Gunn and Angel
Gunn's eyes went wide as he read over a document Fred had left in his office.
"Angel... Angel!"
Gunn went running into Angel's office, ignoring Eve's squeak of protest.
"Fred's translated that last bit of the prophecies Wes found... we need to get to Faith. Soon."
Angel got up from his seat and paged Wesley.
"Wes, we have to get to New York."
He pressed another button.
"Harmony, my jet."
Wesley & Serafina
"Coming," Wesley said.
He picked up Serafina where she was carefully copying out the exercise he had set for her in Ancient Greek.
"We have to go, Serafina, but you will have to stay here, alright?"
He started walking towards Angel's office, Serafina in his arms.
"No, I don't want to, I want to come!" Serafina protestesd after he put her down.
"No-oooo. I'm coming too."
"This is important, Serafina, and you could get hurt."
Wesley walked into Angel's office, Serafina trotting at his heels.
"I'm here. Can we leave Serafina with Lorne or Fred? Who's not coming?"
Angel
"Fred can take her."
Angel bent down to Serafina's level and kissed her forehead.
"Stay for me, ok sunshine cat?"
Serafina & Wesley
"But I want to go with you!" Serafina protested.
"BE good, Serafina," Wesley said gently, before looking at Angel and Gunn.
"What's going on?"
Gunn and Angel
Gunn handed the papers to Wes.
"Fred translated your last bit for you. We need to get to Faith."
Angel shook his head.
"No, I'll go. I won't risk you - "
"Angel, we're going."
Serafina & Wesley
Serafina pouted but went to Fred when the girl entered, holding her arms up imperiously. Fred bent and picked her up.
"C'mon...I bet Knox and I can find something cool to play with...that's nondestructive and nontoxic, and safe."
Fred left with Serafina.
"Oh my," Wesley said softly.
"Let's get moving, shall we? What weapons are we taking?"
Angel and Gunn
"Broadsword," Angel said.
"I call axe," Gunn replied.
Harmony walked in.
"Boss, your jet's ready."
Wesley
Wesley nodded, taking a crossbow out of the weapon cabinet Angel still had in his office and a case of heavy steel quarrels. The thoughtfully, a short sword which he put on a sheath around his waist.
"Let's go then."
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Angel led everyone to the hanger, and they piled into the jet, and then they were off to New York.
About twenty minutes later, they arrived.
Faith puffed slightly, holding onto the punching bag.
Wesley & Logan
Wesley followed Gunn and Angel off the plane, still turning the ramifications of what he'd read over in his mind, eyes showing a faint trace of worry.
"At least Wrath isn't here yet," he remarked.
Logan smiled at Faith slightly.
"Good form."
Angel and Faith
"And she hopefully won't be for awhile," Angel said softly, as they headed into the mansion grounds.
Faith smiled back and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"Indeed."
Wesley, Jubilee & Logan
"We are not expected, one would suppose," Wesley commented as they walked up the steps.
Jubes came out of the doors and popped a pink bubble of gum at them.
"Could say that, Specs. So, whatcher want, Bat Gang?"
Logan got up from his relaxed crouch and went over and kissed her gently.
Gunn, Angel and Faith
"We're here to see Faith," Gunn said.
"And Brand," Angel cut in.
Faith smiled and kissed Logan back, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I'm all smelly now."
Wesley, Jubilee & Logan
"If you would be so kind," Wesley said softly.
Jubilee blew another bubble before popping it with a quick flick of her tongue.
"Sure, but only because he says please so nice," she said, nodding at Wesley.
"Otherwise you could both get stuffed."
She turned to go inside.
"Brand's somewhere, pretty sure I can find him. Faith and Logan, you don't want to find if you like living. Or unliving."
Logan nuzzled at her neck, hands resting on her hips and holding her against him.
"But you smell so nice."
Gunn and Faith
Gunn chuckled slightly.
Faith sighed in satisfaction and kissed him softly.
"I try, for you. Anyway, I really need a shower though."
Wesley, Jubilee, Brand & Logan
Wesley coughed slightly as they followed the girl through the mansion.
"Oh, it gets like that. Like what? Like cats in heat. Yeah, you haven't heard loud sex till you hear Wolvie and the Slayer bitch-ah going at it. And I thought that Bleached Vamp and his boytoy were bad. Nuh uh. This is a whole nother dimension of awful. And let's see...if I was a pyromaniac boy with delusions, where would I be?" Jubilee asked herself.
"Obviously, I would be in the rec room. And I'm right, so I rock. Yo, Firefly. Wassup?"
Brand did a drumroll on the table with the flats of his hands and pointed at Jubilee.
"Yo, Jubes. Not much, just homework."
"Ah, bane of life."
"Muchly so. So, what brings the brooding the dark and the mysterious to the mansion? Why the weapons, and why no small child running around their feet?" Brand asked, noting things with sharp eyes.
