THE GIFT

by kinoa

Angel is given his family. Connor decides to stand by Angels side and learn the family business. (Follow up to The PTB's Boss Sends Help)

15. Chapter 15

The Gift

Chapter 15

They all landed on a wooden floor and when the smoke cleared they were able to see their surroundings. They found that they were in what appeared to be a modern day court room. Angel was in the middle and standing in front of the judges bench. A woman screamed behind him. He turned around to see who was here. What he saw was Dr. Martin all wet, covered in soap, and nothing else. She had apparently been snatched from her shower. "My eyes, I have soap in them." Willow was standing close to her and she said a spell that created a small storm cloud over her which washed away all of the soap. Angel started to take his shirt off to cover Dr. Martin with. "That's okay Angel I can give her something to wear." Willow said another spell and Dr. Martins blouse and skirt appeared on her. Since she was still wet though her breasts could be seen through the material. "Giles could you give her your jacket for awhile. She needs a little more protection for now." Giles came over and put his jacket on Dr. Martin. "Thank you Willow and Giles. I feel much better now."

Giles stayed by the women. He didn't know what protection he could provide but he could at least provide moral support. He looked over at Angel. Giles noticed his arm starting to shake but then Angel put his hand in his pant pocket. They all started looking at their surroundings. Normally you would see pictures of Presidents on the walls but in here they had pictures of past demons in the history of the world. One of which was Hitler.

When five men came out of the door to the side of the judges bench it brought their attention back to the front and center. Two of the men went to stand on either side of the bench while 3 of them went to the judges bench. The two men that were standing on the side had automatic weapons and nasty looking knives in their belts.

The judge in the center struck the gavel against the desk and said "This court is now in session. You are the Vampire known as Angel are you not?" "Yes." Angel answered.

A complaint has been filed against you. This complaint consists of the following.

1. Giving established vampires their souls upon their request.

2. Giving established vampires their souls as a means of vengeance.

3. The killing of Vampires as they do what is normal for them in order to obtain nourishment.

4. Helping the Slayer to kill your own kind as they come out of their grave.

5. The killing of demons as they go about their daily business, whatever that may be.

These complaints have been filed against you by a law firm that includes many demons and vampires as their clients. The firm of Wolfram Hart has filed this complaint against you for one of their clients who wishes to remain anonymous because he fears for his safety. Do you have anything to say about these complaints?"

"Yes I do. I am guilty of all of these charges. What I would like to know is why are my colleagues here. Anything that they have done they did at my direction. Why is Dr. Martin here? She has done nothing against any vampire or demon."

"But she has done something Angel. You are a very valuable commodity in yourself. When she came to your hotel and helped you to find your humanity again and helped you to have your soul to be made permanent and made it possible for you to be a fighter for the other side you were then permanently lost to our side."

"That was me personally that she helped and I was already fighting for the PTB. Besides she was ordered to come and help me and was only following St. Michael's orders."

"That is true. We will remove her name from the list of the accused. Remove Dr. Martin from the court room please." Before Dr. Martin could say anything she disappeared.

A second later Dr. Martin found herself in her bedroom. She ran down stairs where she knew people must be gathered. Fred and Buffy hugged her. She then went to Connor and Spike.

"Where is Cordelia?" Dr. Martin asked. Spike answered her question. "We didn't want to disturb her when all it would do is upset her. Besides I think that she already knows that something was going to happen. When she went into Angeles office he told her what Giles and Wesley had said to him and he told her what he was going to do, I could hear her crying."

"I think I'll check on her later." Dr. Martin said. She then explained to everyone what happened and what Angel had said in order to get them to release her. A few minutes later Willow showed up and she told everyone how Angel had said that she was only doing what he or someone else had asked her to do.

"I guess all we can do is wait again. What do you think they'll do to him Spike?" Dr. Martin asked.

"All I can say is the last guy that went before that court didn't live long after they sent him back." Spike said.

"Can't we find where they are having this court and rescue them?" Buffy asked Spike. "No Luv they hold court in another dimension. No one has ever been able to find them."

Giles was the next one to appear in the middle of the lobby. After hugging everyone he gave his account as to what happened after Willow left. "Willow get on the computer and start researching 'Court of the 4th World'. I am going to go through what ever books Wesley may

have." "What happened after I left Giles?" Dr. Martin asked.

"Angel would make a very good lawyer. He argued about everything that they accused me of. What it came down to was the fact that Buffy and I were only doing our job. It wasn't something that we could choose to do. I don't think that Wesley is going to be let off though. He works with Angel by choice and frequently advises him. I believe it's going to be very hard on him Dr. Martin. Do you want to take him to a hospital?"

"Yes it would be best. When he is sent back here we'll see how he is. Your going to have to get your story straight though as to what happened to him."

Meanwhile at court Angel was arguing why they should let Wesley go.

"This court has looked over the statements from the client as to what each and everyone of you has done. It seems that everything that the client accuses you of is correct. It's true that during the majority of the time Mr. Price does take orders and requests from you. This court also understands that at one time for a short length of time he ran the office of Angel Investigations. This proves to this court that Mr. Price does the work he does of his own free choice. This court though will take it under consideration that the majority of the time Mr. Price follows orders from Angel.

Angel and Mr. Wesley Wyndom Price you have heard the charges against you, how do you plead?

Angel how do you plead?" "Guilty as charged."

"Wesley Wyndom Price how do you plead?" "Guilty as charged."

"Do either one of you want to make a statement before judgement is passed?"

"I've said all that I have to say. I will fight those evil demons and vampires that populate this world until the day that I go before God for my final judgement. Those vampires that want to stop killing humans will always be able to come to me for help. I will never turn away anyone that wants my help. I am one of God's champions here in this world and I am following my Bosses rules. I only ask that you send Wesley back unharmed."

"Mr. Price do you have anything to say?"

"No, I think Angel has said all that needs to be said."

The three judges then discussed together what their punishment would be.

Fifteen minutes later the center judge slammed the gavel on the desk several times.

"The accused shall rise."

Angel and Wesley stood up together.

"Angel and Wesley Wyndom Price you have admitted to your guilt on all charges. Angel your sentence will be 30 to 60 minutes of high voltage electrocution. Mr. Price your punishment will be the same but only 15 minutes. This punishment will not be enough to kill either one of you but may cause extensive damage. You will be given jolts of electricity for 5 minutes straight and 1 minute of rest in between each 5 minute session. Angel if we do not see enough damage from 30 minutes of electrocution then it will be extended until 60 minutes have passed. Punishment will commence immediately." The judge slammed the gavel once then put it down and the 3 judges walked out of the court room.

Twenty guards came in and walked Angel and Wesley down to a lower room which they guessed was the basement. As they walked them down stairs Angel whispered to Wesley, "Keep telling yourself that you have to get back to Fred. You will be alright Wesley don't forget that Dr. Martin said that you and Fred would have 2 children. Since that hasn't happened yet then that means you will come out of this okay."

The guards pushed them into a large room with what looked like old metal mattresses with all of the material taken off. Wires were hooked up to the mattresses and metal cuffs for the hands and the feet. Their was enough space in the room for all of the guards to enter the room. The guards were all demons from various places and dimension. They all knew that Angel was a Master Vampire and were anxious to see how he would take what was going to happen to him. They were all also hoping that he would try something so that they could have some fun with him. Five of the guards were females and the male demons suggested that they play with them a little to try to antagonize them into a fight.

"Take all of your clothes off including your watches and wedding rings. If you don't remove everything they will catch fire and your rings may melt." Wesley and Angel removed everything and left them in a pile to the side. Since Wesley usually wore his glasses all of the time he didn't think of removing them and no one said anything.

The female demons approached Angel and Wesley. They circled them as though appraising a horse for future purchase. Just like a horse they ran their hands all over Angel and Wesley. They tried making remarks about them that was designed to make them angry.

The female guards changed their tactics in mid stride and started saying things that would make their boyfriends jealous. All of this was obvious to Wesley and Angel. They had both had these little games played on them before. They were quickly able to figure out who the boyfriends were because instead of Wesley and Angel getting angry and attacking the guards the two boyfriends attacked Wesley and Angel. After eliminating several guards four of them held onto Angel and let the boyfriend beat him. Wesley was getting the same treatment. "Now that you two are properly tenderized the real punishment will commence."

The four guards holding onto Angel locked his arms and ankles to the metal mattresses while the others had their automatic weapons ready in case he tried anything. Wesley had already been locked in.

"Put the tongue guards in their mouths. They'll keep them from making too much noise and prevent them from biting their tongues." The guards taped what looked like pacifiers into their mouths.

"Now just to make sure that you suffer enough Angel we are going to put a few more pieces of metal into your body." The guard stepped back and fired 6 well placed bullets into his body. None of them were life threatening, especially for a vampire but they were well placed where the electricity would hit them and make the damage from the electricity worse.

