Title: Phropechy Boy 1/?
Author: THE PTB (Nieves and Lea)
Posted: 6-25-2005
Rating: PG
Email: ivanova58@yahoo.co.uk (that's Lea's email) & airamneus@hotmail.com (that's mine!)
Category: Romance/Crossover
Genre: Crossover
Summary: All of Angel and Buffy season 2. A travel to the past to see the truth of a future
Disclaimer: The characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just poor.
Distribution: FSB, ST and AO if anywhere else please just us me know!
Feedback: Yes please!
Part 1
SUNNYDALE (1998)
Cordy walked into the library smiling; she just spent the afternoon cheerleading, it was something she enjoyed doing, it gave her tremendous satisfaction, it was something she was good at and now after that she had to force herself to go to the library. She’s looking for a book for homework she wants to be out of here as quickly as she can trying to get away before she gets dragged in to the research.
“Cordelia is there something that I can do to help you?” Giles asked after seeing her walk in .
“Giles I came looking for a book of poetry. Any book will be great, I am doing this assignment on poetry for English and I don’t know who author to choose is there anything you can suggest?” Cordelia knew that Giles would be the perfect person to help her with this.
“ Just one second and I will get it the perfect book for you.” Giles said while walking into his office. Giles thought it was nice to see someone actually use the library for the real reason study, expanding one’s knowledge.
“So Cordelia how have you been?” Buffy said with annoyance in her voice.
“Good Buffy, how have you been?” Cordelia said trying to be polite but without wanting to talk with her. So much had happened since she Buffy had moved here, she had been dragged into the nightmare that was Sunnydale and she also dated Xander which brought down her popularity and the worse thing was that being popular didn’t mean what it used it, she had changed seeing with the Scoobies went through not that she would actually tell them that.
“Good too, I’m preparing my birthday party...” Buffy begun before Giles came back.
Giles walks back in with the book and hands it to Cordelia.
“Thank you Giles I will get it back to you as soon as I can, and I will take good care of it.”
“You’re welcome.”
Cordy walked out of the library.
“Cordelia” Giles called after her.
‘Damn’ she thought, Cordelia hoped that she managed to escape “yes Giles” she asked without turning to look at him.
“Aren’t you going to help to research tonight?”
“What?” Buffy asked not wanting to have her here.
“Hmm... sure, but if I end up needing glasses it’ll be your fault!” Cordelia said, not wanting to be here, but feeling that she had to be here Buffy had saved her life so many times. “so what do we have to do?” she asked the obvious lack of excitement could be heard in her voice.
“If you don’t mind, we’ll wait until the rest is here” Giles said gently, knowing she wasn’t prone to research, but also knowing that they needed all the help they could so, while he went back to his office to get some books.
Giles came out of his office to find Buffy, Cordelia, Oz, Xander, and Willow waiting for him, “So I see that we only have to wait for Angel and Jenny”
“No, I’m here” Angel said walking in, suddenly appearing as he normally did)
“Me too” Jenny said walking in after him.
“So, G-man, what’s the matter?” Xander asks.
“I asked you not to call me that.” Giles said automatically. “I found a prophecy about a powerful being and I searched every prophecy I could find. And I got the same… The child is called Tro-Clan or The Destroyer. It is an abomination, a threat to the future and must be destroyed…”
LA (present time)
Angel sat watching them for awhile he didn't want to disturb neither the sleeping woman, nor the sleeping bundle in her arms. Kissing her forehead he ran his hand through her hair and tucked it behind her ear uncovering her face so he could just stare at her, Angel had never met anyone quite like her. His gaze then fell onto his son. He'd never loved anyone as much as he loved his son, and he'd though he never was going to be able to love anyone with so much intensity and passion as he loved Cordelia. The two of them made him happy and then with Gunn, Wesley, Fred and Lorne and now even Faith, who has been paroled four months ago and was working towards redemption as well, he had his family never in his wildest imagination could he ever have believed that he would have so much and the one thing that kept it from being perfect was the fact that he could hurt them all so he knew he couldn’t be perfectly happy.
Cordelia woke slowly, her arms tightened gently around the bundle she held, she looked down and saw Connor still sleeping so she cuddled him a little tighter, she didn't know what it was but all she could feel for the little boy was love, she could never love him more to her she was his mother. She would die for him a thousand times over, just as she'd die for his father. As Cordelia looked up he saw him looking at her. She saw the love Angel had for his son, she knew that he would always protect him, protect them all.
"Hey you." He said with a smile, his brown eyes sparkled with emotion.
Cordelia noticed he was still in his boxers and from the look of his hair he hadn't been awake that long. Smiling up at him she turned Connor around. "You want to hold him" She asked gently as to not wake the baby up, and held him up to the vampire knowing that he would not say no.
Angel smiled down at her his whole face alight with love but instead of taking hold of the baby he climbed into bed next to her where he wanted to be forever. He loved his seer more than anything but had no idea how to tell her. Would she even love him back? He slipped his body underneath the covers and slid it next to hers, her could feel Cordy stiffen slightly and then she relaxed, he reached out and pulled her closer one arm under her and the other over her and Connor holding them tightly to him.
Angel never wanted to leave this bed if he was like this forever he would be happy. So much had changed with him and he thought that with the whole Darla thing none of them would have forgiven him but they did and everyone at Angel Investigations was closer because of it and Fred had joined their family and with her coming out of her room more and helping she had come on in leaps and bounds, she seemed to have bonded with Cordelia like an a sister to her but Cordy had that worldly aura someone she could look up to. He smiled as he thought of his make shift family flung together in extreme circumstances but they all had changed and grown together, they would do anything to protect all of them.
The vampire knew that everyone was over protective of Cordy because everything that she had been through and everything she sees, for Wes and Gunn it had because of what he did and how she seemed to avoid life and just be there for the two guys and the helpless, but Fred it was when she saw what Cordy went through during each vision but mostly when Lilah had sent visions to Cordy and Fred had to sit there and watch her friend in pain not being able to do anything and when they started to appear on her, it was the first time that anyone saw the physical manifestations of what she went through mentally and Fred sat by her side.
