15 CH.15

A week later he was listening to Xander complain for the millionth time:" You had sex in my living room! With Willow!"

Having had enough he finally said:" Would you have preferred I had sex with you instead? Because if this is jealousy please remember you ended up with Cordelia because I gave you a little enough push and you dove right in."

Blushing and mumbling Xander said:" But why did it have to be in my living room and my best friend at that."

Ignoring him, Ryan focused on the task at hand. Cleaning out vampires that tried to eat Buffy when her dying friend showed up. Not wanting to feel like an ass he killed the last vampire and said:" I know your mad at him now Buffy but he might change if he isn't on the edge of death."

Frowning she sighed saying:" Maybe your right. Do what you can."

He left her to clean up the rest and went to heal a certain dumb kid. A few minutes later said kid woke up saying:" Where is my immortality? Why don't I feel stronger?"

Shaking his head at this Ryan answered:" I healed you, I didn't turn you into a blood sucker."

He started whining about how he had a deal to make him strong and immortal. When Buffy saw that he didn't change even a little she left him to his own devices saying:" He was never after a cure, all he wanted was to live forever without caring what he did in the process."

Trying to end the night on a high note Xander said:" What say we go to the bronze or something to unwind?"

Shaking her head Buffy mumbled something about meeting Angel and took off. "What say you, buddy oh best pal?"

" I'll have to take a rain check I gotta get ready to leave, Buffy and Willow finished signing the patents and since I sent Lyndsey to Europe to find out about an old friend I have to take a trip to LA soon. Do you think Willow would mind going with me?"

"I'm sure she'd be happy to though if it involves skipping a couple days of school I doubt it."

A few days later Ryan was all packed and ready to go, when he was asked to delay because it was blood delivery night at the hospital. " Sure why not? It's only one day, and I can leave after."

Willow had decided to stay and practice with her coven. She was kind of down since Amy decided to quit and go on her own. With only Andrew and Jonathan to practice magic with, it was getting to be challenging to make them to pay attention.

Sighing and giving her a kiss for luck Ryan took off to the hospital with Buffy. " I wonder when Giles will show it's been three hours now and I'm starting to think it's a bust."

Frowning Buffy told him:" Giles is never this late, he counts tardiness as the eighth deadly sin."

Smiling at that Ryan stopped himself from commenting when a van pulled up. Buffy whispered:" Why would doctors take blood orders this late? It doesn't make any sense."

Whispering back Ryan commented:" It does when the doctors are vampires as well."

They watched as a convertible pulled up when the van left. A vampire got out and yelled:" Hey no sampling the product!"

At this moment they stuck. Buffy took the two doctors on as Ryan took out the driver. One swift punch to the vampire's head and it turned to dust. Buffy was all over the place when she threw one of the vampire doctors into the back seat of the convertible and dusted the other she turned to punch another that just showed up.

"Oh my God Angel! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Its blood delivery night everyone knows about blood delivery night." he answered as if were obvious.

"One of you two want to stake this vampire I'd do it myself but I'm currently holding the care in place." And he was. The back tires were burning out, sending smoke and the smell of burnt rubber into the air.

With one hand on the back bumper trying to make sure the vampire doesn't get away or run over the two love birds. Seeing this they leaped into action, Angel threw Buffy a stake. Which she then threw into the vampire's heart.

"So now that this is taken care of, I'm heading out. Let me know if you need anything Willow has my number in case there's an emergency. Oh and Angel congrats on the new ride." Ryan said pointing at the convertible.

Taking off and letting the two of them enjoy themselves Ryan headed to the city of angels. An hour later he pulled into the parking lot to a club called:" Caritas."

Heading inside, he felt a high-level barrier that stops violence surround him. Shrugging it off as a decent enough idea he went to the bar." I'll take a scotch on the rocks and a tequila chaser."

The demon bartender said:" I'll need to see some I'd. You definitely look underage."

Frowning at this he shifted his body into a nine-foot-tall giant version of himself and started releasing a killing intent that almost broke the clubs barrier.

Pissing himself the bartender fainted. A green demon with little red horns came over saying:" Please calm down. What seems to be the problem here your holiness?"