"Mmmm..." Logan said thoughtfully, nibbling on her neck.
Angel and Faith
"There was something we needed to see you and Faith about," Angel said, condensing the story.
"Do you think you could call her here? On your bond?"
Faith weakly batted him away.
"But... shower... all sweaty..."
Wesley, Jubilee, Brand & Logan
"As quickly as possible," Wesley added.
Jubilee whistled through her teeth, looking at Brand, before snapping her gum as she chewed it.
"Bad troubles."
Brand looked slightly worried.
"Ok."
He closed his eyes for a moment.
"I like you sweaty," Logan said.
Angel and Faith
Angel looked worried, knawing on his bottom lip slightly.
Faith grinned, and then pulled back, rubbing her head.
"Brand's calling, could be trouble."
She started out of the Danger room.
Jubilee, Brand & Logan
"She coming?" Jubilee asked, depositing herself in Brand's lap and then leaning back against him.
Brand looked slightly terrified but pleased.
"Should be. I was a bit loud. She can get distracted.
Jubilee made a face.
"Don't remind me. My father figure is not having sex with her. No."
"Damn," Logan sighed and followed her out.
Faith, Angel and Gunn
Faith walked into the rec room, and brightened at the sight of some of AI.
"Hey Angel," she said.
"Wes. And the Gunn man!"
She paused.
"Wait... what's wrong?"
Gunn looked at Wes and Angel.
"Either one of you wanna field that?"
Jubilee, Brand, Wesley & Logan
"Bad mojo, whoooo!" Jubilee said in a spooky voice.
Brand shrank back into his chair slightly at the look in Logan's eyes. He was going to die. Never mind Jubilee had sat down on his lap with no encouragment, he was dead.
Wesley coughed and polished his glasses.
"Fred finished translating that piece of writing on Wrath."
"What does that mean?" Logan growled.
Angel, Gunn and Faith
"There's a way for Brand to stay safe," Angel said.
"But..."
"But the Slayer mentioned is most definitely you, Faith," Gunn cut in.
Faith nodded slowly.
"I dig it. So, what about me?"
"Wrath will come after you. You share a blood bond with Brand, and she knows if she finds you, she can find him..."
Brand & Logan
"No, I won't do this again," Brand said in a low voice.
"I will *not* let someone else get hurt because of what I am."
Logan ignored the teen, keen eyes on Angel.
"So, what's the plan, bub?"
Angel and Faith
"We keep Faith safe until Wrath comes, and Faith, you do not fight at all," Angel said to her.
"I can't do that, Angel, I can't just watch you fight for me."
"And I can't watch you die."
Logan & Jubilee
Logan grabbed Faith and kissed her hard, teeth splitting her lips.
"Shut up. Do what he says. Don't die."
Jubilee rolled her eyes.
Faith and Angel
Faith licked at the blood on her lips.
"But Angel - "
"No buts, Faith. I can't and I won't watch you die. If you fight, you fight alonside us, you don't go after her alone. Sorry, but this time, you're following a plan."
Faith looked like she was going to argue, but decided against it.
Jubilee & Logan
"All very tragic," Jubilee said in a sharp voice.
"Jubilation Lee," Logan said in a hard voice.
"We'll talk later."
"Bite me, old man. What makes you think you can tell me what to do when you're knocking boots with her? I hope she does die," the girl finished in a spiteful voice, then left, head high and back straight.
Logan beared his teeth in a snarl of impatience, then turned back to Angel.
"Do we have a plan?"
Angel, Gunn and Faith
"Well, we have... for lack of a better term, holding cells at Wolfram and Hart - "
"Holding cells? Oh hell nah, Angel, I am not going to be locked up. I already played that game," Faith interrupted.
"Faith..."
"Fine, lock me up."
"Well, if she's at Wolfram and Hart, she's safe anyway," Gunn reasoned.
"We have all the spells and enchantments."
Logan & Nikolai
"Fine, but I'm coming with you," Logan said.
"Let me just set something up with the professor..."
Nikolai wandered into the room, looking sleepy and cuddlesome in a young yet somehow sluttish way. The eyeliner beneath his eyes was slightly smudged and his hair was ruffled up.
"Haben Sie Kurt gesehen?" he asked Logan. (Have you seen Kurt?)
"Ich denke, daß er in der Kapelle ist," Logan said, rough voice suiting the gutterals of German easily. (I think he's in the chapel)
"Das würde recht sein. Danke, Herr Logan." (That would be right.)
Nikolai turned to go, looking the newer arrivals over curiously. Then he winced, put his hand to his head and left quickly, murmuring to himself in Romanian.
Gunn, Angel and Faith
"We'll go now, and Faith, you can stay in the firm's apartment," Gunn said.
