- Dream Weaver
Dream Weaver II: One year later...
Chapter 17: The Battle of Los Angeles
One year later since Buffy, Angel and the scoobies left after their reunion with me, everyone dispersed and went their separate ways.Since then I had second baby brother. Buffy moved with her kid sister Dawn to Rome, Italy while Willow and Kennedy moved to Brazil .Xander had moved to Africa. Giles had returned to England while Andrew became a new watcher in training traveling the world and paid a visit to Angel in Los Angeles and later Angel and Spike found Andrew again while looking for Buffy in Rome only to return without speaking with the slayer herself.
Angel after assuming reign of the Los Angeles Branch office of the Wolfram and Hart law firm. Changes there took place as well. Angel received a mysterious package which contained the stone of light amulet which brought Spike back from the beyond and later another mystery package came and made Spike corporeal again. Fred was in charge of the forensic department until she too received a mysterious sarcophagus which upon opening discharged a spirit which killed Fred and her body was taken over by an Ancient Goddess named Illyria. Cordelia died in her coma paying a final visit to Angel and the rest of the gang in the form of a ghost. In the end, a final battle came down resulting in casualties on both sides.
Lorne helped Angel one last time by killing an evil attorney named Lindsay McDonald and walked away to never be seen again, Gunn killed an evil senator, Wesley was killed in a battle in an attempt to vanquish a demon whom Illyria had finshed vanquishing for him as Spike too did his heroic duties saving a baby and dusting a few villains himself all these villains who were members of a secret society known as the Circle of the Black Thorn who were all vanquished and killed by Angel and his friends. In the end only Angel, Spike, Gunn, and Illyria were left standing in the north alley behind the infamous Hyperion Hotel.
As the forces of evil came at Angel and his few loyal friends who stayed to fight began to fight a battle to the last stand, Angel swung his axe and the battle between good and evil ensued as Angel knocked down his demon as Spike and Gunn fought valiantly side by side. Illyria fought more formidably than her three comrades but nevertheless barely a match. Out of the rainy darkness behind them appeared a man in a familiar white tuxedo accompanied by a young looking female with her familiar streak of blue hair matched only by Illyria. It was Giovanni Revelatori the Magician and Emilie his immortal once vampire sidekick.
Gunn in the midst turned to see them and shouted, “We’ve got company”. As Gunn, Illyria and Spike kept fighting, Angel glanced briefly for a split second to notice them. Giovanni lifted both arms to the sky with his wand in his right hand. Giovanni recited an ancient incantation in Aramaic which only he and Illyria understood. The rain ceased and the sky cleared with a ray of light expanding open that the night became like day. Angels came out from the sky with swords and converged on the legions of darkness turning the tide of the battle. Giovanni too pulled a sword out of his wand as Emilie drew one out with the flick of her wrist as they both joined the battle with all the celestial forces to back them all up Lucia even came out from the lighted sky with her shield and sword in full battle gear and body armor ala Saint Joan of Arc as well as Michael the archangel. Armies of slayers came forward from behind Giovanni and Emilie fighting to the death as the fallen slayers were taken into heaven by the angels.
The forces of darkness and the senior partners of Wolfram and Hart met their match as a greater power the greatest force in the universe the First Good, God was more than a match. The battle of Los Angeles was a battle as fierce as the Great Rebellion ,the first war that took place between Good and Evil which began between the First Good and the First Evil long before time began and the world was created. With heavy casualties on the side of evil, good prevailed and the forces of evil were vanquished as the last demon fell to the sword. The surviving slayers dispersed.
All the demon carcasses incinerated and vanished leaving nothing but the forces of good standing amidst the rubble, Giovanni finally spoke, “The shanshu prophecy has been fulfilled but because you, Angel, waived your shanshu now it shall go to Spike”. Spike suddenly felt strange and felt his chest and realized he had a heartbeat, Spike looked up and asked, “Am I human again?”. “Does your heartbeat answer your question?” Giovanni replied. “Who is the bag of tricks?”, Spike asked and was interrupted by Angel, “Giovanni, you don’t know how I’m happy to see you”. “I’m sorry I can’t say the same of you”, Giovanni replied. “Don’t be so hard on him, he thought he was doing the right thing!”, Emilie told Giovanni.
“Whenever you make an unholy alliance with evil it’s never the right thing!”, Giovanni retorted. “Spike, Illyria, this is Giovanni”, Angel introduced to Spike and Illyria. “Emilie is that you?” Spike asked upon recognizing Emilie. “In the flesh”, Emilie replied. Gunn had fallen in battle and didn’t live to see the victory but his soul was taken into heaven by Lucia who was immediately recognized by Angel, When Spike took a look at Lucia his jaw dropped as he said, “Oh my Lord she looks just like Buffy except for the eyes and the color of her hair”. “Congratulations Spike you’ve regained your humanity”, Giovanni said to Spike.
