Daddy Dearest Chapter 3: The not so great beginning, an angel fanfic

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This chapter was finished in January, as I said in the first chapter, I have currently 4 parts ready, and I will work on part 5 right now, so I think I'll be done by these week or so. Here you have the third chapter, and in a couple of days, I'll have the fourth up. Thank you for your interest! And this story will be continued, and is accepting suggestions regarding where to go from here, ok? Also if you find any mistake please let me know so I can correct it, I know sometimes it bothers to read something with typos. XD.

On with the show…

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Daddy Dearest

Chapter Three "The not so great beginning"

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Angel, just a headache and very little free time, if anyone wants to sue me that's all they'll get. LOL.

Warnings: Angst & Language (only)

Spoilers: None really. See chapter one for more info.

Rating: PG13

Author's notes: Thank you so very much for the sweet reviews that I got for the last chapters, I really don't consider myself nearly close to a writer so it means a lot that some people actually like it. Thank you guys!

Background: Connor is 17 and was thrown out by Angel, and he got in some police trouble and ended up in jail. Also Connor has been having weird dreams about a life he never got to have.

Summary: What will happen when Connor gets out of jail…?

Angel was driving faster than usual and his mind was all confused. What was he supposed to do? It wasn't like he was going to let Connor stay in jail, he regretted throwing him out on the first place, so he was determined to make everything he could to get his son back, and everything meant everything.

He didn't want to recognize it, but he was afraid of going to pick Connor up, well, not afraid of the actual picking up, but of what it represented. It meant the first step in the new relationship that he wanted with his son. Their new beginning, and of course, it was going to be rough.

Finally and despite being immersed in his own deep thoughts he arrived to the station. He got out of the car and walked calmly and extremely slowly to the entrance, like wishing he would never get there.

He went to the front desk and asked the officer about his son. The policeman said that he was locked up and that he will be released as soon as Angel filled in some papers and paid the bail. He also remarked that they were letting him go easy because he was a minor and this was his first offence, but that he wouldn't be that lucky next time.

'There won't be a next time' Angel thought to himself.

A few minutes later an officer came to the front with Connor, still on handcuffs. Then he took them off and "delivered" him to Angel.

Connor had a slight smile in his face, like he was glad that his father did pick him up, but he wiped it as soon as he realized that Angel could have seen it. He got a little closer to his father.

"Thanks for coming, and don't worry, next time I will kill them all so they won't have a chance of arresting me again" Connor said acting strong and almighty, not wanting to recognize that he had screwed up.

Connor then started to walk to the exit, but was stopped when he was grabbed by the arm by his father.

"Where do you think you are going?" Angel asked.

"I'm going away" Connor almost yelled but somehow remembering the dream he knew better, "You know, the whole propose of you getting me out, was that I could actually go out!" Connor said, trying to get out of his father gasp.

"Actually, that wasn't the purpose" Angel answered "I got you out, and you are coming with me where you belong, once and for all".

"I'm not going anywhere with you! Ever!" Connor exclaimed, almost getting out of breath.

"Of course you are, I'm your father"

"You are not my father!"

"Then who am I Connor? Why don't you enlighten me?"

"You are a monster!"

"Well then I guess you have a monster for a father, but still a father"

"I'm not going with you"

"They said that you have to come with me, and they will be watching us closely. They will send a social worker every week or so to check us up, because they want to be sure that you live in a good environment, and that I am a good father"

"Well then I guess the police aren't as dumb as I thought"

"You are right, and I might not have been the best father in the past, but I certainly intend to change that starting now"

"And what if I don't come with you?"

"They probably will look for you, and they will be on your toes, and then when they find you, you will go back to jail"

"Well that sucks"

"You are coming with me, for whatever reason you need, and even if I have to drag you myself you will do it"

"You can't force me!" Connor said rapidly as he ran, escaping from Angel's reach.

"The hell I can't!" Angel said grabbing Connor roughly by the arm and making him walk towards the car, where he practically shoved him in.