SUNNYDALE (1998)
“What does it say?” Angel asked before he jumped to any conclusions, he looked around the room and saw panic on all their faces.
“It mentions a warrior and a seer and the tro-clan. I am not exactly sure of the rest of it as it is in a language I don’t know, but I thought that we better be prepared for the worst.” Giles talked as he eyes remained on the book.
“Why don’t we just get rid of it?” Xander asked looking around and saw Buffy and Willow nod in agreement.
Giles took of his glasses and cleaned them on his tie. “Well I am not sure about that. We should really do some more research and make sure we have all our facts correct.”
Buffy shook her head in annoyance she wanted this dealt with now and then her and Angel could go patrol and be together.
Giles continued talking unaware of the people around him. “There’s a bit more of the prophecy, it’s a spell to get rid of the threat, before it happens, but it can only be chanted once”
Jenny stepped forward and touched Giles on the shoulder. “When is this suppose to happen?” She asked.
Giles looked at her momentarily and then back down at the book. “Uuhh, well.” He stuttered. “Tonight.”
Jenny smiled encouragingly at him. “Well if we do this spell whatever happens we can deal with it and this warrior and his seer would be protected.”
Giles looked at her and she could see that he was ready to argue with the point. Buffy stepped forward.
“Giles we have to stop this thing and if we do that spell we can deal with it.” She spoke surely and positively.
But before Giles was able to read the spell aloud “wait! Don’t you need something? Some candles, herbs……what?” Cordelia asked when she saw that the rest of the gang was looking at her, “I read in a book that for lots of spells you need some things………it’s your fault Giles ‘cause you make me read those books” Cordelia could hear some giggles, it hurt her because nobody thought she could really help.
“It’s alright Cordelia” Giles said gently, “You’re quite right, I should read a bit more of the prophecy to see if anything it’s need it” He said smiling the teenager.
While Giles went to re-read the prophecy and Jenny was helping him, Buffy and the rest of them were talking and leaving Cordelia alone with her thoughts and Angel sat on the stairs, silent and brooding as always.
“Ok, I got it” Giles almost shouted “I’ll be right back, don’t go away” and with that Giles left the library it was the closest he ever came to running.
Buffy and the Scoobies went to their conversation, and Jenny sat herself down next to Cordelia.
“Good thinking you had there” she said to the silent teenager hoping to help her not feel so alone.
“Really?” Cordelia asked, she had been so used to attention that focused on her looks, her money and her popularity no one had ever tried to get to know her before but Xander did but then he cheated on her with Willow. Angel she had a crush on once but as soon as she found out he was a vampire she distanced herself, but not because he was a vampire but because he was so In Buffy, she had enough of that worship with Xander, she always played second fiddle to the slayer, and the only reason that they kept her around was because she made a great bait girl and any extra hands with the researching side of thing helped but that was it she had no true friend, the others that called themselves that but they were only with her because of her money and the Scoobies didn’t like her, not really, and Angel…well he was confusing he sat in the shadows and followed Buffy he helped fight and he was good with information but they treated him the same as they did her, an outsider, they were not part of the Scoobies and probably never would be.
“Yes, the spell wouldn’t have worked without the things Giles went to…”
“I’m back! I have everything I need, Willow will you help me? Jenny you too please, besides I need you to chant the spell” Giles said hurriedly.
That left Cordelia alone again she decided to sit on the stairs while Angel went to talk with Buffy.
Cordelia sat on the steps, watching as Willow placed candles in a circular pattern on the floor. Jenny was measuring quantities of various coloured powders into an ceramic pot on the table, Giles ticking each one off his list as she did so.
Giles shut off the library lights. Jenny moved to stand in the centre of the circle of candles, then slowly lit each one, in turn, with a long taper. Giles cautiously passed her the ceramic bowl containing the ingredients for the spell, and the gypsy placed it on the floor lowering herself to sit cross-legged in front of it. Jenny closed her eyes in concentration, lifted her hands palms facing upwards, and began to chant in a slow, measured voice.
LA Present Day
Angel had managed to drag himself from Cordy and Connor, he would have been quite happy to have stayed there for an eternity. He walked down the stairs to the lobby with his son in his arms as Cordy had a shower. He stopped as his mind wandered he wished that he could have stripped of and joined her. He shook his head mentally as he joined Wes, Fred and Gunn and Lorne downstairs.
“Where’s Faith?” Angel asked.
“The basement training.” Gunn said simply.
Angel placed Connor in his playpen and headed to the kitchen to heat a bottle up when suddenly a scream echoed from the lobby, it was Fred. Angel practically flew through the door, Cordy ran down the stairs clutching Angel’s large robe around her and the basement door slammed open as Faith ran through.
A bright light stopped them all, it surrounded the crib and Connor laughing and trying to touch it in the middle. Everyone in the Hyperion Hotel ran to him, trying to get hold of him but a barrier surrounded the small child and threw them back and they just had to watch as he disappeared into the bright light and on the floor of the playpen a symbol was left.
Part 2
Sunnydale 1998
The Scoobies, Angel, Giles and Miss Calender covered their eyes as the room glowed brightly; it radiated from the centre of the circle and as soon as it started the light vanished. Everyone in the library cautiously opened their eyes and they all widened as soon as they saw what was sitting in the centre. A little baby boy about 2 and half months old.
“Giles it’s a baby.” Buffy stated.
“Yes Buffy I can see that.” Giles took of his glasses and cleaned them and then put them back on his face.
Angel kept his face neutral but inside he was confused, very confused. That baby smelt like him and Darla and a lot like Cordelia but he knew that wasn’t possible maybe it was a trap. He looked over at Buffy maybe he should tell her. Buffy turned back to him and smiled at him, he could hear her heart speed up everytime she looked at him, he knew what effect he had on her. She made him nervous, he wanted to hold her, he wanted to claim and own her. Angel knew it was a lot to do with the demon inside of him and wished that he could talk to her about it but the vampire didn’t want to scare the slayer, they never talked much anyway it was just about being together.
