Title: Prophecy Boy 8?
Author: THE PTB (Nieves and Lea)
Rating: PG
Email: (that's Lea's email) & (that's mine!)
Category: Romance/Crossover/AU
Genre: Crossover
Summary: All of Angel and Buffy season 2. A travel to the past to see the truth of a future. We have slightly changed the story so it is an AU.
Disclaimer: The characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just poor.
Distribution: FSB, ST and AO if anywhere else please just us me know!
Feedback: Yes please!

Chapter 8

Faith stared at the door as vampire after vampire followed by demon after demon came into the hotel.

"Oh just great, you Faith you wanted some action babe and you definitely have got you wish." She mumbled to herself. The slayer glanced around the room and there she saw on the desk a stake and Gunn's axe. The brunette somersaulted across the room and flipped on to the table grabbing the axe and stake as she landed with her legs bent.

"Let's go boys." Faith said with a grin and winked at them.

Buffy sat there and watched Angel as he talked about what had happened to him from the moment Doyle entered his life and changed it, the good and the bad. How he had a family, how he had hurt and betrayed them with Darla of all people.

"Darla? Isn't she you know, dust?" Buffy asked that was one name she was not expecting to hear.

"Long story involves and evil law firm." He said vaguely, he really didn't want to bring up all of the details because that was when Cordy became his best friend and how he nearly lost her to all the visions she was getting.

"Law firm aren't they all evil?" The blonde said with a smile, she could see the sadness creeping into his eyes, the look that he always seemed to have in this time period but it seemed to have vanished in the future and she liked it, liked it a lot. She frowned was it wrong that she wanted to be closer to this Angel than her boyfriend in this time? It felt like she wanted to cheat on him with well him. But this Angel he was so much stronger, the slayer always thought that the mysterious part of Angel was what made him sexy but she was wrong, very wrong.

The vampire in front of her was not mysterious but he was definitely hot and she blushed this Angel was starting to turn her own and all he was doing was talking about his life, his life without her, his family, his friends. He was smiling, his eyes shone brightly full of love for his life and he looked sexy at times and then he looked like a dad, a friend, a brother and the boy next door all rolled into one.

Angel enjoyed telling Buffy his life, well the good parts but he was starting to get uncomfortable he thought that she was going to finally see him as a different person from her Angel. He paused as he could smell her arousal in the air, he silently groaned and wished Cordy was here, a demon would be good, another vampire, hell he would settle for a cat stuck up a tree, a little old lady trying to cross the road. The vampire had the urge to bang his head against one of the stone headstones. He thought he had gotten through to her.

"This one more so." He gave her a half smile and watched as her eyes lit up.

"So you have a good future then?" She asked shyly.

"Well just like anyone else it has its ups and downs but yeah I have a family, the people I love and trust." He didn't want to hurt by telling her again how much he loved Cordy.

"I can see that it has changed you. My Angel and you are completely different, you are right you are two different people." She smiled sexily at him.

Angel paused it was a good thing that she saw him as a different person but it seemed that she was attracted to him, as in the future him, oh god this was getting worse by the minute.

"Well I am glad that you see us differently I think it is time for us to head back." Angel stood up and brushed the dirt from the back of his duster.

He looked up and the next thing he knew he had an armful of slayer who was trying to kiss him

Cordy watched Angel's face as she told him the future of his life, it was weird watching him still being attracted to him, who wouldn't be. But she wasn't in love with him she could see the differences so plainly and everything that had happened to him, to them had shaped the manpire he was today uhhh in the future.

"So you get visions for me, for my redemption?" He asked.

After the baby, Connor, had arrived he had gotten to know his Cordelia. He stopped that thought, she was not his, what he meant was the Cordelia from his time yes that was it. Angel had noticed how different she was, the cheerleader hid a lot from people but then the way people talked to her and treated her he could understand, people either disliked her or wanted to be her. There was no in-between.

"Well also to help the innocents." Cordy said with a grin.

