Forever, Always, and Then SomeChapter 47
Fred backs up with the ax raised. Skip: I am not here to hurt you, I just came to see Angel. Is he here? Fred: Angel? You are here to hurt Angel? Skip: No I don’t want to hurt him I just came to deliver a present. Can I see him? Fred: Back up and I will get him. Skip backs up and Fred makes a dash for the basement door still welding the ax. Fred: Angel, there is some really big scary guy here to see you. Angel: What? Does he have a name? Fred: What’s your name? Skip: Skip. Fred: He says Skip. Angel: Oh Skip, tell him I am on my way. (he looks at Cordy & Gunn) Can you two behave while I am gone? Angel walks up and sees Fred with the ax. Angel: Fred you can put that down. Skip works for the powers too. Fred: Oh (she lowers the ax) I guess I will get back to work. Downstairs Gunn: How does he? Cordy: He knows everything. We should know that by now. Gunn: Well everything except when is ex demon lover is sneaking into his bed every night. Cordy: Never figured out how that one got past him for so long. Upstairs Angel: Skip, I never expected to see you. Skip: Well our last meeting was none too nice. Angel: True. Are you here to retaliate? Skip: Nothing of the sort, besides I hear the prisoner is dead anyway. Angel: He is. Skip: And the girl, she is okay too. Angel: Yes, she is downstairs. We were just training. Skip: Well I was sent here to bring you a gift. A present from the Powers. Angel: A present from the Powers? Skip: Sort of a belated wedding present. Angel: The powers are sending me a wedding present. So I guess that means they approve of the marriage. Skip: It appears so. Is there somewhere we can talk privately? Angel leads him into Wesley’s office and they sit down. Skip pulls out a flat black box and hands it to Angel. Angel stands looking at the box Skip: Are you going to open it? Angel opens the box and looks at the contents. Inside is a very large gold pendant with a glowing white stone surrounded by nine smaller glowing stones of different colors on a thick gold chain. Angel: Uh. Not quite sure it is Buffy’s style. Skip: It is not for her it is for you. Angel: I "know" it is not my style. Skip: Oh but it is man. When I give you the whole story behind the pendant you will think it is the prettiest thing you ever saw. Later after talking to Skip, Angel sticks his head out of the office. Angel: Fred can you get Lorne for me? Fred: Sure Fred gets Lorne who goes into the office. Angel: Lorne, I hope you can help me here. This is Skip, he has been telling me some rather amazing news but I .. Lorne: You want to know if you can trust him? Angel: Exactly. Lorne: Skip can you sing something for me? Skip: Sing? Sing What? Lorne: Anything. Skip: "My Bonny lies over the ocean, My Bonny lies over the sea" Lorne: That was fine. Angel, he is a true messenger of the powers and he is not out to destroy you. Does that help? Angel: It does. Sorry Skip if I hurt your feelings. Skip: No problem, I would have been suspicious too. Any more questions? Angel: No, I understand. Angel continues to stare at the necklace as both Skip and Lorne leave. Fred comes to the door. Fred: Angel, you okay. Angel: Uh fine, can you get Cordy for me, please. Fred: Sure. Fred goes to the basement door and open it. Cordy and Gunn working on hand to hand. Fred: Cordy, Angel needs you. He seems really weird. Cordy: Weird how? Fred: I don’t know like in a trance or something. Cordy goes upstairs to the office. Angel: Please close the door. Cordy: Uh Angel what is wrong? It’s not Buffy. She didn’t wreck or something? Angel: Oh no nothing like that. I need advice. Cordy: Advice from me? Angel: I need your advice as both a friend and as a woman. Cordy: Okay, what is up. Angel: Do you see this necklace? I just got it as wedding present from the powers. Cordy: The PTB sent you a necklace, they send me mind splitting visions and you get a necklace. Granted it is a hideous monstrosity but it beat the migraines. Angel: Cordy, this is serious. Cordy: Sorry, what is it anyway. Angel: It is a sort of amulet. It along with a short incantation in Latin has the power to bind. Cordy: Bind? Bind what? Angel: My soul. Now it is only temporary. Just 24 hours but….. Cordy: But for those 24 hours you can do whatever you want? Angel: Basically. Cordy: And why are you not on your way to Sunnydale? Angel: That was my first thought too, but if we have just 24 hours I want to do it right. Cordy: So this is only good one time. Angel: No. Do you see how the stones are all glowing. That means it is ready to be used. After the 24 hours the stones will stop glowing. Then only through Buffy and my continued fights against the demons will the stones begin glowing. One at a time. Cordy: And when all are glowing again you can do it again. Angel: Precisely, and I have no idea how long that will take, weeks, months, years. Skip couldn’t tell me. Cordy: So you want to plan the perfect night, or should I say 24 hours. Angel: Exactly, and I need your help. Will you? Cordy: You know I will. Do you have any ideas? Angel: Oh yeah, I think I have dreamt about this enough. Cordy: Well lets get planning. Angel: Thanks. I know you have not been okay with Buffy and I being together. Cordy: That is not it, I have just been concerned about you two going too far and it getting Grrr all over again. Angel: I know but hey now we get one chance to go too far for free. Cordy: I guess you do Wesley gets back from the airport and heads to his office Fred: Wesley, uh Angel and Cordy are in there. Wesley: My office, why? Fred: Don’t really know. Some ugly demon guy came to see him and then he had Lorne come in. But when the demon and Lorne left he had me get Cordy and they been talking ever since. Gunn is waiting downstairs to finish training with them. Wesley: I better see if I can help. Wesley opens the office door. Wesley: Do we have a new case? Angel: Uh, no not that I know of. Wesley: Oh, well Fred said some demon was here. Angel: It was personal. Cordy why don’t we take this conversation up to my room so Wes can have his office. Cordy and Angel go upstairs. Angel is holding the black box tightly to his chest. Wesley: What is going on? Fred: I have no idea but he seems a lot happier than when Buffy left. Gunn comes upstairs. Gunn: What happened to Angel and Cordy? Wesley: They went up to his room. Gunn: Why? Fred: We have no idea. Gunn (stares upstairs): Oh |
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