Cordelia walked up and stood beside Angel leaning forward and trying to look at the baby but not getting to close. “So should someone like pick it up?” The brunette asked.
All faces turned to her. “Well Cordelia, uhhh I think that might be a good idea.” Giles said still not sure what he should do.
The baby was laying on its back and looked around the room started to cry, it screamed, its face going red. Miss Calendar picked him up but he wouldn’t stop, she passed him to Giles who held the baby at arms length not sure what to do with it, next it was Xander’s go, Connor stopped crying for just a moment, he looked into the teenager’s face and spat up all over him. Everyone except Cordelia tried not to laugh, the may queen didn’t even try to she was laughing so much tears were rolling down her cheeks.
Xander shoved the baby into the person next to him, which happened to be the vampire with a soul. Angel looked panicked but the baby stopped crying as he recognised the face he gurgled and reached towards the man with his chubby little arms. Angel looked around at the others surprise was evident on their faces. The vampire looked a little embarrassed as he shoved the baby into Cordelia’s arms, but as the little time he held the baby he felt something indescribable. Cordelia had the same reaction as Angel, Connor was happy with her and Angel most of the others seemed to make him cry.
“Research?” Xander suddenly said, wanting to get away from the baby but first things first he wanted to go and clean himself up. All of the others walked away leaving Angel and Cordelia with the baby identical confusion covered their faces. Angel was about to walk away when Cordelia grabbed his arm.
“Oh no you don’t. This baby likes the both of us you are not leaving me alone with it.” She said her eyes narrowing as they looked at him.
“I uhh don’t know anything about babies?” He told her quietly.
Cordelia looked at him in amazement. “You think I do?”
His shrugged his shoulders and they both looked down at Connor as he gurgled and reached out to both of them. Cordelia and Angel looked at each other with panic evident on their attractive faces.
While this was happening Buffy was looking at Angel thinking how good he looked with a baby in his arms, she could see herself with their baby, that was until she remembered he was a vampire and he could have babies. “So Cordelia are you going to let anyone hold the baby, you know everything doesn’t have to be about you” she asked annoyed with the brunette who was standing far too close to her boyfriend.
“Oh…uh… sure” Cordelia said distractedly she was looking at the baby so she didn’t even hear what ever Buffy had said.
Angel took the baby who made a little face as he was moved from the warm place he was but settled in a moment after been in his daddy’s arms feeling the same comfort, feeling like it was home.
Buffy went over to stand by Angel and to take the little baby in her arms but as soon she was a foot away from the vampire Connor began to cry noisily. Buffy moved away as if she had been slapped, a shocked looked on her face not knowing what to do? Why did this baby seem to like Angel and Cordelia?
Angel and Cordelia both looked down at the baby and then at each other smiling at the other one just like parents would do. Everyone stared in amazement as they made faces and the baby seemed to be lapping it up he was giggling and spitting up at them and the may queen and the vampire could do the only thing they could they laughed.
LA Present
Angel stood there frozen still staring at the same spot where his son once was. The symbol seemed to be glaring back, teasing him, only giving them a small piece of information. The vampire turned and saw that Wes, Gunn and Fred had books out already searching for that symbol. He’s Angel son but he was their nephew they were all family and they were going to get him back. A door slammed and everyone turned Cordy was no where to be seen but muffled sobs could be heard from the bathroom it was sobs of pain. Angel walked over and opened it gently not even bothering to knock first walking in he just wanted to see her, to hold her.
Angel took hold off her and he turned and stared into the deep hazel eyes of his best friend, the woman he loved and hoped that she loved him back and most importantly the mother too his child, their child. He could see the worry in her eyes, he could see the tears forming but Angel knew that she was trying to force them back to be strong.
Angel grabbed her hand and pulled her to him, he reached up his hand and gently stroked her cheek, feeling the softness beneath his hand. Cordy couldn’t help it her head leaned into his touch. He reached up with his other hand wiping away a falling tear, he traced the tracks of the others until his fingers reached her chin. Her eyes never moved away from his, her breath caught in her throat. She licked her lips, wetting them, her nervousness starting to show.
Angel’s eyes were drawn to her lips, he couldn’t stop himself he was like a man dying of thirst and the only thing that would help him, that would keep him alive was a kiss from her. She closed her eyes as the two of them became closed and finally it happened they mouths touched, it was so gentle, so soft and delicate to start with but then the waiting, the need for each other consumed them, the kiss became powerful, erotic, they seemed to merge into one, the need for kissing each other became like the need for air for her and blood for him. They wanted to consume each other. Their hands roamed over each others bodies touch and feeling they could.
Suddenly Wesley through open the door, they jumped apart as if they had been scolded with fire, their eyes wide with shock. Wesley just smiled at them, it had been a long build up but hopefully they would admit too each other what they felt and would not run away again. They needed to face each other and be honest for a long time.
Sunnydale 1998
After researching and not getting about the baby Angel was holding at the moment the whole gang decided it was time to go home, but that led to another problem.
“Uh.. Who’s going to keep the baby?” Giles asked, not wanting to have him.
“Giles!! He’s a baby not a book! No one has to ‘keep’ him we have to take care of him!” Cordelia said annoyed about the way Giles talked about the cute little baby.
“Then you can ‘take care of the baby’ yourself as seeing he only is quiet with you and Angel” Buffy said pettily.
“I was going to, you don’t need to be so rude! I just need someone to go with me to my house, I don’t have my car here today and I don’t wanna be alone with the baby and it’s night right now!”
“Oh don’t expect me to go with you, he’ll cry the whole time!” Buffy said annoyed that the preferred Cordelia to her.
All Cordelia could do was stare, as she rocked the baby gently from side to side.
"We should get you home." Angel said turning to Cordelia.
Cordelia held the baby close, protecting him from the chill. Angel and Cordelia left with the child not looking back and not acknowledging anyone. Angel was angry with Buffy for her attitude they couldn’t help it if the baby preferred them to her, she had to grow up this was not about her and the slayer could not be the centre of attention all the time.
When they arrived at her front door, Cordelia removed her key from her trouser pocket, and unlocked it. She stepped inside and turned to face Angel, who just stood on the porch.
