The Hart of L.A.
Chapter Ten
" Well, it's not going to be easy, but then again has anything ever been? As I've said before, you can only defeat this demon in the hour of his ascension. But it is imperative that we find him before that. We must have him in our midst before, so we may wear him down." When he finished speaking he looked around to find everyone looked confused. Except for Oz, he never looked confused( or he always did.) Willow raised her hand. " Um, would it be okay to get that again in Xander speech?" Xander looked sharply at Willow. " Hey! Okay, yes, Xander speech would be great." Giles just shook his head.
" Okay, Children, focus. We have to find him well before his ascension so we can beat the crap out of him to make him tired." Everyone got it then, but Xander held his hand up then. Giles looked at him. " Come on, people we aren't in school, though I sometimes feel like I'm teaching children." Xander put his hand down then, but looked around the room. " Does anyone miss Glory, hey I just want to go back to my world?" They all just turned and looked at him. Willow looked over at him, and said very seriously.
" No, because we had to run, then there was the whole Tara losing her mind thing, Losing Dawn, Buffy going catatonic on me, finding Dawn, fighting a huge battle, and then we lost Buffy for a really long time. So, I'm thinking no, we don't miss Glory at all." When she straightened everyone in the room laughed at the look on Xander's face.
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" Dad, I'm going to be alright. I don't even know why I'm going to Wolfram and Hart. There's just something about the place that's making me really want to go inside."
The boys' father lowered his head, because he knew his son's mind was made up. He knew he was going to go, and he was terrified at what he was going to find. The boy had already been through so much. He honestly didn't need to relive any of it. He'd have to warn Angel, of course. He'd known this day would come. The higher ups from Wolfram and Hart had warned him. He also knew he wasn't supposed to say anything to Angel if this happened. He was going to anyway. He hugged his son good-bye. After he left he walked over to kitchen table, and picked up the phone.
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Everyone was settling down when Fred burst through the door. She had a horrified look on her face. Wesley walked over to where she was standing, and put a hand on her shoulder.
" Fred, are you okay? We've been looking for you everywhere today." She was breathing very heavily, but nodded her head. Then she turned to Angel, and looked at him. " Angel, he's coming here...now!" Angel walked up to her, and made her sit down.
" Fred, you've got to calm down. Who's coming where?" She took a huge gulp of water from the glass Wesley was offering her. Then she looked plainly at Angel, and ignored everyone else in the room. " I was in the lab working on something for one of the cases, when the receptionist from the lobby came in and gave me a message for you. She told me she couldn't disturb you, because you were in a top secret meeting, but since I've been in those meetings before, she'd give me the message." Angel began to pace the floor.
" Dammit, Fred, just spit it out!" She took a deep breath. " Well, the message was from a man that was needing to speak with you desperately. He said his son was on his way to see you for some reason. He should be here any minute, and honestly Angel, I don't know how this could happen. This is so bad!" Angel looked very confused, as did everyone else in the room.
" A man called, saying his son was coming to see me, and this is top secret how?" Fred looked at him like he was crazy. She jumped out of her chair, and stomped her foot. " Angel, don't you understand? The boy who's coming to see you is yours! He's your son!"
Everyone in the confrence room stilled. Wesley got Fred to sit back down in the chair, and was comforting her. He then looked at her, and asked, " Fred, How can you be sure that the boy the man was talking about is Angel's son?" Before Fred answered, they could hear footsteps in the hallway. They all looked at the door when it suddenly darkened. The boy at the door spoke and broke the silence.
" I'm looking for Angel, is he in here?" Angel stopped pacing, and just stared. Fred, Gunn, Wesley, and Lorne all said " Oh my God" at the exact same time. Angel stepped foward just a little, and barely spoke, but everyone could hear what he said.
" Connor."