Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel belong to Joss Wheldon and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit belongs to Dick Wolf. The story title doesn't belong to me either. It's from the song Remember When It Rained by Josh Groban. Please don't sue me, I'm completely and utterly broke and it's for entertainment purposes only.

Timeline: post-season 7, Buffy, post-season 4, Angel and during season 6, L&O: SVU

Rating: PG-13 (T for those not used to the new rating system)(R or M in later chapters) for violence and swearing

Categories: Horror, Drama, Angst, Action/Adventure

Main Character(s): Buffy, Elliott, Olivia, Dawn

Pairing(s): Elliott/Olivia, Elliott/Joyce (a little bit!), Buffy/Spike, Willow/Xander, Angel/Cordelia, Fred/Wesley

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay! I was busy with work and my computer crashed so I wasn't able to upload the chapter. But anyway, this is chapter three and I hope you enjoy this one. Please review and no flames please.

Summary: After an emotional reunion, Elliott and Buffy ended up with a bigger problem when one of her half-sisters (and Elliott's daughter), Kathleen was found alive and the other two Stabler children are missing. After a meeting at the hospital with the Scoobies and Elliott's partner Olivia Benson, Giles made a phone call to Angel ask him for help in the search for Elizabeth and Dickie.

Wolfram & Hart Building
Los Angeles, California
3:30 am

"Spike, hold still! I can't get this out if you keep moving around!"

"Bloody hell! That hurts!"

"Quit being a baby!"

"Shut your gob, Peaches!"

It took all of Cordelia Chase's self-restraint to keep from laughing at the sight that was before her. Her friend, Fred Berke was trying to pull out a piece of a wooden stake that was lodged deep into Spike's shoulder but was complicated by him moving around and screaming in pain like a little child. Angel, however, was enjoying it and couldn't help but poke fun at the situation. Seeing that he wasn't going to let Fred take out the stake out of his shoulder, Cordelia went over to her and gave her a 'I'll do it' smile. Then she grabbed onto the stake and before Spike could do anything or to object, she pulled it out. Spike let out a roar of pain causing him to vamp out.

"Bloody hell, woman!" he roared. "That hurt!"

Cordelia gave Spike an even stare. "Well, if you stopped being a baby and let Fred pull that stake out, I wouldn't have to do myself. Would I?"

Spike glared at her and muttered some colorful insults under his breath. Then the phone to Angel's office rang, Angel went to his desk to answer it.

"Wolfram & Hart, Angel speaking." Angel answered.

To his surprise, he heard Giles' voice over the line. "Angel? It's Giles."

"Hi, Giles. What's up?" Angel asked.

"We need your help." Giles answered.

Angel was now very concerned. "What is it? What's wrong?" There was a pause on the other line before Giles spoke again.

"Two months ago, Buffy found a box containing love letters written to her mother by an NYPD detective named Elliott Stabler who turned out to be Buffy's biological father. Earlier tonight, Detective Stabler's wife, one of his daughters and one of our Slayers were brutally murdered. His two other children and another one of our Slayers are missing. We need help in conducting the search for them."

"I'll head over there with Wesley, Fred, Cordy, Gunn and Spike to New York then …" Then Angel finally processed what Giles said to him. "Did you say Elliott Stabler?"

"Yes, why?" Giles asked.

Angel was shocked. "Two months ago, Buffy called Wesley and asked him for information about someone named Elliott Stabler. She didn't say anything about him being her biological father."

"Buffy wanted to keep her discovery to herself until she found Detective Stabler." Giles explained. "I only found out tonight about this."

"Anyway, I'll head over there with Wesley, Fred, Cordy, Gunn and Spike." Angel said. "We should be there in a few hours and tell Detective Stabler that we'll begin the search as soon as we land."

"Thank you, Angel." Giles said in a relieved voice.

"Giles. Can you give me their names?" Angel asked.

"Elizabeth and Dickie Stabler." Giles replied. "There's something else too, Angel." The ex-Watcher went on to explain what happened when Amanda and Sasha found Kathleen.

"As soon as Kathleen was found, the police searched the area for Elizabeth and Dickie but they turned up nothing." Giles said.

"You said that one of Detective Stabler's other daughters was murdered along with his wife and the Slayer." Angel said.

"Maureen Stabler was her name." Giles replied. "His wife's name was Kathy and the Slayer's name was Jennifer Goodale. Anyway, we'll see you in a few hours, Angel."