"You can come in." She said, as she walked further into the house.
"Are you sure your parents won't mind?" He asked before he moved he was always wary of going into a new house with out making sure that they understood, not that it would make any difference now, he had been invited and could come in whenever he wanted.
Cordelia was emotionally and to physically too tired to lie when she spoke. "They're not here."
"Oh, they're away for the weekend?" He had spent very little time with Cordelia Chase, but every time he did, he was sure that she was trying to hit on him. At least that's what Buffy had said. But tonight she seemed different, he had seen a different side to her. She was not the brash, I am the centre of the universe, she was caring about a baby, a baby that she had never seen before. He liked this side of her, but this child also brought out a different side of him as well. He looked back at her as she spoke again.
"Something like that. Are you coming in or not?" He stepped inside and closed the door behind him, following her into the open lounge.
Part 3
Sunnydale 1998
“Nice place” Angel said looking around the tastefully decorated foyer he only ever seen the house on the outside, never really taken much notice in it. He only found out who lived there when he started to date Buffy and met one Cordelia Chase.
“It’s what my parents thought of as a home” Cordelia said bitterly she didn’t even try to hide it.
“And you don’t” Angel stated, finding easy talk with her which he found unusual as he had never really talked to her before he was amazed by that he had heard all the stories from Buffy and also heard Xander and Willow talk. It seemed that they never really knew her; no one seemed to know who Cordelia Chase really was.
“It’s not that, it’s… for this being a home they should be here more than four days per month” Cordelia replied, not believing she just told him that, he made a great listener she stopped herself talking, no one at school even her so called friends like Harmony and Aura did not know how lonely she was at home, how she was left alone all the time and which is why she kept people at a distance.
At that moment Connor started to cry and when no one reacted immediately the cries became louder, his little chubby face became redder and redder but none of them knew what it meant, was the little boy hungry, tired or did he need a change of diaper?
They realised they didn’t have anything that would suit the baby plus they needed his food and diapers and some toys.
“We need to go shopping for you, don’t we?” Cordelia asked the little boy while rocking him to sleep she still couldn’t believe that she had a baby in her arms and that she was enjoying it and just to add to the weirdness the person who seemed to like it as much as she did was a vampire with a soul how surreal was that?
“If you want I can go with you” Angel offered himself to go shopping with them both, finding he liked her company he couldn’t believe he had actually said that but now he had he found he was looking forward to it. Angel did not want this night to end.
“Great! That way I hold the baby and you drive” Cordelia said excitedly not believing he didn’t leave as soon as they reached her house and it was also help too carry all the items that they were going to have to buy for the child, she held out her car keys to him, Angel took them and they headed back outside.
And with that they left her house to go to the mall in the red corvette Cordelia knew that the larger stuff she could get delivered like the cot and maybe some of the other things that they were going to buy.
***
Angel and Cordelia walked through the store, with Angel holding Connor in his arms and rested him against his chest. Cordy walked through the different baby aisles looking for everything that they needed she showed Angel outfit after outfit, keeping the ones they liked. As much as Angel hated to admit it, he was actually enjoying himself and that was something that he never thought would happen him. If you’d have told him that a week before he would be shopping with Cordelia Chase, he would have fallen over laughing at the idea of it.
"Ooooh! Angel! Look at this! Isn't this adorable! It would look so good on him Angel!" He smiled her happiness seemed to be contagious and who ever thought that this cheerleader only enjoyed doing things for herself never took the time to get to know the real her.
"Okay. Another outfit to take. We have to save some money for his crib, a car seat, diapers, formula, baby powder-" He said trying also to work out what they needed and it wasn’t just clothes.
"I know. It's called a master card Angel." She said with a grin and he nodded and walked next to her, he was seeing another part of Cordelia and he was liking it, Angel had never met anyone quite like her, but they could say the same about him as well, she was so easy to be around there were no games… nothing, she said what she thought so you didn’t have to try and guess what she wanted that was one of the problems with Buffy she seemed to think that he could read her mind and when he got it wrong she seemed to get upset with him, it was tiring but there was nothing like that with Cordelia.
"Can I help you?" A girl asked them her eyes lingered on Angel for a bit longer than was necessary and she smiled at him.
"Yeah." Cordelia put the clothes on the counter. "We need all of this, that crib over there and that car seat. Angel, give me the baby." He handed the little boy to Cordy and walked over to get the large box holding the crib and the car seat.
"He's a pretty one, don't see many looking like him now a days." Cordelia turned to the checker.
"You really don't, do you?" Cordelia said trying not to say too much even though she was tempted to tell the girl that he was a vampire just to see her reaction, but for once she held her tongue.
"And strong too." She said as he picked up the items with incredible ease and then sighed as she continued to watch him.
"Yeah. He's one in a million. Oh and taken." Cordelia added just for spite, the girl didn’t need to know it was not her, but one Buffy Summers, the chosen one.
LA Present
“Cordelia, your lipstick is smudged” He said with a knowing smile, “Yours too” Wesley said patting Angel lightly on the shoulder. “Guys if you too are finished we’re going to try a spell.” Wesley walked out with a little lift in his step.
“Uhmm … right we’ll be there in a second” Cordelia said trying to control her breath.
Cordy and Angel turned to each other, their eyes staring into the others. He reached over and brushed her cheek gently with his knuckle, her skin was so soft he could look and touch her forever. He smiled at her but there was something he needed to tell her and something he needed to know.
“Cordy this is not a one time thing for me. If it is for you don’t continue this…please.” Angel tried to sound brave but he didn’t think he could ever let her go even if she asked him to.
A smile covered her face and lit up the whole room. “It’s not a one time thing for me Angel, I don’t think it could ever be that for us.”
Angel felt himself smile in response. “I love you.” He whispered. “I’ve never loved anyone as much as I love you. I know we still have obstacles to pass like my curse and” She placed a finger on his lips.
“I love you too and we will deal with whatever is thrown at us, together.” It felt as if a huge weight had been lifted of their shoulders, they finally told each other what they felt.
Cordelia took a tissue and cleaned his mouth with it.
