Chapter 4
NEXT DAY-
Andrew woke up the next morning feeling a sense of panic. Quickly, he ran over to Buffy's room and knocked on the door.
But there was no answer, so he pounded on the door and waited again.
Slowly the door crept open and a groggy looking Buffy peeked out, "What the hell do you want?"
"Sorry I was just checking you on. Angel's excavating crew should be here any minute, we should get dressed."
Buffy yawned and nodded, "You go meet them, I'll be around in a little bit."
"Alright, see you later then."
Buffy nodded and shut the door. Sleepily she inched her way from the door. She felt so weak, so tired. A minute before reaching the bed….She collapsed.
THREE HOURS LATER-
Andrew marched back to Buffy's room and began pounding on the door again.
When he received no answer, Andrew had two of Angel's guys breakdown the door. Inside they found an unconscious Buffy lying on the floor.
A DAY LATER-
Angel hovered over the bed, "She's been this way since yesterday you said?"
Andrew starred at the slayer, "Yeah, I came to check on her and she seemed as thought she hadn't slept, she said she would be at the site in a few minutes so I left. A few hours later a two of the guys and I found her unconscious on the floor."
"What did you two do yesterday?"
Andrew scratched his head, "Nothing, after we arrived, we just checked out the crater and then went to bed."
Angel narrowed his eyes, "That's it?"
"Oh yea, I saw something in the crater so Buffy went down to get it. Turned out to be the Amulet that she gave to Spike for the battle against the FIRST." Andrew shrugged, "That's it."
Angel looked alarmed, "She found the amulet down there?"
"Yeah"
"What did she do with it?"
"She said she was going to keep it, just till she could send it to Mr. Giles to have it analyzed."
Angel frowned, "That has to be it, God. I knew I should have done more research on it before giving it to her. Where is it now?"
Andrew pointed at Buffy's neck, "She's wearing it." The gold chain was visible around her neck, while the green stone was hidden beneath her shirt.
Angel stared at Buffy for a minute before getting on his cell phone, "Wes, send a med chopper over, and prep the medical ward, I'm bringing Buffy in."