The guards stepped back and the technician at the board waited for the clock to reach the hour mark. When it did he turned two switches on. Wesley screamed as the electricity went through his body. Angel shook with the electricity but he did not scream. After the 5 minutes was up they both were breathing heavily. The metal from Wesley's glass frames had melted into his skin.

One of the guards stepped forward. "Well I guess the vampire needs a little extra incentive." He turned to one of the other guards, "Let's give him a reason to scream." The other guard threw a bucket of water on Angel. The guard at the controls flipped the switch again. This time the guards got what they wanted. Angel lost control and screamed. His face changed to his vampire features also. This went on for the next 12 minutes. By the end of Wesley's 15 minutes he was unconscious. The smell of burnt flesh and hair was in the air. Angel only had a minute to look over at Wesley. He thanked God that he was unconscious.

The guards were having too much fun with Angel to let it stop at 30 minutes. Even though his skin was showing 2nd degree burns they continued with the electrical shock until they reached the 60 minutes that the judge set as the maximum amount.

Neither Wesley or Angel knew when they were sent back to the hotel because both were unconscious. Everyone was still up when they appeared on the lobby floor. Even though Cordelia hadn't been downstairs she knew when they returned because she came running downstairs.

Dr. Martin and Spike were checking on both of the men. They both had extensive burns over all of their backs. Wesley had 2nd degree burns and Angel had 3rd degree burns since he was electrocuted for a longer period of time. The hair on the back of their heads had been burned away in patches wherever the metal had touched them. Wesley had blisters all over his back. The palm of his hands had been bleeding at one time because of the pressure of his nails into the skin.

Spike took the pacifiers out of Wesley and Angels mouth.

"Why did they have those in their mouths?" Cordelia asked Spike.

"It prevented them from biting their own tongue or swallowing it." Spike answered.

Dr. Martin was worried about getting Wesley's heart to go into a more regular rhythm right now. The beat was erratic and his heart was not pumping the blood through his veins correctly which meant that his brain wasn't getting the needed oxygen rich blood that it needed.

"Spike can you Buffy and Giles carry Wesley over to the clinic please." Dr. Martin asked him. Fred who was right beside them followed them into the clinic. "Hook him up to the heart monitor Spike."

Dr. Martin checked on Angel when they left. Xander came down from the upstairs closet which contained extra blankets, sheets and towels. He had grabbed two sheets and two blankets. One blanket and sheet he gave to Fred and the others to Cordelia.

Dr. Martin called for Spike. He came running out of the clinic to her. "I want you to call Hunter. Tell her what has happened and ask her to ask Mike if he has anything in his clinic for burns. Wait a minute lets ask Willow if she can do anything." Spike went to Willow who was with Fred.

"Willow do you have anything that you can mix together that is for burns?" "No, Tara do you know of anything?" "No I never studied the healing magic spells we'll have to call one of the healers." "Okay why don't you do that and I'll go and see if I can help Dr. Martin."

Willow went over to Dr. Martin who was still on the floor with Angel and Cordelia. "How's he doing?" "Well he's still alive. His pupils are equal and reactive. He is showing some healing but it is very slow. I am going to get a bowl of ice and a towel. Well see if that helps him. Do you have anything that can help with burns Willow?" "No but Tara is calling the healer in Sunnydale to see if she knows of anything." Angels legs and arms started jerking by themselves. He did it for five minutes then stopped.

Tara came over to Willow with a recipe for an ointment for burns and a spell that had to be said over the ointment. "Cordelia do you have any of these ingredients here." Willow showed her the list of ingredients that they needed.

"We have some of these in the cabinet in the kitchen. The rest might be in the cabinet that Angel keeps locked ever since I went into it and took some leaves of a plant that I thought was oregano. He keeps the key with his car keys and usually keeps the car keys in his pants pocket though." Cordelia started looking around to see if their clothes were returned at the same time that they were. She found Angels over on the floor by the round couch. Wesley's were on the other side. She went to Angels clothes and searched his pockets. The keys were there just like she thought. "Common Willow lets see if he has what you need."

Cordelia checked the list and started pulling out ingredients that were on the list then they went to the basement and into a wire locked cabinet. "This is great Cordelia he has everything else that I need in here." Willow said as she started pulling everything else that was on the list.

While Willow and Tara were mixing up the ointment for the burns Dr. Martin and Cordelia were applying ice cold towels to all of Angels body that had touched the wires. Spike was doing the same for Wesley. Wesley moaned in pain as he regained consciousness and Spike applied another towel. He tried moving a little but his body started jerking again, it quieted down again within a few minutes. They had him lying on his stomach so he couldn't look around very well. He recognized the clinic though and he called out for Fred.

"I'm here Wesley, I'm right here." She cleared his hair out of his eyes. Wesley was able to take her hand in his. "As they were taking us to the prison Angel told me to think of you and that we still had 2 babies to make which meant that I would live through this. All the time that they were electrocuting me I kept your face in my mind and I kept on telling myself I had to get back to you." Wesley kissed Fred's hand. She tried to keep her usual smile on but it was difficult. She could see his back red and white with all of the blisters that had formed on his skin.

Angel was still unconscious and still on the floor when Tara and Willow came out with the ointment. They each held a large bowl full of the stuff. Tara went into the clinic and Willow went to Angel. "We should get Angel to his bed Dr. Martin before we put this ointment on." Hunter and Dr. Thompson came in just as Dr. Martin was getting up to go to the men. Hunter went to Angel and Dr. Thompson was directed to go into the clinic by Dr. Martin.

Dr. Thompson examined Wesley's back while Spike told him what happened. Tara told them that they had to put Wesley in his bed before they put the ointment on. "Okay Spike lets take the glass frames off while we are here. We need to make him sleep though. Get something that will make him sleep for a good 8 hours at least." Spike went to the medicine cabinet and pulled out something to make Wesley sleep. After 10 minutes Wesley was out and Dr. Thompson started to cut away at the frames that had melted into his skin. When he was done he put a few stitches in and bandaged the area. They then put him on a gurney and wheeled him to the elevator and then to his bed room. Fred pulled the covers down all of the way and the men transferred him to his bed. Spike placed towels on both sides of Wesley's body then started to apply the ointment. When he was done he backed away and Tara came over and put her hands over Wesley's back and started to say the spell that the Healer had given her. When she was done Dr. Thompson came over and checked the ointment. It had a look of a plastic covering like Saran Wrap.

"Tara we can't leave this on the skin needs to breath in order to heal properly." "Oh it will Dr. Thompson. The Healer said that it will protect the skin from bacteria and yet let the skin breath and the air will be able to get to the skin. It's kind of like a very fine screen mesh that lets air pass through but not bacteria." Wesley gave an involuntary jerk again.

"Why does he do that Dr. Thompson?" Fred asked. "His body is still dealing with the electricity that was used on him. It should become less and less with time. By tomorrow you should hardly be able to see it. Can we cover him now?" "Yes the ointment will protect him." Tara said. "Lets go Spike and Xander we need to help Dr. Martin with Angel."

They all went downstairs except for Fred. She closed the door behind them and pulled up a chair to the bed and settled herself down for the night so that she could keep watch over her husband.

The men brought the gurney back down and pulled it up next to Angel. "Lets take him to his bed." Hunter told them. The men carefully lifted Angel and put him on the bed and took him up to his room. With all of the noise Kathleen woke up and started crying. Her cries called out to Angel and he regained consciousness. Whenever he was touched he let out a moan. Cordelia pulled down the covers all of the way so that even his feet would be uncovered. Hunter put the ointment all over Angels back and Willow then said the spell over him. Just like it had done on Wesley it became harder yet pliable and they were able to cover him with the sheets and blanket. Dr. Martin gave him a shot then that would make him sleep for the next 8 hours. Cordelia took care of Kathleen then laid down beside Angel. Dr. Martin got a blanket and went to sleep on the couch. She sent Dr. Thompson and Hunter to sleep in her bed since she was going to spend the night watching over Angel.

Even though Angel slept his body still jerked once in a while. His muscles would tighten up and then relax every so often and he would moan from the pain. Cordelia didn't sleep very much because Kathleen was constantly waking up and crying every time Angel moaned in his sleep. When he settled back into a deep sleep Kathleen would go back to sleep also.

It was 12 noon before anyone started getting up. While Mike was taking a shower Hunter put one of Dr. Martins bathrobes on and went to check on Angel. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. Dr. Martin came to the door.

"Good morning Hunter." "Good afternoon Mary. How is our boy doing?" "I don't know, I just woke up and I haven't been able to check him yet." They both went to the bed and Hunter turned the light on and lifted the covers off of his back. To Dr. Martins surprise the ointment that had been put on last night had started to shrink as it dried up. Along with the ointment it was pulling the dead skin that had been burned. Underneath new skin was growing. They could see the fine lines that looked like electricity dancing over the skin. They covered him back up and left the room before talking.

