One Word War
AN: Yes, revision has occurred here as well but after this chapter everything is back to normal, sorry for the confusion guys! Also below is Jordin Sparks, previous is from Christina Perri!
"Don't try to explain your mind, I know what's happening here! One minute it's love and suddenly it's like a battlefield. One word turns a war, why is it the smallest thing's that tear us down?"
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Cordelia Chase, former beauty Queen, was currently just running down random street alleys. Not even thinking about where to go, which was rather stupid of her and could almost here Angel and or Giles berating her for it. Especially when she considered how many years she lived on the -very- active Hellmouth but right now all she could think of was how close she had been to kissing the very young Connor. And she knows she had to get them back to The Hyperion safely before all hell broke lose, or he tried to kiss her again. It was kind of a toss up at the moment when it came to end of the world situations.
"Oof sorry!" as she slammed right into a young woman with long, lovely blonde hair that seemed styled to perfection, her outfit also looked like it had come right off the runway made for her. Like was so unfair still!
"It's alright, I didn't see you either! So what's with the hurry?", the mysterious woman asked Cordy while totally ignoring Connor. Which she was known for doing in her family. Well at any school she attended really but didn't care one bit about coming off as a bitch at the moment. She currently had to get something accomplished!
"Oh, um..See, there's this sale at Macy's you see. And it's only for the next hour or so, so I'm taking my boss' son to help me carry all the massive amounts of bag's I'm gonna buy. So if you don't mind I really gotta get going"
Even Connor was gapping at her, her acting still sucked if anything it had gotten worse.
"WOW – that's the worst lie I've ever heard. Look, I know you're going to your vampire boss to help stop some totally weird evil freaks from putting out the sun. Which is all sorts of cool and I'm for that, as is my family. But dear lord please don't sleep with your boss' son over there because that *will* so make thing's totally worse. Plus your boss will lose his soul in some weird ass way too- didn't get that totally but trust that it sucks!"
Now Cordy was gapping and Connor was glaring with his eternal teen angst thing.
"Why should we even believe you want to help us and aren't actually working with The Beast?", he spat at her.
"OH MY GASH – is *that* what it's called? That name totally sucks! It sounds like some crap-tastic 80's band or something. No wonder Alice kept giggling when I left for here…", she howled leaning on the side of the building slapping her lean leg. They noticed when she laughed it sounded like bells though.
That was when she realized they still had no clue who she was!
"Oh I've been terribly rude! I'm Rosalie Cullen by the way, my bear of a husband is Emmett. He should be at your Hyperion by the time we get there. My sister Alice has visions, like you Cordy, not as painful, she just zones out really but she is what brought us here. Her husband Jasper can help control emotions, like if everyone is over-reacting he can calm them down. My other brother Edward can hear people's thought's, although I'm not sure if he is going be able to make it here or not. And finally my parents; Carlisle & Esme. They are slowly making it into the city but police are proving a tad difficult with the blockades everywhere now around the city limits!"
They had been nodding politely for most of the bit about her family but the last bit caught the alarmed.
"WAIT – nobody can get in or out of town right now?", Cordy inquired. If that was true then that meant now Slayer back up!
"Well aboveground at least, the cops always seem to forget about the 'nasty' sewers", she answered with a knowing smirk as they walked into the direction of The Hyperion.
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"Lorne, can we PLEASE go looking for Fred now? She has been gone for 6 hours, something has to have happened to her for her not to come back by now!", Gunn exclaimed in a totally panicked state. Granted he had been freaking out about her being gone since the first hour, but since the insane suicidal birds – his state had gotten steadily worse with each passing hour.
"I'd love to help you there, but the lines can't answer themselves sweet-cakes!", and sure enough 3 more lines went off sending Lorne into a frenzy!
"He's right Gunn, she'll come back once she calms down and finds the safest route here. Plus we would have gotten a call from one of our contacts by now if she'd been hurt or worse", Angel reassured him, terribly.
And of course that was the moment Bella Swan walked in on and into the lobby of The Hyperion.
"That is the suckiest damsel-in-distrest-to-rescue speech I have EVER heard. And -this- place is supposed help the helpless?"
They all stopped what they were doing and turned their heads at the new-comer.
"First tell us who you are and we can talk"
"Bella Swan"
"I'd be Angel, owner of this establishment –'Angel Investigations' "
"Creative one, aren't ya?"
"Charles Gunn, just call me Gunn. And no he's really not"
"HEY, right here!"
"And I'm Krevlornswrath of the Deathwok Clan but just call me Lorne, sweety-pie!"
"Do you have to tell people that every time", Gunn groaned in annoyance.
"Yes, Charles. Because that's who I am!", he glared over back at Gunn but not before shooting a smile at Bella.
"Anyways, back to the client – you were saying what brought you here?"
All three of them then got a closer look at her while she stood there in silence. She was about a little under average height, brunette with quite long hair that was rather messy. She reminded them of Fred when the found her in Pylea at the moment with her dirtyness at the moment. She had some things in her hair but there was NO way any of them were going to tell her for she already looked like she'd break down at anymore bad news. She only carried a purple bag that was rather thin and worn but they could tell it carried everything she had in this world.
"I've been told you can help track people down", she said finally after a few minutes.
"That's true but right now we're rather busy with-"
"Listen Greeney, I just wanna find my only Uncle and he said in his letter to me this place could find people. His last address is now occupied by two very horny lesbians that wanted me to join so this is me wanting that damned new address!" She hollered.
Gunn was looking a little too giddy at the sound of lesbians but Angel swiftly hit him upside the head before he could ask where it was. No time for that kind of non-sense.
"Uncle's name and age?"
"Ugh, not quite clear on his age as Mom was always terrible remembering that sort of thing and never bothered told me. As for his name…Lindsey McDonald.", she scratched the back of her head awkwardly with a look saying 'bring on the yelling'.
"Wait, Lindsey McDonald, as in the lawyer who beat Angel with a sledgehammer after the whole Darla incident?", Lorne spoke up for all of them as the other two were still in shock.
"Um, that's about right. After the hand thingy, that was the last letter I got from him. I just assumed you guys were working together but I guess I was wrong about that! Just yet another thing to add to the list of things I've been wrong about this year – gosh I'm such a dumb-ass!"
"What about your parents? Can't you live with them sweetness?", Lorne inquired which made poor Bella start to cry so they sat her down on one of the chairs.
"Not really. My Mom is re-married, pregnant now and I believe moving to Spain from I recall to her last email a month ago. As for my dad-Charlie, he died a little over 2 weeks ago. So that just leaves my Uncle, please help me find him?"
"What the hell do you mean Sheriff Swan is dead Bells?"
All four of them whipped their heads towards the entrance, hers the fastest for she truly thought it was her imagination playing with her again. Just like it had for the first few weeks. But shockingly enough there in the entrance doorway was a large, muscular and very pale guy with black curly hair wearing a horrified expression. She knew him well. Angel, Gunn & Lorne turned back to Bella for a response as they could tell from her stiff posture she knew him. She looked like she had seen a ghost!
"Oh my god, Emmett…what in the hell are you doing here?"
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~Vixen519