A/N- Ah hah! I've got it! From here we're gonna cross over with Btvs. I
might bring in a Buffy pov. What do you think? I *really* need to know on
this one. Don't hold out on me. PLEASE REVIEW and tell me what you think of
a Buffy pov. I need to know before I start on the next chapters. Thanks.
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"So, we all agree that this is suicide?" Cordy asks from her seat on the lounge, bewildered. I've spent the past few hours explaining every little detail of my plan over and over again. Angel came back downstairs about half an hour ago (followed by that Lorne guy), so I summed it all up again. They caught on pretty easily, which was good. The plan isn't that complex actually. In fact, it's really simple.
Basically, Cordy and I stage a fight in my apartment. We tell each other all sorts of horrible things and so forth. She tells me to stay away from her, our baby, Angel and everyone else, stating how evil I am and that I only came back to rejoin Wolfram and Hart and take AI down. I yell something back to support her statement and try to threaten her. (Remembering this is only a rough draft. We'll fine-tune it later.) It has to seem realistic and it *cannot* be revealed that I've told her about the message. That's why when I leave today; Angel will be kicking my sorry ass out. Because, as the fight will reveal, I came to try and kidnap Connor (Yeah, I do know that W&H are after him, I have my own sources in LA) and *not* worry about Cordy's safety…or something like that.
After my fight with Cordelia, I grovel my way back into Wolfram and Hart, explaining that I tried to take Angel Investigations down from the inside, by wrecking the lives of those closest to him. I'll also tell them that at first I was doing it as a personal vendetta towards Angel, but I decided that I could do more damage with W&H on my side. That's gonna be when Angel and Cordy found me out. It might take a while to regain Wolfram and Hart's trust, but once I've achieved it I'll use a plan similar to this one to make them think I'm attempting to take AI down again. Whereby giving me a chance to spend time with Cordy without being killed.
A little confusing at the moment, but it'll be clearer when we sort everything out properly.
So, now (in my plan) I'm spending time with the fang gang again, making it look to Wolfram and Hart like I'm getting all the information and trust that I need to take Angel down, without him realising it. When, in truth, I'm filling Angel in with all that he needs to know about destroying my law firm. And then, I get Wolfram and Hart to strike. They bring in all their biggest and baddest, however, at the same time I've got Angel and Co sneaking into Wolfram and Hart and destroying files and computers. Gunn wants to set the place on fire or blow it up or something like that. (We're still thinking on that one.) Now, back to the bad guys in the hotel…Gunn's gonna see whether he could get his gang in to field that one and Angel even suggested bringing in the Slayer and her posse. Apparently, one of their witchy friends is an excellent hacker, so we might even use her to clear all of Wolfram and Hart's hard-drives from the outside.
Now, back to Cordy's question. "Cordelia I realise that it could go wrong- " I begin. She interrupts, getting a little frantic.
"*Could*?!" She yells. " It *will* go wrong! And when it does…th-they'll kill you!"
I move to sit in front of her on the coffee table again. I place my hands on hers and lean forward, trying to gain eye contact. "Cordy, It won't go wrong. They won't catch on. I promise. They won't kill me. I won't let them. If things start to get out of hand, I'll call it quits right there. I'll pull back out of Wolfram and Hart and-"
"And then we'll be back to square one again! Only this time it'll be even more dangerous 'cos you'll know more about them and they'll worry even more that you're giving away top secret info and you'll be dead before you know it! Its *SUICIDE* Lindsey. Either way it is. And you know it!" She's standing up now, pacing recklessly.
"That's why we're not going to do it that way." Angel speaks up solemnly.
We all turn to look at him. "Then what do you have in mind?" I ask. Personally, I liked my plan…well, all of it except me dying.
"We stick with the basics of your plan." He states. I nod and he continues. "But, we do it quickly. You don't get a chance to gain their trust. You just lead them here ASAP, where Gunn's friends and Buffy's group will be waiting 'cos you've already given us the heads up. We'll be back at their offices doing a lot of damage while their worst are getting their asses kicked here. This all happens in the next few days. Got it?"
Sounds a bit more logical than my plan. Easier too. "But, how do I get them here and how do I give you the heads up?"
