Not Again
Chapter 2: Back So Soon
"Fred!" Wesley called as he ran on stage and rummaged through the curtain.
"She's not here," Angel said.
"Yes, she has to be, I was supposed to protect her" Wesley said.
"Wes, she's gone," Angel said. Wesley walked back to the group and turned to Lorne.
"You have to get your friend to find a hot spot. We are leaving tonight," he said storming out of Caritas.
Mean while in Pylea, Fred landed in the woods, close to where Cordy did the summer before. She was lying, unconscious on the ground, unaware of where she was or what was going on.
***
This second trip to Pylea was going to be a short one. Wesley was determined to leave the same night, so they could get to Fred quicker. Wesley didn't know where Fred landed or how she was doing. He was obviously the most worried and cared very much for Fred. He was not going to lose her. He promised he would keep her safe and he was going to get to her before anything drastic happens in Pylea.
Lorne headed out to his contact and was able to find a hot spot. A little while after they incident at the club, Lorne walked into the hotel. Wesley saw him and approached him.
"Lorne, where is the spot?" he asked as Lorne walked down the steps of the Hyperion lobby.
"She said there is one near the park, off Center Street" Lorne said sitting on the couch.
"Okay, I'll get the books and then we'll go" he said as he headed to his office.
"Wesley wait!" Cordy said following him.
"What?" he asked not stopping.
"We can't just go tot Pylea. How will we find Fred? We need a plan," she said as he entered his office.
"We'll play it by ear," he said looking through a pile of books on his desk.
"We can't just 'play it by ear' Wesley. How are we even supposed to know where to start to look, this is nuts" she said.
"Cordy, Fred is trapped in Pylea. Who knows how she is doing? She may have already been hurt. When you were sucked into Pylea, we left as soon as we could and played it by ear. Luckily you were made queen, Fred was not. We need to get there before anything happens to her," he said.
"Wes, I know you care about Fred and love her, but…" she started.
"But what? Just leave her there?" he said. "I am going to save her. I said I would protect her and since I didn't it is my job to get her back" he finished as he headed back into the lobby. "Every one ready?" he asked as he put on his jacket.
"Ready as we'll ever be," Gunn said. Then they filed out to the car. They sat in the car and Wesley recited the chant from the book.
"Okay this is the place" Angel said stopping the car.
"Okay, every one all set?" Wesley asked. Every one nodded. "Good. Gltz plr bnzw glrb" Wesley said as a swirling hole appeared before them. A blaze of light fell over them and in a flash they were gone.
***
In Pylea, Fred woke and found herself in the woods.
"Oh no" she said as she sat up. "No, oh god" she said as she stood and looked around. She recognized her surroundings right away.
She didn't know how could she let this happen. She thought back to the last thing that happened. She remembered she was in Caritas and a demon was singing. Then a portal opened on stage and a light cast over the club. She looked away and everything went black. She closed her eyes hoping it was only a dream. Just a horrible nightmare that she would not have to relive again. But, it wasn't. It was real. The air, the ground, the tress, everything was real. She was back to the hell dimension she was trapped in for five years, previous. She knew she wasn't going to be able to get out without the book. She felt sick and frightened at the same time, like she would never get out. She felt dizzy and shaky. Fred was so scared at this moment, more scared than she had ever been in her entire life, she collapsed, unconscious, and laid on the ground.
***
They arrived in the middle of a field, again. They spotted trees and branches and gathered as many as they could to cover up the car. Even though things had changed in Pylea, their form of transportation, sadly, did not.
Angel hopped out of the car and walked into the sunlight. He closed his eyes and basked in the warm rays and smiled at the feel of the heat on his skin. He missed this feeling, even though he was there recently. Cordelia walked over to him and watched him. He looked so happy, at peace. She knew he wished he could still lie out in the sun or at least go outside during the day, but that was not going to happen anytime soon unless they were in Pylea.
"Hey" Cordy said as she tapped Angel's shoulder. Slowly he came out of his daydreaming and turned to face her.
"Hey" he replied, actually not wanting to talk, but just stand in the sun all day. "Look" he said pointing to the 'suns'. "I am not burning up in flames," he said smiling.
"Yes, that's very nice, Angel, but don't get too happy" she joked.
"Hey, I…I could never enjoy the daytime, so…leave me alone" he retorted, turning back to the sky.
"Well, I know that, but we are here on a mission" she reminded him.
"What?" he said not really paying any attention to her.
