The Things We Do.
Chapter 2
Authors note
Hello? Is any one reading this story? If so please review...
No one moved, seconds seemed to stretch for days Gunn would never believe a vampire let alone a master vampire could faint. Before any of his crew could move Angel was hovering over her, his axe clattering across the floor.
'What the...' Wesley stared at the tall vampire carrying a blond girl like she was the most prized thing in the world.
'Wesley call Willow I want her here now'
'But...'
'NOW WESLEY!' cowed into obedience he reached for the address book as Cordy leaned to his shoulder
'I'll find out what's going on.' She had to half run to catch up with the vampire.
Angel gently put her down in his bed. His Kathy was alive how or why he didn't know or care. With an odd mix of pure joy and pure despair he started to cry. He didn't even notice when Cordelia came in. Wordlessly she sat next to him offering a shoulder to cry on.
Flashback
Kathy knelt in her room. Father had nailed crosses and garlic to the door, walls and windows. With Liam dead, probably from the same monster that was killing everyone in town, Father was the only person that could protect her.
Picking up one of the crosses she climbed to the foot of her bed. 'Oh Lord please help us. Save us with your mercy. Oh heavenly ghost protect us from the beast. Amen.' With tears in her eyes she got in bed, clutching the crucifix tightly.
'Kathy. Kathy? Are you still awake?' she flew out of bed and opened the windows. In the street stood Liam, her dead brother. 'He heard you, I heard you too. Sweet Kathy, I'm here to help.'
'Y... you're an Angel!' She squeaked out.
He smiled, It was a cold thing and the mirth behind his eyes should have warned her but she was so happy to see her brother again that she didn't see the danger. 'You have to let me in, I can't walk through walls you know.'
'Quickly, Father's in the dinning room if he sees you...'
'Yes we must also be quiet.' He replied. She closed the window and ran almost quietly to the back door, fortunately Father was still hammering crosses on the walls so he couldn't hear her open the door.
Thoughtlessly she flung herself at Liam 'My brother, my Angel!' he picked her up in cold arms and hugged her tightly. A horrible sound came from him but before she could turn her head something sharp sank into her neck and a warm flush spread to her neck. Unable to move she simply fell asleep.
Flashback ends
'So what happened next?' Angel had just finished the story after he killed all his family and Cordy always wanted to hear the end of a story.
'As Darla and I left I noticed that Kathy wasn't dead yet. Just to see if I could I cut my wrist and let her drink. She didn't take a lot before she died. Neither myself or Darla thought it worked and we left the bodies and the town for England, to meet with the Master. She must have woken up and killed for the last 200 years.'
'Don't be sorry Liam, I survived.' She was sat up looking at him.
'Liam! LIAM!!!' Cordy burst out laughing.
'My human name. Kathy, Liam's dead and I want to leave him like that. I chose a new name after I killed you.'
'A new name? Why?'
'Liam was wastrel and a drunkard, I became a first class killer so I changed my name to the one you gave me.'
She looked at him for a moment remembering. 'Angel? Wait Angelus the scourge of Europe! I'm related to the most violent and evil vampire ever. Cool! Hang on,' she jumped out of the bed and backed into a wall, 'didn't you, like, get a soul and were cursed to spend the rest of your un-life staking our kind as a champion?'
'Yes.'
'Well then, I'm sorry Angel but I'm going to have to stake you now.' The fight, if you could call it that, lasted two seconds. Kathy jumped ready to punch Angel in the face. He stepped back and to his right. When she passed him in mid air he pushed her into the wall. She got up only to be kicked in the face. Angel almost broke down again as she fell unconscious.
Willow opened the door to the Hyperon and let Tara go in first .Wesley and Cordelia were behind the desk talking about something. 'Hello?'
'Oh hello. Welcome to Angel inv...,' Cordelia stopped mid sentence, 'Willow?'
'Hi Cor, hi Wesley. This is Tara.'
'Urm. H, hello. It really is, um, g, good to meet you' Tara stammered and then smiled.
Cordelia smiled and glanced at Wesley. She flashed a slightly scared, friendly smile 'Hello to you too. So how do you know Willow here?'
After a few nervous glances the shy blond sort of smiled again. Looking at her feet she murmured 'I err help Willow with spells and Scooby stuff and other stuff.'
In the uncomfortable silence that followed Angel jumped down from the gallery and hopped over the counter, scaring all four humans gathered in the foyer. Walking around the desk he barely noticed their reaction. 'Hi Willow, who's your friend?' he didn't turn, just kept on walking up the stairs and back to his room trying to open a flask of blood.
It wasn't long before Cordelia brought the two witches up to speed and all four were outside Angels room. When they were let in Angel looked haggard and in a lot of pain. In the other room his younger sister was chained to the wall once again asleep. 'Each time she wakes up she tries to stake me' he said in way of explanation.
'Its okay Angel its okay. Willows here now she can help...' Cordelia comforted him. 'This is Tara, she's another witch, here to help Willow.'
'Pleasure to meet you, guys she won't drink.' He gestured to the flask of blood and a broken glass in the corner.
'It'll all be alright I'll stay here with you while Wesley takes them out for supplies.' With a quick nod the three walked out and almost ran to the car while Cordelia stayed and talked to Angel.
Kathy tried desperately to shake lose but the chains held firm. After a few moments of rattling the dark haired woman came back in. 'I see your awake. I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Cordelia, your Kathy. I work with Angel.'
'What he didn't want to stake me himself, killing me once was enough,' she snorted ' who'd have thought the great Angelus was that squeamish.'
'Angel doesn't want you dead. He wants to help you, any way he can. And that's what we're going to do.'
'You don't know him do you, Liam was never a great hero back home it was said that he knew every street walker and harlot in town by their first names. He was thrown out of every pub in walking distance, usually on the same night.'
'Yes and Angelus killed more Europeans than the plague, tried to end the world and had a rep that still frightens the socks off full grown demons. Neither of them are him Angel is a champion and if he is able to save you then he will, not for his sake but for yours.'
'What's he going to do?'
'You'll see.'
Willow and Tara sat cross legged and faced each other. Wesley and Cordelia were waving some burning sticks that smelt weird. For Gunn this was strange, given that demons and vamps were real magic wasn't that much of a leap. But if you told him this time last year that he would be helping a vampire re-soul his little sister with two witches he would have laughed in their face and then punched them for the insult.
That little glass ball was glowing, with the soul of the little vamp upstairs. He wondered what if they could have done this for his sister before he had to stake her. No, she would still be a vampire. Living of blood and death not something either of them could live with, but Angel did and with his help so could his sister.
The glowing ball flared for a second and then vanished just before the two witches collapsed.
The plan was for this to have multiple endings and you, the reviewer, chose which one I post first. Unfortunately no one has reviewed and this little story will stand mute. I'd welcome the flames from hell if I knew that some one was actually reading this story instead of it just taking up space.
Before you ask according to the shows cannon Liam did have a little sister called Kathy, If you don't believe me watch the season one episode, "The Prodigy" and she was the one to invite him in. I just expanded on that idea.
The multiple endings. If you do review state which ending you would like: 1)Sad, 2)Bitter sweet, 3)Happy. Thanks