"And will you watch over me? Like a baby sitter?" Faith asked sarcastically.
"Faith..."
"Sorry Angel."
Logan, Brand, Wesley & Nikolai
"Should the kid come too?" Logan asked, jerking his head at Brand.
Brand looked up, flicking his lighter on and off.
"That may be a wise course of action," Wesley said, nodding slightly.
"Halt die Schnauze, gerade... schließen das Bumsen. Sie leben nicht in mir heute, Sie hören mich? Halt die Schnauze!" Nikolai murmured to himself, the clamour in his mind rising. (Shut up, just...shut the fuck up. You're not living in me today, you hear me? Shut up!)
Angel, Gunn and Faith
"I'll go call Harmony," Angel said, running out to the jet, pulling his phone out as he walked out of the school.
"Harmony it's Angel... no, I'm Angel. No, I'm Angel."
Gunn nodded at Faith.
"You wanna get some stuff?"
Logan, Brand, Wesley, Nikolai & Darla/Nikolai
Logan nodded.
"Pack some clothes for me, darlin'. I'll just go see the professor bout his security taking a leave of absence."
He left, walking with his usual dangerous slouch. Brand got up.
"Think I might grab a few things. Stuff."
And talk to Jubes before he left, he added to himself.
"See you in five, people."
Wesley nodded.
"Pack for a week, or more, I would say," the British man said in his carefully elegant voice.
"Cool. Cool."
Brand left.
Nikolai stumbled out of the school, hands pressed to his head and grimace of pain etched on his face.
"Nein! Sie sind tot! Aufenthalt tot! Und Aufenthalt weg von mir! OH- Gott, sind Sie so laut so laut, in Ihrem Denken und in Ihrem Wunsch..." (No! You're dead! Stay dead! And stay away from me! Oh god, you're so loud, so loud in your thinking and your wanting...)
He stumbled, fell and when he got up, he wasn't Nikolai anymore. Darla/Nikolai looked around, pursed her lips slightly in distaste and then stared across the lawn at the jet. And Angel.
"Strange..."
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Angel turned around and rolled his eyes.
"I don't have time for this. Make it quick."
He paused.
"No, not you Harmony. It's me. Angel. Harmony!"
Faith went to her room and packed some stuff for her and Logan, then she and Gunn went out to the jet.
Darla/Nikolai & Nikolai
"Always so selfish and self absorbed, Angel," Darla/Nikolai purred.
"And I'm *extremely* disappointed I died, again, for nothing. Since you more or less wrote our son out of existence. Hell is vicious, Angelus. You should try it sometime. What was I thinking?"
Her face twisted in fury and then Nikolai's face emerged and he dropped, gasping to the ground.
"Ach, de lieber Gott..."
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Angel stared for a moment, then he winced and held the phone away from his ear.
"Harmony, I'm here, be quiet!"
Gunn and Faith came outside, looking at Nikolai.
"Should we get help?" Gunn asked.
Faith looked around.
"Kurt?!" she yelled.
"That might help..."
Logan, Nikolai & Kurt
"Sind Sie gut, Nikolai?" Logan asked, helping Nikolai to his feet.
"Ihre Toten sind so laut," Nikolai almost whimpered. (Their dead are so loud)
"Besonders seins." (Especially his)
"Nicu!"
Kurt bamfed in, yellow eyes worried and he took his cousin off Logan.
"Danke, Herr Logan."
He bamfed out again, Nikolai clinging to him.
"Kid becomes dead people, it's mostly uncontrollable," Logan explained briefly.
Angel, Gunn and Faith
"Oh..." Angel said, nodding.
Then he held the phone away from his ear.
"Remind me why I can't fire Harmony?"
Gunn shrugged.
"Lorne likes her, so does Wes, and I don't mind her that much either."
Faith whistled as she looked at the jet.
"Angel's moving up in the world."
"That I am, get in, Slayer."
"Gee, nice."
Angel smiled briefly at her, then returned to the mess of a conversation he was trying to have with Harmony.
Faith climbed the stairs into the jet and looked around.
"Whoa, very nice."
"Wolfram and Hart has nice stuff," Gunn replied.
Wesley, Brand & Logan
"Quite true," Wesley said.
"We've sort of become ah, corporate sellouts."
Brand skittered out of the mansion and ran to the jet, backpack thumping over his shoulder.
"What'd I miss?"
He looked at Logan.
"Jubes is severely not happy, dude. Like, PMSing."
Logan shook his head slightly.
"When Faith's no longer in danger, I'll talk to her."
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Once everyone was in and settled, the jet took off, and they were headed for LA again.
Angel sat on an armchair, still talking with Harmony, getting increasingly frustrated.
Gunn chuckled slightly as he listened, then turned to chat with Faith.
Wesley & Logan
Wesley watched Angel in amusement.