"I've never seen him heal so fast. He must be planning on looking for this court that tortured them. I think Angelus must be working hard to make sure that Angel gets to do exactly what he wants." Dr. Martin said as they walked over to Wesley's room. She knocked on Fred's door and waited for Fred to answer. "Good afternoon Dr. Martin and Hunter. Please come in, Wesley is awake." The ladies went in to find Wesley sitting up.

"Apparently you are doing a lot better today. Can you lie on your stomach for us so we can check your skin?" Fred took the cup of coffee from Wesley and he carefully turned and laid on his stomach. Dr. Martin pulled down the covers. The ointment was gone along with the dead skin and blisters. The new skin was red but sufficiently healed so that he could sit up. Dr. Martin held the covers up.

"Did you remove the dried ointment and dead skin Fred?" Dr. Martin asked.

"It was really just laying next to him on the sheets so I threw it away. Did you want to see it?" "No Angels is doing the same thing. Since he had more extensive damage to his skin it's taking a little longer to completely heal." Dr. Martin said.

"You can turn over now Wesley." He turned over carefully and laid back down. Dr. Martin started to check all of the bruises to his body. "Tell me if it hurts when I touch anything Wesley." He flinched when she touched his ribs on his left side but otherwise he was healing okay.

"Have you relieved yourself yet Wesley?" "No but I think I have to go." "Go ahead then. I want you to give me a sample in this jar so that I can test it for blood. I want to make sure that your not having any urinary problems. Hunter and I are going to go out to your balcony while Fred helps you." The doctors left then and Fred helped her husband to put a bathrobe on then helped him to the bathroom.

"Last night I noticed that Angel had been beaten up pretty badly. He also still has 6 bullets in him that have to be removed. Those bastard's were sadistic. They wanted him to suffer as much pain as they could possibly make him suffer." Dr. Martin told Hunter.

"Yes, they must have used a low powered gun so that the bullets wouldn't go through him. They wanted to make sure that the bullets would stay in him so they would help to conduct the electricity. Mary I was given my soul back over 1,000 years ago. But I guess since I am so small that no one ever suspected me of killing anyone. I was never tortured in anyway or shot or had knives stuck in me. Before Angel became a Master Vampire I could hold my own and sometimes beat him in a practice fight. When demons or vampires see me they don't see a threat and don't give me a second thought and I guess that is basically why I have existed for so long. The fact that I can go out in the sunlight helps me to hide my true nature as a Vampire. To me Angel is just a baby, but I have never known of anyone to go through as much as he has. He has suffered more physical damage than anyone I've ever known. But you know no matter what you do to Angel or how badly you've treated him he will always help you if you ask him." They heard Fred calling them so they went back in.

Fred was helping Wesley to get back into bed when the doctors came back in. "How are you feeling now?" Hunter asked.

"Sore, in fact every muscle in my body hurts. How is Angel doing? I wasn't unconscious all of the time like they thought and I know that they gave him the maximum amount of electrocution which was 60 minutes. They tried getting two of the women guards to check us out and to make unsavory remarks that were designed to make our tempers flare. What the females did though was make remarks that got their boyfriends mad. They ended up attacking us while two of them held my arms back and 4 were holding Angel back." Wesley leaned back against the headboard of the bed. You could tell that his mind was back at the prison and the events that took place. Dr. Martin could see Wesley's eyes starting to tear up.

"Mom they beat me pretty bad but nothing like they did to Angel. I am nothing compared to Angel. God made a good choice when He chose him. The only reason I was standing when they got through beating me was because I was being held up by two of the guards. Angel was still standing when I regained consciousness and they shackled me to the mattress wires. I am only half the man that he is. Mom they even threw water on him to make the electrocution worse." Wesley broke down then and reached for Dr. Martin. She took him into her arms then and let him cry.

"It's alright Wesley cry as much as you want there is nothing wrong with crying after going through what you did. Let it out, let it all out." Dr. Martin just held him and rocked him back and forth. Fred was crying on the other side of him and even Hunter had a few tears. Eventually Wesley cried all of the tears that he had pent up inside of him. "Thank you, I needed that." Wesley said as he let go of Dr. Martin and leaned back on the bed. "I think I'll get some more sleep now."

"When he wakes up again Fred let him take a soak in the bathtub if he wants to. It will help his muscles to relax. Then you can get him something to eat. Tomorrow morning Wesley I want you to try to get up and walk around a little. Do it tonight if possible. Go to sleep now." She tucked him in then gave him a kiss on his forehead and turned to leave with Hunter.

"Fred would you come down to the clinic in a few minutes and bring the bottle. I'll show you how to test his urine."

"All of these people see you as the matriarch of their group don't they?" Hunter asked as they walked down to Dr. Martins bedroom.

"Yes I seem to be taking on that designation. But I think Wesley said that because of what he was going through. Both men and women tend to seek comfort from a mother figure because of all that, that person represents. Although Buffy always turns to Giles."

They came to their bedroom door. Hunter put her hand on the doorknob and then listened to see if she could hear Mike in the bedroom. She could hear his heartbeat so she knocked on the door and said 'Mike are you decent? Mary wants to come in.' "Come in." Hunter opened the door and they went in. They found Mike in bed and watching a football game. When he saw both of the ladies come in he thought he would have a little fun. He moved to sit in the middle of the bed and spread his legs and arms out. "Okay ladies I am ready for you just be gentle I've never had two women at the same time. Dr. Martin and Hunter looked at each other. Dr. Martin had a mischievous grin on her face. She winked at Hunter and they each went to either side of the bed.

Hunter removed her bathrobe and slid in under the covers next to Mike. She started kissing him and rubbing her hand all over his chest. He had his eyes on Dr. Martin though. She was starting to unbutton her blouse. She did it slowly and methodically. She hadn't had a chance yet to change from the clothes that Willow had given her at the trial so she didn't have any slip or bra on. She continued to tease Mike with her seductive movements as she continued to unbutton her skirt and pushed it slowly down. She dropped her blouse to the floor and slid in next to Mike. Hunter and Dr. Martin started making their moves on him until his erection was hard enough to raise a flag on. Mike was busy making love to Hunter so Dr. Martin slid out of the bed and quietly went to the refrigerator and pulled a couple of ice cubes from the tray. When she looked at them again she decided against it and just went into the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out Hunter was asleep and Mike looked up at her. "I can take care of you now Mary." She looked at him. It had been a long time since she had, had sex and she was very tempted. "No thanks Mike, it was supposed to be a joke but I let it go to far. I am just going to grab some clothes and get dressed." She turned then and returned to the bathroom and got dressed.

When she went down stairs she found Buffy, Spike, Giles, Xander, Willow and Tara sitting at the dinning room table. "Good afternoon everyone." They all answered her with a returned greeting. Dr. Martin went into the kitchen and made herself a ham sandwich and a cup of coffee then took it to the dinning room table. Everyone was at her end of the table.

As she was eating Spike made a comment that made her choke on her sandwich. After she got control of herself she looked at Spike. "What did you say Spike?" "Oh nothing much I was just telling the rest that I saw both you and Hunter going into your bedroom where I knew Mike was in bed and watching a game. I knew he was in their because I stopped to ask him if he was going into the office today. He said that he was letting his physicians assistant take care of the work since they only had a few patience coming in that he was monitoring." "And?" "And what?" Spike was being evasive. "You said something else?" Spike put his head down as he tried to hide his smile. "I said I am pretty sure that I heard more than two people breathing hard."

"I was teasing him. Mike and I have known each other for a long time and he even took care of me when I was pregnant with my son. When Hunter and I went into the bedroom he did just like all of you men do, 'Okay ladies I'm ready. Just be gentle with me I've never had two at the same time.' Hunter slipped in bed beside Mike first then I let him see me undress and slide in next to him. I admit though that I let it go to far. When he started making love to Hunter I had intended to put an ice cube on his back at just the right moment. But I thought twice about it and just went into the bathroom and took a shower. And that's all that happened."

Spike got up and went to get some more coffee. He walked around behind Dr. Martins chair and stopped behind her and put his hand on her shoulder. "That's okay Dr. Martin I understand it's been a long, long, long time since you had any. If I wasn't with Buffy I would take care of you but alas I do love my wife and would never give her a reason to stake me."

Giles had been quietly listening to Spike teasing Dr. Martin. He looked at Dr. Martin appraisingly. She was a beautiful woman that was in very good shape for a woman her age. He had gotten a good look when she had been snatched from her shower and into the courtroom. Her hair was so long and beautiful. It helped to give her a more youthful appearance. He felt himself becoming aroused by just thinking of her.

