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Angel's POV

"Hi. This is Catherine. I can't get to my phone right now so leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks."

"Dammit Catherine. Please call me back. We can't keep doing this. We need to talk so call me back." I slammed the phone down in frustration.

"Still ignoring you huh?" Cordy asked.

"It's been a week. She hasn't answered any of my calls and she won't speak to me at work. Whenever I walk into her office she ignores me or walks out. I can't take much more of this."

"She ain't talking to me either dad." Chase added not really helping my case.

"You did this to yourself Angel. You eavesdropped on a private conversation between our daughter and me and if that wasn't bad enough you made it worse by sending your son to spy on her new boyfriend." She then turned her anger to our son. "And you young man." She jabbed her finger in his chest and when I saw the look that crossed his face it took everything I had not to laugh. He showed no fear when faced with vampires or demons but when Cordy was pissed at him he looked terrified and right now he looked terrified. "You should have known better then to spy on your sister. You should have known better then to follow one of your father's stupid, idiotic, asinine plans regarding your sister."

"I worry about her too."

"That is no excuse. She is a grown woman; to spy on her is stupid and immature. I am so disappointed in you." She turned towards me and jabbed me in the chest with her finger, like she did to Chase. "I'm disappointed in both of you. In fact you both should be ashamed of yourself." Cordy sent us both a glare and headed outside.

"Thanks a hell of a lot dad." Chase muttered as soon as the sliding glass door slammed shut. "Mom's pissed off at me, Ali is pissed off at me and Cat is furious with me."

"Why is Ali pissed at you?"

"Because I drug her into the middle of our little spy game."

"Well you can't blame me for that one. I didn't tell you to take her with you." Chase sighed. "I never did ask you; what do you think of this new guy?"

"David's really nice dad. He seems to really care about her. He brought her lavender tulips, her favorite flower. He was a total gentleman."

"There's nothing off about him? Nothing weird or creepy? Maybe he is a demon. Did you get the impression that he is a demon?" I was desperate to justify my actions.

"No dad he seems totally normal. I actually like him and that's a first."

"Dammit." I muttered.

"Do you want him to be an asshole?"

"Of course not but if he was then maybe Catherine would forgive me."

"It won't be that easy. You're going to have to beg and plead for her forgiveness. You're going to have to work for it."

"You're one to talk."

"Yeah but according to Catherine's shit list you're on the top so you, dear dad are going to have to work a hell of a lot harder than I will." Chase smirked.

"Don't you have your own place to hang out in?"

"It's more fun hanging here, tormenting you." My son was such a smart ass.

"Get out." I growled.

"Fine." He walked outside and kissed his mother. "Later pop." He smirked as he walked past me. I growled and he just laughed. How can he be scared of little Cordy but not my menacing growl? I headed to the kitchen to get a glass of blood and then I collapsed on the couch, sipping my dinner.

"Cor can I fix this?" I asked her when she joined me.

"Eventually Angel. Catherine is a very stubborn young woman."

"Wonder where she gets that from?" I quipped.

"Yes I'm stubborn but so are you buster. She gets it from both of us. She is trying to prove a point and she'll forgive you when she is good and ready. You can't rush it Angel."

"I hate this. I hate that my own daughter hates me." Cordy reached out and took my hand.

"She doesn't hate you Angel. She is just really pissed off at you."

"I just wanted to make sure he was a good guy."

"Then you should have asked her instead of sending your son to spy on her." Cordy was not going to take my side.

"If she would have told me about him then I wouldn't have had to eavesdrop and send Chase to check him out." That sounded so much better then spying on her.

"That is such bullshit Angel and you know it. She didn't tell you because she knew you would overreact and do something stupid like sending Chase to spy on her…oh wait that is exactly what you did."

"All right Cor I get it. I screwed up. I was wrong. Catherine is old enough to make her own decisions, good or bad."

"Maybe you should tell her that and this time mean it."

"How can I when she won't talk to me?"

"Well maybe next time you leave her a voicemail avoid the whole "Call me back. We have to talk" crap. Just tell her voicemail what you just told me. It may help."

"I can do that." I leaned over and kissed my wife. When we broke apart I stood, grabbed my phone and headed for the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to go for a walk."

"Angel don't go over there." She warned.

