Future Children

Title: Future children 6/?
Author: Spikewil
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Summary: In Angel’s office, five children appear. They claim to be from the future. Which child belongs to which couple?.
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Joss Whedon, not me. *sniff*
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
Pairing: Spike/Xander, Wesley/Angel(us), Gunn/Giles, Willow/Cordy, Dawn/Tara, (mentions of Fred/Lorne)

A/N 1: minor character death.


***2036***


“Angel? What’s wrong?” Spike asked worried. Angel had summoned everyone to his office as soon as possible.

“I received a call from several co-workers this morning. Apparently Eve vanished in front of their eyes,” Angel explained.

“That means Micky must have killed her. She was one of the victims! That’s my girl!” Spike replied proudly.

“Yes, I think so too,” Angel said, smiling at his Childe’s enthusiastic response. “Buffy, however, has disappeared.”

“Disappeared? Why? How?” Dawn asked curious.

“She has left her apartment. She took her clothes and took off. I don’t know why,” Angel answered.

“Daddy!” Jesse screamed, bursting suddenly into Angel’s office in great haste, running away from Alex and Paul who were following him with a loaded waterpistol Uncle Gunn had given them at Christmas.

Alex shot Jesse fully in the chest when he peeked from behind his daddy. Jesse froze, taken by surprise, while his shirt dripped loudly on Angel’s office floor.

“Alex!” Xander’s called out sternly.

Only then did Alex and Paul notice that they had followed their little brother into their grandfather’s office. Their eyes widened, realising that they were doomed to a lecture from their parents. Blushing in shame, they apologized to their fathers and the rest of the family, hoping their grandfather wouldn’t give them one of his terribly creative punishments.

Xander was about to start another lecture about the older sibblings’ respoilitility to protect the younger ones when he felt Jesse pulling his shirt in order to attract his attention.

“Daddy, where is Micky? She promised she would play with me,” Jesse asked curious. He had been looking for her, but he couldn’t find her anywhere.

“Don’t worry, Nibblet. She will play with you but she’s working on a project with the older cousins right now,” Spike answered his son’s question. He didn’t want to tell Jesse his older sister had travelled back in time.

“When will she be back? I miss her,” Jesse insisted.

“I miss her too. But she’ll be back when their project is finished. We don’t know how long that will take,” Spike replied.


***2004***

“Angel, what’s wrong?” Gunn asked. Angel had called everyone to an emergency meeting in his office.

“The doctor just called. Apparently Eve visited him this morning, claiming not to be feeling well, and she suddenly dropped dead in front of him,” Angel replied. “So far, we only know that it was caused by magic, but the signature is unknown to me as well as the company’s database.”

“Eve is dead! She’s really dead? Dead dead, not undead? She’s dead!” Spike repeated to himself, in an increasingly satisfied tone. Spike realised proudly that his daugther had killed the woman but he kept silent about it. He felt a huge sense of relief wash over him, knowing that he was finally free from Eve’s evil schemes.

All four women were relieved as well. They had never liked the other woman, always trying to get their male friends’ attention. They had tried their best to get Eve away from the boys.

Giles felt safe knowing that Eve was dead. The woman was always trying to flirt with him. She had even tried to use his children by giving them candy or blunty asking the children if they wanted her as their mummy. When she finally noticed it wasn’t going to work, she had moved onto Wesley. Giles snuggled comfortably against his lover’s chest.

Wesley was quiet. Yes, he was happy that Eve was dead! Plus, he would finally no longer have to deal with the flirting she’d turned on him after Giles rejected her. He smiled when his older partner snuggled against him, no longer insecure about how he would react to Eve’s propositions. But what would that mean for the future? Wouldn’t there be changes?

Lorne and Fred were both pleased that Eve would no longer be a threat to the family but weren’t quite sure how to react. Judging from the way the youngsters had been secretive about them, they suspected no longer to be alive in the future where their visitors had come from. They wanted to know the children better before anything happened.

“There’s more, my sources have told me that Buffy has disappeared. Her apartment is empty except for the furniture and she took her car,” Angel continued.

“Well, that’s good riddance,” Xander snarled.

“Guess again! I’m staying here,” Buffy sneered and walked into Angel’s office like she owned the place. “Angel, I have been attacked several times today in my apartment,” she lied. “I will take one of the empty firm’s apartments.” Her real intent was to keep an eye on the children from the future. She didn’t trust Micky.

Satisfied with herself, Buffy stepped out of the office towards the lifts. She had spotted an empty apartment on the 22nd floor.

“Where are the children?” Giles asked worried, after Buffy having walked away. “I peeked into my son’s room and he wasn’t there.”

“Neither was Liz,” Dawn added.

“Follow me. I will show you where our visitors are,” Angel said and walked out of his office towards the lifts.

Angel guided them toward the library on the 23rd floor. The family entered the room and saw two tired young people reading books on magic and weaponry.

“Hey guys! You didn’t spend the whole night researching, did you? You should have told us, Giles would love to show off his researching skills,” Gunn said teasingly while looking at his lover.

“And where’s the pizza? You can’t have a research party without one, it’s a tradition not even the G-man dares to break!” Xander joked.

“Stop it, Xan. Where are Micky, Damian and Ann?” Spike asked David and Liz.

“They’re in the gym,” Liz answered, not lifting her eyes off the book she was reading, smiling at the familiar banter their family reunions usually created.

