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Angel began sorting out things on his desk for the spell. The book, the ingredients. They were just about finished. Harmony pulled her hair up into a clasp, Angel watched her then smiled. He removed his jacket as they both turned to Kathy.
"Okay..now it's time", Angel smiled.
Kathy nodded, and instinctively took a step toward Angel. She won't admit it, but as soon as he had said "Now it's time", she instantly begins to feel more than a little nervous again. Several questions are racing through her mind, such as "What if it goes wrong...and I'm nothing, not even a spirit?" and of course the general "What if something goes wrong?" She cleared her throat, looking from Angel to Harmony, then back at Angel.
"Is there anythin' I need to do?"
"Nothing, just stand there."
Angel opened the book, and sprinkled some maulands dust on Kathy. Harmony began laying lavender flowers around Kathy in a circle. Suddenly as Angel got near the end of the spell, Harmony stood back and watched as a blue glow emerged around both Kathy and her body, the transformation was taking place. Neither Angel nor Harmony moved, but watched in interest. Kathy stood still, obediently. After a moment, she felt the body bind to her, and surprised, she stumbled backward. Shaking visibly from pure joy and excitement, she turned to Harmony and Angel, grinning ear to ear. Both Angel and Harmony stood smiling. Harmony moved toward Kathy and slapped her on the arm, Angel's face gasped, as she had vampire strength, Kathy was only human.
"Did you feel that Kathy?"
Harmony waited on her answer.
Kathy winced as Harmony hit her on the arm, and stumbled backward a few steps. She smiled at Angel's question, and considered a moment before answering.
"I'm fine," she responded, and then added dazedly: "I-..I'm human again."
Angel grinned.
"I've got you back."
He took Kathy in his arms. Kathy hugged her brother back, smiling. For a moment she didn't speak. She couldn't seem to find words to describe how happy she was, how wonderful it felt to be human again.
"Thank you," she said finally. Her voice caught in her throat, the result of emotion. She smiled over Angel's shoulder at Harmony, hoping that she knew that her gratitude was aimed at her as well. Harmony shoved Angel out of the way, to give Kathy a huge girly hug.
"Me and you so need to go shopping, now that you have a body. And you can so spend all of Angel's money!"
She laughed. Angel's face was whiter than normal, but he smiled sheepishly.
"Sure", he added.
Kathy caught the apprehensive look in her brother's expression, but kept her silence as the idea of 'shopping' sounded too good to pass up. Though she had never been what could be considered materialistic, after two hundred and something years of appearing exactly the same, she was a little more eager for change then she would ever let on. There was only one thing left to be asked.
"When?"
"Tomorrow? We can leave around eleven, that is..if your brother gives me the day off"
She smiled sweetly at Angel. He bit his tongue.
"Okay", he replied.
Kathy grinned and nodded.
"If ye're positive," she responded.
She looked over to the window behind Harmony, and was distracted by the sight of the bright sunshine. She sighed faintly, and then looked back up at her brother.
"Would ye mind if I took a step outside?"
Angel looked behind him, then at Harmony.
"Harm's can you show Kath the way out?"
"Sure"
Harmony opened the door. With a slight wave to her brother, Kathy followed Harmony out of the doors.
**
Once she was standing outside of Wolfram and Hart, Kathy began to walk slowly down the sidewalk, eventually having a seat on a bench just outside of the law firm. She soon found herself avoiding all eye contact, feeling more than a little out of place, and retreated into her own thoughts.
The busy streets of Los Angeles still seemed so different to Kathy, who had been accustomed to life in Galway in the 18th Century. For the past two hundred and something years she had been conscious, though left alone to dwell on her living life. Only very recently had she seemingly woken up to the world, jerked into the new reality that was life in 2004. This had happened with her meeting of Fred, Drusilla, Lilah, Harmony, and ultimately...Liam.
Angel she reminded herself. Liam's dead. This realization seemed to hit her for the first time, and she brought her hand to her mouth, blinking rapidly.
It doesn't matter she thought, as she reprimanded herself for getting emotional yet again. She wiped her eyes and smiled to herself, looking down at her hands. It occured to her at that moment that, though she was close to tears, she was happy. Perhaps the tears that were stinging behind her eyes were ones of joy, not of greif. After all, at that moment she had everything she had ever wished for: Family, friends...people who cared about her. It was quite a change after nearly three hundred years of nothingness. A change that she would embrace completely.