"I'm not. I just need some fresh air." As much as I loved Cordy, I needed to be alone to think. Thankfully she understood that.

"Stay out of direct sunlight sweetheart." I sent her glare. Of course my glares didn't do anything to her. She just smiled and blew me a kiss. Once I was in the safety of the sewer I opened my cell phone and attempted to call my daughter again.

Catherine's POV

"Aren't you going to answer that?" David asked me as I silenced my cell phone.

"Nope."

"How long are you going to continue to ignore your father?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Cat, it really didn't bother me that your brother showed up."

"Well it bothered the hell out of me. My dad still thinks I'm twelve years old and he needs to get over it."

"He just loves you sweetheart."

"Maybe a little too much."

"There is no such thing." He said with a grin. "Especially where you're concerned." He slowly leaned towards me and pressed his lips to mine, pushing me back on the couch. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down on the couch with me. I really did love kissing him. He was a great kisser. I could kiss him all of the time. These past two weeks that we had been together have been wonderful. When we weren't together or working we were on the phone getting to know each other. I have lost so much sleep these last few weeks because we can never seem to hang up the phone. We haven't slept together yet and the best thing was David wasn't pushing me. In fact he hadn't even mentioned having sex yet.

"This really sucks." I mumbled after we broke apart.

"What the kisses? Fine I won't kiss you anymore."

"No the kisses are great. It's everything else." Tears filled my eyes.

"Sweetheart, talk to me." David begged as he pulled me into his arms. Suddenly I was overcome with emotion and I burst into tears. David just held me in his arms and rubbed my back until my sobs subsided. This is the first time I cried since I basically kicked my father out of my life. "Catherine?" He whispered.

"I hate fighting with him. I just hate it."

"Then why are you keeping the fight up? From all of the phone calls that you are receiving from him it sounds like he wants to end it."

"Because he needs to learn a lesson."

"Catherine don't you think he has?" I nodded. "Then call him." I shook my head. "Look I get that a father wants to protect his daughter. Maybe you should just let him."

"He doesn't want me to get hurt which I understand but he goes overboard. He almost killed my last boyfriend." David laughed. "I'm serious. My father is a vampire and he almost had Alex for dinner." David then turned pale. "Well, he was an asshole."

"Do you mind if I ask what happened with the asshole?"

"I caught him having sex with another woman. It was my fault really. I should have called before I showed up at his apartment but I thought that I might have been pregnant and I needed to talk to him."

"Were you?"

"No. It was a false alarm." I sighed. "I guess that I can understand why he acts like he does because I was really hurt and scared and he probably never wants to see me like that again." I sat up and wiped my tears away. "My god, I am such an ass." I grabbed my cell phone and called my dad. I waited impatiently while his phone rang and eventually went to voicemail.

"Daddy it's me. I'm so sorry. I said some horrible things. Please call me; no matter what time. I love you." Thankfully dad had finally learned how to check his voicemail so I knew that he would get my message. I slowly hung my phone up and looked at David. I reached out and took his hand. "I'm sorry David. I'm sure that this is not what you expected when you came over tonight."

"I expected to be with you and that's what I got."

"Me and all of my emotional crap."

"Everyone has emotional crap." I leaned forward and gently kissed him. "How about that movie I brought over?" I nodded.

While David started the DVD I made us a bag of microwave popcorn. Once the popcorn was made we curled up on the couch to watch the movie. As soon as the bowl of popcorn was empty we both fell asleep and we didn't wake up again until my phone rang.

"Daddy?" I answered

"No baby girl it's mom. I need you to come over to the house."

"Mom what's wrong?" I knew that tone of voice and it was never a good thing to hear.

"Just come over to the house."

"Is it Chase? Did something happen to him."

"It's not Chase." She said softly.

"MOM."

"It's your dad."

"Is he okay?"

"All I know is that he is in trouble. Now get your ass over here." She was becoming impatient.

"I'm on my way."

"What's wrong?" David asked sleepily.

"My dad is in trouble. I've got to go."

"Can I help?"

"No thanks."

"I'd be more trouble then help right?"

"Yeah I wouldn't be able to help my dad very well if I am worried about you." I told him.

"I understand." He stood and quickly kissed me. "Be careful and good luck."

"I will." I grabbed my keys and purse and quickly headed to my car, hoping like hell we could get to my dad on time.

