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Consider the Possibility
0 reviewsReturning to LA had been the last of Connor's or Buffy's plans, but the same woman seemed to always be taking them places they didn't want to go.
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Never Will You Be Alone
Chapter Ten-Consider the Possibility
Connor's breath escaped him a hurried fashion as his body smacked the hard, unforgiving floor. He rolled over on his side to see Dawn bleeding freely. His eyes widened. He was now aware of the raised voices screaming to get the doctor as he crawled toward the fallen girl. His mind was still reeling as he thought of what she had done for him. He pressed his hand over the gash the sword had made.
"Connor?" He heard his name called. His brown eyes widened. Only a select handful of people knew about his real name. Those people were those that had taken care of him, the man that he had been raised to hate, and the woman that he loved: his father and company and Dawn. Fear and anger were rising within him as he looked over. Angel, he only knew from description, stood inches away from him. His hand was outstretched. A small hand closed around his. Connor glanced down to see Dawn's soulful green eyes staring up at him. She smiled gently.
"I'm sorry...I didn't tell you what I was going to do.." She breathed. "In my defense, I didn't know we would end up here.." Angel seemed to finally realize that Connor had company. His eyes widened as he took in the girl's fallen form.
"Dawnie?" He breathed in shock. Connor swallowed as Dawn's words rose back to the surface. "He is a good man, but I'll let you judge for yourself." He may have thought many times that he wanted to meet his father, but in the light of the current situation he only wanted to get his bleeding girlfriend away from the vampire.
"Connor," Dawn breathed. Connor smiled despite the situation hoping to give her comfort. Her tone was pleading.
"I'm not going anywhere...don't worry," he soothed as he brought his hand up to clutch hers. She rewarded him with the gentle smile he found he loved. Connor found that he couldn't smile back. The reality of how close he is to losing her was sinking in.
"Don't be mad at me, please..." She pleaded. Connor shook his head.
"I'm not...I'm not..." He repeated. "I promise." He rested his forehead on hers as a small woman with light brown hair came racing into the room. Angel stood watching the two teens in shock as did everyone else remaining in the room.
'How did they meet? What was she doing here? Why is she bleeding?' He wondered. His thought racing. 'Why isn't she with Buffy?'
Connor could still feel the horror and shock in his system. She had nearly sacrificed herself so that he could live. "Love." He recalled Adam's word. 'Love is what makes people sacrifice right?' He thought uncertainly.
"Connor, I'm Fred...you don't remember me but.." Connor didn't look away from Dawn's pale face. "Connor, you're going to have to let go of her so that I can treat her.." Connor tilted his head and looked down. His arm had wrapped around Dawn's waist and shoulders. Her blood was seeping through his fingers.
"I'll be alright..." Dawn soothed. Her hand was shaking as she patted his cheek. 'I may heal fast..but this hurts like a bitch!' Dawn screamed mentally as she attempted to hide her pain from the man holding her.
"I..." Connor whispered. Dawn smiled up at him and shook her head. Her meaning was clear. She didn't want him to say anything he wouldn't say normally. Connor sighed as he passed her smaller body to Fred. His eyes never left Dawn even as a strong hand fell to his shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up," Connor looked over to see his father staring down at him. "She'll be fine. Fred'll take good care of her." Connor couldn't find it in himself to draw on the hatred Holtz had instilled as he stood up. Angel smiled gently at him, only to recieve a cold glare. Angel's smile faltered slightly as he led Connor into a room. "The shower is just beyond that door.." Angel stated. "Towels are under the sink..."
"Thank you.." Connor mumbled grudgingly. Angel smiled.
"No problem, son..." Angel spoke the endearment rather bashfully. Connor didn't say a word just stepped into the bathroom. Angel lingered for a moment.
"I'm not going anywhere.." Connor spoke through the door, surprising Angel. "Leave."
"Alright.." Angel whispered before he turned to leave.
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"I just got a hit!" Willow cried happily causing Buffy to jerk up from the table she had been leaning on. Tara and she had been scrying for hours after breakfast trying to find Dawn.
"Where is she?" Buffy asked as she scrambled up from the chair. Willow's eyes widened.
"In...Los Angeles..." Willow turned to look at Buffy, who had gone deadly still.
"Why would she be..." The phone rang ending whatever Buffy had started to say. Buffy raced toward it and nearly knocked Xander and Spike over. A crash came from the kitchen as Buffy reached the phone. "Angel!" Buffy exclaimed. "Is Dawn with you?!"
Never Will You Be Alone
Connor fought back bile as he looked down at the blood covering his arms. 'Dawn's blood...' The image of the blade coming toward him and Dawn blocking its path before he could kept flashing through his mind. He scrubbed his arms roughly. 'I've just found her! I...can't fucking lose her!!' He slammed his fist into the shower tile. The satisifing shatter only eased his anger a little, but did nothing for his pain.
Angel could hear the tile crumbling under Connor's fist from the room they had stored Dawn in. He cast a pained glance toward the door. He wanted to go to his son, but knew he would only be sent away. 'Holtz lived up to his threat...Connor wants nothing to do with me...' He thought painfully. A pained gasp and whimper brought his attention to the present. He looked back to the young girl. Fred's hands were hovering over the long, bleeding gash that seemed to slowly be healing.
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Willow waved lightly as Buffy climbed into her car. Tara wrapped an arm around her partner's shoulder.
"It'll be alright.." Tara attempted to soothe. Willow looked over at her with wide, sad eyes.
