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Angel let out a deep breath as he dialed Buffy's number and thought about what he would say to her.

"Hello?" The voice on the other side of the line asked.

"Buffy?" Angel asked.

"Oh, hey Angel." She replied.

"Buffy umm...we have a problem, here in L.A"

"Please don't say apocalypse."

"I'm afraid so."

"Angel, you've handled apocalypses before, you can do this on your own." Buffy whined.

"Umm, the thing is...." Angel said, looking at the his group of friends who were staring at him.

"The thing is what?"

"I-Its about Spike and the pendant he wore." There was a silence on the other end of the line.

"Y-yah, what about S-spike?" Buffy asked, voice wavering.

"Buffy are you ok?" Angel asked.

"Yah, what about Spike?" she asked again.

"I'd think you better come to L.A, its easier to explain if I can see you." Angel replied, "I'll send a private jet over. I'll tell them to give you a call when they arrive."

"Fine." Buffy replied. They said their goodbyes quickly as Angel phoned for a private jet. After that was all done, Angel let out a deep breath and realized something.

"Wesley, you still never told us what the plan is." Angel said to the man standing in front of him.

"Yes, well, I wanted you to get Buffy over here first. The part of the book that I could translate talked of a link, a bond between the last person Spike touched and Spike himself. Unfortunately, I could not translate the rest of the text because there was none. It was just blank pages. I believe that there is magic involved those pages as the rest of the book was filled except for those few pieces of paper. If I could study the scar, I could then determine what kind of magic can undo the spell on those pages." Wesley informed the group.

"Well, we'll know when she comes." Angel concluded as the group dispersed for the night. Angel went to bed that night with many things on his mind, Nina, Buffy, the whole Spike problem they are having, the nightmares of turning into a puppet again.... Angel's thoughts trailed off as he drifted off to sleep.

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Angel sat his desk next morning reading the files that Gunn had given him to sign. His thoughts were interrupted by knocking on the door. Angel looked up to see Nina walking in.

"Hope I'm not interrupting anything..." Nina trailed off as she sat down.

"No, not at all." Angel said, giving her a smile. Nina looked around a little before turning to Angel again.

"Well, it's good to see you aren't a puppet anymore." She said, giving him a small smile.

"Yah it's great to be tall again." Angel said.

"Angel, you wanna go out tonight?" Nina asked quickly.

"Nina, I would love to, but... to tell you the truth, the world is ending." Angel said, suddenly having great interest in the texture of his oak desk.

"What do you mean the world is ending?" Nina said, confused.

"That means, me and my team have to work non stop for a few nights to try the stop from being taken over by evil forces and this year, we have to fight the first evil." Angel explained.

"Oh...." That was all Nina could say before she got.

"B-but you're welcome to hang out as we do." Angel offered quickly, he mentally slapped himself for his stupid move. "Really? I can leave you guys alone for a few days..." Nina said.

"No, your welcome to hang around...." Angel trailed off as Nina leaned forward and gave him a peck on his forehead.

"See ya tomorrow Angel..." Nina said with a smile as she left the room. Angel sat frozen in time for a second. She just kissed him....Nina just kissed him...wow...that's gotta mean something.... Angel's thoughts were interrupted as the phone rang. He picked it up and listened. It was the Captain of the plane. Buffy is going to arrive at 8 tonight. Dam...now what was he gonna do....

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