Angel's POV

"Awwww." I screamed as another hot poker was jammed onto my chest. This has been going on for hours. Earlier tonight I was out walking the streets of L. A. when I was jumped by a gang of vampires. Because my mind was focused on Catherine I didn't sense or smell them until it was too late and now I was strung up by my arms being tortured with swords being jammed into my body and hot pokers frying my skin.

"Are you ready to tell me where it's at?" The vampire named Brody asked me.

"Go to hell." I said, spitting in his face, which led Brody to punch me in the face.

"We want the ring. We aren't leaving until we have the location of the ring."

"Then I guess that you will be here for a long time asshole cause you're not getting it from me." A few months ago we had discovered that there was another form of the Amura ring out there- the only difference is this ring makes the vampire invincible to staking, known as the Fluten ring. When we found the Fluten ring I wanted to destroy it but Cordy made me keep it, in case of an emergency. We hid it under the floorboard under our bed in our room.

"Then we will capture that whore of yours and your brats and do to them what we have and will do to you until they tell us what we need to know." Brody told me smugly.

"Don't touch my wife or kids." I growled.

"What are you going to do about it soul boy?"

"I'm going to kick your sorry asses."

"Yeah I'm really worried about that happening." Brody smirked. "Eventually they will show up to rescue their dear daddy and when they do they will be ours."

I started laughing. "Dumbasses." I mumbled. Brody's boy toy Doug decided my last comment earned me a stab to my abdomen. "Arghhhhhh."

"You're the dunmbass. Dumbass." Some stupid blonde vampire commented and I just rolled my eyes.

"You're not the first set of idiots that have attempted to capture my kids and I'm sure you won't be the last. No one has gotten away with it yet and you idiots sure as hell won't succeed." God, I hope they got here soon because I didn't know how much more of this I could take.

"I'll bet your little girl and wife taste really good." Doug mumbled licking his lips and I felt rage build up from my wounded stomach.

"Fuck you." Doug swung a baseball bat to my right arm and I heard the bones crack as I screamed out in agony.

"Fine then. We'll just continue to have more fun and if by the time the sun rises they still haven't shown up then we'll use you to start a bonfire and then we will go after them."

For the next hour they continued to stab me with swords and hot pokers and they added breaking my arms, legs and ribs with a baseball bat. Towards the end of that hour the door to my torture chamber flew open and my family burst into the room.

"Daddy." I heard Catherine scream I weakly lifted my head and saw the worried looks across everyone's faces. Cordelia even showed up to fight, something she rarely did anymore.

"I'm okay." I mumbled but no one heard me. They were all jumping into action. Besides Brody, Doug and the stupid blonde there were also about twenty more vamps fighting with my family and Wesley. I looked around and I didn't see any of the slayers, which pissed me off. They should have brought reinforcements. I watched helplessly as they fought hard to save my life.

"Catherine nooooo." I yelled weakly. She was headed straight for Brody, the strongest of the bunch. Connor's the strongest; he should be the one going after Brody not her. I know damn well that she heard me but she kept running for him. She fought him off for a good ten minutes before he had her against the wall and was sinking his teeth into her neck. As if they were a well oiled machine I watched as Wesley, Cordy, Connor, Chase and Catherine all stabbed their vampire attackers. They all had hidden stakes under their shirt sleeves that shot out, surprising their attackers and within seconds the fast five vamps were turned to dust.

Wesley, Chase and Connor rushed over to me while Cordy rushed over to Catherine who had slid to the floor, holding her hand to her neck. "Catherine?" I mumbled

"She'll be fine dad." Connor told me. Wesley held onto my legs while Connor and Chase yanked the chains on my arms down from the ceiling where they were attached.

"Can't walk." I groaned as I fell against my boy's arms. "Broken legs."

"We got you dad." Chase kindly told me. "Just put your arms around our shoulders." I groaned in pain as I painfully placed my arms around their shoulders. "Dad?"

"Arms…ribs…broken." I gasped in pain.

"Don't worry dad. We got you. We'll take care of you." Connor told me and I finally allowed myself to pass out from the pain.

Catherine's POV

"Baby girl are you okay?" Mom asked me when she reached my side.

"Daddy?" I mumbled. Losing blood can really take it out of you. Those bastards can really drink fast.