" Your bartender here decided to be cute and try to card me. I predate you demons by several millennia." Changing back into his teenage form Ryan turned to greet the demon.

" I don't exactly appreciate being treated like a child by a demon that isn't even as old as the hair on my arms." He continued.

The demon smiled and said:" Well, we will just have to fix that sweet cheeks."

Laughing at the way the demon addressed him Ryan asked:" And whom might you be?"

" The names Lorne. Though most just call me the host. I tell you what. If you're feeling calmer I'll give you a free reading and the round of drinks on the house."

Smiling at this he let Lorne wake up his bartender and send him to clean himself. After getting his drinks he retired to a small booth in the back with the host.

" So am I missing something here or are you the one who put up the nonviolence spell work?"

" Well sugar, spell works not exactly my forte. Theirs a trio of Furies that stay in the back in exchange for a few protection spells every now and then." The host replied.

Grimacing at the mention of creatures that were connected to the gods long ago Ryan decided to change the subject. "So you mentioned a reading? What's that about?"

Lorne smiled knowing he had a possible client:" Well it's like this sweat pea, you go up on stage and sing for me and I read your aura. I'll tell you what I see. So are you up for that sugar plum?"

Seeing the host being so chipper he hesitated then thought -What's the worst that could happen.-

He nodded and headed for the stage. When he got there, he whispered into the stage manager's hand and went to the microphone.

Seconds later the song started: "I think you can do much better than me

After all the lies that I made you believe

Guilt kicks in and I start to see

The edge of the bed where your nightgown used to be

I told myself I won't miss you

But I remembered

What it feels like beside you

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

While looking through your old box of notes

I found those pictures I took that you were looking for

If there's one memory I don't want to lose

That time at the mall - you and me in the dressing room

I told myself I won't miss you

But I remembered

What it feels like beside you

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

The bed I'm lying in is getting colder

Wish I never would've said it's over

And I can't pretend

I won't think about you when I'm older

'Cause we never really had our closure

This can't be the end

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

I really miss your hair in my face

And the way your innocence tastes

And I think you should know this

You deserve much better than me

(And I think you should know this)

You deserve much better than me

(And I think you should know this)

You deserve much better than me

(And I think you should know this)

You deserve much better than me

(And I think you should know this)"

He got off the stage and headed back to the booth only to notice the host crying blood. Worried he walked over and anxiously asked: "Was it that bad? Should I be worried? What's wrong? Are you ok?"

Lorne stopped crying and blood and grabbed a napkin saying:" That happens some times, usually I bleed from my ears instead when I hear a difficult read. I haven't cried like that since the seventies when I ran across a disciple of an old one singing swept away. Speaking of which I need to get ahold of old Diana Ross."

When Lorne noticed Ryans's expression become even more worried he said" Calm down care bare it's nothing bad. Though I do pity anyone who crosses your girl. I saw a love that would last till the ends of time provided you both survive your past and a few hiccups coming your way in a few year's time. If you don't mind me asking what are you? I haven't seen power like that since, well ever really."

Smiling now though still worried a little about the future Ryan said:" I'm just me and if you want more you'll have to ply me with alcohol because that's one hell of a really loaded question."

The host smiled at this saying:" Then I best make sure the drinks keep coming." turning to a waiter he said:" Bring a couple cases up from the basement. Oh and make it the top-shelf goods."

Several hours later after Lorne experienced the shock of his life and passed out trying to drink his new friend under the table, Ryan left saying:" It's been fun but let him know I'm going to have to pass on letting him take the hit from our excess." Paying the bar bill in full he left a note for Lorne to call him if he ever runs into something he can't handle on his own.

Heading to his hotel he looked at his phone for a bit debating on calling a certain redheaded Wiccan girl. Deciding better of a drunk call he sent a text saying:" I made it to LA I'm fixing to turn in for the night. I love you. Sweet dreams.

Heading to his room he noticed the door ajar. He went in sobering up a little in case of a fight. " Who the hell has the balls and where do you want me to leave them after your castred."

