Sorry, this one is very short! But it's really the only that is!


Balance chp 5: Attacking

"Ok everybody ready?" asked Buffy grabbing a sword.

"Ready!" chorused the large group, all armed.

"Ok let's go!" they filed out. Connor held back for a minute and gave Calista a quick kiss and then rested his hand on her stomach for a moment, then followed the others out. They walked down the street looking for some action. Angel Spike and Connor were in the front, using their senses to find some vampires or demons. They found a huge gathering of vampires on a street; they were just hanging out more then anything, until the slayers arrived on the scene. They fought fast and furiously, although Giles was more then once distracted by the fact that he was watching Connor fight, Buffy had to admit the kid was a damn good fighter, but then again he was Angel's son. Connor was taking on five vamps at once. He never stopped moving, the vamps didn't stand a chance. Angel kept an eye on his friends knowing Connor could hold his own. After a brutal but quick fight the vampires were all dust. Connor dusted the last one and looked around at the others, no one was hurt.

"Ready to go?" he asked

"Yeah lets go!" agreed Angel. They went off in search of more things to kill.


"So sweetie what do you want to do?" asked Lorne in his usual friendly way. Calista shrugged and said

"What could we do?"

"Uh we could research on mystical pregnancies, or just relax and chat!"

"Sounds good!" said Calista sitting down on the pouf chair. Lorne gave her a glass of water, which she took gratefully and sipped at it slowly. Lorne took his Ocean Breeze and sat down on the couch.

"So you and the kiddo uh?" Calista smiled and said

"Since we were fifteen!"

"Uh, look sugarplum I sensed something about what you went through with Connor, like what you did for him when he was… well you know."

"Yeah I know. But I would do anything for him, and I did."

"Boy I'll say, you actually sacrificed your dignity for him."

"No I didn't, I just helped him feel again."

"Well I gotta say I never heard of such a cure for that!"

"Well in Qour-Toth you had to be inventive."

"Yeah I kinda figured that." Calista stood up and walked around the lobby rubbing her tummy fondly.

"When we realised I was pregnant Daniel was so happy, he said that it was a sign that Connor, or Steven, was ready to take on Angelus and that we could leave Qour-Toth."

"Bet you were all real happy about that."

"Actually Connor wasn't, he thought of Qour-Toth as our home. He wanted to kill Angelus and then return, but Daniel insisted that this world was better then Qour-Toth ever would be."

"What do you think of it?"

"I'm still trying to decide." she answered quietly.

"Well what are you and Connor planning to do? I mean are you going to live here, find a place of your own, get jobs, raise the kids yourselves, what?" asked Lorne, that question had been bugging him for ages. Calista shook her head

"I don't know, I mean, we have so much to learn…" she trailed off and sighed, she then began to hum, 'I'm just a girl' Lorne basked in her soothing aura that he could feel from reading her when suddenly his face went greener then usual and he leapt at Calista. But he wasn't quick enough! A Harbinger leapt through the glass and shot an arrow at Calista, who tried to avoid it but wasn't fast enough. The arrow impaled her stomach and she fell back into the reception desk. The harbinger made to leave but Lorne pulled out a gun and shot it several times in the back. Meanwhile Calista sank to the ground looking at her stomach wide eyed.

"Mommy's hurt!" she whimpered.


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