Disclaimer:See chapter 1
Chapter 4
"Who
is it now?!" was the reply to
her ringing of the doorbell."Jeez someone is a grumpy watcher"
thought
Willow. "It's Willow Giles"
With a sigh he put down his luke warm tea and walked towards the
door
relieved that it was Willow and no one else, he was quite annoyed
at
having visitors at the door.
"Ah yes Willow, come in" Willow opening the door and
making a slight
hand gesture for her to enter Giles peered outside looking to
make sure
Xander was no where in sight.
"Well aren't we a little bit of a grumpster today huh?"
Willow asked
with a little giggle while taking off her purple jacket and flinging
it
on the couch.
"Grumpster? I assure you that no matter how much vocabulary
Buffy tries
to teach me I will never understand your teenage lingo..The reason
i am
slightly hot under the collar, is because Xander decided to come
annoy
me and ring my doorbell and then run away like a little juvenile."
Willow raised and eyebrow at the site in her head of Xander ringing
and
running away from Giles's door.
"Willow would you like some tea?"
"No i'm fine thanks."Willow said as she followed him
into the kitchen.
"So now onto research business did you find anything out
about the
Oracles?" She asked him hopefully. Pulling up a chair across
from Willow
Giles picked up a large leather bound book and started explaining
his
theory.
"Well the Oracles are well sort of like fate or destiny in
a way.They
know why,how and what things happen to people,they can change
things or
prevent things from happening, especially the past and future."
With a
clearing of his throat and a little "Wow" from Willow
he continued.
"There is an incantation to say then a portal opens ,the
book states
that they are higher beings and a great deal of respect is needed
to
even speak to them you must also Bring a special gift to them
to get
them to even speak to you.Let me give you an example: lets say
a great
warrior dies and he is the only hope for the world and without
him
everything and one is doomed, Someone can go to the Oracles and
explain
the predicament , and if the cause is worthy enough they will
turn back
time so that the warrior will know how to avoid his death."
While
fiddling with her fingers Willow looked up and said "So they
can erase a
day or what happened to get a different outcome?" Giles sighed
and
looked at her "Well yes that is what I said." Willow
thought for a
second and then said "Well then are you thinking that Buffy's
dreams are
her just remembering what happened to her during a day that was
erased?
Giles rubbed his forehead and replied "Well she has/is always
been with
you and nothing important has happened for such an urgency to
contact
the Oracles,But you said that she was repeating "I'll never
forget"
maybe she didn't go to the Oracles maybe someone went and told
her what
was to happen and she didn't take it well"
"yea Giles that could be right but-. Oh boy" Seeing
Willow's reaction as
if something just dawned on her Giles took concern. "What
is it Willow?"
Looking up with slight confusion written on her face Willow asked
,"
Giles remember when Buffy went to LA and wound up going to talk
to
Angel?"She waited for a nod from him then continued "She
said how she
was there for 10minutes and a Maury or Amorah demon crashed through
the
window taking her by surprise,but not Angel He killed it like
he knew
what would happen,then after that She left.Now what if oh I don't
know,what if something happened to either one of them and the
outcome
was bad so one of them preferably Angel,went to the Oracles asking
for
the day to be erased.the he went back to Buffy told her,got her
all
upset,and now her memories are coming back to her Bit by Bit?"
Without
even answering Willow,Giles got up and came back with the phone,and
phone book,sitting back down."Willow that was excellent thinking
if
something happened,which i'm sure did,then only Angel would know.We
have
2 hours before sundown that's enough time for Angel to get here.Once
he
arrives We will get the answers we need"
Chapter 5
"Ughh Doyle!!
One more damn piece of chewed gum
on this floor and I swear I will make you eat it,and then make
you take
me shopping for all new shoes!" Cordelia as sick of it every
day she
would find pink splatters of bubble gm on the floor and before
she had
the chance to get Doyle to clean it up,the gum always got to the
bottom
of her shoes first.
Doyle came into the office with a childish grin plastered to his
face."Aye Delia you look so cute when you are angry, especially
when
your mad at me."
Cordelia just stared at her surroundings and wondered why she
put up
with him. "oh yea because he is so cute." she reminded
herself. "Ugh
Doyle what will I do with you?"
with a devilish grin he leaned on the doorframe and replied "Tie
me up
and spank me when i'm bad?"
Cordelia threw her hands up in the air and walked away.Pulling
out the
chair to cordy's desk,Doyle sat down and started reading her latest
issue of "Cosmo". Thinking to himself "maybe I'll
find an article on how
to ask out Delia,well they tell me how to ask out a guy,but that's
not
my field.The soft Click of the door was heard and Doye looked
up."Oh hey
boss,how are ya?"Angel nodded and walked over to the coffee
pot."ugh
either Cordelia can not make coffee or we can't afford a fresh
pot."
"Both"Doyle said with a chuckle. Tossing the magazine
aside Doyle looked
up to see Angel pouring the 4 day old coffee into the plants.
"Hey man
just because your dead doesn't mean ya gotta kill the plants."
With a
smirk Angel replied "Well there is no sink up here"
Doyle was about to
say something when the phone rung. "Cordelia
Phone......Cordelia??Phone.." Angel yelled through the door.
The door
slammed shut and Cordelia stormed through it."And what might
I ask is
wrong with you?I'm sure your not having a memory laps like Buffy,So
I'm
positive you can remember how to talk on the phone,So You Answer
It!!"
With that Cordelia walked away slamming the door louder than
before.Mumbling under his breath about how he should have had
her birth
erased Angel Piked up the phone.
"Angel investigations , we help ahh people like you or something."
Sitting down Angel looked at Doyle and motioned for him to get
his feet
off of Cordelia's table or he'd never hear the end of it. "Oh
hi
Giles.Really..Sure..i'll try as soon as i can.Ok tonite.Bye"
With a soft
Click he hung up the phone in a rather dazed state.Seeing the
look on
his friends face Doyle said," Hey man you ok?What's up?"
After awhile of
silence after Doyle's question, Angel looked up. "Um well
that was Giles
Buffy's watcher, he told me he must see me tonite as soon as
possible.Without going into detail he told me she talks and cries
in her
sleep mumbling about the Oracles and how she'll never forget.He
wants to
speak with me about it as son as sundown arrives."after a
moment of
silence Angel continued. "Doyle I think she is remembering"