Chapter Two; The Shape of Things to Come.
Lorne was standing outside his room, with the door closed "Can I come inside now?" he asked, and he knocked on the door. "Yes. Come on in" Margarita responded from inside the room. Lorne opened the door and spotted a green painted Margarita right in front of him. She had horns on her head, and looked like a female version of her boyfriend. Lorne blinked his eyes "Holy sea breeze! What's going on, baby?" he asked, looking her up and down. Margarita smiled "I'm a Lornette! It's Halloween today, remember? Fred brought up the idea" she said. Lorne just smiled and then gave her an enormous hug, lifted her up, as she put her legs around him. "Gee, Lorne! What are you doing?!" she said, while giggling. Lorne threw her down on the bed and started to kiss her. She kept on giggling "Don't ruin my make-up!" she said. Lorne smiled "I love you" he said, and kissed her passionately. Margarita smiled and had slight tears in her eyes "Lorne, that's the first time you've ever said that to me. What's the occasion?" she asked. Lorne got off her and gave her a slight happy look "I just felt like saying it to you, sweetie. When you told me that you loved me, I was moved. I wanted to wait for a moment where I could make you happy to tears as well" he explained. Margarita shed a tear "I love you too" she said and hugged him. Knock. Knock.
"The door's open. Come in" Lorne said. Fred walked through the door. She was also painted green and with horns on her head. Margarita gasped "Oh, Fred! You look adorable!" she said, and walked over to her, fixing Fred's curly hair. Lorne clapped his hands in excitement "Well, isn't this lovely? My two favourite girls. . .dressed up as a female version of myself for Halloween. It can't get better" he said, and walked over to his sofa. Fred nervously laughed "Well. . ." she started. Margarita looked at her with questioning eyes "What is it?" she asked.
Lorne, Fred & Margarita walked into Angel's office and as soon as they spotted the people in front of them, they started to laugh. Even Fred, who knew about it. In front of the desk stood a green Angel, Wesley, Gunn and even, Spike. Lorne wiped a tear from his eye "Oh, dear lord. What happened to all of you?" he asked, slightly laughing. Spike shrugged "It was all Fred's idea. I didn't want to, but, she forced us! Angel, I say you fire her!" Spike said, as he sat down in the sofa, quietly. Angel didn't look at them, he just looked at the floor in embarrassment "Just. . .don't laugh" he said, and sat down in his chair. "I'm already coloured! So, why? God, why?" Gunn said, and put his hand to his head. Wesley just stood quietly ". . .I didn't sign up for this" he said, in his own kind of embarrassment. Margarita bumped Fred's arm and whispered to her "You did this to them?". Fred nodded. Margarita gave her a thumbs up "Excellent" she replied. Lorne walked over to Angel "Oh, Angel-cake. Don't worry. You look adorable" he said. Angel looked away from him "Yes. That's exactly what I was afraid of" he replied. Not amused. "Isn't there any work to do, kids?" Lorne asked, and crossed his arms.
Wesley cleared his throat and picked up some files on Angel's desk "Well, we've got that demon hunting. . ." Wesley said. Lorne looked at him, with happiness all around "What demon hunting? I'm just itching to get some work done" he said, optimistically. Angel stared at him in surprise "I didn't even know you liked fighting, Lorne" he said. Lorne shook his head "I don't. But, I want to save the world" he replied. Margarita grabbed his arm "Oh, my hero!" she said, kissing his cheek. Gunn smiled at them and said "Hey. Why don't we all get the green off ourselves and get to work, huh? Except for you Lorne. No green coming off there" Gunn slightly chuckled. "That's the best idea I've ever heard since. . .well, you get the picture" Angel said. Fred frowned "But, what about Halloween?" she asked, in slight sadness. "Cheer up, Fred. There will be other Halloween's" Margarita replied, as she patted her back. Fred nodded and smiled, walking out the door with the others. Lorne and Margarita was left in the room. She rested her head on his shoulder "Are you sure you're up for this?" she asked, with somewhat worry in her voice. Lorne turned to her "Well, if I don't do a Carmen Miranda, I'm gonna be fine" he replied, and chuckled. They walked out of the office.