Angel couldn't help it and he just smiled back, her smile was infectious.

"Of course but with everything that happens and the things that I have, uhh will." He paused and shook his head and could feel a headache coming on." What HE does to you how can you forgive him?" The vampire just couldn't understand why the stood by him after she had told him what he had done to them.

"Well because I love him he is my heart, but before that I loved him as a best friend, as family just like the others do and we stick together. We have ups and downs but in the end it is worth it, he is worth it and I know that I may not be around to see the day he Shanshu's but I will walk at his side until me last breath." A sadness covered her face knowing that their walk was going to be a lot shorter than anyone thought.

"What is a Shanshu?" Angel asked it seemed important to her.

"The day your redemption is paid and the day you become human." The sadness vanished and her face lit up.

"Human?" Angel asked and watched her nod. He would be able to walk in the sun, see the blue sky, food actually tasted it and see himself in the mirror and watch himself age.

A scream broke him out of his fantasy as he watched Cordy grab her head and scream, her eyes suddenly went wide and stared at him, and he could see the fear and pain. This was not normal.

Cordy cried this pain was worse than normal, she knew it was time; she was going to die in the past.

"Tell him I love him with all that I am and tell them all that I am sorry,"

Angel watched as Cordy was fighting to tell him, he could see that she was fighting to stay awake he took hold of her in his arms and her body went slack as she fell into unconsciousness, someone had to know what was wrong they had to find out and now. Her heartbeat was weak, her breathing was shallow. The vampire picked her up and cradled her gently in his arms and went in search for help.

Angel pushed Buffy away from him.

"Buffy what the hell are you doing?" He demanded.

"I thought you know that." Buffy looked down at the ground embarrassed.

"You thought what that if you attacked me that I would what, Buffy I am from the future even if I was still in love with you, which I'm not nothing could happen." The vampire told her.

"Angel help her please?" His own voice said, Angel turned and saw the past him carrying his Cordelia in his arms unconscious.

The slayer was forgotten by him as he took the love of his life into his arms. "What happened?"

"She was talking about the Shanshu she gripped her head and screamed. Cordy told me to say that she loved you, she loved all of you and that she was sorry." Tears were in both of the vampire's eyes.

Buffy just stared at the future Angel how could she go back to her boyfriend now.

"Let's go." Future Angel said as they rushed back to the mansion to talk to Wesley and find out what the hell was going on.

Wes shook his head he had to concentrate he couldn't let the worry consume him he had to find out what was happening to his friend and a way to stop it. He wanted his sister back, his Cordy. With all the problems they had been through together they couldn't lose her now. The rogue demon hunter didn't know how they would survive without her especially Angel, they had just finally gotten together. Wes was going to do everything in his power no matter what it was.

"We need to find out if it is medical or mystical. I will stay here with Giles and research the mystical aspects. Angel take Cordy to the hospital maybe they can do something for her, maybe they can find out what is wrong." Wes ordered.

Angel frowned. "Wes remember what happened last time?" He didn't like to remember the way they had to strap her down and sedate her just to stop her screaming and thrashing.

Wes walked over and placed a hand on his friends shoulder. "Angel she's not having any visions we just need to know if maybe it caused some physical reaction and that is why she is in the coma."

Angel paced the corridor he wished they would hurry up, something was wrong he knew that they had rushed her off. Fear ate at him from inside; he couldn't lose her not now, not ever. He sat down heavily on one of the plastic chairs and buried his head in his hands.

Buffy watched him she wanted to go to him and take him in her arms and take away the pain but she couldn't, she glanced over at her Angel who was hiding away in the corner that was only one of the differences.

Fred and Gunn moved to either side of their friend. Gunn placed his hand of Angel's shoulder and Fred lent her head against his arm and wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly.

Angel could feel the strength and love come from his friends it was what he needed.

The three of them jumped up when the Doctor walked in finally they were going to find out if it was physical and what could be done to help her.

TBC