“Cordelia we’ll talk more when we’ve rescued our son.” He told her they had things to do now.
“Our son?” She asked with tears in her eyes. “Do you think of him like that?”
“Yes Cordy, you are his mother and I couldn’t think of a better one.”
Cordelia reached over and took his hand in hers. “Well then let’s go and get our son.”
With that the two of them walked out and joined the others in the lobby. The AI smiled as they watched them, Wesley had come back and told them what he had seen in the bathroom and the two of them holding hands just confirmed it. The two of them deserved to be happy more so than anyone, they both had been through so much, all they had to do was to find Connor and their family would be complete. The next thing was the curse they had to find a way around that.
Angel looked up and saw the smile on their teammates faces; he guessed by it that they had everyone’s approval. “So Wesley are we ready to go?”
Wesley nodded.
“I need you all to form a circle while I chant the spell, I don’t need anything more for it” Wesley said the others.
“A time for everything
And to everything its place
Return what has been moved
Through time and space”
All of them went quiet, trying to see if something was happening, after a couple of minutes Wesley said the spell wasn’t the right one and that he had to go to get some ingredients for another spell. Gunn and Fred and Lorne went to the kitchen to eat something while Angel and Cordelia went to sit in his room but in the end they ended staring at the crib, the two of them could so clearly see him laying there.
“God I can’t loose him, he’s my baby… our baby” Angel said brokenly.
“Angel you have to think positive, you can’t think like that, we’ll have our baby in no time with us” Cordelia said trying to calm him.
“I know, but…he’s the best thing…no offence Cor but he’s…”
“None taken, and I understand you, he’s your baby, a little person who loves you no matter who you are, he loves you because you’re he’s daddy, and the best daddy he could ask for. He’s the best thing that has happened to me as well.” Cordelia told him hugging him.
“God Cordelia, I love you, I don’t know what I’d you without you” Angel said holding her more tightly to him. “You are the other best thing in my life, you and Connor are the things that make me wake up and wanting nothing more than my redemption for you two, without you and Connor I wouldn’t be who I am right now”
Cordelia looked at him and the only thing that passed through her mind was ‘I love him’ and instead of telling him she kissed him.
“YO! ANGEL, CORDELIA WESLEY IS BACK” Gunn called for them.
“Ok, people I’m here and I think this spell will work” Wesley said trying to calm Angel and Cordelia.
“How sure are you Wes?” Cordelia asked she wanted her baby back.
“Uhmm… let’s say…99%, ok?”
“Relax Wesley just do your best.” Angel said.
“In this place and in this hour
We call upon the ancient power
Open the door through time and space
Create a path to another place”
With that said, a bright light appeared in front of them, wind seem to swirl around them, Fred paled.
“I hate portals.” She mumbled and before anyone could reassure her they were all sucked into a portal. Which closed immediately after the last person vanished.
Part 4
Sunnydale 1998
Giles, Jenny, Willow, Xander and Buffy all sat around the table in the library not knowing what to do. They were all confused they had done the spell to find the destroyer and a baby appears, a baby that only seems to like Cordelia and Angel. Giles took of his glasses and cleaned them he could feel a headache coming on. There was something that they were missing and he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
A bright light appeared on the table where the baby had appeared, chairs scattered across the floor as everyone moved away and to grab some weapons as quickly as possible and they stood their armed hoping to be ready for whatever came through. Just as quickly as the light appeared it vanished and standing on the table were 2 people that they knew and the rest they didn’t.
“Angel?” Buffy whispered confusion covering her face, she turned to the library door and stared at it for a moment Cordelia and Angel left with the baby, but what were they doing standing on the table. “Cordelia you’ve cut your hair?”
Angel, Cordy and Wes looked at each other and groaned.
“Oh god I’m in hell.” Cordy muttered Wes and Angel both reached out and took hold of her hands.
“Well uhhh.” Giles stammered for a bit. “Maybe you should get off the table and we can find out what has happened.”
Cordy’s hands were released Angel and Wes jumped of the table smoothly and easily, Gunn followed and he reached up to help Fred down. Angel held up his arms and helped Cordy off the table. Buffy frowned as Angel’s hands remained on her waist holding her tight against his body.
“What the hell is going on?” Buffy screamed her eyes still staring at where Angel’s hands were.
Cordy tried to move away from him she could see that Buffy was very angry and very confused and once they tried to explain it was going to go from bad to worse.
“Well if you stop shouting we will explain to you?” Wes answered in a calm voice.
“Who the hell are you?” Buffy demanded.
Wes shook his head, he had figured out that they had gone back in time but it must have been a point in time before he arrived here.
****
Cordelia and Angel decided to go back to the library and see if anyone had figured anything out. So Cordelia suggested they walk and take the baby with them. Angel had agreed with her figuring out that he could deal with anything that tried to hurt them or a least give them a chance to escape.
“Hey guys look what we have here” A vampire said to his friends Angel and Cordelia were suddenly surrounded by vampires.
Angel was so lost in thought that he didn’t sensed the vampires, damn, Angel thought he didn’t want to fight now, not with Cordelia and the baby with him.
“Run Cordelia, when I tell you just run to the library” Angel said hurriedly, not wanting anything to happen to Cordelia and the little baby.
Cordelia was scared by not for herself but for the baby who was awake and looking at her as if she was someone he could recognize. Clutching Angel’s shirt, Cordelia’s voice cracked as she finally found the breath to speak. “Oh, God, please. Angel, we have to go.”
“Cordelia,” he spoke softly, but loud enough for the teenager to hear him. “Take the baby and go.”
“Not so fast,” the tallest of the vampires spoke up as Cordelia made an effort to do just that. “We’re here for the kid. According to our sources, that baby he’s from the future, so he’s worth a fortune. Give him up now and we won’t have to kill you”
Angel and Cordelia glanced at each other quickly how did they know that the baby was from the future?
“But I thought we’re going to eat her.” One of the vampires complained.
The shortest of the trio gave his partners in crime a dark look, “You want to eat the baby’s mother, she has to be worth a fortune too.”
