Chapter 2
The Former
Disclaimer: Ryan and Sarai are mine, everything else belongs to Joss.
A/N: You all have no idea how happy your reviews made me! Thanks! Please, you're all welcome to leave more at the end of this chapter :) Oh yeah, and since there are two Sarai's in this chapter, when ever just plain Sarai is referred two as speaking then it's the Sarai that you all know and (hopefully crosses fingers) love, but whenever 'former Sarai'/ 'younger Sarai' ect, is mention then it's the Sarai from season 4.
"What? Huh? What's going on?" Lorne asked, as he stared at the two Sarai's and the strange teenage boy in the hotel.
"I was just about to say that." Angel stated. Just then, former Sarai grabbed her future self by the throat and slammed her against the main desk in the lobby.
"Who are you!" she demanded angrily, causing Ryan to raise his eyebrows at the sight of his girlfriends former rage.
"Relax." Sarai said pushing her younger self off her. "I'm you, dumbass."
Ryan laughed. "You just called yourself a dumbass" he pointed out.
"You're Sarai?" Wesley questioned, walking through the Hyperion door, along with the rest of the team.
"No, I'm really not. Its just some strange freakish coincidence that we look exactly alike." Sarai retorted sarcastically, noticing, that along with herself and Ryan, her mini backpack she had next to her on the couch of the penthouse got transported to and was now on the lobby floor.
"How did you two get here?" Angel asked.
"I'll let you answer that one, Pinky." Ryan said.
"I'm not Pinky. I'm The Brain. You're Pinky because my idea was good so it must've been something you did that messed me up." Sarai said defensively. That is, before she started to laugh hysterically. "WOW. I can't believe I was falling for this." she then said in between laughs.
"Fell for what?..." The other Sarai questioned.
"You. This. I get alright. I'm being Punk'd or something. Haha. You guys almost had me. So, how'd they get you to look like me?" Sarai asked, assuming that this was all some twisted joke, the kind she usually enjoyed playing on her friends and family.
"Ok, I don't know what a 'Punk'd' is, or who you are, or what your talkin' about. So you better start explaining." Gunn said.
"Guys, I figured it out. And don't worry I'm not mad at you all and there won't be any payback. It was actually a pretty good scam. With the faulty spell and all. I knew he was gonna get me back for last week, I just never knew he was this clever."
"Who want's to get you?" Gunn asked.
"Doyle, of course." she said simply, causing Angel and Cordelia to stare at her even more and listen harder. "So really, what'd he do to get you guys to go along with this?"
"Who ever you are, this isn't funny anymore. Doyle's been dead for years." the look on Angel's face as he said this made Sarai finally realize without a doubt that this was no joke.
"Oh." she said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this was the past. I-I thought it was some joke."
"The past?"
"We're from late 2004." Ryan stated.
"A-and Doyle's alive then?" Cordelia questioned rather hopefully as everyone sat down.
Sarai nodded.
"So, how did ya'll get here from the future?" Fred asked.
"I tried to do a spell and well, I guess I did it wrong." Sarai answered. Angel took careful notice that the tone of her voice was more relaxed and innocent then he'd ever heard from the other Sarai sitting with them.
"What was the spell for?" Fred once again asked.
"Lazyness." Ryan answered, causing Sarai to nod slightly and chuckle.
"I was trying to make a pizza...magically. Without going through the ordering process." she explained.
"And who are you?" former Sarai questioned looking at Ryan, having a strange attraction to the boy.
"I'm Ryan."
"Sarai's boyfriend?" Cordy guessed, causing Angel's face to twitch at the mention of the 'B' word, much like it does in the future.
"No." Sarai lied. "No, he's just a friend. Not my boyfriend." then, she got her 'evil' look on her face which made Ryan sink lower and lower in his seat, knowing and fearing what she was leading up to. "I do have a boyfriend though. And you know him Cordelia. So do you." she said looking at Angel. "You know him very well actually."
"Who is it?" Angel asked curiously.
"Spike." she answered casually, causing Angel to go threw the roof.
