Suggestions by: Marie Nomad
1: A chapter title - Changes!
2: Three lines that someone has to say – “who hasn't seen Angel naked?” “I'm in love.” “That's it, we're screwed.”
3: Xander leaves a note for Buffy to explain why he was leaving. – “What is the opening line? Buffy, I had done many things I regret, including lying to you about Willow's message but I always did what I had to do.“
4: Demon Dawn starts to work her way into the group. What does she have to do to make sure they think she’s the real Dawn? - Whine a lot.
5: "Angel starts to look into why Archegion was released but something is wrong with what he finds. What is the problem and how will it affect Angel?" - Archegion was released from someone in Alcatha by a vampire with a soul. He starts to doubt his identity.
6: In the hospital Faith finally recovers from the battle but the demon changed her some how. What was the change? - She sees dead people and they can touch her.
“I’m sorry Angel I’ve gone over three times,” Fred said as she handed Angel her report, “The only way Archegion could be let out is with your authorization.”
“But I didn’t authorize it!” Angel said insistently, “you sure there’s no way to get into the chamber?”
“No, well, there is but they’d have to break through the firewall and that’ll be real hard.”
“Its computer controlled?”
“No it’s an actual wall of fire.”
“I don’t believe this,” Angel said stepping up from behind his desk, “All these resources and we still don’t know who did it.”
“I don’t think that’s our major concern Angel,” Wesley commented, “This individual has access to your records which makes him incredibly dangerous.”
“So what’s our next move?” Gunn said
Wesley thought about this.
“Angel can go see the clerk.” He said
“I don’t think it’s time to deal with paper work Wesley.” Angel replied
“This clerk doesn’t deal with the filing he’s an archivist,” Wesley exclaimed, “every move thought and action committed in this building is recorded and stored in the Wolfram and Hart vault.”
“That's it, we're screwed,” Gunn replied
“I don’t think we need to be negative.”
“this dude knows our every play what would you call it?”
“I’d call him useful,” Angel replied, “how do I see him?”
“haven’t you ever wondered what that big book in the bottom draw of your desk was?” Wesley replied
“Oh come on Buffy all my friends are going!” Dawn whined
“For the last time no!” Buffy replied as she wandered around the house again
“It’s just one movie it’s not going to, like, kill me or anything.”
“Dawn! There’s a demon on the loose who can look like anybody.”
“So? I bet his big sister lets him go to the movies!”
“No and that’s final!” Buffy said
Dawn stormed to her room
“you don’t let me do anything!” she yelled before she slammed the door
Buffy rolled her eyes as she walked into the lounge room. Willow looked up at her sympathetically
“Teething problems?” she joked
“I wish,” Buffy replied, “I don’t remember complaining as much when I was her age.”
Buffy continues her search. Willow watches curiously
“What ya up to?”
“Looking for Xander.”
“Did you check behind the sofa? That’s the first place I look for stuff I lost.”
“Willow I’m serious he should have been back by now.”
Willow picked up her laptop to put it away
“I’m sure he’s fine Buffy he might have just . . .” willow started
Willow stopped moving. on the table under where her laptop was was a letter addressed to Buffy. she recognized the handwriting as Xanders.
“Buffy” she said as she picked up the envelope
Buffy walked back into the room and willow handed her the envelope. Curiously she opened it and started to read the letter inside.
Buffy,
I had done many things I regret, including lying to you about Willow's message but I always did what I had to do. I tried to be strong for the group I tried to be the string the holds the package together but now I feel like I’m just coming apart inside. By the time you are reading this I would have already left the city. I don’t know where I’m going but I will call you and tell you when I get there. Who knows, when I make my fortune with my ‘how to date multiple demons and survive’ self help book maybe I’ll come back and visit but for now it’s better that I’m away from the group.
you guys are a strong chain and you don’t need the weak link putting people in danger. Tell Will that I love her and if it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t be the man I am today. When faith wake up tell her how sorry I am for what I did to her and that some day I hope she can forgive me. and tell the others, well, make up something cool and tell them that I said it. you don’t know how much I’m going to miss you guys but, like I said, I’m doing what I need to do.
forever your friend
Alexander Harris
Buffy looked up from the note in shock. she dropped down onto the sofa and re-read it several times to make sure she didn’t misinterpret something. Willow pouted and joined her on the couch.
