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Ch11…

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Kayleigh's face had turned a shade of green that if given the choice Fred felt a lot of people would like. Dawn was holding in her laughter remembering when she had been the one feeling nauseas, fond Sunnydale memories, only in good ole Sunnyhell would your happy times consist of maiming.
"But.. puppies!"
"Yeah and the guy currently guarding the building used kitties as poker chips!"
"What is it with vampires and their distaste for all things fluffy and cute!" Kayleigh asked frowning.
"If it makes you feel any better Faith told me that once in like the twenties Angel saved a dog from getting run over." Dawn told her as she rubbed her back. "And once he was turned into a puppet. And he listens to Barry Manilow."
"You talking bout the boss man? Cause he does have a serious jonesing for the white Barry." Gunn asked poking his head into the room with a grin.
"Yeah I was just telling Kayleigh all about Angel's darker days." Dawn replied hugging the street fighter tightly he was like her substitute Xander, peeking out from behind the fighter was a rigid looking Connor. "Hey Connor."
"Dawn, Kayleigh."
Curt, to the point and so not like the annoying brat she had first pegged him as, she really was a goner, if she started with the soul mates gaze somebody had better stake her.
"How's the interrogation going?" Dawn asked grabbing her book bag off the table.
"Your sister is twisted."
Dawn just smiled proudly enjoying the look of alarm on Kayleigh's face.
"So he spill anything yet?"
"Nothing we didn't already know, prophecy of the miracle children- we're thinking that's you and junior here. We booked right after your sister pulled off his piercing and the nipple it was attached to."
Dawn glanced over at Connor walking a few steps behind them his eyes guarded and looking around; ever the hunter.
"So my life is in peril once more, goody!" Dawn fake cheered hauling herself into the backseat of the car slightly in awe that Angel had actually lent out his baby.
"You Sunnydale folk have to be the weirdest people I've ever met. And I'm from LA!" Gunn said sliding behind the wheel beside Kayleigh who was drooling over the beauty and its leather seats.
"It's nice to know we come first in something other than mortality rates." Dawn replied dryly settling back against the leather sneaking a glance at Connor who seemed to not take notice of the conversation, "You okay?" She asked quietly careful to make sure the front passengers couldn't hear her. It took Connor a moment to process the question, or at least that's what it seemed like to Dawn.
"Prophecies, nothing good ever comes from them, what's to say this is even real? The last prophecy about me was a fake, this one probably is too."
"That may be your experience but it certainly isn't mine. If this ends with me bleeding to open another portal to hell I'm going to be seriously pissed off."
Dawn traced the scars on her wrists, one self inflicted the others not. She shivered when Connor's fingers lightly traced them after her coming up and tickling her palm before tangling with her own fingers, their palms clasped together tightly.
"Me too, I've been to hell really wouldn't recommend it."
"Well to get there I'd have to bleed to death so…" Dawn rolled her eyes inwardly smiling as Connor squeezed her fingers.
"Hey can we stop for curly fries? I've got a wicked craving."
Gunn chuckled at the newbie slayer while Dawn snorted.
"You just had to be trained by Faith! I mean all year it's been 'wicked' this and 'sweet' that. I swear if I hear you say you're 'five by five' I'll scream."
"What does that mean anyway?" Gunn asked looking at her through the mirror, she shrugged.
"It's Faith who knows?"

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Willow was still a little light headed but not so out of it that she didn't notice the fluffy bunny feelings and furtive looks going on between her best friend and her creature of the night, star of many dreams/erotic fantasies ex. Buffy's face had that glow to it, that glow that she could only call the Angel glow, she'd seen it many times over the years, even Angel looked less broody and his shirt was grey and not black, that had to be an improvement.
"You know you really had me all excited about that sphere and then you just staked the guy, I never get to have fun anymore." Willow pouted.
"Says the goddess who can teleport." Buffy replied as she stood up from the chair all dust scooped up. "Besides, I'd rather keep the sphere for someone who really pisses me off." She turned to Angel who was perusing a leather bound text with something ugly on the front. "You find it yet?"
Angel scratched his ear keeping his eyes on the text.
"No, there's nothing about a demon named Monty or Leclan demons in general. I've never heard of them before."
Buffy frowned wiping the dust from her pants crossing to look over Angel's shoulder at the text.
"Should I call Giles? Or maybe the coven can find something?" She suggested looking across the table to Willow who pulled out her phone dialling the number from memory. Angel rubbed his hands across his face.
"He could have picked a scarier name, he sounds like a used car salesman." Buffy grumbled collapsing on the couch, she was getting a headache from all this research; it had never been her thing.
"Thanks Giles." Willow said closing her phone under the scrutiny of both Buffy and Angel. "He's catching a flight out as soon as he can. Unfortunately Andrew was there visiting and insisted on coming along too."
Angel groaned, that kid really tested his whole no killing humans stance. Buffy's mouth twitched at his reaction but she said nothing, it wasn't like she was savouring a visit from the 'guestage'. Willow couldn't hold in her snort of laughter and blushed under the scrutiny of the two champions.
"Sorry! I just.. who's going to…I mean one of us should…. You know how Andrew is about-"
Buffy's eyes flashed with recognition and a small smile blessed her own lips.
"You mean who's going to tell Spike his man stalker's coming here? I vote on keeping it a surprise, watching Spike run for the hills would be funny but his face whenever Andrew gets handsy is way better."
The slayer's small smile was now a full-blown grin, which was shared by Willow.
"Not tell a formerly homicidal vampire that the world's most annoying man child who has a homoerotic crush on him is on his way? Works for me, Angel?"
His broodiness was back just a little; his scowl was slightly scowlier.
"We couldn't just leave him at the airport?" Angel asked in all seriousness.
"We've tried, he's like the dog you leave at the Grand Canyon. He'll follow you home across four states." Buffy answered leaning her head against his shoulder, all that torture really tires a girl out she hadn't done it properly in months.
"It's true I even tried to flay him alive and he stills sends me presents for Hanukah every year." Willow smiled to herself. "Last year he gave me the complete Doogie Howser box set."
Angel burrowed back into the couch oblivious to the look exchanged between the two females.
"Fine but if he tries to tell the 'legend of the vampire' again I'm throwing him out the window."
Buffy crinkled her eyebrows in confusion and turned to look at her…Angel.
"Huh? Why would you do that?"
The hairs on the back of her neck stood to attention as a smirk passed over his face.
"Well since he seems to know everything I though I'd see if he knew how to fly."
Their eyes held each other for just a moment before they both laughed, Buffy's hair falling into her face. Willow who had started to have that third wheel feeling again blessed Hecate when the door to the apartment swung open.
"That's the guy who killed puppies? He uses hair gel!"
Buffy bit back a snort as all traces of his smile faded into the more familiar scowl.
"That's what happens when you let Faith train the newbies."
He didn't use gel, according to Lorne it was called 'product' now.

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I know there is no excuse for having kept you guys waiting for so long and yet here is mine; I've moved to a new state and had to look for a job that would allow me to keep paying for this lovely internet thing that allows me to give you this story! Anyways my muse was hidden away in one of the boxes but alas I have found her and will give her my full attention. If you want an update sooner rather than later please review and yell at me it's a great motivator!