good while before we erased his memories so he became good. Then he got them back and we're all one big happy family now, he has a wife too. Ashley. I even got to go the wedding in a church."
"Wow and I thought I had a messed up family...." Buffy smiled uneasily again. "So I guess we should start on this Lorne guy? Does he have any powers or anything?"
"He's a Pylean demon-"
"Oh a Pylean! I studied them; did you ever go to Pylea? It's like a freaking Vampire paradise probably next to the Dark Dimension, all the sunlight you want unless you go into game face." Dawn chirped.
"How do you know this stuff?" Angel asked.
"I'm a Watcher now." Dawn said proudly.
"Ah." Angel nodded, "Anyway if someone sings to Lorne he can read their future. That's pretty much it."
"Good." Buffy nodded and looked at the paper, "The Green Bean in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dawn you think you can pull that up?" She asked and Dawn nodded disappearing into the next room then came back out with a laptop.
"5 years as a human and I still can't understand computers." Angel cringed. "Or cell phones."
"Come on Angel get with the times." Buffy said jokingly and offered him a seat then she sat down next to Dawn.
"Got it on mapquest." Dawn said placing the laptop on the table, "So we're going?" She and Buffy looked at Angel.
"Yeah, we're going." Angel nodded.
TO BE CONTINUED....
(( OOC: Thank you deeply to my friend thisnthat for spellchecking all of my chapters, also this chapter proves that I take you, the reviews, suggestions to heart. Well if their good hehe. ))