Chapter 25. Earth Bound.

"Lindsay?" says Darla as she regains her vision. "What happened?"

"It doesn't matter," says Lindsay. "You're here with me. That's what matters now." Lindsay turns to the other man. "Leave us." He nods and leaves the room.

"I was dead. You killed me. I was trying to save the…"

"I didn't know. I'm so sorry." Darla gets up and walks away from Lindsay.

"You're army attacked them all. They did nothing to you."

"They did. They killed Adam and perhaps my little girl Drusilla. They were like your children and you abandoned them. You abandoned me. Why?"

"I couldn't live your life any longer. You said you weren't going to attack Earth and you did." Lindsay turns away from her. "I knew that you would."

"I thought that you were dead. I looked for you for many years."

"I wanted to be, so that you wouldn't find me. I'm sorry for Adam and Drusilla. It is true I did love them as my own, but they were never mine."

"Why were you at the palace? That red headed girl that cut my hand off was giving it all to save your life. Who was she and where did she get that saber? Only Jedi's have them. Women can't be Jedi Knights."

"She sure knocked you out."

"She's been taught well. Her movements reminded me of someone."

"Who may that be?"

"A master Jedi, whom Adam apprenticed once."

"Adam became a Jedi?"

"Yes, there are many things that you missed."

"You were infiltrating them. Trying to get into their organization."

"It was Adam's idea. He wanted to learn to battle and well, I was not in the conditions to teach him myself because I was heart broken of your demise."

"You don't have heart. You kill people. You're a murderer." Lindsay walks up to her and grabs her hand. He puts it on his chest.

"Yes, I do. You can feel it. I loved you like I never loved anyone in my life. You meant everything to me."

"If I meant everything to you, then why did you lie? Your war was more important than me. I had to find a way to stop it and warn my people."

"It was important. I was torn between my love for you and my loyalties to my people. Do you know how much trouble I've gotten into for bringing you into my world? The head leaders didn't know, nor the high council. Only my crew and a few other friends knew that I was married to an earthling."

"It was wrong from the beginning. You knew that very well." She turns away from Lindsay and begins to cry. Then she remembers her last words with Connor and she touches her ring finger, where the ring that she gave Connor that day had once been.

Vision

"You have a love in your life. It's all I've ever hope for you."

"When the time comes you'll be there. You can give it to me then."
"I don't think I will."

"Don't say that."

"Sweetheart, I love you and I want you to promise me something." Darla caresses Connor's face.

"What?"

"Don't be angry when I'm gone."

"But I…"
"Shhh, promise me that." Connor looks down and holds in his tears.

"I promise." Connor nods his head and Darla grabs him close and hugs him tightly. She kisses his head.

"Be good, my son. Always be good." Darla whispers into his ear.

Vision ends

Lindsay walks over to Darla and turns her around. She comes out of her reverie and looks at Lindsay. He puts his hand on her cheek that is stained with tears, leans in, and kisses her on the lips.

"I knew it," says Lorne. "It took long to figure out, but I knew something wasn't right about him. You give out strange vibes and that's because you are one of the dark warriors. I could never forget the vibe that you gave off, but something was different about you."

"Yes, I'm a dark warrior, but I didn't know," says Connor. "I just found out, just like you guys did. The prisoner told me. I think that she had visions, too. She told me about my mother and that she was killed by the man Dawn was fighting, who is my father."

"Why was she in your room?" asks Giles. "Her cell was open and the keys were missing when we found out that she had gone missing."

"I found the keys," says Spike walking into the room. He hands them to Giles.

"I did see her," says Connor and then he turns to Dawn. "I was angry with what she told me."

Flashback

"Mother has a secret," Drusilla sings over and over.

"What?"

"Mother never told daddy about you brother." Connor backs away from Drusilla. "She hid you away where no one could find you. Not even daddy."

"What are you talking about? I'm not your brother."

"You see. Concentrate. You'll see." Drusilla walks over to Connor and touches his hand lightly. Connor closes his eyes and quickly gets the vision of his mother's life from beginning to end. Drusilla pulls away and Connor opens his eyes. He takes deep breaths.

"No. No. He can't be." Connor backs away to the door.

"Yes, he is my daddy and yours."

"He killed her. He can't be." Connor drops the keys to the cell and runs out of the prison, leaving the cell door partly open.

"The next thing I knew I was taking it out on you." Dawn walks over to him, but Giles stops her.

"You let the prisoner escape," says Giles. Connor nods his head. He turns to Tara. "How is he our bloody savior? How is he going to help us defeat the dark warriors, when he's one of them? He can't be the one from your vision. There must be some big mistake."

"He is," says Tara. "All the signs lead to him. I know my visions, they've never failed me."

"I'm not doubting you, but…"

"It seems so to me."

"Alright you two to your corners," says Dawn getting into the conversation. "I believe in Tara and if she said that Connor's the one, then he is." Dawn then turns to Connor. "And even though he did release the prisoner that almost killed me, I still trust him. I want to give him a second chance."

"I'm with Dawn," says Spike. Giles glares at him.

"This meeting is over," says Dawn as everyone begins to leave the room.

"No, it's not!" Giles yells. Dawn and Tara, who are at the door, turn to him.

"Best to leave now before it gets ugly," says Spike to Connor. The two rush down the hallway, but Lorne who is behind them stays behind and re-enters the room.

Dawn walks over to Giles, with a serious face and then she folds her arms over her chest. Giles realizes that Joyce used to do that when she was very angry. He looks down and then back up at her.

"It's not safe to have him in the palace," says Giles. "He'll betray us all, just like Adam."

"He will not do that," replies Dawn. "I trust him."

"You trust the someone who thrust you across the hallway, almost killing you and your babies?"

"Yes."

"You are completely blind or out of your mind. Dawn, he is dangerous and I demand for him to be removed from the palace immediately."

"You don't have that authorization to make such demands, Rupert." It is strange, Dawn calling Giles by his first name. Dawn had always called him Giles ever since she could speak. This could only mean that she is much angrier than he thought she would ever become.

"Giles, maybe you should calm down and we can talk about this another time," says Tara.

"We will talk about it now," says Giles. "For heaven sakes I'm your bloody father, will you just listen to me for just once?" Giles stops and then realizes what he just said.

"What did you just say?" asks Dawn.

"I'm your father."