DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. Though I do wish I owned Angel and Darien. Yummy!
TIME LINE: third season of Buffy, but when Angel was recursed, there was no loophole and he will never think of leaving Buffy because in this story, I make the rules. Mwa-ha-ha-ha!
SPOILERS: for Buffy-everything through season three cause I don't really know when in the 3rd season this story takes place. And for the Invisible Man - general
SYNOPSIS: Darien and Hobbes meet Buffy and Angel
DISTRIBUTION: want, take have. Just let me know
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is a crossover with The Invisible Man (If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a big fan of crossovers). Anyhoo, here's the general info on The Invisible Man you will want to know: Darien (the main character) has a gland in his head that produces Quicksilver that makes him invisible. He works for the Agency; his boss is the Official, and his partner is Bobby Hobbes. The Keeper (Claire) makes sure Darien doesn't go insane from Quicksilver madness(which makes his eyes turn red, and makes him a bad guy) with counteragent. Also, Darien likes quotes a lot & there's at least one per episode. Oh, and Chrysalis is the big bad organization they fight.
AUTHOR'S NOTES 2: ** ** indicates Darien's inner monolog and ^^^^^ is a change in perspective
FEEDBACK: Please, please, please! I'm begging here!
RATING: same as the show

PART ONE

**Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once said, "When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." I had always thought that, being the Invisible Man, I was very open-minded when it came to things of the highly improbable. So when the Official called Hobbes and me to his office for an assignment, I figured whatever it was we could handle it. Yeah, right.**

"While vacationing in Southern California, an agent of ours saw things that he could barely describe to us. We think Chrysalis has been experimenting with DNA splicing in this town. That is why we are sending the two of you there to investigate. We have arranged for you to stay at a local hotel there. And Hobbes, don't forget to get some extra counteragent from the Keeper; you may need it. Any questions?" The Official asked.

"Uh, yeah, I have one," Darien said, "Where exactly are we going? Oh, and how are we getting there?"

"Sunnydale, and you'll drive," the Official answered, smiling at the looks of horror his agents were giving him.

FIVE HOURS LATER

"You know, Thomas Fuller once said," Darien started.

"I don't care what Thomas Fuller said," Hobbes snapped, "We've been driving for more than four hours and we're still two hours away from Sunnydale, and if I have to hear another one of your quotes I will go insane. Because Bobby Hobbes doesn't take road trips lightly, my friend."

"Okay Hobbes, no need to shout. I won't say anymore quotes . . . after this one. Now, as I was saying, Thomas Fuller once said, "All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer."" Darien stated.

"Isn't it the truth, my friend, isn't it the truth," Hobbes responded.

MEANWHILE, IN SUNNYDALE

"So, Willow, what are you doing tonight?" Buffy asked her best friend.

"Tonight's the full moon, Buffy. I'll be watching wolfie-Oz," Willow answered.

"Oh, right, how could I forget? So what's on the booklist for this month?" Buffy inquired.

"Well, since I finished the Call of the Wild last month, I think we'll start on White Fang tonight. What are you doing tonight? Spending some quality time with Angel?" Willow questioned.

Buffy promptly blushed, "Maybe, but first we're going to patrol. Then maybe some quality time, and I can't thank you enough for taking away the loophole in his curse. His brooding time has been lessening ever since he got back, and I've seen him smile more. I think he's finally started to realize that by doing what he's doing, saving innocent people, he's started to make amends for all the demon did. All this talking about Angel makes me want to see him. I think I'll go wake him up. It's almost sunset anyway. I'll see you at the library after patrol," Buffy called to her friend as she ran up Crawford Street to see the man she loved.

PART TWO

"Angel, honey, you up?" Buffy whispered.

Not hearing an answer, she used all of her Slayer stealth training to sneak into Angel's bedroom. Once there, she slid into bed with him and watched him sleep for a few minutes before seeing his eyes flutter open.

"Hey sleepyhead," she said.

"Hey yourself," he responded then found himself kissing Buffy.

"What time is it?" he asked, getting up to get dressed for patrolling.

"Almost seven," she answered.

"So what are the plans for tonight?"

"The usual: patrolling, check in with Giles, then we could Bronze it or come back here."

"Sounds good. I'm ready, you wanna go now?" he asked.

"Sure," she replied, and they were gone.

As they walked hand in hand to Restfield cemetery, Angel stopped and sniffed the air with a puzzled expression on his face.

"What is it? Do you smell blood?" Buffy queried.

"No," Angel responded, "It's not blood; it's something different, something I've never smelled before. And it's coming from the van behind us."

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"Is it just me, or does this town look a little deserted?" Hobbes asked his partner.

"There are some people that might give us directions to our hotel," Darien said, pointing to the tall man with brown hair in the duster and the petite blonde he was holding hands with.

Just as they were about to pull up and ask them, the man stopped and turned his head slightly toward the van.

"Do you think he sees us? He could be one of those Chrysalis goons," Hobbes asked.

"Maybe. Let's follow them to be sure," Darien replied.

"No problem, partner. Bobby Hobbes is an expert at secretly following people. Not even the best-trained agent would know I was following them."

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"They're following us," Buffy said matter-of-factly.

"I know, but we have bigger problems right now," Angel said, referring to the muscular vampire heading their way.

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"Hey, check out the wrestling wannabe heading their way," Hobbes pointed out.

"Yeah, maybe I should go invisible just in case they aren't Chrysalis and need my help," Darien said as his body disappeared.

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"There's that smell again, but it's much stronger now," Angel said.

"No time for it now, honey, we have work to do," Buffy remarked as she whipped her stake out.

