Chapter Three: Sleep like a Baby
They walked until they reached the "bad part of town" where all the hotels seemed to reside. Of course, the bad part of town was only a block away from the good part, but that was Sunnydale, the one Starbuck's town. The hotel that they chose didn't seem to care what they looked like or how many people were going to share a room, just that they would pay for the rooms in cash. You had to love the people in this town. They made people like the Alibi's owner Willy seem like a patron saint.
Faith, Cordy, Angel, Robin, and Connor shared a room, while the others all roomed in another. They all talked quietly until it was decided to go to bed. Connor was tucked in right in between the queen sized bed Angel and Cordy shared, while Robin and Faith shared the other smaller bed. Connor, like the little Angel he was fell asleep against his mother's breast. Angel held onto his family, also fell asleep listening to them breathe. Robin fell asleep rather quickly too, it was exhausting; the company always worked hard, trying to keep the evil from hurting innocence, more often than not by fighting hand-to-hand with demons stronger than the normal human. It was utterly exhausting.
The only person who didn't sleep was Faith. It seemed no matter how she turned or where she moved she couldn't get comfortable. Her back was hurting. She never once woke anyone to complain, just kept it inside and ignored her body's warnings.
Cordy, thinking back was kicking herself mentally. She should've noticed that Faith was having trouble. She should have sensed this.
She should have done something. But she didn't know. She didn't know.
Morning came and with it a new mission: to get back home. Wesley and Gunn volunteered to go to the Magick Shop to get books on time travel, hoping they would come across or perhaps order the Arishma'hm Oricle. Wesley had said it was the book on time travel. It was the most complete text anyone had ever seen on the phenomena. If there was a way to get home, that book held the key. Cordy, accompanied by Fred went on a mini shopping spree for the essentials. (Extra clothes, food, baby supplies for Connor, weapons, etc.) Robin ended up having to take Connor to the park because he was getting restless sitting in a dark and dingy hotel room with his vampire father and uncle. Faith, saying that she was just tired opted to staying with the two and trying to get more sleep. Sleep was just not coming for her. It was strange, but the pain that she felt the night before were increasing. Still she didn't wake Spike or Angel.