Late Friday Night [[NFB]

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe had been gathering as much information a spossible for what they were planning -- including a spell or two that she hoped would come in handy.

After gathering everything into a small bag, she went to make some coffee. It was highly doubtful she would be sleeping tonight.

She placed a call to Blair, and then went to sit down, going over her notes again.


[[OOC: for lovechildblair and any one else wanting to talk to Phoebe about anything.]]

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair got the message and headed up to see Phoebe, knocking on the door quietly.

"Phoebe, it's me. You awake?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe looked up from her paperwork. "Come on in, Blair!"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Hey." Blair came in and looked around. "You're up late."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled. "I am trying to make sure certain things get done." She sighed. "I need to tell you something and you're going to want to sit down..."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"...okay?" Blair took a seat on the floor, taking a deep breath. That sort of sentence was rarely the prelude to good news.

[sensethevisions]

"Cole's alive."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair blinked. "...in our hearts?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe ran a hand through her hair. "Uhmm... not exactly. See... when we vanquished the Source and he took Cole with him? Cole ended up trapped in the Wastelands and I plan to go tomorrow night and bring him home."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair took a long moment. On one hand, yay alive friend! On the other hand, friend in hell. On the...

Actually, there wasn't another hand. Blair looked up at Phoebe. "I want to help."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe let out a breath. "I thought you might... which is why I wanted to tell you what I was going to be doing."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Right." Blair nodded and stood, coming over to Phoebe. "What's the plan?"

[sensethevisions]

She sighed. "Tomorrow night we'll go to Aziraphale's and I'll cast a spell to take us there. It could get dangerous as there is a beast thing there that almost got me, but we'll be able to get to Cole."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Of course there's a beast. It's not like Bel could be trapped somewhere where all we have to do is write a strongly worded letter to free him." Blair rolled his eyes a bit and nodded.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe couldn't help the soft laugh. "That's true. Oh, Blair!" She hugged him. "If things go right, we'll have him back with us by this time tomorrow!"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"There's no way we're coming back without him." Blair said, hugging her back tightly.

[sensethevisions]

"I am never letting him out of my sight again."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I agree." Blair nodded. "I also vote for hugging. Possibly in the 'stuffing out of' category."

[sensethevisions]

"Oh definitely," Phoebe agreed. "Hugging the stuffing out of him should definitely be in the plans."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Oh my god." Blair said with a smile leaning against Phoebe's side a little. "Can you believe it? Just last week we were having his memorial service and now we're talking about punishing him with hug-a-thons. It's unreal."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe hugged him again. "I know. I had been praying for a miracle, for good to happen... and then I was finally realizing that he was gone, I heard him calling me."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I'm assuming that you're not talking about a cell phone." Blair said.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shook her head. "In my mind... through our bond. he needed my help."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Wow, that's crazy." Blair whistled. "I'm glad you guys are so close. He's lucky to have you."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled. "I'm lucky to have him," she said softly. "And now, I want him back safe and sound."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Me too." Blair nodded firmly. "Is there anything I should bring tomorrow?"

Protest signs, candles, copy of Bel singing Kumbayah?

[sensethevisions]

"Yourself and that optimism that you have which always makes me believe that everything will be alright?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair smiled and gave Phoebe another hug. "I can do that."

"I'll see you tomorrow."

[sensethevisions]

She hugged him back. "Night, Blair. I'll see you tomorrow."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

It was pretty late when Anders came down from talking with Nadia on the roof and stopped by to knock on Phoebe's door.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe got up from the couch where she had been dozing and opened the door. When she saw who it was, she gave a soft smile. "Hey you."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Anders said, smiling back at her. He glanced into the room and noticed all the paperwork Phoebe had spread everywhere. "Lots of preparations to make, huh?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe ran a hand through her hair, gesturing him in. "I just wanted to make sure I get the stuff committed to memory."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders nodded and, on impulse, went to give her a hug. "You'll do great," he assured Phoebe. "And I wanted to let you know that I just ran into Nadia, and she's on board to help."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe hugged him back. "Thank you, but I'm still worried. I don't want to fail him again like I did before." She smiled. "Nadia? Terrific. She's always a great person to have on your side."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"She volunteered before I could ask," Anders said wryly. "Wait, fail him? YOu never . . . why do you think you did that?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sighed. "I should have known that it wasn't him long before I did."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"You love him," Anders said simply, trying to keep the wistfulness out of his voice. "You love somebody, it kind of tends to make you blind to their faults sometimes. I bet the Source was playing on that too. Hey . . . you won't let me beat myself up for what happened. So I'm not gonna let you."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sighed softly. "We'll get him back... right?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"We will." Anders reached out to take Phoebe's hands and squeeze them reassuringly. "We're not leaving without him."

[sensethevisions]

She nodded. "Just keep telling me that when we're there and fighting the big ugly thing to save him?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I will," Anders promised. No matter what anyone said, he still felt somewhat responsible for everything that had happened, and as far as he was concerned he was going to do whatever he could to try and set things right. "I'm not gonna let you leave without him."

[sensethevisions]

"Thank you," she said softly. "Having you on my side about this... having you believe me and all of the help you've been since... it's meant a lot."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders smiled at her. "I don't think there was anything else I could do. Maybe something good came out of all this mess the past couple of months after all, huh?"