"Hello" she said whacking his arm. He turned to her. "We have to go save Fred, remember," she said pulling him by his jacket.
"Oh, yeah, right" he said following her.
"Okay, so where do we start?" Gunn asked, while Wesley was thinking of a plan.
"I don't know, really" he said. 'I wonder where Fred landed, I hope she is okay' Wesley thought. "Well, we'll just have to start to journey from here" he said as he started out.
They all followed him, unaware of the plan, if there even was one, and unaware of how they would even find Fred.
***
A few Pylean villagers passed by Fred, while she lay unconscious on the ground. Since every one in Pylea got their freedom back, they would not take her to become a slave even if they did despise humans, or, as they would call them cows. They did not do Fred the favor of helping her to safety and left her where she was.
***
The 'suns' were still up in the sky and the rays shone down and cast over everyone. Nightfall was a few hours away and Wesley was determined to find Fred soon. They had been wondering around for about an hour.
"Wesley" Cordelia protested as she stopped.
"What?" he asked as he turned around.
"Can we please stop walking?" she begged. She was tired and warn and hot from the sun.
"No, we have to find her. We should probably search the woods. She may have landed there, or is hiding there," he ordered as he continued his search. He led them into the woods and could feel that their traveling was starting to get to him.
A little while later, they were in the middle of the woods. Wesley felt almost lost and was getting frustrated. As they were wondering he saw a figure on the ground. He was unaware of who or what it was, but used his instincts and moved towards it. Angel saw what he was looking at.
"Wesley" he called to him. Wesley stopped and turned to Angel.
"What?" he asked.
"I can smell it. It's human," he informed him.
"Ok then" Wesley replied as they moved closer to the figure. Only a few yards away, Wesley noticed it was starting to move and slowly and cautiously walked towards it. Angel followed closely.
"Stay here" Angel said to Cordy and Lorne. They nodded and stayed behind while Gunn caught up with Angel and Wesley. They approached the person and Wesley recognized right away who it was. He tapped her shoulder and turned her onto her back.
"Fred?" he asked, as she shifted from his touch. She blinked in the light and stared up at Wesley.
***
Fred started to wake up and heard footsteps behind her. She was too afraid to turn around and in this world, she could never know who was behind her. She started to wake up more when a hand touch her shoulder and turned her to her back. She winced from the sun as she eyes adjusted to the light.
"Wesley?" she asked as his face came into focus. Then she saw Angel behind him, in the sunlight. Then she knew she was in Pylea, but she must be dreaming.
"Fred? Are you alright?" Wesley asked with concern.
"No, no you're, you're not real" she said sitting up.
"What? Of course we are" Wesley said.
"No, you can't, I must be hallucinating" she said as she shook her head in disagreement.
"No, Fred. It's us," Wesley said taking hold of her shoulders. Angel knelt next to Wesley. She looked back up and felt his hands on her shoulders. Relief left her body and she relaxed.
"You are?" she asked trying to believe. Before when she was in Pylea, after a while, she started to see her old friends and family. But before they never touched her or even spoke to her.
"Yes" Wesley said smiling and relieved that they found her, safe and not upset.
"You are!" she said this time, as if declaring a fact. She started to smile and hugged Wesley.
"Oh Fred, we were so worried. I am so happy we found you," he said as they pulled apart.
"So am I. Before when I woke up, I was scared and in shock" she said.
"Five years ago" he said.
"No, just a few hours ago, I think" she said. Wesley looked at her a little confused. "I woke up earlier and then collapsed again," she explained.
"Oh, Fred. I am so glad you are alright," he said.
"How…how did you find me?" she asked.
"Well, we found a hot spot in L.A and then came back. Then we just started to wonder" Wesley started.
"For two hours" Cordy butted in. Wesley shot her a glare and then looked back to Fred. Fred smiled at her comment.
"Well, I am amazed you were able to find me" she said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Well this place is so big, you could have landed on the whole other side of Pylea," she explained. "Ask Lorne. It's huge," she said as Wesley helped her to her feet.
"Yeah, it is, but I didn't want to discourage you, and now that we've found her, can we go. I hate being here any longer than necessary," Lorne said.
"Okay, okay, we can go now" Angel said as they as started back to the car.
"Yeah, but not until we kill that!" Fred said as she pointed past them. As they turned they saw a large boiled demon, growling at them. It was probably 7 feet tall and had clawed hands and a tail. It roared again and charged for Angel.
To Be Continued.