" Not the right gender but if you're interested I can find you a guy to castrate if it'll make you happy." a familiar feminine voice sounded from the bathroom.

Out walked Lilah Morgan in a power suit with her usual self-confident smile:" You surprised us when you showed up on our radar earlier this evening and I wanted to make sure your visit was a happy one."

Giving her the evil eye he said:" You're just here to see if I came to kill your bosses and slaughter your little law office. You'll be happy to know your not even on MY radar now get out before that changes."

She nodded and asked on her way out:" If you don't mind me asking, What are you doing here? Because if there's something I can do to help I'd be happy to."

" I'm filing some patents in the morning and picking up some gifts for my girlfriend then heading back now GET OUT!" he finished slamming the door in her face.

Heading to bed he didn't even bother to destroy the bugs she left all over his room. The following morning he headed to the patent office with several boxes of papers. When he arrived he found a stout little man smiling seeming to be waiting for him: Arthur Nielsen mister Titan but you can call me Artie. I'm here from our head patent office in South Dakota. I flew in last night when I heard someone of your importance was coming here. I was told to make sure everything goes smoothly on the pain of death."

Seeing the nervous little man sweat for a minute he said:" You can call me Ryan and don't worry this isn't so important that I'd kill for."

Smiling when he realized that the being in front of him was decent Artie replied:" Alrighty, let's get these patents filed, let my assistants get the boxes we'll head inside. Myka, Pete, grab those boxes. Right this way Mr.Ryan."

Heading inside they found a very angry short brunette threatening dismemberment if there are any problems with her bosses paperwork: " Look here genius, the client that's coming in has Wolfram and Heart shaking in their boots so if you think they won't take you out back and pulled you apart like the insect you are then please go ahead and make trouble. It's your head if the client isn't happy."

Smiling at this he sat back and watched as the patent office worker squirmed under the small woman's threats. When she realized she was putting on a show she turned to him and said:" Hey buddy did you find something funny with something I said? I spent all night on a plane to get here and I'm afraid of heights so don't push me!"

Laughing now he watched as Artie introduced him. " Claudia this is Mr.Ryan or as you so bluntly put it, the guy that has Wolfram and Heart shaking in their boots. Mr.Ryan meet Claudia Donovan our recent hire and while I'm thinking on maybe even fire."

Ryan watched as Claudia did something he'd never thought possible. She managed to go pale and blush at the same time, creating a sickly sunburnt look.

Finally giving her a break he said:" Relax I'm just here on a whim there's no need to go through all the theatrics I was just here because my high priest as it were was out of the country right now and I decided to be productive and get off my ass. I didn't even know Lilah would take this as an opportunity to try and win a favor from me though I should have expected it."

Nodding knowingly Artie led him to a back room with Myka and Pete following with the boxes. " So are you some super genius or is this one big project your doing?" Asked a tired Pete.

" I was bored and I thought why not improve humanities scientific front? The boxes your holding have two hundred separate patents I need filed. Half deal with radiation detection and its uses. About thirty of them revolve around filtering salt and contaminants out of water. The rest are about clean energy and things to reduce our carbon footprint and dissolve all of our trash and waste in the landfills to water soluble clean nutrients that will improve the health of plants and fertilize the soil."

Pete being a little blunt asked: "What? Are you on some kind of green kick because I tried be a vegetarian and I gotta say I didn't like it."

Myka smacked the back of his head saying : "Those things have very little to do with each other."

Claudia smiled:" it means he's trying to clean up the planet and trying to single handedly save the world before humans destroy it. He's like Superman or something."

Shaking his head Ryan smiled telling them: "Nothing so Nobel I'm just doing this so me and my friends don't have to do after school projects. It saves me hours of listening to cheerleaders and jocks hit on each other and it gives my friends some extra income. Besides my girlfriend is the one that I started doing these in bulk for. It helps us have excuses for the teachers to give us some alone time. And it lets me provide her a shoe fund that she doesn't feel bad about."

Smiling at this both the girls said:"Awww"

Shaking his head Pete replied:" I don't get you man why would you throw away a chance to get rich for a girls shoes."

