Ch.25

The head of R&I moved out of my way fast and Lilah told me how to use the Wolfram and Hart Source Books to read anything they have in any archive they have inside or outside this dimension. I floated as the books flew up and around me, opening and closing faster and faster as time around me warped green. A day later I floated down and the books dropped to the floor as I frowned.

I'd found something, but it had nothing to do with me dying. It did however make me worry some at the possibility. For now though, I turned to Gunn and Angel whom I woke up with the dropped books. "We're going. There's nothing here and unless you've changed you're mind on me killing them, there's nothing here of use for you either."

He asked if I could bring his son back from Quar'toth and I nodded before telling him we need more room for that though. Lilah asked if she gets a reward for giving me what I wanted. I shrugged as Murrow walked in and I asked what she wanted. She told me her boss's job so I snapped my fingers and Murrow exploded into a shower of blood, bone and viscera.

Gunn exclaimed. "Damn!"

None of the juices got on us, but Murrow was very much dead. Lilah flinched and I told her. "I hear there's an opening available now. I'm not a genie and I don't do wishes so you'll have to take it from here."

I left via portal I opened up and Angel joined me before Gunn said that was messed up. I shrugged before walking through with him. We left and when the portal closed, we stood in the Hyperion hotel Angel owned. Angel asked if I needed anything and I shook my head before holding out a hand.

A tear in the fabric of this reality between here and the dimension of Quar'toth outside this reality form with some concentration. I told Angel I'd be right back before going in and closing the portal behind me. Seconds later by their perspective, but hours by mine, I opened a portal and shoved the fifteen year old Connor through it. The dimension collapsed behind me because I destroyed Quar'toth both as a hell realm and as an old one demon.

All the old ones hiding there were very dead and I sent all the humans to earth that'd been trapped there as well. A crowd of hundreds followed Connor until I closed the rift as the last of them came through. I told the humans to piss off to rooms here in the hotel or out in the world itself. They left mostly and Angel asked where Connor and Holtz was.

A portal opened and the two idiots that thought they could slip away fell through. Connor tried to fight until he saw it was me and he packed away wearily. I told Angel. "The old ones there took exception to my presence so I had to destroy the dimension and kill them all. Unfortunately it was tied to a sky scraper big old one named after the dimension itself and our fight leveled half the dimension anyways. The humans there fled when I offered them a way out and these two tried to flee when I told them who I was looking for. I assume the brat is yours because the older one called him Connor."

Holtz asked what I was and I grabbed him by the throat. "Death."

I shoved my fist into his chest and ripped his still beating heart out before incinerating his body with a thought. I tossed the bleeding heart to Angel. "Snack?"

He scowled and threw it aside so I shrugged while his son attacked me repeatedly. He broke his hand and foot before breaking his weapons across my skin and asking while in pain. "What are you?"

I shrugged. "Need I repeat my whole heart yanking monologue?"

Angel said no before telling Connor who he was, what happened and asking him to sit and heal. Connor called him a monster and said I was an even bigger monster. I grunted. "I'm only human after all, kid. And do keep in mind there's a difference between Angel and Angelous. Angelous was a demon that possessed his body after he died. Yadda yadda gypsy curse yadda and bam, his human soul is back in his body while the demon is trapped inside him riding shotgun. He no more killed Holtz's family then you did. Sadly his soul has a big yin for shit that's actually not his fault so he's a broody dumb innocent in the body of a vampire."

Connor asked if I'm as innocent as he was and I snorted. "Hell no, I'm a mass murderer that could knock Angelous's dick in the dirt. I've killed more people than your god did with the flood and plagues. I've killed every type of human from asshole to Saint and kids in between."

I set the bottle of magical whiskey on the counter and stood up. "I'm also neigh unkillable and I hate myself more than you've ever hated anything in your life. Though Holtz won't be one of the few idiots I'll lose sleep over. Kidnapping an innocent baby for vengeance against a man who did him no wrong is worth losing his heart and head for, may he rest in pieces."