"Tell them you know how to get Connor. Plot something out and everything. Like, we might set up a fake bug here so it looks like you got in when they couldn't. Which also makes it look like you can be trusted and used by them in this situation. Which means you'll have to think of a better reason for doing it…like you want something from them. Be the evil Lindsey that we all know so well and they won't doubt you too much. Now, to give us the heads up…" Angel pauses for a second. "Well, it has to be something that they won't suspect. Something that even if they hear you or see you doing it, you'll be safe…" He ponders on it for a while. The rest of us remain silent.
Fred raises her hand. (Oh, here we go. This is the same woman that suggested we tell them I'm not doing anything wrong and they'll go away. I know she's just trying to help, but where's the logic? I mean, isn't she supposed to be a physicist or something?)
Everyone looks at her. "Why doesn't he order tacos or somethin'? I mean, we could use how he orders 'em as a code. And, we know the people that work there and they know that we…or you guys…are detectives. So, maybe we could tell them that when this man enters and orders something its part of a case we're workin' on and they have to call us immediately and tell us what he orders." She stops and looks around at everyone hopefully.
I think she actually had a good idea. I mean, it makes sense and I like tacos. Lilah even knows that. "I think we might just pull this off." I utter.
Fred looks back at me, surprised that I'm agreeing with her idea. "You mean it?"
"I like the tacos scheme. Wolfram and Hart would never suspect it. It might just work." I reply, looking around at everyone else. "What do you think?"
They all nod slowly, summing it all up in their heads and assessing it.
"So, we're settled then? This is how its gonna be?" Gunn asks. "I'm in."
"Me too." Wesley adds.
Angel's already made it clear he agrees. Lorne on the other hand looks a little shaky. "I might just sit this one out. You know…keep my eye on the ladies and the baby…In case the worst happens and you guys don't come back…"
"Coward." Gunn murmurs.
Lorne snaps his head back towards him. "I never said I wasn't."
Cordy clears her throat. "Uh, well, that's good. But, who's gonna call Buffy 'cos she doesn't know about Connor yet…and I'm soooo not gonna be the one to tell her. She already thinks I'm a bitch. There's no way I'm making my reputation even worse by telling her that her ex that she thought couldn't have sex *did* and got her enemy …whom she turned to dust like 5 or 6 years ago…pregnant. I mean-"
Angel cuts her off, halfway through her rambling. "*I'm* going to call her." His expression is one of emotional pain. I don't know what he's feeling right now, but I'm certain it's not good.
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"So, we all agree that this is suicide?" Cordy asks from her seat on the lounge, bewildered. I've spent the past few hours explaining every little detail of my plan over and over again. Angel came back downstairs about half an hour ago (followed by that Lorne guy), so I summed it all up again. They caught on pretty easily, which was good. The plan isn't that complex actually. In fact, it's really simple.
Basically, Cordy and I stage a fight in my apartment. We tell each other all sorts of horrible things and so forth. She tells me to stay away from her, our baby, Angel and everyone else, stating how evil I am and that I only came back to rejoin Wolfram and Hart and take AI down. I yell something back to support her statement and try to threaten her. (Remembering this is only a rough draft. We'll fine-tune it later.) It has to seem realistic and it *cannot* be revealed that I've told her about the message. That's why when I leave today; Angel will be kicking my sorry ass out. Because, as the fight will reveal, I came to try and kidnap Connor (Yeah, I do know that W&H are after him, I have my own sources in LA) and *not* worry about Cordy's safety…or something like that.
After my fight with Cordelia, I grovel my way back into Wolfram and Hart, explaining that I tried to take Angel Investigations down from the inside, by wrecking the lives of those closest to him. I'll also tell them that at first I was doing it as a personal vendetta towards Angel, but I decided that I could do more damage with W&H on my side. That's gonna be when Angel and Cordy found me out. It might take a while to regain Wolfram and Hart's trust, but once I've achieved it I'll use a plan similar to this one to make them think I'm attempting to take AI down again. Whereby giving me a chance to spend time with Cordy without being killed.
A little confusing at the moment, but it'll be clearer when we sort everything out properly.
