Title: I Finally Remembered You. Part 7 – Questions Answered Yet Again?

Author: Xanfan

Rating: R/NC-17 for future chapters

Pairing: Xander/Angel

Summary: AU futurefic. Slash. Xander, not Buffy, had gone to see Angel in "I Will Remember You" Years later, he finally keeps his promise.

Spoilers: All of BtVS & Ats

Warnings: M/M, mild language, more in future chapters

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.

A/N: The next several chapters are going to be one long flashback. I pretty much took the transcript for the entire episode, "I Will Remember You" and changed the dialog to fit Xander. I got the transcript of this episode from Buffyworld.

Words in Italics indicate thoughts.

FASHBACK still continues.

Angel made his way back through the tunnels. Suddenly the demon jumped out and attacked him from behind slicing across the palm of Angel's hand as he spun around. Angel, momentarily stunned, looked at the blood on his hand then vamped out and attacked the demon. The confined space made the battle difficult. The demon cut off the head off Angel's battle-ax. Angel, with a moment of luck, knocked the sword out of the demon's hand. The demon pulled another short sword and the fight continued. Angel managed to grab the demon's sword hand and turn it's hand to stab it in the heart with it's own sword. The demon fell back as Angel stared at the glowing green blood that covered his own cut hand.

The blood swirled around and sunk into his cut, which closed up in front of his eyes. A light raced from his right hand through his whole body, as Angel collapsed with a strangled cry. Angel came back up, gasping for air, startled by the sound of a heart beating. HIS heart beating.

Angel starred at his hand in wonder, "I'm alive."

Cordy and Doyle entered the office.

Doyle saw the destruction in Angel's office, and exclaimed. "Whoa, when they fight.."

"Oh, my God!" Cordy shrieked

"What?"

"He killed him!" Cordy then realized the pile of dust is not Angel, "Oops! My bad. It's just dust I forgot to sweep under the rug."

"What, are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Doyle cried.

"Hey, don't blame me if he's too cheap to hire a Cleaning Lady!"

Angel walked into the outer office, looking stunned.

"What's wrong? What happened? Did you kill Xander and hide the body? Watch it, Doyle, don't get too close. Hey, you walked in the front door - from the street! You got.."

"Yeah."

"An umbrella!"

Angel moved to stand in the ray of sunlight streaming in through the window.

"He's alive, Cordelia." Doyle said with wonder.

"Who, Xander?"

"No Princess, Angel is alive."

"Alive?"

"Xander and I were attacked by some kind of demon. I- I tracked it…and killed it. A-and some of its blood mixed with mine."

"And you wound up with a pulse?" Doyle asked, feeling Angel's wrist.

"I want to find out what kind of a demon that was. Ow, my back. It hurts. Everything's.."

"More real, now that you're real?"

"Yeah. I'm mortal now. I have a mortal body. And I'm so - hungry!"

Cordy jumped out of his way as he came toward her. "Look out, he's gonna eat… everything in sight!" She said with confusion, as he practically ripped off the door of the mini fridge she had been standing in front of.

"Oh my God. Food. This is unbelievable. This is so.. You know, I forgot how good it all tastes when you're alive!"

"Yeah, and they didn't even have Cookie-dough-fudge-mint-chip when you were alive." Cordy replied.

"Mmm, I want some! Can you get that?"

"It'll go straight to your thighs."

"Uhm, chocolate! Oh, (Laughs) chocolate!"

"All right, all right, we need to focus here. We need to try and find out.."

"I love chocolate!" Angel said around the treat in his mouth. "Uh, but not, as it turns out, yogurt. Urgh!"

"Orson! We're in a situation here."

"Right. I know. You're right. Let me think, and now my stomach's killing me. Cordelia, find Xander. He's in Santa Monica, near the Lone Star. Tell him I killed the demon."

"Okay."

"Oh, wait! Don't tell him what's happened to me. Not until I know what it means."

"All right."

A little while later, the three of them are hunched over some books.

"That's it." Angel pointed to a picture in one of the books.

"It's called a Mohra demon. They're pretty powerful assassins, soldiers of darkness kind of thing. They take out warriors for our side, like you. 'Needs vast amounts of salt to live'."

"It was heading towards salt water."

"'Veins run with the blood of eternity.' There it is. Its blood has regenerative properties."

Angel didn't glance up from where he stared at his reflection in a window, "Which explains what happened to me. But it doesn't explain why."

"Hey, what difference does it make, man? The demon's dead, you're alive! It's happy fun time."

"What's going on here, Doyle?"

"I don't know. I thought the only way for you to be made mortal was if the Powers-That-Be stepped in."

"What, they could have done this? How come I keep getting the feeling that you're not telling me everything?" Angel asked.

"Because I'm not. We're both on a need to know basis here."

"I need to know about this. Is this permanent? Am I - am I normal Joe now? Can I have a normal life? I want to speak to the Powers-That-Be."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! That's easier said then done, bud. The Powers-That-Be don't live in our reality. You have to approach them through channels. Dangerous channels."

"Yeah, you know what? Start approaching!"

"All right. All right. Maybe we can try the Oracles. But hey, if they turn you into a toad…don't say I didn't warn you."