"WHAT THE HELL!!!!! Y-YOU...Y-YOU AND S-S-S-PIKE!! No, no, no, no, this can't...NO! Not him, not that and my little baby...oh no. Never. This can't be." Angel yelled as he threw a chair at a wall, on the verge of losing all mental clarity.
Sarai was laughing so hard she fell off the chair she was sitting on "Its not." she confessed. "I knew that would cause you to totally freak out. I was just screwin' wit you. Calm down."
Angel looked like he want to kill someone. 'Well at least I know she can laugh.' he told himself. "That's a horrible thing to do to me." he told her.
"Yeah, but its fun."
"Ah...can we get back to the matter at hand here?" Lorne asked.
"Shut up, demon" younger Sarai said to Lorne. This didn't make older Sarai happy. No one is mean and disrespectful to her 'Lorney Tunes', not even her.
"Hey, watch it!" Sarai warned her former self, shocking everyone but Ryan.
"Oh, don't tell me I become a demon lover." the younger one scoffed.
"No, you just become less of a bitch then Bitchy, the Vampire Slayer." Sarai replied bitterly, causing Cordy, Angel and Wesley look and raise their eyebrows at her.
"Do you mean Buffy?" Cordy asked.
"Well I sure as hell don't mean Faith."
"That's cause you worship her." Ryan muttered.
"I do not worship her. I just like her is all."
"You and Faith are friends? Well....that makes sense." Wesley said.
"A; shut up. B; she's not an insane psycho killer anymore." Sarai answered.
"So, why don't we do some research, figure out how to send you two back." Angel suggested, pleased at the fact that both Faith and Sarai appear to be in a better situation in the future.
"Sure, let me just go put this away. Thanks for lettin' me barrow it too, its pretty cool." Gunn said holding up his fire gun that Angel lent him.
"Words of advice; never use one of those to make a Grilled Cheese...it never goes well." Sarai advised. "Not that I've ever tried it.....five times....." she added sheepishly after everyone in the room, including Ryan, stared at her. "Yes, yes I know what you're thinking; magic time travel pizza and flame gun sandwiches, I have the culinary skills of Britney Spears' restaurant. I'm aware of that."
"Who's Britney Spears?" younger Sarai asked.
"Life pre-Britney knowledge, such a simpler time in some ways." Sarai sighed before heading off to the bathroom.
A little while later everyone was researching spells but eventually it became to much for Sarai. She never really thought about her past when she hated everyone, sometimes it didn't even seem like it really happened considering how close she was with -some- of them now, especially her father. Usually when Sarai was stressed out she'd go to Angel to make her feel better but since she couldn't do that this time she decided she'd take a shower instead.
"Here are some towels." Angel said to Sarai handing her two towels in one of the empty rooms with a working bathroom.
"Thanks." She said politely before heading into the bathroom.
Angel just stood in the room for a minute and smiled. A part of him wasn't completely sure that the girl he just talked to was in fact Sarai because she was so completely different from the girl he knew. The Sarai he new was dark, angry, cold and depressed but this 'future' Sarai was happy, funny, laid back and....quirky to say the least. He couldn't help but wonder if that was an act or if she was like that all the time and he really wanted to find out. If there was one thing Angel knew it was that a guy should never go into a girls bag without asking because it usually led to yelling and name calling and in one incident Darla tried to stake him, but he couldn't help himself. He picked up Sarai's bag that was on a chair and quietly went through it.
The contents of the bag consisted of a hairbrush, gum, a strange device with headphones (or an MP3 player to anyone who isn't Angel), a tampon (which Angel very carefully avoided going near), a wallet and two pieces of paper. Paper #1 looked like this:
Sarai's List Of Most Favorite People:
'10. Cordy; For obvious reasons.'
'9. Willow; super nice and smart...and fun to talk to online'
'8. Fred; Super nice and smart....and knows all the best places for Taco's'
'7. Doyle; Funny, funny guy...'(of course Angelved seeing that name on the list.)
'6.Harmony/Spike; Both fun to hang with and Spike is just completely funny and awsome.' (Angel had to read that one several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things... but wished he was.)
'5.Dawn; One of the greatest best friends to have.' (Angel wondered if in fact she meant Summers, and kinda hoped she did because for some reason he liked the idea of them being friends.)
