A/N: Hey guys…sorry this chapter took so long to get out but I had no internet this weekend and I've been pretty busy. Hope you all enjoy the update and a special thanks to everyone who's been reading and reviewing. It means a lot!

LA

After they were all packed Buffy and the gang hopped on a bus for LA. The bus dropped them off only a block away from the hotel so they just walked there. When they walked into the hotel Angel and the others were all huddled around the books as usual.

As they walked in they were in awe. The Hyperion wasn't exactly the nicest place but it still had a beauty to it and the lobby was pretty awe worthy. When he heard them come in Angel practically ran from his office into the lobby. He and Buffy approached each other nervously. "Buffy," Angel said with a half smile. "I'm glad you came."

Buffy smiled back at him. "It's good to see you too Angel."

Cordelia came into the room next with a big smile on her face. Back in her earlier years of high school she couldn't have cared less about these people but now she was a lot different. She was even different enough to actually call them her friends. "Hey guys! I'm so glad your here. It's so nice to see familiar faces at a time like this."

Cordy exchanged hugs with Buffy, Willow, Giles and Dawn. When she got to Xander they just smiled at each other. They had a long history but it ended on a good note and they were happy about that. "It's good to see you again Cordelia," Xander said as he hugged his old girlfriend.

"Oh God you too Xander," Cordy responded. "How have you been? What have you been up to?"

"Oh you know the usual, fighting demons, getting engaged to x-vengeance demons…same old stuff," Xander joked.

Cordelia's mouth fell open. "Xander Harris…engaged? Hell really has frozen over."

Xander smiled at her and let out a small fake laugh. "Very funny."

"Yes Xander is engaged which means if you're planning on trying to get him back it wont work," Anya said to Cordelia defensively as she grabbed his arm.

Cordy just nodded her head. "Good to see you too, Anya."

Shortly after Cordelia came out Wesley, Gunn and Fred fallowed. Wesley went to Giles first and shook his hand and then he proceeded to give hugs to Buffy, Dawn and Willow and then a hand shake for Xander.

Even though Angel wasn't looking like he was in much of a hugging mood Dawn practically jumped into his arms. Angel always used to be a little bit of a pain in the ass but he was always nice to Dawn and he was definitely her favorite of all of Buffy's x-boyfriends. "Hey Dawn, how have you been?"

"Good," Dawn replied with a smile as they pulled away from their embrace. "Well…aside from the whole being pregnant at the age of 15 without ever having sex thing." Angel just smiled a little uncomfortably.

After Dawn, Willow took her turn at hugging Angel. Angel smiled at her. "It's good to see you Willow."

She smiled back at him. "Likewise."

Willow stepped aside to let Buffy have her turn at hugging Angel but when the two were face to face they just kind of smiled at each other nervously. "We should probably…introduce people," Buffy suggested trying to break the awkwardness of the situation.

"Right," Angel agreed. He walked over to Gunn and Fred. "Everyone this is Charles Gunn," he said as he pointed to Gunn.

"How you doin?" Gunn said with a wave.

"And this is Winfred Burckle," he said pointing to Fred.

"Hi there. Yawl can call me Fred," Fred said with a wave.

"Fred, Gunn, this is Buffy, Giles, Willow, Dawn, Xander," Angel said as he pointed to each one respectively, "And I'm sorry I don't know your names," he said as he pointed to Tara and Anya. "I think I might have met you once but…I don't remember your name," he added to Anya.

"Everyone this is Tara," Willow said as she put her arm around a very shy looking Tara. "She's my girlfriend," she added as she smiled at Tara.

Wesley looked around very confused. "Willow you're um…?" he stopped himself when he realized everyone was staring at him. "Right…good for you."

Tara's face started to turn red. She didn't really like being the center of attention. "It's nice to meet you all."

"And this is my fiancée Anya," Xander said as he smiled at Anya.

Anya smiled at all the new faces. "It's a pleasure to meet you all."

"Tara, Anya this is Angel, Wesley, Cordelia," Willow said as she pointed to each one, "And we've already been introduced to Gunn and Fred."

"So," Buffy said, "Where's Faith?"

"I think she's in the shower," Fred answered. Buffy nodded her head.

"We've got rooms set up for all of you," Angel said. "Five room's right?"

