Disclaimer: I don't have to tell you that they don't belong to me cause if they did Angel wouldn't have left and they would have lived happily ever after.

Summary: Angel is L.A. and he gets a Birthday gift from a special someone. What is it?? Well read it and find out.

Rating: PG

Timeline: Sometime before the whole Darla and Conner thing.

This is my first story so REVIEW!!!!

I'm soooo sorry for not reviewing. My mother was on this total "You spend to much time on that stupid fan fic crap. You're banned from the computer!" kick. Sorry! Her fault not mine!

Angel looked at the brightly colored wrapping and suddenly had second thoughts about opening it. For all he new it could be from Wolfram and Hart. He decided to take the chance.

He pulled off the bow and tore through the patterned paper. In side was a mahogany box with gold inlay. The inlay was a language that Angel had never seen before.

He stopped himself from opening the beautiful box and searched through Wesley's massive book collection until he found the one he was searching for. It was a giant thick volume that contained all the known human and demon languages. The Fang Gang had to go through a lot and kill quiet a few demons to get it.

Angel sat at his desk with the mighty book in front of him and the mahogany box just to his right. He found the language and was surprised that it was a form of Greek called Arthro Glossa Apo Arthro Nekros or The Language of the Dead. It was said that the language was used by the ancient Greek god Hades and above the gateway to the underworld was an arch with the words Mono Arthro Nekros Mais Eisago Edo. It read Only the Dead May Enter Here.

Angel worked on decoding what the box said himself. It was the gangs' day off and he didn't want to bother them. Cordelia had gone home earlier.

Normally Angel would have sensed if anything was wrong with the box but the only vibe he got off it was a tingling sense of familiarity. At last the translation was finished. It took Angel 2 hours but he did it. The lid of the beautiful box said...

Once again I'm so sorry for not updating!!!!!!!

Boy was that a cliff hanger or what. No worries I'll post the next chappie right away, or maybe I won't if I don't get any REVIEWS!!!!! Come on people I need to know what you think. I'm addicted to reviews and I need the patch. PLEASE!!!!