Cordelia’s heart pounded a little faster as she realised they thought the baby was hers. He might as well be, she already loved the little guy. Damned if she was gonna let anything happen to him.
“Idiots we’re here for the baby!” the leader said, “And now shut up!”
“You’re not going to get the baby” Angel stated a growl rumbled deep within his chest as he spoke.
“Says who, you?” the leader said laughing.
“You don’t know who he is, do you?” Cordelia asked them, a smirk appearing on her face it still amazed her that they did not know who Angel was and they still underestimated him.
“It doesn’t matter, give me the baby,” the leader told Cordelia as he stalked towards her.
Angel seeing that charged him, while Angel and the leader were fighting the others vampires got to Cordelia knocking her out and taking the baby from her.
Angel staked the leader in time to see the others running with the baby, he’s first impulse was running toward them but he saw Cordelia in the ground not moving and he rushed to her side.
“Cordelia” Angel said gently as he lifted her head slowly and making sure that she was not seriously hurt.
“Uhg…” Cordelia started to coming around, “Oh My God, they took the baby” she said starting to cry the tears rolled down her checks and she buried her head into Angel’s chest as he held her against him and he made himself a promise, he would find out who took the child and he would make them pay slowly and would wait for them to beg him to stake them and then Angel would with great pleasure do so.
****
Xander stood there and gapped at the group in front of them. “You’re from the future.” He said for the hundredth time.
Cordy rubbed her eyes tired of hearing the same thing over and over again from Xander. “Yes Xander we are and now we are moving on.”
Wesley had managed to get as far as explaining that they were from the future and who everyone was when the Scoobies had started to bombard them with questions and then Jenny Calender and Giles had joined in.
Buffy was frozen to the spot and Willow had hold of her arm, she could see the way Angel watched Cordelia the way he held her that they were together but what happened to her why weren’t they together, her and Angel were soul mates destined to be together. They had the romantic love that every girl had read about, had dreamed about. What had happened?
The ex-watcher once again opened his mouth once again to try and explain this time why they were actually here when suddenly the doors of the library flew open and Cordelia and Angel ran in.
“They took the baby.” The 16 year old Cordelia said crying.
Angel put a hand on her shoulder, he never noticed the new guests his eyes were on the young girl next to him. “I still don’t understand why the spell you did brought him here Giles.”
“YOU WHAT?” Cordy shouted angrily they had taken her and Angel’s child.
With that the high school Cordelia looked up from the door and stared at herself but it wasn’t her not in the identical sense, her hair was shorter and had blonde highlights in it, and next to, well her, was Angel he had his hands around her waist and he too was staring at Giles the pain and anger was clear in his face. He looked different from the Angel that was standing next to her at the door the other one had a dark red shirt on, the Angel she knew only wore black.
“You took our son? What the hell for?” Angel said his voice deceptively quiet, he was just managing to keep hold of his temper, what he wanted to do was grab Giles by the throat and slam him against the wall and beat the information out of him.
“Our son?” Buffy asked angrily, “Who’s son” she was scared of the answer.
“My son, mine and Cordelia son” Angel said with his arms still around Cordelia.
“But it’s impossible” Buffy said sounding like a 5 year old girl.
“No is not, Buffy things have changed” Angel said gently.
“As I can see” she said with venom in her void, looking at Cordelia angrily.
“Don’t” Angel said cautiously.
“What?”
“Cordelia is not in fault here so don’t look at her like that.” Angel glared at the slayer.
Buffy stepped back nervous this was definitely not the Angel she knew, the blonde glanced over to the door and saw the pale face of Cordelia, the Cordelia she knew staring at them. It was her son, it was her and Angel’s son. She turned her head to look up at the vampire who had a look of shock on his face.
He looked over at himself. “It can’t be, I’m a vampire I can’t have children.” He stuttered.
Wesley looked over at the mirror images of his friends. “It was a prophecy and a long story.” He muttered knowing that this was going to get out of hand soon.
Xander had not moved he was frozen to the spot and he was definitely hearing things. “Deadboy and the bitch of Sunnydale High have a child, together.”
At this point future Angel turned to the kid and before anyone knew what was happening he had Xander pinned up against some book stacks.
“Let’s get something straight shall we her name is Cordelia not bitch, now say it with me and then apologise to her.” Angel said angrily he knew that he was taking his fear for his missing son out on this teenager but it was also something he had wanted to do for a long time.
“Cordelia I am sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.” He mumbled fear evident in his eyes. He had managed to get away with so much with the Angel that he knew but this man in front of him was different, he was not a loner, he had a family and friends. He stood up and said what he thought. There was no hiding in the background for him.
“And now my name Xander what is my name?” Angel asked.
“Angel.” Xander stuttered.
Buffy was about to walk over and intervene. Cordy just stood there and watched the man she loved protect her name. But instead the dark haired girl named Fred went to him and touched his bicep.
“I think he’s sorry now Angel. You better let him go. We have to concentrate on finding Connor.” She looked down tears welling in her eyes. “I want my family back and I want to go home Angel.” Fred said crying.
Angel dropped Xander and gently put an arm around his friend and they walked back over to Cordy. “We will Fred, we’ll find him and then we will go home.”
She looked up at him and smiled.
Angel watched himself with his friends, his family he had never had that before not even when he was human but it seemed in the future that he would have and the vampire deep down inside could not wait for that to happen.
Buffy walked over and stood in between him and Cordelia wanting the two of them to be far apart as possible, did their romance start here in Sunnydale was it already happening, she glanced at the two of the accusingly but neither of them noticed, their eyes were on the future them and how close they were and the family they had as Wesley and Gunn joined the trio all leaning on each other, helping and protecting each other in this time of need.
Part 5
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Sunnydale 1998
“Uhmm... ” Fred begun to talk but she was unsure on how continue, he “hi I’m Fred” she continue talking while walking towards Cordelia and Angel, “you weren’t here when we came, and while I know both of you already you don’t know us, as I said I’m Fred, he’s Wesley and he’s Gunn” she said pointing each of them, “and you already know each other so…”
“Fred honey you have to breath” Cordy said to the young woman and she smiled at her friend knowing how hard it was for her to talk in front of strangers.
