Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Angel except Cassandra, Tonya and Kevin oh and the Blue Skinned Demon (who desperately needs a name). The demon will appear in chapter six.

Chapter Four

Attack

Tonya walked over to where Lorn and Fred were talking to the others. Lorn turned to face her and smiled.

"Tonya, I would like you to meet the rest of the gang. This is Cordelia or Cordy for short, this is Gun or Charles and Angel; everyone's savior." Tonya nodded and smiled softly. Lorn noticed that something was wrong. "What's wrong kiddo?"

"A lot of stuff. Cassandra has a really bad disease, Kevin is acting odd and mean, and I feel as though I am going to lose the both of them. Kevin won't talk to me now after our little conversation." Her stomach growled and she smirked. "And I'm hungry." Cordy and Angel laughed.

"Connor come here for a sec." said Angel calling for Connor who just walked into the room. He came over and Angel spoke again. "Can you show Tonya to the kitchen, please?" He nodded and Tonya thanked them. Connor and Tonya walked away farther into the hotel towards the kitchen.

"So how old are you?" asked Connor to get rid of the quiet.

"I'm sixteen; I'll be turning seventeen this August. How 'bout you?"

"I just turned seventeen a few weeks ago."

"Well Happy Belated Birthday."

"Thanks, so is your cousin always this defensive?"

"No, ever since Cassie had gotten sick Kevin has been staying close to her. He's been helping her with everything, well except when she's going to the bathroom of course."

"So lately he's been acting differently and it has you worried?" Tonya looked down.

"Yeah, it has." The two walked into the kitchen and Connor went straight for the fridge.

"You can sit down and I will get you what you want." Tonya smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Thank you; ummm do you have hot dogs?" Connor nodded and pulled them out of the fridge.

"What would you like on it?"

"Just ketchup and mustard." Connor made the hot dogs and when they were done he brought them both over to where she was sitting and handed her one. She thanked him again and the two started to eat.

"This is pretty good." she complimented.

"You have to be quiet though. These are Cordy's special ones." Tonya smiled yet again and then looked over to the window and jumped off the seat she was sitting in. A demon crashed through the window and landed on Tonya, pinning her down. Connor sprang over to her and kicked the demon in the head. It reeled back releasing Tonya. Connor helped her up quickly and she backed away. He grabbed a nearby steak knife and thrusted it into the demons body. The demon's body shriveled up and became dust. Connor turned around and looked at Tonya who was very shaken up. He walked over to her and she clung to him immediately. Tears were leaking from her eyes, but she was making no sound. She sniffled and Connor could tell she was crying. He wrapped his arms around her protectively and she moved her face into the space between his shoulder and chest. Just then Angel, Wes, Gun, Fred and Cordelia ran in.

"What happened?" asked Gun.

"We were attacked." Cordelia and Fred moved closer to Tonya and tried to sooth her. She let go of Connor and allowed Cordelia and Fred lead her away and take her to a different room to get some rest.

"We're going to need to be more careful from now on." said Angel. "Lorn is with Cassandra right now. He says that if she cooperates this will run smoothly and she will be better by morning, but he says it'll take a few more hours for the scent of the blood to dissipate and for the demons to stop coming." Connor nodded and started to leave the room. "Where are you going?" Connor turned around to face the others.

"I'm going to see if Tonya will be ok." he said that and left. Wes turned to Angel and Gun said what Wes was thinking.

"I think Connor found a girl he likes...."

"And who he will protect." finished Wes. Angel's face went to confusion and he looked at the others. "He likes her Angel; didn't you see the way he was holding her?"

"Well, yeah, but I figured he was just protecting her from the demon attack." he responded innocently.

"Nope, because she was holding him too." said Wes as he walked away. ""Your son has his first wanna-be girlfriend Angel. You should be proud." Gun smirked at Angel.

"I think it's time for "The Talk" buddy." Angel looked at Gun in an aghast expression.

"Oh no not yet." he said.

Connor walked into the room where Tonya was laying. She was on her side under the covers of the bed. Fred and Cordelia had left two minutes before. She rolled over to look to see who came in and upon seeing Connor she smiled.

"How are you feeling?" he asked her softly.

"Better, thank you, but still a bit shaken."

"I wouldn't doubt it. Did the demon hurt you?"

"No, just scared me half to death."

"Well you should get some rest. I will wake you up when Cassandra does." Tonya nodded and rolled over again. Connor walked out of the room and shut the door. He turned to head upstairs, but jumped when he saw Kevin.

"Are you beginning to like my cousin?" he asked, an angry gleam flashed in his eyes.

"What do you have against us? You're the one who brought them here not us. So I am sorry if I am beginning to like Tonya. She's a nice girl, who thinks she's losing Cassandra and you. Personally I think you're being over protective. I also saw you snap on her. She didn't deserve it so if there's someone to be mad at it should be yourself." Connor walked passed him and out of sight. Kevin groaned and stared at the door of the room Tonya was in. He was most diffidently not feeling like himself.