So, now (in my plan) I'm spending time with the fang gang again, making it look to Wolfram and Hart like I'm getting all the information and trust that I need to take Angel down, without him realising it. When, in truth, I'm filling Angel in with all that he needs to know about destroying my law firm. And then, I get Wolfram and Hart to strike. They bring in all their biggest and baddest, however, at the same time I've got Angel and Co sneaking into Wolfram and Hart and destroying files and computers. Gunn wants to set the place on fire or blow it up or something like that. (We're still thinking on that one.) Now, back to the bad guys in the hotel…Gunn's gonna see whether he could get his gang in to field that one and Angel even suggested bringing in the Slayer and her posse. Apparently, one of their witchy friends is an excellent hacker, so we might even use her to clear all of Wolfram and Hart's hard-drives from the outside.
Now, back to Cordy's question. "Cordelia I realise that it could go wrong- " I begin. She interrupts, getting a little frantic.
"*Could*?!" She yells. " It *will* go wrong! And when it does…th-they'll kill you!"
I move to sit in front of her on the coffee table again. I place my hands on hers and lean forward, trying to gain eye contact. "Cordy, It won't go wrong. They won't catch on. I promise. They won't kill me. I won't let them. If things start to get out of hand, I'll call it quits right there. I'll pull back out of Wolfram and Hart and-"
"And then we'll be back to square one again! Only this time it'll be even more dangerous 'cos you'll know more about them and they'll worry even more that you're giving away top secret info and you'll be dead before you know it! Its *SUICIDE* Lindsey. Either way it is. And you know it!" She's standing up now, pacing recklessly.
"That's why we're not going to do it that way." Angel speaks up solemnly.
We all turn to look at him. "Then what do you have in mind?" I ask. Personally, I liked my plan…well, all of it except me dying.
"We stick with the basics of your plan." He states. I nod and he continues. "But, we do it quickly. You don't get a chance to gain their trust. You just lead them here ASAP, where Gunn's friends and Buffy's group will be waiting 'cos you've already given us the heads up. We'll be back at their offices doing a lot of damage while their worst are getting their asses kicked here. This all happens in the next few days. Got it?"
Sounds a bit more logical than my plan. Easier too. "But, how do I get them here and how do I give you the heads up?"
"Tell them you know how to get Connor. Plot something out and everything. Like, we might set up a fake bug here so it looks like you got in when they couldn't. Which also makes it look like you can be trusted and used by them in this situation. Which means you'll have to think of a better reason for doing it…like you want something from them. Be the evil Lindsey that we all know so well and they won't doubt you too much. Now, to give us the heads up…" Angel pauses for a second. "Well, it has to be something that they won't suspect. Something that even if they hear you or see you doing it, you'll be safe…" He ponders on it for a while. The rest of us remain silent.
Fred raises her hand. (Oh, here we go. This is the same woman that suggested we tell them I'm not doing anything wrong and they'll go away. I know she's just trying to help, but where's the logic? I mean, isn't she supposed to be a physicist or something?)
Everyone looks at her. "Why doesn't he order tacos or somethin'? I mean, we could use how he orders 'em as a code. And, we know the people that work there and they know that we…or you guys…are detectives. So, maybe we could tell them that when this man enters and orders something its part of a case we're workin' on and they have to call us immediately and tell us what he orders." She stops and looks around at everyone hopefully.
I think she actually had a good idea. I mean, it makes sense and I like tacos. Lilah even knows that. "I think we might just pull this off." I utter.
Fred looks back at me, surprised that I'm agreeing with her idea. "You mean it?"
"I like the tacos scheme. Wolfram and Hart would never suspect it. It might just work." I reply, looking around at everyone else. "What do you think?"
They all nod slowly, summing it all up in their heads and assessing it.
"So, we're settled then? This is how its gonna be?" Gunn asks. "I'm in."
"Me too." Wesley adds.
Angel's already made it clear he agrees. Lorne on the other hand looks a little shaky. "I might just sit this one out. You know…keep my eye on the ladies and the baby…In case the worst happens and you guys don't come back…"
"Coward." Gunn murmurs.
Lorne snaps his head back towards him. "I never said I wasn't."
Cordy clears her throat. "Uh, well, that's good. But, who's gonna call Buffy 'cos she doesn't know about Connor yet…and I'm soooo not gonna be the one to tell her. She already thinks I'm a bitch. There's no way I'm making my reputation even worse by telling her that her ex that she thought couldn't have sex *did* and got her enemy …whom she turned to dust like 5 or 6 years ago…pregnant. I mean-"
Angel cuts her off, halfway through her rambling. "*I'm* going to call her." His expression is one of emotional pain. I don't know what he's feeling right now, but I'm certain it's not good.