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Angel's POV

I looked at my watch. Only one minute had passed since the last time I had checked. For years Chase has been asking to read Wesley's file on Angelus and I have been putting him off for years by telling him that he had to wait until he had graduated from high school. Well that time finally came last week. My baby boy had graduated from high school number one in his class. Cordy and I had really pushed the idea of college because we wanted more then a life of demon and vampire hunting for our son. He is so smart and he could do so much but he insisted on joining the family business and he definitely inherited our stubbornness. We couldn't talk him out of it.

"Angel standing outside of Chase's office isn't going to make him finish reading any faster." Wesley said with a smirk.

"Thanks for that Wes." He grinned and continued walking.

My stomach was in knots. Cordy told me not to worry so much. She told me that Chase knew who I was, he knew that Angelus wasn't his father but regardless, there was a huge part of me that worried that Chase would hate me after reading about Angelus. I will never forget the look in his eyes when I came back from the dead. That bastard Jacob told Chase that I was a horrible monster that ate people and the worst thing about it was he was right. At one point in my very long life I was that monster that my son was afraid of. I ate people and I enjoyed it. If I close my eyes I can still see the fear in Chase's eyes when he looked at me. I don't think that I can handle seeing it again. I never wanted to see that look in either of my children's eyes. I grabbed my cell phone and dialed the first speed dial on my phone.

"Hey babe."

"Cor, I can't take it."

"He's still reading huh?"

"It's been hours. I know that Wesley's file on Angelus wasn't that big. It's been three hours Cordelia. He should have been done already."

"You know our son Angel. He never reads things just once. He has probably read it a few times, taken notes and called Ali for her opinion."

"What if he hates me?"

"He won't. He knows that you and Angelus are not the same vampire. He knows and loves you and that will never change. "

"You can't know that."

"I know our son Angel and he loves you and that will never change no matter what he learns about Angelus."

"I hate him knowing what I did in my past."

"It wasn't you baby. It was Angelus who is no longer a part of you." I heard her cover the mouthpiece. "Angel I need to get back to work. Quit worrying and I'll see you later."

"Thanks. I love you."

"Me too." She disconnected the call and I resumed my pacing.

Chase's POV

I could hear my dad pacing outside my office. I had been through Uncle Wes's file on Angelus three times. Mom and dad have never tried to hide what Angelus was or did from me and Catherine but seeing it in print gave it a whole new meaning. Angelus was an evil bastard. As I read through the torture that he put his victims through and the pleasure that he took from it made me sick to my stomach. I actually puked once. I know that my dad was worried about my reaction and hell I don't blame him. I remember how freaked out I was when I was a kid and mom's boyfriend enlightened me as to my dad's former activites. I was so scared that that my father, my hero was going to eat me that I wouldn't go anywhere near him. He's probably afraid that I'll react the same way. I finally decided to put him out of his misery.

"Dad you can come in now." I said softly, knowing with his vampire hearing he would hear me. Within seconds my office door swung opened and my dad, who looked very nervous walked in.

"So…uhh…"

"Dad it's okay. I don't hate you."

"Did you not read the file?"

"Yeah dad I read it."

"And you don't hate me?"

"I hate Angelus. It was him that did all of those horrible things not you." My dad shook his head.

"I wish it was that easy son."

"It is that easy dad. You are not Angelus. He's gone forever. You have a permanent soul. Sure you have his memories but as mom has told you a thousand times it wasn't you. It wasn't the man who raised Cat and me. It wasn't the man who loves my mother more than his own life. The vampire that killed all of those people is not my father, my best friend." Mom was right. He had such a guilty conscious. He really needed to get over it already. I decided to tell him that myself. "You really need to let your guilt go dad. It's not healthy."

"I'm really your best friend?" He sounded surprised.

"Besides Ali yeah dad you are my best friend. There is no one else in the world that I trust more than you. You're actually my hero." We both stood and walked around my desk and shared a manly hug. "I love you dad."

"I love you too son." My cell phone beeping ruined our tender moment. I pulled it out and read my text message.

"It's Cat."

"You're weekly dinner?" My sister and I were pretty close. Catherine moved out a couple of years ago and that's when we started going out to eat once a week to catch up and now even though we work together we still get together so we can talk about non work related items.

