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No Power in the World
0 reviewsWhile Buffy and Angel talk of the pressing matters at hand, Dawn and Connor slip out of the living room.
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Never Will You Be Alone
Chapter Fourteen-No Power In The World
"Because you tend to overreact." Dawn mumbled as she kept her grip firm on Connor's trembling hand. Her sister's outrage at overhearing Angel's retelling of the story had already faded into the background of her mind. Connor's anger became more important.
"You said that he was a good man," Connor whispered. Dawn fought off the flinch as his grip tightened even more on her hand. Dawn brought her hand up to run through her boyfriend's hair.
"He is. Angelus wasn't," Dawn said. Her trapped hand was throbbing, but she didn't utter a word. "Remember what I told you, about there being a difference. With a soul, Angel is one of the better men. You are coming in at a close second." Connor slowly turned his glaring eyes away from his father and onto his girlfriend.
Angel looked at the confused and still furious Buffy practically vibrating in her rage at the doorway. With a furrowed brow, Angel looked toward Cordelia. She nodded seeming to understand what her friend was asking of her.
"Buffy," Cordelia called. "You have every right to be mad, but now is so not the time."
Connor felt like everything was piling up at once. Returning home, being told that his father attempted to kill his girlfriend years ago, and now Dawn's sister coming to take her away. It was all too much.
Dawn gasped as Connor pulled her across the couch and into his arms. From the way she was seated, she could see Buffy's eyes widen in surprise. But like her sister's rages, Dawn tuned it out and wrapped her arms around Connor's shoulders. She leaned her head into the area between his shoulder blade and neck.
"I'm not leaving you." Dawn whispered to him. "We arranged with Angel and Cordelia that I would stay here until the end of summer."
Buffy's shock at seeing her sister in the unknown boy's lap allowed Cordelia to gain ground in steering Buffy into Angel's office. Angel cast one more glance at his son before following the women.
"But what if it doesn't work?" Connor mumbled against her neck.
"Then I suppose you'll have to learn how to work a phone and a computer." Dawn spoke seriously. Connor tilted his head in confusion. Dawn smiled softly against the skin of his neck. "Angel will show you what they are."
"Buffy, will you listen to me for a damned second!" Dawn jumped in Connor's lap at hearing Angel raise his voice. Connor tightened his arms around her. "That boy you just insulted his my son!" Silence fell over Dawn's ears but Connor could still hear every word. "He was taken from me a week ago to a hell dimension by a man name Holtz. He had a well placed grudge against me..." Connor didn't want to hear the pain in his father's voice as he spoke of his disappearance, so he pulled Dawn from his lap and stood.
"Connor?" Dawn tilted her head, her expression was of pure confusion. He smiled slightly and extended his hand to her. She took it without hesitation. He pulled her to her feet. "Where are we going?"
"Away from here." Connor said simply.
"But we need to be here to talk to Buffy about-"
"I didn't say we were leaving. We're just going to find a training room." Connor soothed. Dawn tilted her head. "I'll ask..Harmony where one is."
"Alright," Dawn consented as Connor pulled her along behind him.
Never Will You Be Alone
Buffy sat quietly and listened to Angel's story of Connor and of the attack. When they were ready to return, Angel crused to see Dawn and Connor absent from where they left them.
"Harmony," Angel started.
"Training room," she stated easily. "I suppose Connor needed to blow off some steam."
"If your boy has hurt her, no power in the world could save him.." Buffy threatened as they walked toward the room.
Chapter Fourteen-No Power In The World
"Because you tend to overreact." Dawn mumbled as she kept her grip firm on Connor's trembling hand. Her sister's outrage at overhearing Angel's retelling of the story had already faded into the background of her mind. Connor's anger became more important.
"You said that he was a good man," Connor whispered. Dawn fought off the flinch as his grip tightened even more on her hand. Dawn brought her hand up to run through her boyfriend's hair.
"He is. Angelus wasn't," Dawn said. Her trapped hand was throbbing, but she didn't utter a word. "Remember what I told you, about there being a difference. With a soul, Angel is one of the better men. You are coming in at a close second." Connor slowly turned his glaring eyes away from his father and onto his girlfriend.
Angel looked at the confused and still furious Buffy practically vibrating in her rage at the doorway. With a furrowed brow, Angel looked toward Cordelia. She nodded seeming to understand what her friend was asking of her.
"Buffy," Cordelia called. "You have every right to be mad, but now is so not the time."
Connor felt like everything was piling up at once. Returning home, being told that his father attempted to kill his girlfriend years ago, and now Dawn's sister coming to take her away. It was all too much.
Dawn gasped as Connor pulled her across the couch and into his arms. From the way she was seated, she could see Buffy's eyes widen in surprise. But like her sister's rages, Dawn tuned it out and wrapped her arms around Connor's shoulders. She leaned her head into the area between his shoulder blade and neck.
"I'm not leaving you." Dawn whispered to him. "We arranged with Angel and Cordelia that I would stay here until the end of summer."
Buffy's shock at seeing her sister in the unknown boy's lap allowed Cordelia to gain ground in steering Buffy into Angel's office. Angel cast one more glance at his son before following the women.
"But what if it doesn't work?" Connor mumbled against her neck.
"Then I suppose you'll have to learn how to work a phone and a computer." Dawn spoke seriously. Connor tilted his head in confusion. Dawn smiled softly against the skin of his neck. "Angel will show you what they are."
"Buffy, will you listen to me for a damned second!" Dawn jumped in Connor's lap at hearing Angel raise his voice. Connor tightened his arms around her. "That boy you just insulted his my son!" Silence fell over Dawn's ears but Connor could still hear every word. "He was taken from me a week ago to a hell dimension by a man name Holtz. He had a well placed grudge against me..." Connor didn't want to hear the pain in his father's voice as he spoke of his disappearance, so he pulled Dawn from his lap and stood.
"Connor?" Dawn tilted her head, her expression was of pure confusion. He smiled slightly and extended his hand to her. She took it without hesitation. He pulled her to her feet. "Where are we going?"
"Away from here." Connor said simply.
"But we need to be here to talk to Buffy about-"
"I didn't say we were leaving. We're just going to find a training room." Connor soothed. Dawn tilted her head. "I'll ask..Harmony where one is."
"Alright," Dawn consented as Connor pulled her along behind him.
Never Will You Be Alone
Buffy sat quietly and listened to Angel's story of Connor and of the attack. When they were ready to return, Angel crused to see Dawn and Connor absent from where they left them.
"Harmony," Angel started.
"Training room," she stated easily. "I suppose Connor needed to blow off some steam."
"If your boy has hurt her, no power in the world could save him.." Buffy threatened as they walked toward the room.
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