“uhm… I … Cordelia you were saying something when you came” Fred told the younger version of her best friend.
“Oh God, it’s true, we’re ambushed and the knocked me out while Angel was fighting and they took the baby and Angel staked the leader so now we don’t know where they went, and the baby is alone, and he could be hungry or need a clean diaper and…” Cordelia rambled as the tears started to fall again, she couldn’t seem to help herself and now that she knew that it was her child.
“Cordelia, relax” Angel said thinking how young she was. “What happened to Connor?” He asked her gently trying not to worry her anymore.
“Connor?” Past Angel asked he was trying to absorb everything that happened in one single moment he had things in the future that he never believed could happen.
“My son…your son…this is confusing…He’s name is Connor, he’s 2 and half months old, he’s one of the best thing I have in my life” Angel said sadly, he wanted nothing more than his baby. Cordy took hold of Angel’s arm and looked up at him, her eyes glistened with tears but she smiled on of the sweetest smiles he had ever seen and returned on back to her.
“I like the name” Young Cordelia said trying not to make Angel more sad she had only just met the little baby but she was drawn to him, she already cared and loved him how much worse would it be after 2 and half months.
“Yeah it is” Angel said smiling at the teenager wondering why he never tried to know her in Sunnydale. He noticed how beautiful she was, but he had been blinded by Buffy but in his eyes she was even more stunning now, there was a light that shined within, Cordy no longer had to hide the fact that she was a good person who cared about others and he loved her more and more everyday.
“What I don’t understand is, you did a spell to get rid of a future danger and you got Connor, care to explain Giles?” Cordy asked, she was hurting, she wanted her baby boy in her arms and she was angry why would they do this? What possible explanation could there be.
“Why don’t you sit and I’ll explain everything” Giles offered all of them.
The LA Gang sat down together, while Angel and Cordelia tried to understand what was happening and Buffy went to sit next to her Angel as she thought of him still trying to work out why in the future he was with Cordelia and not her. That was the one thing she could not get her head around, it was Cordelia the may queen of all people. What would the two of them have in common.
“I found a prophecy that talked about a warrior and his seer and what they called the Tro-Clan or The Destroyer, as you can see it’s an abomination, a threat to the future so we did the spell to destroy to danger” Giles said feeling cleaver as he was who found the prophecy. “I still haven’t translated the whole prophecy but I’m working on it”
The LA Gang couldn’t believe that a watcher had made that big error, acting without really thinking, without translating the whole prophecy.
Cordy was livid “And WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING!!!!!” She stalked towards Giles, Angel tried to stop her but she dodged him “WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? ANSWER ME BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS BACK TO THE WATCHER’S ACADEMY” She all but yelled at him her eyes were alight with anger, she could not believe the stupidity of him, the danger that he had put her child into without getting all the facts first.
“Cordelia…” Giles begun to talk.
“WHAT?!?! YOU ALMOST KILLED AN INNOCENT BABY BOY BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T READ THE WHOLE PROPHECY, YES HE’S THE DESTROYER, BUT NOT OF MANKIND BUT OF ALL DANGER TOWARDS MANKIND, YOU ALMOST KILLED MY BABY” She yelled at him while crying the tears fell like a waterfall, the anger and the fear coming out in every single tear.
“Cordelia baby, you have to let it go” Angel told her hugging her to him. Seeing Cordelia crying was a thing he hated. “Giles, you and me need to talk and we’ll do tomorrow, we need to plan, we have to look for Connor, Angel” he called himself which was odd but in his long life and especially the one in LA he managed to take things as they came.
“Yes” He’s counterpart said looking suddenly at his twin his eyes had been on the other Cordelia and her outrage towards the watcher.
“Are you living in the apartment at the back of town? ”He asked just wanting confirmation.
“Yes, why?” The past Angel asked.
“It’s nothing, I’m going to the Crawford Manor, if you guys want to help come with us, we’re going now”
“Uhm… can I go too?” Cordelia asked shyly. “I want to find him, it’s was my fault” she said sadly afraid that all those from the future would blame her as she did herself.
“It wasn’t your fault, you two were ambushed, but feel free to come with us, it’ll be a great help. The more the merrier and we could use some extra hands if we need any researching done” Cordelia told herself thinking it was strange and she thought about all the good and bad things that lay in this high school girls life but it was worth every heartache. every bit of that pain.
Buffy grabbed hold of her Angel’s hand and smiled a sweet sickly smile at everyone.
“Well Angel, MY Angel.” She made she that she emphasised MY, “and I are going patrolling we’ll see if we can pick up any information while we are out there. Without waiting for a reply she dragged the vampire with her and as soon as the library door closed Gunn burst out laughing Wes and Fred joined in. Cordy was looking at him smirking and he scowled at them all.
“Angel man you are so whipped.” Gunn said still laughing that was definitely not the Angel he knew.
“Hey.” Angel said pouting a little and trying to look hurt.
“At least with Cordy you pretend to at least to argue, while trying to get a glimpse down her top.” Wes said joining in with Gunn.
Fred continued to giggle, the rest of the Scoobies stopped and stared it wasn’t long before Angel and Cordy were laughing as well.
It was just the release they needed, they needed to still feel like a family and they did. “Let’s go to the mansion.” Angel said he turned to the others. “You are welcome to come and help if you want to.” The LA gang plus the high school Cordelia walked out of the library not even looking back to see if anyone else was following them it didn’t bother them whether they were or not.
Later…
Angel and Cordelia were in the back of the mansion, they’re sitting on a bench talking.
“Angel what are we going to do?” Cordelia asked worriedly.
“First of all baby you need to relax, you need to be able to think clearly” Angel told her hugging her. “We have lots of good people on our side, we’re going to have Connor back in no time” He said thinking about how Buffy and his twin came earlier to help, they were still inside talking with Wesley about a plan.
“You know I found Buffy’s face very funny when they came here” Cordy was thinking the same as him.
“You know what? That’s true, I thought that vein in her forehead was going to explode, it looked like it was doing the cha-cha” someone said coming towards them.