Dr. Martin saw the look in his eye and knew what it meant. She could see the vein in his neck pulsing. Because of what had happened a couple of hours ago she was still in a frame of mind that had her thinking about sex and how long it had been since she had, had sex. With all of these young people engaging in sex it was like listening to porno at night.

Giles got up and went to Dr. Martin and whispered in her ear. "Would you like to take a refresher course in the art of making love?" Giles said it so low that Spike was the only one that heard him. Dr. Martin thought about it for a second. She didn't say anything she just got up and took the rest of her coffee and sandwich and went to the elevator with Giles following her.

Everybody looked at Spike. "What did Giles say to her?" Buffy asked him. "That was private and between Giles and Dr. Martin." Buffy stood up and grabbed his arm and pulled it to his back. "Tell me what he said." "Okay, okay you big bully. Giles said 'Would you like to take a refresher course in the art of making love?'" Buffy let Spike go and fell back into her chair.

"I knew it, I knew it. I've seen Giles looking at Dr. Martin several times. After awhile he would always cross his legs." Buffy looked at Willow and Tara. "Giles has the hots for Dr. Martin, Angels adopted Mother." She covered her mouth with both of her hands and the girls all started laughing.

Hunter and Mike came down shortly after Giles and Dr. Martin left the lobby. They noticed that everyone was staring at them. "What's going on? Why are you all staring at us?"

"Dr. Martin and Giles just went upstairs together. Whatever you guys were doing upstairs got her hot and bothered." Buffy told them. Mike's eyes opened wide and his jaw dropped.

"Your kidding. Tell me your joking." Mike said. "Nope they are up there right now getting hot and nasty." Spike said. They all cracked up. "Where did they go? We were in Mary's room and we didn't hear anyone come up stairs.

Willow and Buffy looked at each other and gave the answer at the same time. "Room 412."

When Giles and Dr. Martin entered the elevator she finished eating her sandwich and drank the rest of her coffee and put the cup on the floor. They didn't say anything Giles just put his hands on the side of her face and started to kiss her. He kissed her roughly at first then stopped to take his jacket off and left it on the floor of the elevator. When the doors opened he picked her up and started going down the hallway. After taking a few steps he stopped and looked at her.

"Where are we going?" "Room 412." Dr. Martin answered. She continued kissing Giles. He almost didn't make it to the door. His legs were getting kind of wobbly. As he reached the door Dr. Martin reached for the door knob and opened the door. Giles kicked it closed as he put his passenger down. They started grabbing at each others clothes and stealing a kiss whenever possible. It had been a long time for both of them and they were both starving.

Giles pulled the covers of the bed down and picked up Dr. Martin and put her on the bed. He got on top of her and held her arms down. He pulled his glasses off and put them on the night stand. Giles noticed that she was laying on her hair so he put his hand behind her neck and lifted her a little and pulled her hair up so that it was on the pillow. He stared down at her. "You are a beautiful woman Mary Tares Martin." He kissed her and he forced her mouth open with his and his tongue searched hers out. Mary reached down between his legs and his body responded with a surge of blood. He continued to trail kisses down her neck and to her shoulders. He slowly trailed kisses down her chest and to her breasts. Mary had full breasts that were still firm. He took one in his mouth and played with the nipple while playing with the other one with his hand. He changed over to the other one and played with it also. He sucked on it hard and it made Mary arch her back with the electricity that it sent to her pleasure zone. It had been so long she had almost forgotten how good it felt. She held onto his head as though wanting him to never let go.

Giles reached down between her legs to see if she was ready for him. He knew that older women needed more foreplay sometimes before they were ready to have intercourse. But Mary was already ready for him. She had, had all of the time from the lobby to the bedroom and apparently her mind was working on getting ready all of that time.

Mary pulled Giles up to her mouth and she started kissing him. She reached down and found him ready also.

"Now Giles I want you now. This first one now and well work on improving our technique on the second one." He pushed her legs apart and she reached down and guided him in. "Easy Giles easy it's been a long time. I am very small once again." He entered her very slowly so as not to tear any of the sensitive tissue. She moaned in pain as Giles pushed further in. "Do you want me to stop?" "No just do it slowly." Finally he felt that he was all the way in and she was able to take all of him. Slowly he pulled back and then forward. She moaned in pain again and he saw tears coming down the corners of her eyes. But he continued and as he went back and forth slowly it seemed to hurt her less and less. Giles started to do it a little faster but he watched her for any signs of pain. When she didn't show any he continued doing it faster. He quickly reached his own mountain peak. He pushed himself in a few more times then collapsed on top of her. When he got control of himself he started kissing her again but she was unresponsive.

"You didn't have an orgasm did you?" "No but it wasn't your fault. Their was just too much pain to make it enjoyable for me. Withdraw from me and let me check to see if I left any blood on you." He did as she said and she checked him and found nothing on him. He could see, in her face, the disappointment that she did not achieve an orgasm. "Let me rest a little then I'll work on giving you one as well." "That's okay with me. I think I can use the rest. Youth does have it's advantages." She pulled the covers up and over them then she nestled into his arms and they both went to sleep.

An hour later Giles woke up and started kissing Mary. She woke up and turned to him. "Are you feeling alright?" Giles asked as he stroked the side of her face and pulled her hair over onto the pillow again. "Yes I am much better I'm still a little sore but nothing tore so I'll be okay." "It's been a long time since I was with a Virgin." "Oh I'm not a virgin Giles." "It's almost like you were. Let me see if I can give you what you need now." Giles started to make love to her again but he stayed with her breasts longer. He had noticed how it got her so charged up when he was sucking on her breast. Before going any further he reached back up to her lips and kissed her with a passion that she hadn't experienced in a long time.

He then started to travel down her body with a trail of kisses. He pushed her legs apart and found her center. Within a very short time she achieved an orgasm. Giles came back up to lay beside her again. She was still breathing heavily. She had her eyes closed as she enjoyed the feeling that she had just experienced.

"You know that they know exactly what we've been doing up here. We are going to have to put up with all of the jokes and teasing." "Why do you think they'll be making jokes about us?" "They will say 'Wow Buffy's Father and Angel's Mom were making out upstairs just like a couple of kids. Ewww.'" Mary laughed at him as she played with the hair on his chest and he played with her hair. It was so long and soft.

"You just let me take care of them. The teasing won't last long. Lets get up and face the music. Besides I want to go and check on my son and Wesley." They got up and dressed and made the bed together. "Where is my jacket?" "I believe that was the first article of clothing that came off. I believe it's in the elevator along with my coffee cup." They started walking to the elevator. While they were going down and before the doors opened Mary turned to Giles and kissed him. "I'll see you tonight in my bedroom. We have to keep it up (no pun intended) so that I don't shrink down again. It will go much better tonight. Do you agree to that arrangement?" He picked her up and kissed her. "That would be most agreeable." They were coming to the second floor so they separated. Mary went to Angel and Cordelia's room and Giles followed.

Dr. Martin knocked on the door. "Come in." Cordelia had answered.

She opened the door and Giles and Dr. Martin walked in. "How are we doing now." He woke up an hour ago but he went back to sleep again." Cordelia said. Dr. Martin lifted the covers and pulled them back. All signs of the burn marks were gone and the red sheen of new skin was gone also. Dr. Martin was curious as to why he wasn't awake and up yet.

"Why is he still sleeping, he should be awake by now." Dr. Martin said to no one in particular.

"Angel wake up, Angel get up." He didn't even flinch.

"I think I know why he isn't waking up. I was just about to feed Kathleen." Cordelia pulled down her straps to expose her breast. She already had Kathleen in her arms. "Uh I think I'll wait over here." Giles said. Dr. Martin and Cordelia looked at him. His face was red from embarrassment. "Stay there Giles I want you to see this. Watch Angels mouth. Kathleen is starting to nurse now." They were all watching Angel. His mouth started to move like he was sucking on something.

"If you put your finger to his mouth he'll start to suck on it." Dr. Martin tried it. Angel didn't actually grab her finger but it did encourage him to suck harder.

"Isn't that cute. He is somehow connected to Kathleen. I noticed last night that when Angel started moaning from the pain Kathleen would start fussing. When Angel went into a more sound sleep then Kathleen went back to sleep. Then one time he turned his head toward me and while I was nursing Kathleen I noticed his mouth moving like he was sucking on something just like Kathleen does. I think it's going to take more than calling him to wake him up."

"Can you help me turn him over Giles?" Dr. Martin showed him how they were going to do it. When they had him turned over she checked his eyes. They were both equal and reactive. She checked the rest of his body now that he was turned over. The black and blue marks and broken ribs appeared to be healed. Even the bullet wounds were healed.

