Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Angel, just Sienna and Ashiria.

Things you need to know before I start:

Italics - thoughts of characters

" " - things said by characters

( ) - things I put in to help you if you are confused….or just my random comments(or not so random, depends)

Note: This takes place in between 'Dead End' and 'Belonging' so no Connor stuff has happened yet.

I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in so long. There's been a lot of things that have happened in the last year or so and I haven't been able to write more of my story. I'm back now though and I plan on regularly updating again. Again, I'm really sorry for it taking me so long to have this chapter for you. I don't blame you if you want to choke me or kill me or something….but please, don't anyway.

Chapter 5:

Angel awoke with a start to a crying sound beside him. It took him a moment to register what was going on. For a moment, Angel had completely forgotten about the little event that occurred only yesterday. When Angel finally regained his senses, he looked down in his arms to find a tiny crying infant. Oh, yeah, of course….Sienna. "What's wrong little one? Are you hungry?" The newborn did not respond to his questions, not that Angel expected her to though, instead she just continued to cry. "Ah, and you need a change as well." Angel pulled himself out of bed, changed Sienna, and then headed downstairs towards the kitchen. Four tired faces met his as he walked through the door. Everyone greeted Angel with a 'good morning' and tried to steal a glance at Sienna as Angel walked over towards the cupboard unconsciously. It looked as if no of them had gotten much sleep and the pillow head fashion was in full swing.

Cordelia cleared her throat. "Angel, don't worry about heating her up some formula, I heard you getting up and I already prepared some for her; it's in the pan on the stove." Angel gave Cordy a sleepy, but grateful nod as he grabbed the bottle and sat down with everyone at the table. He then lifted the bottle to Sienna's mouth to feed her. "Also," Cordelia continued, "Gunn and Fred already went out to the diner and picked up breakfast for all of us. Well, with the exception of you of course. It's not that we didn't think of you, it's just that diner's aren't well known for cup-of-blood specials." Cordelia went over to the coffee maker next to the stove, poured a cup of coffee, and placed it in front of the disgruntled Angel.

"Thanks," he said, giving Cordy a grateful look. Cordelia simply nodded in response before she sat back down with her breakfast and her own cup of coffee. A couple minutes later Sienna was finished with her bottle and he set it down on the table. Making sure that Sienna was secure in his arms, Angel then picked up his mug and took a long sip. "Coffee……so good in the morning."

"Isn't it though?" agreed Cordy. There were a few more silent moments before Gunn spoke up.

"So, what are we gonna do?"

Angel cast his friend a confused glance. "What do you mean?"

"You know, about Sienna?"

"We're going to take care of her, what else?" Angel supplied with a raised eyebrow.

"No, what I mean is what are we going to do about her in the sense of protection and stuff. As soon as people start finding out about her, there are gonna be some 'big bads' wanting a piece of Jr."

"Angel, Gunn has a point," Wesley agreed. "Sienna is, after all, the child of a vampire. There is going to be some curiosity about that and I wouldn't be at all surprised if demons started attacking in order to try and take her for their own reasons."

"There's also Wolfram&hart to worry about. When they get wind of this, there's bound to be trouble," Cordy added.

"I'd be willing to bet that they would jus' love to rip her open and all that. That's what Wolfram& hart is good at right?" (Cue crickets.) Everyone just stared at Fred with disturbed looks. "What? You know…."

"Okay, Fred, I think we get the picture," Gunn interrupted. "You know…..I'm not quite as hungry as I was a minute ago," he continued, pushing away his plate. Cordy nodded, pushing hers away as well.

"We are not going to let any of that happen." Angel's face was hard, a protective air surrounding him. "No one's going to get their hands on my daughter, especially Wolfram&hart."

"Um, when you say no one, does that include us?" Cordy asked, teasing Angel slightly.

Angel gave Cordelia a patient look. "Of course not, you are all family; we are all family." Cordelia nodded, deciding not to say anything further about not getting to hold the infant as of yet. Gunn, however, was not thinking the same way as she was.

"That's very touching and all, but does that mean we can hold her now?"

Angel cast Gunn a look that spoke for itself. Angel clearly did not want to hand over his daughter for an instant, even to his friends. He decided though, that it was only right considering what they had done for him and will continue to do for him in the future. "Fine," he replied after a few moments, relinquishing. At this, everyone brightened.

"Alright!" Gunn cheered.

"Hey, I get second dibs!" Cordy announced as Angel got up to bring Sienna over to Gunn.

"I claim third," Fred added enthusiastically.

"I guess that leaves me with fourth dibs…..last place. Why do I always go last?" he sighed, "Some things never change." Nobody really paid attention to Wesley's statement though, because they were all too busy crowding around Sienna.

"Hey, watch it, unlike me, she needs to breathe," Angel stated protectively. Having everyone crowed around him and the infant like that made him a bit nervous. "Let's do this over by the couches." Angel then walked out of the room towards the couches, everyone following behind him. "Hey! Watch it! You need to support her head!" Angel barked as Gunn took Sienna from him.

"I am; relax Angel," Gunn replied, "I got her, I got her. I know how to handle little kids. I took care of my cousin when she was only an infant after all." Angel relaxed, but only slightly. The dishes and the messy kitchen table became long forgotten as everyone excitedly took their respective turns in holding Sienna. Soon they were all laughing and chatting excitedly together while holding the baby, Wolfram&hart having been completely forgotten by now. It's too bad though that Wolfram&hart had far from forgotten about them.

