The truth
Chapter four
Connor decided that he wasn't going to wait until the sun went down.
He snuck out of his room and down the hallway slowly.
Keeping his eyes and ears peeled for his father.
He didn't have to look very far.
Down below him in the lobby….
"What?" Fred asked sounding confused.
"Your joking right man? Connor seriously opened the window and sat there in the sun so that you couldn't punish him. Angel that doesn't sound like Connor. He's always accepted his punishments without resisting. He was never rebellious before. He couldn't have changed overnight." Gunn said.
Connor was humiliated.
He felt the anger flowing through his veins.
He may have new memories but he also still had all the old ones and his own personality.
He jumped down from the top of the railing and landed right on his feet in front of Gunn.
Gunn jumped not expecting to see Connor appear in front of him like that.
Then Connor made his move and hurled a punch at Gunn.
It was so unexpected that no one moved for a full minute.
Angel starred in shock.
Gunn stayed on the ground starring up at Connor in disbelief.
Fred looked nervous and scared.
Illyria looked interested but a little confused.
Wesley tried to think of a reason for Connors actions.
He could come up with no logical answer for Connor to be acting this way.
Spike went over to stand next to Gunn in a protective manner.
He held his hand out so that Gunn could get up.
Gunn didn't take it. He just kept starring at Connor.
Lorne was busy trying to read Connor's emotions.
Cordelia had been about to yell at Connor and then she felt it.
She felt his rage. She felt his pain. She felt his depression.
"What's wrong Connor? Talk to me. Please. Tell us what's going on." Cordy begged for answers.
Connor glared at Gunn "Get up!" Connor demanded.
"What? Why?" Gunn asked.
"I said get up!" Connor yelled.
"That's enough Connor! I don't know what the hell is wrong with you. But it had better stop now! You do not attack people for no reason. You know better then that. I raised you better then that." Angel yelled trying to reach his son.
Connor turned and threw all his strength into the punch that landed in Angel's face. "You didn't raise me! Holtz raised me!" Connor yelled back.
Angel hadn't expected his son to actually attack him. Nor had he expected his son to yell what he had yelled.
Holtz? What did Daniel Holtz have to do with this. And then Angel remembered.
A long time ago Connor had come back in time and had told them that Holtz had gotten him and that his future was a living hell.
However Angel was stronger then his son and the punch did not knock his down. It just stunned him for a moment.
Long enough for Connor to turn with Fist raised and then stopped as he saw Fred who had been his next target.
But he couldn't do it. He couldn't hurt Fred. He could hit anyone in the world. But not sweet Fred.
He senced someone behind him and turned to jump and kicked Spike in the face .
But like Angel it only stunned him for a moment.
Angel took control at that moment.
He tackled Connor to the ground and slammed his body against the floor and sat on his back to hold him there.
"Your gonna stop this right now young man! I know what's going on now. You're the Connor that came from the future 16 years ago and warned us about the hell you called a future. You killed Holtz and an innocent girl while you were there and then you were suppose to go back to your time. Something must have gone wrong. Somehow you must have been switched with the other Connor. The one that belongs here. But your still my son. And you are not gonna act like a wild animal while I'm still alive!" Angel yelled.
"Your not alive." Connor yelled and struggled to get free.
Angel held on to him. Restraining him.
"That's really funny Connor. Well see just how funny you think it is when I blister your backside for attacking us and behaving like a wild animal." Angel said into Connor's ear.
Making a chill run down Connor's spine.
Connor stopped struggling.
Scared stiff.
"Wait this is the Connor from that future? Then where is our Connor? " Fred asked/
"probably where I should be. In my world with pushover Angel and Wesley in exile." Connor mumbled.
"Pushover me?" Angel asked.
"You've never hit me. You've never even yelled or grounded me. Your more into being my friend then my father." Connor said feeling a little jealous that this Angel seemed so different.
Connor looked at Cordy from his place on the floor.
"I tried to kill you after I came back. You told me you were part demon and I tried to kill you. But hten you did this glowing thing. You said I was sick from being in quor-toth for so long. It made me sick with rage and vengence and hopelessness. I punched a hole through reality in order to get back to you guys. When Holtz came he said I did it because I needed you. I hated him for saying that and vowed that I didn't need you. And there is still a part of me. A small part that believes that I don't need your love." Connor said telling them some of the things he didn't tell them the first time around.
"Why do you do it?" Connor asked suddenly.
"Why do I do what?" Angel asked knowing that Connor was talking to him.
"Why do you spank him?" Connor asked.
"Connor I don't enjoy spanking you. I hate it. But if spanking the daylights out of you every now and then will keep you in less trouble then I will do it. Besides it seems to work very well on you. And im not the only one that spanks you. Wesley and Spike have done it too. We love you Connor. And we will do whatever it takes to save you from this path you on right now. I'm sorry kid. But I think you still need a spanking. Maybe it will help you understand more. But its going to happen. So you might as well except it. I wont spank you for sneaking out. Because that wasn't you. I will spank you for behaving this way though. Its not appropriate. Weather you grew up here or in hell. Its not acceptable behavior for my son. And you better hope to god I never find a way to talk to my other self. Because the pushover Angel days would end very fast." Angel said and let his son up and decided that there was no time like the present to take care of the punishment.
"Come on Spike. You should give him a dose as well." Angel said as he steered Connor towards the stairs with Spike and Wesley following. None of them looking very happy about the situation.
To be continued….
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