"It's the Sphere of Dagnos, it has the power to alter time. Five-Hundred years ago Dagnos's brethren was wiped out by his mortal enemy. It was a surprise attack they never saw it coming. Dagnos somehow survived and created this sphere. He used it to go back and change the course of events." Wesley explained.
"So pretty much what you're saying is it won't help me at all then." Spike asked.
"I don't see how it could Spike."
"Well that's bloody great now isn't it?"
"Spike, I'm sure we'll come up with a way to help you, just be patient." Fred pleaded.
"I don't have time to be patient. For all I know the next time I blink out could be my....."
Spike disappeared right in mid sentence.
"SPIKE? SPIKE?" Fred yelled.
"Don't worry Fred I'm sure he's fine."
"Yeah so anything else I should know about this sphere?" Fred asked.
"Just be careful with it. I don't know what the trigger for it is yet."
Fred picked up the caged sphere and walked back to her lab. She found her lab in ruins. Apparently, the demons that attacked her earlier had also torn apart half her lab. For the rest of the day she helped Knox and the rest of her staff clean up the mess.
"Fortunately the demons didn't hurt anyone, judging by how they tore this place apart I think they were looking for something. I'm glad you're ok." Knox said as he expressed a shy smile.
"Oh me too umm I mean I'm glad you're ok as well." Fred stuttered back.
"So any news on this sphere?"
"It has the power to alter time. Too bad I still have no idea how to use it." Fred said dismayed.
"Yeah we could use it to go back in time before they trashed this place. If only we could do that." Knox wished.
"If only we could just repeat the day." Fred said as the sphere suddenly glowed brighter then back to its original glow.
Fred was tired. Tired of being the person everyone relied on, the person everyone expected so much from. She needed a break and some fresh air. She went up to the roof of Wolfram & Hart where she found Angel staring up at the stars.
"Did you need a break too?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, a big one."
"Is everything ok? You seem more depressed then usual."
"I've just had a bad day and I've had some really bad days too. Constant torture in a hell dimension comes to mind, not to mention the fact that I was sent their by my girlfriend." Angel stated.
"We have that in common well except for the being sent there by your girlfriend part. You shouldn't worry though. Whenever I had a bad day, like the time Kevin Fisher dumped me after we had been going out for three months, my mom would always tell me tomorrow is another day. So tomorrow can't be any worse than today. I should get back to the lab though it's a mess. Good night Angel."
"Night, Fred. Thanks."
Fred gave Angel a great big smiled as she walked towards the roof access doors. Fred was right. There was no way tomorrow could be worse than today, he just needed to get some sleep.