"I am going to try calling him again. 'Liam me darling boy get up your Da needs you to come and help him with the milking.'" Angel sat up and rubbed his eyes. "I'm coming Mother, I'm coming." He swung his legs over and would of got up but Dr. Martin put her hand on him.

"Angel wake up." Dr. Martin said again. He looked at her. "How are you feeling?" "A lot better then I did last night. How is Wesley doing?" "He is doing pretty good. Willow was able to get a magical ointment recipe, from the healer in Sunnydale, to heal your burns. For everything else, except of course for the bullets, it seems that Angelus has been working overtime. You must be thinking of going after these Judges."

"Yes I am. Giles have you tried to find out where we were taken?" "Yes, Willow and I were working on it. We were ready when you and Wesley were returned. We used a spell to backtrack the trail that was left when you were returned." "Good do you know how to send me back there?"

"Yes we have that to. I presume that you intend to take Spike with you." "Yes. Now I think I would like to take a long soak in the whirlpool bath." "Don't stay in to long because it's almost time for dinner and I am sure your very hungry right now. Well see you downstairs." Giles and Dr. Martin left then and Angel made his way to the bathroom and started filling the whirlpool bathtub. As soon as it was filled he went to the bedroom and pulled Cordelia up and took her nightgown off. She walked into the bathroom while Angel pulled the bassinet over to the bathroom door then he slipped into the whirlpool bath with a sigh of contentment. Cordelia slipped in also.

Cordelia started to get out of the bath after she bathed Angel and herself. "Your getting out already?" "I'm going to get Kathleen so I can bath her also." Angel just sank down in the water. Every muscle in his body was hurting. He let the jets of warm water hit his body. Cordelia came back after a few minutes. "Whew this kid can put out some stinky stuff. I had to clean her up before we could bath her. I have the balcony doors open to air the room out." Cordelia gave her to Angel to hold while she got the soap and shampoo for Kathleen. She got back in then and started to bath her while Angel held his daughter. Cordelia had turned the jets of the whirlpool off so that the water wouldn't accidently go over her face. Angels hands were so big compared to Kathleen's tiny body that he easily handled her at the same time that he helped to bathe Kathleen.

As soon as they were done with her they got out of the tub. Cordelia wrapped her up in a large white towel while they dried themselves off. Angel went into the bedroom and closed the doors and drapes before Cordelia came in with Kathleen. Angel got dressed while Cordelia took care of her daughter. When she was done she wrapped her up again and left her on the bed while she dressed. It was the first time she had put any clothes on since she had delivered Kathleen. She still had to use one of her maternity blouses since her stomach was still too large for her regular clothes. But she didn't care she was just glad to get out of that nightgown.

They headed down to the first floor with the bassinet in tow. Fred and others were carrying in the food as they approached. "Hi guys. How are we feeling this morning." Fred put the food down and gave Angel a kiss and hug. "I'm doing a lot better." Angel looked over at Wesley. He looked tired like Angel felt. Wesley rose from his chair and Angel met him half way. They hugged for a minute or two then finally pulled apart after a couple of minutes. "How is my fellow inmate doing?" Angel asked. "Better but I'm sore all over. I feel like I just went through a race where I had to cross a mountain." "Me to, except I crossed the Rockies." "Did Dr. Martin take those bullets out yet?" "No not yet. I guess she had to wait for my back to heal first." They hugged again then Wesley went back to his chair. Cordelia went to her usual chair. Angel stopped by Willow and Tara and gave them each a kiss and hug and thanked them both for what they did.

"I could drink a horse I am so hungry." Angel said as he sat down after pulling the bassinet over to Cordelia. Fred had made tacos with beans and rice. For Angel she brought over a very rare filet mignon along with a large mug of warm blood. Fred sat down and they all dug in. After eating half of the steak Angel looked up and noticed that Giles and Dr. Martin were missing.

"Where is Giles and Dr. Martin?" Angel felt it was just an innocent, normal, everyday question and that's why he couldn't understand why they were all laughing so hard.

When Spike was able to stop laughing he told Angel, Cordelia, Wesley and Fred what had happened that afternoon. Angels mouth was still open when they saw Dr. Martin and Giles come down stairs. "Good evening everyone." Giles pulled Dr. Martins chair out for her and she sat down then Giles took his seat to her left. Everyone was looking at them. Giles started fixing himself some tacos and Dr. Martin did the same. When they were done filling up their plates they started eating.

Without even looking up Dr. Martin said "Cordelia would you close your husbands mouth for him." Angel closed his mouth.

After Dr. Martin finished one taco she stopped to take a sip of her coffee. Everyone was still staring at them. "Alright lets get this out in the open. Spike did you tell the rest what you heard Giles say to me when we were at the table this afternoon?" Spike didn't answer right away.

After a couple of minutes he answered her. "Yes but Buffy almost broke my arm when I didn't want to tell them." "Is that right Buffy?" Giles asked. Buffy looked down and played with her food. She answered in a low voice "Yes". "Does anyone have any objections to Giles and I having sex together? Because if you do then that is too bad. You were all paired up and Giles and I had to listen to all of you shaking the Hotel. Especially Spike and Buffy. Well after my failed joke on Mike I guess Giles realized that I was still human and I was still interested in sex."

"But Giles, and you, and Giles, and... I just never thought of Giles in that way." Buffy said.

"Your not supposed to think of Giles in that way. After all he is your foster father more or less. If you did think that way about him then I would say 'Ewww'." Everybody laughed. Dr. Martin took the time to finish off her other taco.

"Do you have a problem with Giles and I being together Angel?" "No Mam." Angel busied himself with the eating of the rest of his steak. He didn't want to be put in the center like Buffy had been.

"Uh can I ask one question though?" Angel asked after he finished chewing the meat he had stuffed in his mouth.

"Yes, go ahead."

"Is this a long term relationship or just a quick role in the hay or if this is going to be a long term relationship are you going to go and stay with him?"

"Well lets just say that it's for mutual companionship. Their isn't too much difference in our ages. Being with you kids, shall we say, makes us kind of hunger for more mature companionship. Although you, Spike and Hunter are much older than us your minds still work like the age that you look. So I think I can bundle you up with the rest." Dr. Martin just looked at everyone else but no one wanted to look at her. She wasn't sure if it was because they were embarrassed or they didn't want to start laughing.

"After my little joke with Mike failed I found that I was sexually aroused and I was open to Giles offer." "What happened with Mike?" Angel asked. He thought the earth shattering news was over but his mother was pulling another one out.

"You were still sleeping when Hunter and I checked you. I had spent the night on your couch and gave my room to Hunter and Mike. We waited to leave the room to discuss your progress. We were still talking when we arrived at my room so that I could change. Since Hunter said that Mike was in the shower when she left to come down to your room we stopped to knock on the door and make sure it was okay to go in. Mike was apparently back in bed and watching a game on the TV. Hunter asked him if he was decent and he said to come in. When we opened the door we found him in bed. And Mike, being a man, said the usual 'Okay ladies I'm ready, just be gentle with me I've never had two at the same time'. Hunter and I decided to teach him a lesson. I let it go as far as even undressing in front of him and getting into bed with them. Hunter was on his left and I was on his right. Fortunately for him he turned to Hunter first. I slipped out of the bed and was going to throw ice on him but since all of his attention was on Hunter I thought twice about it and just went to take a shower and I got dressed and left."

"You got into bed with him?" Angel was shocked that she would go so far.

"Angel Mike and I have known each other since collage. He was my OB/GYN so I can assure you that he wasn't seeing anything new. As I was saying, I came down stairs and apparently Giles picked up on those subtle pheromones. He made an offer and I decided it was time to get some for myself."

To every ones surprise especially Angel Dr. Martin reached over and put her hand on Giles and they reached for each other and kissed in front of everyone.

"Just in case you were wondering Buffy and Cordelia, Giles can match Angel centimeter for centimeter. Since I was as small as a virgin he was very gentle and considerate of me. He made sure that I got what I wanted also." She kissed Giles again. "Lets go for a ride Giles and get an ice cream cone." "That sounds good to me." Giles kissed her again. "That will give these kids all the time they want to talk about us. I am going to go and get my keys. I'll be right back." Giles pulled her chair out for her then waited by the table with his hands in his pocket. He had the biggest grin on his face that Buffy had ever seen.

Everyone's eyes turned towards the stairs. Dr. Martin had changed her clothes to a pair of white shorts and a sleeveless white blouse that she had tied at the waste. The top buttons had been left undone so that it showed her breasts off. She had her purse on her shoulders and her keys in her hands. She intended to give these people a show and for everyone to see exactly what Giles was getting. She went to him and put her arm around his waste. "Lets go Giles." Just as they were about to leave she came back over to Angel and put her arms around his neck.