The team sat next to Liz and David, offering to helem rem researching. Wesley and Giles started asking questions about the subject of their research.

“What about me? I can research! I know all about chemicals and some demons. I can turn a toaster into a weapon if you like?” Fred asked exitingly.

“I’ve always wanted to know how you did that?” David responded happily.

Meanwhile, Spike, Xander, Cordy and Angel decided to go to the gym, located on the 21st floor. Upon entering the gym, they stood still in shock and awe, watching the three youngsters training together.


*****


Micky was facing Damian and Ann. All three of them wore sweatpants and shirts. They’d taken some spare clothing from the closet.

Ann attacked Micky and they fought with grace. Although Ann was a good fighter, she was no match for Micky’s elegant yet deadly movements. Damian followed soon, using his magical skills to attack Micky. But she destroyed the magic with the power of Geae, Goddess of Nature.

All parents were transfixed by the three young people. Angel pulled off his coat and shoes and entered the fighting arena. Spike did the same. The vampires assumed a fighting stance and let forward their demons.

Damian and Ann noticed that their uncles were joining the fight, so they stepped back and grinned at their surprised looks.

“Ya think ya can defeat me?” Micky antagonised her father and grandfather.

Both vampires growled at the challenge in the young woman’s voice and moved to opposite sides, a fighting tactic they used to divide and conquer their enemies since their old hunting days.

Micky focused on their movements and prepared herself for the fight. She knew their fighting techniques very well, having watched them many times in the past.

Spike charged her from the back and found himself flying and crashing against the wall. Micky had kicked him in mid-air and landed on both feet before defending herself against Angel who attacked her with punches and kicks.

Angel was surprised to see the girl managed to block all of his movements. He couldn’t believe her strength. He kept attacking her without success, using some exotic fighting techniques he had picked up in China before the Boxer Rebellion.

The rest of the family had walked into the gym at this point and watched the training session with interest from the balcony where the firm’s employees usually viewed the yearly fighting tournaments.

Damian and Ann decided to show their family just how powerful Micky really was. They both walked to a different corner and let out their power of magic and forced it onto Micky who simply destroyed their magic with a whisk of her hand while defending herself against Angel’s attack.

Angel had been fighting, looking for an opening to attack Micky. When she focused on the magic attack by her cousins, he let Angelus out to play and tried to grab her. He was shocked when she darted out of his reach, seemingly without effort. He growled frustrated and reached out one last time, ending up next to Spike at the far end of the gym.

“Are you finished?” Micky joked.

“Yeah, we’re done. Congratulations. You’re a very powerful fighter,” Angel complemented his granddaughter.

“Thank you, you’re a great fighter too,” Micky replied shyly. “Guys, we need to practise!” she ordered all of her cousins.

The couples watched with fascination how their children obeyed the young woman’s order. David and Liz left the balcony and joined the others in the fighting arena.

Liz, David, Ann and Damian were given a wooden stake by Micky .The daggers and knives had been put back in their parent’s weapon collections, so no one would suspect they were planning to use them.

Damian counted to three and the stakes were thrown straight to the wall. Micky’s stake arrived first before any of the others hit the wall.
After several tries, they were dissapointed to see that it didn’t work.

“Okay, counting out loud doesn’t work!” Liz joked.

“How about instinct?” Ann suggested.

“We can try, but we need someone to practise with!” Micky said.

Damian looked at the people watching from the balcony and considered each family member with a critical eye. Finally, he decided to choose the most versatile and creative fighter among them.

“Uncle Spike, would you help us with our training?” Damian asked.

Spike was surprised Damian had chosen him, he had thought the boy would pick Angel, his Sire being the most experienced fighter.

“Sure. What do you want me to do?” Spike asked curiously while watching the wooden stakes warily.

“Just pretend to be our enemy,” Micky answered. She walked towards her daddy and chanted a few words. “Don’t worry, you’re protected against harm of any kind even wooden stakes.”

Spike nodded. He knew his daughter would protect himinstinst all evil.
After all, she had already killed Eve, one of his enemies. He walked to the point they wanted him to stand. He had to block anything they threw at him.

The fighters prepared themselves and threw the stakes towards Spike, timing the attack by instinct. Spike was shocked. All five wooden stakes hit him at the same time, he wasn’t able to block any of them.

The stakes hovered in front of him because of the protection spell Micky had placed on her father. Angel stepped forward.

“Could you try that on me?” Angelus asked curiously.

The rest of the team also volunteered to help the young fighters. Micky was pleased to see their enthusiastic response. She chanted the words again and placed the protection spell on everyone except Buffy, who was watching them from the gym’s changing rooms.

Every family member tried their best to block the stakes but none was able to. Neither magic nor fighting skills seemed to be a match for the five time travellers. A couple of hours later, Micky and the others were satisfied about their progress and walked back to the apartments with their proud parents.

The five visitors from the future were so exhausted they skipped lunch with their parents and collapsed on their beds, still fully dressed.

*****


Buffy had watched the entire training session from the far left corner of the gym, where the changing rooms were located. She had seen how proudly and full of love the family looked at their future children. How dare these youngsters turn her family against her? No one was supposed to have more power and strength than the Slayer. She would be the one to destroy Micky. Micky wouldn’t survive this mission even if it was the last thing she would do.