Angel hung up the phone and gave Fred, Cordelia and Spike serious looks. "Get Wesley and Gunn. Tell them to meet us at the conference room in ten minutes."

"Why? What's going on?" Cordelia asked confused.

"Buffy needs our help." Angel replied.

"Is it something that we should know about?" Spike asked now alarmed and ignoring the pain in his shoulder.

"I'll explain when Wesley and Gunn get here." Angel said as he left his office to head over to the conference room.

Conference Room
Ten minutes later …

Once everyone including Wesley and Gunn were in the conference room, Angel explained what Giles told him over the phone about Buffy and her discovery of the identy of her biological father. Once he was finished, Cordelia was the first to put voice to many of the questions that Angel knew were going to get asked.

"Okay, let me get this straight." Cordelia said. "Buffy just found out that this guy, Elliott Stabler, is her birth father and now one of her half-sisters, half-brother and one of her sister Slayers is missing."

"And our mission is to find them?" she asked.

Angel nodded his head. "Buffy and the others can't find them on their own and the police aren't having much luck either in terms of finding them. Giles suggested to Detective Stabler that he'd ask us for help and he did through Giles."

"I just don't understand why Buffy didn't tell me about him being her father when she called me two months ago." Wesley said.

"The same reason that she didn't tell everyone else." Angel said. "She wanted to wait until she found Detective Stabler to tell us. She didn't want any pity or help in finding him because she wanted to find him herself."

"And the only reason she called Wesley," Fred finished for him. "Was because she wanted more infomation on Detective Stabler so she could narrow the list of places to look down."

Wesley nodded his head. "That would make sense." He said. "Now what about Buffy's other family, Angel?"

"As I said, one of her half-sisters, Maureen Stabler, was killed earlier tonight." Angel said. "Along with Detective Stabler's wife, Kathy Stabler, and one of the Slayers, Jennifer Goodale. Only one of Buffy's half-siblings was found alive tonight."

"Kathleen Stabler." Cordelia said. "You also mentioned that two of Detective's Stabler's other kids are missing along with another Slayer."

"Yeah." Angel said. "Elizabeth & Dickie Stabler, Detective Stabler's other daughter & son and Buffy's other half-sister and brother. According to Giles, the NYPD searched the whole building and the areas surrounding it. So far no luck. That's when Detective Stabler accepted Giles's offer for our help. He's very desperate to find them and so is Buffy. They're both worried sick."

"We'll leave for New York as soon as the jets are ready." He continued.

"Who's goin' to run the place while we're gone?" Gunn asked.

"I've already put one of the partners in charge of the office till we get back." Angel replied. "Get ready to leave in twenty minutes." Soon everyone begin to go out of the conference room except Spike and Lorne.

"I hate to be the pooper of this party, Angel." Lorne said. "But I don't think Buffy knows about Spike being alive, does she? I mean, she's already been through enough with finding her birth dad."

Yeah, I didn't think about that. Angel thought. But we're going to need him if we're going to search for Detective Stabler's son and daughter.

"I understand the concern, Lorne." Angel said. "But we're going to need him for the search."

Spike nodded his head. "He's right, Lorne." He said. "As much as I hate to say it, but Peaches is going to need me if I'm going to help in the search. I'll deal with all the hell that will break loose once Buffy finds out about me when it happens."

Lorne nodded his head. "Okay, that's a little reassuring." He said. "I'll be at the roof waiting for you." Once he was out of the room, Angel and Spike stared at each other. Angel could tell that Spike was nevous at the idea of seeing Buffy again after two years. Despite the fact that he and his grandchilde hated each other, there was one thing that they both agreed on, Buffy.

"You're nervous, aren't you?" Angel asked.

Spike nodded his head. "She's all that I could think about for so long. I mean, I loved her and I still do. The only reason that I'm so damn afraid of seeing her again is that I'm bloody terrified of how she's going to react at seeing me again alive after she watched me turn into dust that day in the caves. I did everything she asked of me and more."

Despite feeling a bit jealous, Angel felt very sympathetic toward Spike and he said. "I never told her about what happened when you reappeared in my office from the medallion." He said. "I wanted to. But in a way, I was worried of her reaction too. I may not like you and the idea of you and Buffy together, Spike. But I won't forgive myself if I don't tell her that you're alive and waiting for her to talk."

"Thanks, Peaches." Spike said sounding slightly nervous. "I think."

Angel patted him on the shoulder. "Come on, the others will be waiting for us." He said and the two souled vampires walked out of the conference room to head up to the roof for the flight to New York.