A/N: this story takes place before "Hell's Bells" and "The Price"
Prologue
Somewhere in the quiet building a clock chimed the hour. She sighed and looked down at her watch. It was two AM and she hadn't slept yet. She hooked a stray strand of her long brown hair behind her ear and went back to the large dusty tome in front of her on the desk.
"Fred what are doing up at this hour?" He asked. Her heart leaped from her chest as she looked up into his handsome pale face. His dark eyes searching her's for an explanation.
"Angel, I didn't hear you come in." Fred stammered.
"Have you been to bed yet?" He asked.
"No not yet, I think I might be on to something." She said.
"Oh?" He asked with interest.
"I don't want to say anything 'til I know for sure." She replied.
"O.K." Angel said with a shrug. He turned and walked back into the dark building beyond the mote of light cast by the desk lamp. Fred sighed again and went back to her reading.
* * *
The alarm clock on the bedside table went off with a shriek. She reached over and swatted at it with the flat of her hand. She sat up and stretched. Yawning she ran her fingers through her blonde hair. The morning light filter through the white curtains and cast odd shapes across the room as she rose and headed for the shower. In the hall the rest of the house had already started the day.
"Morning Buffy." The bright eyed red head chirped as she walked past.
"Morning Will." She replied.
"What's the plan for the day?" Willow asked.
"Get Dawn off to school and get me off to work. How about you?" Buffy asked.
"Class." Willow replied. Buffy smiled as she closed the bathroom door behind her. She stepped into the shower and let the water course over her body.
* * *
"I got it." Fred whispered to herself as the sun broke over the horizon. She leapt to her feet and raced out of the office. In the lobby of the old hotel she called out for Angel. She his boots pounding on the floor above. He stopped, panting at the top of the stairs.
"Fred, what is it?" He breathed.
"I did it Angel, I found a way to get Connor back." Fred said.
Prologue
Somewhere in the quiet building a clock chimed the hour. She sighed and looked down at her watch. It was two AM and she hadn't slept yet. She hooked a stray strand of her long brown hair behind her ear and went back to the large dusty tome in front of her on the desk.
"Fred what are doing up at this hour?" He asked. Her heart leaped from her chest as she looked up into his handsome pale face. His dark eyes searching her's for an explanation.
"Angel, I didn't hear you come in." Fred stammered.
"Have you been to bed yet?" He asked.
"No not yet, I think I might be on to something." She said.
"Oh?" He asked with interest.
"I don't want to say anything 'til I know for sure." She replied.
"O.K." Angel said with a shrug. He turned and walked back into the dark building beyond the mote of light cast by the desk lamp. Fred sighed again and went back to her reading.
* * *
The alarm clock on the bedside table went off with a shriek. She reached over and swatted at it with the flat of her hand. She sat up and stretched. Yawning she ran her fingers through her blonde hair. The morning light filter through the white curtains and cast odd shapes across the room as she rose and headed for the shower. In the hall the rest of the house had already started the day.
"Morning Buffy." The bright eyed red head chirped as she walked past.
"Morning Will." She replied.
"What's the plan for the day?" Willow asked.
"Get Dawn off to school and get me off to work. How about you?" Buffy asked.
"Class." Willow replied. Buffy smiled as she closed the bathroom door behind her. She stepped into the shower and let the water course over her body.
* * *
"I got it." Fred whispered to herself as the sun broke over the horizon. She leapt to her feet and raced out of the office. In the lobby of the old hotel she called out for Angel. She his boots pounding on the floor above. He stopped, panting at the top of the stairs.
"Fred, what is it?" He breathed.
"I did it Angel, I found a way to get Connor back." Fred said.