"I forgot to answer your question my dear boy. Neither Giles or I know where this relationship will go. But I won't be leaving to go up to live in Sunnydale. Whenever I have an itch that has to be scratched all I have to do is get in my car and drive there and I am sure Giles will be more than willing to help me scratch it." She gave him a kiss on his cheek and then left with Giles.

When they got outside they started laughing so hard that they had to sit down by the stairs. "That was priceless. When you said 'Cordelia and Buffy Giles can match Angel centimeter for centimeter' I thought Buffy was going to crawl under the table." They continued to laugh some more. Then Giles got up and pulled Dr. Martin up then they went to her car and left for the Dairy Queen.

Everyone that was left at the dinning room was looking at Angel and Buffy. Angel was holding his head up with his hands. Angels head was hanging low as he stood up to leave. I think I am going upstairs Cordelia. He went upstairs real slow. Everyone picked up something and went into the kitchen while Fred started putting food away and Buffy started loading the dishwasher. When they were almost done they heard Angel come running down the stairs. He had a diaper bag on his shoulder and a coat for Cordelia.

"Where are you going Angel?" Wesley asked. "We are going to the Dairy Queen. They think their being pretty funny laying this on us so lets go and,and... Well I don't know what we are going to show them but I'm going to show them something." Cordelia followed him out to the car after he helped her put her coat on and she grabbed the blanket from the bassinet. They all looked at each other and dropped what they were doing and ran out to Wesley's SUV and Hunter and Mike got into his car. Spike and Buffy took their car.

They all followed Angel to the Dairy Queen that was two streets down. He spotted Giles and Dr. Martin sitting by her car. He almost didn't notice them because she was now wearing a long black coat. He pulled in right next to them then got out and went to the stand. Cordelia stayed in the mini van with Kathleen while Angel bought a vanilla ice cream cone for himself and a Chocolate Sunday for Cordelia. He went back to the van and opened the sliding side door where Cordelia could sit in the seat and Angel sat on the drivers seat. The rest came and did the same thing. Their wasn't too many people around because it was a little chilly outside. They all stood around Giles and Dr. Martin just eating their ice cream. No one was saying anything.

Finally Giles couldn't stand it any longer. "Did you feel that Dr. Martin needed protection Angel? Is that why you followed us?"

"Of course not Giles. Mom's suggestion of going to get ice cream sounded so good to Cordelia that she just had to have one also. You know that I always give Cordelia whatever she wants." "Yeah Giles and you know with Buffy being pregnant and all she just had a craving for Dairy Queen ice cream to. The rest are here because they thought that ice cream sounded so good that they just had to come also." No one said anything after that.

Dr. Martin finished up her ice cream cone that had been dipped in sprinkles. "Ready to go?" She asked Giles. "Yes lets go. I am thoroughly chilled to the bone now. It will be nice to get into a nice warm bed." "Mike you and Hunter can stay in my bedroom again. Giles and I will be going back up to room 412." "Why not just stay in Giles room." Mike asked.

"Too many ears that can hear everything going on. Which include my grandson. By the way Connor I haven't asked you if you have any objections with Giles and I being together?"

"Heck no Grandma. I'm happy for you that you finally have someone. Especially since you don't have to worry about getting pregnant." Connor went over and hugged his grandmother. Dr. Martin stood up and gave Connor a kiss on the cheek when he hugged her. Before she got into the car she turned to Angel. "No food or anything to drink after 12 midnight Angel. Hunter and I will be taking those bullets out tomorrow morning."

Dr. Martin and Giles got in the car then and left. When they left everyone looked at Connor and made kissing sounds.

"What? I am happy for her and you should be too Dad."

Angel just closed the side door and got back into the mini van and drove back to the hotel.

They were all about to leave when Hunter spoke up. "Hey guys I think we better stand back on this. It's not really all that funny to Angel. He is having a real problem with this. Deep down he sees Giles as a rival for his mothers love. Don't forget that it hasn't been too long since Angel and Mary had this mutual adoption. I think we had better back up on our teasing and let it go. I'll talk to Mary tomorrow." "I think your right Hunter. I think that Cordelia is thinking the same thing. Angel is an intelligent man but things like this go down deep. Let's go home. I don't know about the rest of you but I am freezing." Wesley put his arm around Fred and they got back into the SUV.

Dr. Martin and Giles arrived at the Hotel before Angel and Cordelia. Angel had been quiet all of the way home. As they went into the hotel Angel grabbed the bassinet and pulled it behind him and back to their room. Cordelia put Kathy on the bed and changed her. Angel made some hot tea for himself and Cordelia. They sat at the couch and Angel turned the TV on so they could watch the late night news. Cordelia made herself comfortable while leaning into Angels arm. He noticed milk coming out of the corners of Kathleen's mouth. Angel put his finger at the corner of her mouth and got some of the milk and tasted it. "Mmm, Mommy tastes sweet."

"You know Angel the time will come when Kathleen will have to go away to college or to study with someone that will teach her how to handle her visions. But whatever the reason will be she will always know that her Mommy and Daddy will always love her no matter how far she goes away or for how long she is gone. Even though we give so much of our love to each other she will come to understand that she has a special place in our hearts that can't be filled by anyone else but her. You need to go and talk to Mom so that your mind will be at ease tonight."

"I think your right. I know it's silly the way I feel. I felt terrible when my own son had to point out to me that I should be happy for her. I'll be back in a few minutes." He extricated his arm from behind her neck and left then to go upstairs.

He approached 412 quietly. He listened for any sound that said he should leave it until tomorrow. It was quiet so he knocked on the door. Giles answered it. "Oh, hello Angel are you looking for Mary?" "Yes, is she up here?" "Yes she is in the bathroom right now. Have a seat and I'll tell her you're here." Angel went in and took his usual chair while Giles went to the bathroom door and knocked on it. "You can come in Giles." "Mary, Angel is here to see you."

Dr. Martin quickly put her nightgown and robe on and came out. "I'll go downstairs and get some tea." Giles said as he left the room so they could have some privacy.

Dr. Martin sat in her usual chair also. She had a brush and was brushing her long hair. Angel hadn't said anything so she started it. "Did you want to talk to me about something Angel?"

"Yes, I wanted to apologize for acting like a selfish immature kid that wants his mother all to himself. I realized that I was feeling the same way about you that I felt for my biological mother. I tend to think of you as mine and no one else has a right to be with you because your all mine. Unfortunately that means that you can't have a life either. I apologize for holding on to you so tightly that I won't let you have a life of your own. I have no right to question you on what your doing. I think I was afraid of losing you like I lost my mother. I know it's illogical but that is the way that part of my mind works. Cordelia talked to me about it when we came home. She always has a way of explaining things to me that gets my attention and makes me understand how things are even though someone else has been telling me the same thing."

"Apology accepted. Angel Giles and I are just sharing some companionship right now. As my son I accept your right to know who I am seeing but not detailed information on what we are doing or what our plans for the future are. When I know where this relationship is going then I will choose when to tell you. I will always love you Angel and you will always have your own special place in my heart. I will never allow anyone to push you out of that special place. Just as you have a special place in your heart for Cordelia, Connor and now Kathleen. Each child born to you will make their own special place and no one can ever take that love away or push it out so they can take over that place."

They stood up together then and hugged each other. Angel kissed her on her forehead then left and went back to his bedroom. He saw Giles standing out in the hallway and he approached him.

"I want to apologize for acting the way that I did Giles. I have no right to say who Dr. Martin can see or be with. Please forgive my childish behavior." "That's quite alright Angel. I understand perfectly. And I want to thank you for getting me out of that court. When your ready I can give you all the information you need to go after them." "Thank you." Angel said and then he turned and went to his own room and his wife and daughter.

Giles went back into the room and found Mary already in bed. He turned the lights off and removed his robe and climbed into bed beside her. He put his arm around her and she nestled her head into his arm.

"How did it go with Angel if you don't mind my asking?" "He apologized for acting like a selfish child. He said 'I guess I was afraid of losing you so soon'. He said that Cordelia has a special way of talking to him that gains his attention and makes him understand what is happening and why he is wrong. Cordelia is a perfect partner for Angel. I thank God everyday that he gave her to him."

"Yes Cordelia has made a big difference in his life. I am constantly amazed at how much of a turnaround she has done. She was such a self centered young lady when she was in High School. From what Wesley tells me her change came about from her being cursed by a demon that made her see visions of people in trouble all at once. It kept on replaying in her mind over and over again so that it made her go temporarily insane. Angel was able to get his hands on a scroll that had a spell that would remove the curse. After that she purposely made an effort to change the way she treated other people. Ever since then Wesley said she has become a cornerstone for Angel Investigations."

"I shudder to think of the pain that either Angel or Cordelia will suffer when one loses the other. I pray that they will die together so that they don't have to suffer that pain. It's odd how we don't want our children to suffer any pain in their lives even though we know that it is part of life." "They will survive Mary just like we have." Mary was quiet for a long time. Giles thought she had fallen asleep. Then she looked up into his eyes.

