Chapter 13: Catastrophic
Wolfram and Hart: Fred’s Lab
“Okay is everyone here?” Angel asked as Wesley entered the lab.
“Yes I believe so.”
“Ok. Now as you’ve all heard we have a guest. Her name is Daphne and she’s having Angelus’s baby.”
“Angel is it even possible? I mean is she really who she says she is?” Fred asked.
“I’ll answer this one Angelcakes. I read his future and she’s in it. And she really is who she says she is.” Lorne said.
“Fine, but how did she get to our time?”
“Another one I can answer. A sorcerer named Christopher. He’s helped the good guys out many times.”
Angel looked at Lorne. “Wait. Christopher. That name sounds familiar.”
“As it should. He’s a gypsy. His tribe is responsible for your curse.” Wesley said.
“How did you know that?” Fred asked.
“Little research. I was studying up on the prophecy and came across him. Interesting fellow. He’s immortal now.”
“As in vampire?” Angel asked.
“No as in Gypsy curse. He has to protect his tribe, his people even.”
“Oh okay. But that’s not why I called you all down here.” Angel said. “Daphne heard an argument I was having on the phone.”
“What’s so special about that we all see one of those everyday.” Gunn said.
“Yeah, but she was upstairs in a soundproof room.”
“Did she give you any indication that she know what it was about?” Wesley asked.
“She knew it was me breaking up with Nina before she got off the elevator.”
“Nina and you broke up? I had such high hopes for you two.” Lorne said.
“Yeah well it just wasn’t meant to be. But there’s more. It was like I could feel just how worried about me she actually was.”
Wesley suddenly stood up and grabbed a book off the table.
“Uh Wesley whatcha doin?” Fred asked.
“I think I know why.” Wesley said as he jumped up and walked over to Angel. “I think you’re experiencing a vampire claim.”
“A what?” Fred and Gunn both asked.
“When a vampire finds the perfect mate they claim each other in a ritual. The vampire bites the mate and drinks some of their blood then the mate bites the vampire and drinks some of their blood and together they say…”
“Je suis à vous et vous êtes la mienne, Binded pour toujours à temps. Or in English it means, I am yours and you are mine, forever binded in time.” Angel said as he sat down.
“Exactly.” Wesley said, “ And once the ritual is performed, usually during intercourse, they are bound to each other eternally. They know each other’s weaknesses, strengths, passions and sometimes each other’s thoughts. They are essentially one, till one of them dies.” Wesley said as he closed the book.
“But how. She wouldn’t claim him. She hates him.” Angel said.
“Drugs maybe?” Fred offered.
“Possibly. Angel we need to look into this because if I’m correct then she’s not only bound the Angleus in her world, but she’s also bound to the Angelus in this world as well and that could possibly be catastrophic.” Wesley said as he looked at Angel.
Spike’s Apartment: LA
“Honey I’m home.” Spike said as he walked into the apartment.”
“Hi.” Buffy said without even looking up from her video game.
“Whatcha playing?”
“A Star Wars game.”
“How’d that happen?”
“Xander and Andrew play it all the time. Just got to liking it I guess.”
“Oh I see. Where’d you find the PS2?”
“In the closet. I’m not a big Xbox fan.”
Spike laughed. “So you gonna stop playing that soon because we should talk.”
Buffy nodded and shut the game off. “Ok let’s talk.’
“Okay I’m not gonna beat around the bush about this Buffy, because it’s serious, but Buffy I love you so much and as much as I do my place is here in LA.”
Buffy nodded. “I know that. And I’ve already talked to Dawn. Give me two weeks. Then we can have this talk after we see where two weeks takes us.”
Spike nodded. “Okay Buffy, we’ll wait two weeks. But in the mean time…” Spike said as he leaned over to kiss Buffy.
Wolfram and Hart: Angel’s extra room
-Ring- “Uh god what is that?” Daphne said as she rolled over. –Ring- Daphne reached over and picked up the phone. “Hello…Oh yea thanks…um yeah I’m getting up...okay bye.” Daphne said into the phone. “Strange girl that one.” She said as she hung up the phone and headed to the shower. After her shower she walked over to the dresser to find some clothes. She pulled out a long denim maternity skirt that Buffy had bought her and a white peasant top.
