"And you're sure this demon can be trusted?" Wesley asked Angel.
"I'm not sure of much now Wes, I am just going with
my instincts right
now. They are telling me Cordelia is in
trouble." Angel said.
"Well he was right about one
thing Cordelia had power o'rama. If he
was telling the
truth things could get bad." Lorne said.
"Well I'm
in; I just have to get someone to cover my court case today."
Gunn
said.
"No, we need to keep the office up and running." Angel said.
"Alright I'll check by with you guys later."
Gunn said as he left to
go to court.
"We need to use all
of Wolfram Harts resources now. Wes I need you
to
research everything you can about taking souls and get Fred to
help
you. Lorne go down to records and read everything we
have on
Cordelia." Angel said.
"Right, Boss." Lorne said walking out the door.
2 hours later.
"The
defendant, Mr. Snow, blatantly stole The Scepter of Souls from
my
client. The defendant will use the scepter to cause harm
to others
like he has done in the past." The opposing
attorney stated.
"Objection, your honor." Gunn
yelled. "My client's checkered past is
not on trial here
and besides he did not steal the scepter, in fact he
has the
paperwork to prove that he purchased it from the plaintiff.
If
I may approach the bench I can show you the plaintiff's own
signature
on a bill that he sent Mr. Snow." Gunn
said.
"You may approach." The judge said as he
looked at the paperwork
presented to him.
"Your Honor
this is ridiculous. Wolfram Hart always represent
the
worst scum in this city and they manipulate everyone in the
courtroom."
The opposing attorney shouted.
"Objection." Gunn shouted once again.
"Keep your personal feelings out of
the courtroom. Another outburst
like that and I will hold
you in contempt. This case is being dismissed on account of the
lack of evidence from the plaintiff. Mr. Snow has all the
evidence I need.
The plaintiff will forget about trying to get
back his scepter, now
let's all go home." The judge said
as he swung down his gavel.
"Thank you Mr. Gunn you are a lifesaver." Mr. Snow said.
"Glad I could
help. Just remember if you ever need legal assistance of
any
kind again, come by Wolfram Hart we can help." Gunn
said.
Wesley and Fred were in his office
researching souls. So far they had
found little on the
subject that would help them. Soul Sucker demons
and the Orb
of Thessela; they found plenty on, but that was it.
"Remember
that time we all went to the ballet. Cordelia looked
so
glamorous and I bet I failed in comparison to her."
Fred said.
"Oh no Fred you were quite lovely that night, you
always look lovely."
Wes said staring into her eyes.
"Now you're going to go and make me blush." Fred said giggling.
"It's sad though, I never got to thank her for
helping me with Gunn."
Fred said.
"Yes I am sure she
knows how thankful you are." Wes said now turning
his face
away from hers and back to his work.
"Well yeah I know that
things didn't work out between me and him. I
think I'm
better off picking guys on my own." Fred said.
"In fact, I've been thinking." Fred said nervously.
"About?" Wesley asked never looking up from his book.
"Me and……" Before she could finish Wesley cut her off.
"Of course! This has to have been a spell by them. I have to go tell Angel." Wesley said as he ran out of the room leaving Fred alone.
"You." Fred finished.