"Make love to me Giles. I want to feel a physical love. I want to be loved. My heart becomes so heavy when I think of losing people and how we suffer when we lose someone that we love."

She reached up to his head and pulled it down so that she could reach his lips. Giles bent down and kissed her. He kissed her gently and she took his hand and placed it on her breast and he rubbed it and played with her nipple. Giles reached for her head so that he could pull her hair out from under her and place it on the pillow. His lips left her mouth and he started to kiss her ears and neck. He ran his hands across her breasts then down to her center between her legs. He played with her and did his best to take her mind off of her previous thoughts. He kissed her over and over again then went to her breasts and suckled at them. He cupped her right breast in his hands and sucked long and hard on it. She arched her back in the shear ecstasy of the feeling. He left the right breast and then did the same to the left. She moaned as he trailed his kisses down to her legs. He licked then kissed her inner thighs then reached for her central control. When he played with it with his tongue and sucked on it lightly she called out his name over and over again. She pulled him up into a sitting position and she reached for his erection. He was hard and ready to take her now which was what she wanted but she made him go down on his back while she straddled him. Mary wanted this feeling to last longer. She wanted to drown in it so that it would cover her completely as though she was sinking in water and all of her thoughts would be centered around it.

"Stay there and don't move." She said as she started to rain kisses all over his body. She started by putting her mouth on his and forced him to take her tongue in his as she played with him. Her lips left his and she placed a trail of kisses up his arm and then took his hand in hers and took each finger in her mouth and sucked on it. When she let go of his hand he reached for her breast but she pushed it away. "No touch." She said. Giles put his hand down and laughed. She ran her tongue down his chest and down to his groin. She repeatedly teased him by starting to go further down but would stop just above the line. When he started to jerk in anticipation of her mouth taking hold of him she went back up to his lips and kissed him.

"You're a naughty girl. Constantly teasing me." "You mean like this?" She placed his middle finger in her mouth and went up and down on it then licked the tip of it.

Giles grabbed her jaw and kissed her. "You wicked, wicked woman. I didn't know that x-nuns were so good at making love." "Not every x-nun is, only those that were married at one time." She pushed him back down again and started going down his chest again. As she approached the line again she raised her head and said "it's like riding a bike once you've learned you never forget." She took him into her mouth then and gave him a demonstration. When she felt him about ready to explode she slowed down and started kissing him again. Giles turned her over on her back and pushed her legs apart. She took hold of his large erection and played with him a little then guided him in. When he found resistance in the tightness of her vagina he whispered to her "Hold on, I'm going to do it all at once". He thrust himself inside of her all at once then pulled out carefully and pushed himself in her hard again. She held onto the sheets and told him 'Go ahead Giles do it I'm okay'. He did as she said and with drew from her almost all of the way then pushed himself in all of the way. He did this over and over again and faster until they both achieved that mountain peak together. He collapsed on top of her and she wrapped her arms around him and they both started to come down from that mountain peak. Mary rolled them both over with out letting him pull out. She wanted to continue to feel him inside of her as long as possible. She reached for the sheets and blanket and pulled them up and over them. They both fell asleep then and didn't wake until the next morning.

Mary had set the alarm for 7 A.M. so that they could operate on Angel to remove the bullets.

She woke up and kissed Giles. He opened his eyes and kissed her back. "Good morning." "Good morning my stud muffin." Giles laughed at her name for him. "Don't repeat that outside of this room or I'll never hear the end of it." "Yes my big and I do mean big tall stud muffin." She laughed at the look he gave her. As she sat up in bed she reached for the phone and called Angels room. Angel answered.

"Good morning Angel can I speak to Cordelia please?" "Sure Mom she's right here." Angel gave her the phone. "Good morning Mom." "Good morning Cordelia, are you two just getting up." "Yes and no. I've been up for the past 15 minutes taking care of your Godchild. I was just sitting nursing her. I'm starting to produce milk now." "That's good. Warn Angel not to shake her up too much because the milk will come out of her mighty easy. I am calling to tell you that I want you to shave Angel like you did when we had to operate on his foot except this time he isn't going to like where you have to shave. But look to where all of the bullet holes are and give me at least a 6 inch clearance of hair all around each bullet hole. The bullet holes on his groin means that you have to shave all of the pubic hair. Use an electric shaver then some Nair. Be very careful on how long you leave it on and don't let it touch his testicles or it could burn the skin. The skin there is very sensitive and can burn easily. Tell him I want him down stairs by 10 A.M. Bye."

She called her room then and told Hunter that she wanted to start by 10 A.M. "Does Mike want to help or shall I tell Spike that well need him." She could hear Hunter calling to Mike to see if he wanted to help. She was back on the phone in just a few seconds. "Mike said he'll help." "Okay I'll meet you downstairs for breakfast and we can discuss what were going to do. Bye."

Mary heard Giles in the shower and decided to join him. By 8:45 they were on their way downstairs. While they were in the elevator Giles asked her "Mary, how do you know that Angel and I are a match centimeter for centimeter. You couldn't know that just by seeing him or him entering you just once. At least not in the state of mind you were in."

"I'll tell you tonight but right now I need to keep myself in the right frame of mind. Okay?" "Yes I understand. I'll get our breakfast. What would you like, a couple of fried or scrambled eggs and toast?" Giles asked her as he put his arms around her waist and kissed her. The elevator doors opened and they parted. "That sounds good to me. I am going to go into the clinic and get things situated."

Giles was the first one in the kitchen so he started the big coffee maker. He started some sausages going first and set the table with sugar, cream and silverware. By the time Mary came over Hunter and Mike were coming down the stairs. Giles threw on some more sausages and then brought Mary and his breakfast over to the table.

"Good morning." Mary and Giles. "Good morning." Both Dr. Martin and Giles answered. Dr. Martin reached into her pocket and took out a ring of keys and gave it to Mike.

"Here is the key to the drug cabinet Mike. Would you give Angel something to make him sleep for the next few hours or so as soon as he comes down. If he isn't unconscious by the time we get in there then we will have to get Willow to give him some of her magic powder again."

"Why, has he become resistant to the usual drugs?" Hunter asked.

"Yes, when they crucified him last year he had a real hard time healing. Angelus was giving him only a minimum amount of help. When he was out of surgery his temperature almost hit 108. He went into seizures and we had to pack him in ice to get his temperature down. He had lost almost all of his blood when they crucified him and I didn't replace it until after the surgery to repair him was over. I took his vitals before we put him on the couch and started to give him blood. When I saw that his temperature was going up I gave him some heavy duty antibiotics and I let Spike continue to monitor him with instructions to call me if it continued to go up. I laid down on the couch in Angels office and I think I was able to sleep for maybe 15 minutes when Spike called me. His temperature was continuing to go up and the antibiotics were having no affect on him. That's when I told Wesley that we had to put him in ice or we were going to lose him."

"Didn't Angelus help him to heal at all?" Hunter asked. She had never come across a Vampire whose demon didn't make him heal within minutes.

"That's another story that I will have to tell you another time but now we need to find out why he's not down here yet. I told Cordelia to shave all of his pubic hair and he is probably fighting with her about it. Gunn had his appendix out and told him how irritating it was when it grew back. I think I'll go and see what is holding him up." Mary got up to go and check on Angel. As she started up the stairs Angel and Cordelia came out of the elevator with the bassinet in tow.

"What took you so long?" Dr. Martin asked.

"He didn't want me to shave near Junior but I finally talked him into it." Cordelia was laughing.

"It wasn't funny. She had to use the scissors before she could use the electric shaver." "Okay, okay lets get going you big baby. Mike is going to put you under." "Why do you have to put me out, just cut them out I can feel almost all of them when I touch the scars. You know that I can take it." Angel seemed to be very irritable today.

"Angel just do as I say please. Go and get on the table and let Mike put you under. I have my reasons." Angel went into the clinic. Cordelia could see that he wasn't exactly a happy camper.

Dr. Martin and Hunter went back to the dinning room table. Cordelia brought the bassinet over to them and put Kathleen in it then went to get her breakfast. She brought back two soft boiled eggs and a slice of toast. She sat down and started in on her breakfast.

"Giles, I don't mean to sound rude but I can't think of any other way of saying it, if your done with your breakfast could you go some place else so that we can have some girl talk?" Cordelia asked. "Sure, I am going to check on Angel." As soon as Giles left Cordelia turned to Dr. Martin.

"How long do I have to wait before Angel and I can have sex?"