"She is a good secretary though...just slightly blond," he told Logan.
Logan grinned slightly.
Angel and Faith
"No, Harmony, the Slayer!" Angel said.
Faith grinned.
"No, not that one. The other... the one who isn't Buffy. Yes, there is another. No, not Willow, she's not a... Harmony, it's for Faith. No, not..."
Wesley & Logan
"I think she pretends to be stupider then she is, sometimes," Wesley said.
"Just to annoy Angel. ANd then I talk to her and realise, yes, she really is just that stupid."
Logan chuckled.
Faith and Angel
Faith slid into Logan's lap and smiled impishly at him.
"Hi."
Angel put the phone down, muttering something to himself.
Logan & Brand
Logan kissed her gently, exploring her mouth with his tongue.
"Hey yaself, darlin'."
"Eyes!" Brand said in disgust, hands flying to cover his eyes.
"Don't wanna see, don't wanna know."
Faith and Gunn
Faith kissed him back, then rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm with the kid, I don't wanna know. I like ya and all, Faith, but the thought of you like that is just... wrong man," Gunn said, holding his hands up.
Brand & Logan
"AT least you don't have to hear them. The soundproofing on the bedrooms is *shit*," Brand said morosely.
Logan kissed Faith again, ignoring Gunn and Brand.
"Again with the kissing! I think they're surgically attached sometimes."
Faith and Gunn
Faith laughed softly, and kissed Logan back, nipping at his bottom lip.
"But what was better? Tulsa or New York?" Gunn asked.
Brand & Logan
"New York, New York," Brand said.
"Least I got Jubes to commesierate with."
Logan growled softly.
Angel, Gunn and Faith
"We're here," Angel said, hopping up.
He and Gunn headed out of the jet.
Faith reluctantly got off Logan's lap.
"Mmmm."
She followed Angel and Gunn out.
Serafina, Wesley, Brand & Logan
Serafina dashed forward, breaking away from Fred.
"Dad, you're back!"
She ran into Angel's legs and then look around him at the people getting off the plane. Wesley smiled and waved slightly.
"Heya, Uncle Wes. Uncle Gunn."
"Hello, Serafina," Wesley said softly.
""Hey, kiddo," Brand said, hiking his backpack up onto his shoulder a bit.
"Rooms?" Logan asked bluntly, sliding his arm around Faith's waist.
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Angel bent down and lifted Serafina up onto his shoulders.
"Hello my little sunshine cat. Were you a good girl for Fred?"
"She was perfect," Fred said.
Gunn chuckled slightly, gently ruffling Serafina's hair.
"Harmony will show you."
Harmony smiled perkily and led Faith and Logan away.
Serafina, Brand, Wesley & Logan
"That's Kanny's daddy," Serafina said.
"So, where's Kanny?"
"She's staying at the mansion," Brand said.
"And with Faith's little girl. Cos this is kinda just an adult thing...did I just refer to myself as an adult? Whoa, intense head spin and reality shifts."
"Reality shifts are not good to joke about," Wesley said.
"I've been through a few of them."
Logan followed Harmony, fingers resting just inside the top of Faith's pants and idly stroking her skin.
Angel and Faith
"Sera, why don't you take Brand down to the ice cream level?" Angel asked, setting Sera on the ground, referring to the food level of Wolfram and Hart, which had an icecream parlour.
Faith smiled slightly, as Harmony opened the room with a key and handed them to Faith.
"Just call 1 on your phone for Angel, if you need anything," she chirped, then left.
Serafina, Brand, Wesley & Logan
"Whoo, icecream!"
Serafina grabbed Brand's hand and tugged him towards the lifts.
"C'mon, c'mon!"
Brand looked at Angel and raised an eyebrow, well aware he was being got out of the way. He let Serafina pull him away, her babbling happily all the while.
"Well, at least she's here," Wesley said softly.
"We can protect them both better here."
Logan closed the door behind Harmony and then took Faith in his arms, kissing her hard.
Angel, Gunn and Faith
Angel nodded, wearily rubbing his eyes.
Harmony came racing up.
"Gunn, there's someone in your office to see you."
Gunn nodded.
"Keep me updated," he said, then left.
Faith kissed Logan back, letting them both fall back onto the bed.
Wesley & Logan
"I'm going to see what else I can find out," Wesley said quietly.
"There are some texts I haven't examined yet."
Logan slid his claws out, then slit them down the edge of her pants, scraping along her skin lightly.
Angel and Faith
Angel nodded and went into his office, rubbing his temples as he sat at his desk.
Faith kissed Logan gently, hissing in breaths as his claws nicked her skin.
Wesley & Logan
Wesley went and researched in obscure demonic texts, that being the thing he did best.
Logan and Faith had rough, violent sex, that being one of the things they did best.