Both girls roles him at the same time:" That right there is why your alone."

Artie smiled saying:" Quite, I once sold the Crown Jewels of England for a lovely dress for an old flame. She looked stunning in it , and even better when she took it off to reward me."

Claudia shook her head:" Eww Artie no one wants to hear how you shlupped the queen of England."

Pete commented:" I could stand to hear a few details."

Myka and Claudia let out something that sounded like:" Men-pig."

Artie finally got out of his dazed story saying:" Well that's enough of that. Let's see what we can do about getting your patents filed."

The patent officer said:"Let's see here, some of these look like they would go with some of the patents we received a few weeks ago after Halloween. Nothing crosses so far but I could swear they were related."

" Oh those, they were brought in by my butler if you will. He usually does it but I sent him out of the country to get in touch with an old friend of mine." Ryan explained.

" Ah, I thought I recognized the signatures on these. Well, we can have these filed within a few days if everything goes well. If you don't mind me asking how many do you plan on filing because at this point your projects are pretty much keeping us on our toes here."

Ryan smiled when he saw the group all looking at him silently questioning his sanity. "Enough to keep you busy for a while cause I have one more year of high school after this one to get through before it's off to college. If it makes you feel better the summer break should be quite. So it should be about a thousand patents before the principal should get the message to stop with the after school programs for a while."

Sweating profusely Pete said:" Jesus you really don't like after school programs. How much does someone usually make from these on average?"

Smiling Ryan answered honestly:" it depends on the patent but usually for ones like these about five grand...."

Pete nodded:" Five thousand not so bad for this paperwork."

"...per patent." Ryan finished.

Pete looked shocked while Artie nodded in understanding. " I'm in the wrong line of business. And you just give the money to your friends and girlfriend?"

Noticing Pete was starting at the top of his head Ryan asked:" So? What are you looking at?"

Pete replied:" I'm just looking for a halo because I've never seen someone give away so much without any strings."

Laughing now Ryan said:" My girlfriend is very grateful each time she goes to the mall. If she prefers to show said appreciation on a private showing every now and then who am I to decline besides what makes her smile isn't the money it's the free time we get to spend with each other."

Both the girls were back at it saying:" Awww she's one lucky girl."

Shaking his head Ryan replied:" Trust me I'm the lucky one. I came with a lot of baggage and she still loves me. You have no idea how much I thank my lucky stars each day that I met her my first day in town."

Pete cynically asked: "If she's so special why didn't she come with you?"

Ryan sighed:" She's hanging out with a couple of her guy friends right now and I didn't want to ruin her fun for a day trip to the patent office."

Pete smiled at this. Then Claudia asked:" You trust her with two separate guys and aren't the least bit suspicious that she might cheat on you?"

Laughing again Ryan responded:" If she were to cheat as you say it wouldn't be with those two and besides even if she took another lover I wouldn't mind. I don't think it's necessary to chain ourselves to only sleeping with each other. She's aware of my thoughts on it and knows that so long as we love each other no fling or side romance will get between us. She knows where my heart lay."

Pete looks at him as if he's an alien while the girls smile:" So you don't care that she could be banging one or both guys right now?"

" Not really, though even if she did I'd be happy that she's satisfied. And besides, I'm pretty sure one of them is gay so I doubt it's both."

" You're a really special guy. I couldn't do it." Pete pointed out.

" To me, that's what unconditional love is. To be happy that your partner is happy whether it's in your arms or another's. I whole heartily hope that she enjoys herself and so long as she comes back to me in the end, does it really matter where she gets her satisfaction from, so long as she is satisfied?" Ryan explained with a smile.

Shaking their collective heads he left the patent office ensured that the patents would be filed as soon as possible. Even going so far as to call in more patent officers to help file them.

Ryan headed to an expensive boutique and jewelry store he started shopping for gifts.

Half way through shopping he got a call from Willow. "Ryan, Giles is in trouble! Some demon called Eyghon is coming for him and he said to call you if anything happens."

Worried now he said:" I'm on my way now stay put and if Eyghon tries to attack you hold the necklace up and say 'the titan protects me' and it should back of so long as you don't have it's mark. I'll be there in an hour if not sooner."