“Hey Cordelia…man this is getting confusing…I’m talking with myself!” Cordy told them it was definitely not something that she thought would ever happen.
“Cordelia we want you to thank you for helping us” Angel said looking at the younger version of the woman he loved dearly.
“What can I do? I was with him a day and already loved him” She said remembering his chubby face, “I just hope we find him soon, he could be cold, or hungry or wet or…”
“You already think as a mom.” Angel said smiling at her.
“You should do that more” Cordelia said as she watched his whole face transform.
“Now where have I heard that before?” Angel said joking.
“Hey, it’s true, you’re gorgeous everyday but when you smile you are even more,” she paused for a moment. “Breathtaking.” Cordy finished lovingly.
“Uhm.. I hope I’m not intruding anything but you need to come back inside” Willow said joining the three the red head was a bit nervous about interrupting them, two these people she recognised but no longer knew.
With that Angel and the twins got up and went inside.
“We’re here” Cordy said, “What happened?”
“Right, I think I found a way to locate Connor as soon as possible” Wesley said as the boss he was. It had taken him a little while but now he was better at taking control of the situation “We’re going to make two teams and patrol around the town”
“Who is in each tem?” Cordelia asked, she wanted to go with someone from LA, she wasn’t comfortable with Xander and Willow because of the betrayal and Buffy was looking at her angrily. It wasn’t her fault that her older self and Angel were in love and had a child and she had a family the teen looked at the LA gang and noticed how close they were and earlier she had seen how they laughed and joked, she smiled softly she couldn’t wait for the future.
“The teams are, first: Buffy and Xander will go with Gunn, Fred and myself to the east part of the town moving to north, and the second team: Angel and Cordy will go with Angel, Cordelia and Willow”
“What will Giles be doing?” Cordy asked.
“He’ll be translating the prophecy” Wesley stated.
“Uhmm… Wes don’t we already…”
“Don’t Cordelia, he needs to know what he almost did” He said angry with his fellow watcher. It was a hard lesson that Wesley had to learn and he had learnt from it now it was Giles time to look at what he did and what the consequences could be? If anything happened to Connor, Wesley didn’t know what any of them would do especially Angel and Cordy.
Buffy glared at Wesley. “You are not my watcher, you can’t tell me what to do I am the slayer and this is my town. People follow me not you.” She spat out angrily.
Wesley couldn’t help but smile, he was not her watcher yet but he would be, not a very good one mind you but still. The ex-watcher forgot what it was to like to be around teenagers.
Future Angel stepped forward. “Buffy get over yourself. We are older and currently have more experience then you do at this age. I’m a 250 year old vampire with a soul who has a child because of a prophecy and a champion for the PTB, Wesley is an ex-watcher and a rogue demon hunter.” Buffy’s face fell as she heard Wesley being called a watcher. “Gunn is from the streets and has been fighting vampires longer than you have, Fred here is a great physicist and has lived 5 years in a hell dimension and Cordy she grew up on the hellmouth and also a seer. None of us know what normal is but in LA we work as a team. We come up with a plan what ever the best plan is. For some of us it takes a sledgehammer for us to see but we do eventually.” Angel laughed.
Buffy’s eyes grew even more, angry that was the most Angel had ever said, but you could see how he looked at each one of his team-mates how much he cared but his gaze stayed on Cordelia a bit longer.
Giles had sat in the corner his mind going over and over what had happened. He might have caused the death of a young baby, his mind screamed at him and not only that but it might be the child that brings the end of demons. He took his glasses of and rubbed the bridge of his nose. What had he done?
Cordy looked over and saw Giles, she was still very angry but she knew that this man did what he thought was right and they needed all of him now, they needed him to concentrate.
“Giles?” She whispered as she knelt in front of him. “I know you are sorry and that if you could take it back you would but what we need is for you to concentrate and decipher the rest of the prophecy we need to know it all.”
The watcher looked up and stared into her hazel eyes, he was amazed at how she had changed. She was still a young woman with so much responsibility she managed to do it with grace and style. He hoped that Buffy would grow up to be like this. Giles smiled softly at her and promised himself that he would do everything he could to get Connor back to his family.
Past Angel looked around he still had a few questions. “Who are the PTB? I uhhh you are the champion and Cordelia is your seer? I don’t understand?”
The future Angel grinned. “I know it is a lot to take in the PTB is what Cordy calls them when she is not angry are The Powers That Be, they send uhh messages through Cordy and she lets me know when people are in trouble we go save them and we save souls and earn my redemption along the way and a seer well I should let Cordy explain that.”
Cordy stood up from where she had knelt with a quick grin to the other she opened her mouth but no words came out, she screamed and clutched her head. As she fell backwards Angel was there holding her in his arms as she screamed and convulsed, tears rolled out of her eyes. The images flashing through her mind, the loneliness of Connor she could feel her little baby’s terror, she could see the vampires laughing and enjoying the child’s scared tears. There was a flash of teeth, pain and lots of blood. Gunn grabbed some water while Fred went to get her painkillers and then the two of them and Wesley knelt next to Cordy all of their faces were covered in concern and worry. They hated when this happened to her but even more so at the moment what if this was about Connor.
Slowly her body stopped shaking and she opened her eyes and stared into the ones of the man she loved.
“He was so scared.” She said crying.
Angel pulled her tightly against him wishing that he could protect her from all of this pain. “We’ll get him back.” He whispered hoarsely.
Xander looked down at the future version of his ex-girlfriend. “So that was a vision.”
“Cordy what did you see?” Wesley asked softly he hated to do this but they needed to know.
She looked up and gave him a sad watery smile. “All I saw was a cemetery, lots of vampires, blood and fangs.” Cordy looked up at the ceiling and glared. “Damn you the one time I actually wanted a vision you gave me that Sunnyhell is full of cemeteries that is not a lot of help.” She screamed.
All the Scoobies plus the past Angel all looked up to see who or what she was shouting at.
“The PTB.” Gunn and Fred said together.
“Look we have to go ok teams hit every cemetery on your section. Let’s go.” Wesley ordered.