"Yeah, she is bringing her new guy." I saw dad's hand tighten into a fist. He was always so protective of Catherine and so far no man has been good enough for her in my father's eyes and I have inherited that same protectiveness of my sister. I must admit that I have threatened a few of her "friends" Catherine is a good woman who deserves a good man like my father and so far none of those worthless losers she has dated is worthy of my sister's heart.

"I expect a full report on this guy tomorrow."

"I know." I sent him the smile that I inherited from him. "You do realize that she will rip my head off if she knows I'm spying for you."

"It's a risk I'm willing to take." He slapped me on the shoulder. "Have fun and give her my love."

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Catherine's POV

"You're brother is pretty cool." Alex told me.

"Yeah. He's not so bad." I smiled and he leaned forward and kissed me.

"Do you need a ride home?" He asked when we broke apart.

"No Chase will take me home."

"I'll call you tomorrow." I smiled at him as he walked to his car. As soon as he was out of sight I linked arms with my brother.

"So what do you think?" I asked him.

"He's okay."

"Okay? That's it, just okay?"

"What do you want me to say Cat? I hardly know the guy?"

"I know you have an opinion. You always have an opinion." I respected my brother and I wanted his input.

"Come on. Let's get some ice cream."

"Don't change the subject Chase Angel." Ice cream actually sounded pretty good.

"I'll tell you after we get some." I sighed, knowing he wasn't going to budge. We walked over to the ice cream stand and each ordered a cone.

"Spill it Chase."

"He's not good enough for you." He blurted out.

"How the hell can you say that? You only spent an hour with him." I snapped.

"Back off Cat. You asked." He was right. I did ask.

"I hated the way that every time a woman walked past the table he checked them out and I don't think he knows where your eyes are because he couldn't take his off of your chest."

"That's not true." I defended.

"It's only my opinion."

"Well not every guy can be as perfect as you and dad."

"I agree. Our type of perfection is almost impossible to achieve." He said with a smirk and I couldn't help but smile back at him.

"So what are you going to tell dad?" He shot me a look of surprise. He thought I didn't know that he gives him reports on my love life.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"You are such a bad liar Chase. I know that you report back to dad."

"You're not mad?"

"Not really. With your reports I don't get as many probing questions."

"I'm going to tell him that I think Alex is an ass but I really haven't gotten the chance to get to know him."

"Very good little brother."

I couldn't be mad a Chase or dad. They only want what's best for me. I would never admit to Chase but I am so jealous of his relationship with Ali. They are really in love and I think that they are going to last forever. I hope to one day find that for myself.

"So what do you think of Angelus?" I knew that he had read the Angelus file.

"Oh my God, he was a monster." Chase began to tell me about everything that he had found out about our father's other half. We had just finished our ice cream and returned to his car when it happened. A bunch of vampires attacked us. Because we were unprepared and they weren't neither Chase or I could access our stakes. These bastards were strong and fast. Even though we were out numbered, there were at least ten of them we fought hard and it took at least five minutes before they were able to subdue us. I thought for sure that this was the end but instead of drinking I was hit over my head and knocked unconscious. The last thing I saw before I slipped into darkness was my brother being hit over the head with a large pipe.

Cordy's POV

I was pulled out of my dream by soft cold lips on my own. Not even opening my eyes I responded to those lips because I knew that those were the lips of my husband. I held out for as long as I could before I needed to breathe and I reluctantly pulled out of his embrace.

"Did you kill it?" I mumbled sleepily. After dinner he had gotten a call from Wesley. There was demon that needed to be killed.

"Yeah we got it." I looked around the room for my son, assuming that he was with his father.

"Where's Chase?"

"He never answered our page."

"Did Catherine say where he went after their dinner?"

"We haven't heard from her. I was hoping that they were both here."

"I don't think so."

"You were sleeping."

"Chase always wakes me up when he get home." Just as I was beginning to worry the phone rang. "Go check in his room." I instructed and I reached for the phone.

"Hello?"

"Aunt Cordy, It's Ali. I'm sorry to bother you but I'm looking for Chase. He hasn't answered any of my calls." Angel had returned shaking his head. Chase wasn't in his room. This was not good.