"That's all up to you Cordelia. From my own experience it took me at least a week before I even had the strength for it. But everyone is different. Why, do you think that is why he is so irritable this morning?" "Yes, with that and on top of everything else he hasn't had time to meditate at all. I think what he really needs is to go out and kill a few dozen demons." Cordelia finished off her toast then and drank some of her coffee.

"What about exercise for me? When can I start?" "You can start with light exercise today if you want. But as soon as you start hurting it's time to stop. This is definitely not the time for 'No pain, no gain'. You kept yourself in pretty good condition throughout your pregnancy so it shouldn't be to hard on you to get back into shape. Your producing milk now right?" "Yes it started just yesterday." "Let me take a look at your nipples." Cordelia opened her blouse and took the flap of the nursing bra down. Dr. Martin examined her nipples. They were starting to show a little toughening of the skin but no cracking or irritation. When she was done Cordelia covered herself up again. "Okay Cordelia your doing fine. Lets go Hunter and see if my boy is ready yet."

The doctors went into the clinic and found Angel sleeping nice and peaceful. "No problems putting him under?" Dr. Martin asked. "No, no problems." Dr. Thompson answered. "Okay then lets get started."

Cordelia sat out in the lobby with Kathleen and Giles. Everyone else but Fred and Wesley came down while they were operating on Angel. They went to the dining room and kitchen to fix their breakfast.

Fred and Wesley were still in bed. Wesley woke up feeling a lot better and had started to make love to his wife. This time though Fred pulled away from him. "I want to watch something first Wes. Can you hold that thought for awhile?" Fred went to the heater and turned it up a little. It was a little cold today in L.A. so Fred was cold. She had a heavy nightgown on and sox. For some reason Wes thought she was so cute all bundled up and looking like a little girl. She pulled the quilt off of the bed and pulled Wes with her. She turned the TV and VCR on then sat down with Wesley on the couch. "Okay what are we going to see?"

"Something that was suggested to me by a close friend that new I was having a problem with something." "Your being very mysterious Fred what's up?"

As soon as the film started Wesley knew what it was. They watched it as Cordelia performed a strip tease for Angel and then as he made love to her and she reciprocated his love making. Fred started kissing Wesley. He started to put his hand on her and she grabbed one hand and pushed it into the back of the couch then she took the other and did the same.

"Don't move them. No matter what happens, don't move them." She proceeded with her lovemaking. Fred made love to Wesley in all of the ways that Lilah used to. 'Now I have the perfect wife' Wesley thought to himself. When she was done and Wesley had recovered he pulled his hands out from the back of the couch and picked her up and took her to the bed. He then proceeded to give her the oral sex that he had been wanting to do. Fred reached the highest peak of an orgasm that she had ever experienced before. Wesley slid up beside her when he was done.

"I don't know why I was so nervous about doing what we just did. Cordelia was right. I'll have to get something for her in thanks." "What are you talking about?" "All I am going to say is that we owe all of this to Cordelia. You can prove how much you liked what I did by getting Cordelia the flowers that match your enjoyment of our lovemaking this morning. Lets go down stairs before everyone starts wondering if something happened to us."

When Fred and Wesley came down they found everyone sitting around the lobby. Dr. Martin and Hunter were just coming out of the clinic. They still had their surgical scrubs on and were talking a mile a minute.

"How is Angel?" Cordelia asked. "Can I go and see him?"

"He is still sleeping but you can go and sit with him. It will give Dr. Thompson a break." Dr. Martin answered. "Where there any problems?" Wesley asked as he stood up. "He did just fine. We were able to extract five of the bullets without any problems." Hunter answered this time. "What do you mean you extracted five, what happened to the 6th bullet." Hunter and Dr. Martin went and sat down at two of the chairs in the lobby. Dr. Martin called out for Cordelia. When she came in Dr. Martin told her to come and sit down with them.

"Is their something wrong Mom." "Cordelia we had a small problem when we went to get the 6th bullet. It wasn't where it was supposed to be. We had to do further cutting to try and find the bullet. It's a good thing I had you do such a thorough job of shaving Cordelia because it was a bullet that was by the hip bone and we had to cut more to the center to get the bullet. Well everything worked out okay but we had to work around the muscles that his body uses quiet frequently. Hunter, Mike and I talked about this and we think he will be okay. I think that Angelus is going to make sure he heals real fast. Cordelia make sure you let me know if you notice anything wrong. He may not want to tell me. Men being what they are that is, and that is it. Cordelia would you tell Mike that Hunter and I are going upstairs to my room to clean up and change and that he is to stay down here until I come down."

Dr. Martin and Hunter went upstairs then. Cordelia went to pick up Kathleen who was now awake. She changed her then went into the clinic. Angel was sitting up and Mike was checking the incisions where they took the bullets out. He could see the lines of healing electricity running across the incisions.

"I knew you must be awake since Kathleen was awake." Cordelia said as she came in and took a seat next to Angel.

"What do you mean you knew I must be awake because Kathleen was awake?" "Angel you have some kind of connection with Kathleen. When you were sleeping the other night I noticed that whenever you started moaning in your sleep from the pain Kathleen would wake up and fuss a little. When you went into a deep sleep she would go back to sleep also." "I might of just woke her up with the noise I was making." "I thought that also at first but later on when she woke up for me to change her and feed her you turned your head towards me when I sat back down and as Kathleen started nursing your mouth started moving just as though you were nursing also. I put the side of my finger to your mouth like you've seen me do with Kathleen and you started sucking on my finger."

Angel took his daughter into his arms. He just stared at her for awhile. "If she can sense my mind then I think are little girl will learn much faster then a normal child of her age." He gave his daughter a kiss on her forehead then took her little hands in his and kissed them. He turned to Cordelia with nothing but love in his eyes for her and kissed her also.

Wesley and Connor came in to see if Angel was awake yet. "Well your looking okay. Are you ready to go after our judges and jailors." Wesley asked. "No not yet, I need to get some exercise in to get in shape. Right now I don't think I could take even Connor here." Angel gave Kathleen back to Cordelia and slid down off of the table. He would of landed on his knees if Wesley and Connor hadn't been their. The movement stretched his freshly healed groin muscle and it caused some pain. He got up slowly this time.

"That should teach you a lesson to take it easy today." Mike said as he got up to look at his pager that had just gone off.

"Well I hope that the ladies are done because I have to go and change. The stork is hovering over another one of my ladies and I have to get going. I'll see you later tonight." "Thanks Dr. Thompson for all of your help." Angel said. "Any time Angel." He left to go upstairs then. Mike knocked at the door. Their was no answer so he opened the door carefully. "Anyone here?" No answer. He went in and got dressed then left. He had an idea where they were since he didn't see them. Hunter had talked to him about her life and how she was thinking about how Angels was going since he had excepted God in his life now. She had spoken to Mary once before and he was pretty sure that they were up in Mary's makeshift psychiatric office. He quickly left and went to his car and onto the new baby.

"I think I'll go to my room for the afternoon. Is their some blood in the refrigerator up their for me." Angel asked Cordelia as he tried a few steps more carefully.

"Yes I put some in their just last night." It took Angel a long time but he finally made it. He was holding onto his groin as he sat down on the bed. Connor helped him take his robe off and then to lie down. Cordelia had laid Kathleen on the bed and made Angel his mug of blood.

"Could you get the bassinet for me Connor?" Cordelia asked. "Sure I'll be right back." Fred came up with Connor. "Here you go." "Thanks Connor. I think Angel will sleep for awhile now. He'll probably want to work out later today so you better rest up also." Connor left then. Fred called Cordelia over to her bedroom where Buffy was waiting also.

When she came into Fred's room she came and sat on the bed by Buffy. "What's up Fred?" Cordelia asked.

"I did it Cordy. Your advice worked and we did it." Fred fell backwards on the bed. She had a big smile on her face.

"How was it?" Buffy asked. "It was beautiful. I don't think I've ever flown so high." Fred sat up and hugged Cordelia and Buffy. "After I gave the Fred special to Wesley he gave me the Wesley special." Fred laughed. "After we were done I couldn't remember why I was so nervous about having sex like that."

"Now you can go onto role playing." Buffy said. "Role playing, what is that?" Fred asked.

"You and Spike do that?" Cordelia asked. "Oh yeah, he has quiet an imagination. His favorite one is Zorro." Cordelia and Fred laughed. "You'll have to tell me what you guys do later but I have to go and be with Angel. He needs to sleep for the next couple of hours and he sleeps better when I am with him. I'll see you girls later tonight. Could you and Fred go and get me another bassinet. I need one to be downstairs and one up stairs. That way then we won't have to drag the one back and forth. Fred has the agency credit card. I'll see you girls later." Cordelia returned to her room. Angel was asleep and holding onto Kathleen. She closed the door behind her, got undressed and slipped in beside her daughter and Angel. She took the blanket off of her daughter and pulled the covers over all of them then went to sleep.

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TBC...