“What is it Buff? Who’s it from?”
“Xander,” Buffy replied softly, “he . . . he’s gone away for good.”
It was Willow’s turn to be shocked. Buffy handed her the note and just sat quietly. Willow became more and more distressed by the note.
“We have to go stop him!” she exclaimed, “He’s not thinking straight! He had brain rot! His brain is rotten we have to get him back so I can un rot him!”
“I don’t think we can Will,” Buffy replied, “This is his choice”
“Well it’s the wrong one! you know what Xander’s like doing stupid things!”
“You know how he’s been since Anya died.”
“That’s no excuse! We have a demon to stop we need Xander to . . . to . . . “
Willow pouted hard. she slumped back onto the couch and just stared into space. Buffy put her arm around her and Willow leaned her head on Buffy’s shoulder
“I know," Buffy replied, "I’m going to miss him to.”
In the hospital Faith stirred lightly. She opened her eyes and looked around the room. Seeing this Kennedy moved to her side.
“Hey, how are you feeling?” she asked
“Man I hope they kept the receipt.” Faith replied holding he head
“For what?”
“For the ton of bricks they dropped on me, man, that hurt.”
Kennedy helped Faith sit up. She winced in pain and looked over to Kennedy.
“How long was I out?” she asked
“’Bout a week.”
“A week? Geez I can’t wait to kick the crap out of the blue guy who did this to me,” Faith replied, “You been sitting here all this time?”
“Yeah.”
“Does Will mind? you know, you being with me?”
“I’m not worrying about Will I’m worrying about you.”
“Why?”
Kennedy moved in closer to Faith and smiled suggestively
“I'm in love,” she replied, “with you.”
Faith smiled in return.
“You bad girl.” Faith replied as she drew Kennedy in for a passionate kiss.
About half way through Faith pulled away and looked at her seriously.
“You’ve told red right? I mean, she does know about us?”
Kennedy looked around in guilt. Faith looked at her in anger.
“Damn it girl you told me we were five by five with Will!”
“I was going to tell her after we came back from the fight but you got hurt and . . .”
“Not good enough Ken I ain’t no cheater! You tell her tonight or where through!”
Suddenly Faith noticed something over Kennedy’s shoulder. It looked like a small girl but something was wrong. She was extremely pale and her clothes look like they were covered in blood. Kennedy looked to where Faith was looking but saw nothing. Faith looked away for a moment but when she looked back the girl was gone.
“What is it?” Kennedy asked
“I don’t know,” Faith replied, “Thought I saw something. I must be tripping on what they . . . “
Faith jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked around but no one was there.
“Get me out of here Ken,” Faith said in concern, “Think the hospitals getting to me.”
Angel pulled the book out of the book from the bottom draw of his desk and looked at it. it looked like every other book that was in this building but he knew very well that that doesn’t mean it isn’t magical. Slowly he opened the book and looked inside. It was completely blank. He searched through it from cover to cover but there was nothing in it.
“I think you might be thinking about the wrong book Wes.” Angel said
He looked up and realized he wasn’t in his office anymore. The room he was in looked like a filing room in a 1930’s office.
“Ah, Angel, you wanted to see me?” a man asked from behind him
Angel turned around and saw the clerk smiling at him. he was dressed in a white shirt and tie, a vest, and casual slacks. He was wearing a visor reminiscent of the 1930 filing clerks.
“You’re the clerk?” he asked
“That’s me,” The clerk replied, “sorry we haven’t updated the room but I don’t get out of the book that much. is it true that they can put files in this thing called a ‘computer’ now?”
“I don’t have time to talk?”
“I know you’re here because you are wondering why you let Archegion out?”
“For the last time I did not let Archegion out.”
“I know you didn’t,” The clerk replied, “Angel did.”
“What?”
“He did it trans-dimensionally of course because he knew that Archegion has the key to Alcatha.”
Angel looked at the clerk curiously
“Alcatha? That was the hell dimension I escaped from.”
The clerk laughed
“You CEO’s and your whacky sense of humor,” The clerk replied, “Nobody escapes from Alcatha.”