Chapter 2: Back So Soon
"Fred!" Wesley called as he ran on stage and rummaged through the curtain.
"She's not here," Angel said.
"Yes, she has to be, I was supposed to protect her" Wesley said.
"Wes, she's gone," Angel said. Wesley walked back to the group and turned to Lorne.
"You have to get your friend to find a hot spot. We are leaving tonight," he said storming out of Caritas.
Mean while in Pylea, Fred landed in the woods, close to where Cordy did the summer before. She was lying, unconscious on the ground, unaware of where she was or what was going on.
***
This second trip to Pylea was going to be a short one. Wesley was determined to leave the same night, so they could get to Fred quicker. Wesley didn't know where Fred landed or how she was doing. He was obviously the most worried and cared very much for Fred. He was not going to lose her. He promised he would keep her safe and he was going to get to her before anything drastic happens in Pylea.
Lorne headed out to his contact and was able to find a hot spot. A little while after they incident at the club, Lorne walked into the hotel. Wesley saw him and approached him.
"Lorne, where is the spot?" he asked as Lorne walked down the steps of the Hyperion lobby.
"She said there is one near the park, off Center Street" Lorne said sitting on the couch.
"Okay, I'll get the books and then we'll go" he said as he headed to his office.
"Wesley wait!" Cordy said following him.
"What?" he asked not stopping.
"We can't just go tot Pylea. How will we find Fred? We need a plan," she said as he entered his office.
"We'll play it by ear," he said looking through a pile of books on his desk.
"We can't just 'play it by ear' Wesley. How are we even supposed to know where to start to look, this is nuts" she said.
"Cordy, Fred is trapped in Pylea. Who knows how she is doing? She may have already been hurt. When you were sucked into Pylea, we left as soon as we could and played it by ear. Luckily you were made queen, Fred was not. We need to get there before anything happens to her," he said.
"Wes, I know you care about Fred and love her, but…" she started.
"But what? Just leave her there?" he said. "I am going to save her. I said I would protect her and since I didn't it is my job to get her back" he finished as he headed back into the lobby. "Every one ready?" he asked as he put on his jacket.
"Ready as we'll ever be," Gunn said. Then they filed out to the car. They sat in the car and Wesley recited the chant from the book.
"Okay this is the place" Angel said stopping the car.
"Okay, every one all set?" Wesley asked. Every one nodded. "Good. Gltz plr bnzw glrb" Wesley said as a swirling hole appeared before them. A blaze of light fell over them and in a flash they were gone.
***
In Pylea, Fred woke and found herself in the woods.
"Oh no" she said as she sat up. "No, oh god" she said as she stood and looked around. She recognized her surroundings right away.
She didn't know how could she let this happen. She thought back to the last thing that happened. She remembered she was in Caritas and a demon was singing. Then a portal opened on stage and a light cast over the club. She looked away and everything went black. She closed her eyes hoping it was only a dream. Just a horrible nightmare that she would not have to relive again. But, it wasn't. It was real. The air, the ground, the tress, everything was real. She was back to the hell dimension she was trapped in for five years, previous. She knew she wasn't going to be able to get out without the book. She felt sick and frightened at the same time, like she would never get out. She felt dizzy and shaky. Fred was so scared at this moment, more scared than she had ever been in her entire life, she collapsed, unconscious, and laid on the ground.
***
They arrived in the middle of a field, again. They spotted trees and branches and gathered as many as they could to cover up the car. Even though things had changed in Pylea, their form of transportation, sadly, did not.
Angel hopped out of the car and walked into the sunlight. He closed his eyes and basked in the warm rays and smiled at the feel of the heat on his skin. He missed this feeling, even though he was there recently. Cordelia walked over to him and watched him. He looked so happy, at peace. She knew he wished he could still lie out in the sun or at least go outside during the day, but that was not going to happen anytime soon unless they were in Pylea.
"Hey" Cordy said as she tapped Angel's shoulder. Slowly he came out of his daydreaming and turned to face her.
"Hey" he replied, actually not wanting to talk, but just stand in the sun all day. "Look" he said pointing to the 'suns'. "I am not burning up in flames," he said smiling.
"Yes, that's very nice, Angel, but don't get too happy" she joked.
"Hey, I…I could never enjoy the daytime, so…leave me alone" he retorted, turning back to the sky.
"Well, I know that, but we are here on a mission" she reminded him.
"What?" he said not really paying any attention to her.