They all have an awkward pause while Connor got angry and said Angelous killed Holtz's entire family. I shrugged. "And leprechauns have height envy. What's your point kid? Angelous is locked away in a meat prison and Angel is his warden. Angel is your father, not Holtz and sure as hell not Angelous. Get it through your thick head and grow up or shut up and whine to someone who gives a damn."

He refused to believe Angel wasn't Angelous and that there wasn't a difference so I grabbed his hand and Angel tried to stop me. I backhanded him across the room telling him. "I don't have time nor the patience to deal with your overprotective shit. Stay down or I break every bone in your body before I do this anyways."

Connor asked what I was doing and I put a knife in his hand, waving over Gunn. "Come here."

He hesitantly obeyed and I made him hold out his hand. I grabbed Connor's wrist and hand, forcing him to cut Gunn's hand before taking the knife away. "Did you cut him or did I?"

He hesitated before saying I made him do it. I nodded and told him. "The difference my little dumbass is because in this scenario Angelous was me, you were Angel's dead corpse and Gunn was Holtz's family. When Angelous was cursed with Angel's soul, he became me, Angelous became you, changing control of the body that is Angel and Angelous so that Angel is in control. He wasn't even there when Angelous slaughtered Holtz's family. He however was there when he knocked up your mother and when she sacrificed herself to give you life."

I flicked his forehead hard enough to hurt him a bit and stabbed the counter with the knife before I healed Gunn with a spell. I downed the rest of my bottle and yawned. "Now, if you can't understand show and tell, I give up and Angel should give up trying to connect with a dumbass, no matter whose son he may be. By the way, I'm not sorry I killed your kidnapper, I'm just a bit sorry you think a nut job like Holtz is father material. Take me for instance, I've lost my entire family, everyone I've ever loved or met and I sure as shit know I'm not father material anymore."

I left a bit later and headed back to the hellmouth after stopping by several other buyers to get rid of gold and pearls all across the US. A former rich client of Angel's bought several of the large pearls for hundreds of millions in cash to show them off. He was an internet multi-billionaire so he could afford it with ease. He especially liked that the pirate treasures and bought a ton of it before introducing me to some others who were willing to pay cash.

A great deal of money and wrecked gold, silver and pearls changed hands before I returned to Sunnydale with the good news for Giles. The order had come in so I paid up front and more before giving Giles all the books and scrolls I took from Wolfram and Hart. I didn't need them and he took them into his private collection. I got back to the house and Buffy told me the basement was flooded, she was running out of cash and needed to get a job.

I dropped several duffle bags on the bed full of cash, telling her how much I'd made before saying I could pay rent at whatever price she wanted. She pulled me to bed only for me to pull her to the shower since I needed one after hanging with the perfume cloud that clung to the rich people I'd rubbed elbows with. After a very enthusiastic blowjob to show her appreciation, I showed her the silver condom and told her as she put it on me, how to change it to her desire.

It grew bumps, vibrated and so much more. She was very satisfied hours later when we went downstairs and she told the scoobies that she wasn't getting a job, I was paying rent. Anya told me I could move in with her and Xander when she saw the duffle bags Buffy dropped on the floor. Dawn said there wasn't any room and besides, I was sleeping with Buffy.

That was awkward…for them. I shrugged and leaned against the chair back I was sitting on. Willow asked if Tara and her could move in to save college money since we were sharing a bed. I gave a blank look and Xander was at a loss as much as Giles while Buffy said we weren't sharing a room.

Giles asked Buffy if it was wise of her to be with an unstable and suicidal immortal for her sake. She rolled her eyes. "As appose to all the other unstable men in my life? Giles please, it's just sex and besides, it's not like he'll be around for long anyways. Just long enough for you to get the magic he needs to off himself or find out whether he can die here or not. We're both adults and we know where we stand."