Running to his car he gunned it to Sunnydale not even bothering to stop for red lights. When he picked up a cop tailing him with its lights on he sent out a wave of power that popped their tires.

Beating his estimated time there by half an hour. His car was smoking a little from the overheated engine. He ran into the library just in time to see buffy kick the possessed corps back into the cage before it fell down and turned to goo.

When he rushed in Willow came out from around the counter saying: " I did what you said and the demon backed off and went after Buffy instead. I was so scared! I tried to use it for her as well but it said the necklace only works for the person wearing it and that it won't listen to a threat when you clearly weren't here."

" Oh? The little demons have gotten ballsy since my solitude. Perhaps it's time I reinforced their fear with actual facts and let them know that you're not to be touched ever." He said going over to the gooey mess on the floor.

He stuck his hand in it and said:" Since your clearly not going away before someone makes you then let's see how you feel after you bridges to this world are burned and your connection is lost."

The goo started boiling and a face rolled out screaming in agony. It lasted for several minutes before Giles and his old friend Ethan screamed and rolled up their sleeves to see the mark fading away. When it was done the goo turned clear and their tattoos were gone.

Smiling he stood up saying:" There now that takes care of that. A demon as powerful as Eyghon dying screaming will spread ripples through the hell realms letting them know that you're off limits. I even sent out a psychic warning just to be sure."

- A few moments later a portal opened up above a shrine in the mayor's office. A loud booming voice said:" Willow Rosenberg is to be left alone on pain of death. If you go after her, you do so without our power or backing." The mayor looked up with a frown and said: "Golly g, what happened to cause such a decision so high up?" the voice answered: "The upper demon Eyghon has been erased completely and there was a message sent out declaring it's death retaliation for it's daring to attack the Titans mate. We are inclined to believe it as he is the only being known that can erase our kind." the mayor said:" G will-liquors that sure changes a few things. I'll have to watch out for her during my Ascension."-

-Elsewhere demons all over were taking note never to anger the Titans mistress. In caverns under Wolfram and Hearts law offices around the world, thousands of demons were exchanging the news like it was the most important thing all century." Have you heard? Someone pissed off a being as powerful as the old ones by attacking his mate. The being flash-fried an upper-level demon called Eyghon from this realm and sent out a psychic message as a warning to all the hell realms.-

-Up in the white room of every Wolfram and Heart office simultaneously there was a meeting going on. " Willow Rosenberg is not to be touched. Her picture is to be sent to every client and employee that we have. They are to be warned that if they attack her they do so at their own peril and warn them should they succeed they will be destroyed by us. Anyone that tries that can be connected to us is to be killed before they get within fifty miles of her. Send the titan our regards and inform him of our cooperation and understanding of his warning. Dismissed."-

-Somewhere deep underground there was a group sitting around a circle of blackthorns on a table. " We should heed the warning it is far too dangerous to ignore." a red demon hooked up to an oxygen tank said. "Who does he think he is? He's had his time! The circle doesn't fear an old has been like him!" a pale horned demon commented while having his glass filled with his servant blood. " We cannot afford to offend him we must wait and hope he leaves the plane with his mate in tow." replied a red satan looking demons. "Let's hope that's soon enough, I don't want to end up throwing passing a law and pissing him off. Beings like him should have stayed gone as far as I'm concerned. My constituents are nervous enough as is dealing with champions of the PTB. The last thing they need is a rouge power threatening the balance before we're ready to tip the scales." a blonde woman said. Everyone nodded in agreement with this. They were to close now to have a problem of that scale break out.-

-Somewhere near the horn of Africa, a vampire couple were plotting their revenge on a certain slayer and her friends." I'm going to enjoy killing her friends in front of her then when she's nice and broken I'm going to break her pretty little neck."

"Spike, the stars are singing. They say that what we need is within our grasp. They speak of a girl with fiery hair being used as bait for our prize. Misses Edith wants to watch us play with her."

"Do they now pet? Well, we'll just have to see about putting on a good show for her then won't we?"-