Over at the Wolfram&hart building:

Everyone at Evil Incorporated was bustling around as usual, though a bit more than normal. It is not really known how Wolfram&hart had learned of Sienna's appearance so quickly, but they indeed had already heard of the 'forbidden infant'. Everyone was chattering excitedly about the newest piece of gossip, both staff and clients alike. News seemed to be traveling fast along the evil network, both in and out of the building. This unexpected turn of events was the news on the street and all anyone could seem to talk about. At first the staff in charge of Angel's case had tried to keep everything hush-hush, but there was a leak and before noontime, at least half of LA knew about Angel's child; well, the demonic half anyway.

Lilah Morgan sat at her desk, rubbing her temples. Great, all this commotion is giving me a migraine. Classified information my ass! Even all the big-wigs are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Lilah sighed, leaning back in her chair. There was a sudden knock on the door and she sat up. "Come in." The door swung open as Gavin rushed in.

"It's chaos out there," he announced as if that was news to her.

Lilah raised an eyebrow, leaning forward and threading her fingers together in front of her. "I know," she replied a bit testily.

"The partners are going to be looking for someone to skin alive for this."

"Are you going to volunteer?"

Gavin cast Lilah a glance that suggested he thought she was missing a few screws. "I'm not suicidal Lilah, but if you are, just let me know. I'm sure I can fix you up with something."

"I'm so grateful for your concern, but I think I'll manage," she replied sarcastically. "What do you want anyway? I find it hard to believe that you'd drag you're high and mighty ass all the way down to my office to state the obvious."

Gavin smiled slightly, but not in a pleasant way. "The preparations are being made."

"You mean the ones on gaining custody of the Angel's child?"

Gavin nodded. "Yes, the very same," he replied in his usual slimy tone. "You are needed upstairs in the conference room for the matter."

Lilah stood up and pushed her chair in. She then started walking out the door, not waiting for Gavin. "Let's get this show on the road."

Back at the Hyperion Hotel:

Gunn and Wes had finally managed to set up Sienna's new crib and Cordelia had put away the infant's new clothes and belongings in various drawers and holding places in Angel's room. The shelves were covered in little stuffed animals and baby toys of all kinds. Fred was downstairs, researching things to help the situation. Angel just stood in his doorway, Sienna in his arms once more, sleeping. He watched his friends bustle around his room with a renewed vigor. "Remind me, whose room is this again?" he asked, trying to mask his amusement.

"Well, it's both of yours. Sienna and you share the room of course," she replied evenly. "Your room isn't exactly 'child friendly' so it just needs a bit of fixing up is all."

"A bit?" Angel asked incredulously, "I think 'a bit' is a bit of an understatement here. I don't really mind, it's just that……..hey! What do you mean my room isn't 'child friendly'?"

Cordelia sighed, looking up at Angel from where she was on the floor (she's picking up anything that could harm Sienna in any way…..not that Sienna would ever actually be on the floor to begin with). She stood up and sat down on Angel's bed, her gaze never leaving him. "What I mean is that your room isn't completely safe for an infant, it's not child-proof. Of course, there's also the fact that it's so dark and dull in here that some spicing up is mandatory. Do you really expect a child to stay in a dreary place like this? As much as we love you Angel, the rest of us have to do everything in our power to keep Sienna from turning out like you. This hotel can only manage so much broodiness. We want Sienna to be a happy child Angel, a happy child," she reasoned, straining as much emphasis as she could on the word 'happy'.

Angel's eyebrows furrowed momentarily. "Okay, number one, hey! And number two, my room isn't that bad!"

Gunn and Wes looked up from what they were doing and said in unison, "Yeah, actually it is."

Angel huffed slightly, but did not push the subject. If it would help Sienna, then it was alright with him if his friends 'brightened' up his room. He drew the line though, when Cordy started putting up fluffy bunny stickers along the wall. After Wes, Gunn, and Cordelia were content with the look of the room (I'm leaving Angel out of that little content party for a reason here; he's not exactly jumping for joy at the new look), they all headed downstairs to help Fred.

About a half hour later:

"Alright," Cordelia announced, "it's finished."

Angel looked up from where he sat with Sienna (I know I seem to be repeating myself, but come on, do you actually expect him to put her down?). "Done with what?" he asked, confused.

Cordelia sighed, "Haven't you been listening to a word that's been said?" Angel's blank look told her all that she needed to know. She shook her head sadly. "The list Angel, the list! We have finished making out the list of potential dangers and threats to Sienna. You know, the people/things who might want a piece of her. In most cases that's probably a literal statement." Cordy eyed the list up and down for a moment before continuing. "This list is pretty long."

"Yeah, well how much you wanna bet that there's a whole lot more that we have to worry about than what can actually fit on that board?" Gunn asked. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"What are we going to do if a whole bunch of them attack at once? We can only handle so many, us being few in numbers."

Angel looked up at Wesley, not a single doubt upon his face. "It's simple Wes, we just fight and fight and fight. It's that simple, really. We can do it, I know it. You guys know it too." The group exchanged a glance. Then everyone smiled, a new certainty in their hearts. We can do this, we will do this. I will protect my little girl to my very last breath! …….Err, well, until I'm dust anyway and I don't plan on that either.

TBC: I know the storyline is progressing at a bit of a slow pace, but I promise that it will eventually pick up.

For the next chapter: Things start heating up and Wolfram& hart aren't the only ones who make their move.

I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to give me reviews thus far, I really appreciate it. You guys have really helped me out a lot. Thank you so much!

Skycross – Yes, I actually do plan on a meeting with Angel, Sienna, Buffy, and the Scoobies. I couldn't see myself not doing so; it's just too good to pass up. 0.-