"Sweetheart Chase isn't here. He and Catherine went to dinner tonight and they probably went to a movie afterward and his phone is off. I'll try to get in touch with him and I'll have him call you."

"Thanks Aunt Cordy." I disconnected the call and looked at Angel with worry in my eyes.

"Don't panic Cor. Maybe he's with Ali."

"No he's not. She just called. He hasn't answered any of her calls either. Why didn't you call me earlier when you couldn't reach them?" My panic was quickly turning to anger.

"We gave Catherine and Chase the night off so honestly I wasn't surprised when he didn't answer his page. We really didn't need him but he told us to always page him." Before I could yell at him a vision hit me.

"Cor what is it?" I was pale and shaking. My kids were in trouble.

"Catherine and Chase…taken…vampires."

"Where are they?"

"Lindsey…"

"Lindsey? Where the hell is Lindsey? I've never heard of it."

"No…Lindsey has them." I whispered.

"Lindsey? Who the…" I watched as the confused look was replaced by recognition. "Lindsey McDonald?" I nodded. "That cowboy? It'll be a piece of cake." I was shaking my head.

"Angel he's a vampire." His eyes got wide. "A very strong vampire.

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Chase POV

I forced my eyes open and immediately wished that I hadn't because my head hurt so damn bad. I attempted to move my arms but I quickly realized that my arms were changed to the wall along with my feet. I turned my head and saw my sister in the same position as I was. I started pulling on the chains but it was no use. I knew that I wasn't going to get out of them.

"Catherine, wake up." I shouted and I heard her moan. That was a good sign. "Come on Cat. Wake your ass up." I finally heard her groaning. "Yo, Cat I'm over here." She slowly raised her head to look at me.

"Chase?"

"Yeah it's me." She attempted to move her arms.

"What the hell?"

"We've been captured."

"Thank you Captain Obvious." I rolled my eyes. "Can you get loose?"

"No they're tight as hell." She began to struggle against them.

"God Dammit."

"It's no use. I've tried."

"Who is it?"

"Just some vamps. I didn't recognize any of them."

"Why haven't they killed us?"

"I forgot to ask when I was getting the shit beat out of me."

"No need to be an ass." She snapped.

"Sorry." I mumbled. I was pissed off that we were in this situation and I was taking it out on my sister.

"I can't believe that they got us. We should have been able to stake them."

"There were ten of them Cat and we were taken by surprise. There was nothing that we could have done. They were prepared, we weren't." Suddenly the door to our room opened and a vampire walked in.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"An old friend of your father's." He walked over to me and grabbed my face. "I'll be damned, you like just like your old man. I will take joy in killing you for that reason alone." He then walked over to Catherine and ran his hand around her face, down her neck and arm. "You little lady, you look just like your mama. So beautiful. I think that you will make a lovely mate for me. Just think, the daughter of the vampire with a soul who helps the helpless, becoming evil. It's a damn fairy tale."

"Get away from her." I shouted as his hand traveled toward her chest.

"What the hell to you want?" Catherine spat.

"I want to punish your dear old dad."

"Then go after him."

"The easiest way to do that is through you too. I'm going to make him watch me kill your brother here, turn you and then he will be begging me to kill him to put him out of his misery which I will do with pleasure."

"Do you have any idea who you are dealing with?" I asked

"Oh believe me, I do. When I was human I had lots of dealings with Angel."

"He will kill you." Catherine said.

"He will try but he won't succeed."

"Bullshit." I said.

"So what's the plan? Are we just going to wait around for our dad to show or are you going to call and invite him for tea?"

"Aren't you the smart ass just like dear old dad?" I glared at him. "I expect him here any time. I'm sure that your mommy got a vision of your whereabouts." Suddenly a buzzer sounded. The man vamped out and walked over to me with an evil smile. "Oh goody, daddy's here. Time for the fun to start." He grabbed my hair and exposed my neck. I heard Catherine screaming as he sank his teeth into my neck. I quickly became very tired and I couldn't keep my eyes opened. I tried to fight it but it was no use. Within seconds the darkness had overtaken my body. My last conscious thought was of Ali and how much I loved her.

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