Connor was struggling in the car yelling to get out, and threatening Angel that he will jump out no matter if the car was moving or not, but Angel smartly told him that he had childproof doors and windows.

Connor was pissed the entire ride home.

When they parked near the hotel, Angel opened Connor's door, but got a little distracted, and his son taking advantage of that, jumped out of the car and started running as fast as he could.

Angel was not surprised by this but decided to give his son a little time to calm and burn some of the energy that he had right now, so he let him run away. He thought he wouldn't go far.

Some minutes later he heard Connor screaming.

Angel was fast and arrived just where he heard the noise.

His son was being attacked by a big creature, and very scary, it had probably 100 eyes, huge arms with claws and enormous teeth.

It had hurt Connor, so he was lying on the cold alley, and the monster looked just like it was about to eat him.

Angel entered in action; he vamped and threw the creature a punch. But it didn't seem to affect it, because it had already seen the vampire coming with one (or maybe more than one) of its eyes. And when the thing noticed Angel's presence it immediately attacked with its claws. Angel got a little off balance by one of them but he was fast and knocked the thing right on the head making it lose sight of probably half of its eyes.

The creature fell to the ground and then Angel heard another noise. It was Fred and Gunn who had arrived as fast as they could when they thought they heard someone screaming.

Fred gave Angel an axe and soon Angel finished the job by cutting the creature's head in the middle and watching all the eyes closing in signal of defeat.

Gunn went where Connor was, and tried to make him react, but he had no luck. Then Angel arrived and carried his son gently, lifting him carefully.

Angel asked Gunn to go look for his car which was parked some blocks away, so he and Fred went to find it.

They went as fast as they could to the nearby hospital, and they took Connor to the ER.

Once inside, the doctor checked the youngster up and he said that he was a strong boy and although he had deep cuts he was going to be fine. In the hospital they bathed him and cleaned his wounds much to Connor's despite.

But then the doctor said that Connor has some kind of venom in his blood, to which Angel immediately lied that he had been bitten by a dog. The doctor told him to find the dog and to get it to him so they could extract some antidote for what could be rabies.

Angel looked away and slightly nodded just so that the doctor wouldn't suspect.

Connor was asked to stay all night just to be sure he was ok.

"Could you guys do me a favor?" Angel asked.

"Sure, you want us to stay here with you?" Fred said.

"No, actually I was going to ask you guys to do some research about the creature Connor fought and to go and get some of its blood, so we can prepare an antidote for the poison it left on Connor's body"

"Yeah sure… we'll do it on our way home" Fred said.

"Ok then, we'll see you guys tomorrow, we'll come by and pick you both up at 10" Gunn said kind of glad that he could finally go home.

"See you" Angel waved, as they both went away.

And that was it, Angel stared at his son's bed for a while thinking about what had happened, how close he had been of actually losing Connor again, and there he stayed immersed on his thoughts until he finally fell asleep.

Angel carried a still drugged Connor and got them both outside the room and down to the hospital's lobby, the doctor had recommended him to clean Connor's wounds once they got home and to put on some new bandages, and so he was planning to do it.

Finally Gunn and Fred came to pick them up, and Connor was still a little out of himself for all the drugs he'd been given and probably even more for the poison in his bloodstream, so he completely cooperated, to sort of say something, although he wasn't actually conscious of what was going on.

Once in the car, they both told Angel that they got the blood and some interesting things about the monster that had attacked his son yesterday.

"Its name was 'Argo Panoptes' and it's like a mythological creature with a hundred eyes, but not very skillful though, and its claws are poisonous, so that's probably what has Connor still out of himself" Fred commented fully fascinated with what she found on the monster.

"Fred go to the point, which is that we found that with its blood and some rare species of purple algae that we bought in the black market yesterday night, we can make an antidote that will reverse all the effects of the venom" Gunn said interrupting Fred, who he swore could go on for hours talking about the monster itself, and not about the real news. "But the thing is it requires special preparation that we haven't yet found how to do"

Angel was glad that they had came up with at least half the solution to the problem and decided that right after they got home and he cleaned Connor up, they were going to find the way prepare the antidote, although he strongly weighted the option of letting Connor that way, since it was the first time that his stubborn child had actually behaved.