She wasn't aware of how long she sat there on that bench, but eventually she rose and reentered Wolfram and Hart, now carrying the feeling of peace.
"Okay..now it's time", Angel smiled.
Kathy nodded, and instinctively took a step toward Angel. She won't admit it, but as soon as he had said "Now it's time", she instantly begins to feel more than a little nervous again. Several questions are racing through her mind, such as "What if it goes wrong...and I'm nothing, not even a spirit?" and of course the general "What if something goes wrong?" She cleared her throat, looking from Angel to Harmony, then back at Angel.
"Is there anythin' I need to do?"
"Nothing, just stand there."
Angel opened the book, and sprinkled some maulands dust on Kathy. Harmony began laying lavender flowers around Kathy in a circle. Suddenly as Angel got near the end of the spell, Harmony stood back and watched as a blue glow emerged around both Kathy and her body, the transformation was taking place. Neither Angel nor Harmony moved, but watched in interest. Kathy stood still, obediently. After a moment, she felt the body bind to her, and surprised, she stumbled backward. Shaking visibly from pure joy and excitement, she turned to Harmony and Angel, grinning ear to ear. Both Angel and Harmony stood smiling. Harmony moved toward Kathy and slapped her on the arm, Angel's face gasped, as she had vampire strength, Kathy was only human.
"Did you feel that Kathy?"
Harmony waited on her answer.
Kathy winced as Harmony hit her on the arm, and stumbled backward a few steps. She smiled at Angel's question, and considered a moment before answering.
"I'm fine," she responded, and then added dazedly: "I-..I'm human again."
Angel grinned.
"I've got you back."
He took Kathy in his arms. Kathy hugged her brother back, smiling. For a moment she didn't speak. She couldn't seem to find words to describe how happy she was, how wonderful it felt to be human again.
"Thank you," she said finally. Her voice caught in her throat, the result of emotion. She smiled over Angel's shoulder at Harmony, hoping that she knew that her gratitude was aimed at her as well. Harmony shoved Angel out of the way, to give Kathy a huge girly hug.
"Me and you so need to go shopping, now that you have a body. And you can so spend all of Angel's money!"
She laughed. Angel's face was whiter than normal, but he smiled sheepishly.
"Sure", he added.
Kathy caught the apprehensive look in her brother's expression, but kept her silence as the idea of 'shopping' sounded too good to pass up. Though she had never been what could be considered materialistic, after two hundred and something years of appearing exactly the same, she was a little more eager for change then she would ever let on. There was only one thing left to be asked.
"When?"
"Tomorrow? We can leave around eleven, that is..if your brother gives me the day off"
She smiled sweetly at Angel. He bit his tongue.
"Okay", he replied.
Kathy grinned and nodded.
"If ye're positive," she responded.
She looked over to the window behind Harmony, and was distracted by the sight of the bright sunshine. She sighed faintly, and then looked back up at her brother.
"Would ye mind if I took a step outside?"
Angel looked behind him, then at Harmony.
"Harm's can you show Kath the way out?"
"Sure"
Harmony opened the door. With a slight wave to her brother, Kathy followed Harmony out of the doors.
**
Once she was standing outside of Wolfram and Hart, Kathy began to walk slowly down the sidewalk, eventually having a seat on a bench just outside of the law firm. She soon found herself avoiding all eye contact, feeling more than a little out of place, and retreated into her own thoughts.
The busy streets of Los Angeles still seemed so different to Kathy, who had been accustomed to life in Galway in the 18th Century. For the past two hundred and something years she had been conscious, though left alone to dwell on her living life. Only very recently had she seemingly woken up to the world, jerked into the new reality that was life in 2004. This had happened with her meeting of Fred, Drusilla, Lilah, Harmony, and ultimately...Liam.
Angel she reminded herself. Liam's dead. This realization seemed to hit her for the first time, and she brought her hand to her mouth, blinking rapidly.
It doesn't matter she thought, as she reprimanded herself for getting emotional yet again. She wiped her eyes and smiled to herself, looking down at her hands. It occured to her at that moment that, though she was close to tears, she was happy. Perhaps the tears that were stinging behind her eyes were ones of joy, not of greif. After all, at that moment she had everything she had ever wished for: Family, friends...people who cared about her. It was quite a change after nearly three hundred years of nothingness. A change that she would embrace completely.
She wasn't aware of how long she sat there on that bench, but eventually she rose and reentered Wolfram and Hart, now carrying the feeling of peace.