At that point, the vamp realized that this would not be the easy meal he had planned on, but it was too late to back down.

"Slayer," it hissed.

"You guys can never think of anything witty to say, it's almost too easy," Buffy said.

The vampire sprang at Buffy, but was met by a roundhouse kick from Angel, who now let his game face show. The vamp was knocked on his stomach by the strong kick, but it quickly got up and took a swing at Buffy, who caught his arm and bent it back, breaking it in the process. While the vampire was writhing on the ground from the pain, Buffy crouched down and drove her stake through the creature's un-beating heart. She stood, and noticed that Angel, still with his vampire countenance showing, had moved behind her and was staring at what seemed to be nothing. She saw him sniff the air again and then his hand shot out and grabbed at the air, but, instead of hearing the whoosh of the hand swiping at nothing, she heard Angel's hand connect with something and grip it.

Suddenly, where there had once been nothing, there was a silvery body about Angel's height with hair that was just as high as Angel's, if not higher, and then she saw a man instead of the silvery image. "Aw crap," was all she heard the man say before he passed out.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a shorter, hair-challenged male get out of the van. He was shouting something about him being a federal agent and for us to put down his partner when Angel snapped his head around so that the shorter man could see his face clearly. He also promptly passed out.

PART THREE

"Do you think they're really federal agents?" Willow inquired as she stared at the two men who were tied to the library chairs Buffy and Angel had set them down in. "And you said this one was invisible then visible?" she asked, leaning closer to the tall one so that her nose was inches away from his.

Suddenly, his eyes shot open and he screamed, then Willow screamed, then the short man woke up and screamed and Willow screamed again.

"Willow, what's wrong?" Giles asked as he ran into the library from his office.

"They're awake," Buffy simply stated from her seat on the stairs next to Angel.

The two men swivelled their heads in her direction, "And just who are you?" they asked.

"You don't remember me? I'm shocked cause I seem to remember you following us. I'm Buffy and this is Angel. Maybe this will help jog your memory," Buffy said, signaling Angel to let his vamp face surface. His brow became furrowed, his eyes shined a feral yellow, and his teeth elongated.

"You're a- a-," Hobbes stuttered.

"A vampire, yes, now would you like to tell us what you were doing following us, or should we put you in the cage with Oz?" Buffy asked, indicating the cage where the werewolf was prowling.

"We're federal agents, I'm Bobby Hobbes, and this is my partner, Darien Fawkes, and we were sent on assignment here to make sure that this evil organization wasn't branching out into this town. We saw you and thought you may be agents for them, so we followed you," Hobbes said.

"And what about your little trick?" Buffy asked Darien.

"`Little trick?' What I do is not a trick of any kind, let alone a little one."

"Let me rephrase, what was the thing you did with appearing out of thin air?"

"Oh, you mean this?" Darien asked as he made his arms disappear, "Well, you see there's this gland in my head that creates Quicksilver, a liquid that makes m-aaaagh!" His head jerked forward and he looked as if he was having a seizure.

When the episode ended, he looked at his surroundings and the whites of his eyes were now bright red.

"Aww crap!" Hobbes exclaimed, "Untie me, but don't get near him. I said untie me, dammit!" After he was let free, he turned to Buffy and asked, "Where's my car?"

"Right outside," she replied. He ran out the doors and quickly returned with a small silver briefcase. He set is on the table and got out a syringe filled with a bluish liquid.

"Restrain him," he ordered Angel. Angel did as told and Hobbes injected Darien with the liquid.

After another brief seizure, Darien calmed down, and when he opened his eyes, they were no longer red; Hobbes began to untie his partner.

"Okay, what the hell was that about?" Buffy asked. "Long story," both Darien and Hobbes said simultaneously.

After a little more interrogation, everyone went their separate ways. Willow slept on Giles' cot, staying close to Oz, and Giles went home. Hobbes and Darien got directions to their hotel and went there for some much-needed rest. And Buffy and Angel went back to the mansion.

The next morning, the Slayerettes gathered in the library, even Angel, who had been sparring with Buffy earlier. Oz, Cordelia, and Xander were being updated on what happened last night, when Hobbes and Darien entered. They were surprised to see three people they didn't know staring at them.

"Uh, hi," Darien said, feeling uncomfortable with all eyes on him, "We kinda forgot the, uh, this case last night."

"So you're the Invisible Man?" Xander asked. "You know?" Darien asked.

"Yeah, Buffy told us," he replied, "Don't worry your secret's safe with us. By the way I'm Xander."

"I'm Cordelia," the brunette said, and the short redhead stood up and extended his hand, "Oz," he said.

Darien shook his hand, then realized why the name sounded familiar. "Oz?" he asked, "like the wolf that was in the cage last night?"

"The one and only," the female redhead said from her seat at the computer.

"So where are you hiding Frankenstein?" Darien asked as a joke. At the blank stares he was getting, he elaborated, "The Invisible Man, a vampire, and a werewolf; Frankenstein would make it a complete set."

"Sorry, it's just, living in Sunnydale, we thought you were serious," Cordelia said, obviously trying to boost the handsome agent's ego.

Just then, the bell rang and everyone said goodbye to the agents.

A FEW HOURS LATER

"Ralph Waldo Emerson once sa-,"

"I swear to God Fawkes!" Hobbes warned.

"Fine."

**Like I was saying, Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "People only see what they are prepared to see." Before I met Buffy and Angel, I wasn't prepared to see the world of vampires or werewolves, but now I am. And I thought I was open-minded before.**

Well, that's it. The last part. I just couldn't resist the corny scenes like the screaming; what can I say, I was feeling that kind of vibe. Thanks for reading the madness that was this story.

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