With only Angel, Spike, Illyria, Giovanni and Emilie left standing after the angels returned to heaven the sky darkened again and the rain resumed. Giovanni waved his wand over Gunn’s lifeless body with an incantation in Aramaic causing Gunn to resurrect and gain back life instantly with no traces of any wounds anywhere. “Thanks”, Gunn said, “Why did you bring me back?” Gunn asked. “Because there are different plans for you, your work here on earth is not yet finished”, Giovanni replied. “Now that’s an interesting site for an interesting night”, a male voice said from behind them. As they turned to look who it was, they observed the voice to have come from an elegant Englishman in a fine suit. “Who the hell are you?”, Spike asked. “Forgive me for not introducing myself, I’m Dr. Jacobi, I’m a watcher sent here on behalf of Rupert Giles, and an old friend of Angel, I offer my condolences to my fellow watcher Wesley Wyndham-Price.I used to work for the Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency until it disbanded in 1975 and was later replaced by the Initiative”, said Dr. Jacobi.
At that instant, Dr. Jacobi’s cell phone rang. He answered, “Hello, yes I found them, would you like to speak with them?”. “It’s for you”, said Dr. Jacobi as he passed his cellular phone to Angel who realized it was Giles at the other end of the line. “I’m sorry Angel, I wasn’t able to personally make to where you are because I’m managing affairs back in England reorganizing the new Watcher’s council so I sent Dr. Jacobi to offer any assistance which you may deem fit”, Giles said.
“You and all those with you are in danger”, Giles said. “We’re always in danger by the way how did Dr. Jacobi find us?”, Angel asked. “The new watcher’s council has been up and running again there isn’t much time, I’ll call you through Dr. Jacobi from time to time to keep in contact”, Giles said.
Meanwhile back in Florida, I was sleeping in my recently acquired new trailer in another area of Apopka further into the countryside. As I slept I dreamt, in my dream I was in an alley, the very alley where the battle of Los Angeles took place. There stood Lucia in a ring of bricks not far from where Angel, Spike, Gunn, Illyria, Dr. Jacobi, Giovanni, and Emilie were. Even though Spike, Gunn, Angel and Illyria were soaked the rain didn’t touch me nor did it touch Lucia nor Giovanni nor Emilie nor Dr.Jacobi. Lucia said to me pointing to them, “They will be coming your way soon for another great battle will take place and you will be involved”. “Wolfram and Hart are no more, I should know for I was with the forces that vanquished them”, Lucia continued. At that instant I awoke pondering on the dream, the phone rang and I picked it up. It was Giovanni, “Hello Giovanni, it’s been a year since I heard or seen you last by the way, just before you called”, I said and Giovanni cut me off and said, “You dreamed that you was in an alley on a rainy night with your dream angel, Lucia, in a ring of bricks with me, Emilie, Angel and a few new acquaintances you’ve yet to meet!”. I was silent for a moment until I managed to blurt out, “How did you know?”. “It’s a kind of magic”, Giovanni revealed.
Giovanni passed his cell phone to Emilie and Emilie said, “Hey, Reyes it’s good to hear you again, I look forward to seeing you again”. “Me too”, I added. “Where’s Buffy and her friends?”, I asked. “Buffy and Dawn moved to Rome, Willow and Kennedy were in Brazil, Xander moved to Africa, Giles went back to England while Giovanni, Dr. Jacobi and I have been actually touring the world on every continent”. “Wow, what I’d give to travel the world”, I said. “Here’s Angel”, Emilie said as she passed the cellphone to Angel. “Hi, Reyes listen I wanted to let you know that me and the gang will be heading your way very soon so I’d thought I’d let you know”, Angel said. “Well I could add some excitement to my otherwise ordinary life by the way I moved to new trailer in another area of Apopka”, I said. “I know Giovanni, Dr Jacobi and Emilie have kept tabs on everyone better than I have when I had Wolfram and Hart, I have a feeling that you know by now, we won and I got Giovanni and Emilie to thank for as well as Dr. Jacobi for this eventual reunion”, Angel said. “Well that’s great and I’d like to meet the rest of the gang”, I said. “Or what’s left of it”, Angel added.
We made arrangements to meet and within less than a weeks time, Angel, Spike, Illyria, Gunn, Dr. Jacobi, Giovanni and Emilie were in town. For Angel, Emilie and Giovanni it was a return visit while to Spike, Gunn and Illyria it would be their first tour. They came to meet me at Loch Haven Park by the Orlando Museum of Art where I was introduced to Spike who resumed his humanity from the shanshu prophecy, Illyria who disguised herself as Fred in public to avoid calling attention to herself in public and Gunn, the vampire hunter as well as Dr. Jacobi who had become a new watcher. From there we went into the Orlando Museum of Art where we admired the art and did a recap discussing our lives and reflecting on the deeds that have been done and the work that still would lie ahead.