'4. Lorne/Faith; Lorne's Nifty/ Faith is just COOL. '
'3. Gunn/ Ryan; Gunn's fun and cool/ Ryan is hot and the best boyfriend ever!' (Angel tried as best he could to block out the Ryan part.)
'2. Mom; cause she's mom.' (That confused Angel a bit.)
'1. Daddy; cause he's Daddy.' (Angel smiled widely seeing his name in the #1 spot.)
And the spot for the greatest Doggy ever goes to Skittles of course.
The second Paper read like this:
Sarai's List Of Most Hated People:
'10. Cordy; For obvious reasons.'
'9. Mr. Summers; He makes Dawn sad. I don't like that. No wonder why she's constantly staying at my house or Spikes.' (Angel agreed with Sarai there and felt bad for Dawn.)
'8. Every single teacher that believes in giving home work on Fridays....and all Math teachers....cause Math and Weekend HW are the ultimates E-V-I-L / B-O-R-I-N-G.' (Angel laughed at that.)
'7. Andrew; LOSER'
'6. Drusilla: crazy-freak.'
'5. Giles- Arrogant-rude-poopyhead...which is far to much like Wesley's personality. Despite what Willow keeps trying to tell me.'
'4. Xander; Loser. He thinks he's funny but he's really not.' (He knew he shouldn't, but when Angel read that, he felt proud.)
'3. Buffy; Mean. Whiny. Self-Involved. Slutty. Be-yatchy.' (Angel wasn't too pleased with that.)
'2. Wesley; Once again, I don't need to explain. The reasons are obvious.'
'1. Holtz; Too many reasons to name. I really don't think I need to get into it.' (Angel started to mentally curse at the sight of that name.)
Angel was too busy trying to think of what 'obvious' reasons could've landed Cordelia on both lists that he didn't even notice he wasn't alone anymore.
"Looking for something?" Sarai asked, making it known she was out of the shower.
"Oh-hi-ah-I..." Angel tried to explain. Tried.
"Don't worry. I'm not mad. You already know most of what's in there where I'm from. I got nothing in there to hide. Since ya know, I keep the pot hidden under my bed." Sarai said causing Angel to look up at her shocked and horrified. "I'm kidding. I swear the only pots in my room are filled with plants that I keep forgetting to water." She assured him, right before she went back to playing with his mind. "Besides, pots weak stuff, crack is more my thing." Angel was once again horrified. "I'm joking about that too."
"Will you stop scaring me like that?" Angel asked.
Sarai giggled in response. "But you make it far to easy....and fun."
Meanwhile downstairs Ryan was talking to the younger Sarai.
"So, you like that weapon?" Ryan asked, regarding the sword she was holding.
"Yeah, its easy to stab things with." She responded with no emotion. Which he found disturbing.
"That's.....great. So, what do you do for fun?"
"Kill demons."
Ryan just gave her an awkward smile as a response. Sarai had told him before about how she used to be, but seeing it for himself was freaking him out. He was basically feeling the exact opposite of Angel. He was used to the happy and insane (but in a semi-good way) Sarai not the depressed and psycho Sarai.
"So what's the up?" Sarai said coming down the stairs with Angel right behind her.
"You make no sense when you speak." Her former self pointed out.
"Shut up. I make plenty sense. I'm older then you, so I know what makes sense and what doesn't."
"Yeah well, you also like the demon." Younger Sarai said coldly, glaring at Lorne. The next thing she knew her future self slapped her across the face. And as much as Angel hated to admit it, he slightly enjoyed seeing it.
"You have no idea about anything. I don't like you." Sarai stated getting a therapeutic feeling in being able to confront her former self.
"I don't know anything?" The younger Sarai snapper standing face to face with her other self. :I DON'T?!"
"No, you don't! Your mind is too narrow at this point in time. Trust me."
"Is this the spell?" Fred asked walking over to Sarai, trying to interrupt the fight.
Sarai looked at the book. "Actually it is." Sarai tried to take the book from Fred but as soon as she touched it a light flashed and Sarai and Ryan disappeared.
TBC
A/N: Up next; Season 3. And they'll be more Sarai/Ryan/group interaction. Until then, feel free to review on this chapter. :)