Buffy nodded her head. "Thanks again for this, Angel."

"It's no problem," he responded. "If you guys want to come with me I'll show you were you're staying."

Buffy and the rest of the crew grabbed their stuff and fallowed Angel up the stairs. "Five rooms…does that mean I get my own room?" Dawn asked with excitement.

"Only because Angel has enough room and I couldn't stand to share with you," Buffy joked. Dawn just glared at her as they walked to the rooms.

After they got situated they all went back down to the lobby. As they were about to have a little meeting about what their next move should be Faith came down the stairs with a nervous look on her face. She knew that they were coming but it didn't really fully register until she saw them all.

When Buffy saw her coming she forced a small smile. "Faith."

"Long time no see. How's it goin, B?" Faith asked with the same forced smile on her face.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders. "Been better."

"I hear that," Faith added. "So…did I interrupt anything?"

"Just in time actually," Angel said. "I had an idea of a way we might figure out a little more information about these babies."

"We're all ears," Faith responded.

"I called up an old friend," Angel said as he looked at the door. A smile appeared on his face when a familiar green, horned demon walked through the door.

"You rang Angel cakes," Lorne said as he walked into the hotel with a smile on his face.

Angel smiled back. "Guys this is Lorne." He introduced Lorne to everyone who didn't already know him and then explained to them about his power.

"Let me get this straight…you want us to sing?" Buffy asked with a very unsure ton.

"Yeah, that's the part I'm not liking," Faith said.

"Dido," Willow added.

"That's the idea sugar," Lorne responded.

Faith, Buffy and Willow were looking very nervous. "Did I mention I don't sing," Faith added.

"It's the best thing I can think of," Angel pleaded. "Lorne can read all of you and that way we can be sure that this prophecy is really what it says it is and hopefully it will help us all decide what the next step should be."

After some very persistent convincing, the Angel gang finally convinced Buffy and the other girls to sing for Lorne. He took them each into Angel's office one at a time so that they would feel more comfortable. They decided that he should read them all first and then tell the group as a whole what he saw.

After Lorne read all eight girls separately everyone gathered in the lobby. Angel looked at him nervously. "So…what did you see?"

"Alright ladies and gents," Lorne started with all eyes anxiously looking at him, "This is the basic gist of the situation. It looks like this prophecy that Wes and Giles here found is exactly what's going on here. You eight are obviously some of the best of the best when it comes to fighting for the side of good…or at least you will be," he continued as he winked at Faith after saying that last part. He continued, "All eight of the little ones are human and should have pretty big destinies ahead of them."

"Ok so, not that I was thinking about trying this or anything but, would it even be possible for any of us to get an abortion?" Buffy asked curiously.

"I don't think so sweet pea," Lorne responded with a sympathetic look on his face. "The kids are all human sure but their existents is mystical all the way. Someone wants these kids to be born and all though I'm not entirely sure on this I'd be willing to bet money that nothings going to be able to hurt those kids as long as their in their mommies bellies."

Dawn looked slightly disappointed. "Guess I'm going to be a teenage mother after all," she said with a sigh. She hadn't really thought too much about what she would do if she had the choice but not having the choice at all was a lot to take.

Buffy could see the slightly confused and upset look on Dawn's face. "It's going to be ok Dawny. We'll figure something out. You can get home schooled and stuff. We'll work this all out I promise," Buffy said comfortingly as she ran her fingers through her sister's hair.

"So this is really happening?" Cordelia asked. "The eight of us…we're going to be mothers?"

"That's right Cordy," Lorne confirmed. "Don't be so down in the dumps kids. I don't really know most of you but I can tell from reading you and just from what I've seen of you all so far that you're going to be excellent mothers. And you've got all these boys that I'm sure will be standing in line to help you girls raise the little nippers."

"He's right," Giles confirmed. "We're all here for you, all of you." The rest of the boys nodded at Giles' statement. Their boys would do anything for them.

It was evident that the girls, or at least some of them were becoming more comforted and the mood was starting to get lighter again. "That's what I like to see," Lorne said as he saw Dawn crack a small smile. "I want to see smiles on all your faces. This is all going to work out."

"He's right," Angel said. "We all just need to talk this out and we'll figure out a way to deal with this…together."