Okay, just a few loose ends to tie up. Thanks once again to everyone for reading and reviewing! It's been fun, and I hope to have the sequel up soon. Of course, at this rate, it'll be untitled, cuz I'm still drawing a blank! lol! (Someone just told me over on the boneyard, to name it "Angel in the Buff" ) LOL!

"Sure, man. No problem." Gunn put the sword he was cleaning back in the cabinet and turned to Angel. "How long do you think you're gonna be gone?"

Angel shrugged. "Maybe a few weeks, depending on if we find what we're looking for."

Gunn turned and walked down the hallway towards the training room, Angel following behind. "So, you're gonna try to find this demon, so Spike can become human?" He laughed. "Coming from you, that sounds...I don't know. Strange, I guess. I mean, you and Spike hate each other."

"I don't HATE Spike, Gunn." He paused as they reached the open doorway.

Gunn laughed. "Yeah, I guess you can afford to be generous, since you got the prophecy AND the girl!"

"You know, they didn't take away my vampire strength, Gunn!"

Gunn laughed again, then quickly grew serious. "They didn't take your compassion, either."

Angel blushed slightly, something he hadn't been able to do 2 days ago. "It's not me. Buffy wants..."

Gunn cut off his protests. "Don't worry, Angel. You're secret is safe with me." He turned and walked into the training room, calling back over his shoulder. "I'll take care of everything here until you get back, Angel. Don't worry about a thing."

BBB

"You're leaving?"

"Just for a few weeks, Dawn. You'll be fine here with Willow and Xander." Buffy and Dawn were in Buffy's room, the latter packing up her things.

"That's not the point!" She looked at Buffy. "What are we even doing here, anyway?"

"Training. Fighting. It's what we do!"

Dawn shook her head. "But why here? Angel's human now, he can come with us."

"To where?" Buffy finished putting the last shirt into her duffel bag. "There's no particular place we need to go. And what's wrong with LA, anyway?"

Dawn sighed. "Nothing. It's just..."

"What is it, Dawnie?"

"I don't know, not exactly, anyway. Maybe it's Eve's disappearance, but it just feels...wrong."

"Look, Dawn, Cordelia said Wolfram and Hart would be coming back, but not for awhile. If Eve's a part of that, there's nothing we can do about it now." She zipped up her duffel, and stood up. "We just need to take this time to train and get ready."

"I guess." She seemed resigned to the fact, and switched to a different topic. "So, you're gonna try to cure Spike? Make him human?"

Buffy smiled. "We're gonna try." She turned to her sister, and hugged her. "I'm gonna miss you, Dawn."

"I'll miss you too, Buffy."

BBB

"Eve." Eve lay in the bed she had shared with Lindsey, tossing and turning with bad dreams. Dreams where Lindsey was given back to her, only to be ripped away again. Dreams where he died, over and over again, right in front of her.

"Eve, wake up." The whispered voice, along with the feel of a hand caressing her cheek, brought her out of her slumber.

She opened her eyes, and gasped. "Lindsey!" She sat up and threw her arms around him. "Oh my God! I thought you were dead, Angel said you were, but..."

"I am." He pulled back from her embrace, and looked down into her eyes.

"But...I don't understand! You're here, and I..."

"My contract with Wolfram and Hart is for eternity. It doesn't stop when we die, Eve. You know that." He leaned down and kissed her softly.

"I don't understand. If they sent you, why can't you stay?"

He shook his head. "I only do what they tell me." She reached for him, but he stood up. "You need to be ready. The Senior Partners are busy rebuilding, and they need you."

"But they replaced me!" She couldn't understand. "We betrayed them, Lindsey! They wanted Angel alive!"

"That's changed." He sat down beside her on the bed. "Angel's human, and now they want him dead." He smiled. "Along with the slayers."

Eve took his hand. "Lindsey..."

"I can stay until it's over. Once they're dead, I'll have to leave." He pulled her into his arms. "They're busy rebuilding. When they're ready, we bring Angel Investigations down." He brushed her hair back from her face. "Until then, I'm yours."

BBB

Faith came down the stairs, carrying her duffel bag, stopping when she saw Spike waiting by the door. She hadn't been alone with him since he had walked out and left her in his room 3 days ago.

His eyes locked with hers, and her pulse quickened. She took a deep breath, then made her way over to him. "So, the tin man's getting a heart, huh?"

He took a step towards her. "Listen, luv..."

"Look Spike, let's just be civil, at least until we get this done. I agreed to go on this mission for one reason. I'm kinda in the mood to kick a little ass. That's it." She shook her head. "Don't try to read anything else into it,okay?"

Big words. Too bad she couldn't even believe them herself. She had agreed to go for 1 reason only, that was true, but it was to help Spike. Because, for some reason, she just couldn't stay away from him.

Spike was saved from having to answer by the arrival of Angel and Buffy.

"The car's out back." Angel looked from Spike to Faith, then back again. He could feel the tension between them. Tension, and something he couldn't quite identify. Love, maybe? He shook his head. "Ready?"

"I call shotgun!"

"Funny, Spike!" Angel shook his head. "It's bad enough I've got to be in the same car with you."

"Like this is a pleasure trip for me, Peaches?! I..."

His voice trailed off as he followed Angel out of the hotel, leaving Buffy and Faith alone in the lobby. Buffy turned to Faith. "Faith..."

"It's fine, B." She started out the door after Spike and Angel, but Buffy grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Maybe you should give him a chance, Faith. He may just surprise you."

Faith stared at her, a look in her eyes Buffy couldn't place. "It's not him I'm worried about, B. It's me."

Buffy watched as Faith walked out the door. She knew that Faith had had a hard life, and she deserved a little happiness. Grabbing her bag, and following her sister slayer out the door, she decided that she was gonna make sure that happened..

TBC...

Thanks to everyone for reading! You all are simply awesome! Let me know what you think. I hope you enjoyed it, and the sequel will be coming shortly. Lots of BA fluff, and maybe some FS fluff, too!