18Ties that Bind chapter 18
"You could have been our greatest ally Angel so why do you keep fighting us" boomed the Ram
"You wanted my soul and that is not for sale" retorted Angel as they battled and a part of Angel was looking forward to this clash with the beings who wanted him dark and, on their side, and they got their minions to raise Darla which led to him having Connor for a son which started a chain of events that led to him becoming CEO of Wolfram and Hart.
"You speak as if your soul is something of value but it is worthless like your mission from the Powers has been. Do you remember Jasmine and what she did and how do you know that she was not acting on the Powers' instructions?" snorted the Ram
"It is not about the Powers or the Shanshu or where you come from it is about what you do" replied Angel angrily. He fought against this bigger opponent and the Ram attempted to punch him while Angel used his vampire speed to dodge and then launched an uppercut aimed at Ram's jaw.
"Good one vampire but can you face your past?" asked the Ram and suddenly figures appeared and some were dressed in eighteenth century garb while others looked more contemporary.
"Don't you recognize me big brother and what you did to our family" said a young girl with an Irish accent
"Kathy is that you?" asked Angel shocked
"You had this innate potential for evil Liam and just stop fighting and accept the Ram's terms and you can be with Mother again" replied Kathy laughing
"Yes, we have come to take you home to hell where you belong" said the ghost of Penn
"Penn I am sorry for turning you but that was Angelus not me" said Angel feeling confused at seeing all these figures from his past surrounding him.
"You are no champion Angel just a monster with blood on your hands" said Jenny Calendar now slapping him.
"Angel do not despair old friend as Spike and your son and everybody needs you to keep fighting" said a new voice belonging to Doyle.
"Doyle is that you?" asked Angel
"Yes, it is and I am proud of you and don't give in to these lies and the Angel I knew always kept on fighting and you have a son to be proud of now so return to him" replied Doyle
"These are all illusions and I refuse to accept blame for the crimes of Angelus as while he might be inside me, he is not me and I have done bad things with a soul and people such as Buffy, my son , Cordelia, Wesley and Fred have forgiven me" shouted Angel at the Ram and the illusions disappeared.
"Nice work vampire but your suffering is about to begin" commented the Ram and he breathed fire from his mouth and Angel ducked to one side. Before drawing a sword and attacking the monster and then he finally stabbed the Ram through then throat and the monster laid still and there were sudden growls from it.
"Oh, why won't you die" barked Angel in frustration and could see Buffy and the rest of the team attacking the vampires who were still around after the alternate Whirlwind had been defeated.
"You have only just wounded me vampire and now prepare for your doom" said the Ram and he had six arms and they all attacked Angel from all directions and it was enough for Angel to block his strikes and finally managed to cut off arms but they kept growing back and the vampire realized that he was in the fight for his unlife against a Senior Partner something that he did not know how to kill and he decided to use his speed to avoid attacks let the monster tire himself out and then he stabbed the Ram in the eye and it bellowed in pain and then Angel stabbed it in the area of the brain and the massive beast laid still.
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Meanwhile Spike was facing the Wolf and he was busy trying to avoid the snapping jaws of the monster.
"Be a good lad and play dead for me" said Spike
"Well William you impressed me in killing the alternate version of your sire and was it for the Slayer? She will never love you not with Angel there so kill him and we will give you everything" said the Wolf
"No! while I may not like Peaches you are the true monsters behind the suffering of humanity" barked Spike and he punched the Wolf and then cursed in pain as the hide of the monster was too thick.
"Foolish vampire and if you will not be turned then you will be destroyed" growled the Wolf
"Oh, are you now quoting Star Wars at me and when did the Senior Partners find time to watch movies?" replied Spike
"Wolfram and Hart did have considerable investments in the movie industry so we all know the lines of films that we like" said the Wolf gloatingly and then he formed the two shapes of two women and one was black and the other was Chinese and they both attacked Spike.
"I am sorry for killing you love but I have a soul now" said Spike
"I don't care as you killed me before I had the chance to find love" growled the Chinese Slayer in Mandarin
"Yes, Spike and Buffy is a disgrace to the Slayer line to let an animal like you back into her life and in my day vampires and Slayers did not have meaningful conversations let alone dating and can you take Buffy into the sun or give her children. I do not think so" said Nikki Wood smiling cruelly.
"Well Angel managed to do it with Darla and while I might live forever and Buffy is mortal, I do love her" protested Spike
"Really and can you stick around when Buffy gets old enough to be your grandmother or will you run?" reasoned Nikki
"I will stay as long as the lady wants me too" replied Spike
"That's the whole point William and you and my daughter make a good match and I have seen you watch over Dawn when Buffy had died so don't give in to these lies. While I could not understand why she would choose being a Slayer over a normal life. I see now that it is not up to me who Buffy chooses to love as my daughters are headstrong young women and thanks again for looking after Dawnie but if you ever hurt them, I will haunt you forever" said the ghost of Joyce Summers before vanishing.
"It was an honour to meet you Joyce and to share coca with you both Buffy and Little Bit will be safe with me" replied Spike genuinely and he roared and then attacked the Wolf driving it back and the bigger creature that resembled a Wolf finally had its jaw torn off by Spike's hands. But it kept on growling and moving towards Spike
"Oh, come on I have just torn off your jaw mate" shouted Spike
"It is only a flesh wound William" croaked the Wolf from its body and they resumed their battle finally Spike managed to put it down for good after about an hour of fighting.
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Connor was fighting the Hart and the deer like monster breathed fire which Connor dodged and then three figures approached him.
