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“You..” Angel comes over to Buffy and Autum, “Get out of my place.”
“Why?” Autum asks him.
“You know why.”
“Well, I obviously don’t.”
“Where’s Connor.”
“Last I checked he was in bed. He was still asleep when I left the house.”
“Love, you’d best come clean.” Spike says, looking at her as if to break her down.
Autum’s face falls, “What happened? Is something wrong?”
“You tell us.” Angel glares at her. Autum looks around in panic and runs out of the hotel.
“After her!” Angel roars.
“Angel, that girl wasn’t running because she’d guilty.” Buffy tells him, grabbing his arm.
“Really? Because she really looked like it!” Angel snaps at her.
“She’s terrified!”
“She should be.”
“Angel!” Buffy pleads with him, “She was more afraid of your son being hurt then she was anything else.”
“Well, I happen to believe she’s guilty,.”
“Of what?”
Angel ignores her, “Everyone who agrees with me, come on. The rest can stay.” Soon Spike and Buffy were the only people left in the lobby.
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Autum runs into an alley and looks around. Buffy and Spike come out from behind her. “You’ll never find him in time.” Buffy tells her quietly.
“I will, I have to.” She looks at Buffy. She looks away as she smells the air. “Follow me.” She runs and they follow.
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Connor’s lying on the ground, bleeding from various wounds. A massive demon is standing over him. The demon turns and sees Autum. She grabs it by the throat, “Stay the bloody hell away from my boyfriend, right ducks?” The demon goes up in flames. Autum kneels down at Connor’s side, “We have to get him back to the hotel. I can fix him up there.”
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Autum lays Connor on one of the lobby’s couches. As she leans over Connor, Angel and the rest come in.
“Get away from my son.” Autum ignores him and picks up a knife. “What’re you doing?!” Angel screams in fear for his son. Autum slices her wrist and presses her wound to Connor’s lips. The blood flows into his mouth and he starts to drink it. “What are you letting that sick bitch do?” Angel is now frantic. Conner continuously sucks Autum’s wrist. Autum finally pulls it away. She runs her finger along it and it seals closed. Connor immediately wakes up, his wounds heal until there aren’t even scars left. Autum turns to Angel and slaps him across the face.
“How dare you ever accuse me of this, Liam. You know me far better than that. Or maybe you’ve forgotten over the centuries. I haven’t… I protect the people I care for… same as you. You should never have to worry about him while he’s in my hands.” She helps Connor stand and looks back at Angel, “Now that we’re done with that, I don’t suppose you’d mind letting us have a room. His cuts are healed, but the tissue will take some time to work again.”
“Spike, if you’d get them two rooms.”
“Just the one, kitten.” She addresses Spike while she grins at Angel.
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“When does this Wolfram and Hart thing go down?” Xander asks them. Him, Willow, Buffy, Spike, Oz, Giles, Autum, and Connor are sitting in Connor and Autum’s room.
“In a month or so… maybe longer.” Autum tells him.
“Why wait so long?” Buffy asks.
“Really wasn’t sure how long it would take to convince you to let me help, pet.” Autum says, giving them all her eerie smirk. There’s a knock on the door and Autum frowns, “Who is it?”
“Gunn.” Autum sighs in relief and opens the door for Gunn, “Sorry I’m late.”
“Not to worry, love. Just filling them in on a few things… none which can’t be repeated.”
“Good.” This is it. This is the group that’s willing to take on the partners?
“Pike couldn’t come.” Buffy tells them, “He had to go to his mom’s… she’s kinda dying, so…”
“This is it, the new gang of Scoobies?” Willow looks at Buffy a little concerned.
“What of Angel?” Autum asks, looking at her hands.
Buffy shakes her head, “We should probably do this without him. He can be… overly sensitive where you’re concerned.” Autum snorts.
“We should still tell him. As much as he dislikes it, he’ll help. The rest are muscle that will follow him.”
“She’s right you know.” Spike says.
“We should probably meet elsewhere, and not tonight. He may get suspicious if you’re all here for this long.” Connor says.
Gunn nudges him, “Nah, you just want some alone time with your girl.” He winks at her. She stares at him.
“How unamusing we all are this evening.” She sighs. Gunn’s smile drops. “We can have ‘alone time’ whenever we want.” Gunn smiles again and laughs.
“Right, we’ll leave you to it then.” They start to flood out of the room, Spike stays behind.
“Autum? May I have a moment?”
“Whatever you say, kitten.”
“Why didn’t we really tell Peaches?”
“Because he’d go and do something drastic. You know him, drama, drama, drama.”
“Yeah… could you and the brat not be too loud? My room’s right next door.”
“Now you’re just trying to suffocate me.” She teases.
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Buffy swallows her breath as she steps out onto the balcony. “Angel?”
Angel looks at her and smiles, “Yeah?”
“I need to tell you something.”
“What is it?” He’s suddenly very serious.
“We’ve decided to accept Autum’s help. She’s useful for the team… and she did seek us out.”
Angel sighs, “Ok.”
“Really?”
“Sure, she just got on my nerves I guess. I haven’t seen her in so long. I just feel a little upset she didn’t tell me.”
“I know what you mean”
“Buffy, we all thought it’d be best if you didn’t know.”
“So you all decided it was for the best, again.”
“I told Spike that if he loved you he’d let you go.”
“He sure did.”
“But you… love him back?”
“I still don’t know, GOD! How can I ever figure this out?” Angel leans in and kisses her. “That was easy.” He kisses her again, but she pulls away. “What’re you doing Angel?”
“So I guess you found out, huh?” Buffy pulls him in and kisses him again… just as Pike comes in with Spike.
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