The gang, without Lorne, and with Margarita, crashed through a door and into a room filled with demons. They started to fight as usual, until they all started to weaken. Fred was knocked unconscious Wesley was out of sight, Angel & Spike was left in a corner, all bloody and beaten and Margarita was knocked into a wall, still conscious. The leader demon looked at them in disgust and said "Hmph! Humans. They're never of any use. Let's finish them". Suddenly, Lorne came crashing through the door with a flame gun in his hands "Not if I have a word against it!" he said, all heroic sounding. "I'm a demon. So, I guess that means I'm not weak as these humans, huh?" he said, having the leader demon's eyes furiously pasted at him. Margarita's face lit up a bit "Lorne!" she shouted in happiness. Lorne smiled at her, and went to her aid "Yes, sweetheart. It's me. Are you able to walk?" he asked, Margarita's eyes widened as she saw the leader demon behind Lorne. "Lorne. Behind you!" she said. Lorne turned around and managed to dodge the attack.
Angel and Spike both got up from the floor and started to fight again. Though, just as quickly as they stood up, they were both thrown out the window again. Lorne started to attack with the flame gun. But, it had no effect on the demons, and so, the leader punched Lorne into a wall. Margarita slowly started to stand on her feet. And just by the blink of an eye, she lunged at the leader demon. Stabbing him with a sword. The demon smiled and pulled the sword out of himself. He raised it and was about to stab Margarita with it. Lorne opened his eyes and saw Margarita standing helpless and wounded in front of the dangerous demon. Without any second thoughts, Lorne ran towards them, and was stabbed by the sword. Margarita looked Lorne in despair, as he fell to the ground. The evil demon started to walk towards her. But, just as he was going to catch her, his head got cut off, and his body fell down, revealing Wesley behind it. "Thank you. . ." Margarita said, Wesley nodded as a reply and then went to Fred's aid, as she was nearly awaken.
Lorne coughed, and Margarita turned to him. "It looks like this is it. . ." Lorne said, coughing blood. Margarita lifted his head, as tears fell down from her crystal blue eyes. "No. Don't say that, Lorne. Please don't say that" she cried, holding his hand. Lorne placed his left hand at Margarita's cheek "Don't cry, peanut. It'll only make this worse" he said. "Nothing can be worse than this" Margarita replied, in true pain and despair. "Hush. Listen to me. . .I love you, I loved you and I will love you forever" he said, as his last breath went out. Margarita's eyes widened in horror "No. No. . .no, no, no. Lorne, please, don't die. Please. . .don't. . .die" she repeated. Wesley helped Fred on her feet as they watched the couple in sadness. Fred took her sight away from them, and leaned towards Wesley's shoulder. Margarita let her tears fall down like a waterfall, and suddenly she put her hand at Lorne's cheek. She kissed him, and just as their lips met, Lorne started to breathe again. "Lorne?" she said, looking at him with slight hope in her eyes. Lorne smiled "Margarita. . .". She placed her finger at his lips and smiled "Hush. Don't talk. Everything's gonna be alright now" she said.
Lorne woke up in the hospital, and spotted everyone around him. Margarita was sitting on the bed. She smiled "Hi". Lorne smiled back at her and replied, gently "Hi". He started to sit up straight and then looked at everyone, with their smiles. "So, what's new?" Lorne asked. To this, the others just chuckled. Margarita started to play with his hair "Everyone slept here. Nothing has happened since we brought you here" she explained. Lorne nodded "I see. Well, thank you. All of you" he said. Fred smiled, and then threw herself at him, hugging him. "I missed you!" she said, and shed a slight tear. Margarita smiled at her, then she turned to the others. "Welcome back" Angel said. With this, everyone left. Everyone, except Margarita. She started to cry, and then hugged him "I thought I lost you!" she cried. Lorne smiled "But, you didn't" he replied. "But, still. I. . .I thought you were dead. I was so scared. . .I wasn't. . .brave enough" she said. Lorne smiled and wiped her tears away "You were the one that brought me to life again, Margarita. If that's not brave, then, I have no idea what is" he said, and chuckled. "Thank you" he said, and kissed her passionately.
Chapter Two. End.