"What if Dawn doesn't want to come back?" Willow asked. Tara and the remaining gang froze. No one had considered that as a possibilty.
Chapter Ten-Consider the Possibility
Connor's breath escaped him a hurried fashion as his body smacked the hard, unforgiving floor. He rolled over on his side to see Dawn bleeding freely. His eyes widened. He was now aware of the raised voices screaming to get the doctor as he crawled toward the fallen girl. His mind was still reeling as he thought of what she had done for him. He pressed his hand over the gash the sword had made.
"Connor?" He heard his name called. His brown eyes widened. Only a select handful of people knew about his real name. Those people were those that had taken care of him, the man that he had been raised to hate, and the woman that he loved: his father and company and Dawn. Fear and anger were rising within him as he looked over. Angel, he only knew from description, stood inches away from him. His hand was outstretched. A small hand closed around his. Connor glanced down to see Dawn's soulful green eyes staring up at him. She smiled gently.
"I'm sorry...I didn't tell you what I was going to do.." She breathed. "In my defense, I didn't know we would end up here.." Angel seemed to finally realize that Connor had company. His eyes widened as he took in the girl's fallen form.
"Dawnie?" He breathed in shock. Connor swallowed as Dawn's words rose back to the surface. "He is a good man, but I'll let you judge for yourself." He may have thought many times that he wanted to meet his father, but in the light of the current situation he only wanted to get his bleeding girlfriend away from the vampire.
"Connor," Dawn breathed. Connor smiled despite the situation hoping to give her comfort. Her tone was pleading.
"I'm not going anywhere...don't worry," he soothed as he brought his hand up to clutch hers. She rewarded him with the gentle smile he found he loved. Connor found that he couldn't smile back. The reality of how close he is to losing her was sinking in.
"Don't be mad at me, please..." She pleaded. Connor shook his head.
"I'm not...I'm not..." He repeated. "I promise." He rested his forehead on hers as a small woman with light brown hair came racing into the room. Angel stood watching the two teens in shock as did everyone else remaining in the room.
'How did they meet? What was she doing here? Why is she bleeding?' He wondered. His thought racing. 'Why isn't she with Buffy?'
Connor could still feel the horror and shock in his system. She had nearly sacrificed herself so that he could live. "Love." He recalled Adam's word. 'Love is what makes people sacrifice right?' He thought uncertainly.
"Connor, I'm Fred...you don't remember me but.." Connor didn't look away from Dawn's pale face. "Connor, you're going to have to let go of her so that I can treat her.." Connor tilted his head and looked down. His arm had wrapped around Dawn's waist and shoulders. Her blood was seeping through his fingers.
"I'll be alright..." Dawn soothed. Her hand was shaking as she patted his cheek. 'I may heal fast..but this hurts like a bitch!' Dawn screamed mentally as she attempted to hide her pain from the man holding her.
"I..." Connor whispered. Dawn smiled up at him and shook her head. Her meaning was clear. She didn't want him to say anything he wouldn't say normally. Connor sighed as he passed her smaller body to Fred. His eyes never left Dawn even as a strong hand fell to his shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up," Connor looked over to see his father staring down at him. "She'll be fine. Fred'll take good care of her." Connor couldn't find it in himself to draw on the hatred Holtz had instilled as he stood up. Angel smiled gently at him, only to recieve a cold glare. Angel's smile faltered slightly as he led Connor into a room. "The shower is just beyond that door.." Angel stated. "Towels are under the sink..."
"Thank you.." Connor mumbled grudgingly. Angel smiled.
"No problem, son..." Angel spoke the endearment rather bashfully. Connor didn't say a word just stepped into the bathroom. Angel lingered for a moment.
"I'm not going anywhere.." Connor spoke through the door, surprising Angel. "Leave."
"Alright.." Angel whispered before he turned to leave.
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"I just got a hit!" Willow cried happily causing Buffy to jerk up from the table she had been leaning on. Tara and she had been scrying for hours after breakfast trying to find Dawn.
"Where is she?" Buffy asked as she scrambled up from the chair. Willow's eyes widened.
"In...Los Angeles..." Willow turned to look at Buffy, who had gone deadly still.
"Why would she be..." The phone rang ending whatever Buffy had started to say. Buffy raced toward it and nearly knocked Xander and Spike over. A crash came from the kitchen as Buffy reached the phone. "Angel!" Buffy exclaimed. "Is Dawn with you?!"
Never Will You Be Alone
Connor fought back bile as he looked down at the blood covering his arms. 'Dawn's blood...' The image of the blade coming toward him and Dawn blocking its path before he could kept flashing through his mind. He scrubbed his arms roughly. 'I've just found her! I...can't fucking lose her!!' He slammed his fist into the shower tile. The satisifing shatter only eased his anger a little, but did nothing for his pain.
Angel could hear the tile crumbling under Connor's fist from the room they had stored Dawn in. He cast a pained glance toward the door. He wanted to go to his son, but knew he would only be sent away. 'Holtz lived up to his threat...Connor wants nothing to do with me...' He thought painfully. A pained gasp and whimper brought his attention to the present. He looked back to the young girl. Fred's hands were hovering over the long, bleeding gash that seemed to slowly be healing.
Never Will You Be Alone
Willow waved lightly as Buffy climbed into her car. Tara wrapped an arm around her partner's shoulder.
"It'll be alright.." Tara attempted to soothe. Willow looked over at her with wide, sad eyes.
"What if Dawn doesn't want to come back?" Willow asked. Tara and the remaining gang froze. No one had considered that as a possibilty.
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