“I did.” Angel said insistently
“Did you? or could it be something that looks like you and acts like you, say, a shape shifting demon for instance who might have forgotten who he or she really was.”
“but I’m a vampire,” Angel said insistently,” you know, not a big fan of the sun drinks lots of blood . . .”
“In this form yes you are a vampire. You’re just like Archegion you shift at the cellular level mimicking not only the targets strengths but his weaknesses as well.”
Angel stared at the clerk strangely
“Am I in the right room?”
“I can sum this up really simply for you Angel. Why did Wolfram and Hart let you run this office?”
“Because we stopped world peace.”
The clerk scoffed at the idea.
“Like world peace is hard to break!” he exclaimed, “just call somebody a bad name and they could drop a bomb on your house. You want to know the real reason?”
“Alright.”
“They were testing you. for four years they kept throwing challenge after challenge until they were satisfied that you could do the job right.”
Angel leaned against the desk. this couldn’t be right? Is it possible that he’s still in Alcatha and that he’s not the real Angel? the clerk smiled happily at him
“Is there anything else I can help you with today?” he asked
Angel shook his head. He closed the book and the room shifted back into his office. the others looked at him anxiously.
“Well? what’s the news?”
“I released Archegion,” Angel replied in shock, “From Alcatha.”
The group looked at each other anxiously. They stood in silence for a long time just absorbing this information. Just then spike walked through the wall. he smiled at everybody brightly
“Alight, old Spike is here, let’s let the fun begin.” He exclaimed happily
Spike looked around the somber room and frowned.
“Well don’t all be bloody excited at once.” He replied
It took Angel about a few minutes to describe what the clerk told him.
“What’s Alcatha?” Gunn asked
Spike put his hand up excitedly.
“Oh can I tell the story?” He said,”See, what happed is lover boy here had a ruddy great sword shoved through his chest by his sweet heart which sucked him into this giant swirly thing into this hell dimension right. then a few months later the swirly thing opened again and Angel was farted back into this dimension.”
“And I was left lying naked and confused.” Angel continued
“Wow that must have been a sight.” Fred commented
Spike smirked
“Who hasn't seen Angel naked?” he laughed
He stopped when he noticed that everyone was staring at him.
“Oh, Just me huh?”
“So how does this fit into the clerks ‘Angel is still in Alcatha’ theory?” Gunn asked
“What if what he said is true,” Angel pondered, “What if Angel is still in Alcatha and I was sent here instead.”
“If that were the case you would have some connection to Alcatha.” Wesley commented
Angel stood up and paced.
“The clerk said that Archegion was the key to Alcatha. Maybe that means that his race is native to that hell dimension. What does Wolfram and Hart know about him.”
“Not a lot,” Fred said, “I went through tons of boxes and all I could find was this bitty note say he was to be studied further.”
Angel looked at the group.
“We need to find Archegion now;” he ordered, “Then maybe I can work out what who the hell I am.”
“Shotgun!” Spike called out
Xander stood at the city limits sign leading out of Los Angeles. He’d been standing there for at least two hours just staring at it. he was in two minds whether or not it was the right decision to leave the group and had been thinking of nothing else since he parked. Behind him a figure walked up slowly. they looked at the depressed man, folded their arms, and shook there head.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” the figure exclaimed
Xander swung around. he caught sight of the figure and his jaw dropped.
“Oh my god,” he exclaimed, “is it really you?”
Xander was having a hard time trying to believe who he was seeing. He half expected Anya to be standing there but this was even more surprising. The figure standing there is the literal definition of the last person he would have expected to be there.
What I need for next chapter:
1: A chapter title
2: Three lines that someone has to say
3: As Demon Dawn starts to get closer to Giles real Dawn is found. Who finds her and how does it happen?
4: Angel and his team start to track down Archegion but eve arrives with a message from the Senior Partners that could ruin everything. What is that Message?
5: Willow discovers Faith and Kennedy’s relationship in a bizarre, unexpected fashion. What was the event and how does Willow react?
6: While standing at the city limits sign Xander gets an unexpected visitor with a life changing message. Who is the visitor and What is the message?
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