Finally they got to the hotel, and once there he went to the suite next to his and put Connor to bed, while he prepared the bath.

He got the tub ready with hot water and proceeded to undress his son. While he was doing this, Connor awoke slightly and protested to his father, but he was too weak to fight it so he just let Angel finish undress him, bath him and clean his wounds in the shower, even though he was uncomfortable with this.

When he finished the bath, Angel dressed his son with some flannel pajamas that he had bought for himself and never actually worn them. They were obviously pretty big for his tinny son, but they would have to do for now.

Connor felt so badly, all he wanted to do was sleep a little longer, so he just fell on the bed and closed his eyes, he still didn't know anything about the poison and he blamed the damn doctors for his feeling numb.

Angel was so happy to have his son back, and to be able to watch him sleep. He just knew that he was doing the right thing. He watched his son from the door for a few minutes and then he went out of the room closing the door behind him trying to do as little noise as possible.

Downstairs Gunn and Fred were waiting for him on the lobby.

"How's Connor doing?" Fred asked

"He's fine, I bathed him and cleaned his wounds, and now he is sleeping" Angel answered

"He actually let you bath him?" "Man, he must be pretty weak and hurting, we should really consider if we want him to take the antidote or not" Gunn remarked

"That thing was really powerful, I mean its venom must be really toxic because my leg still hurts and it didn't even scratch it, and we all know how fast I can heal, and so does Connor" Angel commented, then realized that Cordelia wasn't there and was really amazed that for almost a day he hadn't thought about her, and feeling bad finally asked "Where is Cordy?"

"She got an urgent call from his father and left for Sunnydale yesterday before we went to save Connor" Gunn answered him.

Angel was a little upset and sad. He hoped Cordy will help him with all that was going on, but found himself surprised at the fact that what he really cared about right now was his son's well being.

"She asked us to tell you she was sorry about this and to wish you luck with Connor" Fred said trying to cheer Angel up. "I'm sure she won't be gone for long"

Angel just nodded.

"We still need to find how to prepare the antidote, so we can cure Connor" Gunn said changing the subject abruptly.

"You're right Gunn, would you look for that creature on the books please, see what else you can find about it and the cure of its venom" Angel gently asked

"I can help him" Fred offered.

"Actually, Fred, I was hoping that you could do a little favor to me" Angel interrupted

"Sure Angel, anything you need" Fred said nicely

"I would like you to go to the mall and find some clothes for Connor; you know some t-shirts, pants, socks, underwear, and pajamas, because right now he is wearing mine and I guess they are a little too big for him" Angel said almost laughing when he remembered how Connor looked in his clothes, and giving her his credit card, a thing that he would have never given to Cordy.

"Ok, I'm going right now" Fred replied, and went out.

An hour later

"I didn't find anything regarding the antidote on these books" Gunn said

"Well, you could go over to Wesley's and ask him about it, I'm sure he could help us" Angel replied

"You know how I feel about Wesley" Gunn said a little annoyed

"I do know, but sometimes we have to put our differences apart and try to work as a team, and besides I could really use some time alone with Connor, I was about to wake him for dinner, and I wish I could talk to him alone"

"Ok, then I guess I'll go to find Wesley" Gunn said disappointed "Are you sure you'll be alright?" he continued.

"Yes I'm sure, he and I need to talk things through and I prefer to do it while you and Fred are out" Angel said smiling.

"Ok see you in a couple of hours" Gunn said as he left.

Angel finished making some chicken soup and decided to go upstairs to Connor's room. Once on the suite he put a small table and touched his son gently to wake him up, but Connor just wouldn't respond, he wouldn't wake.

Angel knew now that maybe there was more to know about that venom than what they had already found out. He just hoped it wasn't too late.

I hate cliffhangers but hey if everybody does it, then I guess I can too, but I promise to bring a new chapter in a couple of days (tops!), so don't hate me that much!!

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