"You have been a bad boy Steven and you were too much like Angelus to be saved" said Holtz angrily
"His name is Angel and you never cared for me but just used me to get back at my true father" retorted Connor
"If you had seen what he and Darla did to my family then you would have done the same" replied Holtz hotly.
"Well you should have posted guards at your home in Yorkshire before rushing off to confront Angelus and Darla back in the day" said Connor angrily
"Good one Connor my son and Daddy is so proud of you for bedding Cordelia and Faith and I feel so close to you right now and you must enjoy that Slayer stamina as I know that I did with Buff" said Angelus
"You are not my father Angelus but Angel is my true father" said Connor feeling rather worried at being confronted by Angelus and Holtz
"Really and that is not what you said to me last time we laid eyes on each other and Angel was trying to become me when he slept with Darla" replied Angelus laughing and the laugh sent shivers up Connor's spine.
"You are no hero but the symbol of strife, pain and violence and I could have saved you Father from Angel's path and taking up with that brunette murderer disgusts me. I do not intend to call her stepmother" said Jasmine's ghost spitefully.
"I am not sorry for driving my fist through your head Jasmine and how can I be your Father? When you look African American and me and Cordelia are both white" reasoned Connor and the three monsters laughed at him.
"Connor please don't give in to these mind games and help your father and William to finish the task at hand" said a blonde woman
"Who are you?" asked Connor
"I had once reached out to you but you were filled with confusion and did not listen to me" said the woman
"Darla? Mother" stammered Connor
"Yes, it is me and Angel and I and even Holtz do love you as you made me give up my life for yours. Holtz raised you in Quor Toth as a son and kept you alive despite being my son with Angel and Angel signed a deal with Wolfram and Hart to give you the life that he and I could not" reasoned Darla
"Holtz, Jasmine and Angelus are all lies and I refuse to take part in this charade of believing that they are real as my real dad loves you and I know my adoptive family do as well so there is nothing that you can do to me" bellowed Connor to the Hart and he stabbed the monster several times and then it laid still but suddenly then the three Senior Partners joined together to make one being.
"You have defeated the forms that we have used in your dimension now you will experience the full wrath of Wolfram and Hart" bellowed the gigantic monster and then it breathed flames preventing anyone from coming inside and helping the three champions. Buffy screamed out Spike's name while Faith looked as if she wanted to run through the flames and had to be dragged back by Xander.
"This is not fair" said Angel and they all attacked the monster at once using strategy to keep it off balance and between them they managed after an hour of intense fighting and Angel pulling Connor away from its snapping jaws to put it down and the flames stopped and the three champions stumbled out now feeling very tired.
"Hey there heroes" said Faith and she pounced on Connor kissing him senseless and some people laughed at the sight.
"Ouch Faith I am a bit sore but after a week I should be alright" replied a wincing Connor
"Hey Spike and guess what I am cookies now and you get to eat me" said Buffy blushing
"Really luv and I just need to tell the old man that we are going to London to see the nibblet and I have lots to tell you before I eat you luv" said Spike smiling
"If you ever hurt her Spike you will regret it" said Angel
"If I ever hurt Buffy again then you will not need to stake me as I will do it myself" said Spike seriously.
Angel quietly walked away accepting that Buffy and Spike were well suited together and besides he had a girlfriend of his own.
"I am glad to have known you and loved you Angel even the bad parts such as Angelus and even though I am in love with Spike I would not changed the time that we had spent together for the world" shouted Buffy
"You love me Slayer?" questioned an awed Spike
"Yes, I do William and I did not want too but god help me I do" said a laughing Buffy
"Take care of yourself Buffy and take care of Spike" whispered Angel and he walked down the street.
"Hi there stranger and do you fancy a ride" said a voice belonging to a pretty blonde girl who was watching him. A Plymouth sports car was behind her and Connor was with Faith looking at them with fond expressions.
"Nina were you there fighting with the Slayers" asked Angel
"Yes, I was in the background but I got one vampire and did you see Buffy and Spike go to London?" asked Nina
"Look after my dad Nina and I will be back to visit him when I am on holiday but now I need to complete my degree at Stanford" said Connor
"I will do my best to take care of him Connor and you finish your degree and invite us for the graduation ceremony if it is at night" said Nina
"Do you need a lift there?" asked Angel
"No thanks as Faith has promised to drive me there" said Connor and the young couple left.
"So now what happens now?" asked Angel
"How about we start Angel Investigations together as partners and help the helpless" suggested Nina
"That's perfect" said Angel
"I thought so and get in the car boyfriend" replied Nina and they drove off to a new adventure of helping the helpless
Epilogue
The evening flight from L.A to Heathrow was packed and many people saw a bleach blond man with his blonde companion laughing and joking as they settled in their seats.
"What time was Dawn supposed to meet us at the airport" asked Buffy
"The platelet when I spoke to her after she had stopped shouting at me said that she will meet us about 10 am" replied Spike
"Hold my hand Spike to reassure me that this no dream" said Buffy
"I will hold your hand Slayer for as long as you will have me" reassured Spike
"How does forever work for you" asked Buffy
"Forever works fine with me love" replied Spike smiling genuinely. Life had been a funny thing as he was turned by Drusilla back in the day but was saved by a petite blonde sitting next to him.
In New York city two years later
"How are the Slayers coming along?" asked Cordelia
"Rona is doing fine and so far we have clearly cleared a new nests" replied Xander and they were in each other arms and they were kissing passionately.
"How about getting married" panted Xander in between kisses
"As long as you don't leave me the altar" replied Cordelia
"I love you Cordy and I will never leave you" said Xander and they were in bed together.
The end and I would like to thank Starway Man for following my story and giving me kind and constructive reviews.