–Knock- “Yeah.”
“You ready?” Angel said through the door.
“No actually. But you can come in. I’m gonna go finish up in the bathroom.” Daphne said as she went into the bathroom. Angel walked in and noticed her clothes on the floor and his attention was drawn to one shirt in particular. He walked over and picked it up. ‘I had this shirt backing England.’ Angel thought to himself as he sighed and looked at the bathroom door, ‘Maybe he did claim her.’
After a few minutes Daphne walked out. “You look nice.” Angel said.
“Thanks. I never really got the hang of this makeup thing. I’ve been here for 4 months and I still don’t know what looks best or even how to put it on correctly…maybe I should ask Buffy sometime.”
Angel laughed. “You’re a lot like Elizabeth.”
“Thank you. But how do you know my mother?”
“I met her once a long time ago. Do you wanna go?” Daphne nodded as Angel offered his arm and they left.
Outer Heaven Restaurant: 4 Blocks from Wolfram and Hart
“So you found out in a cemetery while on a date?” Angel asked.
“Yeah and I even married the guy.” Daphne said.
“And he never knew?”
“Nope, I just never really found a way to tell him.”
“Really.”
“Yea I don’t know why. I guess I should have. It might have saved him.”
“How did he die?”
“Angelus killed him.”
Angel took Daphne’s hand. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s not you’re fault Angel.”
“I know but still.”
“Thank you anyway.”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.”
“Did Angelus claim you?”
Daphne paled suddenly as she looked at Angel. “Um…”
“My rooms upstairs are sound proof Daphne. You couldn’t have heard me on the phone. Just like I knew you were awake before I was told that you were.”
“You knew I was awake?” Angel nodded. “I hate him you know.”
“I know.”
“But…It was a bad night.”
“Do you wanna tell me about it?” Daphne stood up and headed outside. Angel frowned then picked up the check. He left enough money for the bill and the tip then followed Daphne out the door.
“I’ll tell you about it. Just not in there.” Daphne said as she walked to the car.
Wolfram and Hart: Outside and In Angel office
“Where do you want to go to talk about this?” Angel asked.
“In your office?” Daphne said.
“Okay.”
Wolfram and Hart was quiet, which she’d expected. Daphne followed Angel into the office and sat down on the couch. Angel closed the door and joined Daphne on the couch.
“It happened a long time ago. Actually not that long, but you get the picture. It was the night Angelus kidnapped me. He drugged me when he rapped me. He knocked me out then drugged me. I didn’t tell Buffy because…I was so screwed up. I wanted him because of the breeder in me. So when he did the claim that portion of me wanted him and took him. So she claimed him and he claimed her.”
“Where was Darla in all of this?”
“Dead. Druscilla went mad and dragged them both into the light.”
“What? Why?”
“Darla took away her pretty Willy.”
“Ah so Darla is the reason William wasn’t turned.”
“She smelt watcher all over him and felt it’d be dangerous for Dru. The exposure wouldn’t help her very much.”
Angel nodded. “So in your world they’re all gone?”
Daphne nodded. “And my breeder is his wife.”
“What are we gonna do Daphne?”
“Huh?”
“Oh yea because you’re claimed with Angelus in your time you’re also claimed to me.”
“Oh. Well is that bad?”
“For now no, but it’s gonna be weird since I don’t know. I mean who exactly are you Daphne?”
“Angel, are you asking me to get to know you…like a friend?”
“Well yea…why are you accepting?”
“Um Angel my last best friend was my husband Adam, Now he’s gone and…I don’t know if I can be friends with someone knowing one day they will be gone.”
“Please Daphne.”
She looked down then looked at the ring on her hand. “Okay.”
“Alright, So Daphne let’s start with the basics.”
***Authors Note: there you have it. The full chapter 13. I wanna thank everyone for the reviews. I hope to bring chapter 14 up today if not the whole thing then a preview because it's my favorite. I hope you are enjoying the story and please review.***
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