"He'll be fine." She pulled my hand away from my neck and placed part of her shirt that she ripped off, against my neck. I started to stand up but she stopped me.

"Wait for your brother to come and carry you to the car."

"I'm fine." I slowly pulled myself up to a standing position. I took two steps before I got dizzy and fell back against my mom.

"You are as stubborn as your damn father." She muttered running her fingers through my hair. "You are so brave my sweet girl. "

"Catherine are you okay?" Connor asked as he ran up to me.

"Fine. Just a little weak."

"I got you Cat." He effortlessly scooped me up into his arms and carried me out to the car.

"Daddy…is he okay?" I asked me.

"Don't worry Cat. We are taking care of him." Connor was blowing me off and I didn't appreciate it.

"Connor tell me." I demanded as he placed me in the car.

"He'll be fine." He said and shut the door. I watched as he and mom had a whispered conversation outside of the car. I saw tears fall from her eyes. She quickly wiped her eyes and glanced my way to see if I was watching them and I just glared at them. She hugged Connor and quickly got in the car.

"Both of his arms and legs were broken as were most of his ribs. He has numerous stab wounds throughout his abdomen and multiple burns on his chest, abdomen, and arms." She told me before I could ask. I felt the vomit rise in throat and luckily she hadn't started driving yet so I opened the door and threw up my dinner and popcorn. Mom reached over and gently rubbed my back. "Are you okay Catherine?" I nodded as I shut the door and laid my head against the seat.

"This is all my fault mom." I mumbled through my tears on the way back to their house.

"No it's not."

"Yes it is. He probably was thinking about our fight and he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings and he got captured. If I didn't kick him out of my life then he wouldn't have broken legs, arms and ribs." I hated what I did to my father and mom wisely didn't try to convince me otherwise.

As soon as we got back to my parents house I had gained enough of my strength back to walk in on my own but mom was right behind me. Chase was pacing in the living room when we walked in.

"Chase watch her. I'll be back." Mom ordered and disappeared upstairs.

"How bad is it?" I knew Chase would be honest with me.

"It's bad Cat. It's really bad. I've never seen anything like this before. He actually passed out from the pain."

"Oh God." I clamped my hand over my mouth and sat on the couch.

"Jesus Cat, if you hadn't of been so hard on him then this wouldn't have happened." Like I said, Chase is always honest with me.

"Don't you think I know that? I know that it's my fault that he is lying upstairs." I yelled. I started crying and Chase sat on the other end of the couch ignoring me until mom came back downstairs.

"All right you two." Mom snapped. "Catherine this is not your fault and Chase stop blaming your sister. This would have happened regardless of the fight. Those vampires were planning this for awhile. Do you understand me?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Good. Dad is still unconscious. Uncle Wes splinted his arms and legs and wrapped his ribs. Now don't worry. He'll be fine in a couple of days."

"Can I sit with him?" I asked

"Of course you can."

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For the next twenty four hours Mom, Chase. Connor and I sat next to dad's bad waiting for him to wake up. He groaned several times throughout the night. Mom told me the only other time she had seen him this bad was on my second birthday when I ran outside and he had to run after me into the sun, again my fault no matter what mom said. When he finally woke up Mom, Connor and Chase were downstairs eating.

"Catherine?" He mumbled.

"Hi daddy."

"Are you all right? You were bit."

"I'm fine." He tried to sit up. "Daddy stay down. Uncle Wes splinted your arms and legs and wrapped your ribs. You should be okay in a day or two."

"Bastards." He muttered with a small smile. I reached out and took his hand.

"Daddy, I'm so sorry." I whispered with tears in my eyes. I gently laid my head on his chest and he placed his hand on my tears while I cried.

"I'm sorry too chipmunk."

"I want you in my life. I want you to protect me." I mumbled into his chest.

"You are a grown woman Catherine who needs to live. How about we make a compromise?" I nodded and lifted my head to look at him. "How about I always protect you when we are fighting but when matters of the heart is concerned I'll only kick ass if you ask me too."

"I can live with that." I said with a smile.

"So when can I meet this new fellow of yours?"

"How about when you're not all broken up?" I asked referring to his broken bones.

"Good because I am definitely more intimidating on two feet rather than on my back."

"Daddy." I warned.

"Sorry hon. Old habits die hard." Grinning, I leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

"I love you."

"I love you too Catherine."

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