"Hello" she said whacking his arm. He turned to her. "We have to go save Fred, remember," she said pulling him by his jacket.
"Oh, yeah, right" he said following her.
"Okay, so where do we start?" Gunn asked, while Wesley was thinking of a plan.
"I don't know, really" he said. 'I wonder where Fred landed, I hope she is okay' Wesley thought. "Well, we'll just have to start to journey from here" he said as he started out.
They all followed him, unaware of the plan, if there even was one, and unaware of how they would even find Fred.
***
A few Pylean villagers passed by Fred, while she lay unconscious on the ground. Since every one in Pylea got their freedom back, they would not take her to become a slave even if they did despise humans, or, as they would call them cows. They did not do Fred the favor of helping her to safety and left her where she was.
***
The 'suns' were still up in the sky and the rays shone down and cast over everyone. Nightfall was a few hours away and Wesley was determined to find Fred soon. They had been wondering around for about an hour.
"Wesley" Cordelia protested as she stopped.
"What?" he asked as he turned around.
"Can we please stop walking?" she begged. She was tired and warn and hot from the sun.
"No, we have to find her. We should probably search the woods. She may have landed there, or is hiding there," he ordered as he continued his search. He led them into the woods and could feel that their traveling was starting to get to him.
A little while later, they were in the middle of the woods. Wesley felt almost lost and was getting frustrated. As they were wondering he saw a figure on the ground. He was unaware of who or what it was, but used his instincts and moved towards it. Angel saw what he was looking at.
"Wesley" he called to him. Wesley stopped and turned to Angel.
"What?" he asked.
"I can smell it. It's human," he informed him.
"Ok then" Wesley replied as they moved closer to the figure. Only a few yards away, Wesley noticed it was starting to move and slowly and cautiously walked towards it. Angel followed closely.
"Stay here" Angel said to Cordy and Lorne. They nodded and stayed behind while Gunn caught up with Angel and Wesley. They approached the person and Wesley recognized right away who it was. He tapped her shoulder and turned her onto her back.
"Fred?" he asked, as she shifted from his touch. She blinked in the light and stared up at Wesley.
***
Fred started to wake up and heard footsteps behind her. She was too afraid to turn around and in this world, she could never know who was behind her. She started to wake up more when a hand touch her shoulder and turned her to her back. She winced from the sun as she eyes adjusted to the light.
"Wesley?" she asked as his face came into focus. Then she saw Angel behind him, in the sunlight. Then she knew she was in Pylea, but she must be dreaming.
"Fred? Are you alright?" Wesley asked with concern.
"No, no you're, you're not real" she said sitting up.
"What? Of course we are" Wesley said.
"No, you can't, I must be hallucinating" she said as she shook her head in disagreement.
"No, Fred. It's us," Wesley said taking hold of her shoulders. Angel knelt next to Wesley. She looked back up and felt his hands on her shoulders. Relief left her body and she relaxed.
"You are?" she asked trying to believe. Before when she was in Pylea, after a while, she started to see her old friends and family. But before they never touched her or even spoke to her.
"Yes" Wesley said smiling and relieved that they found her, safe and not upset.
"You are!" she said this time, as if declaring a fact. She started to smile and hugged Wesley.
"Oh Fred, we were so worried. I am so happy we found you," he said as they pulled apart.
"So am I. Before when I woke up, I was scared and in shock" she said.
"Five years ago" he said.
"No, just a few hours ago, I think" she said. Wesley looked at her a little confused. "I woke up earlier and then collapsed again," she explained.
"Oh, Fred. I am so glad you are alright," he said.
"How…how did you find me?" she asked.
"Well, we found a hot spot in L.A and then came back. Then we just started to wonder" Wesley started.
"For two hours" Cordy butted in. Wesley shot her a glare and then looked back to Fred. Fred smiled at her comment.
"Well, I am amazed you were able to find me" she said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Well this place is so big, you could have landed on the whole other side of Pylea," she explained. "Ask Lorne. It's huge," she said as Wesley helped her to her feet.
"Yeah, it is, but I didn't want to discourage you, and now that we've found her, can we go. I hate being here any longer than necessary," Lorne said.
"Okay, okay, we can go now" Angel said as they as started back to the car.
"Yeah, but not until we kill that!" Fred said as she pointed past them. As they turned they saw a large boiled demon, growling at them. It was probably 7 feet tall and had clawed hands and a tail. It roared again and charged for Angel.
To Be Continued.